Birds of Nova Scotia
The 150 most-observed birds in Nova Scotia, ranked by how often they turn up in the record. Tap any bird for its map and seasonal timing here.
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- 1Iceland GullLarus glaucoides211 obstiming →
- 2
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianus178 obstiming → - 3
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis91 obstiming → - 4American Black DuckAnas rubripes79 obstiming →
- 5Greater ScaupAythya marila72 obstiming →
- 6
MallardAnas platyrhynchos67 obstiming → - 7
Canada GooseBranta canadensis58 obstiming → - 8Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus58 obstiming →
- 9Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris56 obstiming →
- 10
Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus55 obstiming → - 11
Song SparrowMelospiza melodia53 obstiming → - 12
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos51 obstiming → - 13
Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris50 obstiming → - 14
American WigeonMareca americana47 obstiming → - 15
American GoldfinchSpinus tristis44 obstiming → - 16Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocorax auritus43 obstiming →
- 17
Common MerganserMergus merganser42 obstiming → - 18
Lesser ScaupAythya affinis41 obstiming → - 19
Common EiderSomateria mollissima40 obstiming → - 20
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus39 obstiming → - 21
Myrtle WarblerSetophaga coronata37 obstiming → - 22
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus36 obstiming → - 23
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis35 obstiming → - 24Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator34 obstiming →
- 25
Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula33 obstiming → - 26
Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis32 obstiming → - 27
Common LoonGavia immer29 obstiming → - 28
Blue JayCyanocitta cristata28 obstiming → - 29
BuffleheadBucephala albeola28 obstiming → - 30Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis27 obstiming →
- 31Harlequin DuckHistrionicus histrionicus26 obstiming →
- 32
Mourning DoveZenaida macroura25 obstiming → - 33
American RobinTurdus migratorius25 obstiming → - 34
Rock DoveColumba livia24 obstiming → - 35
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca23 obstiming → - 36
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus22 obstiming → - 37
Great Blue HeronArdea herodias21 obstiming → - 38
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusilla21 obstiming → - 39
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus21 obstiming → - 40
House SparrowPasser domesticus19 obstiming → - 41Barrow's GoldeneyeBucephala islandica19 obstiming →
- 42
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis19 obstiming → - 43
White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis19 obstiming → - 44
Northern RavenCorvus corax19 obstiming → - 45
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres18 obstiming → - 46
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia18 obstiming → - 47
RazorbillAlca torda18 obstiming → - 48
Black ScoterMelanitta americana18 obstiming → - 49
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo18 obstiming → - 50
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle18 obstiming → - 51
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus17 obstiming → - 52
Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis17 obstiming → - 53
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellus17 obstiming → - 54
Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus17 obstiming → - 55
Northern FlickerColaptes auratus16 obstiming → - 56
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas15 obstiming → - 57
SanderlingCalidris alba15 obstiming → - 58
Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa15 obstiming → - 59
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollis15 obstiming → - 60
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus15 obstiming → - 61
Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla15 obstiming → - 62
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulus15 obstiming → - 63
Eurasian TealAnas crecca14 obstiming → - 64
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virens13 obstiming → - 65
OspreyPandion haliaetus13 obstiming → - 66
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillata13 obstiming → - 67
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosus13 obstiming → - 68
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis13 obstiming → - 69Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola13 obstiming →
- 70
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striata12 obstiming → - 71
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus12 obstiming → - 72
Pine WarblerSetophaga pinus11 obstiming → - 73
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertina11 obstiming → - 74
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus11 obstiming → - 75
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana11 obstiming → - 76
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope11 obstiming → - 77
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum11 obstiming → - 78
Northern PintailAnas acuta11 obstiming → - 79White-winged ScoterMelanitta deglandi10 obstiming →
- 80Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris10 obstiming →
- 81
American Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestiva10 obstiming → - 82Blue-headed VireoVireo solitarius10 obstiming →
- 83
Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia10 obstiming → - 84
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnolia10 obstiming → - 85Atlantic PuffinFratercula arctica10 obstiming →
- 86
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarum10 obstiming → - 87
Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis9 obstiming → - 88
Canada JayPerisoreus canadensis9 obstiming → - 89DunlinCalidris alpina9 obstiming →
- 90Purple FinchHaemorhous purpureus9 obstiming →
- 91Piping PloverCharadrius melodus9 obstiming →
- 92
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula9 obstiming → - 93
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatus9 obstiming → - 94
Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon9 obstiming → - 95
Barred OwlStrix varia9 obstiming → - 96Northern GannetMorus bassanus9 obstiming →
- 97
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arborea8 obstiming → - 98
Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius8 obstiming → - 99Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus8 obstiming →
- 100
Blackburnian WarblerSetophaga fusca8 obstiming → - 101
Black-legged KittiwakeRissa tridactyla8 obstiming → - 102Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celata8 obstiming →
- 103
Common RedpollAcanthis flammea8 obstiming → - 104WilletTringa semipalmata7 obstiming →
- 105
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens7 obstiming → - 106
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos7 obstiming → - 107
Northern ParulaSetophaga americana7 obstiming → - 108
Eastern Wood PeweeContopus virens7 obstiming → - 109
Winter WrenTroglodytes hiemalis7 obstiming → - 110
Olive-sided FlycatcherContopus cooperi7 obstiming → - 111
American WoodcockScolopax minor7 obstiming → - 112
GadwallMareca strepera7 obstiming → - 113
Common GullLarus canus7 obstiming → - 114
DickcisselSpiza americana7 obstiming → - 115Boreal ChickadeePoecile hudsonicus7 obstiming →
- 116
Grey CatbirdDumetella carolinensis7 obstiming → - 117
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes7 obstiming → - 118
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis7 obstiming → - 119
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla7 obstiming → - 120Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseus7 obstiming →
- 121
KilldeerCharadrius vociferus6 obstiming → - 122
Spruce GrouseCanachites canadensis6 obstiming → - 123
Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor6 obstiming → - 124
Brown CreeperCerthia americana6 obstiming → - 125
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus6 obstiming → - 126
Common TernSterna hirundo6 obstiming → - 127
Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus5 obstiming → - 128
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula5 obstiming → - 129
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius5 obstiming → - 130
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus5 obstiming → - 131Wood DuckAix sponsa5 obstiming →
- 132
Canada WarblerCardellina canadensis5 obstiming → - 133MerlinFalco columbarius5 obstiming →
- 134Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus5 obstiming →
- 135Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapilla5 obstiming →
- 136
Common MurreUria aalge5 obstiming → - 137
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus5 obstiming → - 138Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps5 obstiming →
- 139
Thick-billed MurreUria lomvia4 obstiming → - 140
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorum4 obstiming → - 141
Horned LarkEremophila alpestris4 obstiming → - 142RedheadAythya americana4 obstiming →
- 143
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreus4 obstiming → - 144
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallida4 obstiming → - 145Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia4 obstiming →
- 146Green-winged TealAnas carolinensis4 obstiming →
- 147Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula4 obstiming →
- 148
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus4 obstiming → - 149Blue-winged TealSpatula discors4 obstiming →
- 150
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina4 obstiming →
Data: iNaturalist research-grade observations (CC0 / CC-BY), via GBIF. Excludes eBird.