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

based on 364 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Prospect Park--Prospect Lake 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 48.8% 85.7% 36.9%
2   Canada Goose 53.3% 81.3% 28.0%
3   American Coot 11.0% 78.3% 67.3%
4   Northern Shoveler 15.7% 77.7% 62.1%
5   Mute Swan 14.1% 72.8% 58.7%
6   Ring-billed Gull 52.0% 67.6% 15.6%
7   Ruddy Duck 16.3% 59.3% 43.0%
8   Northern Cardinal 36.6% 57.1% 20.6%
9   Herring Gull 43.3% 54.4% 11.1%
10   Blue Jay 33.8% 46.7% 12.9%
11   White-throated Sparrow 42.1% 46.4% 4.3%
12   House Sparrow 35.6% 46.4% 10.8%
13   Downy Woodpecker 27.1% 40.9% 13.9%
14   American Black Duck 27.8% 40.4% 12.6%
15   Mourning Dove 29.3% 40.1% 10.8%
16   Red-bellied Woodpecker 24.7% 36.3% 11.6%
17   Rock Pigeon 28.8% 36.0% 7.2%
18   Song Sparrow 32.2% 35.4% 3.2%
19   Black-capped Chickadee 21.9% 35.2% 13.3%
20   Tufted Titmouse 19.5% 34.1% 14.6%
21   American Robin 24.8% 33.2% 8.4%
22   European Starling 36.0% 32.7% 3.3%
23   White-breasted Nuthatch 18.2% 28.6% 10.4%
24   Great Black-backed Gull 31.6% 27.5% 4.2%
25   Great Blue Heron 14.7% 25.8% 11.2%
26   Red-tailed Hawk 21.8% 25.0% 3.2%
27   Hooded Merganser 19.5% 21.7% 2.2%
28   Red-winged Blackbird 7.1% 21.7% 14.6%
29   House Finch 13.4% 20.1% 6.7%
30   Carolina Wren 15.1% 17.3% 2.2%
31   American Goldfinch 13.2% 16.5% 3.3%
32   American Crow 18.2% 15.1% 3.1%
33   Wood Duck 4.2% 14.8% 10.7%
34   Pied-billed Grebe 4.5% 13.2% 8.7%
35   Cooper's Hawk 8.4% 11.5% 3.2%
36   Northern Mockingbird 23.7% 10.4% 13.3%
37   Ring-necked Duck 4.5% 10.4% 5.9%
38   Fox Sparrow 6.9% 9.9% 3.0%
39   Double-crested Cormorant 13.9% 8.8% 5.1%
40   Bufflehead 32.0% 8.5% 23.5%
41   Dark-eyed Junco 15.9% 8.5% 7.4%
42   Hairy Woodpecker 7.8% 8.2% 0.4%
43   American Wigeon 6.2% 8.2% 2.0%
44   Common Merganser 6.7% 7.4% 0.7%
45   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 5.5% 7.4% 1.9%
46   Brown Creeper 3.7% 6.3% 2.6%
47   Swamp Sparrow 4.7% 6.0% 1.4%
48   Gray Catbird 2.6% 5.8% 3.2%
49   Winter Wren 3.2% 5.2% 2.0%
50   Common Grackle 5.1% 4.1% 1.0%
51   Hermit Thrush 2.7% 3.8% 1.1%
52   Red-breasted Merganser 19.4% 3.6% 15.8%
53   Bald Eagle 5.2% 3.3% 1.9%
54   Golden-crowned Kinglet 2.6% 3.3% 0.7%
55   Fish Crow 5.0% 3.0% 2.0%
56   Red-breasted Nuthatch 1.9% 3.0% 1.1%
57   Black-headed Gull 0.5% 2.7% 2.2%
58   Snow Goose 2.6% 2.5% 0.1%
59   Merlin 1.9% 2.5% 0.6%
60   Iceland Gull 1.0% 2.5% 1.4%
61   European Goldfinch 0.3% 2.5% 2.2%
62   Gadwall 16.8% 2.2% 14.6%
63   Eastern Towhee 1.8% 1.9% 0.1%
64   Lesser Black-backed Gull 0.8% 1.9% 1.1%
65   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2.8% 1.6% 1.1%
66   Orange-crowned Warbler 0.9% 1.6% 0.7%
67   Northern Saw-whet Owl 0.8% 1.6% 0.9%
68   Peregrine Falcon 5.2% 1.4% 3.8%
69   Lesser Scaup 5.1% 1.4% 3.7%
70   Common Raven 3.9% 1.4% 2.5%
71   Cedar Waxwing 1.7% 1.4% 0.3%
72   Belted Kingfisher 6.9% 1.1% 5.8%
73   American Tree Sparrow 6.6% 1.1% 5.5%
74   American Kestrel 3.8% 1.1% 2.7%
75   Great Horned Owl 1.9% 1.1% 0.8%
76   Northern Flicker 6.9% 0.8% 6.1%
77   Turkey Vulture 4.8% 0.8% 4.0%
78   Pine Siskin 0.6% 0.8% 0.2%
79   Varied Thrush 0.2% 0.8% 0.6%
80   Short-billed Gull 0.1% 0.8% 0.8%
81   Sharp-shinned Hawk 2.4% 0.5% 1.8%
82   Red-shouldered Hawk 1.5% 0.5% 0.9%
83   Brown-headed Cowbird 1.2% 0.5% 0.7%
84   Chipping Sparrow 0.7% 0.5% 0.1%
85   Painted Bunting 0.3% 0.5% 0.2%
86   Wilson's Warbler 0.0% 0.5% 0.5%
87   Brant 20.6% 0.3% 20.4%
88   Green-winged Teal 4.4% 0.3% 4.2%
89   Northern Pintail 3.6% 0.3% 3.3%
90   Rusty Blackbird 1.8% 0.3% 1.5%
91   Killdeer 1.7% 0.3% 1.4%
92   Black-crowned Night-Heron 1.5% 0.3% 1.2%
93   American Pipit 0.7% 0.3% 0.4%
94   Common Redpoll 0.5% 0.3% 0.3%
95   Brown Thrasher 0.4% 0.3% 0.1%
96   Eastern Phoebe 0.3% 0.3% 0.0%
97   Marsh Wren 0.2% 0.3% 0.1%
98   Nashville Warbler 0.2% 0.3% 0.1%
99   Black-and-white Warbler 0.0% 0.3% 0.3%
100   Broad-winged Hawk 0.0% 0.3% 0.3%