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
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaSummer visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusPassage migrantCommon17–19 cmRegularly Jul–Nov
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaPassage migrantCommon15–18 cmRegularly Jun–Oct
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter visitorCommon48–60 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaSummer visitorCommon10–14 cmRegularly May–Sep
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisWinter visitorCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaSummer visitorCommon29–40 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year
VeeryCatharus fuscescensSummer visitorCommon16–19 cmRegularly May–Sep
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumSummer visitorCommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Aug
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Oct
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
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