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
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosSummer visitorCommon66–102 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
MerlinFalco columbariusSummer visitorCommon24–33 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataSummer visitorCommon48–60 cmRegularly May–Oct
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Aug
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusPassage migrantCommon46–59 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataSummer visitorCommon53–69 cmRegularly May–Oct
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesPassage migrantCommon52–60 cmRegularly Aug–Oct
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Sep
Pacific LoonGavia pacificaSummer visitorCommon58–74 cmRegularly May–Nov
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusResidentCommon41–50 cmRecorded all year
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusSummer visitorCommon17–23 cmRegularly May–Aug
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaSummer visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly May–Aug
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosSummer visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly May–Oct
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsPassage migrantCommon64–81 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Boreal OwlAegolius funereusPassage migrantCommon21–28 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
GadwallMareca streperaSummer visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusSummer visitorCommon14–18 cmRegularly May–Sep
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusSummer visitorCommon18–19 cmRegularly May–Sep
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorCommon33–39 cmRegularly May–Sep
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