Rare Birds in Newfoundland and Labrador
Our list for Newfoundland and Labrador has 34 rare birds recorded regularly there: 4 residents, 4 summer visitors, 21 passage migrants and 5 scarce visitors
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 34, most common first
VeeryCatharus fuscescensPassage migrantRare16–19 cmRegularly Jun–Jul
Boreal OwlAegolius funereusPassage migrantRare21–28 cmRegularly Jan–Jun
Turkey VultureCathartes auraPassage migrantRare62–81 cmRegularly Oct–Dec
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanScarceRare32–36 cm
American Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides dorsalisSummer visitorRare21–24 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaPassage migrantRare17–19 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentRare50–90 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusResidentRare25–30 cmRegularly Jul
Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudusPassage migrantRare48–58 cmRegularly Jul–Sep
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaScarceRare50–58 cm
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoScarceRare100–125 cm
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