Birds to See in St Pierre & Miquelon in January
45 bird species on our list for St Pierre & Miquelon are recorded regularly in January
Of these, the most often recorded are Eider, Iceland Gull, American Herring Gull, American Black Duck and Common Loon. New this month: Pine Siskin, Red Knot, Dunlin and Lapland Longspur.
On the move in January
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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 January
45 birds
EiderSomateria mollissimaWinter visitorCommon50–71 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 6.21% in Jan
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorCommon52–60 cmRegularly Nov–May · 3.83% in Jan
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusResidentCommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 3.66% in Jan
American Black DuckAnas rubripesResidentCommon54–59 cmRecorded all year · 3.60% in Jan
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorCommon66–91 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 3.42% in Jan
Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalisResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 3.42% in Jan
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 3.08% in Jan
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 2.96% in Jan
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorCommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 2.84% in Jan
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorCommon20–22 cmRegularly Oct–May · 2.61% in Jan
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 2.55% in Jan
American GoldfinchSpinus tristisResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.44% in Jan
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.44% in Jan
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorCommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–May · 2.38% in Jan
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.38% in Jan
Little AukAlle alleWinter visitorCommon18–21 cmRegularly Jun–Feb · 2.09% in Jan
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 2.03% in Jan
MallardAnas platyrhynchosWinter visitorCommon50–65 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 1.92% in Jan
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.80% in Jan
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.57% in Jan
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Jan
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Jan
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Jan
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Jan
American RobinTurdus migratoriusSummer visitorCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Jan
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Jan
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaResidentCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Jan
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.99% in Jan
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Jan
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.87% in Jan
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.87% in Jan
White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Jan
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaWinter visitorCommon40–50 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.70% in Jan
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.70% in Jan
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusPassage migrantCommon11–14 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.64% in Jan
Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensisPassage migrantCommon11–12 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.58% in Jan
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorCommon24–34 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.58% in Jan
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Jan
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Jan
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopePassage migrantCommon42–51 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 0.46% in Jan
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusPassage migrantUncommon62–68 cmRegularly Dec–Jan · 0.46% in Jan
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorCommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–Feb · 0.35% in Jan
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantCommon23–26 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.35% in Jan
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantCommon16–22 cmRegularly Sep–Jan · 0.23% in Jan
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusPassage migrantUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.17% in Jan
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