Rare Birds in Nova Scotia
Our list for Nova Scotia has 54 rare birds recorded regularly there: 5 residents, 11 summer visitors, 3 winter visitors, 28 passage migrants and 7 scarce visitors
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 54, most common first
RuffCalidris pugnaxScarceRare20–32 cm
Sabine's GullXema sabiniPassage migrantRare27–33 cmRegularly Sep
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanScarceRare32–36 cm
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagrisSummer visitorRare53–63 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Long-eared OwlAsio otusPassage migrantRare35–40 cmRegularly Apr
ChukarAlectoris chukarResidentRare32–38 cmRegularly May
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataPassage migrantRare66–84 cmRegularly Jan
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosScarceRare66–102 cm
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