Birds to See in Saskatchewan in October
119 bird species on our list for Saskatchewan are recorded regularly in October
Of these, the most often recorded are Canada Goose, House Sparrow, Common Raven, American Robin and Mallard. New this month: American Tree Sparrow, Snow Bunting, Rough-legged Hawk and Greater Scaup and 9 more.
On the move in October
GBIF · OctArriving
At 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.
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All 119 birds in October
119 birds
Canada GooseBranta canadensisSummer visitorCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 4.06% in Oct
House SparrowPasser domesticusWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 3.50% in Oct
Common RavenCorvus coraxWinter visitorCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 3.12% in Oct
American RobinTurdus migratoriusSummer visitorCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 3.00% in Oct
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 3.00% in Oct
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisSummer visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 2.82% in Oct
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensPassage migrantCommon69–84 cmRegularly Sep–May · 2.26% in Oct
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataWinter visitorCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 2.06% in Oct
Rock DoveColumba liviaWinter visitorCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 1.86% in Oct
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosSummer visitorCommon41–53 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.79% in Oct
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaPassage migrantCommon14–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.73% in Oct
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.63% in Oct
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaSummer visitorCommon29–40 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 1.60% in Oct
GadwallMareca streperaSummer visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 1.26% in Oct
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensWinter visitorCommon14–18 cmRegularly Jul–May · 1.21% in Oct
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 1.17% in Oct
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiPassage migrantCommon53–76 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.15% in Oct
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusPassage migrantCommon120–150 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 1.14% in Oct
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Oct
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.12% in Oct
Eurasian TealAnas creccaSummer visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 1.09% in Oct
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.01% in Oct
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisSummer visitorCommon80–122 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.91% in Oct
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsPassage migrantCommon64–81 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.87% in Oct
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.85% in Oct
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusPassage migrantCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.85% in Oct
MerlinFalco columbariusResidentCommon24–33 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Oct
Northern PintailAnas acutaSummer visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.79% in Oct
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Oct
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisSummer visitorCommon45–65 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.76% in Oct
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusWinter visitorCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Oct
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Oct
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisSummer visitorCommon35–43 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.67% in Oct
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaSummer visitorCommon16–26 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.66% in Oct
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Oct
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusSummer visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.62% in Oct
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusResidentCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Oct
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.60% in Oct
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentCommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Oct
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsSummer visitorCommon31–38 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.59% in Oct
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixWinter visitorCommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Oct
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiPassage migrantCommon57–64 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.51% in Oct
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaSummer visitorCommon12–17 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.50% in Oct
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaSummer visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.48% in Oct
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoWinter visitorCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Oct
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusSummer visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.36% in Oct
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorUncommon46–59 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.35% in Oct
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaSummer visitorCommon40–50 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.35% in Oct
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaSummer visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.33% in Oct
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusSummer visitorCommon17–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.32% in Oct
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisSummer visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.32% in Oct
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.31% in Oct
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusSummer visitorUncommon14–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.30% in Oct
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraSummer visitorCommon23–34 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.30% in Oct
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasSummer visitorUncommon91–137 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.28% in Oct
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.28% in Oct
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanSummer visitorCommon32–36 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.28% in Oct
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataPassage migrantCommon11–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.27% in Oct
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.27% in Oct
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaSummer visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.27% in Oct
Common LoonGavia immerSummer visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.25% in Oct
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.24% in Oct
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusSummer visitorUncommon53–65 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.24% in Oct
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Oct
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.23% in Oct
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusWinter visitorCommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Oct
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.19% in Oct
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusResidentUncommon41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Oct
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosSummer visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.15% in Oct
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Oct
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaSummer visitorCommon43–51 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.15% in Oct
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesSummer visitorCommon23–27 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.14% in Oct
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentUncommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Oct
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantUncommon24–28 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.11% in Oct
Wood DuckAix sponsaWinter visitorUncommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Oct
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaPassage migrantUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.10% in Oct
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.09% in Oct
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosWinter visitorUncommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Oct
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataPassage migrantUncommon48–60 cmRegularly Sep–Nov · 0.09% in Oct
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorUncommon62–81 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.08% in Oct
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.08% in Oct
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusWinter visitorUncommon17–21 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.07% in Oct
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.06% in Oct
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentUncommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Oct
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusSummer visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.05% in Oct
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Oct
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Oct
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusSummer visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.04% in Oct
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisSummer visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.04% in Oct
Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoidesSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.04% in Oct
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Oct
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorSummer visitorRare139–157 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.03% in Oct
American Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides dorsalisWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.03% in Oct
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusSummer visitorUncommon19–22 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Oct
Varied ThrushIxoreus naeviusWinter visitorUncommon20–26 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.03% in Oct
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Oct
Forster's TernSterna forsteriSummer visitorUncommon33–36 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Oct
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesPassage migrantRare52–60 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Oct
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Oct
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorSummer visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.02% in Oct
Long-eared OwlAsio otusSummer visitorRare35–40 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.02% in Oct
Pacific LoonGavia pacificaResidentRare58–74 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.02% in Oct
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Oct
SanderlingCalidris albaSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.02% in Oct
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.02% in Oct
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Oct
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Oct–Dec · 0.01% in Oct
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisSummer visitorRare16–21 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Oct
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusPassage migrantUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Oct
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusSummer visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Oct
Sabine's GullXema sabiniPassage migrantRare27–33 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.01% in Oct
Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castaneaSummer visitorUncommon14–14 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Oct
Barred OwlStrix variaSummer visitorRare43–50 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.00% in Oct
Boreal OwlAegolius funereusPassage migrantRare21–28 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.00% in Oct
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.00% in Oct
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantRare16–22 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.00% in Oct
American Black DuckAnas rubripesPassage migrantRare54–59 cmRegularly Oct · 0.00% in Oct
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorRare80–104 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.00% in Oct
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoSummer visitorRare100–125 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.00% in Oct
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