Birds to See in Prince Edward Island in December
66 bird species on our list for Prince Edward Island are recorded regularly in December
Of these, the most often recorded are American Crow, Blue Jay, Common Starling, Common Raven and American Herring Gull. New this month: Common Pheasant, Snowy Owl, Northern Shoveler and Eurasian Wigeon and 3 more.
On the move in December
GBIF · DecArriving
From Prince Edward Island’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 66 birds in December
66 birds
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 9.91% in Dec
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 8.14% in Dec
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 4.19% in Dec
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 3.82% in Dec
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusResidentCommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 3.78% in Dec
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 3.65% in Dec
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 2.82% in Dec
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensWinter visitorCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 2.59% in Dec
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 2.48% in Dec
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 2.30% in Dec
American Black DuckAnas rubripesResidentCommon54–59 cmRecorded all year · 2.27% in Dec
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.91% in Dec
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisResidentCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 1.71% in Dec
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.70% in Dec
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 1.28% in Dec
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.24% in Dec
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Dec
American RobinTurdus migratoriusSummer visitorCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Dec
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorCommon52–60 cmRegularly Nov–May · 1.19% in Dec
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.10% in Dec
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisWinter visitorCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Dec
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorCommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–May · 1.00% in Dec
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Dec
EiderSomateria mollissimaWinter visitorCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Dec
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaPassage migrantCommon28–38 cmRegularly Jun–Dec · 0.75% in Dec
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaSummer visitorCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Dec
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisWinter visitorCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Dec
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.53% in Dec
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Dec
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataPassage migrantCommon53–69 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.42% in Dec
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.39% in Dec
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusResidentCommon41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Dec
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Dec
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.30% in Dec
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentUncommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Dec
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.25% in Dec
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaResidentUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.25% in Dec
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.25% in Dec
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusPassage migrantCommon40–49 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.25% in Dec
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.25% in Dec
Snowy OwlBubo scandiacusPassage migrantUncommon52–71 cmRegularly Dec–Jan · 0.25% in Dec
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter visitorCommon48–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Dec
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixWinter visitorCommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Dec
RazorbillAlca tordaPassage migrantCommon38–43 cmRegularly Sep–Jan · 0.20% in Dec
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.20% in Dec
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusWinter visitorUncommon50–90 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.19% in Dec
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.19% in Dec
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorUncommon46–59 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.19% in Dec
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleWinter visitorCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Dec
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.16% in Dec
Common LoonGavia immerSummer visitorCommon66–91 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.16% in Dec
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusPassage migrantUncommon38–44 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.14% in Dec
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Dec
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.13% in Dec
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.13% in Dec
MerlinFalco columbariusResidentUncommon24–33 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Dec
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusResidentUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Dec
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.09% in Dec
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.09% in Dec
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusSummer visitorUncommon46–63 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.08% in Dec
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Dec
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.06% in Dec
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Jun–Dec · 0.05% in Dec
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusSummer visitorUncommon40–49 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.05% in Dec
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.04% in Dec
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaResidentUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Sep–Jan · 0.04% in Dec
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