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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in North Carolina in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 55, most common first
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaPassage migrantCommon10–13 cmRegularly Aug–Oct
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaSummer visitorCommon10–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumResidentCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaSummer visitorCommon16–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusSummer visitorCommon18–22 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter visitorCommon35–43 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusSummer visitorCommon12–15 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