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
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–May
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriPassage migrantCommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorCommon62–81 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorWinter visitorCommon139–157 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorCommon66–91 cmRecorded all year
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisResidentCommon10–14 cmRecorded all year
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaResidentCommon29–40 cmRecorded all year
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentCommon47–54 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