Complete field guide to every bird species recorded in Oregon. Browse by name, filter by taxonomic family or order, and tap any species for photos, range maps, songs, and identification tips.
All sighting data is sourced from eBird, the world's largest citizen science database for birds. Use this guide to discover what birds live in Oregon, learn their calls, and plan birding trips to the best hotspots in the region.
Oregon's list of nearly 550 species is among the largest in the nation, and its crown jewel is Malheur National Wildlife Refuge — a high-desert oasis whose spring migration, echoing marshes, and vagrant-trap headquarters grove are the stuff of birding legend.
The coast matches it: headland seawatches at Boiler Bay pass shearwaters and murrelets within scope range, Tufted Puffins nest on Haystack Rock in easy view from the beach, and in winter the Klamath Basin hosts one of the largest concentrations of wintering Bald Eagles in the lower 48 alongside vast waterfowl flocks.
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Where to bird in Oregon
Malheur National Wildlife Refuge
The legend itself: May mornings thick with migrants at headquarters, Bobolinks and bitterns in the meadows, Sandhill Cranes over the Blitzen Valley, and a rarity list that draws birders from every state.
Fields Oasis
A handful of trees at a desert crossroads south of Malheur that has hosted an absurd share of Oregon's vagrant warblers — late May and September are prime, milkshake from the Fields Station included.
Boiler Bay State Scenic Viewpoint
The best seawatch on the Oregon coast: Sooty Shearwater rivers in fall, Marbled and Ancient Murrelets, all three scoters, and — with patience and a scope — real deep-water birds from solid ground.
Yaquina Head & Newport
Summer seabird colonies at their most accessible: Common Murres carpeting the rocks, Pelagic and Brandt's Cormorants, Pigeon Guillemots below the lighthouse, and Newport's bay full of winter loons and grebes.
Haystack Rock, Cannon Beach
Tufted Puffins nesting within camera range of the sand every summer — the easiest puffin view in the lower 48, with Harlequin Ducks in the surf beside the rock.
Klamath Basin
Winter's raptor and waterfowl stronghold on the California line: hundreds of Bald Eagles, thousands of geese and swans, and summer marshes with grebes dancing on Upper Klamath Lake.
Steens Mountain
A gravel road to 9,700 feet: Black Rosy-Finches on the summit rims, Prairie Falcons along the gorges, and sage country below with Greater Sage-Grouse and Brewer's Sparrows.
Sauvie Island
Portland's winter playground: Sandhill Cranes and cackling geese by the tens of thousands, Bald Eagles on every snag, and songbird-filled oak woodlands minutes from downtown.
Summer Lake Wildlife Area
High-desert marshes beneath a fault-block scarp: breeding Snowy Plovers, American Avocets, and White-faced Ibis, with spring waterfowl clouds and Franklin's Gulls overhead.
Oregon birding by season
Spring (March–May) — Malheur in May
The high desert fills with migrants — warbler waves at the oases, shorebirds on the alkali flats, cranes and ibis in the meadows — while the coast's colonies come back to life.
Summer (June–August) — Puffins, murres, and mountain meadows
Seabird colonies at full roar from Yaquina Head to Haystack Rock, rosy-finches on Steens Mountain, and the Cascades' hemlock forests singing with Hermit Warblers and Townsend's Solitaires.
Fall (September–November) — Shearwater rivers and desert vagrants
Boiler Bay's seawatch peaks as shearwaters stream south, while Fields and Malheur's groves catch eastern strays — September in Harney County is Oregon's rarity season.
Winter (December–February) — Eagles and geese at Klamath
The Klamath Basin's eagle concentration is among the largest in the contiguous states, Sauvie Island teems with cranes and geese, and rocky coastal jetties hold turnstones, Surfbirds, and Rock Sandpipers.
All 590 bird species recorded in Oregon
Every species on this list has been recorded in Oregon on eBird. Tap any bird for photos, range maps, songs, and identification tips.