Common Birds in Pennsylvania
Our list for Pennsylvania has 58 common birds recorded regularly there: 29 residents, 19 summer visitors, 9 winter visitors and 1 passage migrant
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Pennsylvania in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 58, most common first
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusResidentCommon36–41 cmRecorded all year
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Nov–May
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusWinter visitorCommon19–22 cmRecorded all year
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusSummer visitorCommon18–22 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
American Black DuckAnas rubripesWinter visitorCommon54–59 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorCommon53–65 cmRecorded all year
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter visitorCommon35–43 cmRegularly Oct–May
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