Top Birds at Van Cortlandt Park--VC Lake and Vault Hill in February
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA
based on 49 checklists
This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Van Cortlandt Park--VC Lake and Vault Hill 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.
| Rank | Info | Pics | Species | Entire Region | This Location | Difference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mallard | 50.3% | 89.8% | 39.5% | |||
| 2 | Canada Goose | 55.6% | 85.7% | 30.1% | |||
| 3 | Hooded Merganser | 19.4% | 73.5% | 54.1% | |||
| 4 | Mute Swan | 15.4% | 69.4% | 54.0% | |||
| 5 | Blue Jay | 35.1% | 65.3% | 30.2% | |||
| 6 | White-throated Sparrow | 40.3% | 63.3% | 23.0% | |||
| 7 | Ruddy Duck | 15.5% | 59.2% | 43.7% | |||
| 8 | Red-winged Blackbird | 18.8% | 55.1% | 36.3% | |||
| 9 | Northern Shoveler | 16.4% | 55.1% | 38.7% | |||
| 10 | Northern Cardinal | 40.0% | 53.1% | 13.0% | |||
| 11 | Song Sparrow | 34.5% | 53.1% | 18.5% | |||
| 12 | Black-capped Chickadee | 23.4% | 53.1% | 29.7% | |||
| 13 | Tufted Titmouse | 21.1% | 53.1% | 32.0% | |||
| 14 | Ring-billed Gull | 51.5% | 51.0% | 0.5% | |||
| 15 | Rock Pigeon | 28.3% | 51.0% | 22.7% | |||
| 16 | Red-bellied Woodpecker | 24.6% | 49.0% | 24.3% | |||
| 17 | Downy Woodpecker | 27.7% | 46.9% | 19.2% | |||
| 18 | Mourning Dove | 32.0% | 42.9% | 10.8% | |||
| 19 | Rusty Blackbird | 1.6% | 38.8% | 37.1% | |||
| 20 | White-breasted Nuthatch | 18.5% | 36.7% | 18.2% | |||
| 21 | American Black Duck | 27.3% | 34.7% | 7.4% | |||
| 22 | House Sparrow | 39.4% | 32.7% | 6.8% | |||
| 23 | Red-tailed Hawk | 23.3% | 30.6% | 7.3% | |||
| 24 | Great Blue Heron | 11.4% | 26.5% | 15.1% | |||
| 25 | European Starling | 38.5% | 24.5% | 14.0% | |||
| 26 | Dark-eyed Junco | 16.4% | 24.5% | 8.1% | |||
| 27 | Northern Mockingbird | 23.9% | 22.4% | 1.4% | |||
| 28 | American Goldfinch | 12.2% | 22.4% | 10.2% | |||
| 29 | Pied-billed Grebe | 3.8% | 22.4% | 18.6% | |||
| 30 | House Finch | 13.7% | 20.4% | 6.7% | |||
| 31 | American Crow | 21.0% | 18.4% | 2.7% | |||
| 32 | Common Grackle | 13.5% | 18.4% | 4.9% | |||
| 33 | Belted Kingfisher | 5.4% | 16.3% | 10.9% | |||
| 34 | American Coot | 10.6% | 14.3% | 3.7% | |||
| 35 | American Robin | 30.1% | 12.2% | 17.8% | |||
| 36 | Carolina Wren | 15.5% | 12.2% | 3.3% | |||
| 37 | American Tree Sparrow | 7.7% | 12.2% | 4.6% | |||
| 38 | Hairy Woodpecker | 7.6% | 12.2% | 4.6% | |||
| 39 | Gadwall | 15.8% | 10.2% | 5.5% | |||
| 40 | Common Merganser | 8.8% | 10.2% | 1.4% | |||
| 41 | Cooper's Hawk | 7.5% | 10.2% | 2.7% | |||
| 42 | Wood Duck | 5.4% | 10.2% | 4.8% | |||
| 43 | Green-winged Teal | 4.9% | 10.2% | 5.3% | |||
| 44 | Herring Gull | 42.3% | 8.2% | 34.2% | |||
| 45 | Turkey Vulture | 6.4% | 6.1% | 0.3% | |||
| 46 | Lesser Scaup | 4.8% | 6.1% | 1.3% | |||
| 47 | Redhead | 2.2% | 6.1% | 3.9% | |||
| 48 | Brown-headed Cowbird | 2.0% | 6.1% | 4.1% | |||
| 49 | Greater White-fronted Goose | 0.2% | 6.1% | 5.9% | |||
| 50 | Fox Sparrow | 7.3% | 4.1% | 3.3% | |||
| 51 | Brown Creeper | 3.7% | 4.1% | 0.4% | |||
| 52 | Sharp-shinned Hawk | 2.2% | 4.1% | 1.9% | |||
| 53 | Red-shouldered Hawk | 1.9% | 4.1% | 2.2% | |||
| 54 | Cackling Goose | 0.4% | 4.1% | 3.6% | |||
| 55 | Red-breasted Merganser | 20.1% | 2.0% | 18.1% | |||
| 56 | Double-crested Cormorant | 11.5% | 2.0% | 9.5% | |||
| 57 | American Wigeon | 7.5% | 2.0% | 5.4% | |||
| 58 | Fish Crow | 6.9% | 2.0% | 4.9% | |||
| 59 | Northern Flicker | 6.3% | 2.0% | 4.3% | |||
| 60 | Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | 4.2% | 2.0% | 2.1% | |||
| 61 | Swamp Sparrow | 3.4% | 2.0% | 1.3% | |||
| 62 | Cedar Waxwing | 2.2% | 2.0% | 0.2% | |||
| 63 | Gray Catbird | 1.8% | 2.0% | 0.3% | |||
| 64 | Wilson's Snipe | 0.4% | 2.0% | 1.7% |