Summer Birds in Rhode Island

Percent of complete checklists in Rhode Island that reported the bird during these weeks, 2016–2025 (35,700 checklists). It shows how likely you are to list the bird, not how many there are. Methods.

1. 1Song Sparrow58%
2. 2Gray Catbird57%
3. 3American Robin52%
4. 4American Goldfinch49%
5. 5Double-crested Cormorant44%
6. 6Mourning Dove44%
7. 7American Herring Gull44%
8. 8Osprey42%
9. 9Northern Cardinal41%
10. 10Red-winged Blackbird40%
11. 11Barn Swallow35%
12. 12Common Grackle33%
13. 13Blue Jay32%
14. 14Black-capped Chickadee32%
15. 15Great Black-backed Gull31%
16. 16Carolina Wren31%
17. 17American Crow30%
18. 18House Sparrow30%
19. 19Great Egret30%
20. 20Northern Yellow Warbler30%
21. 21Tree Swallow28%
22. 22European Starling27%
23. 23Common Yellowthroat26%
24. 24Tufted Titmouse25%
25. 25House Finch24%
26. 26Great Blue Heron23%
27. 27Cedar Waxwing23%
28. 28Downy Woodpecker22%
29. 29Common Tern21%
30. 30Laughing Gull20%
31. 31Mallard20%
32. 32Ring-billed Gull19%
33. 33Canada Goose19%
34. 34Eastern Towhee18%
35. 35White-breasted Nuthatch18%
36. 36Chimney Swift18%
37. 37Northern Mockingbird18%
38. 38Snowy Egret18%
39. 39Chipping Sparrow17%
40. 40Willet16%
41. 41Semipalmated Plover16%
42. 42Semipalmated Sandpiper16%
43. 43Least Sandpiper16%
44. 44Least Tern15%
45. 45Northern House Wren15%
46. 46Eastern Kingbird13%
47. 47Fish Crow13%
48. 48Ruby-throated Hummingbird13%
49. 49Red-eyed Vireo13%
50. 50Northern Flicker13%
51. 51Eastern Wood-Pewee13%
52. 52Brown-headed Cowbird13%
53. 53Red-bellied Woodpecker12%
54. 54Spotted Sandpiper12%
55. 55Great Crested Flycatcher11%
56. 56Green Heron11%
57. 57Piping Plover11%
58. 58Baltimore Oriole11%
59. 59Greater Yellowlegs10%

• Great Black-backed Gullfirst arrivals mid June, peaks early August
• Great Blue Heronfirst arrivals early July, peaks mid August
• Least Sandpiperfirst arrivals late June, peaks the second week of August
• American Black Duckfirst arrivals early August, peaks the second week of December
• Savannah Sparrowfirst arrivals late August, peaks the second week of October
• Belted Kingfisherfirst arrivals the second week of August, peaks late September
• Sanderlingfirst arrivals the second week of July, peaks the second week of August
• Cooper's Hawkfirst arrivals late July, peaks the second week of October
• Lesser Yellowlegsfirst arrivals late June, peaks the second week of August
• Northern Harrierfirst arrivals the second week of August, peaks the second week of December
• Merlinfirst arrivals late August, peaks mid September
• Forster's Ternfirst arrivals early July, peaks mid August

• American Robinmost gone by mid July
• Northern Yellow Warblermost gone by late July
• Red-winged Blackbirdmost gone by early August
• Common Gracklemost gone by the second week of August
• Baltimore Oriolemost gone by mid June
• Barn Swallowmost gone by late August
• Brown-headed Cowbirdmost gone by the second week of July
• Great Crested Flycatchermost gone by early July
• Eastern Towheemost gone by early July
• Ovenbirdmost gone by early July
• Chimney Swiftmost gone by late August
• Northern Parulamost gone by the second week of June

60. 60Killdeer9.9%