Birds of New Jersey
The 150 most-observed birds in New Jersey, ranked by how often they turn up in the record. Tap any bird for its map and seasonal timing here.
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Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis49 obstiming → - 2
MallardAnas platyrhynchos30 obstiming → - 3
Song SparrowMelospiza melodia27 obstiming → - 4
American RobinTurdus migratorius25 obstiming → - 5
Canada GooseBranta canadensis25 obstiming → - 6
Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis24 obstiming → - 7
Mourning DoveZenaida macroura23 obstiming → - 8
Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla22 obstiming → - 9
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus17 obstiming → - 10
Blue JayCyanocitta cristata17 obstiming → - 11
Grey CatbirdDumetella carolinensis17 obstiming → - 12Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus13 obstiming →
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Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis12 obstiming → - 14
White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis11 obstiming → - 15
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens11 obstiming → - 16
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus10 obstiming → - 17
Great Blue HeronArdea herodias10 obstiming → - 18
KilldeerCharadrius vociferus10 obstiming → - 19
OspreyPandion haliaetus9 obstiming → - 20
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor9 obstiming → - 21
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos9 obstiming → - 22
Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris9 obstiming → - 23
House SparrowPasser domesticus9 obstiming → - 24
Northern FlickerColaptes auratus8 obstiming → - 25Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula8 obstiming →
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Purple MartinProgne subis8 obstiming → - 27
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus7 obstiming → - 28
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina7 obstiming → - 29Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus7 obstiming →
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Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis6 obstiming → - 31
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis6 obstiming → - 32
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres6 obstiming → - 33
Myrtle WarblerSetophaga coronata6 obstiming → - 34
Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe6 obstiming → - 35
SanderlingCalidris alba6 obstiming → - 36
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosus5 obstiming → - 37
Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis5 obstiming → - 38Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis5 obstiming →
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White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis5 obstiming → - 40
Pine WarblerSetophaga pinus5 obstiming → - 41
American GoldfinchSpinus tristis5 obstiming → - 42
Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa5 obstiming → - 43
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis5 obstiming → - 44
Lesser ScaupAythya affinis5 obstiming → - 45
Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor5 obstiming → - 46
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus5 obstiming → - 47
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula4 obstiming → - 48
Rock DoveColumba livia4 obstiming → - 49
American KestrelFalco sparverius4 obstiming → - 50
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarum4 obstiming → - 51
Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum4 obstiming → - 52
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo4 obstiming → - 53
Green HeronButorides virescens4 obstiming → - 54
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus4 obstiming → - 55
Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina4 obstiming → - 56Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus4 obstiming →
- 57Black SkimmerRynchops niger4 obstiming →
- 58Ruby-crowned KingletRegulus calendula4 obstiming →
- 59Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus4 obstiming →
- 60Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus4 obstiming →
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Barn SwallowHirundo rustica4 obstiming → - 62
Great EgretArdea alba3 obstiming → - 63
Turkey VultureCathartes aura3 obstiming → - 64
American OystercatcherHaematopus palliatus3 obstiming → - 65
VeeryCatharus fuscescens3 obstiming → - 66WilletTringa semipalmata3 obstiming →
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BuffleheadBucephala albeola3 obstiming → - 68
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius3 obstiming → - 69
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca3 obstiming → - 70Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris3 obstiming →
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Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus3 obstiming → - 72
Mute SwanCygnus olor3 obstiming → - 73
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus3 obstiming → - 74
Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon3 obstiming → - 75
Yellow-crowned Night HeronNyctanassa violacea3 obstiming → - 76
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum3 obstiming → - 77
Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater2 obstiming → - 78Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocorax auritus2 obstiming →
- 79
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana2 obstiming → - 80
Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius2 obstiming → - 81
Snow GooseAnser caerulescens2 obstiming → - 82Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis2 obstiming →
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Black VultureCoragyps atratus2 obstiming → - 84
Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinus2 obstiming → - 85
Snowy EgretEgretta thula2 obstiming → - 86
Brown CreeperCerthia americana2 obstiming → - 87
Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus2 obstiming → - 88
Brant GooseBranta bernicla2 obstiming → - 89
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus2 obstiming → - 90
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea2 obstiming → - 91
Buff-bellied PipitAnthus rubescens2 obstiming → - 92
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos2 obstiming → - 93
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus2 obstiming → - 94
Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica2 obstiming → - 95
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusilla2 obstiming → - 96
Forster's TernSterna forsteri2 obstiming → - 97
Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata2 obstiming → - 98Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris2 obstiming →
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Black ScoterMelanitta americana2 obstiming → - 100
American Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestiva2 obstiming → - 101Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus2 obstiming →
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American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos1 obstiming → - 103Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus1 obstiming →
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Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillata1 obstiming → - 105
American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla1 obstiming → - 106
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorus1 obstiming → - 107
Ross's GooseAnser rossii1 obstiming → - 108
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescens1 obstiming → - 109Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps1 obstiming →
- 110Least TernSternula antillarum1 obstiming →
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Purple SandpiperCalidris maritima1 obstiming → - 112
Barred OwlStrix varia1 obstiming → - 113Solitary SandpiperTringa solitaria1 obstiming →
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Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus1 obstiming → - 115Eastern Screech OwlMegascops asio1 obstiming →
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Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax1 obstiming → - 117Warbling VireoVireo gilvus1 obstiming →
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Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus1 obstiming → - 119
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope1 obstiming → - 120
Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus1 obstiming → - 121
Northern ParulaSetophaga americana1 obstiming → - 122Iceland GullLarus glaucoides1 obstiming →
- 123Purple FinchHaemorhous purpureus1 obstiming →
- 124Harris's SparrowZonotrichia querula1 obstiming →
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Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis1 obstiming → - 126
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus1 obstiming → - 127
GadwallMareca strepera1 obstiming → - 128White-eyed VireoVireo griseus1 obstiming →
- 129Field SparrowSpizella pusilla1 obstiming →
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Summer TanagerPiranga rubra1 obstiming → - 131
Northern PintailAnas acuta1 obstiming → - 132Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinator1 obstiming →
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American WoodcockScolopax minor1 obstiming → - 134American Black DuckAnas rubripes1 obstiming →
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Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea1 obstiming → - 136
American White IbisEudocimus albus1 obstiming → - 137Piping PloverCharadrius melodus1 obstiming →
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Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo1 obstiming → - 139
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianus1 obstiming → - 140
Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea1 obstiming → - 141
Yellow-throated WarblerSetophaga dominica1 obstiming → - 142Western Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis1 obstiming →
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OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla1 obstiming → - 144
Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia1 obstiming → - 145
Eastern Whip-poor-willAntrostomus vociferus1 obstiming → - 146
Northern RavenCorvus corax1 obstiming → - 147
Eurasian TealAnas crecca1 obstiming → - 148
American WigeonMareca americana1 obstiming → - 149
Eastern Wood PeweeContopus virens1 obstiming → - 150Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator1 obstiming →
Data: iNaturalist research-grade observations (CC0 / CC-BY), via GBIF. Excludes eBird.