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Top Birds at Central Park--Reservoir in January
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA

based on 1560 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Central Park--Reservoir in January. 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   Mallard 48.2% 81.7% 33.5%
2   Ruddy Duck 15.2% 74.0% 58.8%
3   Canada Goose 53.0% 73.9% 20.9%
4   Bufflehead 30.9% 72.2% 41.2%
5   American Coot 10.0% 68.2% 58.2%
6   Hooded Merganser 18.4% 67.7% 49.3%
7   Northern Shoveler 14.8% 66.9% 52.1%
8   Ring-billed Gull 52.0% 54.3% 2.3%
9   Great Black-backed Gull 31.2% 50.8% 19.7%
10   Herring Gull 43.2% 47.6% 4.4%
11   House Sparrow 35.5% 41.3% 5.7%
12   Blue Jay 33.9% 35.3% 1.4%
13   White-throated Sparrow 42.3% 33.9% 8.4%
14   Wood Duck 3.5% 33.9% 30.4%
15   Tufted Titmouse 19.5% 22.2% 2.7%
16   Rock Pigeon 29.0% 22.0% 7.0%
17   American Black Duck 28.0% 21.0% 7.0%
18   American Robin 24.9% 20.6% 4.3%
19   Pied-billed Grebe 4.2% 19.4% 15.2%
20   Red-tailed Hawk 21.9% 18.8% 3.1%
21   Peregrine Falcon 4.9% 16.8% 11.9%
22   European Starling 36.4% 16.7% 19.7%
23   Gadwall 16.8% 14.2% 2.5%
24   Northern Cardinal 37.2% 13.6% 23.7%
25   Ring-necked Duck 4.4% 11.5% 7.2%
26   Red-bellied Woodpecker 25.0% 11.3% 13.7%
27   American Crow 18.4% 10.5% 7.9%
28   Common Loon 10.6% 10.5% 0.1%
29   Mourning Dove 29.8% 9.9% 19.9%
30   White-breasted Nuthatch 18.5% 9.2% 9.3%
31   Red-breasted Merganser 19.5% 9.1% 10.4%
32   Downy Woodpecker 27.6% 9.0% 18.5%
33   Double-crested Cormorant 14.0% 8.8% 5.1%
34   Snow Goose 2.5% 7.8% 5.3%
35   Song Sparrow 32.8% 6.7% 26.1%
36   Common Merganser 6.7% 6.4% 0.3%
37   Common Goldeneye 7.0% 5.6% 1.5%
38   Long-tailed Duck 9.2% 5.3% 3.9%
39   Greater White-fronted Goose 0.8% 4.6% 3.8%
40   Cooper's Hawk 8.5% 4.1% 4.4%
41   Black-capped Chickadee 22.4% 3.9% 18.5%
42   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 5.6% 3.8% 1.8%
43   Common Grackle 5.2% 3.5% 1.7%
44   Bald Eagle 5.3% 3.4% 1.9%
45   Horned Grebe 7.3% 3.3% 4.1%
46   Northern Mockingbird 24.1% 2.9% 21.2%
47   Iceland Gull 1.0% 2.4% 1.4%
48   Lesser Scaup 5.2% 2.2% 3.0%
49   House Finch 13.7% 2.1% 11.6%
50   Dark-eyed Junco 16.2% 1.9% 14.3%
51   Mute Swan 14.7% 1.9% 12.9%
52   Northern Pintail 3.6% 1.6% 2.0%
53   American Kestrel 3.9% 1.5% 2.3%
54   Glaucous Gull 0.4% 1.5% 1.2%
55   Great Blue Heron 15.0% 1.5% 13.5%
56   American Goldfinch 13.5% 1.5% 12.0%
57   Green-winged Teal 4.5% 1.3% 3.1%
58   Northern Flicker 7.0% 1.2% 5.8%
59   Brown Creeper 3.8% 1.2% 2.6%
60   Fox Sparrow 7.0% 1.0% 6.0%
61   Canvasback 3.2% 0.9% 2.3%
62   Redhead 2.4% 0.7% 1.7%
63   Hermit Thrush 2.8% 0.6% 2.2%
64   Common Raven 3.9% 0.6% 3.4%
65   Sharp-shinned Hawk 2.4% 0.6% 1.8%
66   Carolina Wren 15.4% 0.5% 14.9%
67   Great Cormorant 4.9% 0.5% 4.4%
68   Gray Catbird 2.7% 0.5% 2.1%
69   Northern Saw-whet Owl 0.8% 0.5% 0.2%
70   Red-winged Blackbird 7.4% 0.4% 6.9%
71   Golden-crowned Kinglet 2.6% 0.4% 2.2%
72   Cedar Waxwing 1.7% 0.4% 1.3%
73   Hairy Woodpecker 8.0% 0.4% 7.6%
74   Red-breasted Nuthatch 2.0% 0.3% 1.6%
75   Rusty Blackbird 1.8% 0.3% 1.5%
76   Barred Owl 0.7% 0.3% 0.4%
77   Brant 21.0% 0.3% 20.7%
78   Turkey Vulture 4.9% 0.3% 4.6%
79   Great Horned Owl 2.0% 0.3% 1.7%
80   Red-throated Loon 7.5% 0.2% 7.3%
81   Merlin 2.0% 0.2% 1.8%
82   Lesser Black-backed Gull 0.8% 0.2% 0.6%
83   American Woodcock 0.3% 0.2% 0.1%
84   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2.9% 0.1% 2.7%
85   Eastern Towhee 1.9% 0.1% 1.8%
86   Red-shouldered Hawk 1.5% 0.1% 1.4%
87   Orange-crowned Warbler 1.0% 0.1% 0.8%
88   Red-headed Woodpecker 0.9% 0.1% 0.8%
89   Graylag Goose 0.0% 0.1% 0.1%
90   Greater Scaup 10.1% 0.1% 10.0%
91   Belted Kingfisher 7.1% 0.1% 7.0%
92   American Wigeon 6.4% 0.1% 6.3%
93   Fish Crow 5.1% 0.1% 5.0%
94   Swamp Sparrow 4.8% 0.1% 4.7%
95   Northern Harrier 4.3% 0.1% 4.2%
96   Winter Wren 3.3% 0.1% 3.2%
97   Bonaparte's Gull 2.3% 0.1% 2.3%
98   White-crowned Sparrow 0.7% 0.1% 0.6%
99   Black-headed Gull 0.5% 0.1% 0.5%
100   Boat-tailed Grackle 0.2% 0.1% 0.2%
101   Muscovy Duck 0.2% 0.1% 0.2%
102   Mandarin Duck 0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
103   Slaty-backed Gull 0.0% 0.1% 0.1%