Birds to See in Northwest Territories in August
108 bird species on our list for Northwest Territories are recorded regularly in August
Of these, the most often recorded are Common Raven, American Herring Gull, Bald Eagle, White-crowned Sparrow and Yellow-rumped Warbler. New this month: Common Redpoll, Hairy Woodpecker, Bohemian Waxwing and Ruffed Grouse and 9 more.
On the move in August
GBIF · AugArriving
At their peak
From Northwest Territories’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 108 birds in August
108 birds
Common RavenCorvus coraxWinter visitorCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 6.41% in Aug
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusSummer visitorCommon53–65 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 3.45% in Aug
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusSummer visitorCommon70–102 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 3.13% in Aug
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly May–Oct · 2.32% in Aug
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 2.28% in Aug
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosSummer visitorCommon41–53 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 2.27% in Aug
MallardAnas platyrhynchosSummer visitorCommon50–65 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 2.23% in Aug
Common LoonGavia immerSummer visitorCommon66–91 cmRegularly May–Oct · 2.02% in Aug
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 1.92% in Aug
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisSummer visitorCommon80–122 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.87% in Aug
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisSummer visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.78% in Aug
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.73% in Aug
American RobinTurdus migratoriusSummer visitorCommon20–28 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 1.69% in Aug
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.57% in Aug
Canada GooseBranta canadensisSummer visitorCommon76–110 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.52% in Aug
Eurasian TealAnas creccaSummer visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.49% in Aug
Pacific LoonGavia pacificaSummer visitorCommon58–74 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.36% in Aug
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusSummer visitorCommon62–68 cmRegularly May–Oct · 1.14% in Aug
Northern PintailAnas acutaSummer visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.12% in Aug
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.11% in Aug
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaSummer visitorCommon40–50 cmRegularly May–Oct · 1.03% in Aug
MerlinFalco columbariusSummer visitorCommon24–33 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.95% in Aug
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.92% in Aug
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.89% in Aug
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumPassage migrantCommon15–18 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.85% in Aug
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.84% in Aug
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusSummer visitorCommon34–58 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.75% in Aug
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaSummer visitorCommon10–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.74% in Aug
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesSummer visitorCommon23–27 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.73% in Aug
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusWinter visitorCommon18–26 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.71% in Aug
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.70% in Aug
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataSummer visitorCommon53–69 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.70% in Aug
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.69% in Aug
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusSummer visitorCommon120–150 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.67% in Aug
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorCommon33–39 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.62% in Aug
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.62% in Aug
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.59% in Aug
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusSummer visitorCommon31–38 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.57% in Aug
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaSummer visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.54% in Aug
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.54% in Aug
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.53% in Aug
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.53% in Aug
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusSummer visitorCommon24–34 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.52% in Aug
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsSummer visitorCommon64–81 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.51% in Aug
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.50% in Aug
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.46% in Aug
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaSummer visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.40% in Aug
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisSummer visitorCommon37–60 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.40% in Aug
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaSummer visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.38% in Aug
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.38% in Aug
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosSummer visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.36% in Aug
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusSummer visitorCommon17–23 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.33% in Aug
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.33% in Aug
Common MerganserMergus merganserSummer visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.32% in Aug
House SparrowPasser domesticusWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Aug
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorSummer visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.32% in Aug
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaSummer visitorUncommon29–40 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.27% in Aug
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusPassage migrantCommon16–20 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.27% in Aug
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusSummer visitorUncommon18–19 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.26% in Aug
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaSummer visitorCommon15–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.25% in Aug
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisSummer visitorCommon45–65 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.23% in Aug
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaSummer visitorUncommon12–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.23% in Aug
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataSummer visitorCommon48–60 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.23% in Aug
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.21% in Aug
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosPassage migrantUncommon66–102 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.21% in Aug
Greater ScaupAythya marilaSummer visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.21% in Aug
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusResidentUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Jun–Aug · 0.21% in Aug
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumPassage migrantCommon13–17 cmRegularly Jun–Aug · 0.20% in Aug
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.20% in Aug
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.20% in Aug
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaSummer visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.20% in Aug
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.19% in Aug
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.18% in Aug
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.18% in Aug
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusSummer visitorCommon46–59 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.17% in Aug
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusSummer visitorUncommon19–22 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.17% in Aug
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusWinter visitorCommon41–50 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.16% in Aug
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Aug
Gray-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimusPassage migrantUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.14% in Aug
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensPassage migrantUncommon69–84 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.14% in Aug
American Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides dorsalisResidentUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.13% in Aug
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticusResidentUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jun–Jan · 0.13% in Aug
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.13% in Aug
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusSummer visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.13% in Aug
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.12% in Aug
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.12% in Aug
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.12% in Aug
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorSummer visitorUncommon139–157 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.11% in Aug
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaSummer visitorUncommon24–28 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.09% in Aug
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaPassage migrantUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.09% in Aug
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsSummer visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.09% in Aug
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusPassage migrantCommon40–49 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.08% in Aug
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.07% in Aug
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanSummer visitorUncommon32–36 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.07% in Aug
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusSummer visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.07% in Aug
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusSummer visitorCommon14–18 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.06% in Aug
King EiderSomateria spectabilisResidentCommon46–64 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.06% in Aug
Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudusPassage migrantUncommon48–58 cmRegularly Jun–Aug · 0.06% in Aug
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaPassage migrantCommon12–15 cmRegularly Jun–Aug · 0.06% in Aug
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisSummer visitorUncommon35–43 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.06% in Aug
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jun–Aug · 0.06% in Aug
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.06% in Aug
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.05% in Aug
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.05% in Aug
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisPassage migrantRare28–34 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.04% in Aug
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiPassage migrantUncommon53–76 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.04% in Aug
Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicusPassage migrantRare11–13 cmRegularly Jun–Aug · 0.03% in Aug
Rock PtarmiganLagopus mutaPassage migrantUncommon34–36 cmRegularly Feb–Aug · 0.03% in Aug
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