Common Birds in Wyoming
Our list for Wyoming has 68 common birds recorded regularly there: 18 residents, 31 summer visitors, 17 winter visitors and 2 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Wyoming in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 68, most common first
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisSummer visitorCommon35–43 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRecorded all year
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsSummer visitorCommon31–38 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
Common LoonGavia immerPassage migrantCommon66–91 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly May–Sep
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiWinter visitorCommon53–76 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly May–Sep
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusSummer visitorCommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Sep
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly May–Oct
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentCommon46–63 cmRecorded all year
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoWinter visitorCommon100–125 cmRecorded all year
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorSummer visitorCommon22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensPassage migrantCommon69–84 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