Common Birds in Utah
Our list for Utah has 59 common birds recorded regularly there: 28 residents, 18 summer visitors and 13 winter visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Utah in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 59, most common first
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaResidentCommon16–26 cmRecorded all year
Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanopteraSummer visitorCommon36–43 cmRecorded all year
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusResidentCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisSummer visitorCommon80–122 cmRecorded all year
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaSummer visitorCommon43–51 cmRecorded all year
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisResidentCommon35–43 cmRecorded all year
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanSummer visitorCommon32–36 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorCommon46–59 cmRegularly Oct–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