Birds to See in Nunavut in May
36 bird species on our list for Nunavut are recorded regularly in May
Of these, the most often recorded are Common Raven, Glaucous Gull, Snow Bunting, Canada Goose and American Herring Gull. New this month: Iceland Gull, Fulmar, American Herring Gull and Rock Ptarmigan and 27 more.
On the move in May
GBIF · MayArriving
At their peak
Leaving soon
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 36 birds in May
36 birds
Common RavenCorvus coraxWinter visitorCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 12.58% in May
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusSummer visitorCommon62–68 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 11.88% in May
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 10.31% in May
Canada GooseBranta canadensisSummer visitorCommon76–110 cmRegularly May–Sep · 6.19% in May
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusSummer visitorCommon53–65 cmRegularly May–Dec · 5.00% in May
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisSummer visitorCommon80–122 cmRegularly May–Sep · 3.50% in May
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensSummer visitorCommon69–84 cmRegularly May–Oct · 3.27% in May
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesSummer visitorCommon52–60 cmRegularly May–Dec · 2.92% in May
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiSummer visitorCommon53–76 cmRegularly May–Sep · 2.42% in May
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsSummer visitorCommon64–81 cmRegularly May–Sep · 2.35% in May
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusSummer visitorCommon46–59 cmRegularly May–Oct · 2.31% in May
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly May–Sep · 2.23% in May
EiderSomateria mollissimaSummer visitorCommon50–71 cmRegularly May–Dec · 1.92% in May
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusPassage migrantCommon52–64 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.85% in May
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Nov–May · 1.81% in May
Northern PintailAnas acutaSummer visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.77% in May
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusSummer visitorCommon64–79 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.58% in May
King EiderSomateria spectabilisSummer visitorCommon46–64 cmRegularly May–Oct · 1.54% in May
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisSummer visitorCommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.50% in May
Rock PtarmiganLagopus mutaSummer visitorCommon34–36 cmRegularly May–Jan · 1.35% in May
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisSummer visitorCommon37–60 cmRegularly May–Oct · 1.31% in May
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaPassage migrantCommon37–41 cmRegularly May–Oct · 1.27% in May
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusSummer visitorCommon120–150 cmRegularly May–Oct · 1.12% in May
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusSummer visitorCommon34–58 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.96% in May
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.96% in May
FulmarFulmarus glacialisPassage migrantCommon45–50 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.92% in May
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleSummer visitorCommon30–32 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.85% in May
Brent GooseBranta berniclaSummer visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.62% in May
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.58% in May
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.54% in May
Snowy OwlBubo scandiacusPassage migrantCommon52–71 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.50% in May
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresSummer visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.42% in May
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusSummer visitorCommon46–51 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.38% in May
MallardAnas platyrhynchosSummer visitorUncommon50–65 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.31% in May
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.27% in May
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.15% in May
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