Common Birds in New Jersey
Our list for New Jersey has 82 common birds recorded regularly there: 30 residents, 27 summer visitors, 23 winter visitors and 2 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in New Jersey in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 82, most common first
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRecorded all year
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly May–Oct
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaWinter visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Sep–May
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisSummer visitorCommon7–9 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
American Black DuckAnas rubripesWinter visitorCommon54–59 cmRecorded all year
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusSummer visitorCommon17–22 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorCommon24–34 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Jan
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Oct
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made