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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Rhode Island in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 86, most common first
WilletTringa semipalmataSummer visitorCommon33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisSummer visitorCommon7–9 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly May–Oct
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaSummer visitorCommon29–40 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorCommon53–69 cmRegularly Oct–May
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaWinter visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Sep–May
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusResidentCommon36–41 cmRecorded all year
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Oct–May
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresSummer visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly May–Mar
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorCommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusSummer visitorCommon17–18 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter visitorCommon48–60 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaSummer visitorCommon27–30 cmRegularly Apr–Jan
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusSummer visitorCommon23–32 cmRegularly May–Sep
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiSummer visitorCommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Aug
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–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