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

based on 66 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Central Park--Great Lawn 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   Blue Jay 33.9% 54.5% 20.7%
2   Canada Goose 53.5% 40.9% 12.6%
3   American Robin 24.8% 36.4% 11.5%
4   White-throated Sparrow 42.1% 33.3% 8.8%
5   Tufted Titmouse 19.6% 31.8% 12.2%
6   House Sparrow 35.7% 30.3% 5.4%
7   Red-bellied Woodpecker 24.7% 28.8% 4.1%
8   Red-tailed Hawk 21.8% 27.3% 5.5%
9   European Starling 36.0% 24.2% 11.7%
10   Northern Cardinal 36.7% 15.2% 21.6%
11   Rock Pigeon 28.8% 15.2% 13.7%
12   White-breasted Nuthatch 18.3% 15.2% 3.1%
13   Mourning Dove 29.4% 13.6% 15.7%
14   Black-capped Chickadee 22.0% 13.6% 8.3%
15   Common Grackle 5.1% 13.6% 8.5%
16   Snow Goose 2.6% 13.6% 11.0%
17   Northern Mockingbird 23.6% 10.6% 13.0%
18   Northern Flicker 6.9% 10.6% 3.7%
19   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 5.6% 10.6% 5.1%
20   Mallard 49.0% 9.1% 39.9%
21   Downy Woodpecker 27.2% 9.1% 18.1%
22   American Crow 18.2% 9.1% 9.1%
23   Ring-billed Gull 52.1% 7.6% 44.5%
24   Herring Gull 43.4% 7.6% 35.8%
25   Hooded Merganser 19.5% 6.1% 13.4%
26   Ruddy Duck 16.6% 6.1% 10.5%
27   Northern Shoveler 16.0% 6.1% 9.9%
28   Bufflehead 31.9% 4.5% 27.4%
29   Barred Owl 0.7% 4.5% 3.8%
30   Dark-eyed Junco 15.9% 3.0% 12.8%
31   Great Blue Heron 14.7% 3.0% 11.7%
32   House Finch 13.4% 3.0% 10.4%
33   American Coot 11.4% 3.0% 8.3%
34   Cooper's Hawk 8.4% 3.0% 5.4%
35   Brown Creeper 3.7% 3.0% 0.7%
36   Hermit Thrush 2.8% 3.0% 0.3%
37   Merlin 1.9% 3.0% 1.1%
38   Northern Saw-whet Owl 0.8% 3.0% 2.3%
39   Song Sparrow 32.2% 1.5% 30.7%
40   Great Black-backed Gull 31.6% 1.5% 30.1%
41   Gadwall 16.7% 1.5% 15.2%
42   Horned Grebe 7.3% 1.5% 5.7%
43   Wood Duck 4.2% 1.5% 2.7%
44   Northern Harrier 4.2% 1.5% 2.7%
45   Common Raven 3.9% 1.5% 2.4%
46   American Kestrel 3.8% 1.5% 2.3%
47   Red-breasted Nuthatch 1.9% 1.5% 0.4%
48   Great Horned Owl 1.9% 1.5% 0.4%
49   Cedar Waxwing 1.7% 1.5% 0.2%
50   Orange-crowned Warbler 1.0% 1.5% 0.6%
51   Greater White-fronted Goose 0.9% 1.5% 0.6%