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Over 400 species of birds have been spotted in the Province of New Brunswick:

Albatross

  • Yellow-nosed Albatross (A)

American Vultures

  • Black Vulture (R)
  • Turkey Vulture (M)(b)

Auks, Murres, Puffins

  • Atlantic Puffin (B)
  • Black Guillemot (B)
  • Common Murre (B)
  • Dovekie (M)
  • Great Auk (X)
  • Razorbill (B)
  • Thick-billed Murre (M)

Avocets, Stilts

  • American Avocet (R)
  • Black-necked Stilt (A)

 Barns Owls

  • Barn Owl (R)

Blackbirds and Allies

  • Baltimore Oriole (B)
  • Bobolink (B)
  • Brewer's Blackbird (A)
  • Brown-headed Cowbird (B)
  • Bullock's Oriole (A)
  • Common Grackle (B)
  • Eastern Meadowlink (B)
  • Orchard Oriole (m)
  • Red-winged Blackbird (B)
  • Rusty Blackbird (B)
  • Shiny Cowbird (A)
  • Western Meadowlink (A)
  • Yellow-headed Blackbird (m)

Boobies, Gannats

  • Northern Gannat (M)(*)

Buntings, Sparrows

  • American Tree Sparrow (M)
  • Chestnut-collared Longspur (A)
  • Chipping Sparrow (A)
  • Clay-colored Longspur (m)
  • Dark-eyed Junco (B)
  • Eastern Towhee (m)
  • Field Sparrow (m)(*)
  • Fox Sparrow (B)
  • Golden-crowned Sparrow (A)
  • Grasshopper Sparrow (R)
  • Green-tailed Towhee (A)
  • Harris' Sparrow (R)
  • Lapland Longspur (M)
  • Lark Bunting (R)
  • Lark Sparrow (R)
  • Le Conte's Sparrow (A)
  • Lincoln's Sparrow (B)
  • Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow (B)
  • Savannah Sparrow (B)
  • Seaside Sparrow (R)
  • Snow Bunting (M)
  • Song Sparrow (B)
  • Spotted Towhee (A)
  • Swamp Sparrow (B)
  • Vesper Sparrow (B)
  • White-crowned Sparrow (M)
  • White-throated Sparrow (B)

Cardinals, Grosbeaks and Allies

  • Black-headed Grosbeak (A)
  • Blue Grosbeak (m)
  • Dickcissel (m)
  • Indigo Bunting (B)
  • Northern Cardinal (B)
  • Painted Bunting (R)
  • Rose-breasted Grosbeak (B)

Cormorants

  • Double-creasted Cormorant (B)
  • Great Cormorant (M)(=)

Cranes

  • Sandhill Crane (R)

Creepers

  • Brown Creeper (B)

Cuckoos

  • Black-billed Cuckoo (B)
  • Yellow-billed Cuckoo (m)

Falcons

  • American Kestrel (B)
  • Crested Caracara (A)(O)
  • Eurasian Kestrel (A)
  • Gyrfalcon (m)
  • Merlin (B)
  • Peregrine Falcon (M)(b)

Finches

  • American Goldfinch (B)
  • Common Chaffinch (A)(O)
  • Common Redpoll (M)
  • Evening Grosbeak (B)
  • Hoary Redpoll (R)
  • House Finch (B)
  • Pine Grosbeak (B)
  • Pine Siskin (B)
  • Purple Finch (B)
  • Red Crossbill (B)
  • White-winged Crossbill (B)

Flamingos

  • Greater Flamingo (A)(O)

Goatsuckers

  • Chuck-will's-widow (A)
  • Common Nighthawk (B)
  • Whip-poor-will (B)

Grebes

  • Eared Grebe (A)(S)
  • Horned Grebe (M)(=)
  • Pied-billed Grebe (B)
  • Red-necked Grebe (M)
  • Western Grebe (A)

Gulls, Terns, Skimmers

  • Arctic Tern (B)
  • Black Skimmer (A)
  • Black Tern (B)
  • Black-headed Gull (m)
  • Black-legged Kittiwake (B)
  • Bonaparte's Gull (M)
  • California Gull (A)
  • Caspian Tern (m)
  • Common Tern (B)
  • Forster's Tern (R)
  • Franklin's Gull (R)
  • Glaucous Gull (M)
  • Great Black-backed Gull (B)
  • Gull-billed Tern (A)
  • Herring Gull (B)
  • Iceland Gull (M)
  • Ivory Gull (R)
  • Laughing Gull (m)(*)
  • Least Tern (A)
  • Lesser Black-backed Gull (m)
  • Little Gull (m)
  • Mew Gull (R)
  • Ring-billed Gull (B)
  • Roseate Tern (b)(S)
  • Royal Tern (A)
  • Sabine's Gull (R)
  • Sandwich Tern (A)
  • Sooty Tern (A)(S)
  • White-winged Tern (A)

Herons, Bitterns

  • American Bittern (B)
  • Black-crowned Night-Heron (B)
  • Cattle Egret (m)
  • Great Blue Heron (B)
  • Great Egret (m)
  • Green Heron (B)
  • Least Bittern (m)(*)
  • Little Blue Heron (m)
  • Little Egret (A)
  • Snowy Egret (m)
  • Tricolored Heron (R)
  • Yellow-crowned Night-Heron (R)

Hummingbirds

  • Black-chinned Hummingbird (A)
  • Broad-billed Hummingbird (A)
  • Ruby-throated Hummingbird (B)
  • Rufous Hummingbird (A)

Ibises

  • Glossy Ibis (m)(*)
  • White Ibis (A)

Jays, Crows

  • American Crow (B)
  • Black-billed Magpie (A)(O)
  • Blue Jay (B)
  • Common Raven (B)
  • Gray Jay (B)

Kingfishers

  • Belted Kingfisher (B)

Kinglets

  • Gold-crowned Kinglet (B)
  • Ruby-crowned Kinglet (B)

Larks

  • Horned Lark (B)

Loons

  • Common Loon (B)
  • Pacific Loon (A)(S)
  • Red-throated Loon (M)

Mockers

  • Brown Thrasher (b)
  • Gray Catbird (B)
  • Northern Mockingbird (B)
  • Sage Thrasher (A)

Nuthatches

  • Red-breasted Nuthatch (B)
  • White-breasted Nuthatch (B)

Old World Sparrows

  • House Sparrow (B)

Old World Warblers and Gnatcatchers

  • Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (m)

Ospreys, Eagles, Hawks

  • Bald Eagle (B)
  • Broad-winged Hawk (B)
  • Cooper's Hawk (b)
  • Golden Eagle (m)
  • Northern Goshawk (B)
  • Northern Harrier (B)
  • Osprey (B)
  • Red-shouldered Hawk (b)
  • Red-tailed Hawk (B)
  • Rough-legged Hawk (M)
  • Sharp-shinned Hawk (B)
  • Swainson's Hawk (A)

Owls

  • Barred Owl (B)
  • Boreal Owl (m)(=)
  • Burrowing Owl (A)
  • Eastern-Screech Owl (R)
  • Great Gray Owl (R)
  • Great Horned Owl (B)
  • Long-eared Owl (B)
  • Northern Hawk Owl (M)(*)
  • Northern Saw-whet Owl (B)
  • Short-eared Owl (B)
  • Snowy Owl (M)

Oystercatcher

  • American Oystercatcher (R)

Pelicans

  • American White Pelican (R)
  • Brown Pelican (A)

 

Pheasant, Grouse and Allies

  • Gray Partridge (*)
    Ring-necked Pheasant (B)
    Ruffled Grouse (B)
    Spruce Grouse (B)

Pigeons, Doves

  • Band-tailed Pigeon (A)
  • Mourning Dove (B)
  • Passenger Pigeon (X)(=)
  • Rock Pigeon (B)
  • White-winged Dove (R)

Pipits

  • American Pipit (M)

Plovers

  • American Golden-Plover (M)
  • Black-bellied Plover (M)
  • Killdeer (B)
  • Northern Lapwing (A)
  • Piping Plover (B)
  • Semipalmated Plover (M)(*)

Rails, Gallinules, Coots

  • American Coot (M)(b)
  • Clapper Rail (R)
  • Common Moorhen (b)
  • King Rail (A)
  • Purple Gallinule (R)
  • Sora (B)
  • Virginia Rail (B)
  • Yellow Rail (b)

Sandpipers and Allies

  • American Woodcock (B)
  • Baird's Sandpiper (m)
  • Black-tailed Godwit (A)
  • Buff-breasted Sandpiper (m)
  • Curlew Sandpiper (R)
  • Dunlin (M)
  • Eskimo Curlew (A)
  • Greater Yellowlegs (M)
  • Hudsonian Godwit (M)
  • Least Sandpiper (M)
  • Lesser Sandpiper (M)
  • Little Stint (A)
  • Long-billed Curlew (A)
  • Long-billed Dowitcher (m)
  • Marbled Godwit (R)
  • Pectoral Sandpiper (M)
  • Purple Sandpiper (M)
  • Red Knot (M)
  • Red Phalarope (M)
  • Red-necked Phalarope (M)
  • Ruddy Turnstone (M)
  • Ruff (R)
  • Sanderling (M)
  • Semipalmated Sandpiper (M)
  • Short-biller Dowitcher (M)
  • Solitary Sandpiper (M)(b)
  • Spotted Sandpiper (B)
  • Stilt Sandpiper (m)
  • Upland Sandpiper (b)
  • Western Sandpiper (m)
  • Whimbrel (M)
  • White-rumped Sandpiper (M)
  • Willet (B)
  • Wilson's Phalarope (b)
  • Wilson's Snipe (B)

Shearwaters, Fulmars

  • Greater Shearwater (M)
  • Manx Shearwater (M)
  • Northern Fulmar (M)
  • Sooty Shearwater (M)

Shrikes

  • Loggerhead Shrike (R)(*)
  • Northern Shrike (M)

Skuas, Jaegars

  • Great Skua (A)
  • Long-tailed Jaegar (A)
  • Parasitic Jaegar (M)
  • Pomarine Jaegar (M)
  • South Polar Skua (A)

Starlings

  • European Starling (B)

Storks

  • Wood Stork (A)

Storm-Petrels

  • Leach's Storm-Petrel (B)
  • Wilson's Storm-Petrel (M)

Swallows

  • Bank Swallow (B)
  • Barn Swallow (B)
  • Cave Swallow (A)
  • Cliff Swallow (B)
  • N. Rough-winged Swallow (b)
  • Purple Martin (B)
  • Tree Swallow (B)

Swans, Geese, Ducks

  • American Black Duck (B)
  • American Wigeon (B)
  • Barnacle Goose (A)(O)
  • Barrow's Goldeneye (M)
  • Black Scoter (M)
  • Blue-winged Teal (B)
  • Brant (M)
  • Bufflehead (M)
  • Cackling Goose (A)
  • Canada Goose (B)
  • Canvasback (R)
  • Cinnamon Teal (A)(S)(O)
  • Common Eider (B)
  • Common Goldeneye (B)
  • Common Merganser (B)
  • Eurasian Wigeon (m)
  • Fulvous Whistling Duck (A)
  • Gadwell (M)(b)
  • Garganey (A)(O)
  • Greater Scaup (B)
  • Greater White-fronted Goose (R)
  • Green-winged Teal (B)
  • Harlequin Duck (M)(*)
  • Hooded Merganser (B)
  • King Eider (m)
  • Labrador Duck (X)
  • Lesser Scaup (M)
  • Long-tailed Duck (M)
  • Mallard (B)
  • Mute Swan (A)
  • Northern Pintail (B)
  • Northern Shoveler (B)
  • Red-breasted Merganser (B)
  • Redhead (R)(*)
  • Ring-necked Duck (B)
  • Ross's Goose (A)(O)
  • Ruddy Duck (M)(*)
  • Snow Goose (M)
  • Surf Scoter (M)
  • Tufted Duck (R)
  • Tundra Swan (R)
  • White-winged Scoter (M)
  • Wood Duck (B)

Swifts

  • Chimney Swift (B)

Tanagers

  • Scarlet Tanager (B)
  • Summer Tanager (m)
  • Western Tanager (R)

Thrushes and Allies

  • American Robin (B)
  • Bicknell's Thrush (B)
  • Eastern Bluebird (B)
  • Fieldfare (A)
  • Gray-cheeked Thrush (m)
  • Hermit Thrush (B)
  • Mountain Bluebird (A)
  • Northern Wheatear (R)
  • Redwing (A)
  • Stonechat (A)
  • Swainson's Thrush (B)
  • Townsend's Solitaire (R)
  • Varied Thrush (R)
  • Veery (B)
  • Wood Thrush (B)

Titmice

  • Black-capped Chickadee (B)
  • Boreal Chickadee (B)
  • Turfted Titmouse (A)

Tropicbird

  • Red-billed Tropicbird (A)

Tyrant Flycatchers

  • Acadian Flycatcher (A)
  • Alder Flycatcher (B)
  • Ash-throated Flycatcher (A)
  • Eastern Kingbird (B)
  • Eastern Phoebe (B)
  • Eastern Wood-Pewee (B)
  • Fork-tailed Flycatcher (A)
  • Great Crested Flycatcher (B)
  • Least Flycatcher (B)
  • Olive-sided Flycatcher (B)
  • Say's Phoebe (R)
  • Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (R)
  • Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher (A)
  • Western Kingbird (m)
  • Willow Flycatcher (B)
  • Yellow-bellied Flycatcher (B)

Vireos

  • Blue-headed Vireo (B)
  • Philadelphia Vireo (B)
  • Red-eyed Vireo (B)
  • Warbling Vireo (B)
  • White-eyed Vireo (R)
  • Yellow-throated Vireo (R)

Warblers

  • American Redstart (B)
  • Bay-breasted Warbler (B)
  • Black-and-White Warbler (B)
  • Blackburnian Warbler (B)
  • Blackpoll Warbler (B)
  • Black-throated Blue Warbler (B)
  • Black-throated Gray Warbler (A)
  • Black-throated Green Warbler (B)
  • Blue-winged Warbler (m)
  • Canada Warbler (B)
  • Cape May Warbler (B)
  • Cerulean Warbler (R)
  • Chestnut-sided Warbler (B)
  • Common Yellowthroat (B)
  • Connecticut Warbler (R)
  • Golden-winged Warbler (R)
  • Hermit Warbler (A)
  • Hooded Warbler (R)
  • Kentucky Warbler (A)
  • Louisiana Warbler (A)
  • Magnolia Warbler (B)
  • Mourning Warbler (B)
  • Nashville Warbler (B)
  • Northern Parula (B)
  • Northern Waterthrush (B)
  • Orange-crowned Waterthrush (m)
  • Ovenbird (B)
  • Palm Warbler (B)
  • Pine Warbler (B)
  • Prairie Warbler (m)
  • Prothonotary Warbler (R)
  • Tennesse Warbler (B)
  • Townsend's Warbler (A)
  • Wilson's Warbler (B)
  • Worm-eating Warbler (A)(S)
  • Yellow Warbler (B)
  • Yellow-breasted Chat (m)
  • Yellow-rumped Warbler (B)
  • Yellow-throated Warbler (R)

 Waxwings

  • Bohemian Waxwing (M)
  • Cedar Waxwing (B)

 Woodpeckers

  • American Three-toed Woodpecker (B)
  • Black-backed Woodpecker (B)
  • Downy Woodpecker (B)
  • Hairy Woodpecker (B)
  • Northern Flicker (B)
  • Pileated Woodpecker (B)
  • Red-bellied Woodpecker (m)
  • Red-headed Woodpecker (m)(=)
  • Yellow-bellied Woodpecker (B)

 Wrens

  • Bewick's Wren (A)(S)
  • Carolina Wren (R)
  • House Wren (m)(*)
  • Marsh Wren (B)
  • Sedge Wren (R)
  • Winter Wren (B)

Legend

A - Accidental (observed no more than 5 in the last 50 years

X - Extinct

B - Breeds annually, uncommon to numerous

* - Infrequent or exceptional breeder

b - Breeds annually, rare

= - Former breeder

M - Migrant, uncommon to numerous

O - Natural occurence, questionable but a reasonable possibility

m - Migrant, rare but annual

S - Accepted on the basis of sight record

R - Very rate (not expected annually)

For more information, please visit  the New Brunswick Birds Records Committee website.

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