Rare Birds in Canada
Our list for Canada has 74 rare birds recorded regularly there: 7 residents, 21 summer visitors, 15 winter visitors, 28 passage migrants and 3 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Canada in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 74, most common first
King EiderSomateria spectabilisResidentRare46–64 cmRecorded all year
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusPassage migrantRare46–51 cmRegularly Jun–Dec
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusResidentRare25–30 cmRecorded all year
DickcisselSpiza americanaResidentRare14–16 cmRegularly May–Feb
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorRare45–50 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
Leach's Storm-petrelHydrobates leucorhousSummer visitorRare18–21 cmRegularly May–Nov
Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatusPassage migrantRare28–38 cmRegularly May–Nov
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusSummer visitorRare36–41 cmRecorded all year
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostrisPassage migrantRare66–84 cmRegularly Nov
Lewis's WoodpeckerMelanerpes lewisSummer visitorRare26–28 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusPassage migrantRare30–38 cmRegularly Jun–Oct
Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudusPassage migrantRare48–58 cmRegularly Jun–Oct
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorRare60–75 cmRecorded all year
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantRare15–16 cmRegularly Jun–Oct
FieldfareTurdus pilarisPassage migrantRare22–27 cmRegularly Jan
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusSummer visitorRare48–66 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Rock PtarmiganLagopus mutaSummer visitorRare34–36 cmRegularly May–Mar
Western Screech-owlMegascops kennicottiiWinter visitorRare19–25 cmRecorded all year
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataWinter visitorRare41–49 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataWinter visitorRare66–84 cmRecorded all year
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisPassage migrantRare58–70 cmRegularly Sep–May
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorRare40–46 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusPassage migrantRare13–14 cmRegularly Nov–May
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