Common Birds in Missouri
Our list for Missouri has 69 common birds recorded regularly there: 27 residents, 16 summer visitors, 20 winter visitors and 6 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Missouri in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 69, most common first
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusSummer visitorCommon17–22 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year
DickcisselSpiza americanaSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Jul–May
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusResidentCommon19–23 cmRecorded all year
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRegularly Jul–May
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaWinter visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Sep–May
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumResidentCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–May
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusPassage migrantCommon16–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–May
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Mar–Aug
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