Birds to See in Prince Edward Island in October
96 bird species on our list for Prince Edward Island are recorded regularly in October
Of these, the most often recorded are American Crow, Blue Jay, American Herring Gull, Song Sparrow and Canada Goose. New this month: Red-winged Blackbird, Common Merganser, Long-tailed Duck and American Tree Sparrow and 8 more.
On the move in October
GBIF · OctArriving
At their peak
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 96 birds in October
96 birds
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 6.83% in Oct
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 6.00% in Oct
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusResidentCommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 4.04% in Oct
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaSummer visitorCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 3.38% in Oct
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 3.27% in Oct
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisResidentCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 3.25% in Oct
American RobinTurdus migratoriusSummer visitorCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 2.97% in Oct
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.75% in Oct
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.48% in Oct
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 2.39% in Oct
American Black DuckAnas rubripesResidentCommon54–59 cmRecorded all year · 2.12% in Oct
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaPassage migrantCommon28–38 cmRegularly Jun–Dec · 2.05% in Oct
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasSummer visitorCommon91–137 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 1.81% in Oct
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 1.66% in Oct
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.59% in Oct
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in Oct
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaPassage migrantCommon29–40 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 1.36% in Oct
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 1.28% in Oct
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 1.17% in Oct
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Oct
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Oct
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataPassage migrantCommon53–69 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.95% in Oct
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusPassage migrantCommon17–19 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.95% in Oct
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Oct
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaSummer visitorCommon27–30 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.86% in Oct
EiderSomateria mollissimaWinter visitorCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Oct
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Oct
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Oct
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaPassage migrantCommon15–18 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.80% in Oct
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.78% in Oct
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensWinter visitorCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Oct
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.76% in Oct
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.66% in Oct
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter visitorCommon48–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Oct
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.59% in Oct
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantCommon16–22 cmRegularly Aug–Nov · 0.52% in Oct
Common LoonGavia immerSummer visitorCommon66–91 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.50% in Oct
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.50% in Oct
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisWinter visitorCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Oct
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusSummer visitorCommon17–23 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.41% in Oct
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaSummer visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.39% in Oct
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentUncommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Oct
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusResidentCommon41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Oct
MerlinFalco columbariusResidentUncommon24–33 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Oct
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Oct
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantCommon15–18 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 0.32% in Oct
RazorbillAlca tordaPassage migrantCommon38–43 cmRegularly Sep–Jan · 0.31% in Oct
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantCommon23–27 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.31% in Oct
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorCommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.31% in Oct
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleWinter visitorCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Oct
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusPassage migrantCommon40–49 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.27% in Oct
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.26% in Oct
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusResidentUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Oct
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.22% in Oct
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.22% in Oct
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysPassage migrantUncommon15–16 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.22% in Oct
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.20% in Oct
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Jun–Dec · 0.16% in Oct
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Oct
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.15% in Oct
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.14% in Oct
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusSummer visitorCommon14–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.14% in Oct
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaPassage migrantUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.14% in Oct
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.14% in Oct
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.13% in Oct
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Oct
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsSummer visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.12% in Oct
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–Nov · 0.12% in Oct
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.12% in Oct
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaPassage migrantUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.12% in Oct
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.12% in Oct
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.11% in Oct
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.10% in Oct
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaResidentUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Sep–Jan · 0.09% in Oct
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.08% in Oct
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.08% in Oct
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusPassage migrantUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.08% in Oct
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.07% in Oct
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisWinter visitorCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Oct
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusPassage migrantUncommon17–21 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.07% in Oct
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixWinter visitorCommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Oct
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisPassage migrantUncommon80–122 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.06% in Oct
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.05% in Oct
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.05% in Oct
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.05% in Oct
Cattle EgretArdea ibisScarceUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Oct · 0.05% in Oct
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusWinter visitorUncommon50–90 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.05% in Oct
Wood DuckAix sponsaSummer visitorUncommon47–54 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Oct
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorUncommon20–24 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.04% in Oct
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.04% in Oct
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorUncommon46–59 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Oct
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiPassage migrantUncommon53–76 cmRegularly Oct · 0.03% in Oct
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusPassage migrantUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Oct
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusSummer visitorUncommon40–49 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.03% in Oct
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisSummer visitorUncommon35–43 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.03% in Oct
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusPassage migrantUncommon38–44 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.02% in Oct
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