Birds to See in Northwest Territories in October
36 bird species on our list for Northwest Territories are recorded regularly in October
Of these, the most often recorded are Common Raven, Bald Eagle, Common Redpoll, Ring-billed Gull and Snow Bunting. New this month: Snow Bunting, Bohemian Waxwing, American Three-toed Woodpecker and Golden Eagle.
On the move in October
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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.
Other months
All 36 birds in October
36 birds
Common RavenCorvus coraxWinter visitorCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 13.57% in Oct
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusSummer visitorCommon70–102 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 5.39% in Oct
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 5.14% in Oct
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisSummer visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 3.83% in Oct
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisPassage migrantCommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–May · 3.74% in Oct
MallardAnas platyrhynchosSummer visitorCommon50–65 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 3.55% in Oct
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaSummer visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 2.80% in Oct
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusWinter visitorCommon18–26 cmRegularly Aug–May · 2.33% in Oct
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.96% in Oct
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusSummer visitorCommon53–65 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.40% in Oct
House SparrowPasser domesticusWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Oct
American RobinTurdus migratoriusSummer visitorCommon20–28 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 1.25% in Oct
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusSummer visitorCommon120–150 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.18% in Oct
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosSummer visitorCommon41–53 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.97% in Oct
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusPassage migrantCommon40–49 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.97% in Oct
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusSummer visitorCommon62–68 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.72% in Oct
Eurasian TealAnas creccaSummer visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.62% in Oct
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.59% in Oct
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusSummer visitorCommon46–59 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.59% in Oct
Common MerganserMergus merganserSummer visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.56% in Oct
Northern PintailAnas acutaSummer visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.56% in Oct
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.53% in Oct
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusWinter visitorCommon41–50 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.50% in Oct
Common LoonGavia immerSummer visitorCommon66–91 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.44% in Oct
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.44% in Oct
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Oct
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorSummer visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.40% in Oct
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaSummer visitorCommon40–50 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.40% in Oct
American Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides dorsalisResidentUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.34% in Oct
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticusResidentUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jun–Jan · 0.34% in Oct
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.34% in Oct
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesPassage migrantCommon52–60 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.28% in Oct
Greater ScaupAythya marilaSummer visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.25% in Oct
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.19% in Oct
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosPassage migrantUncommon66–102 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.16% in Oct
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataSummer visitorCommon48–60 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.16% in 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