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
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusPassage migrantUncommon62–68 cmRegularly Jan–May
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusSummer visitorUncommon46–63 cmRegularly Dec–Sep
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusPassage migrantUncommon38–44 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaPassage migrantUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Aug–Oct
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–Oct
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct
Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmusPassage migrantUncommon28–32 cmRegularly Jun–Aug
VeeryCatharus fuscescensSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly May–Jul
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorUncommon62–81 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Sep
Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castaneaSummer visitorUncommon14–14 cmRegularly May–Sep
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusSummer visitorUncommon40–49 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaResidentUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Sep–Jan
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensPassage migrantUncommon69–84 cmRegularly Apr
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiPassage migrantUncommon53–76 cmRegularly Oct
Great White EgretArdea albaPassage migrantUncommon80–104 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
Brent GooseBranta berniclaResidentUncommon55–66 cmRegularly Apr
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescensSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Aug
Cattle EgretArdea ibisScarceUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Oct
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Jul–Nov
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisPassage migrantUncommon80–122 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisSummer visitorUncommon35–43 cmRegularly May–Oct
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantUncommon18–19 cmRegularly Aug–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