Birds to See in Nunavut in June
73 bird species on our list for Nunavut are recorded regularly in June
Of these, the most often recorded are Lapland Longspur, Snow Bunting, Glaucous Gull, Common Raven and American Herring Gull. New this month: Red-throated Loon, Semipalmated Sandpiper, Pacific Loon and Arctic Tern and 35 more.
On the move in June
GBIF · JunArriving
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 73 birds in June
73 birds
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly May–Sep · 5.82% in Jun
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 4.76% in Jun
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusSummer visitorCommon62–68 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 4.25% in Jun
Common RavenCorvus coraxWinter visitorCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 4.15% in Jun
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusSummer visitorCommon53–65 cmRegularly May–Dec · 3.53% in Jun
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensSummer visitorCommon69–84 cmRegularly May–Oct · 3.50% in Jun
Canada GooseBranta canadensisSummer visitorCommon76–110 cmRegularly May–Sep · 3.49% in Jun
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisSummer visitorCommon37–60 cmRegularly May–Oct · 3.41% in Jun
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisSummer visitorCommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Sep · 3.31% in Jun
King EiderSomateria spectabilisSummer visitorCommon46–64 cmRegularly May–Oct · 2.87% in Jun
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataPassage migrantCommon53–69 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 2.53% in Jun
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiSummer visitorCommon53–76 cmRegularly May–Sep · 2.43% in Jun
Northern PintailAnas acutaSummer visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly May–Sep · 2.40% in Jun
EiderSomateria mollissimaSummer visitorCommon50–71 cmRegularly May–Dec · 2.39% in Jun
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaPassage migrantCommon15–18 cmRegularly Jun–Aug · 2.27% in Jun
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisSummer visitorCommon80–122 cmRegularly May–Sep · 2.27% in Jun
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Aug · 1.79% in Jun
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantCommon24–28 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 1.78% in Jun
Rock PtarmiganLagopus mutaSummer visitorCommon34–36 cmRegularly May–Jan · 1.66% in Jun
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantCommon41–46 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 1.54% in Jun
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsSummer visitorCommon64–81 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.46% in Jun
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.46% in Jun
Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudusPassage migrantCommon48–58 cmRegularly Jun–Aug · 1.45% in Jun
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantCommon15–18 cmRegularly Jun–Aug · 1.43% in Jun
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaPassage migrantCommon33–39 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 1.40% in Jun
Pacific LoonGavia pacificaPassage migrantCommon58–74 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 1.37% in Jun
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesSummer visitorCommon52–60 cmRegularly May–Dec · 1.23% in Jun
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 1.18% in Jun
Brent GooseBranta berniclaSummer visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.16% in Jun
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiPassage migrantCommon57–64 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 1.06% in Jun
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusSummer visitorCommon120–150 cmRegularly May–Oct · 1.06% in Jun
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusPassage migrantCommon20–22 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 1.00% in Jun
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantCommon18–19 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.97% in Jun
American RobinTurdus migratoriusPassage migrantCommon20–28 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.87% in Jun
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleSummer visitorCommon30–32 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.86% in Jun
Sabine's GullXema sabiniPassage migrantCommon27–33 cmRegularly Jun–Aug · 0.80% in Jun
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jun–Aug · 0.80% in Jun
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresSummer visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.80% in Jun
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantCommon16–22 cmRegularly Jun–Aug · 0.70% in Jun
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusSummer visitorCommon34–58 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.70% in Jun
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorPassage migrantCommon52–58 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.69% in Jun
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantCommon19–23 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.65% in Jun
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantCommon27–30 cmRegularly Jun–Aug · 0.64% in Jun
Common LoonGavia immerPassage migrantCommon66–91 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.63% in Jun
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusSummer visitorCommon46–59 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.57% in Jun
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Jun–Jul · 0.50% in Jun
Snowy OwlBubo scandiacusPassage migrantCommon52–71 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.41% in Jun
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaPassage migrantCommon37–41 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.40% in Jun
Eurasian TealAnas creccaPassage migrantUncommon34–38 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.35% in Jun
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusPassage migrantCommon18–23 cmRegularly Jun–Aug · 0.32% in Jun
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.31% in Jun
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusPassage migrantCommon52–64 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.27% in Jun
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.26% in Jun
Common MerganserMergus merganserPassage migrantUncommon58–68 cmRegularly Jun–Aug · 0.24% in Jun
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusSummer visitorCommon64–79 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.24% in Jun
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaPassage migrantCommon20–22 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.24% in Jun
Greater ScaupAythya marilaPassage migrantUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Jun–Aug · 0.24% in Jun
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusSummer visitorCommon46–51 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.24% in Jun
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaPassage migrantCommon40–51 cmRegularly Jun–Aug · 0.22% in Jun
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.19% in Jun
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRegularly Jun · 0.19% in Jun
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Jun–Jul · 0.18% in Jun
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusPassage migrantUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Jun · 0.17% in Jun
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentUncommon70–102 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.17% in Jun
MallardAnas platyrhynchosSummer visitorUncommon50–65 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.15% in Jun
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaPassage migrantUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Jun · 0.12% in Jun
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaPassage migrantCommon14–17 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.10% in Jun
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataPassage migrantUncommon48–60 cmRegularly Jun · 0.08% in Jun
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Jun · 0.06% in Jun
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataPassage migrantUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Jun · 0.05% in Jun
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Jun–Jul · 0.04% in Jun
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosPassage migrantCommon66–102 cmRegularly Jun–Jul · 0.03% in Jun
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaPassage migrantUncommon29–40 cmRegularly Jun–Aug · 0.02% in 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