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Top Birds at Central Park in February
relative to other locations within 25 miles of 40.781243, -73.966507

based on 2129 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Central Park 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   Mallard 48.9% 78.4% 29.5%
2   House Sparrow 39.1% 78.3% 39.2%
3   White-throated Sparrow 40.3% 77.2% 36.9%
4   Canada Goose 55.5% 74.7% 19.2%
5   Blue Jay 34.5% 74.0% 39.6%
6   Northern Cardinal 39.6% 67.4% 27.8%
7   Northern Shoveler 14.9% 61.1% 46.2%
8   American Robin 31.2% 60.3% 29.0%
9   Rock Pigeon 28.0% 59.9% 31.9%
10   European Starling 37.5% 59.3% 21.8%
11   Ring-billed Gull 50.5% 54.6% 4.1%
12   Red-tailed Hawk 22.0% 53.1% 31.1%
13   Red-bellied Woodpecker 24.7% 53.0% 28.3%
14   Mourning Dove 32.7% 50.4% 17.7%
15   Downy Woodpecker 27.0% 49.6% 22.6%
16   Bufflehead 31.5% 45.7% 14.3%
17   Tufted Titmouse 19.2% 45.5% 26.3%
18   American Herring Gull 41.2% 44.4% 3.2%
19   Hooded Merganser 18.9% 43.9% 25.0%
20   Great Black-backed Gull 27.7% 42.7% 15.1%
21   American Coot 9.6% 41.3% 31.7%
22   White-breasted Nuthatch 17.4% 40.6% 23.3%
23   Common Grackle 12.4% 40.5% 28.1%
24   Black-capped Chickadee 21.6% 35.5% 13.9%
25   House Finch 13.1% 31.8% 18.6%
26   Ruddy Duck 15.2% 30.7% 15.5%
27   American Goldfinch 10.7% 30.6% 20.0%
28   Wood Duck 5.4% 25.6% 20.2%
29   Cooper's Hawk 7.1% 23.4% 16.3%
30   American Crow 21.3% 22.9% 1.6%
31   Dark-eyed Junco 16.0% 22.2% 6.2%
32   Fox Sparrow 6.8% 18.5% 11.7%
33   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 4.3% 17.4% 13.1%
34   Song Sparrow 35.0% 16.4% 18.5%
35   Red-winged Blackbird 18.5% 15.2% 3.3%
36   American Black Duck 27.2% 14.9% 12.2%
37   Great Blue Heron 11.7% 14.0% 2.4%
38   Brown Creeper 3.2% 11.8% 8.6%
39   Pied-billed Grebe 3.6% 9.6% 6.0%
40   Red-breasted Merganser 20.4% 9.4% 10.9%
41   Peregrine Falcon 4.5% 9.3% 4.8%
42   Northern Mockingbird 24.5% 9.0% 15.5%
43   Northern Flicker 6.2% 8.2% 2.1%
44   Common Merganser 9.5% 8.2% 1.4%
45   Gadwall 15.8% 8.0% 7.8%
46   Double-crested Cormorant 12.2% 7.6% 4.6%
47   Snow Goose 2.3% 7.2% 5.0%
48   Carolina Wren 16.4% 6.3% 10.1%
49   Green-winged Teal 4.9% 5.6% 0.7%
50   Common Loon 9.2% 5.4% 3.8%
51   Hermit Thrush 2.0% 5.1% 3.1%
52   Iceland Gull 0.9% 5.1% 4.3%
53   Eastern Towhee 1.4% 4.4% 3.0%
54   Great Horned Owl 1.7% 3.9% 2.2%
55   American Tree Sparrow 6.9% 3.8% 3.1%
56   Barred Owl 0.4% 3.5% 3.1%
57   Chipping Sparrow 0.5% 3.2% 2.7%
58   Hairy Woodpecker 7.8% 3.1% 4.7%
59   Mute Swan 15.4% 2.9% 12.5%
60   American Kestrel 3.4% 2.9% 0.5%
61   Red-breasted Nuthatch 1.6% 2.8% 1.2%
62   Red-headed Woodpecker 0.5% 2.8% 2.3%
63   Brown Thrasher 0.4% 2.7% 2.3%
64   Common Raven 4.4% 2.6% 1.8%
65   Brown-headed Cowbird 1.7% 2.4% 0.7%
66   Bald Eagle 6.3% 2.3% 4.1%
67   Golden-crowned Kinglet 2.4% 2.2% 0.2%
68   Rusty Blackbird 1.6% 2.2% 0.6%
69   Lesser Black-backed Gull 0.8% 2.2% 1.4%
70   Ring-necked Duck 6.1% 2.1% 4.0%
71   Cedar Waxwing 2.3% 2.1% 0.2%
72   Common Redpoll 0.3% 2.0% 1.7%
73   Slaty-backed Gull 0.2% 2.0% 1.8%
74   Baltimore Oriole 0.2% 1.9% 1.7%
75   Northern Saw-whet Owl 0.2% 1.8% 1.6%
76   Redhead 2.2% 1.7% 0.4%
77   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1.8% 1.7% 0.1%
78   Gray Catbird 1.7% 1.7% 0.0%
79   Red-necked Grebe 0.9% 1.7% 0.8%
80   Red-throated Loon 7.6% 1.6% 6.0%
81   Northern Pintail 3.5% 1.6% 1.8%
82   Eurasian Eagle-Owl 0.1% 1.5% 1.4%
83   Snowy Owl 0.9% 1.5% 0.6%
84   Sharp-shinned Hawk 2.0% 1.4% 0.6%
85   Turkey Vulture 6.6% 1.3% 5.4%
86   Swamp Sparrow 3.7% 1.2% 2.4%
87   Field Sparrow 1.1% 1.0% 0.1%
88   Black-headed Gull 0.5% 1.0% 0.5%
89   Pine Warbler 0.2% 1.0% 0.8%
90   Merlin 2.0% 0.8% 1.2%
91   American Woodcock 1.1% 0.7% 0.4%
92   Glaucous Gull 0.2% 0.7% 0.5%
93   Muscovy Duck 0.1% 0.7% 0.6%
94   Graylag Goose 0.0% 0.7% 0.6%
95   Greater White-fronted Goose 0.3% 0.6% 0.3%
96   Common Goldeneye 7.1% 0.6% 6.5%
97   Black-crowned Night-Heron 0.9% 0.6% 0.4%
98   European Goldfinch 0.5% 0.6% 0.0%
99   Killdeer 3.9% 0.5% 3.4%
100   Winter Wren 2.3% 0.5% 1.8%
101   Wilson's Snipe 0.3% 0.5% 0.2%
102   Varied Thrush 0.1% 0.5% 0.4%
103   Fish Crow 7.6% 0.5% 7.2%
104   Belted Kingfisher 5.5% 0.4% 5.1%
105   Great Cormorant 4.6% 0.4% 4.3%
106   Pine Siskin 0.6% 0.4% 0.2%
107   White-crowned Sparrow 0.6% 0.3% 0.3%
108   Mandarin Duck 0.0% 0.3% 0.3%
109   Horned Grebe 8.2% 0.3% 7.9%
110   Lesser Scaup 5.0% 0.2% 4.8%
111   Red-shouldered Hawk 1.8% 0.2% 1.6%
112   Boat-tailed Grackle 0.4% 0.2% 0.2%
113   Brant 20.8% 0.2% 20.6%
114   Eastern Screech-Owl 0.8% 0.2% 0.6%
115   Black Vulture 1.6% 0.1% 1.5%
116   Purple Finch 0.3% 0.1% 0.1%
117   Greater Scaup 9.9% 0.1% 9.8%
118   American Wigeon 7.2% 0.1% 7.2%
119   White-winged Crossbill 0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
120   Lincoln's Sparrow 0.0% 0.1% 0.1%
121   Ring-necked Pheasant 0.7% 0.0% 0.7%
122   Eastern Bluebird 0.7% 0.0% 0.6%
123   Rufous Hummingbird 0.6% 0.0% 0.5%
124   Barnacle Goose 0.1% 0.0% 0.1%
125   Mitred Parakeet 0% 0.0% 0.0%