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 · Oct
Share 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
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusPassage migrantCommon17–19 cmRegularly Jul–Nov
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly May–Sep
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorCommon39–56 cmRecorded all year
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Common LoonGavia immerResidentCommon66–91 cmRecorded all year
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusResidentCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Dec
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–Oct
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Sep
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRegularly Sep–May
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year
Northern PintailAnas acutaResidentCommon59–76 cmRecorded all year
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year
Little AukAlle alleWinter visitorCommon18–21 cmRegularly Oct–Feb
Canada GooseBranta canadensisSummer visitorCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusSummer visitorCommon14–18 cmRegularly Feb–Oct
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantCommon23–27 cmRegularly Jul–Oct
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensSummer visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly May–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