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
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusResidentUncommon41–50 cmRecorded all year
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Jul–Oct
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisSummer visitorUncommon80–122 cmRecorded all year
Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachusResidentUncommon29–31 cmRecorded all year
Gray-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimusPassage migrantUncommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Oct
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataWinter visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Sep–May
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Apr–Feb
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly May–Sep
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusWinter visitorUncommon62–68 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiWinter visitorUncommon53–76 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Aug–Nov
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorResidentUncommon139–157 cmRecorded all year
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaWinter visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Sep–May
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