Birds to See in Wyoming in February
60 bird species on our list for Wyoming are recorded regularly in February
Of these, the most often recorded are House Sparrow, House Finch, Common Raven, Eurasian Collared Dove and Common Starling. New this month: Red-winged Blackbird, Snow Goose, Peregrine Falcon and Northern Saw-whet Owl and 2 more.
On the move in February
GBIF · FebArriving
At their peak
House SparrowBusiest month of the year · All year
House FinchBusiest month of the year · All year
Eurasian Collared DoveBusiest month of the year · All year
Downy WoodpeckerBusiest month of the year · All year
White-breasted NuthatchBusiest month of the year · All year
Common RedpollBusiest month of the year · Nov–Apr
Leaving soon
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 60 birds in February
60 birds
- House SparrowPasser domesticusWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 5.81% in Feb
- House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 5.55% in Feb
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 5.45% in Feb- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoWinter visitorCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 5.00% in Feb
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 3.77% in Feb
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosWinter visitorCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 3.68% in Feb
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 3.43% in Feb
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 3.14% in Feb
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 3.05% in Feb
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 2.43% in Feb
Rock DoveColumba liviaWinter visitorCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 1.88% in Feb
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 1.83% in Feb- Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensWinter visitorCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.77% in Feb
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.63% in Feb
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.59% in Feb
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorCommon46–59 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 1.55% in Feb
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosWinter visitorCommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 1.41% in Feb
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusResidentCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Feb
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentCommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Feb
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.96% in Feb- White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Feb
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorResidentCommon139–157 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Feb
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Feb
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataWinter visitorCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Feb
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Feb
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Feb
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentCommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Feb
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Feb
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusSummer visitorCommon17–23 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.48% in Feb
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoWinter visitorCommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Feb
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Feb
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Feb
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Feb
GadwallMareca streperaSummer visitorCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Feb
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.36% in Feb
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaResidentUncommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Feb
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiWinter visitorCommon53–76 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.33% in Feb
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumResidentCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Feb- Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.27% in Feb
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.23% in Feb
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.19% in Feb
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasSummer visitorCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Feb
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Feb
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixWinter visitorUncommon28–32 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.15% in Feb
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.10% in Feb
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusResidentUncommon41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Feb
ChukarAlectoris chukarWinter visitorUncommon32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Feb
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.09% in Feb
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensPassage migrantCommon69–84 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.08% in Feb
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Feb
Northern Pygmy-owlGlaucidium gnomaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · records held back in Feb (protected)
American Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides dorsalisResidentUncommon21–24 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.05% in Feb
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentUncommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Feb
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioWinter visitorRare16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Feb
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusResidentRare34–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Feb
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaSummer visitorRare27–30 cmRegularly Feb–Jul · 0.03% in Feb
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusPassage migrantUncommon17–21 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.02% in Feb
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaResidentRare12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.02% in Feb
Boreal OwlAegolius funereusResidentUncommon21–28 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · records held back in Feb (protected)
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusSummer visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.01% in Feb
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