Canada · Ontario
Toronto – Toronto Islands
288 species and 103,092 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: May, with up to 214 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
BuffleheadBucephala albeola
Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianus
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Tommy Thompson Park4 km316 species
- Tommy Thompson Park – Wet Woods6 km225 species
- Toronto – Sunnyside Beach7 km251 species
- Toronto – High Park7 km262 species
- Toronto – Humber Bay Park7 km229 species
- Toronto – Ashbridge's Bay Park8 km269 species
All 288 species recorded here
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- American Black Duck Anas rubripes
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
- Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
- Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Redhead Aythya americana
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Piping Plover Charadrius melodus
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- American Woodcock Scolopax minor
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Black Scoter Melanitta americana
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Variegated Flycatcher Empidonomus varius
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Wilson's Plover Anarhynchus wilsonia
- Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- Northern Shrike Lanius borealis
- Eastern Screech Owl Megascops asio
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- American Goshawk Astur atricapillus
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Eastern Whip-poor-will Antrostomus vociferus
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina
- Fish Crow Corvus ossifragus
- Nelson's Sparrow Ammospiza nelsoni
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Long-eared Owl Asio otus
- King Eider Somateria spectabilis
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Grass Wren Cistothorus platensis
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Connecticut Warbler Oporornis agilis
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- LeConte's Sparrow Ammospiza leconteii
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Boreal Chickadee Poecile hudsonicus
- Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus
- Cerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Cave Swallow Petrochelidon fulva
- Black-backed Woodpecker Picoides arcticus
- Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica
- Black-billed Magpie Pica hudsonia
- Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- Yellow Rail Coturnicops noveboracensis
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
- American Grey Flycatcher Empidonax wrightii
- Cockatiel Nymphicus hollandicus
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Black-capped Petrel Pterodroma hasitata
- Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Ancient Murrelet Synthliboramphus antiquus
- Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia atricapilla
- Northern Gannet Morus bassanus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Toronto – Toronto Islands?
May. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 214 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Toronto – Toronto Islands?
288 species, from 103,092 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Toronto – Toronto Islands in November?
The most recorded in November: Mallard, Bufflehead, Black-capped Chickadee, Ring-billed Gull 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.