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
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusResidentUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Sep
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Jul–Sep
Snowy OwlBubo scandiacusPassage migrantUncommon52–71 cmRegularly Dec–Jan
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Aug
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Jun–Dec
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly May–Mar
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysPassage migrantUncommon15–16 cmRegularly May–Oct
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusPassage migrantUncommon17–21 cmRegularly Sep–May
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaPassage migrantUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Nov
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorUncommon20–24 cmRegularly May–Oct
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusSummer visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Aug
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Dec–Mar
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusSummer visitorUncommon58–85 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–Sep
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusPassage migrantUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaPassage migrantUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Oct–May
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly May–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