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
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–May
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusResidentCommon53–65 cmRecorded all year
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–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