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
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
VeeryCatharus fuscescensSummer visitorCommon16–19 cmRegularly May–Sep
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantCommon23–27 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusSummer visitorCommon18–22 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorCommon37–60 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Wood DuckAix sponsaSummer visitorCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaSummer visitorCommon16–19 cmRegularly May–Oct
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter visitorCommon35–43 cmRegularly Sep–May
Northern GannetMorus bassanusWinter visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
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