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
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusPassage migrantCommon20–22 cmRegularly Jun–Sep
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaPassage migrantCommon40–51 cmRegularly Jun–Aug
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorPassage migrantCommon52–58 cmRegularly Jun–Sep
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantCommon27–30 cmRegularly Jun–Aug
American RobinTurdus migratoriusPassage migrantCommon20–28 cmRegularly Jun–Sep
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jun–Aug
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresSummer visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly May–Aug
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantCommon19–23 cmRegularly Jun–Sep
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantCommon16–22 cmRegularly Jun–Aug
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosPassage migrantCommon66–102 cmRegularly Jun–Jul
Common LoonGavia immerPassage migrantCommon66–91 cmRegularly Jun–Sep
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaPassage migrantCommon14–17 cmRegularly Jun–Sep
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaPassage migrantCommon20–22 cmRegularly Jun–Sep
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusSummer visitorCommon46–51 cmRegularly May–Sep
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