Rare Birds in Prince Edward Island
Our list for Prince Edward Island has 12 rare birds recorded regularly there: 1 summer visitor, 5 passage migrants and 6 scarce visitors
All 12, most common first
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaPassage migrantRare33–39 cmRegularly Jul–Sep
Little AukAlle alleScarceRare18–21 cm
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticusSummer visitorRare21–24 cmRegularly May–Jul
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosScarceRare21–26 cm
Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicusPassage migrantRare11–13 cmRegularly Sep
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusPassage migrantRare34–44 cmRegularly May–Aug
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusPassage migrantRare46–51 cmRegularly Sep
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorScarceRare22–24 cm
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanScarceRare32–36 cmRegularly Sep
Black TernChlidonias nigerPassage migrantRare22–26 cmRegularly Sep
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisScarceRare16–21 cm
Leach's Storm-petrelHydrobates leucorhousScarceRare18–21 cm
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Philadelphia Vireo 11–13 cm
- Eastern Bluebird 16–21 cm
- Little Auk 18–21 cm
- Leach's Storm-petrel 18–21 cm
- Black-backed Woodpecker 21–24 cm
- Wilson's Phalarope 22–24 cm
- Northern Mockingbird 21–26 cm
- Black Tern 22–26 cm
- Franklin's Gull 32–36 cm
- Arctic Tern 33–39 cm
- Broad-winged Hawk 34–44 cm
- Pomarine Jaeger 46–51 cm
Body length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
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