BIRDS NOT BREEDING ON PEI

LIST OF BIRDS NOT BREEDING ON PEI – by English name

(For the list of Birds breeding on PEI, please click here).

This information is drawn (with permission) from the Field Checklist of Birds (8th Edition) 2014, which was published by the Prince Edward Island Department of Agriculture and Forestry. Birds not on the checklist have an asterisk * beside their name.
There is a total of 216 BIRD SPECIES NOT breeding on PEI based on the above checklist. However this number might fluctuate over the years based on various environmental factors and observations.
To access the profile for each bird (description, photo(s) and sometimes video(s)) please check the PEI Bird Index by English Name, or the Taxonomic List of Birds of PEI.
Because a bird species does not breed on PEI, this does NOT necessarily mean that they are uncommon or rare. Some of those non-breeding species can actually be quite common depending on the seasons, as they are most likely wintering on PEI or are passing through during their migration.
Since sometimes a bird can be known under more than one English name, to prevent any confusion the Latin name of the bird is provided in brackets.

Common redpolls breed in the Arctic and visit PEI in the fall and winter - photo by Kathy McCormack, Feb. 22, 2013
Common redpoll, by Kathy McCormack
AMERICAN AVOCET(Recurvirostra americana)
AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER(Pluvialis dominica)
AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER (Haematopus palliatus)
AMERICAN PIPIT(Anthus rubescens)
AMERICAN TREE SPARROW – (Spizelloides arborea)
AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos)
ATLANTIC PUFFIN(Fratercula arctica)
AUDUBON’S SHEARWATER – (Puffinus lherminieri)

BAIRD’S SANDPIPER – (Calidris bairdii)
BARN OWL – (Tyto alba)
BARNACLE GOOSE(Branta leucopsis)
BAROLO SHEARWATER(Puffinus baroli)
BARROW’S GOLDENEYE(Bucephala islandica)
BICKNELL’S THRUSH – (Catharus bicknelli)
BLACK SCOTER (Melanitta americana)
BLACK SKIMMER(Rinchops niger)
BLACK TERN – (Chlidonias niger)
BLACK VULTURE (Coragyps atratus)
BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER(Pluvialis squatarola)
BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON (Nycticorax nycticorax)
BLACK-HEADED GROSBEAK – (Pheucticus melanocephalus)
BLACK-HEADED GULL (formerly Larus ridibundus, now: Chroicocephalus ridibundus))
BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE(Rissa tridactyla) 
BLACK-NECKED STILT – (Himantopus mexicanus)
BLACK-TAILED GODWIT(Limosa limosa)
BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLER – (Setophaga nigrescens)
BLACKPOLL WARBLER – (Setophaga striata)
BLUE GROSBEAK(Passerina caerulea)
BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER(Polioptila caerulea)
BLUE-WINGED WARBLER – (Vermivora cyanoptera)
BOHEMIAN WAXWING (bombycilla garrulus)
BONAPARTE’S GULL(Chroicocephalus philadelphia)
BOREAL OWL(Aegolius funereus)
BRANT – (Branta bernicla)
BREWER’S BLACKBIRD – (Euphagus cyanocephalus)
BROAD-WINGED HAWK – (Buteo platypterus)
BROWN BOOBY – (Sula leucogaster)*
BROWN PELICAN – (Pelecanus occidentalis)
BROWN TRASHER (Toxostoma rufum)
BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER – (Calidris subruficollis)
BUFFLEHEAD – (Bucephala albeola)
BULLOCK’S ORIOLE – (Icterus bullockii)

CACKLING GOOSE (Branta hutchinsii)
CANVASBACK(Aythya valisineria)
CAROLINA WREN – (Thryotorus ludovicianus)
CASPIAN TERN(Hydroprogne caspia)
CATTLE EGRET (Bubulcus ibis)
CAVE SWALLOW – (Petrochelidon fulva)
CERULEAN WARBLER(Setophaga cerulea)
CHIMNEY SWIFT(Chaetura pelagica)
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW(Spizella pallida)
COMMON EIDER(Somateria mollissima)
COMMON GOLDENEYE (Bucephala clangula)
COMMON MURRE – (Uria aalge)
COMMON REDPOLL(Acanthis flammea)
COMMON RINGED PLOVER – (Charadrius hiaticula)
COOPER’S HAWK(Accipiter cooperii)
CURLEW SANDPIPER(Calidris ferruginea)

DICKCISSEL(Spiza americana)
DOVEKIE(Alle alle)
DUNLIN (Calidris alpina)

EARED GREBE – (Pidiceps nigricollis)
EASTERN MEADOWLARK(Sturnella magna)
EASTERN PHOEBE – (Sayornis phoebe)
EASTERN SCREECH OWL – (Megascops asio)
EASTERN TOWHEE(Pipilo erythrophtalmus)
EASTERN WHIP-POOR-WILL – (Antrostomus vociferus)
ESKIMO CURLEW – (Numenius borealis)
EURASIAN JACKDAW – (Corvus monedula)
EURASIAN WIGEON(Mareca penelope)

FIELD SPARROW(Spizella pusilla)
FIELDFARE – (Turdus pilaris)
FORK-TAILED FLYCATCHER – (Tyrannus savana)
FORSTER’S TERN – (Sterna forsteri)
FULVOUS WHISTLING DUCK (Dendrocygna bicolor)

GARGANEY – (Spatula querquedula)
GLAUCOUS GULL (Larus hyperboreus)
GLOSSY IBIS(Plegadis falcinellus)
GOLDEN EAGLE (Aquila chrysaetos)
GRASSHOPPER SPARROW – (Ammodramus savannarum
GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH (Catharus minimus)
GREAT EGRET (Ardea alba)
GREAT GREY OWL – (Strix nebulosa)
GREAT SHEARWATER – (Ardenna gravis)
GREAT SKUA – (Stercorarius skua)
GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE(Anser albifrons)
GREATER YELLOWLEGS (Tringa melanoleuca)
GREEN HERON(Butorides virescens)
GYRFALCON(Falco rusticolus)

HARLEQUIN DUCK – (Histrionicus histrionicus)
HARRIS’S SPARROW – (Zonotrichia querula)
HENSLOW’S SPARROW – (Ammodramus henslowii)
HOARY REDPOLL – (Acanthis hornemanni)
HOODED WARBLER – (Setophaga citrina)
HORNED GREBE – (Podiceps auritus)
HOUSE WREN(Troglodytes aegledon)
HUDSONIAN GODWIT(Limosa haemastica)

ICELAND GULL (Larus glaucoides)
INDIGO BUNTING(Passerina cyanea)
IVORY GULL – (Pagophila eburnea)

KING EIDER(Somateria spectabilis)
KING RAIL – (Rallus elegans)

LAPLAND LONGSPUR(Calcarius lapponicus)
LARK SPARROW(Chondestes grammacus)
LAUGHING GULL(Leucophaeus atricilla)
LEACH’S STORM PETREL(Oceanodroma leucorhoa)
LEAST BITTERN – (Ixobrychus exilis)
LEAST SANDPIPER(Calidris minutilla)
LEAST TERN – (Sternula antillarum)
LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL(Larus fuscus)
LESSER SCAUP – (Aythya affinis)
LESSER YELLOWLEGS(Tringa flavipes)
LITTLE BLUE HERON(Egretta caerulea)
LITTLE GULL(Hydrocoleus minutus)
LITTLE STINT – (Calidris minuta)
LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE(Lanius ludovicianus)
LONG-BILLED CURLEW(Numenius americanus)
LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER – (Limnodromus scolopaceus)
LONG-TAILED DUCK – (Clangula hyemalis)
LONG-TAILED JAEGER – (Stercorarius longicaudus)

MANX SHEARWATER(Puffinus puffinus)
MARBLED GODWIT(Limosa fedoa)
MARSH WREN(Cistotorus palustris)
MEW GULL – (Larus canus)

NORTHERN CARDINAL (Cardinalis cardinalis)
NORTHERN FULMAR – (Fulmarus glacialis)
NORTHERN GANNET (Morus bassanus)
NORTHERN HAWK-OWL(Surnia ulula)
NORTHERN LAPWING – (Vanellus vanellus)
NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW(Stelgidopteryx serripennis)
NORTHERN SHRIKE(Lanius excubitor)
NORTHERN WHEATEAR(Oenanthe oenanthe)

ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER – (Oreothlypis celata)
ORCHARD ORIOLE – (Icterus spurius)

PACIFIC LOON – (Gavia pacifica)
PAINTED BUNTING – (Passerina ciris)
PARASITIC JAEGER(Stercorarius parasiticus)
PECTORAL SANDPIPER(Calidros melatonos)
PEREGRINE FALCON(Falco peregrinus)
PINE WARBLER(Setophaga pinus)
PINK-FOOTED GOOSE – (Anser brachyrhynchus)
POMARINE JAEGER – (Stercorarius pomarinus)
PRAIRIE WARBLER(Setophaga discolor)
PROTHONOTARY WARBLER – (Protonotaria citrea)
PURPLE GALLINULE – (Porphyrio martinicus)
PURPLE MARTIN – (Progne subis)
PURPLE SANDPIPER(Calidris maritima)

RAZORBILL – (Alca torda)
RED KNOT(Calidris canutus)
RED PHALAROPE(Phalaropus fulicarius)
RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER(Melanerpes carolinus)
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER – (Melanerpes erythrocephalus)
RED-NECKED GREBE(Podiceps grisegena)
RED-NECKED PHALAROPE(Phalaropus lobatus)
RED-SHOULDERED HAWK(Buteo lineatus)
RED-THROATED LOON(Gavia stellata)
REDHEAD – (Aythya americana)
ROSEATE TERN(Sterna dougallii)
ROSS’S GOOSE(Anser rossii)
ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK(Buteo lagopus)
ROYAL TERN(Thalasseus maximus)
RUDDY TURNSTONE(Arenaria interpres)
RUFF(Calidris pugnax)

SABINE’S GULL(Xema sabini)
SANDERLING (Calidris alba)
SANDHILL CRANE(Antigone canadensis)
SCARLET TANAGER(Piranga olivacea)
SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER – (Tyrannus forficatus)
SEDGE WREN – (Cistothorus platensis)
SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER (Calidris pusilla)
SHARP-TAILED SANDPIPER – (Calidris acuminata)
SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER(Limnodromus griseus)
SNOW BUNTING(Plectrophenax nivalis)
SNOW GOOSE – (Anser caerulescens)
SNOWY EGRET(Egretta thula)
SNOWY OWL (Bubo scandiacus)
SOLITARY SANDPIPER(Tringa solitaria)
SOOTY SHEARWATER (Puffinus griseus)
SPOTTED TOWHEE(Pipilo maculatus)
STILT SANDPIPER(Calidris himantopus)
SUMMER TANAGER – (Piranga rubra)
SURF SCOTER(Melanitta perspicillata)
SWAINSON’S HAWK(Buteo swainsoni)
SWAINSON’S WARBLER(Limnothlypis swainsonii)

THAYER’S GULL(Larus glaucoides thayeri)
THICK-BILLED MURRE – (Uria lomvia)
TOWNSEND’S SOLITAIRE(Myadestes townsendi)
TRUMPETER SWAN(Cignus buccinator)
TUFTED DUCK (Aythya fuligula)
TUNDRA SWAN – (Cignus columbianus)
TURKEY VULTURE – (Cathartes aura)

VARIED THRUSH – (Ixoreus naevius)

WARBLING VIREO(Vireo gilvus)
WESTERN KINGBIRD(Tyrannus verticalis)
WESTERN SANDPIPER(Calidris mauri)
WESTERN TANAGER(Piranga ludoviciana)
WHIMBREL (Numenius phaeopus)
WHITE IBIS(Endocimus albus)
WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW(Zonotrichia leucophrys)
WHITE-EYED VIREO – (Vireo griseus)
WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER(Calidris fuscicollis)
WHITE-WINGED DOVE(Zenaida asiatica)
WHITE-WINGED SCOTER – (Melanitta deglandi)
WILLOW FLYCATCHER(Empidonax traillii)
WILSON’S PHALAROPE(Phalaropus tricolor)
WILSON’S PLOVER(Charadrius wilsonia)
WILSON’S STORM PETREL – (Oceanites oceanicus)
WILSON’S WARBLER(Cardellina pusilla)
WOOD THRUSH – (Hylocichla mustelina)
WORM-EATING WARBLER(Helmitheros vermivorum)

YELLOW RAIL(Coturnicops noveboracensis)
YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO – (Coccyzus americanus)
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT(Ictera virens)
YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT HERON – (Nyctanassa violacea)
YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD(Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus)
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER(Setophaga dominica)