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Top Birds at Van Cortlandt Park in April
relative to other locations within 25 miles of 35.791540, -78.781117

based on 160 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Van Cortlandt Park in April. 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   American Robin 42.0% 86.9% 44.9%
2   Red-winged Blackbird 26.8% 85.0% 58.2%
3   Blue Jay 48.6% 78.8% 30.2%
4   Mallard 29.5% 76.9% 47.4%
5   Northern Cardinal 80.7% 75.0% 5.7%
6   Canada Goose 48.6% 73.8% 25.2%
7   Common Grackle 25.9% 73.8% 47.8%
8   White-throated Sparrow 57.3% 71.2% 13.9%
9   Red-bellied Woodpecker 58.3% 66.2% 7.9%
10   European Starling 19.9% 66.2% 46.3%
11   Mourning Dove 45.4% 64.4% 19.0%
12   House Sparrow 2.2% 63.7% 61.6%
13   Song Sparrow 23.8% 63.1% 39.3%
14   Northern Flicker 13.1% 61.3% 48.1%
15   Double-crested Cormorant 25.8% 59.4% 33.6%
16   Rock Pigeon 4.9% 58.1% 53.2%
17   Downy Woodpecker 40.0% 57.5% 17.5%
18   Red-tailed Hawk 12.5% 46.9% 34.4%
19   Brown-headed Cowbird 38.0% 42.5% 4.5%
20   Tree Swallow 14.5% 41.9% 27.4%
21   Yellow-rumped Warbler 44.8% 40.0% 4.8%
22   American Goldfinch 47.1% 38.1% 9.0%
23   Ruddy Duck 2.9% 37.5% 34.6%
24   Tufted Titmouse 70.2% 36.9% 33.3%
25   Wood Duck 13.3% 35.0% 21.7%
26   Mute Swan 0.4% 35.0% 34.6%
27   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 28.5% 33.1% 4.6%
28   Palm Warbler 7.9% 30.0% 22.1%
29   White-breasted Nuthatch 22.3% 28.7% 6.5%
30   Northern Mockingbird 26.9% 26.9% 0.0%
31   Eastern Phoebe 35.4% 25.0% 10.4%
32   Carolina Wren 71.6% 24.4% 47.2%
33   Black-capped Chickadee 0% 23.1% 23.1%
34   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 63.5% 22.5% 41.0%
35   Turkey Vulture 42.8% 22.5% 20.3%
36   Osprey 17.5% 21.9% 4.3%
37   Dark-eyed Junco 5.1% 21.2% 16.1%
38   Savannah Sparrow 4.1% 21.2% 17.2%
39   Hairy Woodpecker 10.1% 20.0% 9.9%
40   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 33.0% 19.4% 13.6%
41   Rusty Blackbird 0.8% 19.4% 18.6%
42   Great Egret 2.2% 17.5% 15.3%
43   American Crow 56.7% 16.9% 39.9%
44   Barn Swallow 19.6% 16.9% 2.8%
45   Yellow Warbler 2.6% 16.9% 14.2%
46   Ring-billed Gull 6.3% 15.6% 9.3%
47   Great Blue Heron 44.0% 15.0% 29.0%
48   Pine Warbler 45.5% 14.4% 31.1%
49   Chipping Sparrow 43.6% 13.1% 30.5%
50   Swamp Sparrow 14.1% 13.1% 0.9%
51   Hermit Thrush 8.2% 11.9% 3.6%
52   American Black Duck 0.1% 11.2% 11.2%
53   Gray Catbird 18.3% 10.6% 7.7%
54   Chimney Swift 13.9% 10.6% 3.3%
55   Warbling Vireo 0.2% 10.0% 9.8%
56   House Finch 27.2% 8.8% 18.5%
57   Black-and-white Warbler 15.2% 8.8% 6.4%
58   House Wren 10.2% 7.5% 2.7%
59   Northern Shoveler 0.2% 7.5% 7.3%
60   Belted Kingfisher 18.6% 6.9% 11.7%
61   Pied-billed Grebe 2.1% 6.9% 4.8%
62   Baltimore Oriole 0.7% 6.9% 6.1%
63   Green Heron 6.4% 6.2% 0.2%
64   Northern Waterthrush 3.3% 5.6% 2.4%
65   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1.2% 5.6% 4.5%
66   Golden-crowned Kinglet 0.8% 5.6% 4.8%
67   Fish Crow 37.0% 5.0% 32.0%
68   Killdeer 17.3% 5.0% 12.3%
69   Brown Creeper 0.3% 5.0% 4.7%
70   Cooper's Hawk 3.8% 4.4% 0.6%
71   American Herring Gull 0.5% 4.4% 3.9%
72   Black-crowned Night-Heron 0.1% 4.4% 4.3%
73   Eastern Towhee 44.6% 3.8% 40.8%
74   Northern Parula 36.6% 3.8% 32.9%
75   Ring-necked Duck 0.4% 3.8% 3.3%
76   Green-winged Teal 0.3% 3.8% 3.4%
77   Virginia Rail 0.1% 3.8% 3.6%
78   Blue-headed Vireo 4.2% 3.1% 1.0%
79   American Coot 0.8% 3.1% 2.3%
80   Bald Eagle 12.4% 2.5% 9.9%
81   Louisiana Waterthrush 10.5% 2.5% 8.0%
82   Wild Turkey 2.0% 2.5% 0.5%
83   Winter Wren 1.3% 2.5% 1.2%
84   Red-breasted Nuthatch 0.8% 2.5% 1.7%
85   Common Raven 0.4% 2.5% 2.1%
86   Ring-necked Pheasant 0.0% 2.5% 2.5%
87   Eastern Kingbird 13.0% 1.9% 11.1%
88   Hooded Merganser 2.3% 1.9% 0.4%
89   Wilson's Snipe 1.0% 1.9% 0.9%
90   American Kestrel 1.0% 1.9% 0.9%
91   White-crowned Sparrow 0.4% 1.9% 1.5%
92   Gadwall 0.1% 1.9% 1.8%
93   Black Vulture 20.4% 1.2% 19.2%
94   Spotted Sandpiper 7.3% 1.2% 6.1%
95   Eastern Meadowlark 6.6% 1.2% 5.3%
96   Black-throated Blue Warbler 6.0% 1.2% 4.7%
97   Blue-winged Teal 2.2% 1.2% 0.9%
98   Veery 1.3% 1.2% 0.0%
99   Common Loon 0.6% 1.2% 0.6%
100   Laughing Gull 0.1% 1.2% 1.2%
101   Red-necked Grebe 0.0% 1.2% 1.2%
102   White-eyed Vireo 39.6% 0.6% 39.0%
103   Common Yellowthroat 33.8% 0.6% 33.2%
104   Red-eyed Vireo 31.6% 0.6% 31.0%
105   Pileated Woodpecker 20.4% 0.6% 19.8%
106   Brown Thrasher 19.9% 0.6% 19.3%
107   Summer Tanager 14.5% 0.6% 13.9%
108   Field Sparrow 10.7% 0.6% 10.1%
109   American Redstart 9.3% 0.6% 8.7%
110   Prairie Warbler 7.5% 0.6% 6.9%
111   Orchard Oriole 7.2% 0.6% 6.5%
112   Yellow-throated Vireo 6.4% 0.6% 5.8%
113   Solitary Sandpiper 5.9% 0.6% 5.3%
114   Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1.4% 0.6% 0.7%
115   Bufflehead 1.3% 0.6% 0.7%
116   Sharp-shinned Hawk 1.0% 0.6% 0.4%
117   Blue-winged Warbler 1.0% 0.6% 0.4%
118   Great Horned Owl 0.8% 0.6% 0.2%
119   Red-breasted Merganser 0.7% 0.6% 0.1%
120   Black-throated Green Warbler 0.6% 0.6% 0.0%
121   Vesper Sparrow 0.3% 0.6% 0.3%
122   Marsh Wren 0.2% 0.6% 0.4%
123   American Pipit 0.2% 0.6% 0.5%
124   Chestnut-sided Warbler 0.1% 0.6% 0.5%
125   Little Blue Heron 0.1% 0.6% 0.5%
126   Fox Sparrow 0.1% 0.6% 0.6%
127   Nashville Warbler 0.0% 0.6% 0.6%
128   Peregrine Falcon 0.0% 0.6% 0.6%
129   Great Cormorant 0% 0.6% 0.6%
130   European Goldfinch 0% 0.6% 0.6%