Common Birds in North Carolina
Our list for North Carolina has 55 common birds recorded regularly there: 27 residents, 13 summer visitors, 12 winter visitors and 3 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in North Carolina in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 55, most common first
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisSummer visitorCommon7–9 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–May
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaWinter visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRecorded all year
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusSummer visitorCommon17–22 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