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

based on 109 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Central Park--The Lake 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.

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Rank Info Pics Species Entire Region This Location Difference
1   Mallard 50.3% 78.0% 27.7%
2   Northern Shoveler 16.3% 69.7% 53.4%
3   Canada Goose 55.6% 68.8% 13.2%
4   House Sparrow 39.4% 52.3% 12.9%
5   White-throated Sparrow 40.3% 40.4% 0.0%
6   Blue Jay 35.2% 33.9% 1.2%
7   Northern Cardinal 40.1% 30.3% 9.8%
8   Rock Pigeon 28.3% 28.4% 0.1%
9   Ring-billed Gull 51.6% 22.9% 28.6%
10   Red-tailed Hawk 23.3% 22.0% 1.3%
11   Tufted Titmouse 21.1% 20.2% 0.9%
12   European Starling 38.5% 16.5% 22.0%
13   American Robin 30.1% 14.7% 15.4%
14   Wood Duck 5.4% 13.8% 8.4%
15   Downy Woodpecker 27.7% 11.9% 15.8%
16   Red-bellied Woodpecker 24.7% 11.9% 12.8%
17   Hooded Merganser 19.5% 11.9% 7.5%
18   Ruddy Duck 15.5% 11.9% 3.6%
19   Black-capped Chickadee 23.4% 11.0% 12.4%
20   Great Blue Heron 11.4% 11.0% 0.4%
21   Mourning Dove 32.1% 10.1% 22.0%
22   Iceland Gull 1.1% 10.1% 9.0%
23   Common Grackle 13.5% 9.2% 4.3%
24   American Coot 10.6% 9.2% 1.5%
25   White-breasted Nuthatch 18.6% 8.3% 10.3%
26   Common Merganser 8.8% 7.3% 1.4%
27   American Black Duck 27.3% 6.4% 20.9%
28   Dark-eyed Junco 16.4% 6.4% 10.0%
29   House Finch 13.7% 6.4% 7.3%
30   American Goldfinch 12.2% 6.4% 5.8%
31   American Crow 21.1% 5.5% 15.6%
32   Herring Gull 42.4% 4.6% 37.8%
33   Song Sparrow 34.6% 4.6% 30.0%
34   Gadwall 15.8% 4.6% 11.2%
35   Cooper's Hawk 7.5% 4.6% 2.9%
36   Fox Sparrow 7.3% 4.6% 2.8%
37   Snow Goose 2.6% 4.6% 2.0%
38   Northern Flicker 6.3% 3.7% 2.7%
39   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 4.2% 3.7% 0.5%
40   Brown Creeper 3.7% 3.7% 0.0%
41   Bufflehead 32.3% 2.8% 29.5%
42   Great Black-backed Gull 30.4% 2.8% 27.7%
43   Northern Mockingbird 23.9% 1.8% 22.1%
44   Red-winged Blackbird 18.8% 1.8% 17.0%
45   Carolina Wren 15.5% 1.8% 13.7%
46   Hairy Woodpecker 7.7% 1.8% 5.8%
47   Green-winged Teal 4.9% 1.8% 3.1%
48   Swamp Sparrow 3.4% 1.8% 1.5%
49   Gray Catbird 1.8% 1.8% 0.1%
50   Eastern Towhee 1.6% 1.8% 0.2%
51   Bald Eagle 5.9% 0.9% 4.9%
52   Peregrine Falcon 5.0% 0.9% 4.1%
53   Pied-billed Grebe 3.9% 0.9% 2.9%
54   American Kestrel 3.5% 0.9% 2.5%
55   Hermit Thrush 2.0% 0.9% 1.1%
56   Brown Thrasher 0.6% 0.9% 0.3%
57   Baltimore Oriole 0.3% 0.9% 0.6%
58   Graylag Goose 0.1% 0.9% 0.9%
59   Mandarin Duck 0.1% 0.9% 0.9%