Phil's NYC List
| Common Name | Latin Name | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Red-Throated Loon | Gavia stellata | Central Park, Jamaica Bay |
| Common Loon | Gavia immer | Central Park, Jamaica Bay |
| Eared Grebe | Podiceps nigricollis | Jamaica Bay |
| Horned Grebe | Podiceps auritus | Central Park, Jamaica Bay |
| Western Grebe | Aechmophorus occidentalis | Staten Island |
| Pied-billed Grebe | Podilymbus podiceps | Central Park, Jamaica Bay |
| Northern Gannet | Morus bassanus | Riis Park |
| American White Pelican | Pelecanus erythrorhynchos | Jamaica Bay |
| Great Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo | Jamaica Bay, Floyd Bennett Field |
| Double-crested Cormorant | Phalacrocorax auritus | Central Park, Jamaica Bay |
| American Bittern | Botaurus lentiginosus | Central Park |
| Least Bittern | Ixobrychus exilis | Central Park 4/30/17 |
| Great Blue Heron | Ardea herodius | Central Park, Jamaica Bay |
| Great Egret | Casmerodius albus | Central Park, Jamaica Bay |
| Western Reef-Heron | Egretta gularis | LIFE: Dreier-Offerman/Calvert Vaux Park |
| Snowy Egret | Egretta thula | Central Park, Jamaica Bay |
| Green Heron | Butorides virescens | Central Park, Jamaica Bay |
| Little Blue Heron | Egretta caerulea | Jamaica Bay |
| Tricolored Heron | Egretta tricolor | LIFE: Jamaica Bay |
| Yellow-crowned Night Heron | Nyctanassa violaceus | Jamaica Bay, Central Park |
| Black-crowned Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | Central Park, Jamaica Bay |
| Turkey Vulture | Cathartes aura | Central Park, Jamaica Bay |
| Canada Goose | Branta canadensis | Central Park, Jamaica Bay |
| Cackling Goose | Branta hutchinsii | Mt Loretto-Staten Island |
| Brant Goose | Branta bernicla | Jamaica Bay, Roosevelt Island, Central Park |
| Greater White-fronted Goose | Anser albifrons | Staten Island |
| Snow Goose | Chen caerulescens | Central Park, Jamaica Bay |
| Ross's Goose | Chen rossii | LIFE: Jamaica Bay |
| Mute Swan | Cygnus olor | Central Park, Jamaica Bay |
| Wood Duck | Aix sponsa | Central Park, Jamaica Bay |
| Gadwall | Anas strepera | Central Park, Jamaica Bay |
| American Black Duck | Anas rubripes | Central Park, Jamaica Bay |
| Mallard | Anas platyrhynchos | Central Park, Jamaica Bay |
| Northern Pintail | Anas acuta | Central Park, Jamaica Bay |
| Northern Shoveler | Spatula clypeata | Central Park, Jamaica Bay |
| Eurasian Wigeon | Anas penelope | Jamaica Bay |
| American Wigeon | Anas americana | Central Park, Jamaica Bay |
| Green-winged Teal | Anas crecca | Central Park, Jamaica Bay |
| Blue-winged Teal | Anas discors | Central Park, Jamaica Bay |
| Redhead | Aythya americana | Jamaica Bay |
| Canvasback | Aythya valisineria | Central Park, Jamaica Bay |
| Ring-necked Duck | Aythya collaris | Central Park, Jamaica Bay |
| Greater Scaup | Aythya marila | Jamaica Bay |
| Lesser Scaup | Aythya affinis | Central Park, Jamaica Bay |
| Bufflehead | Bucephala albeola | Central Park, Jamaica Bay |
| King Eider | Somateria spectabilis | Jamaica Bay, Broad Channel |
| Common Eider | Somateria mollissima | Staten Island |
| Common Goldeneye | Bucephala clangula | Staten Island, Jamaica Bay |
| Barrow's Goldeneye | Bucephala islandica | Jamaica Bay |
| Hooded Merganser | Lophodytes cucullatus | Central Park, Jamaica Bay |
| Common Merganser | Mergus merganser | Central Park, Staten Island |
| Red-breasted Merganser | Mergus serrator | Central Park, Jamaica Bay |
| Surf Scoter | Melanitta perspicillata | Riis Park |
| White-winged Scoter | Melanitta fusca | LIFE: Jamaica Bay |
| Black Scoter | Melanitta americana | Riis Park |
| Ruddy Duck | Oxyura jamaicensis | Central Park, Jamaica Bay |
| Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | Central Park, Jamaica Bay |
| Bald Eagle | Haliaeetus leucocephalus | Central Park Hawk Watch, 9/18/99 |
| Northern Harrier | Circus cyaneus | Central Park, Jamaica Bay |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | Accipter striatus | Central Park, Jamaica Bay |
| Cooper's Hawk | Accipter cooperii | Central Park, Jamaica Bay |
| Red-shouldered Hawk | Buteo lineatus | Central Park Hawk Watch, 10/29/99 |
| Broad-winged Hawk | Buteo platypterus | Central Park Hawk Watch, 9/18/99 |
| Red-tailed Hawk | Buteo jamaicensis | Central Park, Jamaica Bay |
| American Kestrel | Falco sparverius | Central Park, Jamaica Bay |
| Merlin | Falco columbarius | Central Park, Jamaica Bay |
| Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | Central Park, Jamaica Bay |
| Wild Turkey | Meleagris gallopavo | Battery Park, Central Park |
| Ring-necked Pheasant | Phasianis colchicus | Central Park |
| Clapper Rail | Rallus longirostris | Jamaica Bay |
| Sora | Porzana carolina | Central Park, Jamaica Bay |
| Purple Gallinule | Porphyrio martinica | Prospect Park |
| Common Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | Jamaica Bay |
| American Coot | Fulica americana | Central Park, Jamaica Bay |
| American Oystercatcher | Haematopus palliatus | Jamaica Bay |
| Killdeer | Charadrius vociferus | Jamaica Bay, Staten Islad |
| Semipalmated Plover | Charadrius semipamatus | Jamaica Bay |
| Black-bellied Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | Jamaica Bay |
| American Golden Plover | Pluvialis dominica | Jamaica Bay |
| Hudsonian Godwit | Limosa haemastica | LIFE: Jamaica Bay |
| Marbled Godwit | Limosa fedoa | Jamaica Bay |
| Greater Yellowlegs | Tringa melanoleuca | Central Park, Jamaica Bay |
| Lesser Yellowlegs | Tringa flavipes | Jamaica Bay |
| Solitary Sandpiper | Tringa solitaria | LIFE: Central Park, Jamaica Bay |
| Spotted Sandpiper | Actitis macularia | Central Park, Jamaica Bay |
| Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | Jamaica Bay |
| Red Knot | Calidris canutus | Jamaica Bay |
| Sanderling | Calidris alba | Jamaica Bay, Staten Island |
| Wilson's Snipe | Gallinago delicata | Central Park |
| American Woodcock | Scolopax minor | Jamaica Bay, Central Park |
| Short-billed Dowitcher | Limnodromus griseus | Jamaica Bay |
| Long-billed Dowitcher | Limnodromus scolopaceus | LIFE: Jamaica Bay |
| Willet | Catoptrophorus semipalmatus | Jamaica Bay |
| Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | Jamaica Bay |
| Stilt Sandpiper | Calidris himantopus | Jamaica Bay |
| Buff-breasted Sandpiper | Tryngites subruficollis | Jamaica Bay |
| Purple Sandpiper | Calidris maritima | Brooklyn |
| Dunlin | Calidris alpina | Jamaica Bay, Staten Island |
| White-rumped Sandpiper | Calidris fuscicollis | Jamaica Bay |
| Baird's Sandpiper | Calidris bairdii | Jamaica Bay |
| Semipalmated Sandpiper | Calidris pusilla | Jamaica Bay |
| Western Sandpiper | Calidris mauri | Jamaica Bay |
| Red-necked Stint | Calidris ruficollis | LIFE: Jamaica Bay |
| Least Sandpiper | Calidris minutilla | Central Park, Jamaica Bay |
| Pectoral Sandpiper | Calidris melanotos | Jamaica Bay |
| Sharp-tailed Sandpiper | Calidris acuminata | LIFE: Jamaica Bay |
| American Avocet | Recurvirostra americana | Jamaica Bay |
| Wilson's Phalarope | Phalaropus tricolor | Jamaica Bay |
| Red-necked Phalarope | Phalaropus lobatus | Jamaica Bay |
| Iceland Gull | Larus glaucoides | Central Park, Jamaica Bay |
| Herring Gull | Larus argentatus | Central Park, Jamaica Bay |
| Glaucous Gull | Larus hyperboreus | Central Park |
| Great Black-backed Gull | Larus marinus | Central Park, Jamaica Bay |
| Ring-billed Gull | Larus delawarensis | Central Park, Jamaica Bay |
| Laughing Gull | Larus atricilla | Central Park, Jamaica Bay |
| Bonaparte's Gull | Larus philadelphia | Riis Park, Jamaica Bay |
| Black-headed Gull | Chroicocephalus ridibundus | Prospect Park |
| Black Skimmer | Rynchops niger | Central Park, Jamaica Bay |
| Gull-billed Tern | Sterna nilotica | Jamaica Bay |
| Caspian Tern | Sterna caspia | Jamaica Bay |
| Common Tern | Sterna hirundo | Jamaica Bay |
| Forster's Tern | Sterna forsteri | Jamaica Bay |
| Least Tern | Sterna antillarum | Jamaica Bay |
| Black Tern | Chlidonias niger | Jamaica Bay |
| Razorbill | Alca torda | Riis Park |
| Rock Dove | Columba livia | Central Park, Jamaica Bay |
| Mourning Dove | Zenaida macroura | Central Park, Jamaica Bay |
| Black-billed Cuckoo | Coccyzus erythropthalmus | Central Park, Jamaica Bay |
| Yellow-billed Cuckoo | Coccyzus americanus | Central Park, Jamaica Bay |
| Barn Owl | Tyto alba | USA: Jamaica Bay, Central Park |
| Eastern Screech-Owl | Otus asio | LIFE: Central Park |
| Great Horned Owl | Bubo virginianus | Central Park |
| Snowy Owl | Nyctea scandiaca | Breezy Point |
| Barred Owl | Strix varia | Central Park 11/17/12 |
| Long-eared Owl | Asio otus | Central Park |
| Boreal Owl | Aegolius funereus | LIFE: Central Park |
| Northern Saw-whet Owl | Aegolius acadicus | Central Park |
| Common Nighthawk | Chordeiles minor | Central Park, Jamaica Bay |
| Chuck-will's-widow | Caprimulgus carolinensis | LIFE: Central Park |
| Whip-poor-will | Caprimulgus vociferus | LIFE: Central Park |
| Chimney Swift | Chaetura pelagica | Central Park |
| Ruby-throated Hummingbird | Archilochus colubris | Central Park, Jamaica Bay |
| Calliope Hummingbird | Stellula calliope | LIFE: Fort Tryon |
| Rufous Hummingbird | Selasphorus rufus | Central Park |
| Belted Kingfisher | Megaceryle alcyon | Central Park, Jamaica Bay |
| Red-headed Woodpecker | Melanerpes erythrocephalus | LIFE: Central Park |
| Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | Sphyrapicus varius | Central Park, Jamaica Bay |
| Downy Woodpecker | Dryobates pubescens | Central Park, Jamaica Bay |
| Hairy Woodpecker | Dryobates villosus | Central Park |
| Northern Flicker | Colaptes auratus | Central Park, Jamaica Bay |
| Red-bellied Woodpecker | Melanerpes carolinus | Central Park |
| Olive-sided Flycatcher | Contopus cooperi | LIFE: Central Park |
| Eastern Wood-Pewee | Contopus virens | Central Park, Jamaica Bay |
| Ash-throated Flycatcher | Myiarchus cinerascens | LIFE: Jamaica Bay; Alley Pond Park, Prospect Park |
| Great-crested Flycatcher | Myiarchus crinitus | Central Park |
| Eastern Phoebe | Sayornis phoebe | LIFE: Central Park, Jamaica Bay |
| Yellow-bellied Flycatcher | Empidonax flaviventris | LIFE: Central Park |
| Willow Flycatcher | Empidonax traillii | LIFE: Jamaica Bay |
| Least Flycatcher | Empidonax minimus | Central Park |
| Couch's Kingbird | Tyrannus couchii | West Village |
| Cassin's Kingbird | Tyrannus vociferans | Floyd Bennett Field |
| Eastern Kingbird | Tyrannus tyrannus | Central Park, Jamaica Bay |
| Bank Swallow | Riparia riparia | Jamaica Bay, Central Park |
| Cliff Swallow | Petrochelidon pyrrhonota | Central Park |
| Northern Rough-winged Swallow | Stelgidopteryx serripennis | Central Park, Jamaica Bay |
| Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | Central Park, Jamaica Bay |
| Tree Swallow | Tachycineta bicolor | Central Park, Jamaica Bay |
| Cedar Waxwing | Bombycilla cedrorum | Central Park, Jamaica Bay |
| White-eyed Vireo | Vireo griseus | Central Park, Jamaica Bay |
| Yellow-throated Vireo | Vireo flavifrons | Central Park |
| Warbling Vireo | Vireo gilvus | Central Park |
| Philadelphia Vireo | Vireo philadelphicus | LIFE: Central Park |
| Red-eyed Vireo | Vireo olivaceus | Central Park, Jamaica Bay |
| Blue-headed Vireo | Vireo solitarius | LIFE: Central Park, Jamaica Bay |
| Black and White Warbler | Mniotilta varia | Central Park, Jamaica Bay |
| American Redstart | Setophaga ruticilla | Central Park, Jamaica Bay |
| Blue-winged Warbler | Vermivora cyanoptera | LIFE: Central Park |
| Golden-winged Warbler | Vermivora chrysoptera | Central Park |
| Tennessee Warbler | Oreothlypis peregrina | LIFE: Central Park |
| Nashville Warbler | Oreothlypis celata | Central Park, Jamaica Bay |
| Orange-crowned Warbler | Oreothlypis celata | Central Park, Jamaica Bay |
| Northern Parula | Parula americana | LIFE: Central Park, Jamaica Bay |
| Yellow Warbler | Setophaga petechia | Central Park, Jamaica Bay |
| Chestnut-sided Warbler | Setophaga pensylvanica | LIFE: Central Park, Jamaica Bay |
| Magnolia Warbler | Setophaga magnolia | Central Park, Jamaica Bay |
| Cape May Warbler | Setophaga tigrina | LIFE: Central Park |
| Yellow-rumped Warbler | Setophaga coronata | Central Park, Jamaica Bay |
| Black-throated Gray Warbler | Setophaga nigrescens | Forest Park |
| Black-throated Green Warbler | Setophaga virens | Central Park, Jamaica Bay |
| Black-throated Blue Warbler | Setophaga caerulescens | LIFE: Central Park, Jamaica Bay |
| Blackburnian Warbler | Setophaga fusca | LIFE: Central Park, Jamaica Bay |
| Yellow-throated Warbler | Setophaga dominica | Central Park |
| Pine Warbler | Setophaga pinus | LIFE: Central Park, Jamaica Bay |
| Prairie Warbler | Setophaga discolor | LIFE: Central Park, Jamaica Bay |
| Palm Warbler | Setophaga palmarum | Central Park, Jamaica Bay |
| Bay-breasted Warbler | Setophaga castanea | LIFE: Central Park |
| Blackpoll Warbler | Setophaga striata | LIFE: Central Park, Jamaica Bay |
| Cerulean Warbler | Setophaga cerulea | LIFE: Central Park |
| Prothonotary Warbler | Protonotaria citrea | Central Park |
| Worm-eating Warbler | Helmitheros vermivorus | LIFE: Central Park |
| Swainson's Warbler | Limnothlypis swainsonii | LIFE: Forest Park |
| Ovenbird | Seiurus aurocapillus | LIFE: Central Park, Jamaica Bay |
| Northern Waterthrush | Parkesia noveboracensis | LIFE: Central Park, Jamaica Bay |
| Louisiana Waterthrush | Parkesia motacilla | LIFE: Central Park |
| Kentucky Warbler | Oporornis formosus | LIFE: Central Park |
| Connecticut Warbler | Oporornis agilis | LIFE: Central Park |
| Mourning Warbler | Oporornis philadelphia | LIFE: Central Park |
| Common Yellowthroat | Geothlypis trichas | Central Park, Jamaica Bay |
| Hooded Warbler | Wilsonia citrina | LIFE: Central Park |
| Wilson's Warbler | Wilsonia pusilla | Central Park, Jamaica Bay |
| Canada Warbler | Wilsonia canadensis | LIFE: Central Park, Jamaica Bay |
| Starling | Sternus vulgaris | Central Park, Jamaica Bay |
| American Pipit | Anthus rubescens | Inwood Hill Park |
| Blue Jay | Cyanocitta cristata | Central Park, Jamaica Bay |
| American Crow | Corvus brachyrhynchos | Central Park, Jamaica Bay |
| Fish Crow | Corvus ossifragus | Jamaica Bay |
| Carolina Wren | Thryothorus ludovicianus | Central Park |
| House Wren | Troglodytes aedon | Central Park, Jamaica Bay |
| Marsh Wren | Cistothorus platensis | Central Park, Jamaica Bay |
| Winter Wren | Troglodytes troglodytes | Central Park |
| Golden-crowned Kinglet | Regulus satrapa | Central Park |
| Ruby-crowned Kinglet | Regulus calendula | Central Park, Jamaica Bay |
| Northern Mockingbird | Mimus polyglottus | Central Park, Jamaica Bay |
| Gray Catbird | Dumetella carolinensis | Central Park, Jamaica Bay |
| Brown Thrasher | Toxostoma rufum | Central Park, Jamaica Bay |
| Eastern Bluebird | Sialis sialis | Central Park 11/17/12 |
| American Robin | Turdus migratorius | Central Park, Jamaica Bay |
| Varied Thrush | Ixoreus naevius | Central Park |
| Veery | Catharus fuscescens | LIFE: Central Park, Jamaica Bay |
| Gray-cheeked Thrush | Catharus minimus | LIFE: Central Park |
| Bicknell's Thrush | Catharus bicknelli | LIFE: Central Park |
| Swainson's Thrush | Catharus ustulatus | LIFE: Central Park |
| Hermit Thrush | Catharus guttatus | Central Park |
| Wood Thrush | Hylocichla mustelina | Central Park |
| Blue-gray Gnatcatcher | Polioptila caerulea | Central Park, Jamaica Bay |
| Black-capped Chickadee | Parus atricapilla | Central Park |
| Tufted Titmouse | Baeolophus bicolor | Central Park |
| White-breasted Nuthatch | Sitta carolinensis | Central Park |
| Red-breasted Nuthatch | Sitta canadensis | Central Park, Jamaica Bay |
| Brown Creeper | Certhia americana | LIFE: Central Park |
| Eastern Meadowlark | Sturnella magna | Jamaica Bay |
| Red-winged Blackbird | Agelaius tricolor | Central Park, Jamaica Bay |
| Rusty Blackbird | Euphagus carolinus | LIFE: Central Park |
| Common Grackle | Quiscalus quiscula | Central Park, Jamaica Bay |
| Boat-tailed Grackle | Quiscalus major | Jamaica Bay |
| Orchard Oriole | Icterus spurius | Central Park |
| Baltimore Oriole | Icterus galbula | Central Park, Jamaica Bay |
| Scott's Oriole | Icterus parisorum | Union Sq Park |
| Northern Cardinal | Cardinalis cardinalis | Central Park, Jamaica Bay |
| Summer Tanager | Piranga rubra | Central Park |
| Scarlet Tanager | Piranga olivacea | Central Park, Jamaica Bay |
| Western Tanager | Piranga ludoviciana | Central Park |
| Rose-breasted Grosbeak | Pheucticus ludovicianus | Central Park |
| Blue Grosbeak | Passerina caerulea | Central Park |
| Indigo Bunting | Passerina cyanea | Central Park |
| Painted Bunting | Passerina ciris | Prospect Park |
| House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | Central Park, Jamaica Bay |
| Purple Finch | Carpodacus purpureus | LIFE: Central Park |
| House Finch | Carpodacus mexicanus | Central Park, Jamaica Bay |
| Common Redpoll | Carduelis flammea | Central Park, Jamaica Bay |
| Pine Siskin | Carduelis pinus | Central Park, LIFE: Jamaica Bay |
| American Goldfinch | Carduelis tristis | Central Park, Jamaica Bay |
| Eastern Towhee | Pipilo erythrophthalmus | Central Park, Jamaica Bay |
| Dark-eyed Junco | Junco hyemalis | Central Park |
| American Tree Sparrow | Spizelloides arborea | Central Park, Jamaica Bay |
| Chipping Sparrow | Spizella passerina | Central Park, Jamaica Bay |
| Clay-colored Sparrow | Spizella pallida | Central Park |
| Field Sparrow | Spizella pusilla | LIFE: Central Park, Jamaica Bay |
| Lark Sparrow | Chondestes grammacus | Central Park |
| Savannah Sparrow | Passerculus sandwichensis | Central Park, Jamaica Bay |
| Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow | Ammospiza nelsoni (nelsoni) | Central Park |
| Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow | Ammospiza caudacuta | Central Park |
| Fox Sparrow | Passerella iliaca | Central Park |
| White-crowned Sparrow | Zonotrichia leucophrys | Central Park, Jamaica Bay |
| White-throated Sparrow | Zonotrichia albicollis | Central Park, Jamaica Bay |
| Swamp Sparrow | Melospiza georgiana | LIFE: Central Park, Jamaica Bay |
| Lincoln's Sparrow | Melospiza lincolnii | LIFE: Central Park |
| Song Sparrow | Melospiza melodia | Central Park, Jamaica Bay |
| Snow Bunting | Plectrophenax nivalis | Jamaica Bay, Breezy Point |