Common Birds in Massachusetts
Our list for Massachusetts has 78 common birds recorded regularly there: 28 residents, 27 summer visitors, 18 winter visitors and 5 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Massachusetts in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 78, most common first
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusSummer visitorCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly May–Jan
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Feb–Nov
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusResidentCommon53–65 cmRecorded all year
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–May
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Sep
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 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