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
Pacific LoonGavia pacificaResidentUncommon58–74 cmRecorded all year
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusSummer visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly May–Oct
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaSummer visitorUncommon43–51 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentUncommon21–26 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorSummer visitorUncommon22–24 cmRegularly May–Sep
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Oct–Jul
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusSummer visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Jan
Gray-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimusSummer visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Oct
Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanopteraSummer visitorUncommon36–43 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoidesSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRecorded all year
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioWinter visitorUncommon16–25 cmRecorded all year
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRecorded all year
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixWinter visitorUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year
Forster's TernSterna forsteriSummer visitorUncommon33–36 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisSummer visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Apr–Feb
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusWinter visitorUncommon17–21 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
Red-breasted SapsuckerSphyrapicus ruberResidentUncommon19–22 cmRecorded all year
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaSummer visitorUncommon28–32 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Brent GooseBranta berniclaResidentUncommon55–66 cmRegularly Oct–Jul
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosWinter visitorUncommon66–102 cmRecorded all year
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly May–Jun
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorUncommon80–100 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