Common Birds in Michigan
Our list for Michigan has 75 common birds recorded regularly there: 29 residents, 26 summer visitors, 11 winter visitors and 9 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Michigan in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 75, most common first
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorCommon62–81 cmRegularly Feb–Nov
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisResidentCommon80–122 cmRecorded all year
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusResidentCommon53–65 cmRecorded all year
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisSummer visitorCommon7–9 cmRegularly May–Sep
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusSummer visitorCommon18–22 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaPassage migrantCommon9–11 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Wood DuckAix sponsaSummer visitorCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly May–Sep
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–May
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 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