Common Birds in Nova Scotia
Our list for Nova Scotia has 77 common birds recorded regularly there: 23 residents, 30 summer visitors, 18 winter visitors and 6 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Nova Scotia in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 77, most common first
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusResidentCommon53–65 cmRecorded all year
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year
American RobinTurdus migratoriusSummer visitorCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year
American Black DuckAnas rubripesResidentCommon54–59 cmRecorded all year
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Sep
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusSummer visitorCommon17–23 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly May–Sep
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