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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Vermont in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 70, most common first
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusSummer visitorCommon14–18 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
American Black DuckAnas rubripesWinter visitorCommon54–59 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Common LoonGavia immerResidentCommon66–91 cmRegularly Apr–Feb
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Oct–May
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensSummer visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly May–Oct
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusSummer visitorCommon18–22 cmRegularly May–Sep
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentCommon100–125 cmRecorded all year
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumSummer visitorCommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Aug
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescensSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Sep
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysPassage migrantCommon15–16 cmRegularly May–Nov
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusSummer visitorCommon17–22 cmRegularly May–Sep
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaSummer visitorCommon16–19 cmRegularly May–Sep
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusSummer visitorCommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Sep
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