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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Montana in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 77, most common first
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraSummer visitorCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Oct
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisSummer visitorCommon80–122 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisSummer visitorCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRecorded all year
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusSummer visitorCommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Sep
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly May–Sep
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataWinter visitorCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorCommon62–81 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorCommon13–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaSummer visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 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