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

based on 414 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Prospect Park--Prospect Lake in March. 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 56.6% 81.2% 24.5%
2   Mallard 53.3% 79.5% 26.1%
3   Ruddy Duck 14.9% 77.5% 62.7%
4   American Coot 10.0% 72.7% 62.7%
5   Mute Swan 16.5% 68.6% 52.1%
6   Ring-billed Gull 42.6% 56.3% 13.7%
7   Northern Shoveler 16.6% 54.6% 38.0%
8   Red-winged Blackbird 43.0% 52.9% 9.9%
9   American Robin 58.7% 52.4% 6.3%
10   Northern Cardinal 49.6% 51.0% 1.3%
11   Wood Duck 11.6% 50.2% 38.6%
12   Herring Gull 34.9% 46.4% 11.5%
13   Common Grackle 33.5% 46.1% 12.6%
14   House Sparrow 44.0% 45.7% 1.6%
15   European Starling 46.3% 44.7% 1.7%
16   Song Sparrow 50.9% 44.4% 6.4%
17   White-throated Sparrow 42.3% 43.0% 0.7%
18   Blue Jay 41.3% 43.0% 1.7%
19   Mourning Dove 42.6% 42.8% 0.1%
20   Downy Woodpecker 31.6% 37.9% 6.3%
21   Rock Pigeon 30.1% 35.0% 4.9%
22   Red-bellied Woodpecker 30.4% 31.6% 1.3%
23   Ring-necked Duck 9.3% 29.0% 19.7%
24   Black-capped Chickadee 26.0% 28.5% 2.5%
25   Tufted Titmouse 24.5% 28.3% 3.7%
26   Common Merganser 8.5% 27.3% 18.8%
27   Red-tailed Hawk 25.3% 27.1% 1.8%
28   American Black Duck 22.8% 26.3% 3.6%
29   Hooded Merganser 14.2% 26.1% 11.9%
30   White-breasted Nuthatch 20.7% 25.6% 4.9%
31   Pied-billed Grebe 5.0% 20.3% 15.3%
32   Double-crested Cormorant 17.1% 18.6% 1.5%
33   Great Blue Heron 11.6% 18.6% 7.0%
34   American Crow 24.6% 17.4% 7.2%
35   Red-breasted Merganser 16.3% 16.7% 0.4%
36   American Goldfinch 15.1% 16.4% 1.3%
37   Dark-eyed Junco 26.5% 15.9% 10.6%
38   Great Black-backed Gull 23.7% 13.5% 10.2%
39   Carolina Wren 18.7% 13.5% 5.2%
40   Eastern Phoebe 14.0% 13.3% 0.7%
41   Bufflehead 27.0% 12.1% 15.0%
42   Red-throated Loon 6.7% 11.8% 5.1%
43   Fox Sparrow 12.0% 10.9% 1.1%
44   Brown Creeper 6.2% 10.4% 4.2%
45   Northern Mockingbird 27.5% 9.9% 17.6%
46   House Finch 15.3% 9.4% 5.9%
47   Golden-crowned Kinglet 8.3% 9.4% 1.2%
48   American Wigeon 6.7% 8.7% 2.0%
49   Hairy Woodpecker 8.8% 8.5% 0.3%
50   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 6.5% 8.2% 1.7%
51   Brown-headed Cowbird 8.4% 8.0% 0.4%
52   Cedar Waxwing 3.1% 7.5% 4.4%
53   Belted Kingfisher 6.0% 7.2% 1.2%
54   European Goldfinch 0.9% 6.8% 5.9%
55   Cooper's Hawk 5.6% 6.5% 1.0%
56   Fish Crow 13.2% 6.3% 6.9%
57   Yellow-rumped Warbler 5.8% 5.1% 0.7%
58   Swamp Sparrow 4.4% 5.1% 0.7%
59   Northern Flicker 14.1% 4.6% 9.5%
60   Osprey 7.1% 4.6% 2.5%
61   Pine Siskin 1.1% 4.3% 3.2%
62   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2.2% 4.1% 1.9%
63   Great Egret 4.6% 3.9% 0.8%
64   Black-headed Gull 0.2% 3.6% 3.4%
65   Gadwall 14.2% 3.4% 10.8%
66   Black-crowned Night-Heron 1.5% 3.4% 1.8%
67   Pine Warbler 3.2% 3.1% 0.0%
68   Snow Goose 2.3% 3.1% 0.8%
69   Winter Wren 2.7% 2.9% 0.2%
70   Horned Grebe 7.5% 2.4% 5.1%
71   Bald Eagle 4.6% 2.4% 2.2%
72   American Tree Sparrow 4.6% 2.4% 2.1%
73   Rusty Blackbird 3.3% 2.4% 0.9%
74   Canvasback 2.0% 2.4% 0.4%
75   Merlin 2.0% 2.4% 0.4%
76   Turkey Vulture 11.7% 2.2% 9.5%
77   Red-necked Grebe 1.3% 2.2% 0.9%
78   Hermit Thrush 2.4% 1.9% 0.5%
79   Great Horned Owl 1.9% 1.9% 0.1%
80   American Kestrel 4.1% 1.7% 2.4%
81   Eastern Towhee 2.3% 1.4% 0.8%
82   Common Raven 4.0% 1.2% 2.8%
83   Peregrine Falcon 4.0% 1.2% 2.8%
84   Red-shouldered Hawk 2.1% 1.2% 0.8%
85   Gray Catbird 1.6% 1.2% 0.4%
86   Sharp-shinned Hawk 2.3% 1.0% 1.3%
87   Palm Warbler 0.6% 1.0% 0.4%
88   Common Loon 6.7% 0.7% 6.0%
89   Chipping Sparrow 1.7% 0.7% 1.0%
90   Brown Thrasher 0.7% 0.7% 0.0%
91   Varied Thrush 0.2% 0.7% 0.6%
92   Killdeer 11.1% 0.5% 10.6%
93   Green-winged Teal 7.8% 0.5% 7.3%
94   Tree Swallow 6.3% 0.5% 5.9%
95   Greater Scaup 6.3% 0.5% 5.8%
96   Lesser Scaup 3.7% 0.5% 3.2%
97   Monk Parakeet 2.4% 0.5% 1.9%
98   Field Sparrow 2.4% 0.5% 1.9%
99   Redhead 1.4% 0.5% 1.0%
100   Common Redpoll 0.6% 0.5% 0.1%
101   Long-tailed Duck 4.7% 0.2% 4.5%
102   Red-breasted Nuthatch 1.9% 0.2% 1.7%
103   Laughing Gull 0.7% 0.2% 0.5%
104   American Bittern 0.3% 0.2% 0.1%
105   Iceland Gull 0.3% 0.2% 0.1%
106   Purple Finch 0.3% 0.2% 0.0%
107   Marsh Wren 0.2% 0.2% 0.1%
108   White-winged Crossbill 0.1% 0.2% 0.2%
109   Purple Martin 0.0% 0.2% 0.2%
110   Mew Gull 0.0% 0.2% 0.2%
111   Common Yellowthroat 0.0% 0.2% 0.2%