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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Nova Scotia in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 77, most common first
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–Feb
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaSummer visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Apr–Feb
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusSummer visitorCommon19–22 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusResidentCommon41–50 cmRecorded all year
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