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Top Birds at Union Square Park in January
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA

based on 242 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Union Square Park in January. The difference in probability relative to other nearby locations is also shown, to highlight which birds are particularly likely to be found (or not found) at this specific location. The chart shows how many distinct species have historically been observed at this location for each month of the year.

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Rank Info Pics Species Entire Region This Location Difference
1   White-throated Sparrow 42.0% 67.8% 25.7%
2   House Sparrow 35.6% 67.8% 32.2%
3   Rock Pigeon 28.7% 65.7% 37.0%
4   European Starling 35.9% 57.9% 22.0%
5   Swamp Sparrow 4.6% 35.1% 30.6%
6   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 5.5% 34.7% 29.3%
7   Blue Jay 33.9% 30.2% 3.7%
8   Mourning Dove 29.4% 24.0% 5.4%
9   Scott's Oriole 0% 23.6% 23.6%
10   Red-tailed Hawk 21.8% 17.8% 4.0%
11   Gray Catbird 2.6% 15.7% 13.1%
12   Cooper's Hawk 8.4% 10.7% 2.4%
13   American Kestrel 3.8% 10.7% 6.9%
14   American Robin 24.9% 10.3% 14.6%
15   White-breasted Nuthatch 18.3% 9.5% 8.8%
16   Common Yellowthroat 0.1% 9.5% 9.4%
17   Northern Cardinal 36.8% 9.1% 27.7%
18   Tufted Titmouse 19.6% 9.1% 10.5%
19   Northern Mockingbird 23.7% 7.4% 16.2%
20   Ovenbird 0.1% 6.6% 6.5%
21   American Crow 18.2% 5.8% 12.5%
22   Lincoln's Sparrow 0.1% 5.8% 5.7%
23   Song Sparrow 32.3% 5.0% 27.4%
24   Yellow-breasted Chat 0.2% 4.1% 3.9%
25   Red-bellied Woodpecker 24.8% 3.3% 21.5%
26   Baltimore Oriole 0.3% 2.9% 2.6%
27   Cape May Warbler 0.0% 2.9% 2.9%
28   Ring-billed Gull 52.2% 2.5% 49.7%
29   Downy Woodpecker 27.2% 2.5% 24.8%
30   Hermit Thrush 2.8% 2.1% 0.7%
31   Peregrine Falcon 5.2% 1.7% 3.5%
32   Herring Gull 43.5% 1.2% 42.2%
33   Hairy Woodpecker 7.9% 1.2% 6.6%
34   White-crowned Sparrow 0.7% 1.2% 0.6%
35   Black-capped Chickadee 22.1% 0.8% 21.2%
36   House Finch 13.5% 0.8% 12.7%
37   Common Raven 3.9% 0.8% 3.1%
38   Merlin 1.9% 0.8% 1.1%
39   Great Black-backed Gull 31.7% 0.4% 31.3%
40   Dark-eyed Junco 15.9% 0.4% 15.5%
41   American Goldfinch 13.3% 0.4% 12.9%
42   Fox Sparrow 6.9% 0.4% 6.5%
43   Common Grackle 5.2% 0.4% 4.7%
44   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2.8% 0.4% 2.4%