Common Birds in Maryland
Our list for Maryland has 61 common birds recorded regularly there: 30 residents, 17 summer visitors, 12 winter visitors and 2 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Maryland in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 61, most common first
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaResidentCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 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