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
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicusSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct
Snowy OwlBubo scandiacusWinter visitorUncommon52–71 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Roseate TernSterna dougalliiSummer visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly May–Aug
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaSummer visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly May–Oct
Forster's TernSterna forsteriScarceUncommon33–36 cm
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Dec–Mar
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusSummer visitorUncommon58–85 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaSummer visitorUncommon10–13 cmRegularly May–Oct
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorUncommon80–104 cmRegularly Apr–Jan
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaPassage migrantUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Jul–Nov
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusWinter visitorUncommon17–21 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusPassage migrantUncommon30–38 cmRegularly Jun–Sep
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusPassage migrantUncommon46–51 cmRegularly Jul–Dec
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentUncommon16–21 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