Canada · Ontario
Pelee Island
279 species and 77,782 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: May, with up to 237 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
BuffleheadBucephala albeola
American RobinTurdus migratorius
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianus
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Pelee Island – Fish Point Provincial Nature Reserve5 km249 species
- Point Pelee NP – Tip20 km330 species
- Point Pelee NP – Woodland Nature Trail21 km248 species
- Point Pelee NP – Tilden Woods Trail22 km247 species
- Point Pelee NP – DeLaurier Homestead Trail23 km247 species
- Point Pelee National Park23 km373 species
All 279 species recorded here
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- American Woodcock Scolopax minor
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Eastern Screech Owl Megascops asio
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Eastern Whip-poor-will Antrostomus vociferus
- Cerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- American Black Duck Anas rubripes
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Piping Plover Charadrius melodus
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Grass Wren Cistothorus platensis
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Kirtland's Warbler Setophaga kirtlandii
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Wood Stork Mycteria americana
- White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Connecticut Warbler Oporornis agilis
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Harris's Sparrow Zonotrichia querula
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Black Scoter Melanitta americana
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis
- Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima
- Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Henslow's Sparrow Centronyx henslowii
- LeConte's Sparrow Ammospiza leconteii
- Snowy Plover Anarhynchus nivosus
- Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia
- Virginia's Warbler Leiothlypis virginiae
- Yellow Rail Coturnicops noveboracensis
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Bell's Vireo Vireo bellii
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Nelson's Sparrow Ammospiza nelsoni
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
- Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Townsend's Solitaire Myadestes townsendi
- Cave Swallow Petrochelidon fulva
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Pelee Island?
May. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 237 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Pelee Island?
279 species, from 77,782 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Pelee Island in November?
The most recorded in November: Common Starling, Red-breasted Merganser, Red-tailed Hawk, Bufflehead and American Robin.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.