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Rock Ptarmingan - photo © 2005 by Blake Maybank

Rock Ptarmigan, Churchill - photo © by Blake Maybank

This site focuses on the joys of Winter Birding in Manitoba, Canada. 

This winter's bird list is compared with those from previous winters,
and links are also provided to winter bird list compilations in other areas. 


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LAST UPDATED 11 March 2015

MANITOBA 2014/2015 SPECIES TOTAL = 89


The table below lists the species sighted somewhere in the province of Manitoba
in the months of December through February, between 2011 and 2015. 
The left-most column shows the species sighted during the current winter season, 2014/2015.

For the detailed sightings for the decade 2001 - 2011 click HERE. 

Compiled by Rob Parsons and the Manitoba Birds discussion group
Web Page by Blake Maybank 
(CSI: Life)


Core Species* have a YELLOW backdrop.
Manitoba's Core List = 78 Species

(*are seen every winter, or are elusive resident species)


Species not seen every winter have an ORANGE backdrop

Species for which there are <10 records for Manitoba at any time have a PINK backdrop.
 



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Winter of: Number
of winters
each
species
occurred
2001-2011
BIRD SPECIES 2014/
2015
 2013/
2014
 2012/
2013
 2011/
2012
Snow Goose



3
Cackling Goose



4
Canada Goose X
 X
 X
 X
 10
Tundra Swan



5
Wood Duck



2
American Wigeon



2
American Black Duck X
X
2
Mallard X
 X
 X
 X
 10
Blue-winged Teal



1
Northern Shoveler



4
Northern Pintail



2
Green-winged Teal


X
 2
Canvasback


X
 1
Redhead



3
Ring-necked Duck
X
 X
6
Greater Scaup



1
Lesser Scaup

X
 X
 8
Common Eider



1
Harlequin Duck



3
Long-tailed Duck


X
 2
White-winged Scoter



1
Bufflehead
X

6
Common Goldeneye X
 X
 X
 X
 10
Hooded Merganser X


6
Common Merganser X
 X
 X
 X
 10
Red-breasted Merganser


X
 4
Ruddy Duck X


2
Gray Partridge X
 X
 X
 X
 10
Ring-necked Pheasant X
 X
 X
 X
 10
Ruffed Grouse X
 X
 X
 X
 10
Spruce Grouse X
 X
 X
 X
 10
Willow Ptarmigan X
 X
 X
 X
 10
Rock Ptarmigan

X
 X
 8
Sharp-tailed Grouse X
 X
 X
 X
 10
Wild Turkey X
 X
 X
 X
 10
Red-throated Loon



2
Common Loon


X
 3
Horned Grebe


X
 0
Pied-billed Grebe



1
Red-necked Grebe


X
 1
Western Grebe

X
1
Double-crested Cormorant
X
X
 4
American White Pelican
X

4
Great Blue Heron



1
Turkey Vulture X

X
 2
Bald Eagle X
 X
 X
 X
 10
Northern Harrier



4
Sharp-shinned Hawk X
 X
 X
 X
 10
Cooper's Hawk X
 X
 X
 X
 10
Northern Goshawk X
 X
 X
 X
 10
Red-tailed Hawk X

X
 5
Rough-legged Hawk X
 X
 X
 X
 10
Golden Eagle X
 X
 X
 X
 10
Sora



1
American Coot X


1
Sandhill Crane



3
Black-legged Kittiwake



1
Franklin's Gull


X
 0
Ring-billed Gull



3
Herring Gull

X
 X
 6
Thayer's Gull



1
Glaucous Gull


X
 0
Ivory Gull

X
0
Rock Pigeon X
 X
 X
 X
 10
Band-tailed Pigeon



1
Eurasian Collared-Dove X
 X
 X
 X
 7
Mourning Dove X
 X
 X
 X
 10
Eastern Screech-Owl X
 X
 X
 X
 10
Great Horned Owl X
 X
 X
 X
 10
Snowy Owl X
 X
 X
 X
 10
Northern Hawk Owl X
 X
 X
 X
 10
Barred Owl X
 X
 X
 X
 8
Great Gray Owl X
 X
 X
 X
 10
Long-eared Owl



2
Short-eared Owl


X
 10
Boreal Owl X
 X
 X
 X
 6
Northern Saw-whet Owl X
X
 X
 10
Belted Kingfisher



1
Red-headed Woodpecker
X
 X
4
Red-bellied Woodpecker X
 X
 X
 X
 9
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker



1
Downy Woodpecker X
 X
 X
 X
 10
Hairy Woodpecker X
 X
 X
 X
 10
Three-toed Woodpecker X
 X
 X
 X
 10
Black-backed Woodpecker X
 X
 X
 X
 10
Northern Flicker X
 X
 X
 X
 10
Pileated Woodpecker X
 X
 X
 X
 10
American Kestrel X
 X
 X
 X
 10
Merlin X
 X
 X
 X
 10
Gyrfalcon X
 X
 X
 X
 10
Peregrine Falcon
X
X
 8
Prairie Falcon


X
 5
Loggerhead Shrike



1
Northern Shrike X
 X
 X
 X
 10
Gray Jay X
 X
 X
 X
 10
Blue Jay X
 X
 X
 X
 10
Black-billed Magpie X
 X
 X
 X
 10
American Crow X
 X
 X
 X
 10
Common Raven X
 X
 X
 X
 10
Horned Lark X
 X
 X
 X
 10
Black-capped Chickadee X
 X
 X
 X
 10
Boreal Chickadee X
 X
 X
 X
 10
Red-breasted Nuthatch X
 X
 X
 X
 10
White-breasted Nuthatch X
 X
 X
 X
 10
Brown Creeper X
 X
 X
 X
 10
House Wren


X
 0
Winter Wren



1
Carolina Wren

X
4
Golden-crowned Kinglet X
 X
 X
 X
 10
Ruby-crowned Kinglet



1
Eastern Bluebird



6
Townsend's Solitaire X
X
 X
 1
Hermit Thrush X


5
American Robin X
 X
 X
 X
 10
Varied Thrush X
 X
 X
 X
 10
Gray Catbird


X
 1
Brown Thrasher


X
 1
Northern Mockingbird
X
 X
 X
 5
European Starling X
 X
 X
 X
 10
Bohemian Waxwing X
 X
 X
 X
 10
Cedar Waxwing X
 X
 X
 X
 10
Lapland Longspur X
 X
 X
 X
 10
Snow Bunting X
 X
 X
 X
 10
Orange-crowned Warbler



1
Yellow-rumped Warbler



1
Summer Tanager


X
 1
Spotted Towhee



2
Eastern Towhee

X
5
American Tree Sparrow X
 X

6
Chipping Sparrow X

X
 6
Clay-colored Sparrow



2
Fox Sparrow
X
 X
 X
 9
Song Sparrow
X

6
Lincoln's Sparrow
X

2
Swamp Sparrow



2
White-throated Sparrow X
 X
 X
 X
 10
Harris's Sparrow X
 X
 X
 X
 10
White-crowned Sparrow X
 X
 X
6
Dark-eyed Junco X
 X
 X
 X
 10
Northern Cardinal X
 X
 X
 X
 10
Rose-breasted Grosbeak



1
Black-headed Grosbeak



2
Indigo Bunting

X
0
Red-winged Blackbird X
 X
 X
 X
 10
Western Meadowlark
X

7
Yellow-headed Blackbird X
 X

3
Rusty Blackbird X
 X
 X
 X
 10
Brewer's Blackbird



6
Brown-headed Cowbird


X
 2
Common Grackle X
 X
 X
 X
 10
Baltimore Oriole


X
 0
Brambling



1
Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch


X
 2
Pine Grosbeak X
 X
 X
 X
 10
Purple Finch X
 X
 X
 X
 10
House Finch X
 X
 X
 X
 10
Red Crossbill X
 X
 X
 X
 8
White-winged Crossbill X
 X
 X
 X
 10
Common Redpoll X
 X
 X
 X
 10
Hoary Redpoll X
 X
 X
 X
 9
Pine Siskin X
 X
 X
 X
 10
American Goldfinch X
 X
 X
 X
 10
Evening Grosbeak X
 X
 X
 X
 10
House Sparrow X
 X
 X
 X
 10
Eurasian Tree Sparrow X
 X

0
SINGLE WINTER TOTALS 89
 92
 105
 96

Winter Single Season Average = 99 species  (13 seasons)



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