Birds to See in St Pierre & Miquelon in February
45 bird species on our list for St Pierre & Miquelon are recorded regularly in February
Of these, the most often recorded are Eider, American Black Duck, Red-breasted Merganser, American Herring Gull and Iceland Gull. New this month: Fox Sparrow, Purple Finch, Sanderling and Horned Lark and 3 more.
On the move in February
GBIF · FebArriving
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 45 birds in February
45 birds
EiderSomateria mollissimaWinter visitorCommon50–71 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 6.45% in Feb
American Black DuckAnas rubripesResidentCommon54–59 cmRecorded all year · 4.49% in Feb
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 4.28% in Feb
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusResidentCommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 3.79% in Feb
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorCommon52–60 cmRegularly Nov–May · 3.65% in Feb
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorCommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 3.51% in Feb
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorCommon66–91 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 3.30% in Feb
Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalisResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.81% in Feb
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.66% in Feb
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 2.59% in Feb
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.45% in Feb
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorCommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–May · 2.38% in Feb
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 2.31% in Feb
American RobinTurdus migratoriusSummer visitorCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 2.10% in Feb
MallardAnas platyrhynchosWinter visitorCommon50–65 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 2.10% in Feb
American GoldfinchSpinus tristisResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.03% in Feb
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.89% in Feb
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRecorded all year · 1.75% in Feb
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorCommon20–22 cmRegularly Oct–May · 1.75% in Feb
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 1.61% in Feb
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 1.54% in Feb
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.54% in Feb
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Feb
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Feb
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Feb
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.05% in Feb
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.98% in Feb
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.91% in Feb
Little AukAlle alleWinter visitorCommon18–21 cmRegularly Jun–Feb · 0.91% in Feb
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.91% in Feb
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorCommon24–34 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.77% in Feb
White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Feb
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Feb
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaResidentCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Feb
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusPassage migrantCommon19–23 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.56% in Feb
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisSummer visitorCommon16–20 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.49% in Feb
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusPassage migrantCommon34–58 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.49% in Feb
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaWinter visitorCommon40–50 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.49% in Feb
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Feb
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorCommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–Feb · 0.35% in Feb
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraPassage migrantCommon23–34 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.35% in Feb
Purple FinchHaemorhous purpureusSummer visitorCommon12–16 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.35% in Feb
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaSummer visitorCommon15–19 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.28% in Feb
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–Feb · 0.28% in Feb
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Feb
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