Birds to See in St Pierre & Miquelon in December
51 species listed for December · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
51 bird species on our list for St Pierre & Miquelon are recorded regularly in December. Of these, the most often recorded are Eider, Iceland Gull, American Herring Gull, Great Black-backed Gull and American Black Duck. New this month: Atlantic Puffin, Common Merganser, Hooded Merganser and Glaucous Gull and 1 more.
Leaving after last month24
- Greater Yellowlegs
- Ruddy Turnstone
- Semipalmated Plover
- Ring-billed Gull
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet
- White-rumped Sandpiper
- Northern Gannet
- Sanderling
- Merlin
- Hermit Thrush
- Horned Lark
- Baltimore Oriole
- Northern Shoveler
- Pine Siskin
- Red Knot
- Evening Grosbeak
- Dunlin
- American Golden-Plover
- White-crowned Sparrow
- Blue-headed Vireo
- Lincoln's Sparrow
- Orange-crowned Warbler
- Lapland Longspur
- Pied-billed Grebe
Residents
(17)Recorded all year
American Herring Gull
Larus smithsonianusLC
Recorded all year
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Recorded all year
American Black Duck
Anas rubripesLC
Recorded all year
Black Guillemot
Cepphus grylleLC
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Song Sparrow
Melospiza melodiaLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Blue Jay
Cyanocitta cristataLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Recorded all year
American Crow
Corvus brachyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Bald Eagle
Haliaeetus leucocephalusLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Northern Flicker
Colaptes auratusLC
Recorded all year
Common Grackle
Quiscalus quisculaNT
Recorded all year
Canada Goose
Branta canadensisLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(7)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
American Robin
Turdus migratoriusLC
Recorded all year
Kittiwake
Rissa tridactylaVU
Regularly Mar–Dec
Fox Sparrow
Passerella iliacaLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Razorbill
Alca tordaLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Red-throated Loon
Gavia stellataLC
Regularly May–Dec
Atlantic Puffin
Fratercula arcticaVU
Regularly Apr–Dec
Cedar Waxwing
Bombycilla cedrorumLC
Regularly May–Dec
Winter visitors
(17)Present outside the breeding season
Eider
Somateria mollissimaNT
Regularly Jul–Apr
Iceland Gull
Larus glaucoidesLC
Regularly Nov–May
Common Loon
Gavia immerLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Long-tailed Duck
Clangula hyemalisVU
Regularly Oct–Apr
Red-breasted Merganser
Mergus serratorLC
Recorded all year
Purple Sandpiper
Calidris maritimaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Greater Scaup
Aythya marilaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Northern Pintail
Anas acutaLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Snow Bunting
Plectrophenax nivalisLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Goldeneye
Bucephala clangulaLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Little Auk
Alle alleLC
Regularly Jun–Feb
Red-necked Grebe
Podiceps grisegenaLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Common Merganser
Mergus merganserLC
Regularly Dec–Mar
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Accipiter striatusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Regularly Jul–Feb
Passage migrants
(10)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Hooded Merganser
Lophodytes cucullatusLC
Regularly Dec
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Nov–Jan
Dickcissel
Spiza americanaLC
Regularly Oct–Dec
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Setophaga coronataLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Glaucous Gull
Larus hyperboreusLC
Regularly Dec–Jan
Mourning Dove
Zenaida macrouraLC
Regularly Sep–May
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Regularly Aug–May
King Eider
Somateria spectabilisLC
Regularly Dec
Bohemian Waxwing
Bombycilla garrulusLC
Regularly Nov–Feb
Surf Scoter
Melanitta perspicillataLC
Regularly Oct–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