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
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Oct
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Nov–May
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Nov–May
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year
Forster's TernSterna forsteriSummer visitorCommon33–36 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Oct–May
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorCommon66–91 cmRegularly Oct–Jun
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly May–Oct
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorCommon37–60 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorCommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–May
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–May
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaResidentCommon29–40 cmRecorded all year
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesSummer visitorCommon23–27 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusWinter visitorCommon14–18 cmRegularly Oct–May
Wood DuckAix sponsaSummer visitorCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year
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