Bird AlbumCanada · British Columbia
Iona Island
279 species and 313,893 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April–May and August–September, with up to 191 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
Snow GooseAnser caerulescens
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Northern PintailAnas acuta
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
American WigeonMareca americana
Glaucous-winged GullLarus glaucescens
BuffleheadBucephala albeola
Eurasian TealAnas crecca
Spotted TowheePipilo maculatus
American CootFulica americana
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Richmond – Terra Nova5 km206 species
- Vancouver – Jericho Park6 km240 species
- Vancouver – Queen Elizabeth Park8 km179 species
- Stanley Park – Lost Lagoon10 km203 species
- Stanley Park10 km252 species
- Vancouver – Trout Lake11 km182 species
All 279 species recorded here
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens
- Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia atricapilla
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
- Short-billed Gull Larus brachyrhynchus
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Pelagic Cormorant Urile pelagicus
- California Gull Larus californicus
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- Northern Shrike Lanius borealis
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
- Pacific Wren Troglodytes pacificus
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica
- Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- American Bushtit Psaltriparus minimus
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Western Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Mountain Bluebird Sialia currucoides
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockiorum
- American Black Swift Cypseloides niger
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Black Scoter Melanitta americana
- MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Hammond's Flycatcher Empidonax hammondii
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Black-throated Grey Warbler Setophaga nigrescens
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Harris's Sparrow Zonotrichia querula
- Brandt's Cormorant Urile penicillatus
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Wandering Tattler Tringa incana
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
- Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius
- Common Murre Uria aalge
- Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus
- Black Turnstone Arenaria melanocephala
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Grey-crowned Rosy Finch Leucosticte tephrocotis
- Brewer's Sparrow Spizella breweri
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Rhinoceros Auklet Cerorhinca monocerata
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Black Oystercatcher Haematopus bachmani
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Steller's Jay Cyanocitta stelleri
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Hutton's Vireo Vireo huttoni
- Marbled Murrelet Brachyramphus marmoratus
- Rock Sandpiper Calidris ptilocnemis
- Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus
- Chestnut-backed Chickadee Poecile rufescens
- Crested Myna Acridotheres cristatellus
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Surfbird Calidris virgata
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
- Pigeon Guillemot Cepphus columba
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Cave Swallow Petrochelidon fulva
- McKay's Bunting Plectrophenax hyperboreus
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
- King Eider Somateria spectabilis
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Sage Thrasher Oreoscoptes montanus
- Ancient Murrelet Synthliboramphus antiquus
- Rock Wren Salpinctes obsoletus
- American Dusky Flycatcher Empidonax oberholseri
- Snowy Plover Anarhynchus nivosus
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Western Gull Larus occidentalis
- Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Common Eider Somateria mollissima
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Red-breasted Sapsucker Sphyrapicus ruber
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena
- Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- Townsend's Solitaire Myadestes townsendi
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator
- Black-billed Magpie Pica hudsonia
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- Sagebrush Sparrow Artemisiospiza nevadensis
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Calliope Hummingbird Selasphorus calliope
- Cassin's Vireo Vireo cassinii
- Chestnut-collared Longspur Calcarius ornatus
- Sabine's Gull Xema sabini
- Heermann's Gull Larus heermanni
- Clark's Grebe Aechmophorus clarkii
- Western Bluebird Sialia mexicana
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Cocos Booby Sula brewsteri
- Lewis's Woodpecker Melanerpes lewis
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus
- Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus
- American Goshawk Astur atricapillus
- California Scrub Jay Aphelocoma californica
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Iona Island?
April–May and August–September. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 191 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Iona Island?
279 species, from 313,893 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Iona Island in November?
The most recorded in November: Great Blue Heron, Song Sparrow, Snow Goose, Mallard and Northern Pintail.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.