Uncommon Birds in Yukon Territory
Our list for Yukon Territory has 52 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 3 residents, 23 summer visitors, 24 passage migrants and 2 scarce visitors
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 52, most common first
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiPassage migrantUncommon53–76 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jun–Aug
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaPassage migrantUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Apr–May
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly May–Aug
Snowy OwlBubo scandiacusPassage migrantUncommon52–71 cmRegularly Jun
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaSummer visitorUncommon28–32 cmRegularly May–Aug
Rock PtarmiganLagopus mutaSummer visitorUncommon34–36 cmRegularly May–Sep
Northern Pygmy-owlGlaucidium gnomaPassage migrantUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Jun–Aug
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Aug
Sabine's GullXema sabiniPassage migrantUncommon27–33 cmRegularly Jun–Oct
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Sep
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusPassage migrantUncommon23–32 cmRegularly May–Jun
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisSummer visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly May–Sep
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusPassage migrantUncommon46–51 cmRegularly Jun–Aug
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantUncommon16–22 cmRegularly May
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusSummer visitorUncommon40–49 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly May–Sep
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticusSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly May–Mar
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaSummer visitorUncommon29–40 cmRegularly Apr–Jul
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Jul
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusPassage migrantUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Jun–Aug
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentUncommon30–32 cmRegularly Jun–Aug
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