Top Birds in January
within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA
based on 68269 checklists in 1805 hotspots
This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist during the month of January. The change in probability from the previous month is also shown, to highlight which birds are coming and going. Rows with significant changes (< 0.5x or > 2x) are highlighted in red or green. Species that peak in January are indicated with a star. This is based on historical data from eBird, and does not include recently submitted checklists.
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Rank | Info | Species | Chart | Peak | December | January | Change | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Canada Goose |
|
51.6% | 53.5% | 1.9% | |||
2 | Ring-billed Gull |
|
49.7% | 52.0% | 2.3% | |||
3 | Mallard |
|
48.3% | 49.0% | 0.6% | |||
4 | Herring Gull |
|
41.9% | 43.3% | 1.4% | |||
5 | White-throated Sparrow |
|
48.7% | 42.1% | 6.5% | |||
6 | Northern Cardinal |
|
40.0% | 36.7% | 3.3% | |||
7 | European Starling |
|
38.9% | 35.9% | 2.9% | |||
8 | House Sparrow |
|
38.5% | 35.7% | 2.8% | |||
9 | Blue Jay |
|
39.8% | 33.9% | 6.0% | |||
10 | Song Sparrow |
|
37.1% | 32.2% | 4.8% | |||
11 | Bufflehead |
|
28.2% | 31.9% | 3.7% | |||
12 | Great Black-backed Gull |
|
29.4% | 31.6% | 2.2% | |||
13 | Mourning Dove |
|
36.1% | 29.3% | 6.8% | |||
14 | Rock Pigeon |
|
30.7% | 28.8% | 1.9% | |||
15 | American Black Duck |
|
26.7% | 27.8% | 1.2% | |||
16 | Downy Woodpecker |
|
30.7% | 27.1% | 3.5% | |||
17 | American Robin |
|
29.6% | 24.8% | 4.7% | |||
18 | Red-bellied Woodpecker |
|
28.7% | 24.7% | 3.9% | |||
19 | Northern Mockingbird |
|
28.4% | 23.6% | 4.8% | |||
20 | Black-capped Chickadee |
|
24.3% | 22.0% | 2.3% | |||
21 | Red-tailed Hawk |
|
24.6% | 21.8% | 2.8% | |||
22 | Brant |
|
18.9% | 20.5% | 1.6% | |||
23 | Tufted Titmouse |
|
21.3% | 19.6% | 1.7% | |||
24 | Hooded Merganser |
|
18.8% | 19.5% | 0.7% | |||
25 | Red-breasted Merganser |
|
14.9% | 19.3% | 4.4% | |||
26 | White-breasted Nuthatch |
|
20.0% | 18.3% | 1.7% | |||
27 | American Crow |
|
20.6% | 18.2% | 2.4% | |||
28 | Gadwall |
|
15.2% | 16.7% | 1.5% | |||
29 | Ruddy Duck |
|
15.6% | 16.6% | 1.0% | |||
30 | Northern Shoveler |
|
14.8% | 16.0% | 1.2% | |||
31 | Dark-eyed Junco |
|
23.2% | 15.9% | 7.4% | |||
32 | Carolina Wren |
|
18.8% | 15.1% | 3.7% | |||
33 | Great Blue Heron |
|
20.2% | 14.7% | 5.5% | |||
34 | Mute Swan |
|
14.0% | 14.4% | 0.5% | |||
35 | Double-crested Cormorant |
|
17.9% | 13.9% | 4.1% | |||
36 | House Finch |
|
16.4% | 13.4% | 3.0% | |||
37 | American Goldfinch |
|
20.4% | 13.2% | 7.2% | |||
38 | American Coot |
|
10.4% | 11.4% | 1.0% | |||
39 | Common Loon |
|
9.1% | 10.6% | 1.6% | |||
40 | Greater Scaup |
|
6.8% | 9.9% | 3.1% | |||
41 | Long-tailed Duck |
|
6.3% | 9.1% | 2.8% | |||
42 | Cooper's Hawk |
|
10.8% | 8.4% | 2.4% | |||
43 | Hairy Woodpecker |
|
9.2% | 7.8% | 1.4% | |||
44 | Red-throated Loon |
|
6.9% | 7.3% | 0.4% | |||
45 | Horned Grebe |
|
5.3% | 7.2% | 2.0% | |||
46 | Red-winged Blackbird |
|
9.2% | 7.2% | 2.0% | |||
47 | Common Goldeneye |
|
3.9% | 7.0% | 3.1% | |||
48 | Northern Flicker |
|
11.0% | 6.9% | 4.0% | |||
49 | Belted Kingfisher |
|
9.6% | 6.9% | 2.6% | |||
50 | Fox Sparrow |
|
9.8% | 6.9% | 2.9% | |||
51 | Common Merganser |
|
4.9% | 6.7% | 1.8% | |||
52 | American Tree Sparrow |
|
6.4% | 6.6% | 0.1% | |||
53 | American Wigeon |
|
6.2% | 6.2% | 0.0% | |||
54 | Yellow-bellied Sapsucker |
|
8.3% | 5.6% | 2.8% | |||
55 | Bald Eagle |
|
4.8% | 5.2% | 0.4% | |||
56 | Peregrine Falcon |
|
5.8% | 5.2% | 0.6% | |||
57 | Common Grackle |
|
5.5% | 5.1% | 0.4% | |||
58 | Lesser Scaup |
|
3.6% | 5.1% | 1.5% | |||
59 | Fish Crow |
|
5.2% | 5.0% | 0.2% | |||
60 | Yellow-rumped Warbler |
|
6.8% | 4.9% | 2.0% | |||
61 | Great Cormorant |
|
3.8% | 4.8% | 1.1% | |||
62 | Turkey Vulture |
|
5.4% | 4.8% | 0.6% | |||
63 | Swamp Sparrow |
|
7.6% | 4.7% | 2.9% | |||
64 | Ring-necked Duck |
|
3.9% | 4.5% | 0.6% | |||
65 | Pied-billed Grebe |
|
5.4% | 4.5% | 0.8% | |||
66 | Green-winged Teal |
|
5.2% | 4.4% | 0.8% | |||
67 | Wood Duck |
|
3.8% | 4.2% | 0.4% | |||
68 | Northern Harrier |
|
5.0% | 4.2% | 0.7% | |||
69 | Sanderling |
|
3.2% | 4.1% | 0.9% | |||
70 | Common Raven |
|
4.5% | 3.9% | 0.6% | |||
71 | American Kestrel |
|
5.9% | 3.8% | 2.1% | |||
72 | Brown Creeper |
|
4.1% | 3.7% | 0.4% | |||
73 | Northern Pintail |
|
3.3% | 3.6% | 0.3% | |||
74 | Winter Wren |
|
5.0% | 3.2% | 1.7% | |||
75 | Canvasback |
|
2.2% | 3.1% | 0.9% | |||
76 | Black Scoter |
|
2.6% | 2.9% | 0.3% | |||
77 | Ruby-crowned Kinglet |
|
5.6% | 2.8% | 2.8% | |||
78 | Surf Scoter |
|
2.3% | 2.8% | 0.4% | |||
79 | Hermit Thrush |
|
5.5% | 2.8% | 2.8% | |||
80 | Snow Goose |
|
2.2% | 2.6% | 0.4% | |||
81 | Gray Catbird |
|
4.0% | 2.6% | 1.3% | |||
82 | Golden-crowned Kinglet |
|
4.3% | 2.6% | 1.7% | |||
83 | Redhead |
|
1.2% | 2.4% | 1.1% | |||
84 | Sharp-shinned Hawk |
|
3.2% | 2.3% | 0.9% | |||
85 | Bonaparte's Gull |
|
1.7% | 2.3% | 0.5% | |||
86 | Horned Lark |
|
2.7% | 2.2% | 0.5% | |||
87 | Northern Gannet |
|
3.1% | 2.2% | 1.0% | |||
88 | Red-breasted Nuthatch |
|
2.6% | 1.9% | 0.7% | |||
89 | White-winged Scoter |
|
2.0% | 1.9% | 0.1% | |||
90 | Merlin |
|
2.3% | 1.9% | 0.4% | |||
91 | Great Horned Owl |
|
2.4% | 1.9% | 0.5% | |||
92 | Purple Sandpiper |
|
1.7% | 1.9% | 0.2% | |||
93 | Eastern Towhee |
|
2.6% | 1.8% | 0.7% | |||
94 | Rusty Blackbird |
|
1.9% | 1.8% | 0.1% | |||
95 | Cedar Waxwing |
|
3.7% | 1.7% | 1.9% | |||
96 | Killdeer |
|
1.8% | 1.7% | 0.2% | |||
97 | Monk Parakeet |
|
1.6% | 1.7% | 0.1% | |||
98 | Dunlin |
|
1.6% | 1.7% | 0.1% | |||
99 | Snow Bunting |
|
2.0% | 1.6% | 0.5% | |||
100 | Black-crowned Night-Heron |
|
1.5% | 1.5% | 0.1% | |||
101 | Red-shouldered Hawk |
|
1.9% | 1.5% | 0.4% | |||
102 | Common Eider |
|
1.2% | 1.5% | 0.3% | |||
103 | Black Vulture |
|
1.3% | 1.4% | 0.1% | |||
104 | Wild Turkey |
|
1.4% | 1.3% | 0.1% | |||
105 | Razorbill |
|
0.3% | 1.3% | 0.9% | |||
106 | Savannah Sparrow |
|
2.1% | 1.2% | 0.9% | |||
107 | Brown-headed Cowbird |
|
1.8% | 1.2% | 0.6% | |||
108 | Field Sparrow |
|
1.9% | 1.2% | 0.7% | |||
109 | Snowy Owl |
|
1.0% | 1.2% | 0.2% | |||
110 | Iceland Gull |
|
0.6% | 1.0% | 0.5% | |||
111 | Black-bellied Plover |
|
1.2% | 1.0% | 0.1% | |||
112 | Pileated Woodpecker |
|
1.4% | 1.0% | 0.3% | |||
113 | Harlequin Duck |
|
0.6% | 1.0% | 0.4% | |||
114 | Orange-crowned Warbler |
|
1.9% | 1.0% | 1.0% | |||
115 | Greater White-fronted Goose |
|
0.6% | 0.9% | 0.3% | |||
116 | Red-headed Woodpecker |
|
0.7% | 0.9% | 0.2% | |||
117 | Greater Yellowlegs |
|
1.6% | 0.8% | 0.8% | |||
118 | Lesser Black-backed Gull |
|
0.6% | 0.8% | 0.2% | |||
119 | Northern Saw-whet Owl |
|
1.2% | 0.8% | 0.4% | |||
120 | Tree Swallow |
|
1.0% | 0.7% | 0.2% | |||
121 | Barred Owl |
|
1.4% | 0.7% | 0.6% | |||
122 | American Pipit |
|
1.0% | 0.7% | 0.3% | |||
123 | Cackling Goose |
|
0.6% | 0.7% | 0.1% | |||
124 | Eastern Bluebird |
|
1.0% | 0.7% | 0.3% | |||
125 | White-crowned Sparrow |
|
0.7% | 0.7% | 0.0% | |||
126 | Chipping Sparrow |
|
1.4% | 0.7% | 0.8% | |||
127 | Pine Siskin |
|
1.0% | 0.7% | 0.4% | |||
128 | Ruddy Turnstone |
|
0.5% | 0.6% | 0.1% | |||
129 | Eastern Screech-Owl |
|
0.5% | 0.6% | 0.1% | |||
130 | Ring-necked Pheasant |
|
0.7% | 0.6% | 0.1% | |||
131 | Red-necked Grebe |
|
0.5% | 0.5% | 0.1% | |||
132 | Common Redpoll |
|
0.3% | 0.5% | 0.3% | |||
133 | Black-headed Gull |
|
0.5% | 0.5% | 0.0% | |||
134 | Great Egret |
|
1.6% | 0.5% | 1.1% | |||
135 | Purple Finch |
|
1.3% | 0.4% | 0.9% | |||
136 | Brown Thrasher |
|
0.5% | 0.4% | 0.1% | |||
137 | Glaucous Gull |
|
0.3% | 0.4% | 0.1% | |||
138 | Eurasian Wigeon |
|
0.4% | 0.4% | 0.0% | |||
139 | Pine Warbler |
|
0.3% | 0.4% | 0.0% | |||
140 | Palm Warbler |
|
0.8% | 0.3% | 0.4% | |||
141 | Painted Bunting |
|
0.8% | 0.3% | 0.5% | |||
142 | Lapland Longspur |
|
0.4% | 0.3% | 0.1% | |||
143 | American Woodcock |
|
0.6% | 0.3% | 0.3% | |||
144 | Eastern Phoebe |
|
0.5% | 0.3% | 0.2% | |||
145 | Rough-legged Hawk |
|
0.3% | 0.3% | 0.1% | |||
146 | Western Tanager |
|
0.7% | 0.3% | 0.4% | |||
147 | Common Gallinule |
|
0.2% | 0.3% | 0.1% | |||
148 | European Goldfinch |
|
0.2% | 0.3% | 0.1% | |||
149 | Baltimore Oriole |
|
0.4% | 0.3% | 0.2% | |||
150 | King Eider |
|
0.6% | 0.3% | 0.3% | |||
151 | Wilson's Snipe |
|
0.2% | 0.3% | 0.0% | |||
152 | Varied Thrush |
|
0.2% | 0.2% | 0.1% | |||
153 | Boat-tailed Grackle |
|
0.2% | 0.2% | 0.0% | |||
154 | Muscovy Duck |
|
0.2% | 0.2% | 0.1% | |||
155 | Virginia Rail |
|
0.2% | 0.2% | 0.1% | |||
156 | Barrow's Goldeneye |
|
0.1% | 0.2% | 0.1% | |||
157 | Pink-footed Goose |
|
0.3% | 0.2% | 0.1% | |||
158 | Yellow-breasted Chat |
|
0.4% | 0.2% | 0.2% | |||
159 | Yellow-crowned Night-Heron |
|
0.1% | 0.2% | 0.1% | |||
160 | Townsend's Warbler |
|
0.2% | 0.2% | 0.0% | |||
161 | Marsh Wren |
|
0.4% | 0.2% | 0.2% | |||
162 | Nashville Warbler |
|
0.3% | 0.2% | 0.1% | |||
163 | Short-eared Owl |
|
0.1% | 0.2% | 0.0% | |||
164 | Red Knot |
|
0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | |||
165 | Ovenbird |
|
0.3% | 0.1% | 0.2% | |||
166 | Eared Grebe |
|
0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
167 | Ash-throated Flycatcher |
|
0.6% | 0.1% | 0.4% | |||
168 | Blue-winged Teal |
|
0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
169 | Common Yellowthroat |
|
0.6% | 0.1% | 0.5% | |||
170 | Eastern Meadowlark |
|
0.2% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
171 | Evening Grosbeak |
|
0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | |||
172 | Clapper Rail |
|
0.2% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
173 | Rufous Hummingbird |
|
0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | |||
174 | Barnacle Goose |
|
0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | |||
175 | Clay-colored Sparrow |
|
0.2% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
176 | Couch's Kingbird |
|
0.2% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
177 | Spotted Towhee |
|
0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
178 | Lark Sparrow |
|
0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | |||
179 | Pacific Loon |
|
0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
180 | MacGillivray's Warbler |
|
0.3% | 0.1% | 0.2% | |||
181 | Hoary Redpoll |
|
0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
182 | Western Grebe |
|
0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
183 | American Bittern |
|
0.2% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
184 | Dickcissel |
|
0.3% | 0.1% | 0.2% | |||
185 | Townsend's Solitaire |
|
0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | |||
186 | Lincoln's Sparrow |
|
0.2% | 0.1% | 0.2% | |||
187 | Swainson's Hawk |
|
0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
188 | Dovekie |
|
0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
189 | Long-billed Dowitcher |
|
0.0% | 0.1% | 0.0% | |||
190 | Scott's Oriole |
|
0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
191 | Ross's Goose |
|
0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | |||
192 | Barn Owl |
|
0.0% | 0.1% | 0.0% | |||
193 | Grace's Warbler |
|
0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
194 | Mandarin Duck |
|
0.2% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
195 | White-winged Crossbill |
|
0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | |||
196 | Thick-billed Murre |
|
0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
197 | Short-billed Gull |
|
0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | |||
198 | American Oystercatcher |
|
0.2% | 0.1% | 0.2% | |||
199 | Tundra Swan |
|
0.0% | 0.1% | 0.0% | |||
200 | Grasshopper Sparrow |
|
0.0% | 0.1% | 0.0% | |||
201 | Vesper Sparrow |
|
0.0% | 0.1% | 0.0% | |||
202 | Mew Gull |
|
0.0% | 0.1% | 0.0% | |||
203 | Cassin's Kingbird |
|
0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
204 | Northern Shrike |
|
0.2% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
205 | Red Crossbill |
|
0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
206 | Wilson's Warbler |
|
0.3% | 0.0% | 0.3% | |||
207 | Veery |
|
0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
208 | Boreal Owl |
|
0.1% | 0.0% | 0.1% | |||
209 | American White Pelican |
|
0.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
210 | Bohemian Waxwing |
|
0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
211 | Black Skimmer |
|
0.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
212 | Harris's Sparrow |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
213 | American Goshawk |
|
0.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
214 | Semipalmated Plover |
|
0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
215 | Laughing Gull |
|
0.6% | 0.0% | 0.6% | |||
216 | Lesser Yellowlegs |
|
0.1% | 0.0% | 0.1% | |||
217 | Willet |
|
0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
218 | Budgerigar |
|
0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
219 | Prairie Warbler |
|
0.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
220 | Wood Stork |
|
0.4% | 0.0% | 0.3% | |||
221 | Trumpeter Swan |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
222 | Snowy Egret |
|
0.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
223 | Northern Waterthrush |
|
0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
224 | Spotted Sandpiper |
|
0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
225 | Long-billed Murrelet |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
226 | Brown Pelican |
|
0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
227 | Indigo Bunting |
|
0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
228 | Cape May Warbler |
|
0.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
229 | Carolina Chickadee |
|
0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
230 | Black-and-white Warbler |
|
0.1% | 0.0% | 0.1% | |||
231 | Summer Tanager |
|
0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
232 | Piping Plover |
|
0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
233 | Little Gull |
|
0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
234 | Eurasian Eagle-Owl |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
235 | House Wren |
|
0.1% | 0.0% | 0.1% | |||
236 | Graylag Goose |
|
0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
237 | Marbled Godwit |
|
0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
238 | Black-legged Kittiwake |
|
0.1% | 0.0% | 0.1% | |||
239 | Slaty-backed Gull |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
240 | Tennessee Warbler |
|
0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
241 | Yellow Warbler |
|
0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
242 | Green Heron |
|
0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
243 | Northern Bobwhite |
|
0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
244 | Least Flycatcher |
|
0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
245 | Common Murre |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
246 | Tricolored Heron |
|
0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
247 | Broad-winged Hawk |
|
0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
248 | Osprey |
|
0.1% | 0.0% | 0.1% | |||
249 | Sora |
|
0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
250 | Black-throated Green Warbler |
|
0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
251 | Yellow-throated Warbler |
|
0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
252 | Swainson's Thrush |
|
0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
253 | Blue-gray Gnatcatcher |
|
0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
254 | Northern Parula |
|
0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
255 | Blue-headed Vireo |
|
0.1% | 0.0% | 0.1% | |||
256 | Blue Grosbeak |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
257 | Swan Goose |
|
0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
258 | Western Sandpiper |
|
0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
259 | American Redstart |
|
0.1% | 0.0% | 0.1% | |||
260 | Nelson's Sparrow |
|
0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
261 | Bobolink |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
262 | Sandhill Crane |
|
0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
263 | Black-tailed Gull |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
264 | California Gull |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
265 | Wood Thrush |
|
0.1% | 0.0% | 0.1% | |||
266 | Blue-winged Warbler |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
267 | Least Sandpiper |
|
0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
268 | LeConte's Sparrow |
|
0.1% | 0.0% | 0.1% | |||
269 | Short-billed Dowitcher |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
270 | Western Meadowlark |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
271 | Golden Eagle |
|
0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
272 | Parasitic Jaeger |
|
0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
273 | Little Blue Heron |
|
0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
274 | Ivory Gull |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
275 | Saltmarsh Sparrow |
|
0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
276 | Red Junglefowl |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |