Birds to See in Nunavut in August
61 bird species on our list for Nunavut are recorded regularly in August
Of these, the most often recorded are Glaucous Gull, Fulmar, Common Raven, Red-throated Loon and Kittiwake. New this month: Fulmar, Kittiwake, Snowy Owl and Little Auk and 1 more.
On the move in August
GBIF · AugArriving
At their peak
From 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 61 birds in August
61 birds
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusSummer visitorCommon62–68 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 10.16% in Aug
FulmarFulmarus glacialisPassage migrantCommon45–50 cmRegularly May–Oct · 6.37% in Aug
Common RavenCorvus coraxWinter visitorCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 5.33% in Aug
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataPassage migrantCommon53–69 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 4.76% in Aug
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaPassage migrantCommon37–41 cmRegularly May–Oct · 4.53% in Aug
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly May–Sep · 3.93% in Aug
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 3.93% in Aug
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensSummer visitorCommon69–84 cmRegularly May–Oct · 3.90% in Aug
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleSummer visitorCommon30–32 cmRegularly May–Sep · 3.54% in Aug
EiderSomateria mollissimaSummer visitorCommon50–71 cmRegularly May–Dec · 3.03% in Aug
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisSummer visitorCommon80–122 cmRegularly May–Sep · 2.75% in Aug
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusSummer visitorCommon53–65 cmRegularly May–Dec · 2.69% in Aug
Canada GooseBranta canadensisSummer visitorCommon76–110 cmRegularly May–Sep · 2.02% in Aug
Pacific LoonGavia pacificaPassage migrantCommon58–74 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 1.85% in Aug
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiSummer visitorCommon53–76 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.84% in Aug
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesSummer visitorCommon52–60 cmRegularly May–Dec · 1.75% in Aug
Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudusPassage migrantCommon48–58 cmRegularly Jun–Aug · 1.68% in Aug
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisSummer visitorCommon37–60 cmRegularly May–Oct · 1.67% in Aug
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantCommon41–46 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 1.57% in Aug
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisSummer visitorCommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.57% in Aug
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 1.43% in Aug
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaPassage migrantCommon33–39 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 1.25% in Aug
Little AukAlle allePassage migrantCommon18–21 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 1.14% in Aug
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantCommon15–18 cmRegularly Jun–Aug · 1.08% in Aug
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsSummer visitorCommon64–81 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.01% in Aug
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.98% in Aug
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaPassage migrantCommon15–18 cmRegularly Jun–Aug · 0.97% in Aug
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusSummer visitorCommon34–58 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.95% in Aug
King EiderSomateria spectabilisSummer visitorCommon46–64 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.81% in Aug
Common LoonGavia immerPassage migrantCommon66–91 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.65% in Aug
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusSummer visitorCommon120–150 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.65% in Aug
Brent GooseBranta berniclaSummer visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.63% in Aug
Northern PintailAnas acutaSummer visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.63% in Aug
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusSummer visitorCommon46–59 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.59% in Aug
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.58% in Aug
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusSummer visitorCommon46–51 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.56% in Aug
Sabine's GullXema sabiniPassage migrantCommon27–33 cmRegularly Jun–Aug · 0.52% in Aug
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusSummer visitorCommon64–79 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.49% in Aug
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantCommon18–19 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.38% in Aug
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusPassage migrantCommon20–22 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.34% in Aug
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusPassage migrantCommon52–64 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.32% in Aug
Snowy OwlBubo scandiacusPassage migrantCommon52–71 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.32% in Aug
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresSummer visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.31% in Aug
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaPassage migrantCommon20–22 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.27% in Aug
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jun–Aug · 0.25% in Aug
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantCommon24–28 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.24% in Aug
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.22% in Aug
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusPassage migrantCommon18–23 cmRegularly Jun–Aug · 0.22% in Aug
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentUncommon70–102 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.20% in Aug
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.20% in Aug
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantCommon19–23 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.18% in Aug
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaPassage migrantUncommon29–40 cmRegularly Jun–Aug · 0.17% in Aug
MallardAnas platyrhynchosSummer visitorUncommon50–65 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.17% in Aug
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorPassage migrantCommon52–58 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.14% in Aug
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantCommon16–22 cmRegularly Jun–Aug · 0.13% in Aug
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaPassage migrantCommon40–51 cmRegularly Jun–Aug · 0.13% in Aug
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantCommon27–30 cmRegularly Jun–Aug · 0.13% in Aug
American RobinTurdus migratoriusPassage migrantCommon20–28 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.11% in Aug
Greater ScaupAythya marilaPassage migrantUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Jun–Aug · 0.11% in Aug
Common MerganserMergus merganserPassage migrantUncommon58–68 cmRegularly Jun–Aug · 0.10% in Aug
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiPassage migrantCommon57–64 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.10% in Aug
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