Uncommon Birds in Newfoundland and Labrador
Our list for Newfoundland and Labrador has 86 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 4 residents, 25 summer visitors, 15 winter visitors, 39 passage migrants and 3 scarce visitors
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 86, most common first
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaSummer visitorUncommon10–13 cmRegularly May–Sep
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusPassage migrantUncommon23–32 cmRegularly Jul–Sep
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Sep–May
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter visitorUncommon48–60 cmRecorded all year
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Aug–Nov
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaPassage migrantUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Jun–Oct
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Oct
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumPassage migrantUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Jun–Sep
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Nov
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Great ShearwaterArdenna gravisPassage migrantUncommon43–51 cmRegularly Jun–Oct
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorUncommon40–49 cmRecorded all year
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusSummer visitorUncommon41–50 cmRecorded all year
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRecorded all year
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorUncommon33–39 cmRegularly May–Sep
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Oct
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusSummer visitorUncommon58–85 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasSummer visitorUncommon91–137 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataWinter visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Apr–Feb
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Sep
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusResidentUncommon60–75 cmRecorded all year
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Mar–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