Birds to See in Nunavut in September
47 bird species on our list for Nunavut are recorded regularly in September
Of these, the most often recorded are Glaucous Gull, Fulmar, Kittiwake, Common Raven and Snow Bunting. New this month: American Tree Sparrow and Eurasian Teal.
On the move in September
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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 47 birds in September
47 birds
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusSummer visitorCommon62–68 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 11.37% in Sep
FulmarFulmarus glacialisPassage migrantCommon45–50 cmRegularly May–Oct · 9.97% in Sep
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaPassage migrantCommon37–41 cmRegularly May–Oct · 6.98% in Sep
Common RavenCorvus coraxWinter visitorCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 6.01% in Sep
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 5.22% in Sep
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusSummer visitorCommon53–65 cmRegularly May–Dec · 3.58% in Sep
Little AukAlle allePassage migrantCommon18–21 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 3.14% in Sep
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleSummer visitorCommon30–32 cmRegularly May–Sep · 3.02% in Sep
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensSummer visitorCommon69–84 cmRegularly May–Oct · 2.81% in Sep
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesSummer visitorCommon52–60 cmRegularly May–Dec · 2.49% in Sep
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisSummer visitorCommon37–60 cmRegularly May–Oct · 2.23% in Sep
Canada GooseBranta canadensisSummer visitorCommon76–110 cmRegularly May–Sep · 2.14% in Sep
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataPassage migrantCommon53–69 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 1.99% in Sep
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.93% in Sep
EiderSomateria mollissimaSummer visitorCommon50–71 cmRegularly May–Dec · 1.38% in Sep
Pacific LoonGavia pacificaPassage migrantCommon58–74 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 1.14% in Sep
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusSummer visitorCommon34–58 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.08% in Sep
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisSummer visitorCommon80–122 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.08% in Sep
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantCommon41–46 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 1.06% in Sep
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisSummer visitorCommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.97% in Sep
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusSummer visitorCommon64–79 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.94% in Sep
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaPassage migrantCommon33–39 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.91% in Sep
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusPassage migrantCommon52–64 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.91% in Sep
King EiderSomateria spectabilisSummer visitorCommon46–64 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.85% in Sep
Northern PintailAnas acutaSummer visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.79% in Sep
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiSummer visitorCommon53–76 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.76% in Sep
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusSummer visitorCommon46–59 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.73% in Sep
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusSummer visitorCommon120–150 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.67% in Sep
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaPassage migrantCommon14–17 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.64% in Sep
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsSummer visitorCommon64–81 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.62% in Sep
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.62% in Sep
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusSummer visitorCommon46–51 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.59% in Sep
Common LoonGavia immerPassage migrantCommon66–91 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.56% in Sep
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaPassage migrantCommon20–22 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.50% in Sep
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiPassage migrantCommon57–64 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.50% in Sep
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantCommon24–28 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.41% in Sep
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorPassage migrantCommon52–58 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.38% in Sep
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentUncommon70–102 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.35% in Sep
Brent GooseBranta berniclaSummer visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.35% in Sep
American RobinTurdus migratoriusPassage migrantCommon20–28 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.29% in Sep
MallardAnas platyrhynchosSummer visitorUncommon50–65 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.29% in Sep
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantCommon18–19 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.29% in Sep
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantCommon19–23 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.26% in Sep
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.26% in Sep
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.23% in Sep
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusPassage migrantCommon20–22 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.15% in Sep
Eurasian TealAnas creccaPassage migrantUncommon34–38 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.12% in 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