Uncommon Birds in Nova Scotia
Our list for Nova Scotia has 88 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 15 residents, 26 summer visitors, 31 winter visitors, 15 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
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 88, most common first
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Oct
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescensSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaWinter visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Sep–May
Little AukAlle alleWinter visitorUncommon18–21 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–May
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRecorded all year
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusSummer visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Apr–Feb
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataWinter visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorUncommon38–44 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaResidentUncommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–Nov
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Aug–Nov
RazorbillAlca tordaResidentUncommon38–43 cmRecorded all year
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentUncommon21–26 cmRecorded all year
Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castaneaSummer visitorUncommon14–14 cmRegularly May–Sep
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaResidentUncommon37–41 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