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Top Birds at Rahway River Park in January
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA

based on 82 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Rahway River Park 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 48.9% 69.5% 20.6%
2   Canada Goose 53.4% 67.1% 13.6%
3   Hooded Merganser 19.5% 40.2% 20.8%
4   Blue Jay 33.9% 36.6% 2.7%
5   Dark-eyed Junco 15.8% 36.6% 20.8%
6   Mourning Dove 29.3% 34.1% 4.8%
7   Red-bellied Woodpecker 24.7% 34.1% 9.4%
8   White-throated Sparrow 42.1% 31.7% 10.4%
9   Northern Cardinal 36.7% 25.6% 11.1%
10   American Robin 24.8% 25.6% 0.8%
11   House Sparrow 35.7% 23.2% 12.5%
12   Downy Woodpecker 27.2% 22.0% 5.2%
13   European Starling 36.0% 20.7% 15.2%
14   White-breasted Nuthatch 18.3% 20.7% 2.5%
15   Ring-billed Gull 52.1% 19.5% 32.6%
16   Great Blue Heron 14.7% 19.5% 4.8%
17   Red-tailed Hawk 21.8% 18.3% 3.5%
18   American Black Duck 27.9% 15.9% 12.0%
19   Common Grackle 5.1% 14.6% 9.5%
20   Rusty Blackbird 1.8% 14.6% 12.9%
21   Song Sparrow 32.2% 13.4% 18.8%
22   Tufted Titmouse 19.6% 13.4% 6.2%
23   Red-winged Blackbird 7.2% 13.4% 6.2%
24   Carolina Wren 15.1% 12.2% 2.9%
25   Mute Swan 14.5% 12.2% 2.3%
26   American Goldfinch 13.2% 12.2% 1.0%
27   Hairy Woodpecker 7.8% 12.2% 4.4%
28   Herring Gull 43.4% 9.8% 33.6%
29   Black-capped Chickadee 22.0% 9.8% 12.2%
30   Brown Creeper 3.7% 9.8% 6.1%
31   Belted Kingfisher 6.9% 8.5% 1.6%
32   Winter Wren 3.2% 8.5% 5.3%
33   Northern Mockingbird 23.6% 7.3% 16.3%
34   Turkey Vulture 4.8% 7.3% 2.5%
35   Gadwall 16.7% 6.1% 10.6%
36   Northern Flicker 6.9% 6.1% 0.8%
37   Rock Pigeon 28.9% 4.9% 24.0%
38   American Crow 18.2% 4.9% 13.3%
39   Northern Shoveler 16.0% 4.9% 11.1%
40   House Finch 13.4% 4.9% 8.6%
41   Snow Goose 2.6% 4.9% 2.3%
42   Cackling Goose 0.7% 4.9% 4.2%
43   Bufflehead 31.9% 3.7% 28.3%
44   Great Black-backed Gull 31.7% 3.7% 28.0%
45   Bald Eagle 5.2% 3.7% 1.6%
46   Wood Duck 4.2% 3.7% 0.6%
47   Redhead 2.4% 3.7% 1.3%
48   Pileated Woodpecker 1.0% 3.7% 2.6%
49   Cooper's Hawk 8.4% 2.4% 5.9%
50   Common Merganser 6.7% 2.4% 4.2%
51   Ring-necked Duck 4.6% 2.4% 2.1%
52   Green-winged Teal 4.4% 2.4% 2.0%
53   Great Horned Owl 1.9% 2.4% 0.5%
54   Red-headed Woodpecker 0.9% 2.4% 1.6%
55   Red-breasted Merganser 19.3% 1.2% 18.1%
56   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 5.6% 1.2% 4.3%
57   Swamp Sparrow 4.7% 1.2% 3.5%
58   Pied-billed Grebe 4.5% 1.2% 3.3%
59   Northern Harrier 4.2% 1.2% 3.0%
60   Common Raven 3.9% 1.2% 2.7%
61   Sharp-shinned Hawk 2.3% 1.2% 1.1%
62   Merlin 1.9% 1.2% 0.7%
63   Great Egret 0.5% 1.2% 0.8%
64   Eastern Phoebe 0.3% 1.2% 0.9%