Birds to See in Saskatchewan in February
44 bird species on our list for Saskatchewan are recorded regularly in February
Of these, the most often recorded are House Sparrow, Common Raven, Downy Woodpecker, House Finch and Rock Dove. New this month: Fox Sparrow and Barred Owl.
On the move in February
GBIF · FebAt their peak
From Saskatchewan’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
Other months
All 44 birds in February
44 birds
House SparrowPasser domesticusWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 11.93% in Feb
Common RavenCorvus coraxWinter visitorCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 7.22% in Feb
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensWinter visitorCommon14–18 cmRegularly Jul–May · 4.95% in Feb
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 4.82% in Feb
Rock DoveColumba liviaWinter visitorCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 4.35% in Feb
Snowy OwlBubo scandiacusWinter visitorCommon52–71 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 4.08% in Feb
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataWinter visitorCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 3.61% in Feb
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 3.41% in Feb
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusWinter visitorCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.66% in Feb
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Jul–May · 2.41% in Feb
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 2.22% in Feb
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixWinter visitorCommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.72% in Feb
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentCommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Feb
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Feb
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoWinter visitorCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Feb
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.98% in Feb
Canada GooseBranta canadensisSummer visitorCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Feb
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Feb
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Feb
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusWinter visitorCommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Feb
MerlinFalco columbariusResidentCommon24–33 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Feb
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.48% in Feb
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Feb
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusResidentCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Feb
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusResidentUncommon41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Feb
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentUncommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Feb
American RobinTurdus migratoriusSummer visitorCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Feb
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Feb
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Feb
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Feb
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.18% in Feb
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosWinter visitorUncommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Feb
Wood DuckAix sponsaWinter visitorUncommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Feb
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentUncommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Feb
Varied ThrushIxoreus naeviusWinter visitorUncommon20–26 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.14% in Feb
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Feb
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorUncommon46–59 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.10% in Feb
American Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides dorsalisWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.09% in Feb
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Feb
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaPassage migrantUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.08% in Feb
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.07% in Feb
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.04% in Feb
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusWinter visitorUncommon17–21 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.03% in Feb
Barred OwlStrix variaSummer visitorRare43–50 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.02% in Feb
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