Birds to See in Newfoundland and Labrador in October
135 bird species on our list for Newfoundland and Labrador are recorded regularly in October
Of these, the most often recorded are American Crow, American Herring Gull, Blue Jay, Great Black-backed Gull and American Robin. New this month: Little Auk, Common Redpoll, Glaucous Gull and Long-tailed Duck and 17 more.
On the move in October
GBIF · OctArriving
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 135 birds in October
135 birds
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 6.47% in Oct
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusResidentCommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 5.55% in Oct
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 4.65% in Oct
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 3.64% in Oct
American RobinTurdus migratoriusSummer visitorCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 3.21% in Oct
American Black DuckAnas rubripesResidentCommon54–59 cmRecorded all year · 2.48% in Oct
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.26% in Oct
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 2.14% in Oct
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaSummer visitorCommon29–40 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 2.01% in Oct
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Oct
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.46% in Oct
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisSummer visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.45% in Oct
Common LoonGavia immerResidentCommon66–91 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Oct
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Oct
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Oct
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaSummer visitorCommon15–19 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 1.04% in Oct
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 1.02% in Oct
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantCommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 0.94% in Oct
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusPassage migrantCommon17–19 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 0.90% in Oct
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Oct
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantCommon15–18 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 0.84% in Oct
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Oct
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Oct
Northern PintailAnas acutaResidentCommon59–76 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Oct
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorCommon39–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Oct
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Oct
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Oct
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Oct
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.70% in Oct
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Oct
Canada GooseBranta canadensisSummer visitorCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Oct
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorCommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Oct
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantCommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–Nov · 0.62% in Oct
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraWinter visitorCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Oct
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusSummer visitorCommon14–18 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.58% in Oct
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusResidentCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Oct
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.50% in Oct
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorCommon38–43 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.48% in Oct
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Oct
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Oct
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaSummer visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.41% in Oct
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.39% in Oct
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter visitorUncommon48–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Oct
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Oct
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Aug–Nov · 0.38% in Oct
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.36% in Oct
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.35% in Oct
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Oct
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Oct
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Oct
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.31% in Oct
MerlinFalco columbariusSummer visitorCommon24–33 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.30% in Oct
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorUncommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Oct
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusSummer visitorUncommon41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Oct
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.28% in Oct
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaPassage migrantCommon15–18 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.27% in Oct
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataWinter visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.26% in Oct
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Oct
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.25% in Oct
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.21% in Oct
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantCommon23–27 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.21% in Oct
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaPassage migrantUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Aug–Nov · 0.21% in Oct
DickcisselSpiza americanaPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–Dec · 0.20% in Oct
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.19% in Oct
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorCommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.18% in Oct
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Oct
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasSummer visitorUncommon91–137 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.17% in Oct
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.17% in Oct
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.17% in Oct
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.17% in Oct
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.16% in Oct
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.16% in Oct
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaPassage migrantUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.16% in Oct
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusPassage migrantUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.15% in Oct
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.14% in Oct
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.14% in Oct
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.14% in Oct
Great White EgretArdea albaPassage migrantUncommon80–104 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.13% in Oct
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusResidentUncommon60–75 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Oct
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysSummer visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.13% in Oct
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensSummer visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.13% in Oct
Leach's Storm-petrelHydrobates leucorhousSummer visitorUncommon18–21 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.12% in Oct
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusPassage migrantUncommon18–22 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.12% in Oct
Little AukAlle alleWinter visitorCommon18–21 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.11% in Oct
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.09% in Oct
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescensPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Oct · 0.08% in Oct
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.08% in Oct
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.08% in Oct
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.08% in Oct
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaPassage migrantUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Jun–Oct · 0.08% in Oct
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.08% in Oct
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.07% in Oct
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Oct
Cattle EgretArdea ibisPassage migrantUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.06% in Oct
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorUncommon45–50 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.06% in Oct
Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicusPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Jun–Nov · 0.06% in Oct
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.06% in Oct
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaWinter visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.06% in Oct
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaPassage migrantUncommon16–19 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.06% in Oct
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusWinter visitorCommon62–68 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.05% in Oct
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusSummer visitorUncommon46–51 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.05% in Oct
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusSummer visitorUncommon17–23 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.05% in Oct
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticusResidentUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Oct
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusPassage migrantRare48–66 cmRegularly Oct · 0.05% in Oct
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.04% in Oct
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Dec · 0.04% in Oct
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Oct
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisPassage migrantUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Oct–Dec · 0.04% in Oct
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorRare12–15 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.04% in Oct
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusSummer visitorRare19–22 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Oct
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusResidentRare46–59 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Oct
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.03% in Oct
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusPassage migrantRare15–17 cmRegularly Sep–Dec · 0.03% in Oct
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentUncommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Oct
Wood DuckAix sponsaWinter visitorUncommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Oct
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Jun–Nov · 0.03% in Oct
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorUncommon20–24 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.03% in Oct
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisPassage migrantRare20–24 cmRegularly Oct · 0.03% in Oct
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusPassage migrantRare17–22 cmRegularly Oct · 0.03% in Oct
Great ShearwaterArdenna gravisPassage migrantUncommon43–51 cmRegularly Jun–Oct · 0.03% in Oct
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisSummer visitorUncommon45–65 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.03% in Oct
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensPassage migrantRare69–84 cmRegularly Oct · 0.03% in Oct
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusPassage migrantUncommon20–22 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.02% in Oct
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaPassage migrantRare10–14 cmRegularly Jun–Oct · 0.02% in Oct
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsPassage migrantUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Jun–Jan · 0.02% in Oct
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.02% in Oct
Common GullLarus canusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Oct
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantUncommon15–16 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.02% in Oct
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiPassage migrantRare14–17 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.01% in Oct
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusPassage migrantRare16–20 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Oct
American Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides dorsalisSummer visitorRare21–24 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.01% in Oct
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosPassage migrantUncommon21–26 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.01% in Oct
Turkey VultureCathartes auraPassage migrantRare62–81 cmRegularly Oct–Dec · 0.01% in Oct
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentRare50–90 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Oct
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisPassage migrantRare80–122 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.00% in 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