USA · North America
Birds of New York
New York straddles the Atlantic and Adirondack flyways. Central Park is the most famous urban migration stopover in the world, and the Adirondacks hold boreal species rare elsewhere south of Canada.
- Documented species
- 495+
- Peak window
- Late April through mid-May (spring); September (fall)
- Region
- North America
Signature species
These are the birds people specifically come to New York to see. Birder AI identifies all of them on photo or sound.
- Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
State bird; common in open habitats.
- Bicknell's ThrushCatharus bicknelli
Adirondack high-elevation breeder.
- Snowy OwlBubo scandiacus
Winter visitor to coastal beaches in irruption years.
- Saltmarsh SparrowAmmospiza caudacuta
Long Island salt marsh specialty.
- Cerulean WarblerSetophaga cerulea
Mature forest canopy specialist.
Top hotspots in New York
- 1Central Park (The Ramble)
Spring warbler migration in the heart of Manhattan.
- 2Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
Shorebirds, terns, glossy ibis, occasional rarities.
- 3Montezuma NWR
Finger Lakes wetlands with tens of thousands of geese in spring.
- 4Adirondack Park (Spring Pond Bog)
Boreal Chickadee, Black-backed Woodpecker, Spruce Grouse.
Take Birder AI to New York
Photo and sound ID with regional context built in. Every sighting you log here is tagged to your New York list — and contributes anonymous data to better range maps for the species above.