NYSARC
New York State Avian Records Committee

Below is a current list of bird species which should be written in report format and submitted to NYSARC for review.

Send written reports of rare bird sightings to:

Jim Lowe
NYS Avian Records Committee (NYSARC)
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
159 Sapsucker Woods Road
Ithaca, NY 14850


1. Any species new to New York State.
 
2. Any addition to the list of species proven to nest in New York State.
 
3. Any of the following species found anywhere within New York State:
Pacific Loon
Yellow-billed Loon
Western Grebe
Yellow-nosed Albatross
Black-capped Petrel
Mottled Petrel
Herald Petrel
Audubon's Shearwater
White-faced Storm-Petrel
Leach's Storm-Petrel
White-tailed Tropicbird
Red-billed Tropicbird
Brown Booby
American White Pelican
Brown Pelican
Anhinga
Magnificent Frigatebird
Reddish Egret
White Ibis
White-faced
Ibis
Roseate Spoonbill
Wood Stork
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
Ross's Goose
"Black" Brant
Barnacle Goose
Cinnamon Teal
Smew
Black Vulture
Swallow-tailed Kite
White-tailed Kite
Mississippi Kite
Swainson's Hawk
Gyrfalcon
Yellow Rail
Corn Crake
King Rail
Azure Gallinule
Sandhill Crane
Northern Lapwing
Wilson's Plover
Spotted Redshank
Wood Sandpiper
Eskimo Curlew
Whimbrel (white-rumped races only)
Eurasian Curlew
Long-billed Curlew
Bar-tailed Godwit
Red-necked Stint
Little Stint,
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
Long-tailed Jaeger
Great Skua
South Polar Skua
Mew Gull
California Gull
Thayer's Gull
Slaty-backed Gull
Ross' Gull,
Ivory Gull
Sandwich Tern
Arctic Tern
Bridled Tern
Sooty Tern,
White-winged Tern
Common Murre
Marbled Murrelet
Ancient Murrelet
Atlantic Puffin
White-winged Dove
Northern Hawk Owl
Burrowing Owl
Great Gray Owl
Boreal Owl
Rufous Hummingbird
Say's Phoebe
Vermilion Flycatcher
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Gray Kingbird
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
Fork-tailed Flycatcher
Cave Swallow
Black-billed Magpie,
Brown-headed Nuthatch
Rock Wren
Bewick's Wren
Northern Wheatear
Mountain Bluebird
Townsend's Solitaire
Bicknell's Thrush
Fieldfare
Redwing
Sage Thrasher
Bell's Vireo
"Audubon's" Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Gray Warbler
Townsend's Warbler
Swainson's Warbler
Painted Redstart
Western Tanager
Black-headed Grosbeak
Painted Bunting,
Green-tailed Towhee
Spotted Towhee
Bachman's Sparrow
Lark Bunting,
Baird's Sparrow
Le Conte's Sparrow
Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Harris' Sparrow
Smith's Longspur,
Chestnut-collared Longspur
Brewer's Blackbird
Bullock's Oriole
Brambling
Hoary Redpoll
 
4. The following species from upstate New York only:
Any species of shearwater
Any species of storm-petrel
Northern Gannet
Great Cormorant
Tricolored Heron
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
Tufted Duck
Common Eider
Black Rail,
Clapper Rail
Purple Gallinule
Piping Plover
American Oystercatcher
Black-necked Stilt
American Avocet
Marbled Godwit
Curlew Sandpiper
Gull-billed Tern
Royal Tern
Roseate Tern
Black Skimmer
Any species of alcid
Chuck-will's-widow
Western Kingbird
Yellow-throated Warbler
Summer Tanager
Blue Grosbeak
Lark Sparrow
Savannah "Ipswich" Sparrow
Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow
Seaside Sparrow
Boat-tailed Grackle
 
5. The following species away from the Adirondacks:
Spruce Grouse
Three-toed Woodpecker
Black-backed Woodpecker
Gray Jay
 
6. The following species for spring reports only:
Western Sandpiper (upstate New York only)
Baird's Sandpiper
Sabine's Gull
 
7. Any reports of birds seen out of season at least four weeks before early arrivals or four weeks after late departures, as summarized in John Bull's Birds of New York State (1974) or the Supplement to Birds of New York State (1976).
 

Created by: Jody Hildreth
Copyright © 2000 [Kirkland Bird Club]. All rights reserved.
Revised: January 09, 2000.