Canada Ramsar wetland
Grand Codroy Estuary
231 bird species recorded; the most in June.
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data), CC BY 4.0, with relief shading from Copernicus WorldDEM-30
This month here
40 species in January.21 species in February.16 species in March.55 species in April.140 species in May.180 species in June.133 species in July.127 species in August.139 species in September.136 species in October.95 species in November.51 species in December.
The birds you are most likely to see in the month you choose, those that come for the season first. It opens on today's month.
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- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
231 species, counted.
Our own rating, from the records only: species (50 points), threatened species (20), migrants (20) and protected status — Ramsar, IBA, SPA, observatory (10).
- 231Speciesrecorded more than once
- 134Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 12ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 29,522Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 12Raptors
- 3Owls
- 25Waders
- 25Gulls & seabirds
- 29Ducks & geese
- 11Herons, ibises & grebes
- 1Storks & cranes
- 103Songbirds
- 22Other birds
From open records (eBird and others, through GBIF, licensed for any use). More birdwatchers mean more records: a quiet place may have more birds than it shows.
The checklist
All 231 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors12 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
- Accipiter striatusAccipiter striatus
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Falco atricapillusFalco atricapillus
- Falco sparveriusFalco sparverius
- Steller's Sea-eagleHaliaeetus pelagicusVU
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura
- Rough-legged BuzzardButeo lagopus
- Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
Owls3 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- Northern Saw-Whet OwlAegolius acadicus
- Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
Waders25 species
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- Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaNT
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaVU
- Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
- Piping PloverCharadrius melodusNT
- Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
- Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaNT
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisVU
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresNT
- Lesser yellowlegsTringa flavipesVU
- DunlinCalidris alpinaNT
- Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusVU
- American golden ploverPluvialis dominica
- Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaNT
- WilletTringa semipalmata
- KilldeerCharadrius vociferusNT
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- American OystercatcherHaematopus palliatus
- Red KnotCalidris canutusNT
- American WoodcockScolopax minor
- Long-billed dowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusNT
- Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdii
- Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolor
- Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
Gulls & seabirds25 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- American Herring GullLarus smithsonianus
- Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- Common LoonGavia immer
- Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
- Northern gannetMorus bassanus
- Iceland GullLarus glaucoides
- Black GuillemotCepphus grylle
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Red-throated LoonGavia stellata
- Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia
- Leach's Storm PetrelOceanodroma leucorhoaVU
- Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreus
- Black-legged kittiwakeRissa tridactylaVU
- Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
- RazorbillAlca torda
- Forster's TernSterna forsteri
- Black TernChlidonias niger
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
- Little AukAlle alle
- Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcan
Ducks & geese29 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- American WigeonMareca americana
- American Black DuckAnas rubripes
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Greater ScaupAythya marila
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- Wood DuckAix sponsa
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- BuffleheadBucephala albeola
- White-winged ScoterMelanitta deglandi
- Bewick's SwanCygnus columbianus
- Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
- Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
- Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillata
- Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
- Common EiderSomateria mollissimaNT
- Barrow's GoldeneyeBucephala islandica
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Snow gooseAnser caerulescens
- American ScoterMelanitta americanaNT
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- RedheadAythya americana
- Long-tailed duckClangula hyemalisVU
Herons, ibises & grebes11 species
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- Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
- Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocorax auritus
- Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
- American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena
- Snowy EgretEgretta thula
- Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
- Horned GrebePodiceps auritusVU
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Storks & cranes1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Sandhill CraneGrus canadensis
Songbirds103 species
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- American RobinTurdus migratorius
- American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
- Mangrove WarblerSetophaga petechia
- White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
- Myrtle WarblerSetophaga coronata
- Ruby-crowned KingletRegulus calendula
- Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
- Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
- American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
- Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
- Agelaius phoeniceusAgelaius phoeniceus
- American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
- Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus
- Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatus
- Junco hyemalisJunco hyemalis
- Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia
- Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
- Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataNT
- Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virens
- Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventris
- Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensis
- Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnolia
- Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaNT
- Purple FinchHaemorhous purpureus
- Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis
- Red Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca
- Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphia
- Boreal ChickadeePoecile hudsonicus
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolnii
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
- Blue-headed VireoVireo solitarius
- Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorum
- Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
- Blackburnian WarblerSetophaga fusca
- Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
- Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrina
- Pine SiskinSpinus pinus
- Olive-Sided FlycatcherContopus cooperi
- Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castanea
- Wilson's WarblerCardellina pusilla
- BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusNT
- Grey CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Pine GrosbeakPinicola enucleator
- White-winged CrossbillLoxia leucoptera
- Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus
- Northern ParulaSetophaga americana
- Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
- Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrina
- Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus
- Buff-bellied PipitAnthus rubescens
- OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
- Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
- Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarum
- Winter WrenTroglodytes hiemalis
- Eastern Wood-PeweeContopus virens
- Shore LarkEremophila alpestris
- Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinusVU
- American Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Common RedpollAcanthis flammea
- American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arborea
- Canada JayPerisoreus canadensis
- Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicus
- Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis
- Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
- Painted BuntingPasserina ciris
- Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanica
- Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
- Hooded WarblerSetophaga citrina
- Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapilla
- Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
- Ash-throated FlycatcherMyiarchus cinerascens
- Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulus
- Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
- Common crossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Eastern phoebeSayornis phoebe
- Purple MartinProgne subis
- Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
- Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaVU
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescens
- Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
- Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallida
- Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
- Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea
- VeeryCatharus fuscescens
- White-crowned sparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
- Nelson's SparrowAmmospiza nelsoni
- DickcisselSpiza americana
- Lark SparrowChondestes grammacus
- Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicus
- Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
- Northern ShrikeLanius borealis
- Brown CreeperCerthia americana
- White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
- Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
- Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
Other birds22 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Yellow-shafted FlickerColaptes auratus
- Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
- SoraPorzana carolina
- Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosus
- Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
- Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
- Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellus
- Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
- American CootFulica americana
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagicaVU
- Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
- Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticus
- Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
- Spruce GrouseCanachites canadensis
- Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
- Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
- Black-billed cuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmus
- PtarmiganLagopus muta
- Willow PtarmiganLagopus lagopus
- Virginia RailRallus limicola
- Tsįįłkaałii bitłʼaaʼ halchíʼígííMelanerpes carolinus
Monthly presence relative to all bird records that month, so a busy month does not inflate every species.
When to go
The most species in June.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan-2°/-6°109 mm
- Feb-3°/-6°103 mm
- Mar-1°/-5°85 mm
- Apr3°/-1°90 mm
- May7°/3°89 mm
- Jun12°/8°94 mm
- Jul17°/14°99 mm
- Aug19°/16°101 mm
- Sep15°/12°112 mm
- Oct10°/7°114 mm
- Nov5°/2°125 mm
- Dec1°/-2°128 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Grand Codroy Estuary.
Estuary in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Grand Codroy Estuary is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Canada.
231 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 29,522 open records.
The most recorded are the American Robin, the American Crow and the Mangrove Warbler.
92 species come for the summer, 35 for the winter and 7 only pass through.
12 are threatened worldwide, including Grey Plover, White-rumped Sandpiper and Lesser yellowlegs.
The most species are recorded in June.
Get there and watch
- Grand Codroy RV-Tent Camping Parkcampsite · 8.2 km · 4 within 10 km
- Mountain View Adventure Lodgeplace to stay · 8.3 km · 2 within 10 km
- Îles-de-la-Madeleine Airport (YGR)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 191 km in a straight lineCar hire at YQY airport (Sydney)Discover Cars · sponsored link↗
Plan the visit
A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.
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From above
The place and its surroundings.
The satellite image of the 6 × 6 km around the place, with the bird hides, towers and trails that OpenStreetMap shows.
Around, in OpenStreetMap
- 4campsites within 10 kmGrand Codroy RV-Tent Camping Park, Grand Codroy RV Camping, Little Paradise Park and 1 more
- 2places to stay within 10 kmMountain View Adventure Lodge, Cape Anguille Lighthouse Inn
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers within 6 km
- marked trails within 4 km
- visitor centres within 6 km
- viewpoints within 5 km
- car parks within 3 km
- restaurants and cafés within 3 km
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.
In our other atlases
Around Grand Codroy Estuary.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas2 mountains within 25 kmTable Mountain · 16 kmCook Stone · 18 km
Coastya3 beaches within 10 kmNet Cove · 3.0 kmCapelin Cove · 5.1 kmNorthwest Cove · 8.9 km
Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
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Grand Codroy Estuary
Canada
- 87Birdyas Score
- 231Species
- 134Migrants
- 12Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q5594451) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 29,522 open bird records within 6 km (GBIF, CC0 and CC BY 4.0 only; mostly eBird, Cornell Lab of Ornithology) |
| See these records | gbif.org |
| Species | GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0; Wikidata (CC0); Wikimedia Commons |
| Altitude | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Temperature and rain | NASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2) |
| What is around | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Sister atlases | Peakyas, Islandyas, Coastya |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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