Birds to See in St Pierre & Miquelon in October
103 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, Dark-eyed Junco, Blue Jay and American Herring Gull. New this month: Eider, Long-tailed Duck, Purple Sandpiper and Greater Scaup and 15 more.
On the move in October
GBIF · OctArriving
At their peak
Leaving soon
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 103 birds in October
103 birds
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaSummer visitorCommon15–19 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 3.60% in Oct
American RobinTurdus migratoriusSummer visitorCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 3.52% in Oct
Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalisResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 3.39% in Oct
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 2.54% in Oct
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusResidentCommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.43% in Oct
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataPassage migrantCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 2.43% in Oct
White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 2.15% in Oct
American GoldfinchSpinus tristisResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.84% in Oct
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaSummer visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 1.80% in Oct
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusPassage migrantCommon17–19 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 1.77% in Oct
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.70% in Oct
American Black DuckAnas rubripesResidentCommon54–59 cmRecorded all year · 1.68% in Oct
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.66% in Oct
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in Oct
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantCommon15–18 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 1.47% in Oct
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaSummer visitorCommon29–40 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 1.36% in Oct
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 1.35% in Oct
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Oct
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Oct
Purple FinchHaemorhous purpureusSummer visitorCommon12–16 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.29% in Oct
EiderSomateria mollissimaWinter visitorCommon50–71 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 1.17% in Oct
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Oct
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Oct
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaResidentCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Oct
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaPassage migrantCommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–Nov · 0.96% in Oct
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.96% in Oct
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorCommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–Feb · 0.96% in Oct
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Oct
MallardAnas platyrhynchosWinter visitorCommon50–65 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.94% in Oct
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.94% in Oct
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Oct
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraPassage migrantCommon23–34 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.91% in Oct
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–Feb · 0.86% in Oct
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusPassage migrantCommon11–14 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.79% in Oct
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorCommon66–91 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.77% in Oct
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.77% in Oct
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Oct
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisSummer visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.75% in Oct
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Oct
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensPassage migrantCommon11–12 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.72% in Oct
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantCommon16–22 cmRegularly Sep–Jan · 0.65% in Oct
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 0.65% in Oct
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescensPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.59% in Oct
Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensisPassage migrantCommon11–12 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.59% in Oct
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaPassage migrantCommon15–18 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.58% in Oct
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataPassage migrantCommon44–51 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.56% in Oct
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantCommon24–28 cmRegularly Aug–Nov · 0.54% in Oct
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusPassage migrantCommon18–22 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.54% in Oct
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusPassage migrantCommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.51% in Oct
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.51% in Oct
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorCommon24–34 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.51% in Oct
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorCommon38–43 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.49% in Oct
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.45% in Oct
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataPassage migrantUncommon48–60 cmRegularly Oct–Dec · 0.45% in Oct
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisSummer visitorCommon16–20 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.44% in Oct
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusSummer visitorCommon14–18 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.42% in Oct
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.40% in Oct
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataPassage migrantUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.38% in Oct
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusPassage migrantCommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.38% in Oct
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusPassage migrantUncommon19–22 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.38% in Oct
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Oct
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusPassage migrantCommon34–58 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.37% in Oct
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Oct
MerlinFalco columbariusSummer visitorCommon24–33 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.35% in Oct
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantCommon23–26 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.35% in Oct
Great ShearwaterArdenna gravisPassage migrantCommon43–51 cmRegularly Jun–Oct · 0.33% in Oct
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Oct
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataSummer visitorCommon53–69 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.31% in Oct
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.30% in Oct
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaPassage migrantUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Oct · 0.30% in Oct
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.28% in Oct
Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicusPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.28% in Oct
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraPassage migrantUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct · 0.28% in Oct
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaSummer visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.28% in Oct
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysPassage migrantCommon15–16 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.28% in Oct
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisPassage migrantCommon20–24 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.26% in Oct
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Oct
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaPassage migrantCommon16–22 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.23% in Oct
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorCommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.23% in Oct
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorCommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.23% in Oct
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.21% in Oct
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.21% in Oct
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaPassage migrantUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.21% in Oct
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorCommon20–22 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.21% in Oct
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantCommon23–27 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.19% in Oct
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.19% in Oct
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantCommon19–23 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.19% in Oct
Little AukAlle alleWinter visitorCommon18–21 cmRegularly Jun–Feb · 0.16% in Oct
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct · 0.14% in Oct
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorCommon45–50 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.14% in Oct
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaPassage migrantCommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.12% in Oct
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusPassage migrantUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.12% in Oct
DickcisselSpiza americanaPassage migrantCommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Dec · 0.10% in Oct
Leach's Storm-petrelHydrobates leucorhousSummer visitorCommon18–21 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.10% in Oct
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusPassage migrantCommon30–38 cmRegularly Jun–Oct · 0.10% in Oct
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.09% in Oct
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasPassage migrantUncommon91–137 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.09% in Oct
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaPassage migrantUncommon50–58 cmRegularly Jun–Oct · 0.09% in Oct
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaPassage migrantUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.09% in Oct
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusPassage migrantCommon23–32 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.09% in Oct
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.09% in Oct
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaPassage migrantUncommon10–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.07% in Oct
Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.05% in 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