Common Birds in Wisconsin
Our list for Wisconsin has 77 common birds recorded regularly there: 20 residents, 34 summer visitors, 18 winter visitors and 5 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Wisconsin in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 77, most common first
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisWinter visitorCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Sep
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisSummer visitorCommon7–9 cmRegularly May–Sep
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorCommon53–65 cmRecorded all year
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Rock DoveColumba liviaWinter visitorCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasSummer visitorCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusSummer visitorCommon18–22 cmRegularly May–Sep
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorCommon62–81 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Wood DuckAix sponsaSummer visitorCommon47–54 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Sep–May
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly May–Oct
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusSummer visitorCommon17–22 cmRegularly May–Sep
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusPassage migrantCommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Oct
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–May
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