Common Birds in Nunavut
Our list for Nunavut has 60 common birds recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 28 summer visitors, 2 winter visitors and 29 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Nunavut in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 60, most common first
Common RavenCorvus coraxWinter visitorCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Nov–May
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusSummer visitorCommon62–68 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesSummer visitorCommon52–60 cmRegularly May–Dec
FulmarFulmarus glacialisPassage migrantCommon45–50 cmRegularly May–Oct
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusSummer visitorCommon53–65 cmRegularly May–Dec
Rock PtarmiganLagopus mutaSummer visitorCommon34–36 cmRegularly May–Jan
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaPassage migrantCommon37–41 cmRegularly May–Oct
Canada GooseBranta canadensisSummer visitorCommon76–110 cmRegularly May–Sep
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly May–Sep
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataPassage migrantCommon53–69 cmRegularly Jun–Sep
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensSummer visitorCommon69–84 cmRegularly May–Oct
Snowy OwlBubo scandiacusPassage migrantCommon52–71 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleSummer visitorCommon30–32 cmRegularly May–Sep
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiSummer visitorCommon53–76 cmRegularly May–Sep
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisSummer visitorCommon80–122 cmRegularly May–Sep
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaPassage migrantCommon15–18 cmRegularly Jun–Aug
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisSummer visitorCommon37–60 cmRegularly May–Oct
Pacific LoonGavia pacificaPassage migrantCommon58–74 cmRegularly Jun–Sep
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisSummer visitorCommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Sep
Little AukAlle allePassage migrantCommon18–21 cmRegularly Aug–Oct
King EiderSomateria spectabilisSummer visitorCommon46–64 cmRegularly May–Oct
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