Common Birds in Oregon
Our list for Oregon has 57 common birds recorded regularly there: 32 residents, 14 summer visitors, 9 winter visitors and 2 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Oregon in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 57, most common first
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusResidentCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorCommon15–19 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year
Varied ThrushIxoreus naeviusWinter visitorCommon20–26 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsResidentCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriPassage migrantCommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Pacific WrenTroglodytes pacificusResidentCommon8–12 cmRecorded all year
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaSummer visitorCommon29–40 cmRecorded all year
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaResidentCommon16–26 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