Uncommon Birds in Saskatchewan
Our list for Saskatchewan has 82 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 5 residents, 52 summer visitors, 11 winter visitors and 14 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 82, most common first
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusResidentUncommon41–50 cmRecorded all year
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentUncommon50–90 cmRecorded all year
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaPassage migrantUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Sep–May
VeeryCatharus fuscescensSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly May–Aug
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentUncommon40–49 cmRecorded all year
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaSummer visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly May–Oct
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep
Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoidesSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Sep
Forster's TernSterna forsteriSummer visitorUncommon33–36 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaSummer visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–May
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Sep
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusSummer visitorUncommon18–19 cmRegularly May–Sep
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly May–Sep
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusSummer visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly May–Oct
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly May–Aug
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
Varied ThrushIxoreus naeviusWinter visitorUncommon20–26 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
SanderlingCalidris albaSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly May–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