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 · Oct
Share 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
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Aug–Oct
Wood DuckAix sponsaWinter visitorUncommon47–54 cmRecorded all year
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaPassage migrantUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Aug–Nov
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
DickcisselSpiza americanaPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–Dec
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Aug–Oct
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysSummer visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Jan
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Jul–Oct
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaPassage migrantUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Apr–May
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantUncommon20–32 cmRegularly May
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusSummer visitorUncommon17–23 cmRegularly Apr–Jan
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaPassage migrantUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Apr–May
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Aug
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisPassage migrantUncommon35–43 cmRegularly Nov
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaPassage migrantUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Apr–Jan
Leach's Storm-petrelHydrobates leucorhousSummer visitorUncommon18–21 cmRegularly May–Nov
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorUncommon45–50 cmRegularly Jan–Nov
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusPassage migrantUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–May
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisScarceUncommon58–70 cm
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisWinter visitorUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusPassage migrantUncommon30–38 cmRegularly Jun–Sep
Great White EgretArdea albaPassage migrantUncommon80–104 cmRegularly Oct–Nov
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