Birds of Pennsylvania
The 150 most-observed birds in Pennsylvania, ranked by how often they turn up in the record. Tap any bird for its map and seasonal timing here.
Sighting 1,085 observationsOpen the map →
- 1
American RobinTurdus migratorius51 obstiming → - 2
Song SparrowMelospiza melodia42 obstiming → - 3
Canada GooseBranta canadensis41 obstiming → - 4
MallardAnas platyrhynchos36 obstiming → - 5
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis35 obstiming → - 6
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis34 obstiming → - 7
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis28 obstiming → - 8
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus28 obstiming → - 9
Mourning DoveZenaida macroura27 obstiming → - 10
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens24 obstiming → - 11Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula24 obstiming →
- 12
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus23 obstiming → - 13
Blue JayCyanocitta cristata23 obstiming → - 14Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus21 obstiming →
- 15
Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris19 obstiming → - 16
Grey CatbirdDumetella carolinensis19 obstiming → - 17
American GoldfinchSpinus tristis19 obstiming → - 18
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis18 obstiming → - 19
Turkey VultureCathartes aura18 obstiming → - 20
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor15 obstiming → - 21
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina15 obstiming → - 22Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus14 obstiming →
- 23
Great Blue HeronArdea herodias13 obstiming → - 24
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos13 obstiming → - 25
Northern FlickerColaptes auratus13 obstiming → - 26
Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis13 obstiming → - 27
Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor12 obstiming → - 28
House SparrowPasser domesticus12 obstiming → - 29Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus12 obstiming →
- 30
White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis12 obstiming → - 31
Snow GooseAnser caerulescens10 obstiming → - 32
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis10 obstiming → - 33Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus10 obstiming →
- 34
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus9 obstiming → - 35
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas9 obstiming → - 36
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo9 obstiming → - 37Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris9 obstiming →
- 38
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum9 obstiming → - 39
Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon8 obstiming → - 40
Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe8 obstiming → - 41Field SparrowSpizella pusilla7 obstiming →
- 42
American Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestiva7 obstiming → - 43
Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus7 obstiming → - 44
Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea7 obstiming → - 45
Common MerganserMergus merganser7 obstiming → - 46Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus6 obstiming →
- 47Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis6 obstiming →
- 48
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica6 obstiming → - 49
American KestrelFalco sparverius6 obstiming → - 50Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris6 obstiming →
- 51
Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus6 obstiming → - 52
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos6 obstiming → - 53
Rock DoveColumba livia6 obstiming → - 54
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus5 obstiming → - 55Purple FinchHaemorhous purpureus5 obstiming →
- 56
Green HeronButorides virescens5 obstiming → - 57
KilldeerCharadrius vociferus5 obstiming → - 58
Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus5 obstiming → - 59
Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina5 obstiming → - 60
Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus5 obstiming → - 61
Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater5 obstiming → - 62Greater ScaupAythya marila5 obstiming →
- 63
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula5 obstiming → - 64CanvasbackAythya valisineria4 obstiming →
- 65House WrenTroglodytes aedon4 obstiming →
- 66
Myrtle WarblerSetophaga coronata4 obstiming → - 67
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus4 obstiming → - 68Wood DuckAix sponsa4 obstiming →
- 69
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys4 obstiming → - 70Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocorax auritus4 obstiming →
- 71
Horned LarkEremophila alpestris4 obstiming → - 72
Great EgretArdea alba3 obstiming → - 73
Black VultureCoragyps atratus3 obstiming → - 74
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus3 obstiming → - 75
Northern PintailAnas acuta3 obstiming → - 76
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius3 obstiming → - 77Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator3 obstiming →
- 78
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus3 obstiming → - 79
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianus3 obstiming → - 80RedheadAythya americana3 obstiming →
- 81Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis3 obstiming →
- 82
Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum3 obstiming → - 83
Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula3 obstiming → - 84
Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis3 obstiming → - 85
Ross's GooseAnser rossii3 obstiming → - 86
Cerulean WarblerSetophaga cerulea3 obstiming → - 87
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescens3 obstiming → - 88Eastern MeadowlarkSturnella magna3 obstiming →
- 89
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus3 obstiming → - 90
Purple MartinProgne subis3 obstiming → - 91
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla3 obstiming → - 92
Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia3 obstiming → - 93
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianus3 obstiming → - 94
Blue-grey GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea3 obstiming → - 95
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarum2 obstiming → - 96
Orchard OrioleIcterus spurius2 obstiming → - 97
Buff-bellied PipitAnthus rubescens2 obstiming → - 98
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arborea2 obstiming → - 99
Common LoonGavia immer2 obstiming → - 100
American Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota2 obstiming → - 101
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus2 obstiming → - 102
Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius2 obstiming → - 103
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellus2 obstiming → - 104
BuffleheadBucephala albeola2 obstiming → - 105
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertina2 obstiming → - 106
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus2 obstiming → - 107
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus2 obstiming → - 108
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea2 obstiming → - 109
OspreyPandion haliaetus2 obstiming → - 110Blue-headed VireoVireo solitarius2 obstiming →
- 111
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis2 obstiming → - 112Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps2 obstiming →
- 113
Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata2 obstiming → - 114Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus2 obstiming →
- 115
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons2 obstiming → - 116Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrina2 obstiming →
- 117
Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis2 obstiming → - 118
Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus2 obstiming → - 119
Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa2 obstiming → - 120
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia2 obstiming → - 121Sandhill CraneGrus canadensis2 obstiming →
- 122MerlinFalco columbarius2 obstiming →
- 123
Eurasian TealAnas crecca2 obstiming → - 124
Red-throated LoonGavia stellata2 obstiming → - 125
Yellow-crowned Night HeronNyctanassa violacea1 obstiming → - 126Harlequin DuckHistrionicus histrionicus1 obstiming →
- 127Iceland GullLarus glaucoides1 obstiming →
- 128
SoraPorzana carolina1 obstiming → - 129
Winter WrenTroglodytes hiemalis1 obstiming → - 130Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis1 obstiming →
- 131
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatus1 obstiming → - 132
Eastern Wood PeweeContopus virens1 obstiming → - 133Sand MartinRiparia riparia1 obstiming →
- 134
Common NighthawkChordeiles minor1 obstiming → - 135
Yellow-throated VireoVireo flavifrons1 obstiming → - 136
American WoodcockScolopax minor1 obstiming → - 137
GadwallMareca strepera1 obstiming → - 138
Rough-legged BuzzardButeo lagopus1 obstiming → - 139
Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinus1 obstiming → - 140Pine GrosbeakPinicola enucleator1 obstiming →
- 141American Black DuckAnas rubripes1 obstiming →
- 142
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca1 obstiming → - 143
Pine SiskinSpinus pinus1 obstiming → - 144Marsh WrenCistothorus palustris1 obstiming →
- 145Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens1 obstiming →
- 146
VeeryCatharus fuscescens1 obstiming → - 147Eastern Screech OwlMegascops asio1 obstiming →
- 148
Blackburnian WarblerSetophaga fusca1 obstiming → - 149
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo1 obstiming → - 150
Northern RavenCorvus corax1 obstiming →
Data: iNaturalist research-grade observations (CC0 / CC-BY), via GBIF. Excludes eBird.