New World Blackbirds in Massachusetts
Our list for Massachusetts has 5 new world blackbirds recorded regularly there: 4 summer visitors and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Massachusetts in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 5, most common first
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusSummer visitorCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Feb–Nov
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Sep
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Oct
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaScarceRare16–26 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