Common Birds in New Brunswick
Our list for New Brunswick has 84 common birds recorded regularly there: 19 residents, 40 summer visitors, 16 winter visitors and 9 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in New Brunswick in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 84, most common first
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisWinter visitorCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasSummer visitorCommon91–137 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusPassage migrantCommon17–19 cmRegularly Jul–Oct
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaPassage migrantCommon15–18 cmRegularly Jul–Oct
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisSummer visitorCommon7–9 cmRegularly May–Sep
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorCommon52–60 cmRegularly Nov–May
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumSummer visitorCommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Aug
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Jan
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaPassage migrantCommon29–40 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Eurasian TealAnas creccaSummer visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Sep
Common LoonGavia immerResidentCommon66–91 cmRecorded all year
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorCommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–May
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