Common Birds in Yukon Territory
Our list for Yukon Territory has 76 common birds recorded regularly there: 4 residents, 53 summer visitors, 9 winter visitors and 10 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Yukon Territory in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 76, most common first
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Nov
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusPassage migrantCommon120–150 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesSummer visitorCommon23–27 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Aug
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaSummer visitorCommon40–50 cmRegularly May–Nov
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisSummer visitorCommon45–65 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Sep
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusSummer visitorCommon31–38 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Varied ThrushIxoreus naeviusSummer visitorCommon20–26 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaSummer visitorCommon15–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Sep
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusPassage migrantCommon24–34 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Common LoonGavia immerSummer visitorCommon66–91 cmRegularly May–Nov
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumPassage migrantCommon13–17 cmRegularly Jun–Sep
House SparrowPasser domesticusWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly May–Oct
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaSummer visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusPassage migrantCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorSummer visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
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