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Sightings mapNewfoundland

Recent bird sightings in Newfoundland

Every bird below was reported in Newfoundland by a birder submitting a checklist to eBird, the citizen science database run by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. This page refreshes hourly, so it reflects what's actually being seen in the state right now rather than what turns up here on average. Tap any species for photos, range, songs, and identification notes.

Birders have reported 153 species from 72 locations across Newfoundland in the last 7 days.

Rare bird sightings in Newfoundland

Species flagged as notable by eBird's Newfoundland reviewers — birds that are out of range, out of season, or reported in unusual numbers — over the last 14 days. One entry per species, most recent first.

  • Steller's Sea-EagleHaliaeetus pelagicusWhiteway--Old Track Rd peninsula · Jul 29, 2026
  • Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusCodroy Valley--North Branch River Bridge · Jul 29, 2026
  • Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusCape Race Rd--Drook to Long Beach · Jul 29, 2026
  • Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaBellevue--Black Brook Rd · Jul 29, 2026
  • KilldeerCharadrius vociferusWitless Bay--Lower Pond & Bear Cove Head area · Jul 29, 2026
  • Lesser ScaupAythya affinisSt. John's--Mundy Pond · Jul 29, 2026
  • Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisGrand Falls-Windsor--Gorge Park · Jul 29, 2026
  • Red KnotCalidris canutusPort au Choix--Oceanside RV Park · Jul 29, 2026
  • Winter WrenTroglodytes hiemalisPlacentia--townsite · Jul 29, 2026
  • Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeMUN--Burton's Pond · Jul 28, 2026
  • Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus1074 Bunker Road, Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador, CA (53.295, -60.384) · Jul 28, 2026
  • Wilson's Storm-PetrelOceanites oceanicusCA (47.205, -52.811) · Jul 26, 2026
  • RedpollAcanthis flammeaNL--Portugal Cove South · Jul 26, 2026
  • Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusThe Ramp · Jul 26, 2026
  • Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisKippens--general location · Jul 26, 2026
  • Snowy OwlBubo scandiacusCape Race Rd--Drook to Long Beach · Jul 26, 2026
  • Wood DuckAix sponsaQuidi Vidi Lake--Rennies River Outflow · Jul 26, 2026
  • Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusFogo Island--Joe Batt's Arm--Joe Batt's Point hiking trail · Jul 25, 2026
  • Piping PloverCharadrius melodusBarachois Brook--Black Banks Beach and NF T'Railway · Jul 25, 2026
  • Roseate TernSterna dougalliiNL--Cape Spear · Jul 24, 2026
  • American Kestrel (Northern)Falco sparveriusStephenville--Joey's Lookout · Jul 23, 2026
  • Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinusPaddy's Pond Fire Complex (2025) · Jul 22, 2026
  • American WoodcockScolopax minorGMNP--Berry Hill Pond · Jul 21, 2026
  • DovekieAlle alleForteau--Grassy Point Road · Jul 21, 2026
  • Black ScoterMelanitta americanaForteau--Grassy Point Road · Jul 21, 2026
  • Black-bellied PloverPluvialis squatarolaStephenville Crossing--Estuary (main birding area) · Jul 21, 2026
  • Northern FulmarFulmarus glacialisWadham Islands IBA--general location · Jul 21, 2026
  • South Polar SkuaStercorarius maccormickiWadham Islands IBA--general location · Jul 21, 2026
  • Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusNortheast Coast--Hwy 330--Shalloway to Anchor Brook · Jul 21, 2026
  • SoraPorzana carolinaStephenville Crossing--Memorial Trail · Jul 21, 2026

Latest bird sightings in Newfoundland

The most recently reported species across Newfoundland in the last 7 days, with the location and date of the latest report for each.

  • Black-bellied PloverPluvialis squatarolaBellevue--Black Brook Rd · Jul 29, 2026
  • Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusBellevue--Black Brook Rd · Jul 29, 2026
  • Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusBellevue--Black Brook Rd · Jul 29, 2026
  • Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaBellevue--Black Brook Rd · Jul 29, 2026
  • Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaBellevue--Black Brook Rd · Jul 29, 2026
  • Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritumBellevue--Black Brook Rd · Jul 29, 2026
  • American RobinTurdus migratoriusBellevue--Black Brook Rd · Jul 29, 2026

How to use this list to find birds in Newfoundland

Recent sightings are the single most useful signal in birding. A species list tells you what could be in Newfoundland; a sightings feed tells you what is being seen this week, at which specific ponds, woodlots, and refuges. During spring and autumn migration the difference is enormous — the same site can hold twenty warblers one morning and almost nothing three days later.

Read the location names as much as the species names. When several unrelated birds are being reported from the same place, that spot is being actively covered and is usually worth your morning. If a bird you want appears once at an obscure location, check it on the sightings map before driving — some eBird locations are personal spots on private land rather than public hotspots.

Get Newfoundland rare birds sent to you

Checking a page is fine for planning; it's useless for chasing. Rarities often stay one or two days, so the birds worth driving for are gone before most people think to look. Birdr's rare bird alerts invert that: draw an alert zone around the part of Newfoundland you would realistically drive to, and Birdr checks fresh eBird data every 15 minutes and pushes you a notification when something notable is reported inside it. A free account covers one zone; Pro adds unlimited zones plus alerts for your watchlist species and life-list gaps.

More Newfoundland birding

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Recent bird sightings by state

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Dark-eyed Junco
Junco hyemalis
Bellevue--Black Brook Rd · Jul 29, 2026
  • Common TernSterna hirundoBellevue--Black Brook Rd · Jul 29, 2026
  • American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusBellevue--Black Brook Rd · Jul 29, 2026
  • Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisBellevue--Black Brook Rd · Jul 29, 2026
  • Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusBellevue--Black Brook Rd · Jul 29, 2026
  • Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyonWitless Bay--Lower Pond & Bear Cove Head area · Jul 29, 2026
  • Black-legged KittiwakeRissa tridactylaWitless Bay--Lower Pond & Bear Cove Head area · Jul 29, 2026
  • American Black DuckAnas rubripesWitless Bay--Lower Pond & Bear Cove Head area · Jul 29, 2026
  • American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosFlat Bay--Inner Flat Bay estuary · Jul 29, 2026
  • Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaFlat Bay--Inner Flat Bay estuary · Jul 29, 2026
  • WilletTringa semipalmataFlat Bay--Inner Flat Bay estuary · Jul 29, 2026
  • Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaNL--Rocky Harbour · Jul 29, 2026
  • White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollisNL--Rocky Harbour · Jul 29, 2026
  • Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensisNL--Rocky Harbour · Jul 29, 2026
  • Leach's Storm-PetrelHydrobates leucorhousLabrador Sea · Jul 29, 2026
  • Great ShearwaterArdenna gravisLabrador Sea · Jul 29, 2026
  • Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumParadise--Adam's Pond · Jul 29, 2026
  • Northern FulmarFulmarus glacialisLabrador Sea · Jul 29, 2026
  • Common RavenCorvus coraxParadise--Adam's Pond · Jul 29, 2026
  • European StarlingSturnus vulgarisParadise--Adam's Pond · Jul 29, 2026
  • Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaWitless Bay--Lower Pond & Bear Cove Head area · Jul 29, 2026
  • Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWitless Bay--Lower Pond & Bear Cove Head area · Jul 29, 2026
  • Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaWitless Bay--Lower Pond & Bear Cove Head area · Jul 29, 2026
  • White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisWitless Bay--Lower Pond & Bear Cove Head area · Jul 29, 2026
  • Black GuillemotCepphus grylleCBN--Salmon Cove · Jul 29, 2026
  • Northern GannetMorus bassanusCBN--Salmon Cove · Jul 29, 2026
  • Common LoonGavia immerCBN--Salmon Cove · Jul 29, 2026
  • Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillusCBN--Salmon Cove · Jul 29, 2026
  • Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataCBN--Salmon Cove · Jul 29, 2026
  • MerlinFalco columbariusHighway 230, Division No. 7, Subdivision F CA-NL 48.39537, -53.57189 · Jul 29, 2026
  • Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolorForteau--English Pt and Beach · Jul 29, 2026
  • White-winged CrossbillLoxia leucopteraForteau--English Pt and Beach · Jul 29, 2026
  • Canada JayPerisoreus canadensisHighway 230, Division No. 7, Subdivision J CA-NL 48.40255, -53.26984 · Jul 29, 2026
  • Common MurreUria aalgeNL--Cape Spear · Jul 29, 2026
  • Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaNL--Cape Spear · Jul 29, 2026
  • Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboCape St. Mary's Ecological Reserve · Jul 29, 2026
  • Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisCape St. Mary's Ecological Reserve · Jul 29, 2026
  • RazorbillAlca tordaCape St. Mary's Ecological Reserve · Jul 29, 2026
  • Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaParadise--Elizabeth Park trail--Stephanie Ave. marsh to Carlisle Dr. · Jul 29, 2026
  • Northern PintailAnas acutaCape Broyle--general location · Jul 29, 2026
  • Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusHighway 430, Division No. 9, Subdivision C CA-NL 51.35298, -56.65868 · Jul 29, 2026
  • Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensisFrenchman's Cove--general location · Jul 29, 2026
  • Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusGMNP--James Callaghan Trail--Trail head to base of Gros Morne · Jul 29, 2026
  • American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaGMNP--James Callaghan Trail--Trail head to base of Gros Morne · Jul 29, 2026
  • Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticusGMNP--James Callaghan Trail--Trail head to base of Gros Morne · Jul 29, 2026
  • Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataGMNP--James Callaghan Trail--Trail head to base of Gros Morne · Jul 29, 2026
  • Boreal ChickadeePoecile hudsonicusGMNP--James Callaghan Trail--Trail head to base of Gros Morne · Jul 29, 2026
  • Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensGMNP--James Callaghan Trail--Trail head to base of Gros Morne · Jul 29, 2026
  • Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaGMNP--James Callaghan Trail--Trail head to base of Gros Morne · Jul 29, 2026
  • Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaGMNP--James Callaghan Trail--Trail head to base of Gros Morne · Jul 29, 2026
  • Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphiaGMNP--James Callaghan Trail--Trail head to base of Gros Morne · Jul 29, 2026
  • Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisGMNP--James Callaghan Trail--Trail head to base of Gros Morne · Jul 29, 2026
  • Pine GrosbeakPinicola enucleatorGMNP--James Callaghan Trail--Trail head to base of Gros Morne · Jul 29, 2026