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
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisWinter visitorRare58–70 cmRegularly Nov–Jun
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorRare19–23 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusWinter visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Sabine's GullXema sabiniPassage migrantRare27–33 cmRegularly Sep–Nov
Varied ThrushIxoreus naeviusScarceRare20–26 cm
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanPassage migrantRare32–36 cmRegularly May–Oct
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataWinter visitorRare66–84 cmRecorded all year
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentRare75–90 cmRecorded all year
Common GullLarus canusScarceRare40–46 cm
FulmarFulmarus glacialisScarceRare45–50 cm
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantRare15–16 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaScarceRare16–26 cm
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorRare33–39 cmRegularly May–Jul
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaPassage migrantRare17–20 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaSummer visitorRare28–32 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudusPassage migrantRare48–58 cmRegularly Aug–Oct
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusPassage migrantRare30–38 cmRegularly Jun–Nov
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataPassage migrantRare41–49 cmRegularly Oct–Jan
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusPassage migrantRare46–51 cmRegularly Aug–Nov
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleScarceRare30–32 cm
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaScarceRare17–19 cmRegularly Sep
BudgerigarMelopsittacus undulatusSummer visitorRare18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentRare27–30 cmRegularly Jul–Sep
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