Uncommon Birds in Northwest Territories
Our list for Northwest Territories has 59 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 5 residents, 30 summer visitors, 23 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
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 59, most common first
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Jul
Snowy OwlBubo scandiacusScarceUncommon52–71 cm
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly May–Jul
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosPassage migrantUncommon66–102 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusResidentUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Jun–Aug
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Jun–Sep
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly May–Sep
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusSummer visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Jul
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Aug
GadwallMareca streperaSummer visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly May–Jul
Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoidesPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Apr
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusSummer visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly May–Aug
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jun
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Sep
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusPassage migrantUncommon18–22 cmRegularly May–Jun
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaPassage migrantUncommon36–42 cmRegularly May
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsSummer visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly May–Aug
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentUncommon50–71 cmRegularly Jun
Varied ThrushIxoreus naeviusPassage migrantUncommon20–26 cmRegularly May–Jun
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorSummer visitorUncommon139–157 cmRegularly May–Aug
Sabine's GullXema sabiniPassage migrantUncommon27–33 cmRegularly Jun
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–Sep
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