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
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly May–Sep
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly May–Oct
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly May–Oct
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentUncommon50–90 cmRecorded all year
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusSummer visitorUncommon58–85 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusSummer visitorUncommon18–19 cmRegularly May–Sep
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Nov
WilletTringa semipalmataSummer visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmusSummer visitorUncommon28–32 cmRegularly May–Sep
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRecorded all year
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaSummer visitorUncommon24–28 cmRegularly May–Nov
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRecorded all year
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorUncommon38–43 cmRegularly Apr–Jan
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisSummer visitorUncommon20–24 cmRegularly May–Nov
Virginia RailRallus limicolaResidentUncommon20–27 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