Birds to See in Wyoming in October
119 bird species on our list for Wyoming are recorded regularly in October
Of these, the most often recorded are Common Raven, Mallard, Canada Goose, American Robin and Common Starling. New this month: Rough-legged Hawk, Goldeneye, American Tree Sparrow and Cackling Goose and 13 more.
On the move in October
GBIF · OctArriving
At 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.
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All 119 birds in October
119 birds
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 3.81% in Oct
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 3.46% in Oct
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 3.39% in Oct
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 3.05% in Oct
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 3.02% in Oct
House SparrowPasser domesticusWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.56% in Oct
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 2.45% in Oct
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 2.44% in Oct
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoWinter visitorCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 2.37% in Oct
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.34% in Oct
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosWinter visitorCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 2.33% in Oct
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.81% in Oct
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusSummer visitorCommon17–23 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.39% in Oct
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Oct
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.32% in Oct
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisSummer visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 1.26% in Oct
GadwallMareca streperaSummer visitorCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Oct
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusResidentCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Oct
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Oct
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Oct
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaSummer visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.94% in Oct
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataWinter visitorCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Oct
Rock DoveColumba liviaWinter visitorCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Oct
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Oct
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaSummer visitorCommon16–26 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.92% in Oct
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentCommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Oct
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsSummer visitorCommon31–38 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.77% in Oct
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosWinter visitorCommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Oct
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisSummer visitorCommon35–43 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.69% in Oct
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Oct
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.67% in Oct
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisSummer visitorCommon80–122 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.66% in Oct
Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoidesSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.65% in Oct
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorResidentCommon139–157 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Oct
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensWinter visitorCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Oct
Common LoonGavia immerPassage migrantCommon66–91 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.61% in Oct
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Oct
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraSummer visitorCommon23–34 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.48% in Oct
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Oct
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.45% in Oct
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Oct
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Oct
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasSummer visitorCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Oct
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumResidentCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Oct
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.33% in Oct
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentCommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Oct
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoWinter visitorCommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Oct
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaPassage migrantUncommon29–40 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.29% in Oct
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Oct
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.27% in Oct
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusSummer visitorUncommon14–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.26% in Oct
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.25% in Oct
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Oct
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusResidentUncommon41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Oct
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorCommon62–81 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.23% in Oct
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.22% in Oct
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusPassage migrantUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.21% in Oct
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.21% in Oct
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.20% in Oct
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorCommon46–59 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.20% in Oct
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.19% in Oct
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaResidentUncommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Oct
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.17% in Oct
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.17% in Oct
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaSummer visitorUncommon43–51 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.14% in Oct
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensPassage migrantCommon69–84 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.14% in Oct
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixWinter visitorUncommon28–32 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.14% in Oct
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisSummer visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.14% in Oct
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusPassage migrantUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.13% in Oct
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusPassage migrantUncommon53–65 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.12% in Oct
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorPassage migrantUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.12% in Oct
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentUncommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Oct
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaPassage migrantUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.10% in Oct
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorCommon13–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.10% in Oct
Red-naped SapsuckerSphyrapicus nuchalisSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.10% in Oct
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusPassage migrantUncommon17–21 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.09% in Oct
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiWinter visitorCommon53–76 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.08% in Oct
American Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides dorsalisResidentUncommon21–24 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.08% in Oct
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.08% in Oct
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.08% in Oct
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataPassage migrantUncommon48–60 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.08% in Oct
ChukarAlectoris chukarWinter visitorUncommon32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Oct
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.06% in Oct
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanSummer visitorUncommon32–36 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.06% in Oct
Boreal OwlAegolius funereusResidentUncommon21–28 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.05% in Oct
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.05% in Oct
Pacific LoonGavia pacificaResidentUncommon58–74 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.05% in Oct
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.04% in Oct
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusPassage migrantUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.04% in Oct
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.04% in Oct
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.03% in Oct
Varied ThrushIxoreus naeviusResidentRare20–26 cmRegularly Oct · 0.03% in Oct
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisSummer visitorRare16–21 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.03% in Oct
Sabine's GullXema sabiniPassage migrantUncommon27–33 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.03% in Oct
Greater ScaupAythya marilaPassage migrantUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.02% in Oct
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaSummer visitorRare40–50 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.02% in Oct
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusSummer visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.02% in Oct
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaResidentRare12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.02% in Oct
Northern Pygmy-owlGlaucidium gnomaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Oct
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusResidentRare34–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Oct
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentRare27–30 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.02% in Oct
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaSummer visitorUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.01% in Oct
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioWinter visitorRare16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Oct
Williamson's SapsuckerSphyrapicus thyroideusSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Oct
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticusSummer visitorRare21–24 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.01% in Oct
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiPassage migrantUncommon57–64 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Oct
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Oct
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsPassage migrantUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Oct
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescensPassage migrantRare11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.01% in Oct
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaPassage migrantRare11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Oct
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusPassage migrantUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Oct
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaSummer visitorUncommon19–25 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Oct
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Oct
Common TernSterna hirundoPassage migrantRare31–35 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Oct
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Oct
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Oct
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaPassage migrantRare11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Oct
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosSummer visitorRare21–26 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.00% in Oct
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.00% in 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