Birds to See in New York in February
127 bird species on our list for New York are recorded regularly in February
Of these, the most often recorded are Northern Cardinal, Blue Jay, American Crow, Downy Woodpecker and Canada Goose. New this month: Painted Bunting.
On the move in February
GBIF · FebAt their peak
From New York’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
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All 127 birds in February
127 birds
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 4.20% in Feb
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 3.75% in Feb
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 3.69% in Feb
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 3.37% in Feb
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 3.29% in Feb
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 3.06% in Feb
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 3.03% in Feb
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.89% in Feb
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.81% in Feb
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.77% in Feb
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.68% in Feb
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.49% in Feb
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 2.27% in Feb
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorCommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.06% in Feb
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.80% in Feb
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 1.80% in Feb
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.80% in Feb
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.70% in Feb
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 1.46% in Feb
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.41% in Feb
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Feb
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusSummer visitorCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in Feb
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Feb
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Feb
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 1.09% in Feb
American Black DuckAnas rubripesWinter visitorCommon54–59 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Feb
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.96% in Feb
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Feb
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.86% in Feb
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Feb
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.80% in Feb
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Feb
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Feb
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Feb
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorCommon37–60 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.63% in Feb
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorCommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.54% in Feb
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Feb
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.51% in Feb
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorCommon66–91 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Feb
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Feb
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Feb
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Feb
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Feb
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.37% in Feb
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusResidentCommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Feb
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter visitorCommon35–43 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.37% in Feb
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Feb
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.28% in Feb
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Feb
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.24% in Feb
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.22% in Feb
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusResidentCommon19–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Feb
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.21% in Feb
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.20% in Feb
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorUncommon69–84 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.20% in Feb
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Feb
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.18% in Feb
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.17% in Feb
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter visitorUncommon48–60 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.17% in Feb
Wood DuckAix sponsaSummer visitorCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Feb
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Feb
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Feb
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.16% in Feb
EiderSomateria mollissimaWinter visitorUncommon50–71 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.14% in Feb
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorUncommon46–59 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.14% in Feb
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.13% in Feb
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusWinter visitorUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Feb
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorUncommon34–38 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.13% in Feb
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Feb
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorUncommon80–100 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.13% in Feb
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Feb
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Feb
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Feb
RazorbillAlca tordaWinter visitorUncommon38–43 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.11% in Feb
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Feb
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Feb
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusSummer visitorCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Feb
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Feb
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.09% in Feb
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioWinter visitorUncommon16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Feb
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.08% in Feb
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.08% in Feb
Northern GannetMorus bassanusWinter visitorUncommon87–100 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.07% in Feb
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.07% in Feb
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Feb
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.06% in Feb
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorResidentUncommon139–157 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Feb
Snowy OwlBubo scandiacusWinter visitorUncommon52–71 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.06% in Feb
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusWinter visitorUncommon62–68 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.05% in Feb
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.05% in Feb
Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachusResidentUncommon29–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Feb
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter visitorRare15–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Feb
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentRare50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Feb
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiWinter visitorUncommon53–76 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.03% in Feb
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Feb
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusResidentRare19–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Feb
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Feb
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusResidentUncommon41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Feb
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorRare64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.02% in Feb
King EiderSomateria spectabilisWinter visitorRare46–64 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.02% in Feb
Little AukAlle alleWinter visitorRare18–21 cmRegularly Dec–Feb · 0.02% in Feb
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusWinter visitorRare17–21 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.02% in Feb
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorRare38–44 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.02% in Feb
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosWinter visitorRare66–102 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Feb
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaWinter visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in Feb
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorRare40–47 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Feb
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.01% in Feb
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaPassage migrantRare28–34 cmRegularly Jan–Feb · 0.01% in Feb
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticusResidentRare21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Feb
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataWinter visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Feb
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorRare19–23 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.01% in Feb
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaWinter visitorRare37–41 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.01% in Feb
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorRare42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.01% in Feb
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiWinter visitorRare57–64 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Feb
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusSummer visitorRare58–85 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Feb
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisWinter visitorRare12–13 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 0.01% in Feb
Painted BuntingPasserina cirisPassage migrantRare12–14 cmRegularly Dec–Feb · 0.01% in Feb
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.01% in Feb
Red KnotCalidris canutusResidentRare23–26 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.01% in Feb
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisSummer visitorUncommon80–122 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Feb
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorRare28–34 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Feb
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusWinter visitorRare25–30 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.01% in Feb
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentRare75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Feb
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusWinter visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.00% in Feb
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisWinter visitorRare58–70 cmRegularly Nov–Jun · 0.00% in Feb
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaSummer visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.00% in Feb
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataWinter visitorRare66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Feb
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