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
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusSummer visitorCommon17–22 cmRegularly May–Sep
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Sep
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusPassage migrantCommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Oct
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaPassage migrantCommon10–13 cmRegularly May–Oct
Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castaneaPassage migrantCommon14–14 cmRegularly May–Sep
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorCommon16–20 cmRecorded all year
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensSummer visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantCommon23–27 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaSummer visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentCommon100–125 cmRecorded all year
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusSummer visitorCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsSummer visitorCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–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