Uncommon Birds in New York
Our list for New York has 85 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 6 residents, 28 summer visitors, 39 winter visitors and 12 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in New York in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 85, most common first
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Aug
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–May
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–May
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorUncommon34–38 cmRegularly Jul–May
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaSummer visitorUncommon29–40 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Oct
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Oct
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaPassage migrantUncommon10–13 cmRegularly May–Oct
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorUncommon69–84 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Oct–Jun
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRecorded all year
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year
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