Birds of Yukon Territory

355 bird species have been recorded in Yukon Territory on eBird, the global citizen-science database run by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. 355 of them have a full profile in the Birbs encyclopedia — start with the well-known birds below, browse the complete list, then check which are being reported near you right now.

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Birds to know first

• Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorum
• American AvocetRecurvirostra americana
• American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus
• American Black DuckAnas rubripes
• American Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
• American CootFulica americana
• American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
• American DipperCinclus mexicanus
• American Dusky FlycatcherEmpidonax oberholseri
• American Golden PloverPluvialis dominica
• American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
• American Grey FlycatcherEmpidonax wrightii
• American Herring GullLarus smithsonianus
• American KestrelFalco sparverius
• American PipitAnthus rubescens
• American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
• American RobinTurdus migratorius
• American Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides dorsalis
• American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arborea
• American White PelicanPelecanus erythrorhynchos
• American WigeonMareca americana
• American Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestiva
• Ancient MurreletSynthliboramphus antiquus
• Anna’s HummingbirdCalypte anna
• Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
• Arctic WarblerPhylloscopus borealis
• Baird’s SandpiperCalidris bairdii
• Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
• Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
• Band-tailed PigeonPatagioenas fasciata

The full checklist — 355 birds of Yukon Territory in our library

• Alder Flycatcher
• American Avocet
• American Bittern
• American Black Duck
• American Cliff Swallow
• American Coot
• American Crow
• American Dipper
• American Dusky Flycatcher
• American Golden Plover
• American Goldfinch
• American Goshawk
• American Grey Flycatcher
• American Herring Gull
• American Kestrel
• American Pipit
• American Redstart
• American Robin
• American Three-toed Woodpecker
• American Tree Sparrow
• American White Pelican
• American Wigeon
• American Yellow Warbler
• Ancient Murrelet
• Anna’s Hummingbird
• Arctic Tern
• Arctic Warbler
• Baird’s Sandpiper
• Bald Eagle
• Baltimore Oriole
• Band-tailed Pigeon
• Bar-tailed Godwit
• Barn Swallow
• Barred Owl
• Barrow’s Goldeneye
• Bay-breasted Warbler
• Belted Kingfisher
• Black Guillemot
• Black Scoter
• Black Tern
• Black Turnstone
• Black Vulture
• Black-and-white Warbler
• Black-backed Woodpecker
• Black-billed Magpie
• Black-capped Chickadee
• Black-headed Grosbeak
• Black-legged Kittiwake
• Black-necked Grebe
• Blackburnian Warbler
• Blackpoll Warbler
• Blue-headed Vireo
• Blue-winged Teal
• Bluethroat
• Bobolink
• Bohemian Waxwing
• Bonaparte’s Gull
• Boreal Chickadee
• Boreal Owl
• Brambling
• Brant Goose
• Brewer’s Blackbird
• Brewer’s Sparrow
• Broad-winged Hawk
• Brown Creeper
• Brown Thrasher
• Brown-headed Cowbird
• Buff-breasted Sandpiper
• Bufflehead
• Cackling Goose
• California Gull
• Calliope Hummingbird
• Canada Goose
• Canada Jay
• Canada Warbler
• Canvasback
• Cape May Warbler
• Caspian Tern
• Cedar Waxwing
• Chestnut-backed Chickadee
• Chestnut-sided Warbler
• Chipping Sparrow
• Cinnamon Teal
• Clark’s Nutcracker
• Clay-colored Sparrow
• Common Crane
• Common Eider
• Common Goldeneye
• Common Grackle
• Common Loon
• Common Merganser
• Common Murre
• Common Nighthawk
• Common Ringed Plover
• Common Starling
• Common Yellowthroat
• Crested Auklet
• Dark-eyed Junco
• Double-crested Cormorant
• Downy Woodpecker
• Dunlin
• Dusky Grouse
• Dusky Thrush
• Eastern Kingbird
• Eastern Phoebe
• Eastern Yellow Wagtail
• Eurasian Bullfinch
• Eurasian Collared Dove
• Eurasian Teal
• Eurasian Whimbrel
• Eurasian Wigeon
• Evening Grosbeak
• Far Eastern Curlew
• Fork-tailed Storm Petrel
• Franklin’s Gull
• Gadwall
• Glaucous Gull
• Glaucous-winged Gull
• Golden Eagle
• Golden-crowned Kinglet
• Golden-crowned Sparrow
• Great Black-backed Gull
• Great Blue Heron
• Great Crested Flycatcher
• Great Egret
• Great Grey Owl
• Great Horned Owl
• Greater Scaup
• Greater White-fronted Goose
• Greater Yellowlegs
• Grey Catbird
• Grey Plover
• Grey-cheeked Thrush
• Grey-crowned Rosy Finch
• Grey-headed Chickadee
• Gyrfalcon
• Hairy Woodpecker
• Hammond’s Flycatcher
• Harlequin Duck
• Harris’s Sparrow
• Hawfinch
• Hermit Thrush
• Hooded Merganser
• Hooded Oriole
• Horned Grebe
• Horned Lark
• Horned Puffin
• House Finch
• House Sparrow
• Hudsonian Godwit
• Hudsonian Whimbrel
• Iceland Gull
• Indigo Bunting
• Ivory Gull
• Killdeer
• King Eider
• Lapland Longspur
• Lark Sparrow
• Lazuli Bunting
• Least Flycatcher
• Least Sandpiper
• LeConte’s Sparrow
• Lesser Black-backed Gull
• Lesser Goldfinch
• Lesser Nighthawk
• Lesser Scaup
• Lesser Yellowlegs
• Lincoln’s Sparrow
• Little Gull
• Little Stint
• Long-billed Curlew
• Long-billed Dowitcher
• Long-billed Murrelet
• Long-eared Owl
• Long-tailed Duck
• Long-tailed Jaeger
• MacGillivray’s Warbler
• Magnolia Warbler
• Mallard
• Marbled Godwit
• Marbled Murrelet
• Marsh Wren
• McKay’s Bunting
• Merlin
• Mississippi Kite
• Mountain Bluebird
• Mountain Chickadee
• Mountain Pygmy Owl
• Mourning Dove
• Mourning Warbler
• Myrtle Warbler
• Nashville Warbler
• Northern Flicker
• Northern Fulmar
• Northern Harrier
• Northern Hawk-Owl
• Northern House Wren
• Northern Mockingbird
• Northern Pintail
• Northern Raven
• Northern Rough-winged Swallow
• Northern Saw-whet Owl
• Northern Shoveler
• Northern Shrike
• Northern Waterthrush
• Northern Wheatear
• Olive-sided Flycatcher
• Orange-crowned Warbler
• Oriental Greenfinch
• Oriental Turtle Dove
• Osprey
• Ovenbird
• Pacific Golden Plover
• Pacific Loon
• Pacific Swift
• Pacific Wren
• Palm Warbler
• Parakeet Auklet
• Parasitic Jaeger
• Pectoral Sandpiper
• Pelagic Cormorant
• Peregrine Falcon
• Philadelphia Vireo
• Pied-billed Grebe
• Pileated Woodpecker
• Pine Grosbeak
• Pine Siskin
• Pomarine Jaeger
• Purple Finch
• Purple Martin
• Red Crossbill
• Red Fox Sparrow
• Red Knot
• Red Phalarope
• Red-breasted Merganser
• Red-breasted Nuthatch
• Red-breasted Sapsucker
• Red-eyed Vireo
• Red-legged Kittiwake
• Red-necked Grebe
• Red-necked Phalarope
• Red-necked Stint
• Red-tailed Hawk
• Red-throated Loon
• Red-throated Pipit
• Red-winged Blackbird
• Redhead
• Redpoll
• Ring-billed Gull
• Ring-necked Duck
• Rock Dove
• Rock Ptarmigan
• Rose-breasted Grosbeak
• Ross’s Goose
• Ross’s Gull
• Rough-legged Buzzard
• Ruby-crowned Kinglet
• Ruby-throated Hummingbird
• Ruddy Duck
• Ruddy Turnstone
• Ruff
• Ruffed Grouse
• Rufous Hummingbird
• Rustic Bunting
• Rusty Blackbird
• Sabine’s Gull
• Sage Thrasher
• Sand Martin
• Sanderling
• Sandhill Crane
• Savannah Sparrow
• Say’s Phoebe
• Scarlet Tanager
• Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
• Semipalmated Plover
• Semipalmated Sandpiper
• Sharp-shinned Hawk
• Sharp-tailed Grouse
• Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
• Short-billed Dowitcher
• Short-billed Gull
• Short-eared Owl
• Short-tailed Shearwater
• Siberian Accentor
• Slaty-backed Gull
• Smith’s Longspur
• Snow Bunting
• Snow Goose
• Snowy Owl
• Snowy Plover
• Solitary Sandpiper
• Song Sparrow
• Sora
• Spectacled Eider
• Spotted Sandpiper
• Spotted Towhee
• Spruce Grouse
• Steller’s Jay
• Stilt Sandpiper
• Surf Scoter
• Surfbird
• Swainson’s Hawk
• Swainson’s Thrush
• Swamp Sparrow
• Taiga Bean Goose
• Tennessee Warbler
• Thick-billed Longspur
• Thick-billed Murre
• Townsend’s Solitaire
• Townsend’s Warbler
• Tree Swallow
• Trumpeter Swan
• Tufted Duck
• Tufted Puffin
• Tundra Bean Goose
• Tundra Swan
• Turkey Vulture
• Two-barred Crossbill
• Upland Sandpiper
• Varied Thrush
• Vaux’s Swift
• Vega Gull
• Vesper Sparrow
• Violet-green Swallow
• Wandering Tattler
• Western Flycatcher
• Western Grebe
• Western Kingbird
• Western Meadowlark
• Western Sandpiper
• Western Tanager
• Western Warbling Vireo
• Western Wood Pewee
• White Wagtail
• White-crowned Sparrow
• White-rumped Sandpiper
• White-tailed Ptarmigan
• White-throated Sparrow
• White-winged Dove
• White-winged Scoter
• Whooper Swan
• Whooping Crane
• Willet
• Willow Ptarmigan
• Wilson’s Phalarope
• Wilson’s Snipe
• Wilson’s Warbler
• Winter Wren
• Wood Duck
• Wood Sandpiper
• Yellow Rail
• Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
• Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
• Yellow-billed Loon
• Yellow-headed Blackbird

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Birds of Yukon Territory by bird group

• Ducks, Geese & Swans of Yukon Territory (43 species)
• Sandpipers & Allies of Yukon Territory (39 species)
• Gulls, Terns & Skimmers of Yukon Territory (22 species)
• New World Warblers of Yukon Territory (22 species)
• New World Sparrows of Yukon Territory (18 species)

Species lists and counts come from the eBird network; "recorded" means reported by birders to eBird. Tap any bird for its full profile, photos, sounds and ID notes.