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
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Oct–May
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–May
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaPassage migrantCommon10–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusSummer visitorCommon18–22 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorCommon69–84 cmRegularly Oct–May
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Wood DuckAix sponsaSummer visitorCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter visitorCommon35–43 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Oct–Jun
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorCommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantCommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusWinter visitorCommon19–22 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorCommon15–19 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorWinter visitorCommon139–157 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
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