Top Birds at Van Cortlandt Park--Southwest Zone in October
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--Southwest Zone in October. 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 | Blue Jay | 56.2% | 84.4% | 28.2% | |||
| 2 | Canada Goose | 40.8% | 79.8% | 39.1% | |||
| 3 | Mourning Dove | 45.7% | 77.1% | 31.4% | |||
| 4 | American Robin | 57.5% | 76.1% | 18.6% | |||
| 5 | Yellow-rumped Warbler | 50.4% | 69.7% | 19.3% | |||
| 6 | Mallard | 38.5% | 69.7% | 31.2% | |||
| 7 | White-throated Sparrow | 57.7% | 68.8% | 11.1% | |||
| 8 | Ruby-crowned Kinglet | 45.6% | 67.9% | 22.3% | |||
| 9 | Rock Pigeon | 35.5% | 67.0% | 31.5% | |||
| 10 | Song Sparrow | 55.2% | 66.1% | 10.9% | |||
| 11 | Red-bellied Woodpecker | 34.9% | 61.5% | 26.5% | |||
| 12 | American Goldfinch | 23.8% | 57.8% | 34.0% | |||
| 13 | Northern Cardinal | 44.5% | 56.9% | 12.4% | |||
| 14 | European Starling | 46.6% | 54.1% | 7.5% | |||
| 15 | Downy Woodpecker | 29.5% | 53.2% | 23.7% | |||
| 16 | Gray Catbird | 38.4% | 52.3% | 13.9% | |||
| 17 | House Sparrow | 46.8% | 51.4% | 4.6% | |||
| 18 | Savannah Sparrow | 19.4% | 51.4% | 32.0% | |||
| 19 | Northern Shoveler | 8.7% | 51.4% | 42.7% | |||
| 20 | Red-tailed Hawk | 22.5% | 47.7% | 25.2% | |||
| 21 | Eastern Phoebe | 36.4% | 45.9% | 9.5% | |||
| 22 | Common Grackle | 21.1% | 45.9% | 24.8% | |||
| 23 | Northern Mockingbird | 36.3% | 44.0% | 7.8% | |||
| 24 | Swamp Sparrow | 32.8% | 43.1% | 10.3% | |||
| 25 | Red-winged Blackbird | 15.7% | 43.1% | 27.4% | |||
| 26 | Wood Duck | 9.8% | 43.1% | 33.3% | |||
| 27 | Common Yellowthroat | 26.3% | 41.3% | 15.0% | |||
| 28 | American Crow | 23.3% | 38.5% | 15.2% | |||
| 29 | Northern Flicker | 38.5% | 37.6% | 0.9% | |||
| 30 | Golden-crowned Kinglet | 28.9% | 36.7% | 7.8% | |||
| 31 | Tufted Titmouse | 19.0% | 36.7% | 17.7% | |||
| 32 | Carolina Wren | 22.2% | 34.9% | 12.7% | |||
| 33 | Black-capped Chickadee | 18.3% | 34.9% | 16.6% | |||
| 34 | Palm Warbler | 31.0% | 33.9% | 3.0% | |||
| 35 | White-breasted Nuthatch | 20.2% | 33.9% | 13.7% | |||
| 36 | Ring-billed Gull | 30.4% | 29.4% | 1.1% | |||
| 37 | Cooper's Hawk | 14.5% | 27.5% | 13.0% | |||
| 38 | Mute Swan | 10.8% | 26.6% | 15.8% | |||
| 39 | Dark-eyed Junco | 26.0% | 25.7% | 0.3% | |||
| 40 | Herring Gull | 32.7% | 23.9% | 8.9% | |||
| 41 | Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | 22.7% | 23.9% | 1.2% | |||
| 42 | House Finch | 18.0% | 20.2% | 2.2% | |||
| 43 | Turkey Vulture | 9.6% | 20.2% | 10.6% | |||
| 44 | Great Blue Heron | 21.9% | 19.3% | 2.6% | |||
| 45 | Ruddy Duck | 8.2% | 19.3% | 11.1% | |||
| 46 | Hairy Woodpecker | 7.8% | 19.3% | 11.5% | |||
| 47 | American Pipit | 2.4% | 18.3% | 15.9% | |||
| 48 | Vesper Sparrow | 2.3% | 17.4% | 15.1% | |||
| 49 | Eastern Towhee | 21.0% | 16.5% | 4.5% | |||
| 50 | Green-winged Teal | 5.9% | 16.5% | 10.6% | |||
| 51 | Chipping Sparrow | 20.8% | 15.6% | 5.2% | |||
| 52 | Northern Parula | 11.0% | 15.6% | 4.6% | |||
| 53 | Chimney Swift | 8.5% | 14.7% | 6.2% | |||
| 54 | Brown-headed Cowbird | 5.8% | 14.7% | 8.9% | |||
| 55 | Blackpoll Warbler | 10.2% | 12.8% | 2.6% | |||
| 56 | Indigo Bunting | 4.7% | 12.8% | 8.1% | |||
| 57 | Hermit Thrush | 23.6% | 11.9% | 11.7% | |||
| 58 | American Black Duck | 13.4% | 11.9% | 1.4% | |||
| 59 | Belted Kingfisher | 13.0% | 11.9% | 1.1% | |||
| 60 | Gadwall | 8.0% | 11.9% | 3.9% | |||
| 61 | Lincoln's Sparrow | 6.8% | 11.9% | 5.2% | |||
| 62 | Field Sparrow | 11.5% | 11.0% | 0.5% | |||
| 63 | Pied-billed Grebe | 3.9% | 11.0% | 7.1% | |||
| 64 | Black-throated Blue Warbler | 12.0% | 9.2% | 2.9% | |||
| 65 | Sharp-shinned Hawk | 9.9% | 9.2% | 0.8% | |||
| 66 | Black-and-white Warbler | 9.4% | 8.3% | 1.2% | |||
| 67 | House Wren | 9.2% | 8.3% | 0.9% | |||
| 68 | Magnolia Warbler | 7.6% | 8.3% | 0.6% | |||
| 69 | Killdeer | 6.1% | 8.3% | 2.1% | |||
| 70 | Red-eyed Vireo | 5.7% | 8.3% | 2.6% | |||
| 71 | Eastern Meadowlark | 1.8% | 8.3% | 6.5% | |||
| 72 | American Kestrel | 12.9% | 7.3% | 5.6% | |||
| 73 | White-crowned Sparrow | 11.2% | 7.3% | 3.9% | |||
| 74 | Brown Creeper | 10.7% | 7.3% | 3.3% | |||
| 75 | Cedar Waxwing | 10.1% | 7.3% | 2.8% | |||
| 76 | American Redstart | 7.9% | 7.3% | 0.5% | |||
| 77 | Double-crested Cormorant | 32.0% | 6.4% | 25.6% | |||
| 78 | Rusty Blackbird | 1.4% | 6.4% | 5.0% | |||
| 79 | Green Heron | 1.1% | 6.4% | 5.3% | |||
| 80 | Osprey | 12.5% | 5.5% | 7.0% | |||
| 81 | Blue-headed Vireo | 11.2% | 5.5% | 5.7% | |||
| 82 | Swainson's Thrush | 7.5% | 5.5% | 2.0% | |||
| 83 | Black-throated Green Warbler | 5.6% | 5.5% | 0.1% | |||
| 84 | Bald Eagle | 5.4% | 5.5% | 0.1% | |||
| 85 | Winter Wren | 10.0% | 4.6% | 5.4% | |||
| 86 | Pine Warbler | 6.6% | 4.6% | 2.0% | |||
| 87 | Common Raven | 5.8% | 4.6% | 1.2% | |||
| 88 | Great Black-backed Gull | 18.9% | 3.7% | 15.3% | |||
| 89 | Peregrine Falcon | 7.8% | 3.7% | 4.2% | |||
| 90 | Merlin | 7.5% | 3.7% | 3.8% | |||
| 91 | Brown Thrasher | 5.4% | 3.7% | 1.7% | |||
| 92 | Eastern Wood-Pewee | 4.4% | 3.7% | 0.7% | |||
| 93 | Nashville Warbler | 3.6% | 3.7% | 0.1% | |||
| 94 | American Wigeon | 3.0% | 3.7% | 0.6% | |||
| 95 | Ruby-throated Hummingbird | 1.2% | 3.7% | 2.5% | |||
| 96 | Purple Finch | 7.0% | 2.8% | 4.2% | |||
| 97 | Northern Harrier | 5.9% | 2.8% | 3.1% | |||
| 98 | Scarlet Tanager | 3.5% | 2.8% | 0.8% | |||
| 99 | Tennessee Warbler | 2.5% | 2.8% | 0.3% | |||
| 100 | Hooded Merganser | 1.1% | 2.8% | 1.6% | |||
| 101 | Wilson's Snipe | 0.8% | 2.8% | 2.0% | |||
| 102 | Barred Owl | 0.3% | 2.8% | 2.5% | |||
| 103 | Tree Swallow | 5.7% | 1.8% | 3.9% | |||
| 104 | American Coot | 4.2% | 1.8% | 2.4% | |||
| 105 | Cape May Warbler | 2.7% | 1.8% | 0.9% | |||
| 106 | Fish Crow | 2.6% | 1.8% | 0.8% | |||
| 107 | Black Vulture | 2.5% | 1.8% | 0.7% | |||
| 108 | Marsh Wren | 2.3% | 1.8% | 0.4% | |||
| 109 | Red-shouldered Hawk | 1.9% | 1.8% | 0.1% | |||
| 110 | Rose-breasted Grosbeak | 1.9% | 1.8% | 0.1% | |||
| 111 | Eastern Bluebird | 1.9% | 1.8% | 0.1% | |||
| 112 | Yellow Warbler | 1.2% | 1.8% | 0.7% | |||
| 113 | Chestnut-sided Warbler | 0.8% | 1.8% | 1.1% | |||
| 114 | Blue Grosbeak | 0.7% | 1.8% | 1.1% | |||
| 115 | Black-billed Cuckoo | 0.2% | 1.8% | 1.7% | |||
| 116 | Cattle Egret | 0.1% | 1.8% | 1.7% | |||
| 117 | Great Egret | 14.2% | 0.9% | 13.3% | |||
| 118 | Brant | 9.6% | 0.9% | 8.7% | |||
| 119 | Red-breasted Nuthatch | 7.9% | 0.9% | 7.0% | |||
| 120 | Ovenbird | 5.4% | 0.9% | 4.5% | |||
| 121 | Northern Waterthrush | 2.5% | 0.9% | 1.5% | |||
| 122 | Northern Pintail | 1.7% | 0.9% | 0.7% | |||
| 123 | Baltimore Oriole | 1.1% | 0.9% | 0.2% | |||
| 124 | Blue-winged Teal | 1.0% | 0.9% | 0.0% | |||
| 125 | Clay-colored Sparrow | 0.9% | 0.9% | 0.0% | |||
| 126 | Least Flycatcher | 0.3% | 0.9% | 0.7% |