Owls in New Brunswick
Our list for New Brunswick has 6 owls recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 3 winter visitors, 1 passage migrant and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in New Brunswick in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 6, most common first
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Oct–Jul
Snowy OwlBubo scandiacusWinter visitorUncommon52–71 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusWinter visitorUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusPassage migrantUncommon17–21 cmRegularly Oct–Jun
Long-eared OwlAsio otusScarceRare35–40 cm
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Northern Saw-whet Owl 17–21 cm
- Long-eared Owl 35–40 cm
- Short-eared Owl 34–43 cm
- Barred Owl 43–50 cm
- Great Horned Owl 46–63 cm
- Snowy Owl 52–71 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