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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Maine in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 86, most common first
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Sep
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasSummer visitorCommon91–137 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensSummer visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly May–Oct
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisSummer visitorCommon7–9 cmRegularly May–Sep
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusSummer visitorCommon14–18 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Sep
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly May–Sep
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly May–Sep
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 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