Uncommon Birds in New Brunswick
Our list for New Brunswick has 95 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 9 residents, 30 summer visitors, 23 winter visitors, 32 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
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 95, most common first
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusPassage migrantUncommon60–75 cmRegularly Oct–Nov
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsPassage migrantUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Nov
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Oct–Jul
Snowy OwlBubo scandiacusWinter visitorUncommon52–71 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensPassage migrantUncommon69–84 cmRegularly Oct–May
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiPassage migrantUncommon53–76 cmRegularly Oct–Nov
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusWinter visitorUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly May–Oct
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Oct–May
Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudusScarceUncommon48–58 cmRegularly Aug
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusPassage migrantUncommon30–38 cmRegularly Jun–Sep
Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmusSummer visitorUncommon28–32 cmRegularly May–Sep
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Aug–Oct
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisPassage migrantUncommon20–24 cmRegularly Sep
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusPassage migrantUncommon17–21 cmRegularly Oct–Jun
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusPassage migrantUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Jul–Nov
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentUncommon21–26 cmRegularly Apr–Feb
DickcisselSpiza americanaResidentUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–Feb
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopePassage migrantUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisSummer visitorUncommon80–122 cmRegularly Mar–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