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
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensPassage migrantCommon69–84 cmRegularly Oct–May
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantCommon19–23 cmRegularly May–Sep
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantCommon23–27 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusWinter visitorCommon46–63 cmRecorded all year
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly May–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