Common Birds in Ohio
Our list for Ohio has 75 common birds recorded regularly there: 28 residents, 20 summer visitors, 14 winter visitors and 13 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Ohio in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 75, most common first
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusSummer visitorCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisResidentCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorCommon12–13 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