New World Blackbirds in Nova Scotia
Our list for Nova Scotia has 5 new world blackbirds recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 3 summer visitors and 1 scarce visitor
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 5, most common first
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusSummer visitorCommon17–23 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Oct
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaResidentUncommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaScarceRare16–26 cm
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Bobolink 16–20 cm
- Baltimore Oriole 17–19 cm
- Red-winged Blackbird 17–23 cm
- Western Meadowlark 16–26 cm
- Common Grackle 28–34 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