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
Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castaneaPassage migrantUncommon14–14 cmRegularly Jun
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisSummer visitorUncommon35–43 cmRegularly May–Aug
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jun–Aug
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusSummer visitorUncommon23–32 cmRegularly May–Jul
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanSummer visitorUncommon32–36 cmRegularly May–Aug
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaSummer visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly May–Jul
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusPassage migrantUncommon46–51 cmRegularly Jun
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Aug
Black TernChlidonias nigerPassage migrantUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Jun
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisSummer visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly May–Jul
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly May–Aug
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiPassage migrantUncommon57–64 cmRegularly May
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly May–Jun
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