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Top Birds at Van Cortlandt Park in January
relative to other locations within 25 miles of 40.781243, -73.966507

based on 140 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.

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Rank Info Pics Species Entire Region This Location Difference
1   Canada Goose 53.5% 88.6% 35.1%
2   Mallard 48.2% 82.1% 34.0%
3   White-throated Sparrow 42.6% 74.3% 31.6%
4   Blue Jay 34.0% 69.3% 35.3%
5   Northern Cardinal 37.0% 65.0% 28.0%
6   Hooded Merganser 19.6% 58.6% 39.0%
7   Red-bellied Woodpecker 24.9% 57.9% 33.0%
8   Ring-billed Gull 51.7% 57.1% 5.4%
9   Rock Pigeon 29.1% 56.4% 27.3%
10   Downy Woodpecker 27.1% 56.4% 29.3%
11   Mute Swan 14.1% 55.0% 40.9%
12   Tufted Titmouse 20.3% 52.9% 32.6%
13   Song Sparrow 32.3% 52.1% 19.9%
14   Ruddy Duck 16.5% 51.4% 34.9%
15   Red-tailed Hawk 22.0% 50.0% 28.0%
16   House Sparrow 36.0% 49.3% 13.3%
17   Northern Shoveler 15.7% 45.7% 30.0%
18   Black-capped Chickadee 22.7% 44.3% 21.5%
19   Mourning Dove 29.6% 42.9% 13.2%
20   White-breasted Nuthatch 18.9% 42.1% 23.2%
21   European Starling 35.7% 37.9% 2.2%
22   American Robin 25.4% 35.0% 9.6%
23   American Black Duck 27.8% 34.3% 6.5%
24   Dark-eyed Junco 16.1% 31.4% 15.3%
25   Red-winged Blackbird 7.2% 30.0% 22.8%
26   Rusty Blackbird 1.8% 29.3% 27.5%
27   Northern Mockingbird 23.7% 28.6% 4.9%
28   American Crow 18.5% 27.1% 8.6%
29   Great Blue Heron 14.7% 26.4% 11.8%
30   Common Grackle 5.0% 23.6% 18.5%
31   Wood Duck 4.6% 23.6% 19.0%
32   Carolina Wren 15.3% 22.1% 6.9%
33   Hairy Woodpecker 7.8% 21.4% 13.7%
34   American Goldfinch 12.9% 18.6% 5.6%
35   Belted Kingfisher 6.6% 18.6% 11.9%
36   American Herring Gull 43.2% 17.9% 25.3%
37   Snow Goose 2.9% 17.1% 14.3%
38   Pied-billed Grebe 4.2% 12.9% 8.7%
39   Greater White-fronted Goose 0.9% 12.9% 11.9%
40   Cooper's Hawk 8.7% 12.1% 3.4%
41   Fox Sparrow 7.2% 12.1% 5.0%
42   Brown Creeper 3.7% 9.3% 5.6%
43   American Coot 11.3% 7.9% 3.5%
44   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 5.8% 7.9% 2.1%
45   Cackling Goose 0.7% 7.9% 7.1%
46   Bufflehead 31.6% 6.4% 25.2%
47   Double-crested Cormorant 13.9% 6.4% 7.5%
48   American Tree Sparrow 6.3% 6.4% 0.1%
49   Winter Wren 3.1% 6.4% 3.3%
50   Golden-crowned Kinglet 2.7% 6.4% 3.7%
51   Gadwall 16.9% 5.7% 11.1%
52   Northern Flicker 6.9% 5.7% 1.2%
53   Barnacle Goose 0.1% 5.7% 5.6%
54   House Finch 13.4% 5.0% 8.4%
55   Ring-necked Duck 4.8% 5.0% 0.2%
56   Turkey Vulture 4.7% 5.0% 0.3%
57   Sharp-shinned Hawk 2.3% 4.3% 2.0%
58   Red-shouldered Hawk 1.5% 4.3% 2.8%
59   Brown-headed Cowbird 1.2% 4.3% 3.1%
60   Common Merganser 6.9% 3.6% 3.4%
61   Common Goldeneye 6.8% 3.6% 3.2%
62   Peregrine Falcon 5.2% 3.6% 1.6%
63   Swamp Sparrow 5.0% 3.6% 1.4%
64   Redhead 2.3% 3.6% 1.3%
65   Great Black-backed Gull 30.9% 2.9% 28.0%
66   Brant 20.2% 2.9% 17.3%
67   Green-winged Teal 4.4% 2.9% 1.5%
68   Red-breasted Merganser 19.1% 2.1% 17.0%
69   Common Raven 4.3% 2.1% 2.1%
70   Red-breasted Nuthatch 1.9% 2.1% 0.2%
71   White-crowned Sparrow 0.6% 2.1% 1.6%
72   Fish Crow 5.2% 1.4% 3.8%
73   Yellow-rumped Warbler 5.0% 1.4% 3.5%
74   Northern Harrier 4.2% 1.4% 2.8%
75   Northern Pintail 3.4% 1.4% 2.0%
76   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2.8% 1.4% 1.4%
77   Gray Catbird 2.5% 1.4% 1.0%
78   Cedar Waxwing 1.6% 1.4% 0.2%
79   Black Vulture 1.3% 1.4% 0.1%
80   Chipping Sparrow 0.7% 1.4% 0.7%
81   Horned Grebe 6.9% 0.7% 6.2%
82   Bald Eagle 5.4% 0.7% 4.7%
83   Lesser Scaup 5.1% 0.7% 4.4%
84   American Kestrel 3.8% 0.7% 3.1%
85   Canvasback 3.0% 0.7% 2.3%
86   Horned Lark 2.2% 0.7% 1.5%
87   Great Horned Owl 1.9% 0.7% 1.2%
88   Eastern Towhee 1.7% 0.7% 1.0%
89   Black-crowned Night-Heron 1.4% 0.7% 0.7%
90   Field Sparrow 1.2% 0.7% 0.5%
91   Eastern Screech-Owl 0.6% 0.7% 0.1%
92   Great Egret 0.4% 0.7% 0.3%
93   Lapland Longspur 0.3% 0.7% 0.4%
94   Rough-legged Hawk 0.3% 0.7% 0.4%
95   Common Yellowthroat 0.1% 0.7% 0.6%
96   Lincoln's Sparrow 0.1% 0.7% 0.6%
97   American Goshawk 0.0% 0.7% 0.7%