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

based on 69 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Van Cortlandt Park--Southwest Zone 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% 81.2% 38.1%
2   Canada Goose 56.8% 79.7% 23.0%
3   White-throated Sparrow 42.3% 76.8% 34.5%
4   American Robin 58.6% 73.9% 15.3%
5   Blue Jay 41.3% 72.5% 31.2%
6   Common Grackle 33.6% 71.0% 37.4%
7   Mallard 53.5% 69.6% 16.1%
8   Northern Cardinal 49.6% 68.1% 18.5%
9   Song Sparrow 50.8% 65.2% 14.4%
10   Rock Pigeon 30.1% 63.8% 33.7%
11   Mourning Dove 42.6% 59.4% 16.8%
12   Red-bellied Woodpecker 30.3% 59.4% 29.1%
13   Downy Woodpecker 31.6% 56.5% 24.9%
14   European Starling 46.3% 55.1% 8.7%
15   House Sparrow 44.0% 53.6% 9.6%
16   Ruddy Duck 15.3% 52.2% 36.9%
17   Dark-eyed Junco 26.4% 50.7% 24.3%
18   Red-tailed Hawk 25.3% 46.4% 21.1%
19   Northern Shoveler 16.8% 44.9% 28.1%
20   White-breasted Nuthatch 20.8% 40.6% 19.8%
21   Tufted Titmouse 24.5% 36.2% 11.7%
22   Northern Mockingbird 27.4% 34.8% 7.4%
23   Mute Swan 16.9% 34.8% 17.9%
24   American Black Duck 22.8% 33.3% 10.6%
25   Brown-headed Cowbird 8.3% 33.3% 25.0%
26   Rusty Blackbird 3.2% 33.3% 30.1%
27   Black-capped Chickadee 26.0% 31.9% 5.9%
28   Carolina Wren 18.7% 31.9% 13.2%
29   American Crow 24.5% 30.4% 5.9%
30   Pied-billed Grebe 5.0% 30.4% 25.4%
31   Hooded Merganser 14.2% 27.5% 13.3%
32   Double-crested Cormorant 17.1% 26.1% 9.0%
33   Wood Duck 11.9% 26.1% 14.2%
34   Turkey Vulture 11.6% 21.7% 10.2%
35   Yellow-rumped Warbler 5.7% 21.7% 16.0%
36   Ring-billed Gull 42.7% 20.3% 22.4%
37   Killdeer 11.0% 20.3% 9.3%
38   Northern Flicker 14.0% 17.4% 3.4%
39   American Goldfinch 15.2% 15.9% 0.8%
40   Great Blue Heron 11.7% 15.9% 4.3%
41   Fox Sparrow 12.0% 14.5% 2.5%
42   Hairy Woodpecker 8.8% 14.5% 5.7%
43   Cooper's Hawk 5.6% 13.0% 7.5%
44   Eastern Phoebe 14.0% 11.6% 2.4%
45   Ring-necked Duck 9.4% 11.6% 2.2%
46   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 6.5% 10.1% 3.6%
47   American Pipit 0.2% 8.7% 8.5%
48   Black Vulture 2.2% 7.2% 5.0%
49   Brown Creeper 6.2% 5.8% 0.4%
50   American Woodcock 5.2% 5.8% 0.6%
51   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2.2% 5.8% 3.6%
52   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 0.4% 5.8% 5.4%
53   Herring Gull 35.0% 4.3% 30.7%
54   House Finch 15.3% 4.3% 11.0%
55   Gadwall 14.1% 4.3% 9.8%
56   Golden-crowned Kinglet 8.3% 4.3% 3.9%
57   Bald Eagle 4.6% 4.3% 0.3%
58   Winter Wren 2.7% 4.3% 1.7%
59   Green-winged Teal 7.8% 2.9% 4.9%
60   Osprey 7.1% 2.9% 4.2%
61   Swamp Sparrow 4.4% 2.9% 1.5%
62   Common Raven 4.0% 2.9% 1.1%
63   Field Sparrow 2.3% 2.9% 0.6%
64   Merlin 2.0% 2.9% 0.9%
65   Gray Catbird 1.6% 2.9% 1.3%
66   Eastern Meadowlark 0.4% 2.9% 2.5%
67   Bufflehead 27.0% 1.4% 25.5%
68   Fish Crow 13.1% 1.4% 11.7%
69   American Coot 10.4% 1.4% 9.0%
70   Common Merganser 8.6% 1.4% 7.2%
71   American Kestrel 4.1% 1.4% 2.6%
72   Cedar Waxwing 3.1% 1.4% 1.7%
73   Snow Goose 2.3% 1.4% 0.9%
74   Sharp-shinned Hawk 2.3% 1.4% 0.8%
75   Great Horned Owl 1.9% 1.4% 0.4%
76   Pileated Woodpecker 1.6% 1.4% 0.1%
77   Redhead 1.4% 1.4% 0.0%
78   Horned Lark 0.7% 1.4% 0.8%
79   Snow Bunting 0.2% 1.4% 1.3%
80   Cackling Goose 0.1% 1.4% 1.3%
81   Virginia Rail 0.1% 1.4% 1.4%