Uncommon Birds in Prince Edward Island
Our list for Prince Edward Island has 73 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 10 residents, 24 summer visitors, 11 winter visitors, 27 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
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 73, most common first
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentUncommon80–100 cmRecorded all year
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Sep–May
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
MerlinFalco columbariusResidentUncommon24–33 cmRecorded all year
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaResidentUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Nov–May
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–May
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Sep
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–Nov
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorUncommon46–59 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Wood DuckAix sponsaSummer visitorUncommon47–54 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Aug
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Aug
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusSummer visitorUncommon18–22 cmRegularly May–Sep
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Jul–May
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusPassage migrantUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Sep
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Aug–Oct
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusWinter visitorUncommon50–90 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsSummer visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Apr–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