Birds of New York
The 150 most-observed birds in New York, ranked by how often they turn up in the record. Tap any bird for its map and seasonal timing here.
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- 1
American RobinTurdus migratorius137 obstiming → - 2
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis125 obstiming → - 3
Canada GooseBranta canadensis113 obstiming → - 4
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus109 obstiming → - 5
House SparrowPasser domesticus88 obstiming → - 6
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens84 obstiming → - 7
MallardAnas platyrhynchos77 obstiming → - 8
Blue JayCyanocitta cristata71 obstiming → - 9
Mourning DoveZenaida macroura70 obstiming → - 10
Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus67 obstiming → - 11Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus66 obstiming →
- 12
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor64 obstiming → - 13
Rock DoveColumba livia50 obstiming → - 14
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosus47 obstiming → - 15
Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis44 obstiming → - 16
Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris39 obstiming → - 17
Northern FlickerColaptes auratus39 obstiming → - 18
White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis37 obstiming → - 19
Grey CatbirdDumetella carolinensis36 obstiming → - 20
Great Blue HeronArdea herodias35 obstiming → - 21
Song SparrowMelospiza melodia34 obstiming → - 22
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis33 obstiming → - 23
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis32 obstiming → - 24
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus31 obstiming → - 25
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus30 obstiming → - 26
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis30 obstiming → - 27Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula28 obstiming →
- 28
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus24 obstiming → - 29
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos24 obstiming → - 30Wood DuckAix sponsa24 obstiming →
- 31
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo22 obstiming → - 32Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocorax auritus21 obstiming →
- 33
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina20 obstiming → - 34
American GoldfinchSpinus tristis16 obstiming → - 35
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula15 obstiming → - 36
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianus15 obstiming → - 37
Brant GooseBranta bernicla14 obstiming → - 38
Mute SwanCygnus olor14 obstiming → - 39
OspreyPandion haliaetus13 obstiming → - 40
Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla13 obstiming → - 41
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas13 obstiming → - 42
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius12 obstiming → - 43
Northern ParulaSetophaga americana12 obstiming → - 44
Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe12 obstiming → - 45
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum12 obstiming → - 46
Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia11 obstiming → - 47
Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater11 obstiming → - 48
BuffleheadBucephala albeola11 obstiming → - 49Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus10 obstiming →
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Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus10 obstiming → - 51
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana10 obstiming → - 52
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus9 obstiming → - 53
Myrtle WarblerSetophaga coronata9 obstiming → - 54
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarum9 obstiming → - 55
Turkey VultureCathartes aura8 obstiming → - 56
Barred OwlStrix varia8 obstiming → - 57
Great EgretArdea alba8 obstiming → - 58Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis8 obstiming →
- 59
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis8 obstiming → - 60American Black DuckAnas rubripes7 obstiming →
- 61
Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax7 obstiming → - 62
American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla7 obstiming → - 63
Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina7 obstiming → - 64
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla7 obstiming → - 65
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica7 obstiming → - 66Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata6 obstiming →
- 67Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris6 obstiming →
- 68
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescens6 obstiming → - 69
American CootFulica americana6 obstiming → - 70
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos6 obstiming → - 71Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus6 obstiming →
- 72
GadwallMareca strepera5 obstiming → - 73
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea5 obstiming → - 74
VeeryCatharus fuscescens5 obstiming → - 75
Northern RavenCorvus corax5 obstiming → - 76
Green HeronButorides virescens5 obstiming → - 77House WrenTroglodytes aedon5 obstiming →
- 78
Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus5 obstiming → - 79Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapilla5 obstiming →
- 80
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnolia5 obstiming → - 81
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus5 obstiming → - 82
Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis5 obstiming → - 83
American KestrelFalco sparverius4 obstiming → - 84
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys4 obstiming → - 85Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus4 obstiming →
- 86Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris4 obstiming →
- 87MerlinFalco columbarius4 obstiming →
- 88Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator4 obstiming →
- 89
Pine WarblerSetophaga pinus3 obstiming → - 90
Brown CreeperCerthia americana3 obstiming → - 91RedheadAythya americana3 obstiming →
- 92
American WigeonMareca americana3 obstiming → - 93
American White PelicanPelecanus erythrorhynchos3 obstiming → - 94
Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus3 obstiming → - 95Ruby-crowned KingletRegulus calendula3 obstiming →
- 96
Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor3 obstiming → - 97
Orchard OrioleIcterus spurius3 obstiming → - 98
Winter WrenTroglodytes hiemalis3 obstiming → - 99
Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus3 obstiming → - 100
American Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestiva3 obstiming → - 101
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia3 obstiming → - 102
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus3 obstiming → - 103
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striata3 obstiming → - 104
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus3 obstiming → - 105
Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica3 obstiming → - 106
Common MerganserMergus merganser3 obstiming → - 107
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanica3 obstiming → - 108
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus3 obstiming → - 109
American OystercatcherHaematopus palliatus3 obstiming → - 110Piping PloverCharadrius melodus3 obstiming →
- 111Sand MartinRiparia riparia3 obstiming →
- 112Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps3 obstiming →
- 113
Snow GooseAnser caerulescens3 obstiming → - 114
Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis3 obstiming → - 115
Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon3 obstiming → - 116
Snowy EgretEgretta thula2 obstiming → - 117
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsii2 obstiming → - 118
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus2 obstiming → - 119
Yellow-crowned Night HeronNyctanassa violacea2 obstiming → - 120Solitary SandpiperTringa solitaria2 obstiming →
- 121
SanderlingCalidris alba2 obstiming → - 122
Common LoonGavia immer2 obstiming → - 123Greater ScaupAythya marila2 obstiming →
- 124
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virens2 obstiming → - 125Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinator2 obstiming →
- 126
Red Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca2 obstiming → - 127Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celata2 obstiming →
- 128American FlamingoPhoenicopterus ruber2 obstiming →
- 129Northern GannetMorus bassanus2 obstiming →
- 130
Muscovy DuckCairina moschata2 obstiming → - 131
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrina2 obstiming → - 132
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2 obstiming → - 133Marsh WrenCistothorus palustris2 obstiming →
- 134
Prairie WarblerSetophaga discolor2 obstiming → - 135
KilldeerCharadrius vociferus2 obstiming → - 136
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes2 obstiming → - 137
Eastern Wood PeweeContopus virens2 obstiming → - 138
Red JunglefowlGallus gallus2 obstiming → - 139
Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus2 obstiming → - 140
Northern PintailAnas acuta2 obstiming → - 141
Eurasian TealAnas crecca2 obstiming → - 142
Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachus2 obstiming → - 143
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica2 obstiming → - 144Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensis2 obstiming →
- 145
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus2 obstiming → - 146
Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus2 obstiming → - 147Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrina2 obstiming →
- 148Sandhill CraneGrus canadensis1 obstiming →
- 149WilletTringa semipalmata1 obstiming →
- 150Lark BuntingCalamospiza melanocorys1 obstiming →
Data: iNaturalist research-grade observations (CC0 / CC-BY), via GBIF. Excludes eBird.