Birds to See in St Pierre & Miquelon in December
56 bird species on our list for St Pierre & Miquelon are recorded regularly in December
Of these, the most often recorded are Eider, Dark-eyed Junco, Iceland Gull, American Herring Gull and Great Black-backed Gull. New this month: Atlantic Puffin, Common Merganser, Hooded Merganser and Glaucous Gull and 1 more.
On the move in December
GBIF · DecArriving
At their peak
From St Pierre & Miquelon’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 56 birds in December
56 birds
EiderSomateria mollissimaWinter visitorCommon50–71 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 6.04% in Dec
Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalisResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 4.05% in Dec
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorCommon52–60 cmRegularly Nov–May · 3.81% in Dec
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusResidentCommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 3.69% in Dec
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 3.22% in Dec
American Black DuckAnas rubripesResidentCommon54–59 cmRecorded all year · 2.86% in Dec
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorCommon66–91 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 2.78% in Dec
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorCommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 2.70% in Dec
American GoldfinchSpinus tristisResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.62% in Dec
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 2.58% in Dec
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.50% in Dec
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.26% in Dec
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 2.22% in Dec
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 2.11% in Dec
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 1.95% in Dec
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorCommon20–22 cmRegularly Oct–May · 1.95% in Dec
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorCommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–May · 1.87% in Dec
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.87% in Dec
MallardAnas platyrhynchosWinter visitorCommon50–65 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 1.67% in Dec
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRecorded all year · 1.59% in Dec
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Dec
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Dec
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.31% in Dec
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Dec
White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Dec
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Dec
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Dec
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.91% in Dec
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.83% in Dec
Little AukAlle alleWinter visitorCommon18–21 cmRegularly Jun–Feb · 0.75% in Dec
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Dec
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaWinter visitorCommon40–50 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.72% in Dec
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.68% in Dec
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusPassage migrantCommon40–49 cmRegularly Dec · 0.64% in Dec
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaResidentCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Dec
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorCommon24–34 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.60% in Dec
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopePassage migrantCommon42–51 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 0.56% in Dec
Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensisPassage migrantCommon11–12 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.56% in Dec
DickcisselSpiza americanaPassage migrantCommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Dec · 0.52% in Dec
American RobinTurdus migratoriusSummer visitorCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Dec
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.48% in Dec
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataPassage migrantCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.48% in Dec
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusPassage migrantUncommon62–68 cmRegularly Dec–Jan · 0.40% in Dec
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraPassage migrantCommon23–34 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.40% in Dec
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusPassage migrantCommon34–58 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.40% in Dec
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaSummer visitorCommon15–19 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.32% in Dec
Purple FinchHaemorhous purpureusSummer visitorCommon12–16 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.32% in Dec
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorCommon38–43 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.32% in Dec
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataSummer visitorCommon53–69 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.32% in Dec
King EiderSomateria spectabilisPassage migrantUncommon46–64 cmRegularly Dec · 0.28% in Dec
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.20% in Dec
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorCommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–Feb · 0.20% in Dec
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusPassage migrantCommon19–23 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.16% in Dec
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Dec
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.16% in Dec
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataPassage migrantUncommon48–60 cmRegularly Oct–Dec · 0.16% in Dec
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