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Top Birds at Central Park--The Lake in January
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA

based on 90 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Central Park--The Lake 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   Northern Shoveler 15.9% 81.1% 65.2%
2   Mallard 48.9% 76.7% 27.7%
3   Canada Goose 53.4% 68.9% 15.4%
4   House Sparrow 35.6% 67.8% 32.2%
5   Blue Jay 33.9% 51.1% 17.2%
6   White-throated Sparrow 42.1% 50.0% 7.9%
7   Northern Cardinal 36.7% 40.0% 3.3%
8   Tufted Titmouse 19.6% 28.9% 9.3%
9   Ring-billed Gull 52.1% 26.7% 25.4%
10   Mourning Dove 29.4% 26.7% 2.7%
11   Rock Pigeon 28.8% 24.4% 4.4%
12   American Robin 24.9% 23.3% 1.5%
13   European Starling 36.0% 22.2% 13.7%
14   Red-tailed Hawk 21.8% 20.0% 1.8%
15   Red-bellied Woodpecker 24.7% 18.9% 5.8%
16   Hooded Merganser 19.5% 17.8% 1.7%
17   Downy Woodpecker 27.2% 13.3% 13.8%
18   White-breasted Nuthatch 18.3% 12.2% 6.1%
19   Common Grackle 5.1% 11.1% 6.0%
20   Black-capped Chickadee 22.0% 8.9% 13.1%
21   American Black Duck 27.9% 7.8% 20.1%
22   American Goldfinch 13.2% 6.7% 6.6%
23   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 5.6% 6.7% 1.1%
24   American Crow 18.2% 5.6% 12.7%
25   House Finch 13.4% 5.6% 7.9%
26   Fox Sparrow 6.9% 5.6% 1.3%
27   Wood Duck 4.2% 5.6% 1.3%
28   Herring Gull 43.4% 4.4% 38.9%
29   Song Sparrow 32.3% 4.4% 27.8%
30   Bufflehead 31.9% 4.4% 27.5%
31   Dark-eyed Junco 15.9% 4.4% 11.4%
32   American Coot 11.4% 4.4% 6.9%
33   Cooper's Hawk 8.4% 4.4% 3.9%
34   Northern Mockingbird 23.6% 3.3% 20.3%
35   Ruddy Duck 16.6% 3.3% 13.2%
36   Carolina Wren 15.1% 3.3% 11.8%
37   Great Blue Heron 14.7% 3.3% 11.4%
38   Northern Flicker 6.9% 3.3% 3.6%
39   Green-winged Teal 4.4% 2.2% 2.2%
40   American Kestrel 3.8% 2.2% 1.6%
41   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2.8% 2.2% 0.6%
42   Gray Catbird 2.6% 2.2% 0.4%
43   Greater White-fronted Goose 0.9% 2.2% 1.3%
44   Gadwall 16.7% 1.1% 15.6%
45   Mute Swan 14.5% 1.1% 13.4%
46   Double-crested Cormorant 13.9% 1.1% 12.8%
47   Horned Grebe 7.3% 1.1% 6.1%
48   Red-winged Blackbird 7.2% 1.1% 6.1%
49   Peregrine Falcon 5.2% 1.1% 4.1%
50   Great Cormorant 4.8% 1.1% 3.7%
51   Turkey Vulture 4.8% 1.1% 3.7%
52   Swamp Sparrow 4.7% 1.1% 3.6%
53   Common Raven 3.9% 1.1% 2.8%
54   Brown Creeper 3.7% 1.1% 2.6%
55   Northern Pintail 3.6% 1.1% 2.4%
56   Hermit Thrush 2.8% 1.1% 1.6%
57   Redhead 2.4% 1.1% 1.3%
58   Sharp-shinned Hawk 2.3% 1.1% 1.2%
59   Northern Saw-whet Owl 0.8% 1.1% 0.4%
60   Muscovy Duck 0.2% 1.1% 0.9%