New World Blackbirds in British Columbia
Our list for British Columbia has 5 new world blackbirds recorded regularly there: 1 resident and 4 summer visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in British Columbia in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 5, most common first
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaSummer visitorUncommon16–26 cmRecorded all year
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusSummer visitorRare16–20 cmRegularly May–Aug
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorRare28–34 cmRegularly Apr–Feb
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaSummer visitorRare17–19 cmRegularly May–Aug
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Bobolink 16–20 cm
- Baltimore Oriole 17–19 cm
- Red-winged Blackbird 17–23 cm
- Western Meadowlark 16–26 cm
- Common Grackle 28–34 cm
Body length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made