Common Birds in Prince Edward Island
Our list for Prince Edward Island has 78 common birds recorded regularly there: 18 residents, 30 summer visitors, 16 winter visitors and 14 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Prince Edward Island in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 78, most common first
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusPassage migrantCommon17–19 cmRegularly Jul–Oct
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaPassage migrantCommon29–40 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorCommon52–60 cmRegularly Nov–May
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly May–Sep
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Jan
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaPassage migrantCommon15–18 cmRegularly Jul–Oct
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumSummer visitorCommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Aug
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantCommon23–27 cmRegularly May–Oct
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaSummer visitorCommon27–30 cmRegularly May–Nov
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusSummer visitorCommon19–22 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Sep
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–Nov
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Aug–May
EiderSomateria mollissimaWinter visitorCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year
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