Status: Rare (Less than annual)

Origins: Breeds in marshes throughout the northeastern and mid-western United States and southern Canada from Manitoba to British Columbia, wintering in the southern United States and Mexico. A rare but regular vagrant to most of Atlantic Canada.

Record Details: Seventeen records for Newfoundland, all in fall or early winter:

1. Long Beach (near Cape Race), October 9, 1993
2. Renews, October 8, 1994
3. Ferryland, October 21-22, 1995
4. Blackhead, October 17-18, 1999
5. Cape Spear, September 15-16, 2002
6. Cappahayden, November 1, 2003
7. Ferryland, December 17, 2005
8. St. John’s (Long Pond), November 6-14, 2009
9. Renews, November 12-26, 2006
10. Long Beach (near Cape Race), October 24, 2009
11. St. Mary’s (St. Mary’s Bay), December 8, 2012
12. Renews, October 21, 2014
13. Bay Bulls, October 13 – November 5, 2017
14. St. John’s (Mundy Pond), October 30-31, 2019
15. St. John’s (Long Pond), November 23 – December 1, 2019
16. 2 at St. John’s (Bidgood Park), November 26-30, 2019
17. Grates Cove, October 13, 2020

* NOTE – This website is not an official account and “may” contain incorrect information and/or details of unconfirmed records. *