Common Birds in Minnesota
Our list for Minnesota has 81 common birds recorded regularly there: 19 residents, 38 summer visitors, 18 winter visitors and 6 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Minnesota in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 81, most common first
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusWinter visitorCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusSummer visitorCommon17–23 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaSummer visitorCommon12–17 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year
Common RavenCorvus coraxWinter visitorCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisSummer visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Sep
Rock DoveColumba liviaWinter visitorCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 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