Top Birds at Prospect Park in February
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA
based on 1997 checklists
This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Prospect 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 | Mallard | 49.0% | 79.6% | 30.5% | |||
| 2 | Northern Cardinal | 38.4% | 75.9% | 37.5% | |||
| 3 | Canada Goose | 54.8% | 74.9% | 20.1% | |||
| 4 | White-throated Sparrow | 39.0% | 70.5% | 31.5% | |||
| 5 | Blue Jay | 33.6% | 69.5% | 35.9% | |||
| 6 | American Coot | 8.1% | 67.2% | 59.1% | |||
| 7 | Northern Shoveler | 14.2% | 66.9% | 52.7% | |||
| 8 | House Sparrow | 38.2% | 66.7% | 28.5% | |||
| 9 | Downy Woodpecker | 26.0% | 65.1% | 39.1% | |||
| 10 | Mourning Dove | 30.6% | 64.9% | 34.4% | |||
| 11 | Mute Swan | 13.2% | 64.4% | 51.2% | |||
| 12 | Ring-billed Gull | 51.0% | 62.5% | 11.6% | |||
| 13 | Ruddy Duck | 13.5% | 60.4% | 46.9% | |||
| 14 | American Robin | 28.7% | 59.3% | 30.6% | |||
| 15 | Red-bellied Woodpecker | 23.1% | 59.1% | 36.0% | |||
| 16 | Red-winged Blackbird | 17.0% | 58.0% | 41.0% | |||
| 17 | European Starling | 37.7% | 56.0% | 18.3% | |||
| 18 | Black-capped Chickadee | 22.0% | 53.9% | 31.8% | |||
| 19 | Song Sparrow | 33.8% | 51.9% | 18.2% | |||
| 20 | White-breasted Nuthatch | 17.1% | 51.2% | 34.1% | |||
| 21 | Herring Gull | 41.9% | 50.3% | 8.4% | |||
| 22 | Tufted Titmouse | 19.8% | 49.3% | 29.4% | |||
| 23 | Red-tailed Hawk | 22.2% | 47.9% | 25.7% | |||
| 24 | Rock Pigeon | 27.6% | 43.6% | 15.9% | |||
| 25 | American Goldfinch | 10.9% | 42.4% | 31.5% | |||
| 26 | American Black Duck | 26.9% | 36.4% | 9.5% | |||
| 27 | Common Grackle | 12.7% | 30.2% | 17.5% | |||
| 28 | American Crow | 20.6% | 29.5% | 8.9% | |||
| 29 | Carolina Wren | 14.9% | 28.4% | 13.5% | |||
| 30 | Fox Sparrow | 6.5% | 26.5% | 20.0% | |||
| 31 | Great Black-backed Gull | 30.6% | 25.7% | 4.8% | |||
| 32 | House Finch | 13.2% | 23.6% | 10.4% | |||
| 33 | Dark-eyed Junco | 16.1% | 22.8% | 6.7% | |||
| 34 | Hooded Merganser | 19.3% | 21.9% | 2.6% | |||
| 35 | Wood Duck | 4.7% | 21.3% | 16.6% | |||
| 36 | Northern Mockingbird | 24.0% | 20.8% | 3.2% | |||
| 37 | Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | 3.6% | 17.8% | 14.2% | |||
| 38 | Cooper's Hawk | 7.0% | 17.2% | 10.2% | |||
| 39 | Bufflehead | 32.9% | 16.6% | 16.3% | |||
| 40 | Great Blue Heron | 11.2% | 15.6% | 4.4% | |||
| 41 | Brown Creeper | 3.2% | 15.2% | 12.0% | |||
| 42 | Ring-necked Duck | 5.2% | 14.9% | 9.7% | |||
| 43 | Hairy Woodpecker | 7.3% | 14.4% | 7.1% | |||
| 44 | Common Merganser | 8.6% | 13.7% | 5.2% | |||
| 45 | American Wigeon | 7.2% | 12.6% | 5.4% | |||
| 46 | Double-crested Cormorant | 11.5% | 11.3% | 0.2% | |||
| 47 | Pied-billed Grebe | 3.5% | 10.7% | 7.1% | |||
| 48 | Red-breasted Merganser | 20.6% | 9.0% | 11.6% | |||
| 49 | Fish Crow | 6.8% | 8.9% | 2.0% | |||
| 50 | Cedar Waxwing | 2.0% | 8.8% | 6.8% | |||
| 51 | European Goldfinch | 0.1% | 8.1% | 8.0% | |||
| 52 | Red-breasted Nuthatch | 1.5% | 8.0% | 6.5% | |||
| 53 | Pine Siskin | 0.4% | 7.6% | 7.2% | |||
| 54 | Swamp Sparrow | 3.2% | 7.2% | 4.0% | |||
| 55 | Golden-crowned Kinglet | 1.7% | 7.2% | 5.5% | |||
| 56 | Bald Eagle | 5.8% | 6.5% | 0.6% | |||
| 57 | Gray Catbird | 1.6% | 6.3% | 4.7% | |||
| 58 | Merlin | 1.9% | 6.0% | 4.1% | |||
| 59 | Ruby-crowned Kinglet | 1.2% | 5.9% | 4.6% | |||
| 60 | Hermit Thrush | 1.9% | 5.8% | 4.0% | |||
| 61 | Winter Wren | 2.0% | 5.6% | 3.6% | |||
| 62 | American Tree Sparrow | 7.9% | 4.0% | 3.9% | |||
| 63 | Turkey Vulture | 6.5% | 4.0% | 2.6% | |||
| 64 | Brown-headed Cowbird | 1.9% | 4.0% | 2.1% | |||
| 65 | Horned Grebe | 8.6% | 3.3% | 5.2% | |||
| 66 | Sharp-shinned Hawk | 2.1% | 3.3% | 1.2% | |||
| 67 | Varied Thrush | 0.0% | 3.2% | 3.2% | |||
| 68 | Northern Flicker | 6.5% | 3.2% | 3.3% | |||
| 69 | Black-headed Gull | 0.5% | 3.0% | 2.5% | |||
| 70 | Belted Kingfisher | 5.6% | 2.9% | 2.7% | |||
| 71 | Peregrine Falcon | 5.1% | 2.9% | 2.2% | |||
| 72 | Purple Finch | 0.2% | 2.5% | 2.3% | |||
| 73 | Snow Goose | 2.7% | 2.3% | 0.4% | |||
| 74 | American Kestrel | 3.5% | 1.9% | 1.6% | |||
| 75 | Rusty Blackbird | 1.7% | 1.8% | 0.1% | |||
| 76 | Eastern Towhee | 1.6% | 1.8% | 0.2% | |||
| 77 | Marsh Wren | 0.1% | 1.7% | 1.6% | |||
| 78 | Mew Gull | 0.1% | 1.6% | 1.5% | |||
| 79 | Common Raven | 3.6% | 1.5% | 2.2% | |||
| 80 | Iceland Gull | 1.2% | 1.2% | 0.0% | |||
| 81 | Eastern Phoebe | 0.2% | 1.1% | 0.9% | |||
| 82 | Great Horned Owl | 2.0% | 1.1% | 0.9% | |||
| 83 | Yellow-rumped Warbler | 5.2% | 1.0% | 4.2% | |||
| 84 | Common Redpoll | 0.4% | 0.9% | 0.5% | |||
| 85 | Gadwall | 16.4% | 0.7% | 15.7% | |||
| 86 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | 0.9% | 0.7% | 0.2% | |||
| 87 | Red-shouldered Hawk | 1.9% | 0.7% | 1.3% | |||
| 88 | Brant | 21.7% | 0.6% | 21.1% | |||
| 89 | Northern Pintail | 3.9% | 0.6% | 3.3% | |||
| 90 | American Woodcock | 1.1% | 0.6% | 0.5% | |||
| 91 | Eurasian Wigeon | 0.5% | 0.6% | 0.1% | |||
| 92 | Northern Saw-whet Owl | 0.3% | 0.6% | 0.3% | |||
| 93 | American Pipit | 0.3% | 0.6% | 0.2% | |||
| 94 | Green-winged Teal | 5.1% | 0.5% | 4.6% | |||
| 95 | Canvasback | 3.7% | 0.5% | 3.2% | |||
| 96 | Barred Owl | 0.6% | 0.5% | 0.1% | |||
| 97 | Chipping Sparrow | 0.6% | 0.5% | 0.2% | |||
| 98 | Killdeer | 4.1% | 0.4% | 3.7% | |||
| 99 | Brown Thrasher | 0.6% | 0.3% | 0.3% | |||
| 100 | Red-throated Loon | 8.0% | 0.3% | 7.7% | |||
| 101 | Lesser Scaup | 5.0% | 0.3% | 4.8% | |||
| 102 | Black Vulture | 1.5% | 0.3% | 1.3% | |||
| 103 | Greater Scaup | 10.2% | 0.2% | 10.0% | |||
| 104 | Monk Parakeet | 1.3% | 0.2% | 1.1% | |||
| 105 | White-winged Crossbill | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.1% | |||
| 106 | American Goshawk | 0.0% | 0.2% | 0.2% | |||
| 107 | Northern Harrier | 5.1% | 0.2% | 4.9% | |||
| 108 | Savannah Sparrow | 1.4% | 0.2% | 1.2% | |||
| 109 | Pine Warbler | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.1% | |||
| 110 | Bonaparte's Gull | 0.8% | 0.1% | 0.7% | |||
| 111 | Common Loon | 9.5% | 0.1% | 9.5% | |||
| 112 | Snow Bunting | 1.4% | 0.1% | 1.3% | |||
| 113 | Field Sparrow | 1.3% | 0.1% | 1.2% | |||
| 114 | Red-necked Grebe | 1.2% | 0.1% | 1.1% | |||
| 115 | Black-crowned Night-Heron | 1.1% | 0.1% | 1.0% | |||
| 116 | Ring-necked Pheasant | 0.9% | 0.1% | 0.9% | |||
| 117 | Eastern Bluebird | 0.7% | 0.1% | 0.7% | |||
| 118 | Orange-crowned Warbler | 0.4% | 0.1% | 0.3% | |||
| 119 | Dickcissel | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.0% |