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
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusSummer visitorUncommon23–32 cmRegularly May–Sep
Red-naped SapsuckerSphyrapicus nuchalisSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly May–Sep
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaPassage migrantUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusSummer visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly May–Aug
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisPassage migrantUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Nov–Dec
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Aug
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusPassage migrantUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusSummer visitorUncommon58–85 cmRegularly May–Sep
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusPassage migrantUncommon62–68 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Oct
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusSummer visitorUncommon17–22 cmRegularly May–Sep
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly May–Aug
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