Uncommon Birds in Canada
Our list for Canada has 118 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 23 residents, 61 summer visitors, 30 winter visitors and 4 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Canada in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 118, most common first
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Oct
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorUncommon15–19 cmRecorded all year
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRecorded all year
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
GadwallMareca streperaResidentUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorUncommon80–104 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorWinter visitorUncommon139–157 cmRecorded all year
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Oct–May
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaResidentUncommon16–22 cmRecorded all year
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentUncommon140–160 cmRecorded all year
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsResidentUncommon31–38 cmRecorded all year
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep
Pacific WrenTroglodytes pacificusWinter visitorUncommon8–12 cmRecorded all year
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaSummer visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaSummer visitorUncommon10–13 cmRegularly May–Oct
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year
Snowy OwlBubo scandiacusWinter visitorUncommon52–71 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year
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