Common Birds in Oklahoma
Our list for Oklahoma has 69 common birds recorded regularly there: 25 residents, 17 summer visitors, 23 winter visitors and 4 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Oklahoma in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 69, most common first
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–May
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–May
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaWinter visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Sep–May
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusResidentCommon19–23 cmRecorded all year
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter visitorCommon35–43 cmRegularly Oct–May
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–May
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Oct–May
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Sep–May
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorCommon53–65 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiWinter visitorCommon53–76 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantCommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusWinter visitorCommon19–22 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorCommon15–19 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorCommon29–40 cmRegularly Jul–May
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaResidentCommon16–26 cmRecorded all year
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
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