Birds to See in Yukon Territory in October
68 bird species on our list for Yukon Territory are recorded regularly in October
Of these, the most often recorded are Common Raven, Bald Eagle, Mallard, Trumpeter Swan and Tundra Swan. New this month: Common Redpoll and Snow Bunting.
On the move in October
GBIF · OctAt their peak
From Yukon Territory’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
Other months
All 68 birds in October
68 birds
Common RavenCorvus coraxWinter visitorCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 8.52% in Oct
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 3.76% in Oct
MallardAnas platyrhynchosSummer visitorCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.80% in Oct
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorSummer visitorCommon139–157 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 2.41% in Oct
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusPassage migrantCommon120–150 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 1.86% in Oct
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 1.80% in Oct
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 1.54% in Oct
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusWinter visitorCommon18–26 cmRegularly Jul–May · 1.52% in Oct
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 1.52% in Oct
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Oct
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusSummer visitorCommon31–38 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 1.39% in Oct
American RobinTurdus migratoriusSummer visitorCommon20–28 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 1.32% in Oct
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensWinter visitorCommon14–18 cmRegularly Jul–May · 1.20% in Oct
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaSummer visitorCommon40–50 cmRegularly May–Nov · 1.14% in Oct
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 1.12% in Oct
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 1.12% in Oct
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Oct
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosSummer visitorCommon66–102 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.01% in Oct
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusPassage migrantCommon46–59 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.90% in Oct
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorSummer visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.82% in Oct
Common LoonGavia immerSummer visitorCommon66–91 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.80% in Oct
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesPassage migrantCommon52–60 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.77% in Oct
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusPassage migrantCommon24–34 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.76% in Oct
Eurasian TealAnas creccaSummer visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.74% in Oct
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisSummer visitorCommon45–65 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.74% in Oct
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusResidentCommon41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Oct
Northern PintailAnas acutaSummer visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.67% in Oct
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisPassage migrantCommon15–18 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.65% in Oct
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Oct
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaSummer visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.63% in Oct
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.62% in Oct
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.61% in Oct
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataSummer visitorCommon48–60 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.59% in Oct
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusSummer visitorCommon53–65 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.58% in Oct
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusPassage migrantCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.58% in Oct
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.58% in Oct
Greater ScaupAythya marilaSummer visitorCommon39–56 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.57% in Oct
American Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides dorsalisResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Oct
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaSummer visitorCommon15–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.49% in Oct
Pacific LoonGavia pacificaSummer visitorCommon58–74 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.48% in Oct
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensPassage migrantCommon69–84 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.48% in Oct
Varied ThrushIxoreus naeviusSummer visitorCommon20–26 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.46% in Oct
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisSummer visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.45% in Oct
House SparrowPasser domesticusWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Oct
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisSummer visitorCommon35–43 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.40% in Oct
GadwallMareca streperaSummer visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.40% in Oct
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataSummer visitorCommon53–69 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.36% in Oct
MerlinFalco columbariusSummer visitorCommon24–33 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.32% in Oct
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.23% in Oct
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusPassage migrantUncommon62–68 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.18% in Oct
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.18% in Oct
Canada GooseBranta canadensisSummer visitorCommon76–110 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.18% in Oct
Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoidesSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.17% in Oct
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisSummer visitorUncommon80–122 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.15% in Oct
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosSummer visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.14% in Oct
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.14% in Oct
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsPassage migrantCommon64–81 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.13% in Oct
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusSummer visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.09% in Oct
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticusSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.08% in Oct
Sabine's GullXema sabiniPassage migrantUncommon27–33 cmRegularly Jun–Oct · 0.08% in Oct
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.06% in Oct
Boreal OwlAegolius funereusPassage migrantCommon21–28 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.06% in Oct
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusSummer visitorUncommon46–63 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.05% in Oct
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusSummer visitorUncommon40–49 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Oct
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Oct
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentUncommon30–32 cmRegularly Jun–Jan · 0.04% in Oct
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusSummer visitorCommon34–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Oct
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisSummer visitorRare21–23 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.02% in Oct
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