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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Minnesota in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 81, most common first
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusSummer visitorCommon18–22 cmRegularly May–Sep
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorCommon62–81 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentCommon100–125 cmRecorded all year
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsSummer visitorCommon31–38 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisSummer visitorCommon80–122 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Sep
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorCommon16–20 cmRecorded all year
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaPassage migrantCommon15–19 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisSummer visitorCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaPassage migrantCommon10–13 cmRegularly May–Oct
VeeryCatharus fuscescensSummer visitorCommon16–19 cmRegularly May–Sep
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorCommon46–59 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorCommon53–65 cmRecorded all year
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusWinter visitorCommon41–50 cmRecorded all year
Common LoonGavia immerSummer visitorCommon66–91 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 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