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Baffin Island
This checklist includes all bird species found in Baffin Island , based on the best information available at this time. It is based on a wide variety of sources that I collated over many years. I am pleased to offer these checklists as a service to birdwatchers. If you find any error, please do not hesitate to .
The taxonomic order and nomenclature follows Clements, version 2025. If you prefer to view the list based on a different authority, click on one of the list available below. Globally threatened species (status in red) were identified by Birdlife International in Birdlife Data Zone (species).
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Country or region: Baffin Island [map]
Number of globally threatened species: 7
Date last reviewed: 2017-02-11
Last modified: 2026-01-06
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| Snow Goose | Anser caerulescens | |
| Ross's Goose | Anser rossii | |
| Greater White-fronted Goose | Anser albifrons | |
| Brant | Branta bernicla | |
| Cackling Goose | Branta hutchinsii | |
| Canada Goose | Branta canadensis | |
| Tundra Swan | Cygnus columbianus | |
| Northern Pintail | Anas acuta | |
| Green-winged Teal | Anas crecca | |
| Greater Scaup | Aythya marila | |
| Steller's Eider | Polysticta stelleri | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| King Eider | Somateria spectabilis | |
| Common Eider | Somateria mollissima | Near-threatened |
| Harlequin Duck | Histrionicus histrionicus | |
| White-winged Scoter | Melanitta deglandi | |
| Black Scoter | Melanitta americana | Near-threatened |
| Long-tailed Duck | Clangula hyemalis | Vulnerable |
| Common Merganser | Mergus merganser | |
| Red-breasted Merganser | Mergus serrator | |
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| Willow Ptarmigan | Lagopus lagopus | |
| Rock Ptarmigan | Lagopus muta | |
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| Purple Gallinule | Porphyrio martinica | Rare/Accidental |
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| Sandhill Crane | Antigone canadensis | |
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| Black-bellied Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | Vulnerable |
| American Golden-Plover | Pluvialis dominica | |
| Killdeer | Charadrius vociferus | Near-threatened |
| Common Ringed Plover | Charadrius hiaticula | |
| Semipalmated Plover | Charadrius semipalmatus | |
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| Wilson's Snipe | Gallinago delicata | |
| Red Phalarope | Phalaropus fulicarius | |
| Red-necked Phalarope | Phalaropus lobatus | |
| Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | Near-threatened |
| Red Knot | Calidris canutus | Near-threatened |
| Dunlin | Calidris alpina | Near-threatened |
| Purple Sandpiper | Calidris maritima | |
| Baird's Sandpiper | Calidris bairdii | |
| White-rumped Sandpiper | Calidris fuscicollis | Vulnerable |
| Pectoral Sandpiper | Calidris melanotos | |
| Semipalmated Sandpiper | Calidris pusilla | Near-threatened |
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| Long-tailed Jaeger | Stercorarius longicaudus | |
| Parasitic Jaeger | Stercorarius parasiticus | |
| Pomarine Jaeger | Stercorarius pomarinus | |
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| Atlantic Puffin | Fratercula arctica | Vulnerable |
| Black Guillemot | Cepphus grylle | |
| Dovekie | Alle alle | |
| Thick-billed Murre | Uria lomvia | |
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| Ross's Gull | Rhodostethia rosea | |
| Black-legged Kittiwake | Rissa tridactyla | Vulnerable |
| Ivory Gull | Pagophila eburnea | Near-threatened |
| Sabine's Gull | Xema sabini | |
| Black-headed Gull | Chroicocephalus ridibundus | Rare/Accidental |
| American Herring Gull | Larus smithsonianus | |
| Great Black-backed Gull | Larus marinus | |
| Glaucous Gull | Larus hyperboreus | |
| Lesser Black-backed Gull | Larus fuscus | Rare/Accidental |
| California Gull | Larus californicus | Rare/Accidental |
| Iceland Gull | Larus glaucoides | |
| Arctic Tern | Sterna paradisaea | |
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| Red-throated Loon | Gavia stellata | |
| Pacific Loon | Gavia pacifica | |
| Common Loon | Gavia immer | |
| Yellow-billed Loon | Gavia adamsii | Near-threatened |
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| Northern Fulmar | Fulmarus glacialis | |
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| Northern Gannet | Morus bassanus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Golden Eagle | Aquila chrysaetos | |
| Rough-legged Hawk | Buteo lagopus | |
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| Snowy Owl | Bubo scandiacus | Vulnerable |
| Short-eared Owl | Asio flammeus | |
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| Gyrfalcon | Falco rusticolus | |
| Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
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| Common Raven | Corvus corax | |
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| Horned Lark | Eremophila alpestris | |
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| Tree Swallow | Tachycineta bicolor | |
| Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | Rare/Accidental |
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| American Robin | Turdus migratorius | |
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| Northern Wheatear | Oenanthe oenanthe | |
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| American Pipit | Anthus rubescens | |
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| Redpoll | Acanthis flammea | |
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| Lapland Longspur | Calcarius lapponicus | |
| Snow Bunting | Plectrophenax nivalis | |
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| White-crowned Sparrow | Zonotrichia leucophrys | |
| Savannah Sparrow | Passerculus sandwichensis | |
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| Northern Yellow Warbler | Setophaga aestiva | |
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| Western Tanager | Piranga ludoviciana | Rare/Accidental |
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