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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Nunavut in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 60, most common first
EiderSomateria mollissimaSummer visitorCommon50–71 cmRegularly May–Dec
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaPassage migrantCommon33–39 cmRegularly Jun–Sep
Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudusPassage migrantCommon48–58 cmRegularly Jun–Aug
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusSummer visitorCommon64–79 cmRegularly May–Sep
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantCommon24–28 cmRegularly Jun–Sep
Northern PintailAnas acutaSummer visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly May–Sep
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsSummer visitorCommon64–81 cmRegularly May–Sep
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusSummer visitorCommon46–59 cmRegularly May–Oct
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Aug
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusPassage migrantCommon52–64 cmRegularly May–Sep
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly May–Aug
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusSummer visitorCommon120–150 cmRegularly May–Oct
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantCommon41–46 cmRegularly Jun–Sep
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly May–Sep
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantCommon18–19 cmRegularly Jun–Sep
Sabine's GullXema sabiniPassage migrantCommon27–33 cmRegularly Jun–Aug
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantCommon15–18 cmRegularly Jun–Aug
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusPassage migrantCommon18–23 cmRegularly Jun–Aug
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly May–Sep
Brent GooseBranta berniclaSummer visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly May–Sep
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusSummer visitorCommon34–58 cmRegularly May–Sep
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiPassage migrantCommon57–64 cmRegularly Jun–Sep
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRegularly Jun
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