Birds of Rhode Island
The 69 most-observed birds in Rhode Island, ranked by how often they turn up in the record. Tap any bird for its map and seasonal timing here.
Sighting 132 observationsOpen the map →
- 1
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor7 obstiming → - 2
American RobinTurdus migratorius7 obstiming → - 3
Common EiderSomateria mollissima5 obstiming → - 4
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis5 obstiming → - 5
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus4 obstiming → - 6
Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus4 obstiming → - 7
Song SparrowMelospiza melodia4 obstiming → - 8
Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula3 obstiming → - 9
Mourning DoveZenaida macroura3 obstiming → - 10
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis3 obstiming → - 11
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens3 obstiming → - 12
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla3 obstiming → - 13
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis3 obstiming → - 14Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus3 obstiming →
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Grey CatbirdDumetella carolinensis3 obstiming → - 16
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianus3 obstiming → - 17
BuffleheadBucephala albeola2 obstiming → - 18
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2 obstiming → - 19
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo2 obstiming → - 20
GadwallMareca strepera2 obstiming → - 21
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2 obstiming → - 22
Great Blue HeronArdea herodias2 obstiming → - 23
American WigeonMareca americana2 obstiming → - 24
American GoldfinchSpinus tristis2 obstiming → - 25
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2 obstiming → - 26
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas2 obstiming → - 27Harlequin DuckHistrionicus histrionicus2 obstiming →
- 28
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis2 obstiming → - 29Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus2 obstiming →
- 30Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2 obstiming →
- 31
Blue-grey GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea2 obstiming → - 32
Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe2 obstiming → - 33
Turkey VultureCathartes aura1 obstiming → - 34
VeeryCatharus fuscescens1 obstiming → - 35White-eyed VireoVireo griseus1 obstiming →
- 36
Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina1 obstiming → - 37American Black DuckAnas rubripes1 obstiming →
- 38Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens1 obstiming →
- 39
Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia1 obstiming → - 40
Black ScoterMelanitta americana1 obstiming → - 41
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia1 obstiming → - 42
Brant GooseBranta bernicla1 obstiming → - 43
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum1 obstiming → - 44
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina1 obstiming → - 45
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus1 obstiming → - 46
Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris1 obstiming → - 47
Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis1 obstiming → - 48Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocorax auritus1 obstiming →
- 49
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis1 obstiming → - 50Eastern Screech OwlMegascops asio1 obstiming →
- 51Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus1 obstiming →
- 52
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo1 obstiming → - 53
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus1 obstiming → - 54
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosus1 obstiming → - 55
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus1 obstiming → - 56
House SparrowPasser domesticus1 obstiming → - 57
Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla1 obstiming → - 58
Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla1 obstiming → - 59
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellus1 obstiming → - 60
Northern ParulaSetophaga americana1 obstiming → - 61
Northern RavenCorvus corax1 obstiming → - 62
OspreyPandion haliaetus1 obstiming → - 63
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritima1 obstiming → - 64
Rock DoveColumba livia1 obstiming → - 65
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus1 obstiming → - 66
SanderlingCalidris alba1 obstiming → - 67Scopoli's ShearwaterCalonectris diomedea1 obstiming →
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Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus1 obstiming → - 69Sooty ShearwaterPuffinus griseus1 obstiming →
Data: iNaturalist research-grade observations (CC0 / CC-BY), via GBIF. Excludes eBird.