Birds to See in Northwest Territories in February
10 bird species on our list for Northwest Territories are recorded regularly in February
Of these, the most often recorded are Common Raven, Common Redpoll, Hairy Woodpecker, House Sparrow and Bohemian Waxwing. New this month: Rock Ptarmigan.
On the move in February
GBIF · FebAt 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.
Other months
All 10 birds in February
10 birds
Common RavenCorvus coraxWinter visitorCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 21.29% in Feb
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 15.91% in Feb
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusWinter visitorCommon18–26 cmRegularly Aug–May · 4.21% in Feb
House SparrowPasser domesticusWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 4.21% in Feb
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 3.51% in Feb
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusWinter visitorCommon41–50 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.94% in Feb
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Feb
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusSummer visitorCommon46–63 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 0.47% in Feb
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRegularly Jan–Apr · 0.35% in Feb
Rock PtarmiganLagopus mutaPassage migrantUncommon34–36 cmRegularly Feb–Aug · 0.35% in Feb
Smallest to largest
Length, cmData: 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