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Overview

Birds

Notable Species

Over 400 species have been recorded in New York; about 250 currently breed in the state.

Rarities

Fulvous Whistling-Duck (16 records), Barnacle Goose (accepted but hard to say how many records are of wild origin), Tufted Duck (annual), Pacific Loon (13 records), Yellow-billed Loon (2 records), Eared Grebe (annual), Western Grebe (9 records), Yellow-nosed Albatross (2 records), Black-capped Petrel (12 records), Mottled Petrel (1 record), Herald Petrel (1 record), White-faced Storm-Petrel (11 records), White-tailed Tropicbird (6 records), Red-billed Tropicbird (1 record), Brown Booby (14 records), American White Pelican (annual), Anhinga (3 records), Magnificent Frigatebird (19 records), Reddish Egret (2 records), White Ibis (26 records), White-faced Ibis (13 records), Roseate Spoonbill (1 record), Wood Stork (21 records), Swallow-tailed Kite (30+ records), White-tailed Kite (1 record), Mississippi Kite (33+ records), Swainson's Hawk (65+ records), Gyrfalcon (100+ records), Yellow Rail (few records but probably regular migrant), Black Rail (very rare breeder with very few records), Corn Crake (6 records), Purple Gallinule (29+ records), Azure Gallinule (1 record), Northern Lapwing (5 records), Pacific Golden-Plover (1 record), Wilson's Plover, Black-necked Stilt, American Avocet (annual), Spotted Redshank, Wood Sandpiper, Eurasian Curlew, Long-billed Curlew, Black-tailed Godwit, Bar-tailed Godwit, Red-necked Stint, Little Stint, Curlew Sandpiper, Broad-billed Sandpiper, Ruff, Franklin's Gull, Black-headed Gull (annual), Black-tailed Gull, Mew Gull, California Gull, Thayer's Gull, Slaty-backed Gull, Ross's Gull, Ivory Gull, Sooty Tern, Bridled Tern, White-winged Tern, Arctic Tern (annual on Long Island), Sandwich Tern, Great Skua, South Polar Skua, Long-tailed Jaeger, Common Murre, Thick-billed Murre

Areas in New York

Niagara Frontier (Kingbird Region 1) Includes Niagara, Erie, Chautauqua, Cattaraugus, Allegany counties as well as the western half of Orleans, Geneseo and Wyoming counties. This region is best known for its wide selection of Gulls found along the Niagara river in fall and winter. Ross's Goose and Greater White-fronted Goose are recorded annually in this area. The southern part of this region is the one area in the state where Yellow-throated Warbler are usually found in at least a few locations, sometimes even nests. Many vagrants have been found in this region.

Genesee Region (Kingbird Region 2) Includes Monroe, Livingston, and Wayne counties as well as the eastern half of Orleans, Geneseo and Wyoming counties and the western half of Ontario county.

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