Common Birds in West Virginia
Our list for West Virginia has 57 common birds recorded regularly there: 25 residents, 19 summer visitors, 8 winter visitors and 5 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in West Virginia in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 57, most common first
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusSummer visitorCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year
MallardAnas platyrhynchosWinter visitorCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisSummer visitorCommon7–9 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Feb
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 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