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
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusSummer visitorCommon62–68 cmRegularly May–Oct
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Sep
Boreal OwlAegolius funereusPassage migrantCommon21–28 cmRegularly Mar–Apr
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusPassage migrantCommon40–49 cmRegularly May–Oct
MerlinFalco columbariusSummer visitorCommon24–33 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisSummer visitorCommon45–65 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
King EiderSomateria spectabilisResidentCommon46–64 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusSummer visitorCommon46–63 cmRegularly Jan–Sep
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumPassage migrantCommon15–18 cmRegularly Jun–Sep
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorSummer visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly May–Oct
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusSummer visitorCommon14–18 cmRegularly May–Sep
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRegularly Jan–Apr
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusSummer visitorCommon34–58 cmRegularly May–Sep
Common MerganserMergus merganserSummer visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesPassage migrantCommon52–60 cmRegularly May–Oct
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataSummer visitorCommon53–69 cmRegularly May–Sep
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly May–Aug
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly May–Sep
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly May–Sep
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly May–Sep
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsSummer visitorCommon64–81 cmRegularly May–Sep
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusSummer visitorCommon46–59 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