Common Birds in Vermont
Our list for Vermont has 70 common birds recorded regularly there: 19 residents, 36 summer visitors, 13 winter visitors and 2 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Vermont in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 70, most common first
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaSummer visitorCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year
Canada GooseBranta canadensisSummer visitorCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusSummer visitorCommon17–23 cmRegularly Feb–Nov
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly May–Oct
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisSummer visitorCommon7–9 cmRegularly May–Sep
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Sep
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
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