Seasonal Presence and Relative Frequency of Selected Species
This list summarizes the seasonal presence of selected bird species in New York, indicating whether each species occurs year-round, during the breeding season, or during the non-breeding season (winter and migration). Within each seasonal category, species are numbered and ordered from least to most frequently observed in the United States based on eBird frequency data. This ordering reflects how commonly a species has been observed by U.S. birders over time and is used here as a relative priority indicator, not as a measure of local abundance or the likelihood of encountering a species at a specific site or season within New York.
Black-capped Petrel
Spruce Grouse
American Goshawk
Boreal Chickadee
Great Cormorant
Canada Jay
Ruffed Grouse
American Woodcock
Northern Gannet
Clapper Rail
Evening Grosbeak
Northern Bobwhite
American Oystercatcher
Trumpeter Swan
Boat-tailed Grackle
American Black Duck
Great Black-backed Gul
Cory’s Shearwater
Bicknell’s Thrush
Roseate Tern
Saltmarsh Sparrow
White-winged Crossbill
Arctic Tern
Seaside Sparrow
Chuck-will’s-widow
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Upland Sandpiper
Cerulean Warbler
Golden-winged Warbler
Black-billed Cuckoo
Mourning Warbler
Kentucky Warbler
Worm-eating Warbler
Alder Flycatcher
Clay-colored Sparrow
Canada Warbler
Mississippi Kite
Black Skimmer
Blue-winged Warbler
Louisiana Waterthrush
Prothonotary Warbler
Yellow-crowned Night Heron
Bobolink
Dickcissel
Blackburnian Warbler
Hooded Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Willow Flycatcher
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Least Flycatcher
Yellow-throated Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Royal Tern
Veery
Orchard Oriole
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Scarlet Tanager
Little Blue Heron
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Baltimore Oriole
Indigo Bunting
Manx Shearwater
Black-headed Gull
Leach’s Storm-Petrel
Thick-billed Murre
Great Shearwater
Wilson’s Storm-Petrel
King Eider
Bohemian Waxwing
Razorbill
Sooty Shearwater
Purple Sandpiper
Parasitic Jaeger
Black Guillemot
Black-legged Kittiwake
Snowy Owl
Pine Grosbeak
Red Knot
Northern Shrike
Common Murre
Harlequin Duck
Snow Bunting
Red-necked Grebe
Rough-legged Hawk
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Redpoll
Black Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Red-throated Loon
Tundra Swan
Common Eider
Long-tailed Duck
Brant
Ruddy Turnstone
Snow Goose
Surf Scoter
Sanderling
American Tree Sparrow
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