Top Birds at Central Park in February
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA
based on 1730 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.
| Rank | Info | Pics | Species | Entire Region | This Location | Difference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | House Sparrow | 37.9% | 77.4% | 39.5% | |||
| 2 | Mallard | 49.3% | 76.8% | 27.5% | |||
| 3 | White-throated Sparrow | 39.0% | 75.7% | 36.7% | |||
| 4 | Blue Jay | 33.7% | 72.9% | 39.3% | |||
| 5 | Canada Goose | 55.0% | 72.6% | 17.6% | |||
| 6 | Northern Cardinal | 39.0% | 66.4% | 27.3% | |||
| 7 | European Starling | 37.6% | 59.5% | 21.8% | |||
| 8 | Rock Pigeon | 27.1% | 59.4% | 32.3% | |||
| 9 | Northern Shoveler | 14.9% | 58.2% | 43.4% | |||
| 10 | American Robin | 29.0% | 57.0% | 28.0% | |||
| 11 | Ring-billed Gull | 51.4% | 53.6% | 2.2% | |||
| 12 | Red-tailed Hawk | 22.1% | 52.7% | 30.6% | |||
| 13 | Red-bellied Woodpecker | 23.6% | 52.3% | 28.7% | |||
| 14 | Downy Woodpecker | 26.9% | 49.1% | 22.3% | |||
| 15 | Tufted Titmouse | 20.1% | 48.0% | 27.9% | |||
| 16 | Mourning Dove | 31.5% | 46.1% | 14.6% | |||
| 17 | Bufflehead | 31.8% | 43.3% | 11.5% | |||
| 18 | Common Grackle | 12.3% | 43.3% | 31.0% | |||
| 19 | Herring Gull | 42.3% | 42.4% | 0.1% | |||
| 20 | Hooded Merganser | 18.6% | 42.2% | 23.6% | |||
| 21 | White-breasted Nuthatch | 17.6% | 42.2% | 24.6% | |||
| 22 | Great Black-backed Gull | 29.9% | 42.1% | 12.2% | |||
| 23 | American Coot | 9.5% | 39.7% | 30.2% | |||
| 24 | Black-capped Chickadee | 22.9% | 37.1% | 14.2% | |||
| 25 | House Finch | 12.9% | 34.2% | 21.3% | |||
| 26 | American Goldfinch | 11.4% | 33.4% | 22.0% | |||
| 27 | Ruddy Duck | 14.9% | 30.5% | 15.6% | |||
| 28 | Dark-eyed Junco | 16.1% | 24.0% | 7.9% | |||
| 29 | Cooper's Hawk | 6.9% | 22.2% | 15.3% | |||
| 30 | Wood Duck | 4.8% | 21.6% | 16.8% | |||
| 31 | American Crow | 21.0% | 20.5% | 0.6% | |||
| 32 | Fox Sparrow | 6.9% | 18.8% | 11.9% | |||
| 33 | Song Sparrow | 35.2% | 16.6% | 18.6% | |||
| 34 | Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | 3.7% | 16.3% | 12.6% | |||
| 35 | Red-winged Blackbird | 18.9% | 16.1% | 2.8% | |||
| 36 | Brown Creeper | 3.3% | 13.1% | 9.8% | |||
| 37 | Great Blue Heron | 11.3% | 13.1% | 1.7% | |||
| 38 | American Black Duck | 27.9% | 12.6% | 15.3% | |||
| 39 | Peregrine Falcon | 4.8% | 9.9% | 5.1% | |||
| 40 | Northern Mockingbird | 24.4% | 9.4% | 15.1% | |||
| 41 | Pied-billed Grebe | 3.6% | 9.0% | 5.4% | |||
| 42 | Double-crested Cormorant | 11.7% | 8.2% | 3.5% | |||
| 43 | Northern Flicker | 6.3% | 7.9% | 1.6% | |||
| 44 | Gadwall | 16.1% | 7.3% | 8.8% | |||
| 45 | Carolina Wren | 15.8% | 6.4% | 9.4% | |||
| 46 | Red-breasted Merganser | 20.7% | 6.3% | 14.4% | |||
| 47 | Iceland Gull | 1.0% | 6.2% | 5.2% | |||
| 48 | Snow Goose | 2.5% | 5.8% | 3.3% | |||
| 49 | Hermit Thrush | 1.9% | 5.4% | 3.5% | |||
| 50 | American Tree Sparrow | 7.8% | 4.7% | 3.1% | |||
| 51 | Great Horned Owl | 1.8% | 4.6% | 2.8% | |||
| 52 | Eastern Towhee | 1.5% | 4.6% | 3.1% | |||
| 53 | Barred Owl | 0.4% | 4.3% | 3.9% | |||
| 54 | Chipping Sparrow | 0.5% | 3.9% | 3.5% | |||
| 55 | Green-winged Teal | 4.9% | 3.8% | 1.1% | |||
| 56 | Mute Swan | 15.9% | 3.6% | 12.3% | |||
| 57 | Common Loon | 9.3% | 3.5% | 5.9% | |||
| 58 | Hairy Woodpecker | 7.8% | 3.5% | 4.3% | |||
| 59 | Red-headed Woodpecker | 0.5% | 3.5% | 3.0% | |||
| 60 | Red-breasted Nuthatch | 1.8% | 3.2% | 1.5% | |||
| 61 | Brown Thrasher | 0.5% | 3.2% | 2.7% | |||
| 62 | Brown-headed Cowbird | 2.0% | 2.9% | 1.0% | |||
| 63 | American Kestrel | 3.5% | 2.9% | 0.6% | |||
| 64 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | 0.9% | 2.6% | 1.7% | |||
| 65 | Bald Eagle | 6.0% | 2.5% | 3.5% | |||
| 66 | Common Redpoll | 0.4% | 2.4% | 2.1% | |||
| 67 | Common Merganser | 9.0% | 2.4% | 6.7% | |||
| 68 | Ring-necked Duck | 5.8% | 2.4% | 3.4% | |||
| 69 | Slaty-backed Gull | 0.2% | 2.3% | 2.1% | |||
| 70 | Baltimore Oriole | 0.2% | 2.3% | 2.0% | |||
| 71 | Northern Saw-whet Owl | 0.2% | 2.2% | 2.0% | |||
| 72 | Redhead | 2.2% | 2.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 73 | Red-necked Grebe | 1.1% | 2.1% | 1.0% | |||
| 74 | Rusty Blackbird | 1.7% | 2.0% | 0.4% | |||
| 75 | Northern Pintail | 3.8% | 1.9% | 1.9% | |||
| 76 | Gray Catbird | 1.8% | 1.8% | 0.0% | |||
| 77 | Common Raven | 3.6% | 1.7% | 1.8% | |||
| 78 | Snowy Owl | 1.1% | 1.7% | 0.6% | |||
| 79 | Eurasian Eagle-Owl | 0.1% | 1.7% | 1.6% | |||
| 80 | Golden-crowned Kinglet | 1.9% | 1.6% | 0.4% | |||
| 81 | Sharp-shinned Hawk | 2.2% | 1.5% | 0.7% | |||
| 82 | Swamp Sparrow | 3.4% | 1.3% | 2.1% | |||
| 83 | Field Sparrow | 1.2% | 1.3% | 0.0% | |||
| 84 | Black-headed Gull | 0.6% | 1.3% | 0.7% | |||
| 85 | Turkey Vulture | 6.6% | 1.2% | 5.5% | |||
| 86 | Cedar Waxwing | 2.3% | 1.1% | 1.2% | |||
| 87 | Ruby-crowned Kinglet | 1.4% | 1.1% | 0.3% | |||
| 88 | Muscovy Duck | 0.1% | 0.8% | 0.7% | |||
| 89 | Graylag Goose | 0.0% | 0.8% | 0.8% | |||
| 90 | Glaucous Gull | 0.2% | 0.8% | 0.5% | |||
| 91 | Greater White-fronted Goose | 0.2% | 0.8% | 0.5% | |||
| 92 | American Woodcock | 1.1% | 0.7% | 0.4% | |||
| 93 | European Goldfinch | 0.4% | 0.7% | 0.2% | |||
| 94 | Merlin | 2.1% | 0.6% | 1.5% | |||
| 95 | Wilson's Snipe | 0.4% | 0.6% | 0.3% | |||
| 96 | Pine Warbler | 0.2% | 0.6% | 0.4% | |||
| 97 | Varied Thrush | 0.2% | 0.6% | 0.5% | |||
| 98 | Killdeer | 4.1% | 0.6% | 3.5% | |||
| 99 | Winter Wren | 2.2% | 0.5% | 1.7% | |||
| 100 | Belted Kingfisher | 5.6% | 0.5% | 5.2% | |||
| 101 | Great Cormorant | 5.1% | 0.5% | 4.6% | |||
| 102 | Pine Siskin | 0.7% | 0.5% | 0.3% | |||
| 103 | White-crowned Sparrow | 0.8% | 0.4% | 0.4% | |||
| 104 | Mandarin Duck | 0.0% | 0.4% | 0.4% | |||
| 105 | Horned Grebe | 8.6% | 0.3% | 8.3% | |||
| 106 | Fish Crow | 7.2% | 0.3% | 6.9% | |||
| 107 | Red-shouldered Hawk | 1.9% | 0.3% | 1.6% | |||
| 108 | Boat-tailed Grackle | 0.5% | 0.3% | 0.2% | |||
| 109 | Black-crowned Night-Heron | 1.0% | 0.2% | 0.8% | |||
| 110 | Eastern Screech-Owl | 0.7% | 0.2% | 0.5% | |||
| 111 | Brant | 21.6% | 0.2% | 21.4% | |||
| 112 | Red-throated Loon | 7.9% | 0.2% | 7.7% | |||
| 113 | Purple Finch | 0.4% | 0.2% | 0.2% | |||
| 114 | Greater Scaup | 10.1% | 0.1% | 10.0% | |||
| 115 | American Wigeon | 7.7% | 0.1% | 7.6% | |||
| 116 | Lesser Scaup | 5.0% | 0.1% | 4.9% | |||
| 117 | Black Vulture | 1.5% | 0.1% | 1.4% | |||
| 118 | White-winged Crossbill | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | |||
| 119 | Lincoln's Sparrow | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 120 | Ring-necked Pheasant | 0.9% | 0.1% | 0.9% | |||
| 121 | Eastern Bluebird | 0.7% | 0.1% | 0.7% | |||
| 122 | Barnacle Goose | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 123 | Rufous Hummingbird | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% |