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
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumResidentCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusSummer visitorCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentCommon66–102 cmRecorded all year
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisResidentCommon10–14 cmRecorded all year
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentCommon16–20 cmRecorded all year
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorCommon120–150 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Forster's TernSterna forsteriSummer visitorCommon33–36 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoidesSummer visitorCommon15–18 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