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
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataPassage migrantCommon53–69 cmRegularly Sep–May
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaSummer visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisWinter visitorCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensSummer visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly May–Sep
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Aug
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Aug
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorCommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–May
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisSummer visitorCommon7–9 cmRegularly May–Sep
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Oct
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–Oct
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusSummer visitorCommon14–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
RazorbillAlca tordaPassage migrantCommon38–43 cmRegularly Sep–Jan
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
WilletTringa semipalmataSummer visitorCommon33–41 cmRegularly May–Sep
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusResidentCommon41–50 cmRecorded all year
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusPassage migrantCommon40–49 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusPassage migrantCommon23–32 cmRegularly Jul–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