Orange birds can be found throughout New York if you know where to look. So if you’ve found yourself on this article I’ll be going over 7 different orange birds you can look out for in New York if you’re struggling to locate them.

• American Robin
• Red Breasted Nuthatch
• Barn Swallow
• Eastern Towhee
• American Kestrel
• Baltimore Oriole
• American Redstart

7 Orange Birds In New York

1. American Robin (Turdus Migratorius)

• Size: 12.5 – 14cm
• Weight: 16 – 22 grams
• Wingspan: 20 – 22cm

America robins can be found in New York year round. 

These robins are recognised by their gray wings, back and tail, black head, yellow beak, and orange belly/breast. Females have a far duller color scheme where the plumage that is black is mostly gray whilst the breast is a lighter orange.

American robins are often seen around woodlands, suburban backyards, parks, and grasslands with shrubs.

As for what they eat, it includes fruit, seeds, suet, crushed peanuts, sunflower hearts, raisins and a variety of insects like beetles, flies, worms among many others.

American robins tend to love for an average of 2 years in the wild although some can live upto 5 or 6 years

2. Red Breasted Nuthatch (Sitta Canadensis)

• Size: 11 – 13cm
• Weight: 9 – 13 grams
• Wingspan: 18 – 22cm

Red breasted nuthatches consider New York as one of their permanent residences within New York so you should see them in the state year round. 

These nuthatches are recognised but their rusty orange breast, their gray wings and back with a vertical black and white striped pattern on their head. Females are very similar in color scheme but their plumage has a more washed out look.

You can find a red breasted nuthatch around coniferous forests of spruce, fir, pine, hemlock, larch, and western red cedar.

As for what they eat, it includes insects and seeds where they mostly eat spiders in summer whilst in winter they chow down on a variety of different seeds, especially seeds in conifers.

The lifespan of a red breasted nuthatch is around 6 years on average.

3. Barn Swallow (Hirundo Rustica)

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• Size: 17 – 20cm
• Weight: 17 – 21 grams
• Wingspan: 33 – 36cm

Barn swallows can be found in New York when breeding. They typically breed around early June – July with most prepping to leave around September and October. 

Barn swallows are recognised by their dark blue, white and rusty orange plumage, the back a dark blue color with the breast and neck rusty orange in color. Females look very similar to the males but their breast plumage is white as opposed to rusty orange like the males.

These avians spend the majority of their time in farmlands or open pastures near water where they’ll occasionally build their mud and straw nests on ledges, generally on farm buildings.

Barn swallows much like tree swallows consume mostly seeds, insects, fruits and a variety of berries.

As for how long a barn swallow lives for in the wild, on average it’s around 2 years with the top end of the spectrum upwards of 11 years.

4. Eastern Towhee (Pipilo Erythrophthalmus)

• Size: 17 – 23cm
• Weight: 35 – 45 grams
• Wingspan: 20 – 30cm

Eastern towhees can be found in New York when they’re in the process of breeding. 

These twohees are recognised by their black, white and orange plumage with their back, head and wings black in color, their side chest orange in color with the underside of the breast white in color. Females follow a similar plumage color scheme but their back is a duller gray color with the breast a mixture of orange and white.

These avians will spend the majority of their time staying at open woods, undergrowth, brushy edges where they prefer being around ground cover to forage for food. 

In regards to what an Eastern Towhee eats, it spans over a variety of different sources such as insects like beetles, caterpillars, moths, true bugs, ants, spiders, snails, and millipedes, smaller reptiles like salamanders, lizards, or snakes, seeds, acorns, berries, and smaller fruits.

Eastern Towhees are known to live for around 12 years in the wild.

5. American Kestrel (Falco Sparverius)

• Size: 20 – 24cm
• Weight: 115 – 125 grams
• Wingspan: 50 – 60cm

American kestrels can be found around New York year round as it is one of their many permanent residences within the country.

These kestrels are recognised by their spotted orange, gray, black and white plumage with their back orange with a black horizontal pattern, their wings a gray color, black tail feather, orange sides with a gray and white head with 2 black lines drawn vertically near both eyes. Females are mostly light brown with a more washed out look.

American kestrels can be found in a variety of open or semi-open habitats from forest clearings, farmland and deserts.

As for what they eat, it includes small mammals such as woodmice and shrews, small birds, insects, earthworms with voles being their go to food source.

In the wild these birds are known to live for around 5 years but, captive American kestrels have been able to live up to 17 years.

6. Baltimore Oriole (Icterus Galbula)

• Size: 15 – 20cm
• Weight: 38 – 43 grams
• Wingspan: 23 – 30cm

Baltimore orioles can be found in New York throughout its breeding season which usually occurs between April and May. 

Baltimore orioles are recognised by their orange/yellow, black, and white plumage, where their head and wings are black in color, their breast and the underside of the tail orange/yellow with a beak that’s black in color. Females are very similar in color besides their head which isn’t black like the males.

Baltimore orioles can be found living around open deciduous woodlands where they will build their nests within American elms, cottonwoods, and maples. 

In regards to what these orange and black birds eat, it includes a variety of small insects like ants, wasps. beetles, grasshoppers, flies among others, flower nectar and smaller fruits like berries. They also feed on sugar water found within feeders.

A baltimore orioles lifespan tends to be around 11 years in the wild.

7. American Redstart (Setophaga Ruticilla)

• Size: 11 – 14cm
• Weight: 6 – 9 grams
• Wingspan: 23 – 27cm

American redstarts can be found in New York once breeding season begins. This starts around May and they will migrate back south around fall and winter.

American redstarts are mostly black with elements of orange/yellow on their wings, side of their breast, and the bottom of their tail with their breast white in color whilst the remainder of their body is black. Females are mostly gray, yellow and white.

You’ll often find American redstarts around moist, second-growth hardwood forests, with a dense shrub layer and a lot of open wooded environments. 

As for what they eat it includes a wide variety of insects including beetles, caterpillars, moths, leafhoppers, aphids, midges, crane flies, daddy longlegs, smaller fruits and seeds.

On average they tend to live for around 5 years in the wild whilst the oldest recorded redstart lived for 10 years.