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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Maryland in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 61, most common first
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusWinter visitorCommon14–18 cmRegularly Oct–May
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaSummer visitorCommon16–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Wood DuckAix sponsaSummer visitorCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Nov–Aug
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter visitorCommon35–43 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year
American Black DuckAnas rubripesWinter visitorCommon54–59 cmRecorded all year
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensSummer visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorCommon120–150 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaSummer visitorCommon10–14 cmRegularly May–Oct
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