Birds to See in St Pierre & Miquelon in October
98 species listed for October · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
98 bird species on our list for St Pierre & Miquelon are recorded regularly in October. Of these, the most often recorded are Fox Sparrow, American Robin, Blue Jay, American Herring Gull and Yellow-rumped Warbler. New this month: Eider, Long-tailed Duck, Purple Sandpiper and Greater Scaup and 15 more.
New in October19
Residents
(17)Recorded all year
Blue Jay
Cyanocitta cristataLC
Recorded all year
American Herring Gull
Larus smithsonianusLC
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
American Black Duck
Anas rubripesLC
Recorded all year
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Recorded all year
Song Sparrow
Melospiza melodiaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Recorded all year
Northern Flicker
Colaptes auratusLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
American Crow
Corvus brachyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Common Grackle
Quiscalus quisculaNT
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Black Guillemot
Cepphus grylleLC
Recorded all year
Bald Eagle
Haliaeetus leucocephalusLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Canada Goose
Branta canadensisLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(21)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Fox Sparrow
Passerella iliacaLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
American Robin
Turdus migratoriusLC
Recorded all year
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Corthylio calendulaLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Greater Yellowlegs
Tringa melanoleucaNT
Regularly Apr–Nov
Swamp Sparrow
Melospiza georgianaLC
Regularly May–Oct
Cedar Waxwing
Bombycilla cedrorumLC
Regularly May–Dec
Northern Gannet
Morus bassanusLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Ring-billed Gull
Larus delawarensisLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Kittiwake
Rissa tridactylaVU
Regularly Mar–Dec
Razorbill
Alca tordaLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Horned Lark
Eremophila alpestrisLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Hermit Thrush
Catharus guttatusLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Blackpoll Warbler
Setophaga striataNT
Regularly May–Oct
Merlin
Falco columbariusLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Red-throated Loon
Gavia stellataLC
Regularly May–Dec
Common Yellowthroat
Geothlypis trichasLC
Regularly May–Oct
Sooty Shearwater
Ardenna griseaNT
Regularly May–Oct
Atlantic Puffin
Fratercula arcticaVU
Regularly Apr–Dec
Fulmar
Fulmarus glacialisLC
Regularly May–Oct
Leach's Storm-petrel
Hydrobates leucorhousVU
Regularly May–Oct
American Redstart
Setophaga ruticillaLC
Regularly May–Oct
Winter visitors
(13)Present outside the breeding season
Eider
Somateria mollissimaNT
Regularly Jul–Apr
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Regularly Jul–Feb
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Northern Pintail
Anas acutaLC
Recorded all year
Common Loon
Gavia immerLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Accipiter striatusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Red-breasted Merganser
Mergus serratorLC
Recorded all year
Greater Scaup
Aythya marilaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Long-tailed Duck
Clangula hyemalisVU
Regularly Oct–Apr
Purple Sandpiper
Calidris maritimaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Little Auk
Alle alleLC
Regularly Jun–Feb
Snow Bunting
Plectrophenax nivalisLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Passage migrants
(47)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Setophaga coronataLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Semipalmated Plover
Charadrius semipalmatusLC
Regularly Jul–Nov
White-rumped Sandpiper
Calidris fuscicollisVU
Regularly Jul–Nov
Baltimore Oriole
Icterus galbulaLC
Regularly Sep–Nov
Mourning Dove
Zenaida macrouraLC
Regularly Sep–May
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Regularly Jul–Feb
Pine Siskin
Spinus pinusLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Palm Warbler
Setophaga palmarumLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Black-throated Green Warbler
Setophaga virensLC
Regularly May–Oct
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Sep–Jan
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Regularly Jul–Nov
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Setophaga caerulescensLC
Regularly Sep–Oct
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Calidris pusillaNT
Regularly Jul–Oct
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Oct–Nov
American Golden-Plover
Pluvialis dominicaLC
Regularly Aug–Nov
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Pheucticus ludovicianusLC
Regularly May–Oct
Blue-headed Vireo
Vireo solitariusLC
Regularly May–Nov
Surf Scoter
Melanitta perspicillataLC
Regularly Oct–Dec
Orange-crowned Warbler
Leiothlypis celataLC
Regularly Oct–Nov
Swainson's Thrush
Catharus ustulatusLC
Regularly May–Oct
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Sphyrapicus variusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Red Knot
Calidris canutusNT
Regularly Mar–Jan
Great Shearwater
Ardenna gravisLC
Regularly Jun–Oct
Scarlet Tanager
Piranga olivaceaLC
Regularly Oct
Cape May Warbler
Setophaga tigrinaLC
Regularly May–Oct
Philadelphia Vireo
Vireo philadelphicusLC
Regularly Sep–Oct
Red Crossbill
Loxia curvirostraLC
Regularly Oct
White-crowned Sparrow
Zonotrichia leucophrysLC
Regularly May–Nov
Gray Catbird
Dumetella carolinensisLC
Regularly May–Oct
Evening Grosbeak
Hesperiphona vespertinaVU
Regularly May–Nov
Nashville Warbler
Leiothlypis ruficapillaLC
Regularly Sep–Oct
Ovenbird
Seiurus aurocapillaLC
Regularly Sep–Oct
Lesser Yellowlegs
Tringa flavipesVU
Regularly May–Oct
Magnolia Warbler
Setophaga magnoliaLC
Regularly May–Oct
Pectoral Sandpiper
Calidris melanotosLC
Regularly Sep–Oct
Clay-colored Sparrow
Spizella pallidaLC
Regularly Oct
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly May–Oct
Lapland Longspur
Calcarius lapponicusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Dickcissel
Spiza americanaLC
Regularly Oct–Dec
Manx Shearwater
Puffinus puffinusLC
Regularly Jun–Oct
Great Blue Heron
Ardea herodiasLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Great Skua
Stercorarius skuaLC
Regularly Jun–Oct
Hudsonian Godwit
Limosa haemasticaVU
Regularly Aug–Oct
Short-billed Dowitcher
Limnodromus griseusVU
Regularly Jul–Oct
Tennessee Warbler
Leiothlypis peregrinaLC
Regularly May–Oct
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Calidris subruficollisVU
Regularly Sep–Oct
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