Phil's Central Park List
Dates, where there are any, refer to the first time I saw that species in the park. "LIFE" means either a USA or World life-list bird. There are a lot of those in this list because Central Park has been my primary birding location for eastern USA species since 1998. This list currently (Oct 2014) is at 208 - the most recent species was Eastern Meadowlark.
| Common Name | Latin Name | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Red-Throated Loon | Gavia stellata | 4/2/03, Reservoir |
| Common Loon | Gavia immer | 4/17/99, Reservoir |
| Pied-billed Grebe | Podilymbus podiceps | 1/1/99, Reservoir |
| Horned Grebe | Podiceps auritus | 5/13/00, Reservoir |
| Red-necked Grebe | Podiceps grisegena | 3/15/14, Reservoir |
| Double-crested Cormorant | Phalacrocorax auritus | |
| American Bittern | Botaurus lentiginosus | 4/30/04, Loch |
| Great Blue Heron | Ardea herodius | |
| Great Egret | Casmerodius albus | |
| Snowy Egret | Egretta thula | 4/17/99, Lake |
| Green Heron | Butorides virescens | 5/20/99, Lake |
| Yellow-crowned Night Heron | Nyctanassa violaceus | 5/11/14, Azalea Pond |
| Black-crowned Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | |
| Turkey Vulture | Cathartes aura | 10/7/00, Maintenance Field |
| Snow Goose | Chen caerulescens | 12/16/01, Xmas Bird Count |
| Brant | Branta bernicla | 11/17/12, Reservoir |
| Canada Goose | Branta canadensis | |
| Mute Swan | Cygnus olor | |
| Wood Duck | Aix sponsa | |
| Gadwall | Anas strepera | Turtle Pond |
| American Wigeon | Anas americana | 2/5/02, Lake |
| American Black Duck | Anas rubripes | |
| Mallard | Anas platyrhynchos | |
| Blue-winged Teal | Anas discors | 4/18/04, Reservoir |
| Northern Shoveler | Spatula clypeata | |
| Northern Pintail | Anas acuta | 9/12/99, Turtle Pond |
| Green-winged Teal | Anas crecca | 10/6/99, Turtle Pond |
| Canvasback | Aythya valisineria | 1/1/00, Reservoir |
| Ring-necked Duck | Aythya collaris | Reservoir |
| Lesser Scaup | Aythya affinis | 11/6/99, Reservoir |
| Bufflehead | Bucephala albeola | |
| Red-breasted Merganser | Mergus merganser | 4/14/03, Reservoir |
| Common Merganser | Mergus merganser | 3/00, Reservoir |
| Hooded Merganser | Lophodytes cucullatus | Reservoir |
| Ruddy Duck | Oxyura jamaicensis | Reservoir |
| Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | 5/29/99, Hawk Watch |
| Bald Eagle | Haliaeetus leucocephalus | 9/18/99, Hawk Watch |
| Northern Harrier | Circus cyaneus | 9/18/99, aerial |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | Accipter striatus | |
| Cooper's Hawk | Accipter cooperii | |
| Red-shouldered Hawk | Buteo lineatus | 10/29/99, Hawk Watch |
| Broad-winged Hawk | Buteo platypterus | 9/18/99, Hawk Watch |
| Red-tailed Hawk | Buteo jamaicensis | |
| American Kestrel | Falco sparverius | |
| Merlin | Falco columbarius | 9/25/99, aerial |
| Peregrine | Falco peregrinus | 10/5/99, aerial |
| Ring-necked Pheasant | Phasianis colchicus | Turtle Pond, Harlem Meer |
| Wild Turkey | Meleagris gallopavo | Oct 2008 |
| Sora | Porzana carolina | LIFE: 9/23/99, Bow Bridge |
| American Coot | Fulica americana | |
| Greater Yellowlegs | Tringa melanoleuca | 5/6/99, Turtle Pond |
| Solitary Sandpiper | Tringa solitaria | LIFE: 5/8/99, Turtle Pond |
| Spotted Sandpiper | Actitis macularia | 5/7/99, Turtle Pond |
| Least Sandpiper | Calidris minutilla | 5/8/99, Turtle Pond |
| Wilson's Snipe | Gallinago delicata | 10/28/03, Maintenance Field |
| American Woodcock | Scolopax minor | 1/25/04, Oven |
| Laughing Gull | Larus atricilla | |
| Ring-billed Gull | Larus delawarensis | |
| Herring Gull | Larus argentatus | |
| Iceland Gull | Larus glaucoides | 4/18/04, Reservoir |
| Glaucous Gull | Larus hyperboreus | 3/02/04, Reservoir |
| Great Black-backed Gull | Larus marinus | |
| Black Skimmer | Rynchops niger | 7/1/03, Boating Pond |
| Rock Dove | Columba livia | |
| Mourning Dove | Zenaida macroura | |
| Black-billed Cuckoo | Coccyzus erythropthalmus | 9/25/00, Maintenance Meadow |
| Yellow-billed Cuckoo | Coccyzus americanus | 5/12/99, Azalea Pond |
| Barn Owl | Tyto alba | 1/7/04, Locust Grove |
| Eastern Screech-Owl (released) | Otus asio | LIFE: 3/25/00, Ramble |
| Great Horned Owl | Bubo virginianus | 5/2/01, Ramble |
| Barred Owl | Strix varia | 11/17/12 |
| Long-eared Owl | Asio otus | Cedar Hill |
| Boreal Owl | Aegolius funereus | 12/19/04, Tavern On The Green |
| Northern Saw-whet Owl | Aegolius acadicus | 11/11/01, Ramble |
| Common Nighthawk | Chordeiles minor | 9/18/99 over Turtle Pond |
| Chuck-will's-widow | Caprimulgus carolinensis | LIFE: 5/3/07 at Azalea Pond |
| Whip-poor-will | Caprimulgus vociferus | LIFE: 4/30/00 at 5th Ave/74th St |
| Chimney Swift | Chaetura pelagica | |
| Ruby-throated Hummingbird | Archilochus colubris | 9/14/99, Willow Rock |
| Rufous Hummingbird | Selasphorus rufus | 12/2/04, Strawberry Fields |
| Belted Kingfisher | Megaceryle alcyon | |
| Red-headed Woodpecker | Melanerpes erythrocephalus | LIFE: Fall '98, Locust Grove |
| Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | Sphyrapicus varius | |
| Downy Woodpecker | Dryobates pubescens | |
| Hairy Woodpecker | Dryobates villosus | 3/11/2000, Loch |
| Northern Flicker | Colaptes auratus | |
| Red-bellied Woodpecker | Melanerpes carolinus | |
| Olive-sided Flycatcher | Contopus cooperi | LIFE: 5/18/99, Swampy Pin Oak |
| Eastern Wood-Pewee | Contopus virens | 5/25/99, Evodia Field |
| Yellow-bellied Flycatcher | Empidonax flaviventris | LIFE: 5/16/02, Turtle Pond |
| Acadian Flycatcher | Empidonax virescens | 5/3/11, Strawberry Fields |
| Least Flycatcher | Empidonax minimus | 9/28/99, Maintenance Field |
| "Western" Flycatcher | Empidonax difficilis/occidentalis | Ramble, 11/21/15 |
| Eastern Phoebe | Sayornis phoebe | LIFE: Fall '98, W93rd St. |
| Great-crested Flycatcher | Myiarchus crinitus | Ramble, 5/6/99 |
| Eastern Kingbird | Tyrannus tyrannus | Ramble, 5/6/99 |
| White-eyed Vireo | Vireo griseus | Ramble, 5/6/99 |
| Yellow-throated Vireo | Vireo flavifrons | Maintenance Field, 9/27/00 |
| Blue-headed Vireo | Vireo solitarius | LIFE: Fall '98, Ramble |
| Warbling Vireo | Vireo gilvus | Ramble 5/6/99 |
| Philadelphia Vireo | Vireo philadelphicus | LIFE: 5/13/00, Ramble |
| Red-eyed Vireo | Vireo olivaceus | Oven 5/10/99 |
| Blue Jay | Cyanocitta cristata | |
| American Crow | Corvus brachyrhynchos | |
| Bank Swallow | Riparia riparia | Reservoir/Turtle Pond, 5/9/05 |
| Cliff Swallow | Petrochelidon pyrrhonota | Reservoir, 5/9/05 |
| Northern Rough-winged Swallow | Stelgidopteryx serripennis | Turtle Pond |
| Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | Turtle Pond |
| Tree Swallow | Tachycineta bicolor | 10/6/99, Ramble |
| Black-capped Chickadee | Parus atricapilla | |
| Tufted Titmouse | Baeolophus bicolor | |
| White-breasted Nuthatch | Sitta carolinensis | |
| Red-breasted Nuthatch | Sitta canadensis | 9/4/99, Ramble |
| Brown Creeper | Certhia americana | LIFE: Sept '98, Ramble |
| Carolina Wren | Thryothorus ludovicianus | |
| House Wren | Troglodytes aedon | 4/26/99, nr. Boathouse |
| Winter Wren | Troglodytes troglodytes | |
| Marsh Wren | Cistothorus palustris | 9/24/01, Hernshead |
| Golden-crowned Kinglet | Regulus satrapa | |
| Ruby-crowned Kinglet | Regulus calendula | |
| Blue-gray Gnatcatcher | Polioptila caerulea | |
| Eastern Bluebird | Sialis sialis | 11/17/12, Sparrow Rock |
| Veery | Catharus fuscescens | LIFE: 5/8/99, Ramble |
| Gray-cheeked Thrush | Catharus minimus | LIFE: 9/26/99, Ramble |
| Bicknell's Thrush | Catharus bicknelli | LIFE: 5/19/04, Ramble |
| Swainson's Thrush | Catharus ustulatus | LIFE: 5/10/99, Ramble |
| Hermit Thrush | Catharus guttatus | LIFE: 9/98, Ramble |
| Wood Thrush | Hylocichla mustelina | 4/24/99, Oven |
| American Robin | Turdus migratorius | |
| Varied Thrush | Ixoreus naevius | 11/30/10, Ramble |
| Northern Mockingbird | Mimus polyglottus | |
| Gray Catbird | Dumetella carolinensis | |
| Brown Thrasher | Toxostoma rufum | |
| Starling | Sternus vulgaris | |
| Cedar Waxwing | Bombycilla cedrorum | |
| Blue-winged Warbler | Vermivora cyanoptera | LIFE: 4/29/99, Ramble |
| Golden-winged Warbler | Vermivora chrysoptera | 5/6/01, Ramble |
| Tennessee Warbler | Oreothlypis peregrina | LIFE: 9/19/99, Cherry Hill |
| Nashville Warbler | Oreothlypis celata | LIFE: 4/29/99, Ramble |
| Orange-crowned Warbler | Oreothlypis celata | 4/25/00, Ramble |
| Northern Parula | Parula americana | LIFE: 5/6/99 at Turtle Pond |
| Yellow Warbler | Dendroica petechia | 5/6/99, Ramble |
| Chestnut-sided Warbler | Dendroica pensylvanica | LIFE: 5/6/99 at Azalea Pond |
| Magnolia Warbler | Dendroica magnolia | 5/7/99, Azalea Pond |
| Cape May Warbler | Dendroica tigrina | LIFE: 9/18/99, Cherry Hill |
| Yellow-rumped Warbler | Dendroica coronata | |
| Black-throated Green Warbler | Dendroica virens | LIFE: Fall '98, Strawberry Fields |
| Black-throated Blue Warbler | Dendroica caerulescens | LIFE: Fall '98, W93rd St. |
| Blackburnian Warbler | Dendroica fusca | LIFE: 5/8/99, Ramble |
| Yellow-throated Warbler | Dendroica dominica | 4/9/05, Turtle Pond |
| Pine Warbler | Dendroica pinus | LIFE: Fall '98, nr Pinetum |
| Prairie Warbler | Dendroica discolor | LIFE: 4/30/99, Ramble |
| Palm Warbler | Dendroica palmarum | |
| Bay-breasted Warbler | Dendroica castanea | LIFE: 5/10/99, Turtle Pond |
| Blackpoll Warbler | Dendroica striata | LIFE: 5/10/99, Oven |
| Cerulean Warbler | Dendroica cerulea | LIFE: 5/6/99, Turtle Pond |
| Black and White Warbler | Mniotilta varia | |
| American Redstart | Setophaga ruticilla | 5/8/99, Ramble |
| Prothonotary Warbler | Protonotaria citrea | 4/30/00, Azalea Pond |
| Swainson's Warbler | Limnothlypis swainsonii | 4/29/16, Strawberry Fields |
| Worm-eating Warbler | Helmitheros vermivorus | LIFE: 5/6/99, Azalea Pond |
| Ovenbird | Seiurus aurocapillus | LIFE: 5/6/99, Ramble |
| Northern Waterthrush | Parkesia noveboracensis | LIFE: 5/5/99 Oven |
| Louisiana Waterthrush | Parkesia motacilla | LIFE: 4/21/99 Oven |
| Kentucky Warbler | Oporornis formosus | LIFE: 5/5/00, Ramble |
| Connecticut Warbler | Oporornis agilis | LIFE: 9/5/02, Tanner's Spring |
| Mourning Warbler | Oporornis philadelphia | LIFE: 5/27/00, Ramble |
| Common Yellowthroat | Geothlypis trichas | |
| Hooded Warbler | Wilsonia citrina | LIFE: 4/27/99 Azalea Pond/Gill |
| Wilson's Warbler | Wilsonia pusilla | 5/10/99, Point |
| Canada Warbler | Wilsonia canadensis | LIFE: 5/10/99, Oven |
| Yellow-breasted Chat | Icteria virens | 5/5/2000, Ramble |
| Summer Tanager | Piranga rubra | 5/13/2007, Ramble |
| Scarlet Tanager | Piranga olivacea | 5/14/99, Ramble |
| Western Tanager | Piranga ludoviciana | 3/30/08, Huddlestone Arch |
| Eastern Towhee | Pipilo erythrophthalmus | |
| American Tree Sparrow | Spizelloides arborea | 2/13/00, Azalea Pond |
| Chipping Sparrow | Spizella passerina | 4/11/99, Azalea Pond |
| Clay-colored Sparrow | Spizella pallida | 5/12/14, Strawberry Fields |
| Field Sparrow | Spizella pusilla | LIFE: Fall '98, Tanners Spring |
| Vesper Sparrow | Pooecetes gramineus | 8/10/15, Locust Grove |
| Lark Sparrow | Chondestes grammacus | 9/10/04, north end ball fields |
| Savannah Sparrow | Passerculus sandwichensis | 4/11/99, Sheep's Meadow |
| Grasshopper Sparrow | Ammodramus savannarum | May 4th 2012, Falconer's Hill |
| Nelson's (Sharp-tailed) Sparrow | Ammospiza nelsoni (nelsoni) | LIFE: 9/29/02, Oven |
| Saltmarsh (Sharp-tailed) Sparrow | Ammospiza caudacuta | 4/30/01, Gill |
| Fox Sparrow | Passerella iliaca | |
| White-crowned Sparrow | Zonotrichia leucophrys | 10/15/99, Turtle Pond etc |
| White-throated Sparrow | Zonotrichia albicollis | |
| Swamp Sparrow | Melospiza georgiana | LIFE: Fall '98, Tanners Spring |
| Lincoln's Sparrow | Melospiza lincolnii | LIFE: 4/30/99, Balcony Bridge |
| Song Sparrow | Melospiza melodia | |
| Dark-eyed Junco | Junco hyemalis | |
| Northern Cardinal | Cardinalis cardinalis | |
| Rose-breasted Grosbeak | Pheucticus ludovicianus | 5/10/99, Ramble |
| Blue Grosbeak | Passerina caerulea | 5/5/02, Point/Oven |
| Indigo Bunting | Passerina cyanea | 5/11/99, Ramble |
| Dickcissel | Spiza americana | 5/18/2008 Falconer's Hill |
| Red-winged Blackbird | Agelaius tricolor | |
| Rusty Blackbird | Euphagus carolinus | LIFE: 4/24/99, Ramble/Gill |
| Common Grackle | Quiscalus quiscula | |
| Eastern Meadowlark | Sturnella magna | 10/19/14, Great Lawn/Turtle Pond |
| Orchard Oriole | Icterus spurius | 4/30/01, Oven |
| Baltimore Oriole | Icterus galbula | 5/5/99, Ramble |
| Purple Finch | Carpodacus purpureus | LIFE: 9/26/99, Tanner's Spring |
| House Finch | Carpodacus mexicanus | |
| White-winged Crossbill | Loxia leucoptera | Dec 15th 2012, Ramble/Muggers Woods |
| Common Redpoll | Carduelis flammea | USA: 12/4/99, 59th St Pond |
| Pine Siskin | Carduelis pinus | 12/4/99, Azalea Pond |
| American Goldfinch | Carduelis tristis | |
| House Sparrow | Passer domesticus |