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Top Birds at Pelham Bay Park--Orchard Beach & parking lot in January
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA

based on 143 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Pelham Bay Park--Orchard Beach & parking lot 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% 78.3% 24.9%
2   Bufflehead 31.8% 78.3% 46.5%
3   Ring-billed Gull 52.0% 76.2% 24.2%
4   Greater Scaup 9.8% 70.6% 60.9%
5   Herring Gull 43.3% 63.6% 20.4%
6   Red-breasted Merganser 19.2% 51.7% 32.5%
7   Brant 20.5% 48.3% 27.8%
8   Mallard 49.0% 46.9% 2.1%
9   American Black Duck 27.8% 46.9% 19.0%
10   Great Black-backed Gull 31.6% 46.2% 14.6%
11   Blue Jay 33.9% 45.5% 11.6%
12   Common Loon 10.6% 42.0% 31.4%
13   Surf Scoter 2.7% 32.9% 30.2%
14   Red-bellied Woodpecker 24.7% 32.2% 7.5%
15   European Starling 36.0% 30.8% 5.2%
16   Gadwall 16.7% 30.8% 14.1%
17   Common Goldeneye 6.9% 30.8% 23.8%
18   Song Sparrow 32.2% 26.6% 5.7%
19   White-throated Sparrow 42.2% 24.5% 17.7%
20   House Sparrow 35.7% 24.5% 11.2%
21   Long-tailed Duck 9.1% 24.5% 15.4%
22   Rock Pigeon 28.8% 23.1% 5.8%
23   Tufted Titmouse 19.6% 22.4% 2.8%
24   Black-capped Chickadee 22.0% 21.7% 0.3%
25   Northern Cardinal 36.7% 21.0% 15.8%
26   Mourning Dove 29.4% 19.6% 9.8%
27   Red-throated Loon 7.3% 18.2% 10.9%
28   Downy Woodpecker 27.2% 16.8% 10.4%
29   American Crow 18.2% 16.1% 2.1%
30   American Wigeon 6.2% 16.1% 9.9%
31   American Robin 24.9% 14.7% 10.2%
32   White-breasted Nuthatch 18.3% 14.7% 3.6%
33   Great Cormorant 4.8% 14.0% 9.2%
34   Northern Mockingbird 23.6% 12.6% 11.1%
35   Red-tailed Hawk 21.8% 12.6% 9.2%
36   Carolina Wren 15.1% 11.9% 3.2%
37   Mute Swan 14.5% 11.9% 2.6%
38   Double-crested Cormorant 13.9% 11.2% 2.7%
39   Dark-eyed Junco 15.9% 10.5% 5.4%
40   Lesser Scaup 5.1% 10.5% 5.4%
41   White-winged Scoter 1.9% 10.5% 8.6%
42   Ruddy Duck 16.6% 9.8% 6.8%
43   Hairy Woodpecker 7.8% 9.8% 2.0%
44   Great Blue Heron 14.7% 8.4% 6.3%
45   Horned Grebe 7.2% 8.4% 1.1%
46   Hooded Merganser 19.5% 5.6% 13.9%
47   American Goldfinch 13.2% 5.6% 7.6%
48   Belted Kingfisher 6.9% 4.2% 2.7%
49   Pied-billed Grebe 4.5% 4.2% 0.3%
50   Common Raven 3.9% 4.2% 0.3%
51   Black Scoter 2.9% 4.2% 1.3%
52   Great Horned Owl 1.9% 4.2% 2.3%
53   Bald Eagle 5.2% 3.5% 1.7%
54   Peregrine Falcon 5.2% 3.5% 1.7%
55   Fish Crow 5.0% 3.5% 1.5%
56   Snow Goose 2.6% 3.5% 0.9%
57   Merlin 1.9% 3.5% 1.6%
58   Killdeer 1.7% 3.5% 1.8%
59   Red-winged Blackbird 7.2% 2.8% 4.4%
60   Northern Flicker 6.9% 2.8% 4.1%
61   Golden-crowned Kinglet 2.6% 2.8% 0.2%
62   Black-headed Gull 0.5% 2.8% 2.3%
63   Cooper's Hawk 8.4% 2.1% 6.3%
64   Fox Sparrow 6.9% 2.1% 4.8%
65   American Tree Sparrow 6.6% 2.1% 4.5%
66   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 5.6% 2.1% 3.5%
67   Common Grackle 5.2% 2.1% 3.1%
68   Brown Creeper 3.7% 2.1% 1.6%
69   Canvasback 3.1% 2.1% 1.0%
70   Pileated Woodpecker 1.0% 2.1% 1.1%
71   Barred Owl 0.7% 2.1% 1.4%
72   Common Merganser 6.7% 1.4% 5.3%
73   Yellow-rumped Warbler 4.9% 1.4% 3.5%
74   Turkey Vulture 4.8% 1.4% 3.4%
75   Swamp Sparrow 4.7% 1.4% 3.3%
76   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2.8% 1.4% 1.4%
77   Redhead 2.4% 1.4% 1.0%
78   Eastern Towhee 1.8% 1.4% 0.4%
79   Dunlin 1.7% 1.4% 0.3%
80   Razorbill 1.3% 1.4% 0.1%
81   Barrow's Goldeneye 0.2% 1.4% 1.2%
82   Northern Shoveler 16.0% 0.7% 15.3%
83   Northern Harrier 4.2% 0.7% 3.5%
84   Sanderling 4.1% 0.7% 3.4%
85   American Kestrel 3.8% 0.7% 3.1%
86   Winter Wren 3.2% 0.7% 2.5%
87   Hermit Thrush 2.8% 0.7% 2.1%
88   Purple Sandpiper 1.9% 0.7% 1.2%
89   Rusty Blackbird 1.8% 0.7% 1.1%
90   Cedar Waxwing 1.7% 0.7% 1.0%
91   Monk Parakeet 1.7% 0.7% 1.0%
92   Red-shouldered Hawk 1.5% 0.7% 0.8%
93   Wild Turkey 1.3% 0.7% 0.6%
94   Brown-headed Cowbird 1.2% 0.7% 0.5%
95   Iceland Gull 1.0% 0.7% 0.3%
96   Orange-crowned Warbler 1.0% 0.7% 0.3%
97   Lesser Black-backed Gull 0.8% 0.7% 0.1%
98   Northern Saw-whet Owl 0.8% 0.7% 0.1%
99   Red-necked Grebe 0.5% 0.7% 0.2%
100   Eurasian Wigeon 0.4% 0.7% 0.3%
101   Boat-tailed Grackle 0.2% 0.7% 0.5%
102   Ross's Goose 0.1% 0.7% 0.6%
103   Semipalmated Plover 0.0% 0.7% 0.7%