United States · Oregon
Malheur NWR – Headquarters
318 species and 235,802 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: May–June and September, with up to 243 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Black-billed MagpiePica hudsonia
Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
California QuailCallipepla californica
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
American RobinTurdus migratorius
Northern HarrierCircus hudsonius
Northern RavenCorvus corax
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Rough-legged BuzzardButeo lagopusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
All 318 species recorded here
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- California Quail Callipepla californica
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockiorum
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- Black-chinned Hummingbird Archilochus alexandri
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena
- Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus
- Black-billed Magpie Pica hudsonia
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi
- Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- Cassin's Vireo Vireo cassinii
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
- Lewis's Woodpecker Melanerpes lewis
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- California Gull Larus californicus
- Townsend's Solitaire Myadestes townsendi
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- American Dusky Flycatcher Empidonax oberholseri
- Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
- American Bushtit Psaltriparus minimus
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Hammond's Flycatcher Empidonax hammondii
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Cassin's Finch Haemorhous cassinii
- Prairie Falcon Falco mexicanus
- Western Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Brewer's Sparrow Spizella breweri
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Sage Thrasher Oreoscoptes montanus
- Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus
- Calliope Hummingbird Selasphorus calliope
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia atricapilla
- American Grey Flycatcher Empidonax wrightii
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Red-naped Sapsucker Sphyrapicus nuchalis
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Mountain Chickadee Poecile gambeli
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Clark's Grebe Aechmophorus clarkii
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Pacific Wren Troglodytes pacificus
- Ferruginous Hawk Buteo regalis
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Black-throated Grey Warbler Setophaga nigrescens
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Harris's Sparrow Zonotrichia querula
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Tricolored Blackbird Agelaius tricolor
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- Rock Wren Salpinctes obsoletus
- California Scrub Jay Aphelocoma californica
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Mountain Bluebird Sialia currucoides
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- White-headed Woodpecker Leuconotopicus albolarvatus
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Broad-billed Hummingbird Cynanthus latirostris
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi
- Flammulated Owl Psiloscops flammeolus
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Western Bluebird Sialia mexicana
- Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Green-tailed Towhee Pipilo chlorurus
- Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Williamson's Sapsucker Sphyrapicus thyroideus
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Hutton's Vireo Vireo huttoni
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus
- Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata
- Sagebrush Sparrow Artemisiospiza nevadensis
- Ross's Goose Anser rossii
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Chukar Partridge Alectoris chukar
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Canyon Wren Catherpes mexicanus
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Steller's Jay Cyanocitta stelleri
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Northern Shrike Lanius borealis
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Pygmy Nuthatch Sitta pygmaea
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Red-breasted Sapsucker Sphyrapicus ruber
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Black-throated Sparrow Amphispiza bilineata
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Common Poorwill Phalaenoptilus nuttallii
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica
- Plumbeous Vireo Vireo plumbeus
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Hermit Warbler Setophaga occidentalis
- Streak-backed Oriole Icterus pustulatus
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Clark's Nutcracker Nucifraga columbiana
- Broad-tailed Hummingbird Selasphorus platycercus
- White-throated Swift Aeronautes saxatalis
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- American Goshawk Astur atricapillus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Virginia's Warbler Leiothlypis virginiae
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Sabine's Gull Xema sabini
- Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
- Western Screech Owl Megascops kennicottii
- Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Smew Mergellus albellus
- Black-backed Woodpecker Picoides arcticus
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Snowy Plover Anarhynchus nivosus
- Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Hooded Oriole Icterus cucullatus
- African Collared Dove Streptopelia roseogrisea
- Chestnut-backed Chickadee Poecile rufescens
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Lark Bunting Calamospiza melanocorys
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Grey Partridge Perdix perdix
- American Dipper Cinclus mexicanus
- White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Malheur NWR – Headquarters?
May–June and September. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 243 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Malheur NWR – Headquarters?
318 species, from 235,802 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Malheur NWR – Headquarters in November?
The most recorded in November: Black-billed Magpie, Dark-eyed Junco, Northern Flicker, Song Sparrow and Common Starling.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.