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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Massachusetts in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 78, most common first
VeeryCatharus fuscescensSummer visitorCommon16–19 cmRegularly May–Sep
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaSummer visitorCommon27–30 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantCommon23–27 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRecorded all year
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaSummer visitorCommon16–19 cmRegularly May–Sep
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year
Northern GannetMorus bassanusWinter visitorCommon87–100 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