Birds to See in Wyoming in December
74 bird species on our list for Wyoming are recorded regularly in December
Of these, the most often recorded are Common Raven, House Finch, House Sparrow, Eurasian Collared Dove and American Crow. New this month: Fox Sparrow and Boreal Owl.
On the move in December
GBIF · DecAt their peak
From Wyoming’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
Other months
All 74 birds in December
74 birds
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 4.86% in Dec
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 4.71% in Dec
House SparrowPasser domesticusWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 4.68% in Dec
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoWinter visitorCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 4.60% in Dec
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosWinter visitorCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 4.40% in Dec
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 3.66% in Dec
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 3.63% in Dec
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 3.57% in Dec
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 3.01% in Dec
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 2.65% in Dec
Rock DoveColumba liviaWinter visitorCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 1.88% in Dec
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.72% in Dec
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensWinter visitorCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.68% in Dec
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 1.66% in Dec
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.62% in Dec
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorCommon46–59 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 1.58% in Dec
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosWinter visitorCommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Dec
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataWinter visitorCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Dec
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.01% in Dec
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Dec
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorResidentCommon139–157 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Dec
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Dec
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Dec
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentCommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Dec
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Dec
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiWinter visitorCommon53–76 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.65% in Dec
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Dec
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Dec
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentCommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Dec
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoWinter visitorCommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Dec
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusResidentCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Dec
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Dec
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.41% in Dec
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumResidentCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Dec
GadwallMareca streperaSummer visitorCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Dec
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisSummer visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.36% in Dec
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaResidentUncommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Dec
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.33% in Dec
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Dec
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusSummer visitorCommon17–23 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.28% in Dec
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.23% in Dec
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.22% in Dec
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaSummer visitorCommon16–26 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.21% in Dec
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensPassage migrantCommon69–84 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.20% in Dec
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Dec
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.16% in Dec
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Dec
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasSummer visitorCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Dec
ChukarAlectoris chukarWinter visitorUncommon32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Dec
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsSummer visitorCommon31–38 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.11% in Dec
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisSummer visitorCommon80–122 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.09% in Dec
Common LoonGavia immerPassage migrantCommon66–91 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.08% in Dec
Northern Pygmy-owlGlaucidium gnomaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Dec
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentUncommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Dec
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.08% in Dec
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusPassage migrantUncommon53–65 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.08% in Dec
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixWinter visitorUncommon28–32 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.06% in Dec
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusResidentUncommon41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Dec
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.06% in Dec
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusPassage migrantUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.06% in Dec
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusPassage migrantUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.06% in Dec
Greater ScaupAythya marilaPassage migrantUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.05% in Dec
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorPassage migrantUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.05% in Dec
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisSummer visitorRare16–21 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.04% in Dec
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesPassage migrantUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.04% in Dec
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioWinter visitorRare16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Dec
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusResidentRare34–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Dec
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusPassage migrantUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.03% in Dec
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisSummer visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.03% in Dec
American Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides dorsalisResidentUncommon21–24 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.03% in Dec
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiPassage migrantUncommon57–64 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Dec
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaSummer visitorUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.01% in Dec
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsPassage migrantUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Dec
Boreal OwlAegolius funereusResidentUncommon21–28 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.01% in Dec
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