Birding spots · New York

Best Birding Spots in New York County, New York

Central Park leads New York County's birding spots with 244 species reported, best in spring. 185 spots in the county have enough data to rank.

Species counts are birds reported at least three times in that season at that spot, 2016–2025. Busy spots list more species simply because more people look, so compare the checklist counts. Spot names come from public map data and hotspot listings.

Spot	Species	Checklists	Winter	Spring	Summer	Fall
Central Park	244	25,287	128	222	141	196
Inwood Hill Park	215	10,120	97	175	125	173
Wards Island	211	2,616	104	170	90	177
Nyc Open Space 284	210	3,525	89	165	101	162
Central Park (north 2)	207	6,943	85	184	114	170
Central Park (north)	202	16,111	85	188	122	159
Central Park (Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Reservoir)	175	5,899	98	140	65	103
Central Park (The Pool)	173	4,515	61	154	97	139
Central Park (north 3)	166	4,330	61	154	91	140
Central Park (The Pond)	160	3,408	69	130	83	125
Central Park (Turtle Pond)	156	2,930	52	135	73	121
Central Park (north 7)	149	899	41	140	61	108
Central Park (Great Hill)	148	1,295	35	134	37	111
Fort Tryon Park	145	2,885	64	125	73	120
Central Park (Harsenville (historical))	140	1,361	34	127	51	112
Central Park (north 13)	140	597	36	115	38	106
The Battery	138	2,247	56	114	56	111
Sherman Creek	138	1,266	61	96	75	99
Central Park (north 8)	137	896	49	104	60	108
Central Park (north 14)	137	580	36	120	47	89
Central Park (north 5)	136	1,025	50	101	44	101
Central Park (north 10)	134	789	60	105	23	79
Randall's Island Park	134	522	69	62	46	87
Central Park (Manhattan)	133	1,396	48	95	36	106
Central Park (Harlem Meer)	132	1,215	54	108	45	92
Central Park (north 16)	131	554	37	110	38	79
Central Park (Upper West Side)	130	754	20	119	26	80
Carl Schurz Park	129	1,820	62	112	42	94
Central Park (north 15)	129	571	47	108	43	83
Central Park (The Lake)	126	775	51	110	42	66
Riverside Park	125	1,293	52	106	45	82
Central Park (north 11)	125	709	36	73	43	106
Central Park (north 9)	124	866	40	75	32	106
Highbridge Park	121	646	42	104	42	99
Central Park (Le Petit Senegal)	119	533	21	116	17	59
Morningside Park	118	1,518	51	105	42	86
Tompkins Square Park	117	1,659	32	104	47	89
Central Park (north 17)	117	426	40	95	32	69
Fort Washington Park	117	344	39	35	56	95
Central Park (north 4)	115	1,066	37	94	27	74
Central Park (north 12)	115	603	25	91	31	82
Stuyvesant Cove Park	113	2,439	54	96	39	89
Central Park (north 21)	113	277	20	91	36	76
Central Park (north 20)	112	305	31	82	39	90
Bryant Park	111	4,783	35	91	46	85
Hudson River Park (Chelsea)	111	453	28	90	28	74
Central Park (Great Lawn)	111	447	42	79	28	66
Central Park (north 18)	111	416	30	99	29	55
Riverside Park (Upper West Side)	110	679	44	98	38	73
Inwood Hill Park (Tubby Hook)	107	255	38	43	39	85