Birds to See in Rhode Island in February
108 bird species on our list for Rhode Island are recorded regularly in February
Of these, the most often recorded are American Herring Gull, Song Sparrow, Canada Goose, Northern Cardinal and American Crow. New this month: Black-crowned Night-heron, Vesper Sparrow and Greylag Goose.
On the move in February
GBIF · FebArriving
At their peak
From Rhode Island’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 108 birds in February
108 birds
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusResidentCommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 3.60% in Feb
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 3.35% in Feb
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 3.31% in Feb
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.93% in Feb
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 2.76% in Feb
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 2.72% in Feb
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 2.54% in Feb
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.50% in Feb
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 2.38% in Feb
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.26% in Feb
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 2.16% in Feb
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 2.11% in Feb
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.08% in Feb
American Black DuckAnas rubripesWinter visitorCommon54–59 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 1.87% in Feb
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.84% in Feb
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.77% in Feb
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.76% in Feb
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.74% in Feb
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorCommon66–91 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in Feb
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.65% in Feb
EiderSomateria mollissimaWinter visitorCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Feb
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 1.57% in Feb
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.42% in Feb
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Feb
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Feb
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Feb
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusSummer visitorCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Feb
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.12% in Feb
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Feb
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.97% in Feb
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.96% in Feb
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorCommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.86% in Feb
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Feb
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter visitorCommon48–60 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.79% in Feb
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Feb
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Feb
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.68% in Feb
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorCommon53–69 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.63% in Feb
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorCommon37–60 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.59% in Feb
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Feb
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Feb
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Feb
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Feb
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.50% in Feb
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.48% in Feb
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Feb
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Feb
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusResidentCommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Feb
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorUncommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Feb
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.35% in Feb
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentUncommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Feb
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.30% in Feb
RazorbillAlca tordaWinter visitorUncommon38–43 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.29% in Feb
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter visitorCommon35–43 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.27% in Feb
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Feb
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.22% in Feb
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Feb
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusWinter visitorUncommon19–22 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.17% in Feb
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.15% in Feb
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.14% in Feb
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaWinter visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.14% in Feb
Snowy OwlBubo scandiacusWinter visitorUncommon52–71 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.13% in Feb
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.13% in Feb
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.13% in Feb
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorUncommon38–44 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.13% in Feb
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorUncommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.13% in Feb
Wood DuckAix sponsaSummer visitorCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Feb
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentUncommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Feb
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.12% in Feb
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.12% in Feb
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.11% in Feb
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.11% in Feb
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.10% in Feb
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Feb
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaWinter visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.09% in Feb
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Feb
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.09% in Feb
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusWinter visitorUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Feb
Northern GannetMorus bassanusWinter visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.08% in Feb
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.08% in Feb
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Feb
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorUncommon69–84 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.08% in Feb
King EiderSomateria spectabilisWinter visitorUncommon46–64 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.08% in Feb
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaResidentUncommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Feb
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Nov–Jun · 0.07% in Feb
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Feb
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresSummer visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.06% in Feb
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusWinter visitorUncommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Feb
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.06% in Feb
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleWinter visitorUncommon30–32 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.05% in Feb
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.05% in Feb
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioWinter visitorRare16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Feb
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Feb
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.04% in Feb
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.04% in Feb
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisResidentUncommon10–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Feb
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusPassage migrantRare13–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Feb
Little AukAlle alleWinter visitorUncommon18–21 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.03% in Feb
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataWinter visitorRare66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Feb
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataWinter visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.03% in Feb
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in Feb
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.02% in Feb
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.02% in Feb
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusWinter visitorRare17–21 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.02% in Feb
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiWinter visitorUncommon53–76 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Feb
Greylag GooseAnser anserSummer visitorRare75–90 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.01% in Feb
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusWinter visitorRare58–85 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.01% in Feb
Virginia RailRallus limicolaResidentRare20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Feb
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