Birds of Massachusetts
The 150 most-observed birds in Massachusetts, ranked by how often they turn up in the record. Tap any bird for its map and seasonal timing here.
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Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus322 obstiming → - 2
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis151 obstiming → - 3
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor129 obstiming → - 4
Blue JayCyanocitta cristata85 obstiming → - 5
MallardAnas platyrhynchos78 obstiming → - 6
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens77 obstiming → - 7
Great Blue HeronArdea herodias72 obstiming → - 8
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis65 obstiming → - 9
American RobinTurdus migratorius60 obstiming → - 10
Common EiderSomateria mollissima56 obstiming → - 11
Song SparrowMelospiza melodia54 obstiming → - 12
Canada GooseBranta canadensis52 obstiming → - 13
White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis48 obstiming → - 14Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocorax auritus48 obstiming →
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American Herring GullLarus smithsonianus43 obstiming → - 16
OspreyPandion haliaetus41 obstiming → - 17
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis40 obstiming → - 18
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis40 obstiming → - 19
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus38 obstiming → - 20
American GoldfinchSpinus tristis38 obstiming → - 21Least TernSternula antillarum38 obstiming →
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Mourning DoveZenaida macroura37 obstiming → - 23
Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis37 obstiming → - 24Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator34 obstiming →
- 25Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus33 obstiming →
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House SparrowPasser domesticus32 obstiming → - 27
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo32 obstiming → - 28
Grey CatbirdDumetella carolinensis31 obstiming → - 29Piping PloverCharadrius melodus31 obstiming →
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Mute SwanCygnus olor31 obstiming → - 31
Barred OwlStrix varia29 obstiming → - 32
Myrtle WarblerSetophaga coronata27 obstiming → - 33
Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla26 obstiming → - 34
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis26 obstiming → - 35
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos25 obstiming → - 36
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus25 obstiming → - 37
SanderlingCalidris alba24 obstiming → - 38
Common TernSterna hirundo23 obstiming → - 39Northern GannetMorus bassanus21 obstiming →
- 40Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula21 obstiming →
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Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris21 obstiming → - 42
Common LoonGavia immer21 obstiming → - 43
Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe21 obstiming → - 44Wood DuckAix sponsa20 obstiming →
- 45Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus19 obstiming →
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Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusilla19 obstiming → - 47
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillata18 obstiming → - 48
Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater17 obstiming → - 49
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus17 obstiming → - 50
Northern FlickerColaptes auratus15 obstiming → - 51
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus15 obstiming → - 52
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum14 obstiming → - 53
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus14 obstiming → - 54
Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula13 obstiming → - 55
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula13 obstiming → - 56
Pine WarblerSetophaga pinus13 obstiming → - 57Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus13 obstiming →
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Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus13 obstiming → - 59
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos12 obstiming → - 60Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris12 obstiming →
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Green HeronButorides virescens12 obstiming → - 62
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus11 obstiming → - 63
Snowy EgretEgretta thula11 obstiming → - 64
Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor11 obstiming → - 65
Rock DoveColumba livia10 obstiming → - 66
KilldeerCharadrius vociferus10 obstiming → - 67Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseus10 obstiming →
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BuffleheadBucephala albeola10 obstiming → - 69
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina9 obstiming → - 70
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarum9 obstiming → - 71Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus9 obstiming →
- 72American Black DuckAnas rubripes9 obstiming →
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Barn SwallowHirundo rustica9 obstiming → - 74
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas9 obstiming → - 75White-winged ScoterMelanitta deglandi8 obstiming →
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Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus8 obstiming → - 77
Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax8 obstiming → - 78Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris8 obstiming →
- 79Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis7 obstiming →
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Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa7 obstiming → - 81
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus6 obstiming → - 82
Brown CreeperCerthia americana6 obstiming → - 83
Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus6 obstiming → - 84
Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia6 obstiming → - 85Harlequin DuckHistrionicus histrionicus6 obstiming →
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Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus6 obstiming → - 87
Common MerganserMergus merganser6 obstiming → - 88
Red-throated LoonGavia stellata6 obstiming → - 89
Black ScoterMelanitta americana6 obstiming → - 90
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres6 obstiming → - 91Field SparrowSpizella pusilla6 obstiming →
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American CootFulica americana6 obstiming → - 93
Horned LarkEremophila alpestris6 obstiming → - 94
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus6 obstiming → - 95
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius5 obstiming → - 96Ruby-crowned KingletRegulus calendula5 obstiming →
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Eastern Wood PeweeContopus virens5 obstiming → - 98Wilson's Storm PetrelOceanites oceanicus5 obstiming →
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Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum5 obstiming → - 100
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus5 obstiming → - 101
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana5 obstiming → - 102DunlinCalidris alpina5 obstiming →
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Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis5 obstiming → - 104
Northern RavenCorvus corax5 obstiming → - 105
Great EgretArdea alba5 obstiming → - 106
Turkey VultureCathartes aura5 obstiming → - 107
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca4 obstiming → - 108
American OystercatcherHaematopus palliatus4 obstiming → - 109
Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis4 obstiming → - 110
Prairie WarblerSetophaga discolor4 obstiming → - 111
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla4 obstiming → - 112
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritima4 obstiming → - 113
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosus4 obstiming → - 114
Eurasian TealAnas crecca4 obstiming → - 115Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata4 obstiming →
- 116WilletTringa semipalmata4 obstiming →
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Horned GrebePodiceps auritus4 obstiming → - 118
American Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestiva4 obstiming → - 119
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea4 obstiming → - 120Solitary SandpiperTringa solitaria4 obstiming →
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Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus4 obstiming → - 122
Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata3 obstiming → - 123
Lesser ScaupAythya affinis3 obstiming → - 124
Brant GooseBranta bernicla3 obstiming → - 125Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus3 obstiming →
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Saltmarsh SparrowAmmospiza caudacuta3 obstiming → - 127Greater ScaupAythya marila3 obstiming →
- 128Grasshopper SparrowAmmodramus savannarum3 obstiming →
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American WoodcockScolopax minor3 obstiming → - 130
Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea3 obstiming → - 131
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virens3 obstiming → - 132Marsh WrenCistothorus palustris3 obstiming →
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Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope3 obstiming → - 134Eastern MeadowlarkSturnella magna3 obstiming →
- 135House WrenTroglodytes aedon3 obstiming →
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Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius3 obstiming → - 137Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapilla3 obstiming →
- 138Sandhill CraneGrus canadensis3 obstiming →
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GadwallMareca strepera2 obstiming → - 140
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescens2 obstiming → - 141
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus2 obstiming → - 142Little AukAlle alle2 obstiming →
- 143Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicus2 obstiming →
- 144RedheadAythya americana2 obstiming →
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American WigeonMareca americana2 obstiming → - 146Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrina2 obstiming →
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BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorus2 obstiming → - 148Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis2 obstiming →
- 149Warbling VireoVireo gilvus2 obstiming →
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Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia2 obstiming →
Data: iNaturalist research-grade observations (CC0 / CC-BY), via GBIF. Excludes eBird.