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
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentCommon100–125 cmRecorded all year
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorCommon53–69 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
MerlinFalco columbariusSummer visitorCommon24–33 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusSummer visitorCommon19–22 cmRegularly Apr–Feb
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantCommon23–27 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusSummer visitorCommon18–22 cmRegularly May–Oct
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year
Wood DuckAix sponsaSummer visitorCommon47–54 cmRegularly Feb–Nov
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaWinter visitorCommon40–50 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly May–Jan
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaSummer visitorCommon27–30 cmRegularly May–Nov
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescensSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusSummer visitorCommon17–22 cmRegularly May–Aug
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Jul–May
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