Birds of North Yorkshire
408 bird species have been recorded in North Yorkshire on the eBird network — explore the 408 in the Birbs encyclopedia, and see which are being reported near you right now.
408 bird species have been recorded in North Yorkshire on eBird, the global citizen-science database run by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. 408 of them have a full profile in the Birbs encyclopedia — start with the well-known birds below, browse the complete list, then check which are being reported near you right now.
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Birds to know first
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melba
American Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
American Golden PloverPluvialis dominica
American WigeonMareca americana
Amur StonechatSaxicola stejnegeri
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
Arctic WarblerPhylloscopus borealis
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arctica
Australian ShelduckTadorna tadornoides
Baird’s SandpiperCalidris bairdii
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
Balearic ShearwaterPuffinus mauretanicus
Bar-headed GooseAnser indicus
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
Barn OwlTyto alba
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
Barred WarblerCurruca nisoria
Bearded ReedlingPanurus biarmicus
Black GrouseLyrurus tetrix
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle
Black KiteMilvus migrans
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
Black ScoterMelanitta americana
Black StorkCiconia nigra
Black SwanCygnus atratus
Black TernChlidonias niger
Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Black-legged KittiwakeRissa tridactyla
The full checklist — 408 birds of North Yorkshire in our library
- Alpine Swift
- American Cliff Swallow
- American Golden Plover
- American Wigeon
- Amur Stonechat
- Arctic Tern
- Arctic Warbler
- Atlantic Puffin
- Australian Shelduck
- Baird’s Sandpiper
- Bald Eagle
- Balearic Shearwater
- Bar-headed Goose
- Bar-tailed Godwit
- Barn Owl
- Barn Swallow
- Barnacle Goose
- Barred Warbler
- Bearded Reedling
- Black Grouse
- Black Guillemot
- Black Kite
- Black Redstart
- Black Scoter
- Black Stork
- Black Swan
- Black Tern
- Black-crowned Night Heron
- Black-headed Gull
- Black-legged Kittiwake
- Black-necked Grebe
- Black-tailed Godwit
- Black-throated Loon
- Black-throated Thrush
- Black-winged Stilt
- Blue-winged Teal
- Bluethroat
- Blyth’s Reed Warbler
- Bohemian Waxwing
- Bonaparte’s Gull
- Booted Warbler
- Brambling
- Brant Goose
- Broad-billed Sandpiper
- Brown Booby
- Brown Shrike
- Budgerigar
- Buff-breasted Sandpiper
- Bufflehead
- Canada Goose
- Canvasback
- Carrion Crow
- Caspian Gull
- Caspian Tern
- Cetti’s Warbler
- Chilean Flamingo
- Cinnamon Teal
- Citrine Wagtail
- Coal Tit
- Cockatiel
- Collared Flycatcher
- Collared Pratincole
- Common Blackbird
- Common Buzzard
- Common Chiffchaff
- Common Crane
- Common Cuckoo
- Common Eider
- Common Firecrest
- Common Goldeneye
- Common Grasshopper Warbler
- Common Greenshank
- Common Gull
- Common Hoopoe
- Common Kestrel
- Common Kingfisher
- Common Linnet
- Common Loon
- Common Merganser
- Common Moorhen
- Common Murre
- Common Nightingale
- Common Pheasant
- Common Pochard
- Common Quail
- Common Redshank
- Common Redstart
- Common Reed Bunting
- Common Reed Warbler
- Common Ringed Plover
- Common Rosefinch
- Common Sandpiper
- Common Scoter
- Common Shelduck
- Common Snipe
- Common Starling
- Common Swift
- Common Tern
- Common Whitethroat
- Common Wood Pigeon
- Corn Bunting
- Corn Crake
- Cory’s Shearwater
- Curlew Sandpiper
- Dartford Warbler
- Desert Wheatear
- Dunlin
- Dunnock
- Dusky Warbler
- Eastern Crowned Warbler
- Eastern Olivaceous Warbler
- Eastern Subalpine Warbler
- Egyptian Goose
- Emperor Goose
- Eurasian Bittern
- Eurasian Blackcap
- Eurasian Blue Tit
- Eurasian Bullfinch
- Eurasian Chaffinch
- Eurasian Collared Dove
- Eurasian Coot
- Eurasian Curlew
- Eurasian Dotterel
- Eurasian Eagle-Owl
- Eurasian Golden Oriole
- Eurasian Goshawk
- Eurasian Hobby
- Eurasian Jay
- Eurasian Magpie
- Eurasian Nuthatch
- Eurasian Oystercatcher
- Eurasian Penduline Tit
- Eurasian Siskin
- Eurasian Skylark
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk
- Eurasian Spoonbill
- Eurasian Stone-curlew
- Eurasian Teal
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow
- Eurasian Treecreeper
- Eurasian Whimbrel
- Eurasian Wigeon
- Eurasian Woodcock
- Eurasian Wren
- Eurasian Wryneck
- European Bee-eater
- European Golden Plover
- European Goldfinch
- European Green Woodpecker
- European Greenfinch
- European Herring Gull
- European Honey Buzzard
- European Nightjar
- European Pied Flycatcher
- European Red-rumped Swallow
- European Robin
- European Rock Pipit
- European Roller
- European Serin
- European Shag
- European Stonechat
- European Storm Petrel
- European Turtle Dove
- Ferruginous Duck
- Fieldfare
- Franklin’s Gull
- Gadwall
- Garden Warbler
- Garganey
- Glaucous Gull
- Glaucous-winged Gull
- Glossy Ibis
- Goldcrest
- Golden Eagle
- Golden Pheasant
- Great Black-backed Gull
- Great Cormorant
- Great Crested Grebe
- Great Egret
- Great Grey Shrike
- Great Knot
- Great Reed Warbler
- Great Shearwater
- Great Skua
- Great Snipe
- Great Spotted Woodpecker
- Great Tit
- Great White Pelican
- Greater Sand Plover
- Greater Scaup
- Greater Short-toed Lark
- Greater White-fronted Goose
- Green Sandpiper
- Greenish Warbler
- Grey Heron
- Grey Partridge
- Grey Plover
- Grey Wagtail
- Greylag Goose
- Gull-billed Tern
- Gyrfalcon
- Harris’s Hawk
- Hawfinch
- Helmeted Guineafowl
- Hen Harrier
- Hooded Crow
- Hooded Merganser
- Horned Grebe
- Horned Lark
- House Sparrow
- Hume’s Leaf Warbler
- Iberian Chiffchaff
- Iceland Gull
- Icterine Warbler
- Indian Peafowl
- Isabelline Wheatear
- Ivory Gull
- Jack Snipe
- Kentish Plover
- King Eider
- Lanceolated Warbler
- Lanner Falcon
- Lapland Longspur
- Laughing Gull
- Leach’s Storm Petrel
- Lesser Black-backed Gull
- Lesser Grey Shrike
- Lesser Scaup
- Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
- Lesser White-fronted Goose
- Lesser Whitethroat
- Lesser Yellowlegs
- Little Auk
- Little Bunting
- Little Egret
- Little Grebe
- Little Gull
- Little Owl
- Little Ringed Plover
- Little Stint
- Little Tern
- Long-billed Dowitcher
- Long-eared Owl
- Long-tailed Duck
- Long-tailed Jaeger
- Long-tailed Tit
- Mallard
- Mandarin Duck
- Manx Shearwater
- Marbled Duck
- Marsh Sandpiper
- Marsh Tit
- Marsh Warbler
- Meadow Pipit
- Mediterranean Gull
- Merlin
- Mistle Thrush
- Montagu’s Harrier
- Muscovy Duck
- Mute Swan
- Northern Fulmar
- Northern Gannet
- Northern Lapwing
- Northern Pintail
- Northern Raven
- Northern Shoveler
- Northern Wheatear
- Olive-backed Pipit
- Ortolan Bunting
- Osprey
- Pacific Loon
- Pallas’s Leaf Warbler
- Pallid Harrier
- Pallid Swift
- Parasitic Jaeger
- Parrot Crossbill
- Pechora Pipit
- Pectoral Sandpiper
- Peregrine Falcon
- Pied Avocet
- Pied Wheatear
- Pied-billed Grebe
- Pine Bunting
- Pink-footed Goose
- Pomarine Jaeger
- Purple Heron
- Purple Sandpiper
- Radde’s Warbler
- Razorbill
- Red Crossbill
- Red Grouse
- Red Kite
- Red Knot
- Red Phalarope
- Red-backed Shrike
- Red-billed Chough
- Red-breasted Flycatcher
- Red-breasted Goose
- Red-breasted Merganser
- Red-crested Pochard
- Red-flanked Bluetail
- Red-footed Falcon
- Red-headed Bunting
- Red-legged Partridge
- Red-necked Grebe
- Red-necked Phalarope
- Red-tailed Hawk
- Red-throated Loon
- Red-throated Pipit
- Redpoll
- Redwing
- Reeves’s Pheasant
- Richard’s Pipit
- Ring Ouzel
- Ring-billed Gull
- Ring-necked Duck
- Ringed Teal
- Rock Dove
- Rook
- Rose-ringed Parakeet
- Roseate Tern
- Ross’s Goose
- Ross’s Gull
- Rosy Starling
- Rough-legged Buzzard
- Ruddy Duck
- Ruddy Shelduck
- Ruddy Turnstone
- Ruff
- Rustic Bunting
- Sabine’s Gull
- Saker Falcon
- Sand Martin
- Sanderling
- Sandwich Tern
- Sardinian Warbler
- Savi’s Warbler
- Sedge Warbler
- Short-billed Dowitcher
- Short-eared Owl
- Siberian Accentor
- Siberian Stonechat
- Smew
- Snow Bunting
- Snow Goose
- Soft-plumaged Petrel
- Song Thrush
- Sooty Shearwater
- Sooty Tern
- Spectacled Warbler
- Spotted Crake
- Spotted Flycatcher
- Spotted Redshank
- Spotted Sandpiper
- Squacco Heron
- Stock Dove
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
- Surf Scoter
- Swan Goose
- Taiga Bean Goose
- Tawny Owl
- Tawny Pipit
- Temminck’s Stint
- Tree Pipit
- Tufted Duck
- Tundra Bean Goose
- Tundra Swan
- Twite
- Two-barred Crossbill
- Two-barred Warbler
- Upland Goose
- Velvet Scoter
- Water Pipit
- Water Rail
- Western Bonelli’s Warbler
- Western Cattle Egret
- Western House Martin
- Western Jackdaw
- Western Marsh Harrier
- Western Subalpine Warbler
- Western Yellow Wagtail
- Whinchat
- Whiskered Tern
- White Stork
- White Wagtail
- White-faced Whistling Duck
- White-headed Duck
- White-headed Munia
- White-rumped Sandpiper
- White-tailed Eagle
- White-throated Dipper
- White-throated Needletail
- White-winged Tern
- Whooper Swan
- Willow Tit
- Willow Warbler
- Wilson’s Phalarope
- Wood Duck
- Wood Sandpiper
- Wood Warbler
- Woodchat Shrike
- Woodlark
- Yellow-billed Loon
- Yellow-breasted Bunting
- Yellow-browed Warbler
- Yellow-fronted Canary
- Yellow-legged Gull
- Yellowhammer
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Species lists and counts come from the eBird network; "recorded" means reported by birders to eBird. Tap any bird for its full profile, photos, sounds and ID notes.
Frequently asked questions
How many bird species are in North Yorkshire?
408 species have been recorded in North Yorkshire on eBird; 408 of them have a full profile on Birbs.
Where can I see birds in North Yorkshire right now?
Use the Birds Near You tool to see species reported near you in the last few days, or browse the full checklist on this page.