Common Birds in Maine
Our list for Maine has 86 common birds recorded regularly there: 27 residents, 39 summer visitors, 16 winter visitors and 4 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Maine in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 86, most common first
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusResidentCommon53–65 cmRecorded all year
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaSummer visitorCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year
Common LoonGavia immerResidentCommon66–91 cmRecorded all year
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusSummer visitorCommon17–23 cmRegularly Feb–Nov
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Oct–May
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorCommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–May
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly May–Oct
American Black DuckAnas rubripesWinter visitorCommon54–59 cmRecorded all year
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made