Common Birds in Newfoundland and Labrador
Our list for Newfoundland and Labrador has 79 common birds recorded regularly there: 22 residents, 28 summer visitors, 19 winter visitors and 10 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Newfoundland and Labrador in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 79, most common first
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusResidentCommon53–65 cmRecorded all year
American RobinTurdus migratoriusSummer visitorCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorCommon52–60 cmRegularly Nov–May
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisSummer visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year
American Black DuckAnas rubripesResidentCommon54–59 cmRecorded all year
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Sep
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Oct
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaSummer visitorCommon29–40 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly May–Sep
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Sep
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaSummer visitorCommon15–19 cmRegularly Jan–Nov
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaSummer visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly May–Oct
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jun–Sep
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year
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