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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in West Virginia in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 57, most common first
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusWinter visitorCommon19–22 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Oct
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Wood DuckAix sponsaSummer visitorCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusPassage migrantCommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Oct
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusSummer visitorCommon18–22 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaPassage migrantCommon10–13 cmRegularly May–Oct
Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castaneaPassage migrantCommon14–14 cmRegularly May–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