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

based on 67 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Pelham Bay Park--Orchard Beach & parking lot in April. 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   American Robin 74.8% 73.1% 1.7%
2   Ring-billed Gull 23.3% 71.6% 48.3%
3   Red-winged Blackbird 54.7% 68.7% 13.9%
4   Canada Goose 52.9% 67.2% 14.2%
5   European Starling 56.7% 59.7% 3.0%
6   Herring Gull 26.4% 58.2% 31.8%
7   House Sparrow 53.2% 52.2% 1.0%
8   Common Grackle 48.8% 47.8% 1.1%
9   Blue Jay 52.6% 46.3% 6.3%
10   Mallard 54.7% 43.3% 11.4%
11   Great Egret 22.7% 41.8% 19.1%
12   Brant 13.8% 40.3% 26.5%
13   Bufflehead 11.9% 40.3% 28.4%
14   Northern Flicker 45.2% 37.3% 7.9%
15   Osprey 19.2% 37.3% 18.1%
16   Red-breasted Merganser 7.0% 37.3% 30.3%
17   Song Sparrow 48.8% 35.8% 13.0%
18   Red-bellied Woodpecker 39.7% 34.3% 5.4%
19   Great Black-backed Gull 15.6% 32.8% 17.2%
20   Northern Mockingbird 28.3% 31.3% 3.0%
21   Northern Cardinal 60.6% 29.9% 30.8%
22   Common Loon 5.2% 29.9% 24.7%
23   White-throated Sparrow 57.1% 28.4% 28.8%
24   American Oystercatcher 7.0% 28.4% 21.3%
25   Double-crested Cormorant 36.8% 26.9% 9.9%
26   Horned Grebe 2.8% 25.4% 22.6%
27   Mourning Dove 51.6% 23.9% 27.7%
28   Rock Pigeon 34.2% 22.4% 11.8%
29   Downy Woodpecker 38.0% 20.9% 17.1%
30   Tufted Titmouse 25.8% 20.9% 4.9%
31   Brown-headed Cowbird 23.0% 20.9% 2.1%
32   American Crow 19.4% 20.9% 1.5%
33   American Black Duck 10.2% 20.9% 10.7%
34   Killdeer 9.3% 20.9% 11.6%
35   Red-throated Loon 4.3% 20.9% 16.6%
36   Surf Scoter 0.5% 20.9% 20.4%
37   Carolina Wren 22.3% 19.4% 2.9%
38   Fish Crow 15.6% 17.9% 2.3%
39   Greater Yellowlegs 6.4% 17.9% 11.5%
40   White-breasted Nuthatch 17.9% 14.9% 3.0%
41   Hairy Woodpecker 10.0% 14.9% 4.9%
42   Long-tailed Duck 1.0% 14.9% 13.9%
43   Red-tailed Hawk 24.8% 11.9% 12.9%
44   Belted Kingfisher 10.2% 11.9% 1.7%
45   Eastern Towhee 21.9% 10.4% 11.5%
46   Black-capped Chickadee 21.9% 10.4% 11.5%
47   Snowy Egret 7.2% 10.4% 3.3%
48   Palm Warbler 28.0% 9.0% 19.1%
49   Tree Swallow 22.2% 9.0% 13.2%
50   Dark-eyed Junco 20.2% 9.0% 11.2%
51   Eastern Phoebe 19.0% 9.0% 10.1%
52   American Pipit 0.1% 9.0% 8.8%
53   Chipping Sparrow 25.1% 7.5% 17.6%
54   Savannah Sparrow 7.8% 7.5% 0.4%
55   Hooded Merganser 2.8% 7.5% 4.7%
56   Northern Gannet 2.3% 7.5% 5.2%
57   Yellow-rumped Warbler 31.2% 6.0% 25.3%
58   American Goldfinch 28.5% 6.0% 22.5%
59   Hermit Thrush 25.5% 6.0% 19.5%
60   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 17.1% 6.0% 11.1%
61   Mute Swan 15.5% 6.0% 9.5%
62   Golden-crowned Kinglet 11.8% 6.0% 5.8%
63   Great Blue Heron 11.1% 6.0% 5.2%
64   Gadwall 8.5% 6.0% 2.6%
65   American Kestrel 5.5% 6.0% 0.5%
66   Cooper's Hawk 3.7% 6.0% 2.3%
67   Great Horned Owl 2.5% 6.0% 3.5%
68   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 29.4% 4.5% 24.9%
69   House Finch 16.6% 4.5% 12.1%
70   Gray Catbird 9.1% 4.5% 4.7%
71   Field Sparrow 8.1% 4.5% 3.6%
72   Bald Eagle 3.9% 4.5% 0.6%
73   Great Cormorant 0.6% 4.5% 3.8%
74   Barn Swallow 14.4% 3.0% 11.4%
75   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 10.9% 3.0% 7.9%
76   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 10.4% 3.0% 7.4%
77   Blue-headed Vireo 9.5% 3.0% 6.5%
78   Winter Wren 3.7% 3.0% 0.7%
79   Baltimore Oriole 2.8% 3.0% 0.2%
80   Wild Turkey 2.4% 3.0% 0.6%
81   Lesser Yellowlegs 1.4% 3.0% 1.5%
82   Greater Scaup 1.4% 3.0% 1.6%
83   Swamp Sparrow 17.8% 1.5% 16.3%
84   Pine Warbler 15.7% 1.5% 14.2%
85   Turkey Vulture 12.5% 1.5% 11.0%
86   Black-and-white Warbler 12.0% 1.5% 10.5%
87   Laughing Gull 11.1% 1.5% 9.6%
88   Ruddy Duck 10.8% 1.5% 9.3%
89   Brown Creeper 9.3% 1.5% 7.8%
90   Louisiana Waterthrush 7.0% 1.5% 5.6%
91   Chimney Swift 5.4% 1.5% 3.9%
92   Green-winged Teal 5.1% 1.5% 3.6%
93   Forster's Tern 3.7% 1.5% 2.2%
94   Common Raven 3.7% 1.5% 2.2%
95   Common Yellowthroat 3.5% 1.5% 2.0%
96   Warbling Vireo 3.4% 1.5% 1.9%
97   Merlin 2.0% 1.5% 0.5%
98   Northern Harrier 1.8% 1.5% 0.4%
99   Veery 1.4% 1.5% 0.1%
100   American Redstart 1.3% 1.5% 0.2%
101   Vesper Sparrow 0.4% 1.5% 1.1%
102   Lesser Black-backed Gull 0.3% 1.5% 1.2%
103   Seaside Sparrow 0.1% 1.5% 1.3%
104   Semipalmated Plover 0.1% 1.5% 1.4%