Birds of New Brunswick
450 bird species have been recorded in New Brunswick on the eBird network — explore the 449 in the Birbs encyclopedia, and see which are being reported near you right now.
450 bird species have been recorded in New Brunswick on eBird, the global citizen-science database run by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. 449 of them have a full profile in the Birbs encyclopedia — start with the well-known birds below, browse the complete list, then check which are being reported near you right now.
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Birds to know first
Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorum
American AvocetRecurvirostra americana
American Barn OwlTyto furcata
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus
American Black DuckAnas rubripes
American Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
American CootFulica americana
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
American Golden PloverPluvialis dominica
American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianus
American KestrelFalco sparverius
American OystercatcherHaematopus palliatus
American PipitAnthus rubescens
American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
American RobinTurdus migratorius
American Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides dorsalis
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arborea
American White IbisEudocimus albus
American White PelicanPelecanus erythrorhynchos
American WigeonMareca americana
American WoodcockScolopax minor
American Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestiva
Ancient MurreletSynthliboramphus antiquus
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
Ash-throated FlycatcherMyiarchus cinerascens
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arctica
Atlantic Yellow-nosed AlbatrossThalassarche chlororhynchos
Baird’s SandpiperCalidris bairdii
The full checklist — 449 birds of New Brunswick in our library
- Acadian Flycatcher
- Alder Flycatcher
- American Avocet
- American Barn Owl
- American Bittern
- American Black Duck
- American Cliff Swallow
- American Coot
- American Crow
- American Golden Plover
- American Goldfinch
- American Goshawk
- American Herring Gull
- American Kestrel
- American Oystercatcher
- American Pipit
- American Redstart
- American Robin
- American Three-toed Woodpecker
- American Tree Sparrow
- American White Ibis
- American White Pelican
- American Wigeon
- American Woodcock
- American Yellow Warbler
- Ancient Murrelet
- Arctic Tern
- Ash-throated Flycatcher
- Atlantic Puffin
- Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross
- Baird’s Sandpiper
- Bald Eagle
- Baltimore Oriole
- Band-tailed Pigeon
- Barn Swallow
- Barnacle Goose
- Barred Owl
- Barrow’s Goldeneye
- Bay-breasted Warbler
- Bell’s Vireo
- Belted Kingfisher
- Bewick’s Wren
- Bicknell’s Thrush
- Black Guillemot
- Black Scoter
- Black Skimmer
- Black Tern
- Black Vulture
- Black-and-white Warbler
- Black-backed Woodpecker
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck
- Black-billed Cuckoo
- Black-billed Magpie
- Black-browed Albatross
- Black-capped Chickadee
- Black-chinned Hummingbird
- Black-crowned Night Heron
- Black-headed Grosbeak
- Black-headed Gull
- Black-legged Kittiwake
- Black-necked Grebe
- Black-necked Stilt
- Black-tailed Godwit
- Black-throated Blue Warbler
- Black-throated Green Warbler
- Black-throated Grey Warbler
- Black-throated Sparrow
- Blackburnian Warbler
- Blackpoll Warbler
- Blue Grosbeak
- Blue Jay
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher
- Blue-headed Vireo
- Blue-winged Teal
- Blue-winged Warbler
- Bobolink
- Bohemian Waxwing
- Bonaparte’s Gull
- Boreal Chickadee
- Boreal Owl
- Brant Goose
- Brewer’s Blackbird
- Brewer’s Sparrow
- Bridled Tern
- Broad-billed Hummingbird
- Broad-winged Hawk
- Brown Booby
- Brown Creeper
- Brown Pelican
- Brown Thrasher
- Brown-headed Cowbird
- Buff-breasted Sandpiper
- Bufflehead
- Burrowing Owl
- Cackling Goose
- California Gull
- Canada Goose
- Canada Jay
- Canada Warbler
- Canvasback
- Cape May Warbler
- Carolina Wren
- Caspian Tern
- Cave Swallow
- Cedar Waxwing
- Cerulean Warbler
- Chestnut-collared Longspur
- Chestnut-sided Warbler
- Chilean Flamingo
- Chimney Swift
- Chipping Sparrow
- Chuck-will’s-widow
- Chukar Partridge
- Cinnamon Teal
- Clapper Rail
- Clay-colored Sparrow
- Common Eider
- Common Gallinule
- Common Goldeneye
- Common Grackle
- Common Gull
- Common Kestrel
- Common Loon
- Common Merganser
- Common Murre
- Common Myna
- Common Nighthawk
- Common Pheasant
- Common Shelduck
- Common Starling
- Common Tern
- Common Yellowthroat
- Connecticut Warbler
- Cooper’s Hawk
- Cory’s Shearwater
- Crested Caracara
- Curlew Sandpiper
- Dark-eyed Junco
- Dickcissel
- Double-crested Cormorant
- Downy Woodpecker
- Dunlin
- Eastern Bluebird
- Eastern Kingbird
- Eastern Meadowlark
- Eastern Phoebe
- Eastern Screech Owl
- Eastern Towhee
- Eastern Warbling Vireo
- Eastern Whip-poor-will
- Eastern Wood Pewee
- Eskimo Curlew
- Eurasian Chaffinch
- Eurasian Collared Dove
- Eurasian Teal
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow
- Eurasian Whimbrel
- Eurasian Wigeon
- European Goldfinch
- European Storm Petrel
- Evening Grosbeak
- Field Sparrow
- Fieldfare
- Fork-tailed Flycatcher
- Forster’s Tern
- Franklin’s Gull
- Fulvous Whistling Duck
- Gadwall
- Garganey
- Glaucous Gull
- Glossy Ibis
- Golden Eagle
- Golden-crowned Kinglet
- Golden-crowned Sparrow
- Golden-winged Warbler
- Grasshopper Sparrow
- Great Black-backed Gull
- Great Blue Heron
- Great Cormorant
- Great Crested Flycatcher
- Great Egret
- Great Grey Owl
- Great Horned Owl
- Great Shearwater
- Great Skua
- Greater Scaup
- Greater White-fronted Goose
- Greater Yellowlegs
- Green Heron
- Green-tailed Towhee
- Grey Catbird
- Grey Heron
- Grey Kingbird
- Grey Partridge
- Grey Plover
- Grey-cheeked Thrush
- Greylag Goose
- Gull-billed Tern
- Gyrfalcon
- Hairy Woodpecker
- Hammond’s Flycatcher
- Harlequin Duck
- Harris’s Sparrow
- Helmeted Guineafowl
- Hermit Thrush
- Hermit Warbler
- Hooded Merganser
- Hooded Warbler
- Horned Grebe
- Horned Lark
- House Finch
- House Sparrow
- Hudsonian Godwit
- Hudsonian Whimbrel
- Iceland Gull
- Indigo Bunting
- Ivory Gull
- Kentucky Warbler
- Killdeer
- King Eider
- King Rail
- Lapland Longspur
- Lark Bunting
- Lark Sparrow
- Laughing Gull
- Lazuli Bunting
- Leach’s Storm Petrel
- Least Bittern
- Least Flycatcher
- Least Sandpiper
- Least Tern
- LeConte’s Sparrow
- Lesser Black-backed Gull
- Lesser Scaup
- Lesser Yellowlegs
- Lincoln’s Sparrow
- Little Auk
- Little Blue Heron
- Little Egret
- Little Gull
- Little Stint
- Loggerhead Shrike
- Long-billed Curlew
- Long-billed Dowitcher
- Long-eared Owl
- Long-tailed Duck
- Long-tailed Jaeger
- Louisiana Waterthrush
- Magnificent Frigatebird
- Magnolia Warbler
- Mallard
- Manx Shearwater
- Marbled Godwit
- Marsh Wren
- Merlin
- Mississippi Kite
- Mistle Thrush
- Mountain Bluebird
- Mourning Dove
- Mourning Warbler
- Muscovy Duck
- Mute Swan
- Myrtle Warbler
- Nashville Warbler
- Nelson’s Sparrow
- Northern Bobwhite
- Northern Cardinal
- Northern Flicker
- Northern Fulmar
- Northern Gannet
- Northern Harrier
- Northern Hawk-Owl
- Northern House Wren
- Northern Lapwing
- Northern Mockingbird
- Northern Parula
- Northern Pintail
- Northern Raven
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow
- Northern Saw-whet Owl
- Northern Shoveler
- Northern Shrike
- Northern Waterthrush
- Northern Wheatear
- Olive-sided Flycatcher
- Orange-crowned Warbler
- Orchard Oriole
- Osprey
- Ovenbird
- Pacific Golden Plover
- Pacific Loon
- Painted Bunting
- Palm Warbler
- Parasitic Jaeger
- Pectoral Sandpiper
- Peregrine Falcon
- Philadelphia Vireo
- Pied-billed Grebe
- Pileated Woodpecker
- Pine Grosbeak
- Pine Siskin
- Pine Warbler
- Pink-footed Goose
- Piping Plover
- Pomarine Jaeger
- Prairie Warbler
- Prothonotary Warbler
- Purple Finch
- Purple Gallinule
- Purple Martin
- Purple Sandpiper
- Razorbill
- Red Crossbill
- Red Fox Sparrow
- Red Knot
- Red Phalarope
- Red-bellied Woodpecker
- Red-billed Tropicbird
- Red-breasted Merganser
- Red-breasted Nuthatch
- Red-eyed Vireo
- Red-headed Woodpecker
- Red-necked Grebe
- Red-necked Phalarope
- Red-shouldered Hawk
- Red-tailed Hawk
- Red-throated Loon
- Red-winged Blackbird
- Redhead
- Redpoll
- Redwing
- Ring-billed Gull
- Ring-necked Duck
- Rock Dove
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak
- Roseate Spoonbill
- Roseate Tern
- Ross’s Goose
- Rough-legged Buzzard
- Royal Tern
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird
- Ruddy Duck
- Ruddy Turnstone
- Ruff
- Ruffed Grouse
- Rufous Hummingbird
- Rusty Blackbird
- Sabine’s Gull
- Sage Thrasher
- Sand Martin
- Sanderling
- Sandhill Crane
- Sandwich Tern
- Sargasso Shearwater
- Savannah Sparrow
- Say’s Phoebe
- Scarlet Tanager
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
- Scopoli’s Shearwater
- Seaside Sparrow
- Sedge Wren
- Semipalmated Plover
- Semipalmated Sandpiper
- Sharp-shinned Hawk
- Shiny Cowbird
- Short-billed Dowitcher
- Short-billed Gull
- Short-eared Owl
- Siberian Stonechat
- Slaty-backed Gull
- Snow Bunting
- Snow Goose
- Snowy Egret
- Snowy Owl
- Solitary Sandpiper
- Song Sparrow
- Sooty Shearwater
- Sooty Tern
- Sora
- South Polar Skua
- Spotted Sandpiper
- Spotted Towhee
- Spruce Grouse
- Steller’s Sea Eagle
- Stilt Sandpiper
- Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher
- Summer Tanager
- Surf Scoter
- Swainson’s Hawk
- Swainson’s Thrush
- Swallow-tailed Kite
- Swamp Sparrow
- Tennessee Warbler
- Thick-billed Murre
- Townsend’s Solitaire
- Townsend’s Warbler
- Tree Swallow
- Tricolored Heron
- Tropical Kingbird
- Tufted Duck
- Tufted Puffin
- Tufted Titmouse
- Tundra Swan
- Turkey Vulture
- Two-barred Crossbill
- Upland Sandpiper
- Varied Thrush
- Veery
- Vesper Sparrow
- Virginia Rail
- Western Cattle Egret
- Western Flycatcher
- Western Grebe
- Western Kingbird
- Western Meadowlark
- Western Sandpiper
- Western Tanager
- White-breasted Nuthatch
- White-crowned Sparrow
- White-eyed Vireo
- White-rumped Sandpiper
- White-throated Sparrow
- White-winged Dove
- White-winged Scoter
- White-winged Tern
- Whooper Swan
- Wild Turkey
- Willet
- Willow Flycatcher
- Wilson’s Phalarope
- Wilson’s Plover
- Wilson’s Snipe
- Wilson’s Storm Petrel
- Wilson’s Warbler
- Winter Wren
- Wood Duck
- Wood Stork
- Wood Thrush
- Worm-eating Warbler
- Yellow Rail
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo
- Yellow-breasted Chat
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron
- Yellow-headed Blackbird
- Yellow-throated Vireo
- Yellow-throated Warbler
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Birds of New Brunswick by bird group
- Ducks, Geese & Swans of New Brunswick (48 species)
- New World Warblers of New Brunswick (38 species)
- Sandpipers & Allies of New Brunswick (36 species)
- Gulls, Terns & Skimmers of New Brunswick (32 species)
- New World Sparrows of New Brunswick (26 species)
- Tyrant Flycatchers of New Brunswick (20 species)
Species lists and counts come from the eBird network; "recorded" means reported by birders to eBird. Tap any bird for its full profile, photos, sounds and ID notes.
Frequently asked questions
How many bird species are in New Brunswick?
450 species have been recorded in New Brunswick on eBird; 449 of them have a full profile on Birbs.
Where can I see birds in New Brunswick right now?
Use the Birds Near You tool to see species reported near you in the last few days, or browse the full checklist on this page.
