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

based on 312 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Prospect Park--Prospect Lake 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.

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Rank Info Pics Species Entire Region This Location Difference
1   Canada Goose 55.5% 78.5% 23.0%
2   Mallard 50.2% 77.2% 27.1%
3   American Coot 10.2% 72.4% 62.2%
4   Northern Shoveler 16.1% 70.8% 54.7%
5   Mute Swan 15.1% 65.4% 50.3%
6   Ruddy Duck 15.2% 64.4% 49.3%
7   Ring-billed Gull 51.4% 63.8% 12.4%
8   Herring Gull 42.2% 55.4% 13.2%
9   Northern Cardinal 40.0% 43.6% 3.6%
10   Blue Jay 35.1% 42.3% 7.2%
11   House Sparrow 39.4% 37.2% 2.3%
12   White-throated Sparrow 40.4% 34.9% 5.4%
13   American Black Duck 27.2% 34.9% 7.7%
14   Mourning Dove 32.0% 33.3% 1.3%
15   Downy Woodpecker 27.7% 32.4% 4.7%
16   Black-capped Chickadee 23.4% 31.7% 8.4%
17   Tufted Titmouse 21.0% 31.7% 10.7%
18   Rock Pigeon 28.3% 31.1% 2.8%
19   Red-bellied Woodpecker 24.6% 30.8% 6.1%
20   European Starling 38.5% 29.5% 9.0%
21   Song Sparrow 34.6% 28.8% 5.7%
22   Red-tailed Hawk 23.2% 28.8% 5.6%
23   American Robin 30.1% 27.9% 2.2%
24   Red-winged Blackbird 18.7% 27.9% 9.1%
25   Great Black-backed Gull 30.4% 26.6% 3.8%
26   White-breasted Nuthatch 18.5% 25.6% 7.1%
27   Hooded Merganser 19.4% 21.2% 1.7%
28   American Crow 21.0% 20.5% 0.5%
29   Common Grackle 13.5% 20.2% 6.7%
30   American Goldfinch 12.2% 19.6% 7.4%
31   Wood Duck 5.3% 19.2% 13.9%
32   Common Merganser 8.7% 18.6% 9.9%
33   Ring-necked Duck 5.6% 16.0% 10.4%
34   Carolina Wren 15.5% 12.5% 3.0%
35   Great Blue Heron 11.4% 10.9% 0.5%
36   Fox Sparrow 7.3% 10.3% 2.9%
37   Bald Eagle 5.8% 9.6% 3.8%
38   Northern Mockingbird 24.0% 9.3% 14.7%
39   House Finch 13.7% 9.3% 4.4%
40   Bufflehead 32.4% 9.0% 23.4%
41   American Wigeon 7.4% 8.7% 1.2%
42   Black-headed Gull 0.5% 8.3% 7.8%
43   Red-breasted Merganser 20.2% 8.0% 12.2%
44   Cooper's Hawk 7.5% 8.0% 0.5%
45   Double-crested Cormorant 11.6% 7.1% 4.5%
46   Fish Crow 6.9% 6.7% 0.2%
47   Pied-billed Grebe 3.8% 6.7% 2.9%
48   Brown Creeper 3.7% 6.4% 2.8%
49   Mew Gull 0.1% 6.1% 6.0%
50   Dark-eyed Junco 16.5% 5.1% 11.3%
51   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 4.2% 4.8% 0.6%
52   Horned Grebe 8.4% 4.2% 4.2%
53   Hairy Woodpecker 7.7% 4.2% 3.5%
54   Cedar Waxwing 2.2% 4.2% 1.9%
55   Iceland Gull 1.1% 3.8% 2.7%
56   Pine Siskin 0.7% 3.8% 3.2%
57   European Goldfinch 0.4% 3.5% 3.1%
58   Merlin 2.1% 3.2% 1.1%
59   Gray Catbird 1.8% 3.2% 1.4%
60   Swamp Sparrow 3.4% 2.9% 0.5%
61   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1.4% 2.6% 1.1%
62   Winter Wren 2.2% 1.9% 0.3%
63   Lesser Black-backed Gull 0.9% 1.9% 1.0%
64   Turkey Vulture 6.4% 1.6% 4.8%
65   Snow Goose 2.6% 1.6% 1.0%
66   Marsh Wren 0.2% 1.6% 1.4%
67   Northern Flicker 6.4% 1.3% 5.1%
68   Lesser Scaup 4.8% 1.3% 3.5%
69   Canvasback 3.6% 1.3% 2.3%
70   Great Horned Owl 1.9% 1.3% 0.7%
71   Golden-crowned Kinglet 1.9% 1.3% 0.7%
72   American Tree Sparrow 7.7% 1.0% 6.8%
73   Peregrine Falcon 5.0% 1.0% 4.1%
74   Yellow-rumped Warbler 5.0% 1.0% 4.0%
75   Common Raven 3.5% 1.0% 2.6%
76   Sharp-shinned Hawk 2.2% 1.0% 1.2%
77   Hermit Thrush 2.0% 1.0% 1.1%
78   Red-breasted Nuthatch 1.8% 1.0% 0.9%
79   Northern Saw-whet Owl 0.3% 1.0% 0.7%
80   Brant 20.9% 0.6% 20.3%
81   Gadwall 15.8% 0.6% 15.2%
82   Red-throated Loon 7.7% 0.6% 7.0%
83   Belted Kingfisher 5.5% 0.6% 4.8%
84   American Kestrel 3.5% 0.6% 2.8%
85   American Pipit 0.3% 0.6% 0.3%
86   Green-winged Teal 4.9% 0.3% 4.6%
87   Red-shouldered Hawk 1.9% 0.3% 1.5%
88   Rusty Blackbird 1.7% 0.3% 1.4%
89   Eastern Towhee 1.6% 0.3% 1.3%
90   Black Vulture 1.5% 0.3% 1.2%
91   Monk Parakeet 1.3% 0.3% 1.0%
92   American Woodcock 1.1% 0.3% 0.8%
93   Common Redpoll 0.5% 0.3% 0.1%
94   Purple Finch 0.3% 0.3% 0.0%
95   Glaucous Gull 0.3% 0.3% 0.1%
96   Eastern Phoebe 0.2% 0.3% 0.1%
97   Varied Thrush 0.2% 0.3% 0.1%