Birds to See in Utah in October
139 bird species on our list for Utah are recorded regularly in October
Of these, the most often recorded are Northern Flicker, Common Raven, House Finch, White-crowned Sparrow and American Robin. New this month: Rough-legged Hawk, Tundra Swan, Hooded Merganser and Snow Goose and 11 more.
On the move in October
GBIF · OctArriving
At their peak
From Utah’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 139 birds in October
139 birds
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 3.57% in Oct
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 3.38% in Oct
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 3.34% in Oct
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 3.05% in Oct
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 2.58% in Oct
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.53% in Oct
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.39% in Oct
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.19% in Oct
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.08% in Oct
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.96% in Oct
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.95% in Oct
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.79% in Oct
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaResidentCommon9–11 cmRecorded all year · 1.62% in Oct
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.55% in Oct
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.55% in Oct
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Oct
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Oct
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Oct
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Oct
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Oct
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaResidentCommon16–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Oct
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Oct
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Oct
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Oct
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusResidentCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Oct
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaSummer visitorCommon43–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Oct
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Oct
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisResidentCommon35–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Oct
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.56% in Oct
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Oct
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumResidentCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Oct
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisResidentCommon10–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Oct
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Oct
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentCommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Oct
Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoidesSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Oct
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorUncommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Oct
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentCommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Oct
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Oct
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Oct
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Oct
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.37% in Oct
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisSummer visitorCommon80–122 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Oct
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusSummer visitorCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Oct
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.32% in Oct
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Oct
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Oct
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentUncommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Oct
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Oct
Red-naped SapsuckerSphyrapicus nuchalisResidentUncommon19–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Oct
Common LoonGavia immerPassage migrantUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.27% in Oct
Virginia RailRallus limicolaResidentUncommon20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Oct
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Oct
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Oct
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Oct
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.21% in Oct
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.20% in Oct
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorCommon62–81 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.18% in Oct
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.17% in Oct
Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanopteraSummer visitorCommon36–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Oct
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorUncommon53–65 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.17% in Oct
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanSummer visitorCommon32–36 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.16% in Oct
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentUncommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Oct
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.16% in Oct
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentUncommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Oct
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.15% in Oct
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentUncommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Oct
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.15% in Oct
Forster's TernSterna forsteriSummer visitorCommon33–36 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.15% in Oct
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.14% in Oct
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaResidentUncommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Oct
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Oct
ChukarAlectoris chukarResidentUncommon32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Oct
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusSummer visitorUncommon18–19 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.11% in Oct
Greater RoadrunnerGeococcyx californianusResidentUncommon52–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Oct
Ladder-backed WoodpeckerDryobates scalarisResidentUncommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Oct
California CondorGymnogyps californianusResidentUncommon109–140 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Oct
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.09% in Oct
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Oct
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusSummer visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Oct
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusSummer visitorUncommon41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Oct
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.07% in Oct
Lewis's WoodpeckerMelanerpes lewisWinter visitorUncommon26–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Oct
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Oct
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.06% in Oct
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorSummer visitorUncommon22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.06% in Oct
Sabine's GullXema sabiniPassage migrantUncommon27–33 cmRegularly Sep–Nov · 0.06% in Oct
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.06% in Oct
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.06% in Oct
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataPassage migrantUncommon48–60 cmRegularly Oct–Jan · 0.06% in Oct
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.06% in Oct
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.05% in Oct
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorCommon120–150 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.05% in Oct
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Aug–Nov · 0.05% in Oct
Northern Pygmy-owlGlaucidium gnomaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Oct
WilletTringa semipalmataSummer visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Oct
Western Screech-owlMegascops kennicottiiResidentUncommon19–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Oct
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.05% in Oct
Pacific LoonGavia pacificaPassage migrantUncommon58–74 cmRegularly Oct–Jan · 0.05% in Oct
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.05% in Oct
Mute SwanCygnus olorWinter visitorUncommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Oct
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantRare16–22 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.04% in Oct
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorUncommon69–84 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Oct
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorCommon46–59 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.04% in Oct
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Oct
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaPassage migrantRare40–50 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.03% in Oct
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantRare24–28 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.03% in Oct
Pacific WrenTroglodytes pacificusWinter visitorRare8–12 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.03% in Oct
Boreal OwlAegolius funereusResidentRare21–28 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 0.03% in Oct
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusResidentRare17–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Oct
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaSummer visitorUncommon19–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Oct
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentRare66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Oct
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Oct
Williamson's SapsuckerSphyrapicus thyroideusSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.02% in Oct
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.02% in Oct
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Oct
American Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides dorsalisPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jun–Oct · 0.02% in Oct
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusResidentRare20–22 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.02% in Oct
Greylag GooseAnser anserWinter visitorUncommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Oct
Acorn WoodpeckerMelanerpes formicivorusPassage migrantRare20–24 cmRegularly Jun–Dec · 0.02% in Oct
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaSummer visitorUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.02% in Oct
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Oct
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.01% in Oct
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.01% in Oct
Varied ThrushIxoreus naeviusResidentRare20–26 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Oct
Common TernSterna hirundoPassage migrantRare31–35 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Oct
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataWinter visitorRare25–30 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Oct
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaWinter visitorRare12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Oct
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaResidentRare28–34 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.01% in Oct
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantRare23–26 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Oct
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusResidentRare34–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Oct
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusPassage migrantRare18–23 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Oct
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusResidentRare86–230 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.01% in Oct
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesWinter visitorRare81–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Oct
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusSummer visitorRare58–85 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.01% in Oct
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixWinter visitorRare28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Oct
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusSummer visitorRare18–22 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.00% in Oct
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.00% in Oct
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter visitorRare15–16 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.00% in Oct
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumPassage migrantRare12–14 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.00% in Oct
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