Common Birds in Montana
Our list for Montana has 77 common birds recorded regularly there: 23 residents, 33 summer visitors, 17 winter visitors and 4 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Montana in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 77, most common first
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year
American RobinTurdus migratoriusSummer visitorCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusSummer visitorCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Mar
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensWinter visitorCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Sep
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorCommon46–59 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaSummer visitorCommon16–26 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Jul–May
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusResidentCommon11–14 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