Birds to See in St Pierre & Miquelon in January
41 species listed for January · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
41 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.
Residents
(17)Recorded all year
American Herring Gull
Larus smithsonianusLC
Recorded all year
American Black Duck
Anas rubripesLC
Recorded all year
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
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
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
American Crow
Corvus brachyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Bald Eagle
Haliaeetus leucocephalusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Recorded all year
Blue Jay
Cyanocitta cristataLC
Recorded all year
Common Grackle
Quiscalus quisculaNT
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Canada Goose
Branta canadensisLC
Recorded all year
Northern Flicker
Colaptes auratusLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(1)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
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
Red-breasted Merganser
Mergus serratorLC
Recorded all year
Long-tailed Duck
Clangula hyemalisVU
Regularly Oct–Apr
Purple Sandpiper
Calidris maritimaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Greater Scaup
Aythya marilaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Little Auk
Alle alleLC
Regularly Jun–Feb
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Northern Pintail
Anas acutaLC
Recorded all year
Goldeneye
Bucephala clangulaLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Common Merganser
Mergus merganserLC
Regularly Dec–Mar
Red-necked Grebe
Podiceps grisegenaLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Snow Bunting
Plectrophenax nivalisLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Accipiter striatusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Regularly Jul–Feb
Passage migrants
(6)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Pine Siskin
Spinus pinusLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Nov–Jan
Glaucous Gull
Larus hyperboreusLC
Regularly Dec–Jan
Red Knot
Calidris canutusNT
Regularly Mar–Jan
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Sep–Jan
Lapland Longspur
Calcarius lapponicusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
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