Birds to See in West Virginia in February
87 bird species on our list for West Virginia are recorded regularly in February
Of these, the most often recorded are Northern Cardinal, American Crow, Tufted Titmouse, Song Sparrow and Blue Jay. New this month: Orange-crowned Warbler, Lapland Longspur, Great Black-backed Gull and Trumpeter Swan and 1 more.
On the move in February
GBIF · FebArriving
At their peak
From West Virginia’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
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All 87 birds in February
87 birds
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 5.11% in Feb
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 4.59% in Feb
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 4.15% in Feb
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 4.08% in Feb
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 3.59% in Feb
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 3.50% in Feb
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 3.41% in Feb
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 3.40% in Feb
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.35% in Feb
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 3.28% in Feb
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 2.98% in Feb
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 2.71% in Feb
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.62% in Feb
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.21% in Feb
MallardAnas platyrhynchosWinter visitorCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.03% in Feb
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 2.01% in Feb
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 1.85% in Feb
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Feb
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Feb
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Feb
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Feb
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Feb
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Feb
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusSummer visitorCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Feb
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Feb
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Feb
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Feb
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Feb
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.71% in Feb
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.53% in Feb
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.50% in Feb
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Feb
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusWinter visitorCommon19–22 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.39% in Feb
American Black DuckAnas rubripesWinter visitorUncommon54–59 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.37% in Feb
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.35% in Feb
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.33% in Feb
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.30% in Feb
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter visitorUncommon35–43 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.28% in Feb
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Feb
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.21% in Feb
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.21% in Feb
Wood DuckAix sponsaSummer visitorCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Feb
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.18% in Feb
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.18% in Feb
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusResidentUncommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Feb
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Feb
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.15% in Feb
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.14% in Feb
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.13% in Feb
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.12% in Feb
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Feb
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Feb
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorUncommon34–38 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.11% in Feb
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.10% in Feb
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaWinter visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.10% in Feb
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Feb
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioWinter visitorUncommon16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Feb
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusResidentUncommon19–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Feb
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.08% in Feb
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.07% in Feb
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.07% in Feb
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorUncommon53–65 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.07% in Feb
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.07% in Feb
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.06% in Feb
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.04% in Feb
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusWinter visitorUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Feb
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.04% in Feb
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentRare140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Feb
MerlinFalco columbariusResidentUncommon24–33 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Feb
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosWinter visitorUncommon66–102 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.03% in Feb
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorRare46–59 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.03% in Feb
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiWinter visitorRare53–76 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.03% in Feb
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Feb
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiWinter visitorRare57–64 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.02% in Feb
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.02% in Feb
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorUncommon69–84 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.02% in Feb
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusResidentUncommon41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Feb
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentRare66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Feb
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusResidentRare15–16 cmRegularly Dec–Feb · 0.02% in Feb
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.02% in Feb
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.01% in Feb
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoSummer visitorRare30–32 cmRegularly Jan–Aug · 0.01% in Feb
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisResidentRare80–122 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 0.00% in Feb
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentRare64–79 cmRegularly Feb · 0.00% in Feb
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataResidentRare11–14 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.00% in Feb
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaResidentRare40–50 cmRegularly Feb · 0.00% in Feb
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorResidentRare139–157 cmRegularly Feb–Jun · 0.00% in Feb
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