Birds in Northwest Territories
Explore 141 species found in this region.
Visiting in April? Look out for American Crow and American Herring Gull arriving this month, and American Three-toed Woodpecker and Black-backed Woodpecker depart for the season.
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Canada Goose
Branta canadensisLC
Apr–Sep

Cape May Warbler
Setophaga tigrinaLC
May–Aug

Cedar Waxwing
Bombycilla cedrorumLC
Jun–Sep

Chipping Sparrow
Spizella passerinaLC
May–Sep

Clay-colored Sparrow
Spizella pallidaLC
May–Jul

Common Grackle
Quiscalus quisculaNT
May–Nov

Common Loon
Gavia immerLC
May–Oct

Common Merganser
Mergus merganserLC
Apr–Oct
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Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Year-round

Common Redpoll
Acanthis flammeaLC
Year-round

Common Scoter
Melanitta nigraLC
Jul–Oct

Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Apr–Dec

Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
May–Aug

Common Yellowthroat
Geothlypis trichasLC
Jun–Sep

Downy Woodpecker
Dryobates pubescensLC
Sep–May

Eider
Somateria mollissimaNT
Jul–Aug

Evening Grosbeak
Hesperiphona vespertinaVU
Oct–Apr

Fox Sparrow
Passerella iliacaLC
May–Oct

Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
May–Jul

Glaucous Gull
Larus hyperboreusLC
May–Nov

Golden Eagle
Aquila chrysaetosLC
May–Sep

Goldeneye
Bucephala clangulaLC
Apr–Oct

Gray Catbird
Dumetella carolinensisLC
Oct