Common Birds in Washington
Our list for Washington has 56 common birds recorded regularly there: 28 residents, 11 summer visitors, 16 winter visitors and 1 passage migrant
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Washington in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 56, most common first
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Feb
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusSummer visitorCommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Sep
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaWinter visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Sep–May
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusResidentCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorCommon12–13 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