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

based on 230 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Pelham Bay 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   Canada Goose 53.4% 76.5% 23.1%
2   Bufflehead 31.7% 74.8% 43.0%
3   Ring-billed Gull 52.0% 69.6% 17.6%
4   Blue Jay 33.8% 69.6% 35.8%
5   Mallard 48.9% 67.0% 18.1%
6   American Black Duck 27.7% 64.3% 36.6%
7   Red-breasted Merganser 19.1% 63.0% 43.9%
8   White-throated Sparrow 42.1% 60.0% 17.9%
9   Red-bellied Woodpecker 24.6% 59.6% 35.0%
10   Greater Scaup 9.7% 58.3% 48.5%
11   Herring Gull 43.3% 57.4% 14.1%
12   Song Sparrow 32.1% 52.6% 20.5%
13   Great Black-backed Gull 31.6% 50.9% 19.3%
14   Brant 20.4% 49.6% 29.1%
15   Red-tailed Hawk 21.7% 47.0% 25.3%
16   Downy Woodpecker 27.1% 46.1% 19.0%
17   Gadwall 16.6% 45.7% 29.0%
18   Common Goldeneye 6.9% 45.2% 38.3%
19   Tufted Titmouse 19.5% 44.8% 25.3%
20   Black-capped Chickadee 21.9% 44.3% 22.4%
21   White-breasted Nuthatch 18.2% 42.2% 24.0%
22   Northern Cardinal 36.7% 41.3% 4.6%
23   European Starling 35.9% 40.4% 4.5%
24   Mourning Dove 29.3% 40.4% 11.1%
25   Northern Mockingbird 23.6% 38.3% 14.7%
26   Mute Swan 14.4% 34.3% 20.0%
27   Common Loon 10.6% 33.5% 22.9%
28   Rock Pigeon 28.8% 30.0% 1.2%
29   House Sparrow 35.7% 29.6% 6.1%
30   Long-tailed Duck 9.1% 28.3% 19.2%
31   Carolina Wren 15.1% 25.2% 10.2%
32   American Robin 24.8% 24.8% 0.1%
33   Hooded Merganser 19.5% 24.3% 4.9%
34   American Crow 18.2% 24.3% 6.2%
35   Great Blue Heron 14.7% 22.2% 7.5%
36   Horned Grebe 7.2% 22.2% 15.0%
37   Surf Scoter 2.7% 22.2% 19.5%
38   Dark-eyed Junco 15.8% 21.7% 5.9%
39   Red-throated Loon 7.3% 18.7% 11.4%
40   Fox Sparrow 6.8% 18.7% 11.9%
41   American Tree Sparrow 6.5% 18.3% 11.7%
42   American Wigeon 6.2% 18.3% 12.1%
43   Hairy Woodpecker 7.8% 17.0% 9.2%
44   Lesser Scaup 5.1% 17.0% 11.9%
45   American Goldfinch 13.2% 15.2% 2.0%
46   Belted Kingfisher 6.9% 14.3% 7.5%
47   Great Horned Owl 1.9% 13.9% 12.0%
48   Red-winged Blackbird 7.2% 12.6% 5.4%
49   Eastern Towhee 1.8% 12.6% 10.8%
50   Northern Saw-whet Owl 0.7% 12.2% 11.5%
51   Barred Owl 0.7% 11.7% 11.1%
52   Ruddy Duck 16.6% 11.3% 5.3%
53   Double-crested Cormorant 13.9% 11.3% 2.6%
54   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 5.5% 10.4% 4.9%
55   Great Cormorant 4.8% 10.0% 5.2%
56   Northern Flicker 6.9% 9.1% 2.2%
57   Cooper's Hawk 8.4% 8.7% 0.3%
58   Winter Wren 3.2% 8.7% 5.5%
59   Peregrine Falcon 5.2% 8.3% 3.1%
60   Merlin 1.9% 8.3% 6.4%
61   Pied-billed Grebe 4.5% 7.8% 3.3%
62   Killdeer 1.7% 7.4% 5.7%
63   Fish Crow 5.0% 6.1% 1.1%
64   Common Raven 3.9% 6.1% 2.2%
65   Bald Eagle 5.2% 5.7% 0.4%
66   American Kestrel 3.8% 5.7% 1.8%
67   Northern Harrier 4.2% 5.2% 1.0%
68   Common Grackle 5.1% 4.8% 0.4%
69   Canvasback 3.1% 4.8% 1.7%
70   Monk Parakeet 1.7% 4.3% 2.7%
71   Swamp Sparrow 4.7% 3.9% 0.8%
72   Turkey Vulture 4.8% 3.5% 1.3%
73   Brown Creeper 3.7% 3.5% 0.2%
74   Hermit Thrush 2.7% 3.5% 0.7%
75   Golden-crowned Kinglet 2.6% 3.5% 0.9%
76   Field Sparrow 1.2% 3.5% 2.3%
77   Brown Thrasher 0.4% 3.5% 3.1%
78   Northern Shoveler 16.0% 3.0% 13.0%
79   Black Scoter 2.9% 3.0% 0.1%
80   White-winged Scoter 1.9% 3.0% 1.1%
81   Wild Turkey 1.3% 3.0% 1.8%
82   Sharp-shinned Hawk 2.3% 2.2% 0.2%
83   Purple Sandpiper 1.9% 2.2% 0.3%
84   Rusty Blackbird 1.8% 2.2% 0.4%
85   Great Egret 0.4% 2.2% 1.7%
86   Rough-legged Hawk 0.3% 2.2% 1.9%
87   American Coot 11.4% 1.7% 9.7%
88   Snow Goose 2.6% 1.7% 0.9%
89   Redhead 2.4% 1.7% 0.6%
90   Red-shouldered Hawk 1.5% 1.7% 0.3%
91   Red-headed Woodpecker 0.9% 1.7% 0.9%
92   American Pipit 0.7% 1.7% 1.1%
93   Eastern Bluebird 0.7% 1.7% 1.1%
94   Common Redpoll 0.5% 1.7% 1.2%
95   Eurasian Wigeon 0.4% 1.7% 1.4%
96   Ross's Goose 0.1% 1.7% 1.7%
97   House Finch 13.5% 1.3% 12.2%
98   Red-breasted Nuthatch 1.9% 1.3% 0.6%
99   Dunlin 1.7% 1.3% 0.4%
100   Brown-headed Cowbird 1.2% 1.3% 0.1%
101   Sanderling 4.1% 0.9% 3.2%
102   Gray Catbird 2.6% 0.9% 1.7%
103   Cedar Waxwing 1.7% 0.9% 0.8%
104   White-crowned Sparrow 0.7% 0.9% 0.2%
105   Barrow's Goldeneye 0.2% 0.9% 0.7%
106   Eared Grebe 0.1% 0.9% 0.7%
107   Eastern Meadowlark 0.1% 0.9% 0.7%
108   Common Merganser 6.7% 0.4% 6.3%
109   Yellow-rumped Warbler 4.9% 0.4% 4.5%
110   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2.8% 0.4% 2.4%
111   Horned Lark 2.2% 0.4% 1.8%
112   Razorbill 1.3% 0.4% 0.8%
113   Savannah Sparrow 1.2% 0.4% 0.8%
114   Chipping Sparrow 0.7% 0.4% 0.2%
115   Black-headed Gull 0.5% 0.4% 0.1%
116   Purple Finch 0.4% 0.4% 0.0%
117   Palm Warbler 0.3% 0.4% 0.1%
118   American Woodcock 0.3% 0.4% 0.1%
119   Eastern Phoebe 0.3% 0.4% 0.1%
120   Marsh Wren 0.2% 0.4% 0.3%
121   Common Yellowthroat 0.1% 0.4% 0.3%
122   Tundra Swan 0.1% 0.4% 0.4%
123   Semipalmated Plover 0.0% 0.4% 0.4%
124   Prairie Warbler 0.0% 0.4% 0.4%
125   Cape May Warbler 0.0% 0.4% 0.4%