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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Canada in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 118, most common first
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusResidentUncommon41–50 cmRecorded all year
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaSummer visitorUncommon16–26 cmRecorded all year
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Oct–Jun
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiWinter visitorUncommon53–76 cmRegularly Sep–May
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year
Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphiaSummer visitorUncommon10–15 cmRegularly May–Sep
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly May–Sep
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorUncommon87–100 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanSummer visitorUncommon32–36 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRecorded all year
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusWinter visitorUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusSummer visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentUncommon16–21 cmRecorded all year
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisResidentUncommon35–43 cmRecorded all year
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusSummer visitorUncommon23–32 cmRegularly May–Oct
Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicusSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Sep
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusWinter visitorUncommon62–68 cmRegularly Nov–Aug
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 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