Birds to See in Nunavut in April
5 bird species on our list for Nunavut are recorded regularly in April
Of these, the most often recorded are Common Raven, Snow Bunting, Common Redpoll, Glaucous Gull and Snowy Owl. New this month: Snow Bunting, Glaucous Gull and Snowy Owl.
On the move in April
GBIF · AprFrom Nunavut’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
Other months
All 5 birds in April
5 birds
Common RavenCorvus coraxWinter visitorCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 29.25% in Apr
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 22.45% in Apr
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Nov–May · 8.84% in Apr
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusSummer visitorCommon62–68 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 6.80% in Apr
Snowy OwlBubo scandiacusPassage migrantCommon52–71 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 2.04% in Apr
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Common Redpoll 12–14 cm
- Snow Bunting 15–18 cm
- Common Raven 54–67 cm
- Snowy Owl 52–71 cm
- Glaucous Gull 62–68 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