Birds to See in New Brunswick in January
88 bird species on our list for New Brunswick are recorded regularly in January
Of these, the most often recorded are American Crow, Mourning Dove, Blue Jay, American Herring Gull and Downy Woodpecker. New this month: Northern Saw-whet Owl.
On the move in January
GBIF · JanAt their peak
American Tree SparrowBusiest month of the year · Nov–Apr
Iceland GullBusiest month of the year · Nov–May
House FinchBusiest month of the year · All year
Bohemian WaxwingBusiest month of the year · Oct–Apr
Red-tailed HawkBusiest month of the year · All year
Great CormorantBusiest month of the year · All year
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 88 birds in January
88 birds
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 7.51% in Jan
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 4.60% in Jan
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 4.51% in Jan
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusResidentCommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 3.45% in Jan
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 3.27% in Jan
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 3.01% in Jan
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusWinter visitorCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.83% in Jan
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 2.55% in Jan
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.45% in Jan
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 2.42% in Jan
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 2.14% in Jan- American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 2.12% in Jan
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.00% in Jan
American Black DuckAnas rubripesResidentCommon54–59 cmRecorded all year · 1.85% in Jan
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisWinter visitorCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.70% in Jan- Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorCommon52–60 cmRegularly Nov–May · 1.59% in Jan
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Jan
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaSummer visitorCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Jan
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Jan
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Jan
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Jan
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Jan
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorCommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–May · 1.12% in Jan
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Jan
Common LoonGavia immerResidentCommon66–91 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Jan
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.87% in Jan
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.72% in Jan
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Jan
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisResidentCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Jan
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.67% in Jan
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Jan
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter visitorCommon48–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Jan- House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Jan
- Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.48% in Jan
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Jan- Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisWinter visitorUncommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Jan
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.45% in Jan- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorUncommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Jan
Canada GooseBranta canadensisSummer visitorCommon76–110 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.35% in Jan
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorUncommon46–59 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.32% in Jan
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaWinter visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.31% in Jan
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.31% in Jan
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Jan
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.26% in Jan
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusResidentUncommon41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jan
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.19% in Jan
RazorbillAlca tordaResidentUncommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jan
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jan
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jan
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.17% in Jan
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jan
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.16% in Jan
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusWinter visitorUncommon62–68 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.15% in Jan
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jan
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.14% in Jan
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusSummer visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.13% in Jan
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jan
Eurasian TealAnas creccaSummer visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jan
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.13% in Jan
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.12% in Jan
MerlinFalco columbariusSummer visitorCommon24–33 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jan
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jan
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.10% in Jan
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.10% in Jan
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiResidentUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.09% in Jan
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.09% in Jan
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusSummer visitorCommon14–18 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.08% in Jan
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorCommon53–69 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.08% in Jan
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.08% in Jan
GadwallMareca streperaSummer visitorCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jan
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorUncommon55–66 cmRegularly Dec–May · 0.07% in Jan
Snowy OwlBubo scandiacusWinter visitorUncommon52–71 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.07% in Jan
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaSummer visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.06% in Jan
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jan
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jan
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jan
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisSummer visitorUncommon16–21 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.05% in Jan
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jan
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentUncommon21–26 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.04% in Jan
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticusResidentRare21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jan
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.04% in Jan
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusWinter visitorUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jan
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.03% in Jan
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.03% in Jan
Little AukAlle alleWinter visitorRare18–21 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.03% in Jan
Wood DuckAix sponsaSummer visitorCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jan
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataPassage migrantUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Sep–Jan · 0.03% in Jan
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusPassage migrantUncommon17–21 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.01% in Jan
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