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

based on 98 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Central Park--Harlem Meer 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   Canada Goose 53.4% 81.6% 28.2%
2   Mallard 48.9% 71.4% 22.5%
3   Ruddy Duck 16.5% 51.0% 34.5%
4   House Sparrow 35.6% 50.0% 14.4%
5   Ring-billed Gull 52.0% 48.0% 4.1%
6   Blue Jay 33.9% 40.8% 6.9%
7   Northern Shoveler 16.0% 39.8% 23.8%
8   Northern Cardinal 36.7% 33.7% 3.0%
9   European Starling 36.0% 31.6% 4.3%
10   Song Sparrow 32.2% 28.6% 3.6%
11   White-throated Sparrow 42.2% 27.6% 14.6%
12   Rock Pigeon 28.8% 27.6% 1.3%
13   American Robin 24.9% 23.5% 1.4%
14   Tufted Titmouse 19.6% 19.4% 0.2%
15   Wood Duck 4.2% 19.4% 15.2%
16   Mourning Dove 29.4% 17.3% 12.0%
17   Red-tailed Hawk 21.8% 17.3% 4.4%
18   Hooded Merganser 19.5% 17.3% 2.1%
19   Northern Mockingbird 23.6% 14.3% 9.4%
20   Great Blue Heron 14.7% 14.3% 0.4%
21   Double-crested Cormorant 13.9% 14.3% 0.4%
22   Red-bellied Woodpecker 24.7% 11.2% 13.5%
23   American Coot 11.4% 10.2% 1.2%
24   Common Grackle 5.1% 10.2% 5.1%
25   American Black Duck 27.9% 9.2% 18.7%
26   Herring Gull 43.4% 8.2% 35.2%
27   Gadwall 16.7% 8.2% 8.6%
28   American Crow 18.2% 7.1% 11.1%
29   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 5.6% 7.1% 1.6%
30   Swamp Sparrow 4.7% 6.1% 1.4%
31   Downy Woodpecker 27.2% 5.1% 22.1%
32   White-breasted Nuthatch 18.3% 5.1% 13.2%
33   Bufflehead 31.9% 4.1% 27.8%
34   Lesser Scaup 5.1% 4.1% 1.0%
35   Black-capped Chickadee 22.0% 3.1% 18.9%
36   Mute Swan 14.5% 3.1% 11.4%
37   Great Black-backed Gull 31.7% 2.0% 29.6%
38   Dark-eyed Junco 15.9% 2.0% 13.8%
39   House Finch 13.5% 2.0% 11.4%
40   American Goldfinch 13.2% 2.0% 11.2%
41   Cooper's Hawk 8.4% 2.0% 6.3%
42   Hairy Woodpecker 7.8% 2.0% 5.8%
43   Northern Saw-whet Owl 0.8% 2.0% 1.3%
44   Red-breasted Merganser 19.3% 1.0% 18.3%
45   American Tree Sparrow 6.6% 1.0% 5.6%
46   Fish Crow 5.0% 1.0% 4.0%
47   American Kestrel 3.8% 1.0% 2.8%
48   Brown Creeper 3.7% 1.0% 2.7%
49   Hermit Thrush 2.8% 1.0% 1.7%
50   Snow Goose 2.6% 1.0% 1.6%
51   Field Sparrow 1.2% 1.0% 0.2%
52   Muscovy Duck 0.2% 1.0% 0.8%
53   Lincoln's Sparrow 0.1% 1.0% 0.9%
54   Graylag Goose 0.0% 1.0% 1.0%