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

based on 2779 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Prospect 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 47.6% 80.6% 32.9%
2   Northern Cardinal 35.0% 77.9% 43.0%
3   White-throated Sparrow 40.7% 75.1% 34.4%
4   Canada Goose 52.6% 73.6% 21.0%
5   Blue Jay 32.4% 68.9% 36.5%
6   Mourning Dove 27.7% 68.3% 40.6%
7   Downy Woodpecker 25.4% 67.8% 42.4%
8   American Coot 9.0% 67.0% 58.0%
9   House Sparrow 34.3% 66.8% 32.5%
10   Northern Shoveler 13.9% 65.7% 51.8%
11   Mute Swan 12.4% 62.9% 50.5%
12   Ring-billed Gull 51.6% 61.8% 10.2%
13   Red-bellied Woodpecker 23.3% 59.2% 36.0%
14   European Starling 35.1% 55.5% 20.3%
15   American Robin 23.6% 55.2% 31.7%
16   Ruddy Duck 15.0% 53.4% 38.4%
17   Black-capped Chickadee 20.8% 50.8% 30.1%
18   Herring Gull 43.1% 49.7% 6.6%
19   White-breasted Nuthatch 17.0% 48.7% 31.7%
20   Song Sparrow 31.5% 48.6% 17.1%
21   Rock Pigeon 28.1% 45.8% 17.7%
22   Tufted Titmouse 18.6% 43.7% 25.1%
23   Red-tailed Hawk 20.9% 43.2% 22.3%
24   Red-winged Blackbird 5.7% 42.7% 37.0%
25   American Goldfinch 12.1% 40.2% 28.1%
26   House Finch 12.4% 36.7% 24.3%
27   American Black Duck 27.5% 35.0% 7.4%
28   Carolina Wren 14.4% 31.4% 17.0%
29   Great Blue Heron 14.0% 31.0% 17.0%
30   American Crow 17.8% 27.2% 9.4%
31   Great Black-backed Gull 31.8% 26.9% 4.9%
32   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 4.8% 22.5% 17.6%
33   Fox Sparrow 6.2% 22.0% 15.7%
34   Northern Mockingbird 23.7% 21.6% 2.1%
35   Cooper's Hawk 7.9% 19.5% 11.6%
36   Dark-eyed Junco 15.7% 18.7% 3.0%
37   Hooded Merganser 19.6% 17.1% 2.5%
38   Wood Duck 3.7% 16.9% 13.2%
39   Hairy Woodpecker 7.5% 16.2% 8.7%
40   Brown Creeper 3.2% 15.9% 12.7%
41   Bufflehead 32.6% 14.9% 17.7%
42   Pied-billed Grebe 4.2% 13.1% 8.9%
43   Common Grackle 4.9% 10.5% 5.6%
44   Winter Wren 2.9% 9.9% 7.0%
45   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2.5% 9.8% 7.3%
46   Swamp Sparrow 4.5% 9.5% 5.0%
47   Hermit Thrush 2.5% 9.5% 7.0%
48   Double-crested Cormorant 14.1% 7.8% 6.3%
49   Common Merganser 6.6% 7.5% 0.9%
50   Golden-crowned Kinglet 2.4% 7.0% 4.6%
51   Red-breasted Nuthatch 1.7% 6.6% 4.9%
52   American Wigeon 6.2% 6.3% 0.0%
53   Merlin 1.7% 6.0% 4.2%
54   Fish Crow 5.0% 5.8% 0.9%
55   Gray Catbird 2.5% 5.7% 3.2%
56   Ring-necked Duck 4.5% 5.6% 1.1%
57   European Goldfinch 0.0% 5.5% 5.5%
58   Northern Saw-whet Owl 0.6% 5.4% 4.8%
59   Pine Siskin 0.5% 4.5% 4.0%
60   Northern Flicker 7.1% 3.6% 3.4%
61   Rusty Blackbird 1.7% 3.1% 1.4%
62   Varied Thrush 0.1% 3.1% 3.0%
63   Bald Eagle 5.3% 3.1% 2.3%
64   Belted Kingfisher 7.1% 3.0% 4.1%
65   Red-breasted Merganser 20.0% 3.0% 17.0%
66   Sharp-shinned Hawk 2.3% 2.9% 0.6%
67   Peregrine Falcon 5.3% 2.8% 2.4%
68   Black-headed Gull 0.4% 2.8% 2.4%
69   Painted Bunting 0.2% 2.7% 2.5%
70   American Tree Sparrow 6.7% 2.4% 4.3%
71   Cedar Waxwing 1.7% 2.4% 0.7%
72   American Kestrel 3.9% 2.2% 1.7%
73   Snow Goose 2.6% 2.1% 0.6%
74   Great Horned Owl 1.9% 2.1% 0.2%
75   Common Raven 3.9% 2.0% 1.9%
76   Eastern Towhee 1.8% 2.0% 0.1%
77   Iceland Gull 1.0% 2.0% 1.0%
78   Pine Warbler 0.3% 1.9% 1.7%
79   Orange-crowned Warbler 0.9% 1.8% 0.8%
80   Purple Finch 0.4% 1.7% 1.3%
81   Turkey Vulture 4.9% 1.5% 3.4%
82   Eastern Phoebe 0.3% 1.5% 1.2%
83   Brown-headed Cowbird 1.2% 1.5% 0.3%
84   Chipping Sparrow 0.6% 1.2% 0.5%
85   Red-shouldered Hawk 1.5% 1.1% 0.4%
86   American Pipit 0.7% 1.1% 0.4%
87   Yellow-breasted Chat 0.2% 1.1% 0.9%
88   Gadwall 17.4% 1.0% 16.3%
89   White-winged Crossbill 0.1% 0.7% 0.7%
90   Dickcissel 0.1% 0.6% 0.6%
91   Wilson's Warbler 0.0% 0.6% 0.6%
92   Brant 21.4% 0.5% 20.9%
93   Lesser Black-backed Gull 0.8% 0.5% 0.4%
94   Barred Owl 0.7% 0.5% 0.3%
95   Common Redpoll 0.5% 0.4% 0.2%
96   Killdeer 1.8% 0.4% 1.4%
97   Lesser Scaup 5.3% 0.3% 5.0%
98   Greater Scaup 10.3% 0.3% 10.0%
99   Black-and-white Warbler 0.0% 0.3% 0.2%
100   Monk Parakeet 1.8% 0.2% 1.5%
101   Eastern Bluebird 0.7% 0.2% 0.5%
102   Eurasian Wigeon 0.4% 0.2% 0.2%
103   Marsh Wren 0.2% 0.2% 0.0%
104   Short-billed Gull 0.1% 0.2% 0.1%
105   Yellow-rumped Warbler 5.1% 0.2% 4.9%
106   Northern Pintail 3.7% 0.2% 3.5%
107   Black Vulture 1.4% 0.2% 1.3%
108   Brown Thrasher 0.4% 0.2% 0.2%
109   American Woodcock 0.3% 0.2% 0.1%
110   Muscovy Duck 0.2% 0.2% 0.1%
111   Nashville Warbler 0.2% 0.2% 0.0%
112   Red Crossbill 0.0% 0.2% 0.1%
113   Broad-winged Hawk 0.0% 0.2% 0.2%
114   White-crowned Sparrow 0.7% 0.1% 0.5%
115   Green Heron 0.0% 0.1% 0.1%
116   Green-winged Teal 4.6% 0.1% 4.5%
117   Baltimore Oriole 0.3% 0.1% 0.2%
118   Horned Grebe 7.5% 0.1% 7.5%
119   Northern Harrier 4.4% 0.1% 4.3%
120   Black-crowned Night-Heron 1.5% 0.1% 1.5%
121   Savannah Sparrow 1.3% 0.1% 1.2%
122   Glaucous Gull 0.4% 0.1% 0.3%
123   Northern Parula 0.0% 0.1% 0.1%
124   Red-throated Loon 7.6% 0.0% 7.6%
125   Common Goldeneye 7.3% 0.0% 7.3%
126   Great Cormorant 5.0% 0.0% 5.0%
127   Redhead 2.5% 0.0% 2.4%
128   Snow Bunting 1.6% 0.0% 1.6%
129   Cackling Goose 0.7% 0.0% 0.7%
130   Palm Warbler 0.4% 0.0% 0.3%
131   American Goshawk 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
132   American Redstart 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%