List of Species to be Reported to NYSARC
Last Updated 7/15/23

The New York State Avian Records Committee (NYSARC) will review reports of:

1. Any species new to New York State (not included in the current checklist).

2. Any addition to the list of species proven to nest in New York State (not having an '*' in the current checklist).

3. Any of the species listed below, according to the notations:

N	Anywhere within New York State.
U	In upstate New York.
D	In downstate New York.
A	Outside of the Adirondacks.
P	Outside of the pelagic zone but within New York State. The pelagic zone begins 3 [statute] miles from shore and extends to the 200 nautical mile mark, with state boundary lines calculated using the NPoL/CPoL (Nearest/Closest Point of Land) method
S	Anywhere in New York State in spring. “D” or “U” following “S” indicates downstate or upstate the rest of the year as well.

4. Reports of rarely-documented subspecies (for example, Audubon's Warbler Dendroica coronata auduboni) or extreme out-of-season records (for example, wintering Veery, Catharus fuscescens), may also be reviewed at the committee's discretion. In such cases, documentation should be accompanied by a cover-letter outlining the potential significance of the record.

Other notations

* Species known to breed, to have bred, or to have established breeding in New York State

I  Introduced

If you are in doubt as to whether a record for a species that is not listed on this page should be reviewed by NYSARC, please don't hesitate to contact the NYSARC chairperson at the address given below.

All documentation should be submitted to the New York State Avian Records Committee at:
     Gary Chapin, Secretary for NYSARC
     125 Pine Springs Drive
     Ticonderoga, NY 12883
or email:

Please use our convenient online reporting form if possible, which allows you to fill out the entire report online and submit any digital files directly from this website.  Alternatively, you can print a paper form, fill it out, and send it in, or just send the required documention (without the form) to the postal address or email address specified above.

(reviewed on 15 July 2023 to incorporate AOS 64th Supplement changes to Northern Goshawk (now American) and Pacific-slope Flycatcher (now lumped with Cordilleran Flycatcher into Western).

ANSERIFORMES

Black-bellied Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis (N) ADDED 5/24/11
Fulvous Whistling-Duck D. bicolor (N)
Ross's Goose Anser rossii (N)   REMOVED 9/2005
Greater White-fronted Goose, "Interior" Anser albifrons frontalis/gambeli/elgasi/sponsa (D)    ADDED 4/2020
Greater White-fronted Goose, "Greenland" A. albifrons flavirostris (U)  ADDED 4/2020
Tundra Bean-Goose A. serrirostris (N)   ADDED 11/2021
Pink-footed Goose A. brachyrhynchus (N)  
Black Brant Branta bernicla nigricans (N)
Barnacle Goose B. leucopsis (U) CHANGED FROM N, 10/2017
Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator (D) *   ADDED 2011; BREEDING INDICATOR (*) ADDED 11/2021
Garganey Spatula querquedula (N) ADDED 10/2017
Cinnamon Teal S. cyanoptera (N)
Green-winged Teal, "Eurasian" Anas crecca crecca (N)   REMOVED 4/24/20
Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula (D)  CHANGED FROM (U) 11/2022
Common Eider Somateria mollissima (U) *
Smew Mergellus albellus (N)

GALLIFORMES
Spruce Grouse Canachites canadensis (A) *    Changed from Falcipennis, AOS 62nd supplement  6/2021
Willow Ptarmigan Lagopus lagopus (N) ADDED 2015
Gray Partridge Perdix perdix (I, N) * ADDED 10/2017
 
PODICIPEDIFORMES
Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis (N)
Clark's Grebe A. clarkii (N)   ADDED 12/21/18

 

COLUMBIFORMES
Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata (N)
Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto (N) ADDED 2007
Inca Dove Columbina inca (N) ADDED 12/9/19
Common Ground Dove C. passerina (N)   5/24/11
White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica (N)

 

CAPRIMULGIFORMES
Chuck-will's-widow Antrostomus carolinensis (U) *

 

APODIFORMES
Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna (N)
Calliope Hummingbird Selasphorus calliope (N)
Rufous Hummingbird S. rufus (N)
Broad-billed Hummingbird Cynanthus latirostris (N)

 

GRUIFORMES
Clapper Rail Rallus crepitans (U) *
King Rail  R. elegans (N) *
Corn Crake Crex crex (N)
Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinicus (N)
Azure Gallinule P. flavirostris (N)
Yellow Rail Coturnicops noveboracensis (N)
Black Rail Laterallus jamaicensis (N) * CHANGED FROM U, 10/2017
Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis (N) *   REMOVED 2000

 

CHARADRIIFORMES
Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus (N) ADDED 2000
American Avocet Recurvirostra americana (U)   REMOVED 9/2005
American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus (U) *
Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus (N)
Pacific Golden-Plover Pluvialis fulva (N) ADDED 2007
Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula (N)
Piping Plover C. melodus (U) *   REMOVED 11/6/2021
Wilson's Plover C. wilsonia (N)
Snowy Plover C. nivosus (N)   ADDED 11/2021
Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus (N)
Eurasian Curlew N. arquata (N)
Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica (N)
Black-tailed Godwit L. limosa (N)
Marbled Godwit L. fedoa (U)   REMOVED 10/2017
Ruff Calidris pugnax (N)   ADDED 9/2006
Broad-billed Sandpiper C. falcinellus (N)
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper C. acuminata (N)
Curlew Sandpiper C. ferruginea (N)  ADDED 9/2005
Red-necked Stint C. ruficollis (N)
Baird's Sandpiper C. bairdii (S)
Little Stint C. minuta (N)
Western Sandpiper C. mauri (S,U)
Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus (N)
Common Greenshank T. nebularia (N)  ADDED 2021
Wood Sandpiper T. glareola (N)
Great Skua Stercorarius skua (N)
South Polar Skua S. maccormicki (N)
Long-tailed Jaeger S. longicaudus (P) CHANGED FROM N, 10/2017
Dovekie Alle alle (U)
Common Murre Uria aalge (P)   CHANGED FROM N, 10/2017
Thick-billed Murre U. lomvia (N)
Razorbill Alca torda (U)
Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle (U)
Long-billed Murrelet Brachyramphus perdix (N)
Ancient Murrelet Synthliboramphus antiquus (N)
Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica (N)
Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea (N)
Sabine's Gull Xema sabini (S, D)   CHANGED FROM S, 10/2017
Gray-hooded Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus (N)   ADDED 10/2011
Ross's Gull Rhodostethia rosea (N)
Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan (D)   CHANGED FROM N, 10/2017
Black-tailed Gull Larus crassirostris (N)
Mew Gull L. canus (N)     REPLACED 8/2021 -- SPLIT into Common and Short-billed, AOS 62nd supplement  6/2021
Common Gull L. canus (N)
Short-billed Gull L. brachyrhynchus (N)
Western Gull L. occidentalis (N)
California Gull L. californicus (N)
Thayer's Gull L. thayeri (N)   REMOVED 7/10/17 after lump into Iceland Gull, AOS 58th supplement
"Thayer's" Iceland Gull L.glaucoides thayeri (N) ADDED 7/19/18 after species lump in AOS 58th supplement

Slaty-backed Gull L. schistisagus (N)
Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus (N)
Bridled Tern O. anaethetus (N)
Least Tern Sternula antillarum (U) * ADDED 9/2010
Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica (U) *
White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus (N) *
Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii (U) *
Arctic Tern S. paradisaea (N except Cupsogue) (U) UPDATED 10/2017; 4/2020
Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus (U)
Sandwich Tern T. sandvicensis (U)  CHANGED FROM N, 4/2020
Elegant Tern T. elegans (N) ADDED 2015
Cayenne Tern T. sandvicensis eurygnatha (N)
Black Skimmer Rynchops niger (U) *

 

PHAETHONTIFORMES
White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus (N)
Red-billed Tropicbird P. aethereus (N)

 

GAVIIFORMES
Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica (N)
Yellow-billed Loon G. adamsii (N)

 

PROCELLARIIFORMES SEQUENCE CHANGED per AOS 59th 6/28/18
Yellow-nosed Albatross Thalassarche chlororhynchos (N)
Wilson's Storm-Petrel Oceanites oceanicus (U)
White-faced Storm-Petrel Pelagodroma marina (N)
Leach's Storm-Petrel Hydrobates leucorhoa (P) CHANGED FROM N, 10/2017
Band-rumped Storm-Petrel H. castro (P) ADDED 2007; CHANGED FROM N, 4/2022
Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis (P) CHANGED FROM U, 4/2022
Trindade Petrel Pterodroma arminjoniana (N)  NAME CHANGED FROM HERALD PETREL PER AOU 7/2015
Mottled Petrel P. inexpectata (N)
Black-capped Petrel P. hasitata (N)
Fea's Petrel P. feae (N) Fea's/Zino's ADDED 2011; CHANGED to Fea's 2015
Cory's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea (U)
Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea (U)  GENUS SPLIT FROM PUFFINUS PER AOU 7/2016
Great Shearwater A. gravis (U)  GENUS SPLIT FROM PUFFINUS PER AOU 7/2016
Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus (U)
Audubon's Shearwater P. lherminieri (P) CHANGED FROM N, 10/2017

 

CICONIIFORMES
Wood Stork Mycteria americana (N)

 

SULIFORMES
Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens (N)
Brown Booby Sula leucogaster (N)
Northern Gannet Morus bassanus (U)   REMOVED 9/2005
Anhinga Anhinga anhinga (N)
Great Cormorant P. carbo (U)   REMOVED 2000
Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianus (N) ADDED 2015; genus changed from Phalacrocorax AOU 6/2021

 

PELECANIFORMES
American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos (D)   REMOVED 10/2017
Brown Pelican Pelecanus. occidentalis (U)
Little Egret Egretta garzetta (N)
Western Reef-Heron E. gularis (N)  
Tricolored Heron E. tricolor (U) *
Reddish Egret E. rufescens (N)
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron Nyctanassa violacea (U) *   REMOVED 9/2010
White Ibis Eudocimus albus (N)
White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi (N)
Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja (N)

 

CATHARTIFORMES
Black Vulture Coragyps atratus (N) *   REMOVED 2000

 

ACCIPTRIFORMES SEQUENCE CHANGED per AOS 59th 6/28/18
White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus (N)
Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus (N)
Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis (N) *
Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni (N)
Ferruginous Hawk B. regalis (N)   ADDED 11/2021

 

STRIGIFORMES
Northern Hawk Owl Surnia ulula (N)
Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia (N)
Great Gray Owl Strix nebulosa (N)
Boreal Owl Aegolius funereus (N)

 

PICIFORMES
Lewis's Woodpecker Melanerpes lewis (N)
Williamson's Sapsucker Sphyrapicus thyroideus (N)  ADDED 2007
American Three-toed Woodpecker Picoides dorsalis (N) * CHANGED FROM A, 2015
Black-backed Woodpecker P. arcticus (A) *

 

FALCONIFORMES
Crested Caracara Caracara plancus (N)  Lumped with Southern Caracara, species changed from cheriway AOS 62nd 6/2021
Gyrfalcon Falco rusticolus (N)

 

PASSERIFORMES            FAMILIES RESHUFFLED: SHRIKES THROUGH PASSERINES, AOS 62nd 6/2021
Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens (N)
Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus (N)  ADDED 8/2021
Couch's Kingbird T. couchii (N)  ADDED 2015
Cassin's Kingbird T. vociferans (N)
Western Kingbird T. verticalis (U)
Gray Kingbird T. dominicensis (N)
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher T. forficatus (N)
Fork-tailed Flycatcher T. savana (N)
Hammond's Flycatcher Empidonax hammondii (N)
Pacific-slope/Cordilleran Flycatcher E. difficilis/occidentalis (N)   ADDED 2007; REMOVED 10/2017
Western Flycatcher E. difficilis (N)  ADDED 10/2017; re-lump of Pacific-slope & Cordilleran by AOS 7/2023
Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya (N)
Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus (N)
Bell's Vireo Vireo bellii (N)
Cassin's Vireo V. cassinii (N)   ADDED 2007
Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus (N)*
Canada Jay Perisoreus canadensis (A) *  NAME CHANGED FROM GRAY JAY PER AOU 59TH 6/2018
Black-billed Magpie Pica hudsonia (N)
Boreal Chickadee Poecile hudsonicus (A)  ADDED 4/2022
Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina (N)   ADDED 11/2021
Gray-breasted Martin  Progne chalybea (N)  ADDED 11/2021
Cave Swallow Petrochelidon fulva (N)
Brown-headed Nuthatch Sitta pusilla (N)
Rock Wren Salpinctes obsoletus (N)
Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii (N) *
Sage Thrasher Oreoscoptes montanus (N)
Mountain Bluebird Sialia currucoides (N)
Townsend's Solitaire Myadestes townsendi (N)
Bicknell's Thrush Catharus bicknelli (N outside known breeding area) *
Fieldfare Turdus pilaris (N)
Redwing T. iliacus (N)
Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius (N)  ADDED 9/2005
Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe (N)
'Yellow' Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis/flava (N)  
Brambling Fringilla montifringilla (N)
Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch Leucosticte tephrocotis (N) ADDED 2011
Hoary Redpoll Acanthis hornemanni (D)
Chestnut-collared Longspur Calcarius ornatus (N)
Smith's Longspur C. pictus (N)

Cassin's Sparrow Peucaea cassinii (N)
Bachman's Sparrow P. aestivalis (N)
Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus (U)
Lark Bunting Calamospiza melanocorys (N)
White-crowned Sparrow, "Gambel's" Zonotrichia leucophrys gambelii (N) ADDED 4/2020
Golden-crowned Sparrow Z. atricapilla (N)
Harris's Sparrow Z. querula (N)
LeConte's Sparrow Ammospiza. leconteii (N) GENUS SPLIT FROM AMMODRAMUS PER AOS 6/2018
Seaside Sparrow A. maritima (U) * GENUS SPLIT FROM AMMODRAMUS & CHANGED FROM maritimus AOS 6/2018
Nelson's Sparrow A. nelsoni (N)   REMOVED 9/2005
Saltmarsh Sparrow A. caudacuta (U) * SPLIT FROM AMMODRAMUS & CHANGED FROM caudacutus AOS 6/2018
Baird's Sparrow Centronyx bairdii (N) GENUS SPLIT FROM AMMODRAMUS PER AOS 6/2018
Green-tailed Towhee Pipilo chlorurus (N)
Spotted Towhee P. maculatus (N)
Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus (N)
Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta (N) *  ADDED 9/2005
Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockii (N)
Scott's Oriole I. parisorum (N)
Bronzed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus (N)  ADDED 10/2017
Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus (N)
Boat-tailed Grackle Quiscalus major (U) *

Swainson's Warbler Limnothlypis swainsonii (N)
Virginia's Warbler Leiothlypis virginiae (N) ADDED 2014
MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei (N)
Kirtland's Warbler Setophaga kirtlandii (N) ADDED 2015
Yellow-throated Warbler S. dominica (N) *  REMOVED 9/2006
Grace's Warbler S. graciae (N) ADDED 2011
Black-throated Gray Warbler S. nigrescens (N)
Townsend's Warbler S. townsendi (N)
Hermit Warbler S. occidentalis (N)   ADDED 5/24/11
Painted Redstart Myioborus pictus (N)
Summer Tanager Piranga rubra (U) *  REMOVED 4/2020
Western Tanager P. ludoviciana (N)
Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus (N)
Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea (U) *
Lazuli Bunting P. amoena (N)
Painted Bunting P. ciris (N)