Common Birds in New York
Our list for New York has 76 common birds recorded regularly there: 29 residents, 29 summer visitors, 15 winter visitors and 3 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in New York in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 76, most common first
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaPassage migrantCommon9–11 cmRegularly Sep–May
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisSummer visitorCommon7–9 cmRegularly May–Sep
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year
American Black DuckAnas rubripesWinter visitorCommon54–59 cmRecorded all year
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly May–Oct
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Oct–May
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Oct–Jun
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