Birds to See in Newfoundland and Labrador in January
85 bird species on our list for Newfoundland and Labrador are recorded regularly in January
Of these, the most often recorded are American Crow, American Herring Gull, Iceland Gull, American Black Duck and Great Black-backed Gull. New this month: Fox Sparrow, Horned Lark, White-crowned Sparrow and Fulmar and 6 more.
On the move in January
GBIF · JanArriving
At their peak
From Newfoundland and Labrador’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 85 birds in January
85 birds
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 7.86% in Jan
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusResidentCommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 5.60% in Jan
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorCommon52–60 cmRegularly Nov–May · 4.76% in Jan
American Black DuckAnas rubripesResidentCommon54–59 cmRecorded all year · 3.52% in Jan
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 3.47% in Jan
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.96% in Jan
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 2.56% in Jan
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 2.55% in Jan
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.08% in Jan
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 2.08% in Jan
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 2.08% in Jan
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.84% in Jan
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.75% in Jan
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorCommon39–56 cmRecorded all year · 1.61% in Jan
Common LoonGavia immerResidentCommon66–91 cmRecorded all year · 1.52% in Jan
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Jan
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Jan
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 1.30% in Jan
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.25% in Jan
Little AukAlle alleWinter visitorCommon18–21 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 1.18% in Jan
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Jan
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Jan
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusWinter visitorCommon62–68 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.95% in Jan
American RobinTurdus migratoriusSummer visitorCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Jan
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Jan
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Jan
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorCommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.91% in Jan
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Jan
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusResidentCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Jan
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Jan
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorCommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Jan
Northern PintailAnas acutaResidentCommon59–76 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Jan
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.70% in Jan
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.69% in Jan
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Jan
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Jan
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraWinter visitorCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Jan
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.51% in Jan
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Jan
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Jan
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.35% in Jan
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.31% in Jan
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.30% in Jan
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusResidentUncommon60–75 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Jan
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaSummer visitorCommon15–19 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.24% in Jan
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorUncommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jan
Wood DuckAix sponsaWinter visitorUncommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jan
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.18% in Jan
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.17% in Jan
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.16% in Jan
Canada GooseBranta canadensisSummer visitorCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jan
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.13% in Jan
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jan
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter visitorUncommon48–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jan
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataWinter visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.11% in Jan
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorCommon38–43 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.10% in Jan
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jan
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jan
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaWinter visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.09% in Jan
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.09% in Jan
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisWinter visitorUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.08% in Jan
King EiderSomateria spectabilisWinter visitorUncommon46–64 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.08% in Jan
Greylag GooseAnser anserPassage migrantUncommon75–90 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 0.08% in Jan
Snowy OwlBubo scandiacusWinter visitorUncommon52–71 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.07% in Jan
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.07% in Jan
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusSummer visitorUncommon41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jan
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsPassage migrantUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Jun–Jan · 0.06% in Jan
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.06% in Jan
Common GullLarus canusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.05% in Jan
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisSummer visitorUncommon45–65 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.05% in Jan
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysSummer visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.03% in Jan
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusResidentRare46–59 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jan
European Herring GullLarus argentatusPassage migrantRare55–67 cmRegularly Jan · 0.03% in Jan
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jan
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentUncommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jan
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.02% in Jan
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusPassage migrantUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in Jan
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusSummer visitorUncommon17–23 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.02% in Jan
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorUncommon45–50 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.02% in Jan
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticusResidentUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jan
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaPassage migrantUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.01% in Jan
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusPassage migrantUncommon17–21 cmRegularly Jan–Jun · 0.01% in Jan
American Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides dorsalisSummer visitorRare21–24 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.01% in Jan
Boreal OwlAegolius funereusPassage migrantRare21–28 cmRegularly Jan–Jun · 0.01% in Jan
Rock PtarmiganLagopus mutaResidentRare34–36 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.00% in Jan
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