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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in New York in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 85, most common first
Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castaneaPassage migrantUncommon14–14 cmRegularly May–Oct
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRecorded all year
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisSummer visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Aug
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Jul–May
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Forster's TernSterna forsteriSummer visitorUncommon33–36 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusPassage migrantUncommon23–32 cmRegularly May–Oct
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter visitorUncommon48–60 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
EiderSomateria mollissimaWinter visitorUncommon50–71 cmRegularly Jun–Mar
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Nov
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
WilletTringa semipalmataSummer visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusSummer visitorUncommon34–44 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