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
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaPassage migrantCommon9–11 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Sep
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentCommon100–125 cmRecorded all year
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorCommon16–20 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaPassage migrantCommon10–13 cmRegularly May–Oct
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Oct–May
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsSummer visitorCommon31–38 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Sep–May
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisSummer visitorCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–May
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorCommon46–59 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Jan
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusSummer visitorCommon14–18 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
Common LoonGavia immerSummer visitorCommon66–91 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorCommon120–150 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
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