United States · New York
Rockefeller SP Preserve
206 species and 187,013 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April–May and September, with up to 144 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
BuffleheadBucephala albeola
American RobinTurdus migratorius
MallardAnas platyrhynchosSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Croton Point Park10 km262 species
- Marshlands Conservancy21 km268 species
- The Celery Farm26 km255 species
- Inwood Hill Park27 km257 species
- Halifax Road29 km213 species
- Central Park – North End36 km230 species
All 206 species recorded here
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Fish Crow Corvus ossifragus
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- American Black Duck Anas rubripes
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Eastern Screech Owl Megascops asio
- Cerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- American Coot Fulica americana
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- American Woodcock Scolopax minor
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Ruffed Grouse Bonasa umbellus
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Northern Shrike Lanius borealis
- Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Connecticut Warbler Oporornis agilis
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Rockefeller SP Preserve?
April–May and September. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 144 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Rockefeller SP Preserve?
206 species, from 187,013 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Rockefeller SP Preserve in November?
The most recorded in November: Blue Jay, White-throated Sparrow, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Black-capped Chickadee and White-breasted Nuthatch.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.