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| Birds of the NYC Region |
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Note: Birds are arranged by habitats where they are typically found.
All photos are taken in the New York City region, and represent a sampling of the birds you are likely (or lucky) to see. |
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Birds of Beaches, Bays, Wetlands & Waterways |
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Ospreys (Pandion Heliaetus)
These birds have made a spectacular comeback since the banning of DDT in 1973. They now breed in NYC. |
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credit: Sy Schiff |
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Kingfishers |
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Belted Kingfisher (Ceryle alcyon)
Credit: Vicki Bustamante |
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Ducks, Swans, Geese |
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West Pond Jamaica Bay |
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Mute swans and Canada Geese
common residents
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Mixed waterbird flocks Jamaica Bay |
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Brants (Branta bernicla)
common winter visitor |
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Tundra swans (Cygnus columbianus)
uncommon migrant |
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Snow geese (Chen caerulescens)
migrant/occasional winter visitor |
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Mute Swans (Cygnus olor)
introduced; resident |
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Mallards (Anas platyrhynchos)
resident
Credit: Vicki Bustamante |
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American Widgeon (Anas americana)
winter vistor |
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Blue morph in flock of snow geese |
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King Eider (Somateria spectabilis)
winter visitor
credit: Sam Jannazzo |
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Greater Scaup (Athyra marila)
winter visitor
credit: Sam Jannazzo |
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Long-tailed Duck "Old Squaw" (Clangula hyemalis)
winter visitor |
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Redhead (Aythya americana)
uncommon winter visitor
credit: Sam Jannazzo
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Gadwall (Anas strepera)
winter resident
credit: Sam Jannazzo |
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Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata)
winter visitor
credit: Sam Jannazzo |
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Terns & Gulls |
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Common Tern (Sterna hirundo) |
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Common Tern |
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Skimmer (Rynchops niger)
c. Sam Jannazzo |
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Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus)
uncommon winter visitor |
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Herring Gull
common resident |
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Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) |
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Great black-back gull (Larus marinus)
common resident |
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Egrets, Ibises, & Herons |
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Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)
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Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea)
uncommon breeder |
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Little Blue Heron immature |
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Little Blue Heron & Wood Duck
Credit: Vicki Bustamante |
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Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus) |
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Tri-colored Heron (Egretta tricolor)
uncommon breeder |
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Tri-colored heron |
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Black-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)
common resident |
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Yellow-crowned Night Heron (Nyctanassa violacea)
uncommon breeder |
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Green Heron (Butorides virescens)
common breedeer |
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Green Heron |
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Great Egret (Ardea alba)
common breeder |
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Snowy Egret (Egretta thula)
common breeder |
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Great Egret |
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Snowy owl
credit: Sam Jannazzo |
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winter visitor
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Snowy Owl immature
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sandpipers |
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Least Sandpiper (Calidris minitulla)
common migrant |
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Semipalmated Sandpipers
(Calidris pusilla)
common migrant |
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Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
common migrant/winter visitor
Credit: Vicki Bustamante |
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Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus)
breeder
Credit: Vicki Bustamante |
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Semi-palmated plover
(Charadrius semipalmatus)
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Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca)
common migrant/winter visitor
Credit: Vicki Bustamante |
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Willet
common breeder |
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Willet (Catoptrophorus semipalmatus) |
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Sanderlings
common winter visitor
Credit: Vicki Bustamante |
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Sanderlings and Short-billed Dowitchers
Credit: Vicki Bustamante |
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Sanderling (Calidris alba)
Credit: Vicki Bustamante |
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Short-billed Dowitcher
Credit: Vicki Bustamante |
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Short-billed Dowitcher
Credit: Vicki Bustamante |
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Short-billed Dowitcher
(Limnodromus griseus)
common migrant
Credit: Vicki Bustamante |
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Bairds Sandpiper (Calidris bairdii)
uncommon fall migrant
c. Sam Jannazzo |
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Buff-breasted sandpiper (Tryngites subruficollis)
rare fall migrant
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Red-necked phalarope (Phalaropes lobatus)
uncommon migrant
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Hudsonian godwit (Limosa haemastica)
uncommon fall migrant
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Birds of fields, marshes and grasslands |
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Red-winged Blackbird
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common resident |
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American Crow (Corvis brachyrhynchos)
common resident |
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Rusty blackbird (Euphagus carolinus)
uncommon migrant/rare winter visitor |
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Grasshopper Sparrow (Ammodramus savannarum)
common breeder
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Salt Marsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow
(Ammodramus caudacutus)
common breeder |
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Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina)
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Tree Swallow pair (Tachycineta bicolor)
common breeder |
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Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea)
uncommon migrant/breeder
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Bluebird Pair (Sialia sialis)
uncommon breeder/winter resident |
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Northern Bobwhite pair (Colinus virginianus)
uncommon/declining resident
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Killdeer adult and young (Charadrius vociferus)
common breeder |
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Redtail hawk |
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Redtail Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)
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Merlin (Falco columbarius)
fall migrant
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American Kestrel (Falco sparverius)
breeder
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Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)
breeder
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Cedar Waxwing (Bombicylla cedrorum) |
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Yellow-billed cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus)
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Veery (Catharus fuscescens)
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Hermit thrush (Catharus guttatus)
common breeder/uncommon winter resident |
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Northern yellow-shafted Flicker
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common breeder/uncommon winter resident |
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Pileated woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus)
uncommon resident |
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Red-bellied woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus)
common resident |
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Prothonotary warbler (Protonotaria citrea)
rare breeder
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Hooded Warbler (Wilsonia citrina)
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fairly common breeder
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Black-throated Green Warbler (Fall plumage)
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Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla)
common breeder |
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Pine Warbler (Dendrocia pinus)
common migrant/uncommon breeder |
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Blue-headed vireo (Vireo solitarius)
common migrant |
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Eastern towhee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus)
common breeder |
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Rose-Breasted Grosbeak
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Scarlet Tanager
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Scarlet Tanager (Piranga olivacea)
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Blue-gray gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulia)
common migrant/uncommon breeder |
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common breeder |
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Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii)
common breeder/winter resident
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Long-eared Owl (Asio otus)
uncommon winter visitor
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Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus)
common breeder
credit: Sam Jannazzo |
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Northern Saw-Whet Owl (Aegolius acadicus)
uncommon migrant/visitor visitor |
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Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)
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Tufted titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor)
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Black-capped chickadee (Poecile atricapilla)
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House Wren (Troglodytes aedon)
common breeder |
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Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)
common resident |
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Cardinal family (Cardinalis cardinalis)
common resident |
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Baltimore Oriole (male) (Icterus galbula)
breeder |
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Baltimore Oriole (female) |
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Robin (Turdus migratorius)
common resident |
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Catbird and female cardinal |
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resident
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Catbird (Dumetella carolensis)
common breeder |
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