Common Birds in Saskatchewan
Our list for Saskatchewan has 79 common birds recorded regularly there: 6 residents, 46 summer visitors, 18 winter visitors and 9 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Saskatchewan in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 79, most common first
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensPassage migrantCommon69–84 cmRegularly Sep–May
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Sep
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixWinter visitorCommon28–32 cmRecorded all year
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Feb
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaSummer visitorCommon12–17 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaPassage migrantCommon14–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Oct
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaSummer visitorCommon29–40 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorCommon13–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataPassage migrantCommon11–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
MerlinFalco columbariusResidentCommon24–33 cmRecorded all year
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
GadwallMareca streperaSummer visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiPassage migrantCommon53–76 cmRegularly Sep–May
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoWinter visitorCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusPassage migrantCommon120–150 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
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