New World Blackbirds in California
Our list for California has 4 new world blackbirds recorded regularly there: 2 residents, 1 winter visitor and 1 passage migrant
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in California in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 4, most common first
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaResidentCommon16–26 cmRecorded all year
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusPassage migrantRare16–20 cmRegularly May–Nov
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaWinter visitorRare17–19 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
Smallest to largest
Length, cmBody 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