Top Birds at Van Cortlandt Park in January
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA
based on 122 checklists
This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Van Cortlandt 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.
| Rank | Info | Pics | Species | Entire Region | This Location | Difference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Canada Goose | 53.4% | 91.0% | 37.6% | |||
| 2 | Mallard | 48.9% | 83.6% | 34.7% | |||
| 3 | White-throated Sparrow | 42.1% | 73.8% | 31.7% | |||
| 4 | Blue Jay | 33.8% | 67.2% | 33.4% | |||
| 5 | Northern Cardinal | 36.7% | 65.6% | 28.9% | |||
| 6 | Mute Swan | 14.4% | 60.7% | 46.3% | |||
| 7 | Hooded Merganser | 19.4% | 59.0% | 39.6% | |||
| 8 | Ring-billed Gull | 52.0% | 58.2% | 6.2% | |||
| 9 | Rock Pigeon | 28.8% | 57.4% | 28.6% | |||
| 10 | Downy Woodpecker | 27.1% | 56.6% | 29.5% | |||
| 11 | Red-bellied Woodpecker | 24.7% | 54.9% | 30.3% | |||
| 12 | Ruddy Duck | 16.5% | 52.5% | 36.0% | |||
| 13 | House Sparrow | 35.6% | 50.8% | 15.2% | |||
| 14 | Tufted Titmouse | 19.5% | 50.8% | 31.3% | |||
| 15 | Red-tailed Hawk | 21.7% | 50.0% | 28.3% | |||
| 16 | Song Sparrow | 32.2% | 49.2% | 17.0% | |||
| 17 | Northern Shoveler | 15.9% | 45.9% | 30.0% | |||
| 18 | Black-capped Chickadee | 21.9% | 44.3% | 22.3% | |||
| 19 | Mourning Dove | 29.3% | 41.8% | 12.5% | |||
| 20 | White-breasted Nuthatch | 18.2% | 40.2% | 21.9% | |||
| 21 | European Starling | 35.9% | 36.9% | 0.9% | |||
| 22 | American Black Duck | 27.8% | 36.9% | 9.1% | |||
| 23 | Red-winged Blackbird | 7.2% | 31.1% | 24.0% | |||
| 24 | American Robin | 24.8% | 30.3% | 5.5% | |||
| 25 | Rusty Blackbird | 1.7% | 29.5% | 27.8% | |||
| 26 | Dark-eyed Junco | 15.8% | 28.7% | 12.9% | |||
| 27 | American Crow | 18.2% | 27.0% | 8.9% | |||
| 28 | Great Blue Heron | 14.7% | 26.2% | 11.5% | |||
| 29 | Northern Mockingbird | 23.6% | 25.4% | 1.8% | |||
| 30 | Common Grackle | 5.1% | 21.3% | 16.2% | |||
| 31 | Wood Duck | 4.2% | 21.3% | 17.1% | |||
| 32 | Herring Gull | 43.4% | 19.7% | 23.7% | |||
| 33 | Carolina Wren | 15.1% | 19.7% | 4.6% | |||
| 34 | Belted Kingfisher | 6.9% | 19.7% | 12.8% | |||
| 35 | Hairy Woodpecker | 7.8% | 18.9% | 11.0% | |||
| 36 | Snow Goose | 2.6% | 18.9% | 16.3% | |||
| 37 | American Goldfinch | 13.2% | 17.2% | 4.0% | |||
| 38 | Pied-billed Grebe | 4.5% | 13.9% | 9.4% | |||
| 39 | Greater White-fronted Goose | 0.9% | 13.9% | 13.1% | |||
| 40 | Cooper's Hawk | 8.4% | 12.3% | 3.9% | |||
| 41 | Fox Sparrow | 6.9% | 12.3% | 5.4% | |||
| 42 | Brown Creeper | 3.7% | 9.0% | 5.3% | |||
| 43 | American Tree Sparrow | 6.6% | 7.4% | 0.8% | |||
| 44 | Cackling Goose | 0.7% | 7.4% | 6.7% | |||
| 45 | Bufflehead | 31.9% | 6.6% | 25.4% | |||
| 46 | Double-crested Cormorant | 13.9% | 6.6% | 7.3% | |||
| 47 | Gadwall | 16.7% | 5.7% | 11.0% | |||
| 48 | House Finch | 13.4% | 5.7% | 7.7% | |||
| 49 | American Coot | 11.4% | 5.7% | 5.6% | |||
| 50 | Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | 5.6% | 5.7% | 0.2% | |||
| 51 | Winter Wren | 3.2% | 5.7% | 2.5% | |||
| 52 | Barnacle Goose | 0.1% | 5.7% | 5.6% | |||
| 53 | Northern Flicker | 6.9% | 4.9% | 2.0% | |||
| 54 | Red-shouldered Hawk | 1.4% | 4.9% | 3.5% | |||
| 55 | Common Goldeneye | 7.0% | 4.1% | 2.9% | |||
| 56 | Common Merganser | 6.7% | 4.1% | 2.6% | |||
| 57 | Swamp Sparrow | 4.7% | 4.1% | 0.6% | |||
| 58 | Sharp-shinned Hawk | 2.3% | 4.1% | 1.8% | |||
| 59 | Brown-headed Cowbird | 1.2% | 4.1% | 2.9% | |||
| 60 | Great Black-backed Gull | 31.7% | 3.3% | 28.4% | |||
| 61 | Brant | 20.6% | 3.3% | 17.3% | |||
| 62 | Peregrine Falcon | 5.2% | 3.3% | 1.9% | |||
| 63 | Turkey Vulture | 4.8% | 3.3% | 1.5% | |||
| 64 | Green-winged Teal | 4.4% | 3.3% | 1.1% | |||
| 65 | Redhead | 2.4% | 3.3% | 0.9% | |||
| 66 | Red-breasted Merganser | 19.3% | 2.5% | 16.9% | |||
| 67 | Golden-crowned Kinglet | 2.6% | 2.5% | 0.1% | |||
| 68 | Red-breasted Nuthatch | 1.9% | 2.5% | 0.5% | |||
| 69 | Fish Crow | 5.0% | 1.6% | 3.4% | |||
| 70 | Northern Harrier | 4.2% | 1.6% | 2.6% | |||
| 71 | Gray Catbird | 2.6% | 1.6% | 1.0% | |||
| 72 | White-crowned Sparrow | 0.7% | 1.6% | 1.0% | |||
| 73 | Chipping Sparrow | 0.6% | 1.6% | 1.0% | |||
| 74 | Horned Grebe | 7.3% | 0.8% | 6.4% | |||
| 75 | Bald Eagle | 5.2% | 0.8% | 4.4% | |||
| 76 | Lesser Scaup | 5.1% | 0.8% | 4.3% | |||
| 77 | Ring-necked Duck | 4.6% | 0.8% | 3.7% | |||
| 78 | Common Raven | 3.9% | 0.8% | 3.1% | |||
| 79 | American Kestrel | 3.8% | 0.8% | 3.0% | |||
| 80 | Northern Pintail | 3.6% | 0.8% | 2.7% | |||
| 81 | Canvasback | 3.1% | 0.8% | 2.3% | |||
| 82 | Ruby-crowned Kinglet | 2.8% | 0.8% | 2.0% | |||
| 83 | Horned Lark | 2.2% | 0.8% | 1.4% | |||
| 84 | Great Horned Owl | 1.9% | 0.8% | 1.1% | |||
| 85 | Eastern Towhee | 1.8% | 0.8% | 1.0% | |||
| 86 | Cedar Waxwing | 1.7% | 0.8% | 0.9% | |||
| 87 | Black-crowned Night-Heron | 1.5% | 0.8% | 0.7% | |||
| 88 | Black Vulture | 1.4% | 0.8% | 0.6% | |||
| 89 | Field Sparrow | 1.2% | 0.8% | 0.4% | |||
| 90 | Eastern Screech-Owl | 0.6% | 0.8% | 0.2% | |||
| 91 | Great Egret | 0.5% | 0.8% | 0.4% | |||
| 92 | Lapland Longspur | 0.3% | 0.8% | 0.5% | |||
| 93 | Rough-legged Hawk | 0.3% | 0.8% | 0.5% | |||
| 94 | Common Yellowthroat | 0.1% | 0.8% | 0.7% | |||
| 95 | American Goshawk | 0.0% | 0.8% | 0.8% |