Canada Ramsar wetland
Malpeque Bay
126 bird species recorded; the most in July.
Carl Campbell from Querétaro, Mexico · CC BY-SA 2.0
This month here
18 species in January.11 species in February.0 species in March.45 species in April.50 species in May.59 species in June.93 species in July.83 species in August.74 species in September.63 species in October.20 species in November.2 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
126 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).
- 126Speciesrecorded more than once
- 79Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 6ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 3,761Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 9Raptors
- 23Waders
- 11Gulls & seabirds
- 16Ducks & geese
- 4Herons, ibises & grebes
- 1Storks & cranes
- 51Songbirds
- 11Other 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 126 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors9 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
- Falco sparveriusFalco sparverius
- Accipiter striatusAccipiter striatus
- Rough-legged BuzzardButeo lagopus
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Waders23 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaNT
- Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaVU
- Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaNT
- Lesser yellowlegsTringa flavipesVU
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresNT
- WilletTringa semipalmata
- Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusVU
- Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaVU
- Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaNT
- White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisVU
- Red KnotCalidris canutusNT
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- DunlinCalidris alpinaNT
- KilldeerCharadrius vociferusNT
- Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
- American golden ploverPluvialis dominica
- Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
- Solitary SandpiperTringa solitaria
- Piping PloverCharadrius melodusNT
- Western SandpiperCalidris mauri
Gulls & seabirds11 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- American Herring GullLarus smithsonianus
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Northern gannetMorus bassanus
- Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia
- European Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Common LoonGavia immer
- Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
- Red-throated LoonGavia stellata
Ducks & geese16 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- American Black DuckAnas rubripes
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- White-winged ScoterMelanitta deglandi
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
- GadwallMareca strepera
- American WigeonMareca americana
- Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillata
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- Common EiderSomateria mollissimaNT
- Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
- American ScoterMelanitta americanaNT
- Long-tailed duckClangula hyemalisVU
- Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
- Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
Herons, ibises & grebes4 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocorax auritus
- Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Great White EgretArdea alba
Storks & cranes1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Sandhill CraneGrus canadensis
Songbirds51 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
- Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
- American RobinTurdus migratorius
- Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
- Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Mangrove WarblerSetophaga petechia
- American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
- Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
- Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaNT
- Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus
- Myrtle WarblerSetophaga coronata
- White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
- Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
- Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
- American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
- Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis
- Junco hyemalisJunco hyemalis
- Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
- Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
- Nelson's SparrowAmmospiza nelsoni
- Agelaius phoeniceusAgelaius phoeniceus
- Purple FinchHaemorhous purpureus
- Boreal ChickadeePoecile hudsonicus
- Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia
- Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virens
- Northern ParulaSetophaga americana
- BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusNT
- Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
- Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
- Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolnii
- Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnolia
- Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrina
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus
- Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Shore LarkEremophila alpestris
- Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorum
- Ruby-crowned KingletRegulus calendula
- American Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
- Pine GrosbeakPinicola enucleator
- Grey CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
- Pine SiskinSpinus pinus
- Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanica
- Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castanea
- Wilson's WarblerCardellina pusilla
Other birds11 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Yellow-shafted FlickerColaptes auratus
- Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
- Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
- Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosus
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
- Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
- Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellus
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 July.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan-3°/-10°80 mm
- Feb-3°/-10°82 mm
- Mar0°/-6°76 mm
- Apr6°/-1°83 mm
- May12°/5°80 mm
- Jun17°/10°99 mm
- Jul22°/16°81 mm
- Aug22°/16°87 mm
- Sep18°/12°94 mm
- Oct12°/7°108 mm
- Nov6°/1°106 mm
- Dec0°/-5°111 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Malpeque Bay.
Bay in Prince Edward Island, Canada
Malpeque Bay is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Canada.
126 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 3,761 open records.
The most recorded are the Greater Yellowlegs, the Semipalmated Plover and the Grey Plover.
61 species come for the summer, 15 for the winter and 3 only pass through.
6 are threatened worldwide, including Grey Plover, Lesser yellowlegs and Short-billed Dowitcher.
The most species are recorded in July.
Get there and watch
- Cabot Beach Campgroundcampsite · 6.3 km · 3 within 10 km
- Seashell Motelplace to stay · 6.6 km · 2 within 10 km
- Kensingtonnearest town · 15 km in a straight line
- Charlottetown Airport (YYG)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 57 km in a straight lineCar hire at YQM airport (Moncton)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
- 3campsites within 10 kmCabot Beach Campground, Twin Shores Camping Area, Green Park Campground
- 2places to stay within 10 kmSeashell Motel, Lovely Green Gable Home
- 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 Malpeque Bay.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas3 mountains within 25 kmMalpeque Sand Hills-1 m · 9.4 kmYankee Hill · 21 kmConway Sand Hills · 22 km
Coastya8 beaches within 10 kmBunbury Sand · 1.5 kmMacLaurins Cove · 5.7 kmMacIntosh Shore · 6.6 kmKeirs Shore · 6.7 kmOyster Cove · 6.8 kmBentick Cove · 7.8 kmMandersons Cove · 8.4 kmWaites Shore · 9.4 km
Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Other places nearby.
Malpeque Bay
Canada
- 70Birdyas Score
- 126Species
- 79Migrants
- 6Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q2879661) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 3,761 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, Darkskyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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