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
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusSummer visitorCommon18–22 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusSummer visitorCommon17–22 cmRegularly May–Sep
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorCommon37–60 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Wood DuckAix sponsaSummer visitorCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusSummer visitorCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusResidentCommon19–22 cmRecorded all year
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year
VeeryCatharus fuscescensSummer visitorCommon16–19 cmRegularly May–Sep
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorCommon66–91 cmRecorded all year
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaSummer visitorCommon10–14 cmRegularly May–Sep
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaSummer visitorCommon16–19 cmRegularly May–Oct
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Oct–May
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorCommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensSummer visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly Apr–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