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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Washington in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 56, most common first
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year
Pacific WrenTroglodytes pacificusResidentCommon8–12 cmRecorded all year
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiSummer visitorCommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Sep
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorCommon15–19 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year
Varied ThrushIxoreus naeviusWinter visitorCommon20–26 cmRecorded all year
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRegularly Aug–May
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisResidentCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsResidentCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Feb
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter visitorCommon48–60 cmRecorded all year
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Oct–May
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiWinter visitorCommon53–76 cmRegularly Sep–May
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–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