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Top Birds in February
within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA

based on 46470 checklists in 1805 hotspots

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist during the month of February. 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 February 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 January February Change
1   Canada Goose
53.5% 55.7% 2.2%
2   Ring-billed Gull
52.0% 51.5% 0.5%
3   Mallard
49.0% 50.4% 1.4%
4   Herring Gull
43.3% 42.3% 1.0%
5   White-throated Sparrow
42.1% 40.3% 1.8%
6   Northern Cardinal
36.7% 40.0% 3.3%
7   House Sparrow
35.7% 39.4% 3.7%
8   European Starling
35.9% 38.5% 2.5%
9   Blue Jay
33.9% 35.2% 1.3%
10   Song Sparrow
32.2% 34.5% 2.3%
11   Bufflehead
31.9% 32.2% 0.3%
12   Mourning Dove
29.3% 32.0% 2.7%
13   Great Black-backed Gull
31.6% 30.3% 1.3%
14   American Robin
24.8% 30.0% 5.2%
15   Rock Pigeon
28.8% 28.3% 0.5%
16   Downy Woodpecker
27.1% 27.7% 0.6%
17   American Black Duck
27.8% 27.3% 0.6%
18   Red-bellied Woodpecker
24.7% 24.7% 0.0%
19   Northern Mockingbird
23.6% 23.9% 0.3%
20   Black-capped Chickadee
22.0% 23.4% 1.4%
21   Red-tailed Hawk
21.8% 23.3% 1.5%
22   Tufted Titmouse
19.6% 21.1% 1.5%
23   American Crow
18.2% 21.0% 2.8%
24   Brant
20.5% 20.8% 0.3%
25   Red-breasted Merganser
19.3% 20.1% 0.8%
26   Hooded Merganser
19.5% 19.4% 0.1%
27   Red-winged Blackbird
7.2% 18.8% 11.6%
28   White-breasted Nuthatch
18.3% 18.6% 0.3%
29   Northern Shoveler
16.0% 16.5% 0.5%
30   Dark-eyed Junco
15.9% 16.4% 0.5%
31   Gadwall
16.7% 15.7% 1.0%
32   Ruddy Duck
16.6% 15.5% 1.0%
33   Carolina Wren
15.1% 15.5% 0.4%
34   Mute Swan
14.4% 15.4% 1.0%
35   House Finch
13.4% 13.7% 0.2%
36   Common Grackle
5.1% 13.5% 8.4%
37   American Goldfinch
13.2% 12.2% 1.0%
38   Double-crested Cormorant
13.9% 11.5% 2.3%
39   Great Blue Heron
14.7% 11.4% 3.3%
40   American Coot
11.4% 10.6% 0.7%
41   Greater Scaup
9.9% 9.8% 0.1%
42   Common Loon
10.6% 9.1% 1.5%
43   Common Merganser
6.7% 8.8% 2.1%
44   Horned Grebe
7.2% 8.3% 1.1%
45   Long-tailed Duck
9.1% 7.8% 1.3%
46   American Tree Sparrow
6.6% 7.7% 1.1%
47   Hairy Woodpecker
7.8% 7.6% 0.2%
48   Red-throated Loon
7.3% 7.6% 0.3%
49   Cooper's Hawk
8.4% 7.5% 0.9%
50   American Wigeon
6.2% 7.4% 1.2%
51   Fox Sparrow
6.9% 7.3% 0.5%
52   Common Goldeneye
7.0% 7.3% 0.3%
53   Fish Crow
5.0% 6.9% 1.9%
54   Turkey Vulture
4.8% 6.4% 1.6%
55   Northern Flicker
6.9% 6.3% 0.6%
56   Bald Eagle
5.2% 5.8% 0.6%
57   Ring-necked Duck
4.5% 5.7% 1.1%
58   Belted Kingfisher
6.9% 5.4% 1.5%
59   Wood Duck
4.2% 5.4% 1.2%
60   Peregrine Falcon
5.2% 5.0% 0.2%
61   Yellow-rumped Warbler
4.9% 5.0% 0.1%
62   Great Cormorant
4.8% 4.9% 0.1%
63   Green-winged Teal
4.4% 4.9% 0.5%
64   Northern Harrier
4.2% 4.9% 0.7%
65   Lesser Scaup
5.1% 4.8% 0.3%
66   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
5.6% 4.2% 1.4%
67   Killdeer
1.7% 3.9% 2.2%
68   Pied-billed Grebe
4.5% 3.8% 0.7%
69   Northern Pintail
3.6% 3.7% 0.2%
70   Brown Creeper
3.7% 3.7% 0.0%
71   Canvasback
3.1% 3.6% 0.5%
72   Common Raven
3.9% 3.5% 0.4%
73   American Kestrel
3.8% 3.4% 0.4%
74   Swamp Sparrow
4.7% 3.4% 1.3%
75   Sanderling
4.1% 2.7% 1.4%
76   Snow Goose
2.6% 2.6% 0.0%
77   Black Scoter
2.9% 2.4% 0.5%
78   Horned Lark
2.2% 2.3% 0.1%
79   Cedar Waxwing
1.7% 2.2% 0.5%
80   Redhead
2.4% 2.2% 0.1%
81   Sharp-shinned Hawk
2.3% 2.2% 0.2%
82   Surf Scoter
2.8% 2.2% 0.6%
83   Winter Wren
3.2% 2.2% 1.0%
84   Merlin
1.9% 2.1% 0.2%
85   Hermit Thrush
2.8% 2.0% 0.7%
86   Brown-headed Cowbird
1.2% 2.0% 0.8%
87   Great Horned Owl
1.9% 1.9% 0.0%
88   Golden-crowned Kinglet
2.6% 1.9% 0.6%
89   Red-shouldered Hawk
1.5% 1.9% 0.4%
90   Red-breasted Nuthatch
1.9% 1.8% 0.1%
91   Gray Catbird
2.6% 1.8% 0.8%
92   Rusty Blackbird
1.8% 1.7% 0.1%
93   Eastern Towhee
1.8% 1.6% 0.2%
94   White-winged Scoter
1.9% 1.5% 0.4%
95   Black Vulture
1.4% 1.5% 0.1%
96   Ruby-crowned Kinglet
2.8% 1.4% 1.4%
97   Snow Bunting
1.6% 1.3% 0.3%
98   Savannah Sparrow
1.2% 1.3% 0.1%
99   Monk Parakeet
1.7% 1.3% 0.4%
100   Northern Gannet
2.2% 1.2% 0.9%
101   Field Sparrow
1.2% 1.2% 0.0%
102   Pileated Woodpecker
1.0% 1.2% 0.2%
103   Wild Turkey
1.3% 1.2% 0.0%
104   Dunlin
1.7% 1.2% 0.5%
105   Iceland Gull
1.0% 1.2% 0.1%
106   Snowy Owl
1.2% 1.1% 0.0%
107   Red-necked Grebe
0.5% 1.1% 0.6%
108   American Woodcock
0.3% 1.1% 0.7%
109   Black-crowned Night-Heron
1.5% 1.0% 0.5%
110   Purple Sandpiper
1.9% 1.0% 0.9%
111   Lesser Black-backed Gull
0.8% 0.9% 0.1%
112   Common Eider
1.5% 0.9% 0.5%
113   Razorbill
1.3% 0.9% 0.4%
114   Ring-necked Pheasant
0.6% 0.9% 0.3%
115   Rough-legged Hawk
0.3% 0.8% 0.5%
116   White-crowned Sparrow
0.7% 0.8% 0.1%
117   Harlequin Duck
1.0% 0.7% 0.3%
118   Bonaparte's Gull
2.3% 0.7% 1.5%
119   Eastern Screech-Owl
0.6% 0.7% 0.1%
120   Pine Siskin
0.7% 0.7% 0.1%
121   Greater Yellowlegs
0.8% 0.7% 0.1%
122   Eastern Bluebird
0.7% 0.7% 0.0%
123   Tree Swallow
0.7% 0.7% 0.1%
124   Black-bellied Plover
1.0% 0.6% 0.4%
125   Lapland Longspur
0.3% 0.6% 0.3%
126   Chipping Sparrow
0.7% 0.6% 0.0%
127   Black-headed Gull
0.5% 0.6% 0.1%
128   Brown Thrasher
0.4% 0.6% 0.2%
129   Red-headed Woodpecker
0.9% 0.6% 0.3%
130   Barred Owl
0.7% 0.6% 0.2%
131   Eurasian Wigeon
0.4% 0.5% 0.1%
132   European Goldfinch
0.3% 0.5% 0.2%
133   Boat-tailed Grackle
0.2% 0.4% 0.2%
134   Common Redpoll
0.5% 0.4% 0.1%
135   Cackling Goose
0.7% 0.4% 0.2%
136   Wilson's Snipe
0.3% 0.4% 0.1%
137   Ruddy Turnstone
0.6% 0.4% 0.3%
138   Orange-crowned Warbler
1.0% 0.4% 0.6%
139   Purple Finch
0.4% 0.3% 0.1%
140   Barrow's Goldeneye
0.2% 0.3% 0.1%
141   American Pipit
0.7% 0.3% 0.4%
142   Baltimore Oriole
0.3% 0.3% 0.0%
143   Slaty-backed Gull
0.0% 0.3% 0.3%
144   Pink-footed Goose
0.2% 0.3% 0.1%
145   Northern Saw-whet Owl
0.8% 0.3% 0.5%
146   Pacific Loon
0.1% 0.3% 0.2%
147   Glaucous Gull
0.4% 0.3% 0.1%
148   Greater White-fronted Goose
0.9% 0.2% 0.7%
149   King Eider
0.3% 0.2% 0.0%
150   Great Egret
0.5% 0.2% 0.2%
151   Pine Warbler
0.4% 0.2% 0.1%
152   Eastern Phoebe
0.3% 0.2% 0.1%
153   American Oystercatcher
0.1% 0.2% 0.1%
154   Thick-billed Murre
0.1% 0.2% 0.1%
155   Bohemian Waxwing
0.0% 0.2% 0.2%
156   Eurasian Eagle-Owl
0.0% 0.2% 0.2%
157   Varied Thrush
0.2% 0.2% 0.1%
158   Palm Warbler
0.3% 0.2% 0.2%
159   Marsh Wren
0.2% 0.2% 0.0%
160   Saltmarsh Sparrow
0.0% 0.2% 0.2%
161   Eastern Meadowlark
0.1% 0.2% 0.0%
162   Tundra Swan
0.1% 0.2% 0.1%
163   Short-eared Owl
0.2% 0.2% 0.0%
164   Muscovy Duck
0.2% 0.1% 0.1%
165   Eared Grebe
0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
166   Western Tanager
0.3% 0.1% 0.1%
167   Barnacle Goose
0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
168   Virginia Rail
0.2% 0.1% 0.1%
169   Mew Gull
0.1% 0.1% 0.1%
170   Common Gallinule
0.3% 0.1% 0.2%
171   American Bittern
0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
172   Western Meadowlark
0.0% 0.1% 0.1%
173   Spotted Towhee
0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
174   Swainson's Hawk
0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
175   Painted Bunting
0.3% 0.1% 0.2%
176   Evening Grosbeak
0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
177   Red Knot
0.1% 0.1% 0.1%
178   Clapper Rail
0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
179   White-winged Crossbill
0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
180   Vesper Sparrow
0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
181   Northern Shrike
0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
182   Blue-winged Teal
0.1% 0.1% 0.1%
183   Graylag Goose
0.0% 0.1% 0.0%
184   Ivory Gull
0.0% 0.1% 0.1%
185   American White Pelican
0.0% 0.1% 0.0%
186   Long-billed Dowitcher
0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
187   Rufous Hummingbird
0.1% 0.1% 0.1%
188   Mandarin Duck
0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
189   Ross's Goose
0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
190   Townsend's Solitaire
0.1% 0.0% 0.0%
191   Common Yellowthroat
0.1% 0.0% 0.1%
192   Northern Waterthrush
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
193   Yellow-breasted Chat
0.2% 0.0% 0.2%
194   Dickcissel
0.1% 0.0% 0.1%
195   Ash-throated Flycatcher
0.1% 0.0% 0.1%
196   Barn Owl
0.1% 0.0% 0.0%
197   Lincoln's Sparrow
0.1% 0.0% 0.1%
198   Lesser Yellowlegs
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
199   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
0.2% 0.0% 0.2%
200   Scott's Oriole
0.1% 0.0% 0.1%
201   Grasshopper Sparrow
0.1% 0.0% 0.0%
202   Budgerigar
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
203   Clay-colored Sparrow
0.1% 0.0% 0.1%
204   American Goshawk
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
205   Western Grebe
0.1% 0.0% 0.1%
206   Nashville Warbler
0.2% 0.0% 0.1%
207   Tricolored Heron
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
208   House Wren
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
209   Ovenbird
0.1% 0.0% 0.1%
210   Short-billed Gull
0.1% 0.0% 0.1%
211   Semipalmated Plover
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
212   Osprey
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
213   Northern Bobwhite
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
214   Dovekie
0.1% 0.0% 0.1%
215   Carolina Chickadee
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
216   Least Sandpiper
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
217   Red Crossbill
0.1% 0.0% 0.0%
218   Townsend's Warbler
0.2% 0.0% 0.2%
219   Little Gull
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
220   Spotted Sandpiper
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
221   Lark Sparrow
0.1% 0.0% 0.1%
222   Chukar
0% 0.0% 0.0%
223   Whimbrel
0% 0.0% 0.0%
224   Laughing Gull
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
225   Rose-breasted Grosbeak
0% 0.0% 0.0%
226   Sora
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
227   Golden Eagle
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
228   Willet
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
229   Trumpeter Swan
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
230   Summer Tanager
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
231   Wood Thrush
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
232   Yellow-headed Blackbird
0% 0.0% 0.0%
233   LeConte's Sparrow
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
234   Snowy Egret
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
235   Indigo Bunting
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
236   Short-billed Dowitcher
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
237   European Greenfinch
0% 0.0% 0.0%
238   Blue-headed Vireo
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
239   Common Murre
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
240   Piping Plover
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
241   Cockatiel
0% 0.0% 0.0%
242   Swan Goose
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Created by Michael Fogleman.

Data from the eBird Basic Dataset. Version: EBD_relJan-2024. Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York. Jan 2024.