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-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusSummer visitorCommon19–22 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaSummer visitorCommon10–14 cmRegularly May–Sep
Eurasian TealAnas creccaSummer visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
VeeryCatharus fuscescensSummer visitorCommon16–19 cmRegularly May–Sep
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorCommon15–19 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorResidentCommon139–157 cmRecorded all year
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensSummer visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly Apr–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