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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Ohio in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 75, most common first
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Oct–Jun
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusSummer visitorCommon18–22 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusSummer visitorCommon17–22 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusPassage migrantCommon16–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–May
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiSummer visitorCommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Aug
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Oct–May
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Oct–May
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–May
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
American Black DuckAnas rubripesWinter visitorCommon54–59 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusResidentCommon19–23 cmRecorded all year
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaPassage migrantCommon10–13 cmRegularly May–Oct
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter visitorCommon35–43 cmRegularly Jul–May
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantCommon23–27 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct
Common LoonGavia immerPassage migrantCommon66–91 cmRegularly Oct–May
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorCommon16–20 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