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
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataSummer visitorCommon48–60 cmRegularly May–Oct
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisSummer visitorCommon37–60 cmRegularly May–Aug
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Aug
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusSummer visitorCommon24–34 cmRegularly May–Sep
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaPassage migrantCommon12–15 cmRegularly Jun–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