Bird Diversity in National Parks

The number of bird species in each national park site, organized from highest to lowest, as of March 2017.

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A double-crested cormorant at Everglades National Park. Photo © Arlene Hochman Waller/Dreamstime.

Source: eBird. Click the table header for more sorting options.

Park	State	Number of Bird Species
Point Reyes National Seashore	California	405
Gateway National Recreation Area	New York, New Jersey	375
Big Bend National Park	Texas	360
Death Valley National Park	California, Nevada	357
Cape Cod National Seashore	Massachusetts	339
Assateague Island National Seashore	Maryland, Virginia	333
Gulf Islands National Seashore	Florida, Mississippi	325
Cape Hatteras National Seashore	North Carolina	325
Golden Gate National Recreation Area	California	310
Carlsbad Caverns National Park	New Mexico	310
Padre Island National Seashore	Texas	292
Channel Islands National Park	California	290
Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore	Indiana	285
C & O Canal National Historical Park	Maryland, Washington DC	282
Everglades National Park	Florida	280
Lake Mead National Recreation Area	Nevada, Arizona	268
Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine	Maryland	265
Cabrillo National Monument	California	262
Acadia National Park	Maine	261
National Mall	Washington DC	261
Cape Lookout National Seashore	North Carolina	257
Cumberland Island National Seashore	Georgia	256
National Capital Parks	Washington DC	255
Fire Island National Seashore	New York	254
Lake Meredith National Recreation Area	Texas	253
Guadalupe Mountains National Park	Texas	247
Olympic National Park	Washington	247
Mojave National Preserve	California	245
Canaveral National Seashore	Florida	245
Glacier National Park	Montana	243
Zion National Park	Utah	242
Dry Tortugas National Park	Florida	241
Grand Canyon National Park	Arizona	240
Cuyahoga Valley National Park	Ohio	238
Big Cypress National Preserve	Florida	237
Mississippi National River and Recreation Area	Minnesota	234
Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve	Louisiana	231
Rocky Mountain National Park	Colorado	228
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore	Michigan	228
Amistad National Recreation Area	Texas	228
Grand Teton National Park	Wyoming	226
Glen Canyon National Recreation Area	Arizona, Utah	223
Badlands National Park	South Dakota	223
Big Thicket National Preserve	Texas	220
Apostle Islands National Lakeshore	Wisconsin	217
Piscataway Park	Maryland	214
Fort Pulaski National Monument	Georgia	210
Theodore Roosevelt National Park	North Dakota	208
Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument	Arizona	207
Montezuma Castle National Monument	Arizona	206
Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore	Michigan	206
Chiricahua National Monument	Arizona	205
Congaree National Park	South Carolina	204
Yellowstone National Park	Wyoming, Idaho, Montana	204
Lassen Volcanic National Park	California	203
Saguaro National Park	Arizona	202
Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area	Pennsylvania	202
Glacier Bay National Park	Alaska	201
Glacier Bay National Preserve	Alaska	201
Redwood National Park	California	201
Lava Beds National Monument	California	198
Theodore Roosevelt Island	Washington DC	196
Buffalo National River	Arkansas	195
Joshua Tree National Park	California	195
George Washington Birthplace National Monument	Virginia	195
Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park	Georgia	194
Ocmulgee National Monument	Georgia	193
Colonial National Historical Park	Virginia	192
Bryce Canyon National Park	Utah	191
Rock Creek Park	Washington DC	191
Yosemite National Park	California	189
Dinosaur National Monument	Colorado, Utah	187
Harpers Ferry National Historical Park	West Virginia	185
Manassas National Battlefield Park	Virginia	184
Ebey’s Landing National Historical Reserve	Washington	184
Bandelier National Monument	New Mexico	182
Saratoga National Historical Park	New York	182
Pinnacles National Park	California	181
Blue Ridge Parkway	North Carolina, Virginia	181
Fort Washington Park	Maryland	179
Devils Tower National Monument	Wyoming	179
Great Sand Dunes National Park	Colorado	178
Great Sand Dunes National Preserve	Colorado	178
Valley Forge National Historical Park	Pennsylvania	178
Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area	Georgia	177
Capitol Reef National Park	Utah	177
Fort Matanzas National Monument	Florida	176
Constitution Gardens	Washington DC	176
Shenandoah National Park	Virginia	175
Mount Rainier National Park	Washington	174
Petrified Forest National Park	Arizona	173
Mesa Verde National Park	Colorado	173
Biscayne National Park	Florida	173
Chickasaw National Recreation Area	Oklahoma	171
Kenai Fjords National Park	Alaska	170
Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve	Kansas	170
Mammoth Cave National Park	Kentucky	170
Isle Royale National Park	Michigan	170
Great Smoky Mountains National Park	Tennessee, North Carolina	170
Arches National Park	Utah	170
Fort Monroe National Monument	Virginia	170
Governors Island National Monument	New York	169
Vicksburg National Military Park	Mississippi, Louisiana	168
Gettysburg National Military Park	Pennsylvania	167
Craters of the Moon National Monument	Idaho	166
Craters of the Moon National Preserve	Idaho	166
Coronado National Memorial	Arizona	164
Tumacacori National Historical Park	Arizona	164
Whiskeytown-Shasta-Trinity National Recreation Area	California	163
Fort Davis National Historic Site	Texas	163
Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park	Colorado	162
Pipestone National Monument	Minnesota	161
Ozark National Scenic Riverways	Missouri	161
Homestead National Monument of America	Nebraska	161
Great Basin National Park	Nevada	160
Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument	New Mexico	157
Wind Cave National Park	South Dakota	156
Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area	Massachusetts	155
Kings Canyon National Park	California	154
Nez Perce National Historical Park	Idaho	154
Prince William Forest Park	Virginia	154
Crater Lake National Park	Oregon	152
Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park	Texas	152
Denali National Park	Alaska	151
Denali National Preserve	Alaska	151
Sequoia National Park	California	151
Lake Chelan National Recreation Area	Washington	151
Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway	Wisconsin, Minnesota	150
Effigy Mounds National Monument	Iowa	149
Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park	Vermont	149
Petersburg National Battlefield Park	Virginia	148
New River Gorge National River	West Virginia	148
Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park	Virginia	147
Arkansas Post National Memorial	Arkansas	146
Monocacy National Battlefield	Maryland	146
Canyonlands National Park	Utah	146
Antietam National Battlefield	Maryland	145
City of Rocks National Reserve	Idaho	142
Curecanti National Recreation Area	Colorado	140
Canyon De Chelly National Monument	Arizona	138
Muir Woods National Monument	California	137
First State National Historical Park	Delaware, Pennsylvania	137
Castillo de San Marcos National Monument	Florida	136
Tuzigoot National Monument	Arizona	135
Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area	Tennessee, Kentucky	135
Shiloh National Military Park	Tennessee, Mississippi	135
Bent’s Old Fort National Historic Site	Colorado	132
Fort Bowie National Historic Site	Arizona	130
Pea Ridge National Military Park	Arkansas	130
El Malpais National Monument	New Mexico	130
Golden Spike National Historic Site	Utah	129
Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts	Virginia	128
Fort Raleigh National Historic Site	North Carolina	127
Voyageurs National Park	Minnesota	126
Natchez Trace National Scenic Trail	Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee	126
Scotts Bluff National Monument	Nebraska	126
Lewis and Clark National Historical Park	Oregon, Washington	126
John Day Fossil Beds National Monument	Oregon	126
Cedar Breaks National Monument	Utah	126
Sitka National Historical Park	Alaska	125
Walnut Canyon National Monument	Arizona	124
Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park	Georgia, Tennessee	124
Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield	Missouri	124
Wright Brothers National Memorial	North Carolina	124
Devils Postpile National Monument	California	123
Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site	North Dakota	123
Virgin Islands National Park	Virgin Islands	123
Richmond National Battlefield Park	Virginia	123
Lyndon Baines Johnson Memorial Grove on the Potomac	Washington DC	123
Petroglyph National Monument	New Mexico	122
Fort Caroline National Memorial	Florida	120
Catoctin Mountain Park	Maryland	120
Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area	Montana	120
Pecos National Historical Park	New Mexico	120
Greenbelt Park	Maryland	119
Mount Rushmore National Memorial	South Dakota	117
Pipe Spring National Monument	Arizona	115
Colorado National Monument	Colorado	115
Cumberland Gap National Historical Park	Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia	115
Chaco Culture National Historical Park	New Mexico	113
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site	New York	113
Hopewell Culture National Historical Park	Ohio	113
Ninety Six National Historic Site	South Carolina	113
Fort Donelson National Battlefield	Tennessee, Kentucky	113
Agate Fossil Beds National Monument	Nebraska	111
Fort Point National Historic Site	California	110
Capulin Volcano National Monument	New Mexico	110
White Sands National Monument	New Mexico	110
Cowpens National Battlefield	South Carolina	110
San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park	California	108
Tonto National Monument	Arizona	107
Big Hole National Battlefield	Montana	106
Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument	Colorado	104
Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve	Florida	104
Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site	North Carolina	104
Eisenhower National Historic Site	Pennsylvania	104
Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site	Pennsylvania	103
Fort Sumter National Monument	South Carolina	102
Kings Mountain National Military Park	South Carolina	102
Minute Man National Historical Park	Massachusetts	101
Natural Bridges National Monument	Utah	101
De Soto National Memorial	Florida	100
Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site	New York	100
George Washington Carver National Monument	Missouri	99
Herbert Hoover National Historic Site	Iowa	98
El Morro National Monument	New Mexico	98
Hot Springs National Park	Arkansas	97
Fort Larned National Historic Site	Kansas	97
Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site	New York	97
Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument	Montana	94
Whitman Mission National Historic Site	Washington	94
Valles Caldera National Preserve	New Mexico	93
Wupatki National Monument	Arizona	92
Hampton National Historic Site	Maryland	92
Appomattox Court House National Historical Park	Virginia	92
Jefferson National Expansion Memorial	Missouri	91
Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site	New York	91
Katmai National Park	Alaska	90
Katmai National Preserve	Alaska	90
Friendship Hill National Historic Site	Pennsylvania	90
Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument	Arizona	89
Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park	Kentucky	89
Booker T. Washington National Monument	Virginia	87
Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park	Hawaii	86
Grand Portage National Monument	Minnesota	86
North Cascades National Park	Washington	84
Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area	California	83
Flight 93 National Memorial	Pennsylvania	79
Fort Vancouver National Historic Site	Washington, Oregon	79
Casa Grande Ruins National Monument	Arizona	78
Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site	New Hampshire	77
Guilford Courthouse National Military Park	North Carolina	77
Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site	North Dakota, Montana	76
Jewel Cave National Monument	South Dakota	75
Little River Canyon National Preserve	Alabama	74
Oregon Caves National Monument and Preserve	Oregon	73
Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site	Colorado	72
River Raisin National Battlefield Park	Michigan	71
White House	Washington DC	71
Fort Smith National Historic Site	Arkansas	70
John Muir National Historic Site	California	70
Fossil Butte National Monument	Wyoming	69
Weir Farm National Historic Site	Connecticut	68
Horseshoe Bend National Military Park	Alabama	67
Statue of Liberty National Monument	New York, New Jersey	67
Independence National Historical Park	Pennsylvania	67
Navajo National Monument	Arizona	66
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park	Hawaii	66
Gates of the Arctic National Park	Alaska	65
Gates of the Arctic National Preserve	Alaska	65
Lake Clark National Park	Alaska	65
Lake Clark National Preserve	Alaska	65
Aztec Ruins National Monument	New Mexico	65
Moores Creek National Battlefield	North Carolina	65
Fort Laramie National Historic Site	Wyoming	64
Ross Lake National Recreation Area	Washington	60
Niobrara National Scenic River	Nebraska	59
Russell Cave National Monument	Alabama	53
Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area	Washington	52
George Rogers Clark National Historical Park	Indiana	51
Cape Krusenstern National Monument	Alaska	48
Noatak National Preserve	Alaska	48
Haleakala National Park	Hawaii	48
Salt River Bay National Historical Park and Ecological Preserve	Virgin Islands	48
Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site	Montana	43
Wrangell-St. Elias National Park	Alaska	42
Wrangell-St. Elias National Preserve	Alaska	42
Natchez National Historical Park	Mississippi	41
Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument	Maine	39
Pu'uhonua O Honaunau National Historical Park	Hawaii	37
Buck Island Reef National Monument	Virgin Islands	37
Thomas Stone National Historic Site	Maryland	36
National Park of American Samoa	American Samoa	35
Eugene O'Neill National Historic Site	California	33
Johnstown Flood National Memorial	Pennsylvania	30
Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument	Idaho	27
Manzanar National Historic Site	California	25
Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site	Pennsylvania	23
Harry S Truman National Historic Site	Missouri	19
Obed Wild and Scenic River	Tennessee	16
Stones River National Battlefield	Tennessee	14
Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park	New Jersey	13
Birmingham Civil Rights National Monument	Alabama	unknown
Freedom Riders National Monument	Alabama	unknown
Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site	Alabama	unknown
Tuskegee Institute National Historic Site	Alabama	unknown
Alagnak Wild River	Alaska	unknown
Aniakchak National Monument	Alaska	unknown
Aniakchak National Preserve	Alaska	unknown
Bering Land Bridge National Preserve	Alaska	unknown
Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park	Alaska, Washington	unknown
Kobuk Valley National Park	Alaska	unknown
World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument	Alaska, California, Hawaii	unknown
Hohokam Pima National Monument	Arizona	unknown
Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site	Arizona	unknown
Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site	Arkansas	unknown
President William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace Home National Historic Site	Arkansas	unknown
Castle Mountains National Monument	California	unknown
César E. Chávez National Monument	California	unknown
Port Chicago Naval Magazine National Memorial	California	unknown
Rosie the Riveter/World War II Home Front National Historical Park	California	unknown
Hovenweep National Monument	Colorado, Utah	unknown
Yucca House National Monument	Colorado	unknown
Andersonville National Historic Site	Georgia	unknown
Fort Frederica National Monument	Georgia	unknown
Jimmy Carter National Historic Site	Georgia	unknown
Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site	Georgia	unknown
War in the Pacific National Historical Park	Guam	unknown
Honouliuli National Monument	Hawaii	unknown
Kalaupapa National Historical Park	Hawaii	unknown
Pu'ukohola Heiau National Historic Site	Hawaii	unknown
Minidoka National Historic Site	Idaho	unknown
Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial	Indiana	unknown
Brown vs. Board of Education National Historic Site	Kansas	unknown
Fort Scott National Historic Site	Kansas	unknown
Nicodemus National Historic Site	Kansas	unknown
Cane River Creole National Historical Park	Louisiana	unknown
New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park	Louisiana	unknown
Poverty Point National Monument	Louisiana	unknown
Appalachian National Scenic Trail	Maine to Georgia	unknown
Saint Croix Island International Historic Site	Maine	unknown
Clara Barton National Historic Site	Maryland	unknown
Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park	Maryland	unknown
Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail	Maryland, Pennsylvania	unknown
Adams National Historical Park	Massachusetts	unknown
Boston African American National Historic Site	Massachusetts	unknown
Boston National Historical Park	Massachusetts	unknown
Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site	Massachusetts	unknown
John F. Kennedy National Historic Site	Massachusetts	unknown
Longfellow House-Washington’s Headquarters National Historic Site	Massachusetts	unknown
Lowell National Historical Park	Massachusetts	unknown
New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park	Massachusetts	unknown
Salem Maritime National Historic Site	Massachusetts	unknown
Saugus Iron Works National Historic Site	Massachusetts	unknown
Springfield Armory National Historic Site	Massachusetts	unknown
Keweenaw National Historical Park	Michigan	unknown
Brices Cross Roads National Battlefield Site	Mississippi	unknown
Natchez Trace Parkway	Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee	unknown
Tupelo National Battlefield	Mississippi	unknown
Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site	Missouri	unknown
Missouri National Recreational River	Nebraska, South Dakota	unknown
Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument	Nevada	unknown
Great Egg Harbor Scenic and Recreational River	New Jersey	unknown
Morristown National Historical Park	New Jersey	unknown
Thomas Edison National Historical Park	New Jersey	unknown
Fort Union National Monument	New Mexico	unknown
Manhattan Project National Historical Park	New Mexico, Tennessee, Washington	unknown
Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument	New Mexico	unknown
African Burial Ground National Monument	New York	unknown
Castle Clinton National Monument	New York	unknown
Federal Hall National Memorial	New York	unknown
Fort Stanwix National Monument	New York	unknown
General Grant National Memorial	New York	unknown
Hamilton Grange National Memorial	New York	unknown
Harriet Tubman National Historical Park	New York	unknown
Martin Van Buren National Historic Site	New York	unknown
Saint Paul’s Church National Historic Site	New York	unknown
Stonewall National Monument	New York	unknown
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site	New York	unknown
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site	New York	unknown
Women’s Rights National Historical Park	New York	unknown
Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers National Monument	Ohio	unknown
Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park	Ohio	unknown
First Ladies National Historic Site	Ohio	unknown
James A. Garfield National Historic Site	Ohio	unknown
Perry’s Victory and International Peace Memorial	Ohio	unknown
William Howard Taft National Historic Site	Ohio	unknown
Washita Battlefield National Historic Site	Oklahoma	unknown
Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site	Pennsylvania	unknown
Fort Necessity National Battlefield	Pennsylvania	unknown
Middle Delaware National Scenic River	Pennsylvania	unknown
Steamtown National Historic Site	Pennsylvania	unknown
Thaddeus Kosciuszko National Memorial	Pennsylvania	unknown
Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River	Pennsylvania	unknown
San Juan National Historic Site	Puerto Rico	unknown
Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park	Rhode Island, Massachusetts	unknown
Roger Williams National Memorial	Rhode Island	unknown
Charles Pinckney National Historic Site	South Carolina	unknown
Reconstruction Era National Monument	South Carolina	unknown
Minuteman Missile National Historic Site	South Dakota	unknown
Andrew Johnson National Historic Site	Tennessee	unknown
Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument	Texas	unknown
Chamizal National Memorial	Texas	unknown
Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park	Texas	unknown
Rio Grande Wild and Scenic River	Texas	unknown
San Antonio Missions National Historical Park	Texas	unknown
Waco Mammoth National Monument	Texas	unknown
Rainbow Bridge National Monument	Utah	unknown
Timpanogos Cave National Monument	Utah	unknown
Christiansted National Historic Site	Virgin Islands	unknown
Virgin Islands Coral Reef National Monument	Virgin Islands	unknown
Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial	Virginia	unknown
Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National Historical Park	Virginia	unknown
George Washington Memorial Parkway	Virginia, Maryland, Washington DC	unknown
Maggie L. Walker National Historic Site	Virginia	unknown
San Juan Island National Historical Park	Washington	unknown
Belmont-Paul Women’s Equality National Monument	Washington DC	unknown
Carter G. Woodson Home National Historic Site	Washington DC	unknown
Ford’s Theatre National Historic Site	Washington DC	unknown
Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial	Washington DC	unknown
Frederick Douglass National Historic Site	Washington DC	unknown
Korean War Veterans Memorial	Washington DC	unknown
Lincoln Memorial	Washington DC	unknown
Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial	Washington DC	unknown
Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site	Washington DC	unknown
Pennsylvania Avenue National Historic Site	Washington DC	unknown
Thomas Jefferson Memorial	Washington DC	unknown
Vietnam Veterans Memorial	Washington DC	unknown
Washington Monument	Washington DC	unknown
World War I Memorial	Washington DC	unknown
World War II Memorial	Washington DC	unknown
Bluestone National Scenic River	West Virginia	unknown
Gauley River National Recreation Area	West Virginia	unknown
John D. Rockefeller Memorial Parkway	Wyoming	unknown
Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve	Alaska	unknown
Lincoln Home National Historic Site	Illinois	unknown
Pullman National Monument	Illinois	unknown

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Nicholas Lund Former Senior Manager, Landscape Conservation Program
Nick is a conservationist and nature writer. He is the author of several forthcoming books, including the American Birding Association Field Guide to the Birds of Maine (2022) and “The Ultimate Biography of Earth” (2022). His writing on birds and nature has appeared in Audubon magazine, Slate.com, The Washington Post, The Maine Sportsman, The Portland Phoenix and Down East magazine, among others.

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