Rare Birds in New York
Our list for New York has 71 rare birds recorded regularly there: 6 residents, 11 summer visitors, 18 winter visitors, 29 passage migrants and 7 scarce visitors
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 71, most common first
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaPassage migrantRare28–34 cmRegularly Jan–Feb
King EiderSomateria spectabilisWinter visitorRare46–64 cmRegularly Jun–Apr
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaPassage migrantRare40–50 cmRegularly May–Dec
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorRare40–47 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorRare38–44 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaSummer visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly May–Feb
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisWinter visitorRare12–13 cmRegularly Nov–Aug
Painted BuntingPasserina cirisPassage migrantRare12–14 cmRegularly Dec–Feb
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriPassage migrantRare14–17 cmRegularly Jul–Oct
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisPassage migrantRare20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Nov
Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoidesPassage migrantRare15–18 cmRegularly Jan
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiWinter visitorRare57–64 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Cattle EgretArdea ibisPassage migrantRare46–56 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Leach's Storm-petrelHydrobates leucorhousPassage migrantRare18–21 cmRegularly Jun–Sep
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusWinter visitorRare25–30 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantRare41–46 cmRegularly Jun–Nov
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticusResidentRare21–24 cmRecorded all year
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaSummer visitorRare40–51 cmRegularly May–Sep
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusPassage migrantRare20–22 cmRegularly Sep–Dec
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorRare28–34 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusPassage migrantRare60–75 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Pacific LoonGavia pacificaPassage migrantRare58–74 cmRegularly Nov
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