Common Birds in Rhode Island
Our list for Rhode Island has 86 common birds recorded regularly there: 28 residents, 32 summer visitors, 23 winter visitors and 3 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Rhode Island in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 86, most common first
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusResidentCommon53–65 cmRecorded all year
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRecorded all year
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusSummer visitorCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–May
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 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