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Top Birds at Van Cortlandt Park in March
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA

based on 109 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Van Cortlandt Park in March. 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   Red-winged Blackbird 43.0% 87.2% 44.2%
2   Canada Goose 56.7% 84.4% 27.7%
3   Mallard 53.4% 84.4% 31.0%
4   Blue Jay 41.3% 82.6% 41.3%
5   White-throated Sparrow 42.3% 78.0% 35.7%
6   American Robin 58.6% 77.1% 18.5%
7   Northern Cardinal 49.6% 76.1% 26.5%
8   Common Grackle 33.6% 76.1% 42.6%
9   Song Sparrow 50.8% 69.7% 18.9%
10   European Starling 46.3% 66.1% 19.8%
11   Red-bellied Woodpecker 30.3% 64.2% 33.9%
12   Rock Pigeon 30.1% 64.2% 34.1%
13   Ruddy Duck 15.2% 64.2% 49.0%
14   Downy Woodpecker 31.6% 63.3% 31.7%
15   Tufted Titmouse 24.5% 59.6% 35.1%
16   Mourning Dove 42.6% 58.7% 16.1%
17   House Sparrow 44.0% 57.8% 13.8%
18   Red-tailed Hawk 25.3% 53.2% 28.0%
19   Black-capped Chickadee 26.0% 51.4% 25.4%
20   Mute Swan 16.8% 49.5% 32.7%
21   Dark-eyed Junco 26.4% 47.7% 21.3%
22   White-breasted Nuthatch 20.7% 44.0% 23.3%
23   Northern Shoveler 16.8% 42.2% 25.4%
24   Rusty Blackbird 3.2% 38.5% 35.3%
25   Northern Mockingbird 27.4% 35.8% 8.4%
26   Hooded Merganser 14.2% 34.9% 20.7%
27   Brown-headed Cowbird 8.3% 34.9% 26.6%
28   Carolina Wren 18.7% 33.9% 15.3%
29   Ring-billed Gull 42.7% 31.2% 11.5%
30   American Crow 24.5% 31.2% 6.7%
31   American Black Duck 22.8% 31.2% 8.4%
32   Pied-billed Grebe 5.0% 31.2% 26.2%
33   Great Blue Heron 11.6% 26.6% 15.0%
34   Wood Duck 11.9% 23.9% 12.0%
35   American Goldfinch 15.1% 22.0% 6.9%
36   Hairy Woodpecker 8.7% 21.1% 12.4%
37   Double-crested Cormorant 17.1% 17.4% 0.3%
38   Killdeer 11.0% 17.4% 6.4%
39   Green-winged Teal 7.8% 15.6% 7.8%
40   Turkey Vulture 11.6% 14.7% 3.1%
41   Ring-necked Duck 9.4% 14.7% 5.3%
42   Northern Flicker 14.0% 13.8% 0.3%
43   American Coot 10.4% 12.8% 2.4%
44   Herring Gull 35.0% 11.9% 23.1%
45   Golden-crowned Kinglet 8.3% 11.0% 2.8%
46   House Finch 15.3% 10.1% 5.2%
47   Cooper's Hawk 5.6% 10.1% 4.5%
48   Eastern Phoebe 14.0% 9.2% 4.8%
49   Common Merganser 8.6% 8.3% 0.4%
50   Yellow-rumped Warbler 5.8% 8.3% 2.5%
51   Gadwall 14.1% 7.3% 6.8%
52   Fox Sparrow 12.0% 7.3% 4.7%
53   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 6.5% 7.3% 0.8%
54   Brown Creeper 6.2% 6.4% 0.2%
55   Swamp Sparrow 4.4% 5.5% 1.1%
56   Wilson's Snipe 1.5% 5.5% 4.0%
57   American Woodcock 5.2% 4.6% 0.6%
58   Lesser Scaup 3.7% 4.6% 0.9%
59   Eastern Screech-Owl 0.8% 4.6% 3.8%
60   American Pipit 0.2% 4.6% 4.4%
61   Cackling Goose 0.1% 4.6% 4.5%
62   Fish Crow 13.1% 3.7% 9.5%
63   Osprey 7.1% 2.8% 4.3%
64   Belted Kingfisher 6.1% 2.8% 3.3%
65   American Tree Sparrow 4.5% 2.8% 1.8%
66   Common Raven 4.0% 2.8% 1.2%
67   Winter Wren 2.7% 2.8% 0.1%
68   Black Vulture 2.2% 2.8% 0.5%
69   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2.2% 2.8% 0.6%
70   Red-shouldered Hawk 2.0% 2.8% 0.7%
71   Red-breasted Nuthatch 1.9% 2.8% 0.8%
72   Ring-necked Pheasant 1.2% 2.8% 1.5%
73   Bufflehead 27.0% 1.8% 25.1%
74   Great Black-backed Gull 23.7% 1.8% 21.8%
75   Field Sparrow 2.3% 1.8% 0.5%
76   Snow Goose 2.3% 1.8% 0.5%
77   Sharp-shinned Hawk 2.3% 1.8% 0.4%
78   Eastern Bluebird 1.2% 1.8% 0.6%
79   Savannah Sparrow 1.0% 1.8% 0.8%
80   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 0.4% 1.8% 1.5%
81   Greater White-fronted Goose 0.0% 1.8% 1.8%
82   Horned Grebe 7.5% 0.9% 6.6%
83   American Wigeon 6.7% 0.9% 5.8%
84   Tree Swallow 6.3% 0.9% 5.4%
85   Greater Scaup 6.2% 0.9% 5.3%
86   Bald Eagle 4.6% 0.9% 3.7%
87   Great Egret 4.6% 0.9% 3.7%
88   Pine Warbler 3.2% 0.9% 2.3%
89   Cedar Waxwing 3.1% 0.9% 2.2%
90   Hermit Thrush 2.4% 0.9% 1.5%
91   Monk Parakeet 2.4% 0.9% 1.4%
92   Eastern Towhee 2.3% 0.9% 1.3%
93   Black-crowned Night-Heron 1.6% 0.9% 0.6%
94   Redhead 1.4% 0.9% 0.5%
95   Brown Thrasher 0.7% 0.9% 0.2%
96   Barred Owl 0.7% 0.9% 0.2%
97   Palm Warbler 0.6% 0.9% 0.3%
98   White-crowned Sparrow 0.6% 0.9% 0.4%
99   Common Redpoll 0.6% 0.9% 0.4%
100   Blue-winged Teal 0.5% 0.9% 0.4%