New World Blackbirds in Virginia
Our list for Virginia has 4 new world blackbirds recorded regularly there: 1 resident and 3 summer visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Virginia in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 4, most common first
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
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