Canada · Ontario
Toronto – Sunnyside Beach
251 species and 67,237 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: May and September–October, with up to 142 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianus
BuffleheadBucephala albeola
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
Rock DoveColumba livia
GadwallMareca strepera
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus
Cave SwallowPetrochelidon fulva
American Black DuckAnas rubripes
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis96 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 251 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Toronto – High Park1 km262 species
- Toronto – Humber Bay Park2 km229 species
- Toronto – Colonel Samuel Smith Park6 km290 species
- Toronto – Toronto Islands7 km288 species
- Tommy Thompson Park11 km316 species
- Tommy Thompson Park – Wet Woods11 km225 species
All 251 species recorded here
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- American Black Duck Anas rubripes
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Cave Swallow Petrochelidon fulva
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Slaty-backed Gull Larus schistisagus
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- King Eider Somateria spectabilis
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Black Scoter Melanitta americana
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Common Eider Somateria mollissima
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Short-billed Gull Larus brachyrhynchus
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- California Gull Larus californicus
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Northern Shrike Lanius borealis
- Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Connecticut Warbler Oporornis agilis
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- Nelson's Sparrow Ammospiza nelsoni
- Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera
- Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus
- Eastern Screech Owl Megascops asio
- Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Rosy-faced Lovebird Agapornis roseicollis
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus
- Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- American Woodcock Scolopax minor
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Eastern Whip-poor-will Antrostomus vociferus
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- American Goshawk Astur atricapillus
- Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica
- Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
- Northern Gannet Morus bassanus
- Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Toronto – Sunnyside Beach?
May and September–October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 142 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Toronto – Sunnyside Beach?
251 species, from 67,237 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Toronto – Sunnyside Beach in November?
The most recorded in November: Ring-billed Gull, Mallard, Mute Swan, Canada Goose and American Herring Gull.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.