Birds to See in Oregon in October
157 bird species on our list for Oregon are recorded regularly in October
Of these, the most often recorded are Northern Flicker, Song Sparrow, American Crow, American Robin and Mallard. New this month: Goldeneye, Tundra Swan, Rough-legged Hawk and Red-breasted Merganser and 12 more.
On the move in October
GBIF · OctArriving
At their peak
From Oregon’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
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All 157 birds in October
157 birds
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 3.10% in Oct
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.99% in Oct
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 2.92% in Oct
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 2.72% in Oct
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.00% in Oct
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.79% in Oct
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.77% in Oct
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.65% in Oct
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in Oct
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Oct
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Oct
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.46% in Oct
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaWinter visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.45% in Oct
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Oct
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Oct
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Oct
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiWinter visitorCommon53–76 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.15% in Oct
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Oct
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Oct
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Oct
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsResidentCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Oct
Pacific WrenTroglodytes pacificusResidentCommon8–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Oct
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Oct
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorCommon15–19 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.71% in Oct
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Oct
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Oct
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Oct
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Oct
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Oct
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Oct
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusResidentCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Oct
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.59% in Oct
Varied ThrushIxoreus naeviusWinter visitorCommon20–26 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.58% in Oct
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter visitorUncommon48–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Oct
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Oct
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Oct
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Oct
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisResidentUncommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Oct
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Oct
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaSummer visitorCommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Oct
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorCommon62–81 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.38% in Oct
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusResidentUncommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Oct
Acorn WoodpeckerMelanerpes formicivorusResidentUncommon20–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Oct
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Oct
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaResidentCommon16–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Oct
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.31% in Oct
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisResidentCommon35–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Oct
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisResidentUncommon10–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Oct
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Oct
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Oct
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.29% in Oct
Red-breasted SapsuckerSphyrapicus ruberResidentCommon19–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Oct
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Oct
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.26% in Oct
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Oct
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorUncommon53–65 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.24% in Oct
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaWinter visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.23% in Oct
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaSummer visitorCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Oct
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisResidentUncommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Oct
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.20% in Oct
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentUncommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Oct
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.18% in Oct
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Oct
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.16% in Oct
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Oct
Pacific LoonGavia pacificaResidentUncommon58–74 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Oct
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Oct
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.15% in Oct
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaPassage migrantUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.14% in Oct
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorUncommon69–84 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.13% in Oct
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.13% in Oct
FulmarFulmarus glacialisPassage migrantUncommon45–50 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.12% in Oct
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.12% in Oct
Virginia RailRallus limicolaResidentUncommon20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Oct
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.11% in Oct
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.11% in Oct
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaSummer visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.11% in Oct
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriPassage migrantCommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.10% in Oct
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisResidentUncommon80–122 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Oct
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Oct
Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanopteraSummer visitorCommon36–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Oct
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.08% in Oct
Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoidesSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Oct
Northern Pygmy-owlGlaucidium gnomaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Oct
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Oct
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Oct
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentUncommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Oct
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentUncommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Oct
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.06% in Oct
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.05% in Oct
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.05% in Oct
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.05% in Oct
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.05% in Oct
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.05% in Oct
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Oct
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusPassage migrantRare46–51 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.04% in Oct
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Oct
Sabine's GullXema sabiniPassage migrantUncommon27–33 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.04% in Oct
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorUncommon46–59 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Oct
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusPassage migrantRare20–22 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.04% in Oct
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Oct
White-headed WoodpeckerPicoides albolarvatusSummer visitorUncommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Oct
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.03% in Oct
Lewis's WoodpeckerMelanerpes lewisSummer visitorUncommon26–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Oct
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter visitorRare15–16 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.03% in Oct
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusSummer visitorUncommon58–85 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Oct
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusSummer visitorRare41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Oct
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantUncommon18–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Oct
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Oct
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaSummer visitorUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Oct
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.02% in Oct
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantRare41–46 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Oct
Western Screech-owlMegascops kennicottiiResidentRare19–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Oct
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorResidentUncommon139–157 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Oct
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticusSummer visitorRare21–24 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.02% in Oct
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorRare37–60 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Oct
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantRare24–28 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.02% in Oct
Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulvaPassage migrantRare23–26 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.02% in Oct
ChukarAlectoris chukarSummer visitorRare32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Oct
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusResidentRare17–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Oct
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaWinter visitorRare37–41 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Oct
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaWinter visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Oct
Williamson's SapsuckerSphyrapicus thyroideusSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.01% in Oct
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorUncommon55–66 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.01% in Oct
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisSummer visitorRare12–15 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.01% in Oct
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaWinter visitorRare12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Oct
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentRare21–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Oct
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorRare15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Oct
Sharp-tailed SandpiperCalidris acuminataPassage migrantRare17–22 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.01% in Oct
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumWinter visitorRare12–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Oct
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorRare34–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Oct
Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudusPassage migrantRare48–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Oct
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataWinter visitorRare41–49 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.01% in Oct
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.01% in Oct
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentRare66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Oct
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaSummer visitorUncommon43–51 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.01% in Oct
Common TernSterna hirundoPassage migrantRare31–35 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.01% in Oct
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentRare75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Oct
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataPassage migrantRare25–30 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Oct
Red-naped SapsuckerSphyrapicus nuchalisSummer visitorRare19–21 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.01% in Oct
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentRare28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Oct
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusPassage migrantRare52–64 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.00% in Oct
Leach's Storm-petrelHydrobates leucorhousPassage migrantRare18–21 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.00% in Oct
American Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides dorsalisSummer visitorRare21–24 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.00% in Oct
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiWinter visitorRare57–64 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.00% in Oct
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaSummer visitorRare11–14 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.00% in Oct
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusResidentRare86–230 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Oct
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorRare20–24 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.00% in Oct
Black SwanCygnus atratusPassage migrantRare110–142 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.00% in Oct
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesWinter visitorRare81–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Oct
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaResidentRare19–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Oct
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorRare14–17 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.00% in Oct
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentRare140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Oct
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantRare21–24 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.00% in Oct
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantRare23–26 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.00% in Oct
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusPassage migrantRare34–44 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.00% in Oct
Red JunglefowlGallus gallusWinter visitorRare42–75 cmRegularly Aug–Feb · 0.00% in 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