New World Blackbirds in Arizona
Our list for Arizona has 5 new world blackbirds recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 1 winter visitor and 3 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Arizona in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 5, most common first
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaWinter visitorUncommon16–26 cmRecorded all year
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaScarceRare17–19 cm
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaScarceRare28–34 cm
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusScarceRare16–20 cm
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Baltimore Oriole 17–19 cm
- Bobolink 16–20 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