Rare Birds in Northwest Territories
Our list for Northwest Territories has 6 rare birds recorded regularly there: 4 passage migrants and 2 scarce visitors
All 6, most common first
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisPassage migrantRare28–34 cmRegularly May–Aug
Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicusPassage migrantRare11–13 cmRegularly Jun–Aug
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantRare15–16 cmRegularly Jun
Brent GooseBranta berniclaScarceRare55–66 cm
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusPassage migrantRare34–44 cmRegularly Jun
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorScarceRare22–24 cm
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Philadelphia Vireo 11–13 cm
- Wheatear 15–16 cm
- Wilson's Phalarope 22–24 cm
- Black-necked Grebe 28–34 cm
- Broad-winged Hawk 34–44 cm
- Brent Goose 55–66 cm
Body length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
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