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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.

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%