Common Birds in Northwest Territories
Our list for Northwest Territories has 75 common birds recorded regularly there: 4 residents, 56 summer visitors, 7 winter visitors and 8 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Northwest Territories in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 75, most common first
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly May–Sep
Common LoonGavia immerSummer visitorCommon66–91 cmRegularly May–Oct
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusPassage migrantCommon16–20 cmRegularly Jun–Sep
Northern PintailAnas acutaSummer visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusSummer visitorCommon17–23 cmRegularly May–Aug
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisSummer visitorCommon80–122 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumPassage migrantCommon13–17 cmRegularly Jun–Aug
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Aug
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaSummer visitorCommon40–50 cmRegularly May–Oct
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorCommon33–39 cmRegularly May–Aug
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Sep
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly May–Sep
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaSummer visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusSummer visitorCommon31–38 cmRegularly May–Sep
Pacific LoonGavia pacificaSummer visitorCommon58–74 cmRegularly May–Sep
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaSummer visitorCommon15–19 cmRegularly May–Sep
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusWinter visitorCommon41–50 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusSummer visitorCommon120–150 cmRegularly Apr–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