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
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorWinter visitorCommon139–157 cmRecorded all year
Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanopteraSummer visitorCommon36–43 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisSummer visitorCommon35–43 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoWinter visitorCommon100–125 cmRecorded all year
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year
Common LoonGavia immerSummer visitorCommon66–91 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentCommon16–20 cmRecorded all year
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsSummer visitorCommon31–38 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoidesSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaPassage migrantCommon29–40 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorCommon120–150 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly May–Sep
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiSummer visitorCommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Sep
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentCommon66–102 cmRecorded all year
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorCommon24–34 cmRecorded all year
Red-naped SapsuckerSphyrapicus nuchalisSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
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