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

based on 118 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Van Cortlandt Park in February. 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 56.1% 84.7% 28.6%
2   Mallard 49.9% 83.1% 33.2%
3   White-throated Sparrow 41.6% 78.0% 36.4%
4   Blue Jay 35.8% 66.1% 30.3%
5   Hooded Merganser 19.7% 66.1% 46.4%
6   Red-winged Blackbird 18.3% 66.1% 47.8%
7   Downy Woodpecker 27.7% 62.7% 35.0%
8   Northern Cardinal 40.6% 61.0% 20.5%
9   Song Sparrow 34.3% 60.2% 25.9%
10   Northern Shoveler 16.4% 57.6% 41.2%
11   Ruddy Duck 15.7% 56.8% 41.1%
12   Red-bellied Woodpecker 25.7% 55.9% 30.3%
13   Tufted Titmouse 20.1% 55.9% 35.9%
14   Black-capped Chickadee 22.0% 48.3% 26.3%
15   Rock Pigeon 29.0% 47.5% 18.4%
16   Red-tailed Hawk 23.0% 47.5% 24.4%
17   White-breasted Nuthatch 18.1% 47.5% 29.3%
18   Mute Swan 14.9% 45.8% 30.8%
19   Ring-billed Gull 50.7% 41.5% 9.1%
20   House Sparrow 40.5% 40.7% 0.2%
21   American Robin 32.2% 39.0% 6.8%
22   Rusty Blackbird 1.5% 39.0% 37.4%
23   European Starling 38.3% 38.1% 0.1%
24   Mourning Dove 33.3% 35.6% 2.3%
25   American Black Duck 26.7% 35.6% 8.9%
26   Common Grackle 13.3% 34.7% 21.4%
27   Pied-billed Grebe 3.8% 32.2% 28.5%
28   Great Blue Heron 11.7% 31.4% 19.7%
29   Dark-eyed Junco 16.2% 29.7% 13.5%
30   American Coot 10.7% 28.0% 17.3%
31   Northern Mockingbird 24.0% 25.4% 1.5%
32   Cooper's Hawk 7.7% 21.2% 13.5%
33   Carolina Wren 16.1% 18.6% 2.6%
34   Wood Duck 6.1% 18.6% 12.5%
35   Hairy Woodpecker 7.6% 17.8% 10.2%
36   American Crow 21.4% 16.1% 5.3%
37   American Goldfinch 11.4% 15.3% 3.9%
38   Golden-crowned Kinglet 2.4% 13.6% 11.2%
39   Ring-necked Duck 5.9% 12.7% 6.8%
40   American Herring Gull 41.3% 11.0% 30.3%
41   Common Merganser 9.5% 10.2% 0.7%
42   Fox Sparrow 7.2% 10.2% 2.9%
43   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 4.7% 8.5% 3.7%
44   Brown Creeper 3.5% 8.5% 5.0%
45   Cackling Goose 0.4% 8.5% 8.1%
46   Green-winged Teal 4.9% 7.6% 2.7%
47   Lesser Scaup 4.9% 7.6% 2.8%
48   Winter Wren 2.2% 7.6% 5.4%
49   American Tree Sparrow 6.8% 6.8% 0.0%
50   Turkey Vulture 6.5% 5.9% 0.5%
51   Belted Kingfisher 5.3% 5.9% 0.6%
52   Common Raven 4.3% 5.9% 1.6%
53   Sharp-shinned Hawk 2.0% 5.9% 4.0%
54   House Finch 13.8% 5.1% 8.7%
55   Killdeer 3.8% 5.1% 1.3%
56   Horned Lark 2.1% 5.1% 2.9%
57   Eastern Screech-Owl 0.7% 5.1% 4.4%
58   Redhead 2.1% 4.2% 2.1%
59   Gadwall 15.6% 3.4% 12.2%
60   Swamp Sparrow 3.6% 3.4% 0.2%
61   Brown-headed Cowbird 1.7% 3.4% 1.7%
62   Bufflehead 32.0% 2.5% 29.5%
63   Brant 20.1% 2.5% 17.6%
64   American Wigeon 7.0% 2.5% 4.5%
65   Common Goldeneye 6.9% 2.5% 4.3%
66   Bald Eagle 6.2% 2.5% 3.7%
67   Yellow-rumped Warbler 4.9% 2.5% 2.3%
68   Northern Pintail 3.4% 2.5% 0.9%
69   Field Sparrow 1.1% 2.5% 1.4%
70   Red-breasted Merganser 20.0% 1.7% 18.3%
71   Double-crested Cormorant 12.0% 1.7% 10.4%
72   Fish Crow 7.4% 1.7% 5.7%
73   Northern Flicker 6.2% 1.7% 4.5%
74   Snow Goose 2.4% 1.7% 0.7%
75   Hermit Thrush 2.1% 1.7% 0.4%
76   Eastern Bluebird 0.7% 1.7% 1.0%
77   White-crowned Sparrow 0.6% 1.7% 1.1%
78   Greater White-fronted Goose 0.3% 1.7% 1.4%
79   Great Black-backed Gull 28.3% 0.8% 27.4%
80   Greater Scaup 9.6% 0.8% 8.8%
81   Northern Harrier 4.3% 0.8% 3.5%
82   American Kestrel 3.4% 0.8% 2.5%
83   Merlin 2.0% 0.8% 1.1%
84   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1.8% 0.8% 1.0%
85   Red-shouldered Hawk 1.7% 0.8% 0.9%
86   Red-breasted Nuthatch 1.6% 0.8% 0.8%
87   Eastern Towhee 1.5% 0.8% 0.7%
88   Pileated Woodpecker 1.3% 0.8% 0.5%
89   Snow Bunting 1.2% 0.8% 0.4%
90   Lapland Longspur 0.6% 0.8% 0.3%
91   Brown Thrasher 0.5% 0.8% 0.4%
92   Wilson's Snipe 0.3% 0.8% 0.5%