Rare Birds in Saskatchewan
Our list for Saskatchewan has 28 rare birds recorded regularly there: 4 residents, 11 summer visitors, 10 passage migrants and 3 scarce visitors
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 28, most common first
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaPassage migrantRare16–19 cmRegularly Jun
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescensScarceRare11–13 cmRegularly Sep
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantRare40–46 cmRegularly May
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioScarceRare16–25 cmRegularly May
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaScarceRare27–30 cmRegularly Jul
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Black-throated Green Warbler 11–12 cm
- Black-throated Blue Warbler 11–13 cm
- Willow Flycatcher 13–17 cm
- Dickcissel 14–16 cm
- Scarlet Tanager 16–19 cm
- Eastern Bluebird 16–21 cm
- Dunlin 16–22 cm
- Buff-breasted Sandpiper 18–20 cm
- Eastern Screech-owl 16–25 cm
- Red-headed Woodpecker 19–23 cm
- Northern Cardinal 21–23 cm
- Virginia Rail 20–27 cm
- Northern Mockingbird 21–26 cm
- Red Knot 23–26 cm
- Boreal Owl 21–28 cm
- White-winged Dove 27–30 cm
- Black-billed Cuckoo 28–32 cm
- Sabine's Gull 27–33 cm
- Long-eared Owl 35–40 cm
- Cinnamon Teal 36–43 cm
- Whimbrel 40–46 cm
- Barred Owl 43–50 cm
- Iceland Gull 52–60 cm
- American Black Duck 54–59 cm
- Pacific Loon 58–74 cm
- Great White Egret 80–104 cm
- Wild Turkey 100–125 cm
- Trumpeter Swan 139–157 cm
Body length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
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