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
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosSummer visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly May–Oct
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Sep
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosWinter visitorUncommon66–102 cmRecorded all year
Gray-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimusPassage migrantUncommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Sep
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusSummer visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorSummer visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicusSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Sep
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Sep
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaSummer visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly May–Sep
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct
American Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides dorsalisWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly May–Mar
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantUncommon24–28 cmRegularly May–Oct
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusWinter visitorUncommon17–21 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaSummer visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castaneaSummer visitorUncommon14–14 cmRegularly May–Oct
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusSummer visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Oct–Dec
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataPassage migrantUncommon48–60 cmRegularly Sep–Nov
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Apr–Feb
Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphiaSummer visitorUncommon10–15 cmRegularly May–Sep
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