Common Birds in Virginia
Our list for Virginia has 57 common birds recorded regularly there: 31 residents, 14 summer visitors, 9 winter visitors and 3 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Virginia in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 57, most common first
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–May
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Jul–May
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusSummer visitorCommon17–22 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusResidentCommon36–41 cmRecorded all year
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaWinter visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Sep–May
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusWinter visitorCommon19–22 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusWinter visitorCommon14–18 cmRegularly Oct–May
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaSummer visitorCommon16–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumResidentCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–May
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 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