Birds to See in New Brunswick in December
98 bird species on our list for New Brunswick are recorded regularly in December
Of these, the most often recorded are American Crow, Blue Jay, American Herring Gull, Mourning Dove and Downy Woodpecker. New this month: Brent Goose, Dickcissel, Little Auk and King Eider.
On the move in December
GBIF · DecArriving
At their peak
From New Brunswick’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
Other months
All 98 birds in December
98 birds
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 7.69% in Dec
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 4.68% in Dec
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusResidentCommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 3.93% in Dec
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 3.69% in Dec
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 2.54% in Dec
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.53% in Dec
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 2.50% in Dec
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.49% in Dec
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 2.33% in Dec
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusWinter visitorCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.33% in Dec
American Black DuckAnas rubripesResidentCommon54–59 cmRecorded all year · 2.25% in Dec
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 2.12% in Dec
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.11% in Dec
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisWinter visitorCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.65% in Dec
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 1.53% in Dec
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Dec
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 1.52% in Dec
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisResidentCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Dec
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorCommon52–60 cmRegularly Nov–May · 1.48% in Dec
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.46% in Dec
Canada GooseBranta canadensisSummer visitorCommon76–110 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.26% in Dec
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaSummer visitorCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Dec
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorCommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–May · 1.20% in Dec
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Dec
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Dec
Common LoonGavia immerResidentCommon66–91 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Dec
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Dec
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.86% in Dec
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Dec
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter visitorCommon48–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Dec
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Dec
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Dec
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.51% in Dec
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisWinter visitorUncommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Dec
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Dec
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.40% in Dec
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.38% in Dec
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorUncommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Dec
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.35% in Dec
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorCommon53–69 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.32% in Dec
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorUncommon46–59 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.29% in Dec
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.29% in Dec
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusResidentUncommon41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Dec
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusSummer visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.27% in Dec
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.26% in Dec
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Dec
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Dec
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaWinter visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.24% in Dec
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Dec
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.21% in Dec
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.17% in Dec
Eurasian TealAnas creccaSummer visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Dec
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.15% in Dec
MerlinFalco columbariusSummer visitorCommon24–33 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Dec
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaSummer visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.15% in Dec
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Dec
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.14% in Dec
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Dec
GadwallMareca streperaSummer visitorCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Dec
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusWinter visitorUncommon62–68 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.14% in Dec
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.14% in Dec
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasSummer visitorCommon91–137 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.12% in Dec
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.12% in Dec
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaSummer visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.11% in Dec
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.11% in Dec
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Dec
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Dec
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.09% in Dec
RazorbillAlca tordaResidentUncommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Dec
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.08% in Dec
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataPassage migrantUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Sep–Jan · 0.08% in Dec
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.08% in Dec
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Dec
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Dec
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusSummer visitorCommon14–18 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.06% in Dec
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentUncommon21–26 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.06% in Dec
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiResidentUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.06% in Dec
Wood DuckAix sponsaSummer visitorCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Dec
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.06% in Dec
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Dec
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Dec
Snowy OwlBubo scandiacusWinter visitorUncommon52–71 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.05% in Dec
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.05% in Dec
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusWinter visitorUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Dec
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.04% in Dec
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosPassage migrantRare66–102 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.04% in Dec
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.04% in Dec
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisSummer visitorUncommon35–43 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.03% in Dec
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensPassage migrantUncommon69–84 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.03% in Dec
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticusResidentRare21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Dec
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysPassage migrantUncommon15–16 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.02% in Dec
DickcisselSpiza americanaResidentUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.02% in Dec
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisSummer visitorUncommon16–21 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.02% in Dec
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorUncommon55–66 cmRegularly Dec–May · 0.02% in Dec
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusPassage migrantRare38–44 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.01% in Dec
Little AukAlle alleWinter visitorRare18–21 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.01% in Dec
King EiderSomateria spectabilisResidentRare46–64 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.01% in Dec
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisSummer visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.01% in Dec
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