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.

Pacific Wren
Pacific WrenSmallest · 8cm
to
Trumpeter Swan
Trumpeter SwanLargest · 157cm
Ranges from the Pacific Wren (8cm) to the Trumpeter Swan (157cm)32 families represented

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Showing 47–69 of 141 species

Gray-cheeked Thrush

Gray-cheeked Thrush

Catharus minimusLC

PassageRarely spotted

Jun–Sep

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Great Grey Owl

Great Grey Owl

Strix nebulosaLC

Non-breedingRarely spotted

Nov–Apr

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Great Horned Owl

Great Horned Owl

Bubo virginianusLC

ResidentRarely spotted

Jan–Oct

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Greater Scaup

Greater Scaup

Aythya marilaLC

BreedingRarely spotted

May–Oct

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Greater White-fronted Goose

Greater White-fronted Goose

Anser albifronsLC

BreedingUncommonly spotted

May–Oct

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Greater Yellowlegs

Greater Yellowlegs

Tringa melanoleucaNT

BreedingRarely spotted

May–Sep

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Grey Plover

Grey Plover

Pluvialis squatarolaLC

BreedingRarely spotted

May–Sep

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Gyrfalcon

Gyrfalcon

Falco rusticolusLC

ResidentRarely spotted

Jul–Mar

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D

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Hairy Woodpecker

Hairy Woodpecker

Leuconotopicus villosusLC

ResidentUncommonly spotted

Year-round

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Hermit Thrush

Hermit Thrush

Catharus guttatusLC

BreedingUncommonly spotted

May–Oct

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Hooded Merganser

Hooded Merganser

Lophodytes cucullatusLC

PassageRarely spotted

May–Oct

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Horned Grebe

Horned Grebe

Podiceps auritusVU

BreedingUncommonly spotted

May–Oct

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Horned Lark

Horned Lark

Eremophila alpestrisLC

BreedingRarely spotted

May–Sep

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
House Sparrow

House Sparrow

Passer domesticusLC

ResidentUncommonly spotted

Year-round

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Hudsonian Godwit

Hudsonian Godwit

Limosa haemasticaVU

PassageRarely spotted

May–Jun

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Hudsonian Whimbrel

Hudsonian Whimbrel

Numenius hudsonicusLC

BreedingRarely spotted

May–Jul

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Iceland Gull

Iceland Gull

Larus glaucoidesLC

ResidentRarely spotted

May–Nov

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
King Eider

King Eider

Somateria spectabilisLC

PassageRarely spotted

Jul–Nov

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Kittiwake

Kittiwake

Rissa tridactylaVU

PassageRarely spotted

Aug

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Lapland Longspur

Lapland Longspur

Calcarius lapponicusLC

BreedingUncommonly spotted

May–Oct

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Least Flycatcher

Least Flycatcher

Empidonax minimusLC

BreedingRarely spotted

May–Aug

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Least Sandpiper

Least Sandpiper

Calidris minutillaNT

BreedingUncommonly spotted

May–Aug

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Lesser Yellowlegs

Lesser Yellowlegs

Tringa flavipesVU

BreedingUncommonly spotted

May–Sep

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
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