Canada Ramsar wetland
Peace–Athabasca Delta
74 bird species recorded; the most from June to July.
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
0 species in January.0 species in February.0 species in March.0 species in April.37 species in May.53 species in June.51 species in July.2 species in August.29 species in September.3 species in October.2 species in November.0 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
74 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).
- 74Speciesrecorded more than once
- 32Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 2ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 538Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 207 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 4Raptors
- 5Waders
- 5Gulls & seabirds
- 16Ducks & geese
- 3Herons, ibises & grebes
- 37Songbirds
- 4Other 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 74 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors4 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
Waders5 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
- Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaNT
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- Solitary SandpiperTringa solitaria
- Lesser yellowlegsTringa flavipesVU
Gulls & seabirds5 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcan
- Black TernChlidonias niger
- Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
- Forster's TernSterna forsteri
- Common TernSterna hirundo
Ducks & geese16 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
- American WigeonMareca americana
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Ross's GooseAnser rossii
- Snow gooseAnser caerulescens
- White-winged ScoterMelanitta deglandi
- CanvasbackAythya valisineria
- Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
- Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- BuffleheadBucephala albeola
- Bewick's SwanCygnus columbianus
- GadwallMareca strepera
Herons, ibises & grebes3 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus
- American White PelicanPelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
Songbirds37 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Mangrove WarblerSetophaga petechia
- White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
- Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallida
- Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
- Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
- Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatus
- LeConte's SparrowAmmospiza leconteii
- Agelaius phoeniceusAgelaius phoeniceus
- American RobinTurdus migratorius
- Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus
- American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
- Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorum
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus
- Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolnii
- Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensis
- Yellow-headed BlackbirdXanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Red Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca
- Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
- Wilson's WarblerCardellina pusilla
- Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaNT
- Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus
- Myrtle WarblerSetophaga coronata
- Nelson's SparrowAmmospiza nelsoni
- Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinusVU
- Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia
- Marsh WrenCistothorus palustris
- Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphia
- Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrina
- Junco hyemalisJunco hyemalis
- Western TanagerPiranga ludoviciana
- Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
- OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
- Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
- Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnolia
- American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arborea
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
Other birds4 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- American CootFulica americana
- SoraPorzana carolina
- Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellus
- Yellow RailCoturnicops noveboracensis
Monthly presence relative to all bird records that month, so a busy month does not inflate every species.
When to go
The most species from June to July.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan-18°/-26°25 mm
- Feb-15°/-24°19 mm
- Mar-7°/-17°27 mm
- Apr4°/-5°29 mm
- May15°/4°48 mm
- Jun21°/11°67 mm
- Jul24°/14°70 mm
- Aug21°/11°65 mm
- Sep14°/5°51 mm
- Oct4°/-3°34 mm
- Nov-8°/-14°26 mm
- Dec-16°/-23°24 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Peace–Athabasca Delta.
River delta in Northeast Alberta
Peace–Athabasca Delta is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Canada, 207 m above the sea.
74 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 538 open records.
The most recorded are the Mangrove Warbler, the White-throated Sparrow and the Clay-colored Sparrow.
30 species come for the summer, 1 for the winter and 1 only pass through.
2 are threatened worldwide, including Lesser yellowlegs and Rusty Blackbird.
The most species are recorded from June to July.
Get there and watch
- Fort Chipewyan Airport (YPY)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 25 km in a straight lineCar hire at YMM airport (Fort McMurray)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
- 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
- campsites within 10 km
- places to stay within 10 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 Peace–Athabasca Delta.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas1 mountains within 25 kmGrouroches Chere · 15 km
Lakeyas5 lakes within 15 kmJemis Lake3.1 km² · 2.9 kmMamawi Lake146 km² · 7.5 kmJohn Bull Slough2.0 km² · 8.3 kmPopular Point Lake2.4 km² · 12 kmOtter Lake17 km² · 14 km
Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q1759807) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 538 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, Lakeyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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