Birds to See in New Brunswick in October
142 bird species on our list for New Brunswick are recorded regularly in October
Of these, the most often recorded are American Crow, Blue Jay, Song Sparrow, American Herring Gull and American Robin. New this month: Long-tailed Duck, Evening Grosbeak, Snow Bunting and Bohemian Waxwing and 13 more.
On the move in October
GBIF · OctArriving
At their peak
Eurasian TealBusiest month of the year · All year
Ruby-crowned KingletBusiest month of the year · Apr–Jan
DunlinBusiest month of the year · Aug–Nov
White-crowned SparrowBusiest month of the year · May
Sharp-shinned HawkBusiest month of the year · All year
Pectoral SandpiperBusiest month of the year · Aug–Oct
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 142 birds in October
142 birds
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 5.64% in Oct
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 4.36% in Oct
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaSummer visitorCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 3.86% in Oct
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusResidentCommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.94% in Oct
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 2.75% in Oct
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisResidentCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 2.44% in Oct
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.19% in Oct
Canada GooseBranta canadensisSummer visitorCommon76–110 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 2.07% in Oct
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.88% in Oct
American Black DuckAnas rubripesResidentCommon54–59 cmRecorded all year · 1.83% in Oct
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.72% in Oct
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in Oct
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.66% in Oct
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 1.61% in Oct
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.56% in Oct
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.50% in Oct
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasSummer visitorCommon91–137 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 1.49% in Oct
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusWinter visitorCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Oct- Eurasian TealAnas creccaSummer visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Oct
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaPassage migrantCommon29–40 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 1.16% in Oct
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Oct
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Oct
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.89% in Oct- Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaSummer visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.89% in Oct
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Oct
Common LoonGavia immerResidentCommon66–91 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Oct
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisWinter visitorCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Oct
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Oct
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaSummer visitorCommon27–30 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.70% in Oct
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusSummer visitorCommon14–18 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.70% in Oct
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusSummer visitorCommon17–23 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.65% in Oct
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.61% in Oct
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusSummer visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.59% in Oct
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusPassage migrantCommon17–19 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.59% in Oct
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter visitorCommon48–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Oct
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Oct
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.58% in Oct
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaSummer visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.58% in Oct
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.49% in Oct
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantCommon23–27 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.49% in Oct
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.48% in Oct
GadwallMareca streperaSummer visitorCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Oct
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Oct
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Oct
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Oct
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Oct
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.41% in Oct
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.41% in Oct
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorCommon53–69 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.41% in Oct
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Oct
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.39% in Oct- DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Aug–Nov · 0.36% in Oct
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusResidentUncommon41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Oct
MerlinFalco columbariusSummer visitorCommon24–33 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Oct
Wood DuckAix sponsaSummer visitorCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Oct- White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysPassage migrantUncommon15–16 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.33% in Oct
- Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Oct
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.32% in Oct
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 0.31% in Oct- Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.29% in Oct
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.28% in Oct
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaPassage migrantCommon15–18 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.28% in Oct
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisWinter visitorUncommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Oct
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.27% in Oct
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsSummer visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.25% in Oct
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.24% in Oct
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Oct
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Oct
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Oct
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Oct
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 0.21% in Oct
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusSummer visitorCommon19–22 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.20% in Oct
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataPassage migrantUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Sep–Jan · 0.20% in Oct
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaWinter visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.16% in Oct
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.16% in Oct
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisSummer visitorUncommon16–21 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.15% in Oct
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Oct
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaPassage migrantUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.14% in Oct
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorUncommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Oct
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.13% in Oct
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorCommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.13% in Oct
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.13% in Oct
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Aug–Nov · 0.13% in Oct
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiResidentUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.12% in Oct
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.12% in Oct
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisSummer visitorUncommon35–43 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.11% in Oct
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.10% in Oct
RazorbillAlca tordaResidentUncommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Oct
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensSummer visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.09% in Oct
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.08% in Oct
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensPassage migrantUncommon69–84 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.08% in Oct
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.08% in Oct
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.08% in Oct
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.08% in Oct
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 0.07% in Oct
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.07% in Oct
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.06% in Oct
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescensSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.06% in Oct
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.06% in Oct
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Oct
DickcisselSpiza americanaResidentUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.06% in Oct
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.06% in Oct
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.06% in Oct
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Oct
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.05% in Oct
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusPassage migrantCommon23–32 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.05% in Oct
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.05% in Oct
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Oct
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Oct
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Jun–Nov · 0.05% in Oct
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.04% in Oct
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Oct
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.04% in Oct
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorUncommon46–59 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Oct
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusSummer visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Oct
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisSummer visitorUncommon80–122 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.03% in Oct
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaSummer visitorUncommon10–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.03% in Oct
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusWinter visitorUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Oct
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusPassage migrantRare38–44 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.03% in Oct
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusSummer visitorUncommon58–85 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Oct
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaSummer visitorRare16–19 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.02% in Oct
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorUncommon80–104 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Oct
Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicusSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.02% in Oct
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.02% in Oct
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiPassage migrantUncommon53–76 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.02% in Oct
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentUncommon21–26 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.02% in Oct
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsPassage migrantUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.02% in Oct
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusPassage migrantUncommon60–75 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.02% in Oct
Leach's Storm-petrelHydrobates leucorhousSummer visitorUncommon18–21 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.02% in Oct
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusPassage migrantRare15–17 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.02% in Oct
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.02% in Oct
FulmarFulmarus glacialisPassage migrantUncommon45–50 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.02% in Oct
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Oct
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopePassage migrantUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.01% in Oct
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticusResidentRare21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Oct
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantRare41–46 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.01% in Oct
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.01% in Oct
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusPassage migrantRare19–23 cmRegularly Oct · 0.01% in Oct
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosPassage migrantRare66–102 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Oct
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusPassage migrantUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 0.01% in Oct
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.01% in Oct
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusPassage migrantUncommon17–21 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.00% in Oct
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