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Top Birds at Randalls Island in January
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA

based on 443 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Randalls Island 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 53.2% 93.0% 39.8%
2   Ring-billed Gull 51.8% 84.9% 33.1%
3   Great Black-backed Gull 31.3% 81.9% 50.6%
4   Herring Gull 43.1% 81.3% 38.2%
5   Brant 20.1% 80.8% 60.7%
6   Mallard 48.8% 80.6% 31.8%
7   Gadwall 16.3% 79.2% 62.9%
8   Red-breasted Merganser 19.0% 71.1% 52.1%
9   Song Sparrow 32.0% 70.7% 38.7%
10   Bufflehead 31.7% 66.4% 34.7%
11   Double-crested Cormorant 13.5% 65.5% 51.9%
12   European Starling 35.8% 63.4% 27.7%
13   Northern Mockingbird 23.4% 59.6% 36.2%
14   Rock Pigeon 28.7% 54.9% 26.2%
15   Belted Kingfisher 6.6% 50.8% 44.2%
16   House Sparrow 35.6% 49.0% 13.4%
17   Great Blue Heron 14.5% 46.7% 32.2%
18   Downy Woodpecker 27.1% 38.1% 11.1%
19   White-throated Sparrow 42.2% 37.9% 4.2%
20   American Crow 18.1% 37.5% 19.4%
21   Black-capped Chickadee 21.9% 35.4% 13.6%
22   Northern Cardinal 36.7% 34.3% 2.4%
23   American Robin 24.8% 30.7% 5.9%
24   Blue Jay 33.9% 30.5% 3.4%
25   Great Cormorant 4.7% 26.6% 21.9%
26   Dark-eyed Junco 15.8% 26.0% 10.2%
27   Red-tailed Hawk 21.8% 25.5% 3.8%
28   Northern Shoveler 15.9% 24.8% 8.9%
29   Mourning Dove 29.4% 23.7% 5.7%
30   Snow Goose 2.5% 21.2% 18.7%
31   Cooper's Hawk 8.3% 18.7% 10.4%
32   Ruddy Duck 16.5% 18.5% 2.0%
33   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 0.1% 17.4% 17.3%
34   American Black Duck 27.9% 16.9% 11.0%
35   House Finch 13.4% 15.3% 1.9%
36   Common Raven 3.8% 14.2% 10.4%
37   Common Goldeneye 7.0% 13.8% 6.8%
38   Tufted Titmouse 19.6% 13.3% 6.3%
39   Red-throated Loon 7.3% 12.0% 4.7%
40   Red-bellied Woodpecker 24.8% 11.7% 13.1%
41   Black-crowned Night-Heron 1.4% 11.7% 10.3%
42   American Kestrel 3.8% 11.5% 7.7%
43   Mute Swan 14.5% 9.9% 4.5%
44   Peregrine Falcon 5.2% 9.7% 4.6%
45   Orange-crowned Warbler 0.9% 9.5% 8.6%
46   White-breasted Nuthatch 18.3% 8.8% 9.5%
47   Killdeer 1.7% 7.7% 6.0%
48   Iceland Gull 1.0% 7.7% 6.7%
49   Hooded Merganser 19.6% 7.4% 12.1%
50   Northern Flicker 6.9% 7.4% 0.5%
51   American Goldfinch 13.3% 7.0% 6.3%
52   American Tree Sparrow 6.6% 6.3% 0.2%
53   Swamp Sparrow 4.7% 5.9% 1.2%
54   Glaucous Gull 0.4% 5.6% 5.3%
55   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2.8% 5.4% 2.6%
56   American Pipit 0.7% 5.0% 4.3%
57   Pied-billed Grebe 4.5% 4.1% 0.5%
58   American Coot 11.4% 3.8% 7.6%
59   Yellow-rumped Warbler 4.9% 3.4% 1.5%
60   Black-headed Gull 0.5% 3.4% 2.9%
61   Barnacle Goose 0.1% 3.4% 3.3%
62   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 5.6% 3.2% 2.4%
63   Palm Warbler 0.3% 3.2% 2.8%
64   Vesper Sparrow 0.0% 3.2% 3.1%
65   Common Loon 10.7% 2.9% 7.8%
66   Bald Eagle 5.2% 2.9% 2.3%
67   Fish Crow 5.0% 2.7% 2.3%
68   Snow Bunting 1.6% 2.7% 1.1%
69   Carolina Wren 15.2% 2.5% 12.7%
70   Greater Scaup 9.9% 2.5% 7.4%
71   Short-billed Gull 0.1% 2.5% 2.4%
72   Brown Creeper 3.7% 2.0% 1.7%
73   Merlin 1.9% 2.0% 0.1%
74   Greater White-fronted Goose 0.9% 2.0% 1.1%
75   Sharp-shinned Hawk 2.3% 1.8% 0.5%
76   Hairy Woodpecker 7.9% 1.6% 6.3%
77   Horned Grebe 7.3% 1.6% 5.7%
78   Lesser Scaup 5.1% 1.6% 3.5%
79   Green-winged Teal 4.4% 1.4% 3.1%
80   Golden-crowned Kinglet 2.6% 1.1% 1.5%
81   Horned Lark 2.2% 1.1% 1.1%
82   Tennessee Warbler 0.0% 1.1% 1.1%
83   Red-winged Blackbird 7.2% 0.9% 6.3%
84   Common Merganser 6.7% 0.9% 5.8%
85   Common Grackle 5.2% 0.9% 4.3%
86   Turkey Vulture 4.8% 0.9% 3.9%
87   Common Redpoll 0.5% 0.9% 0.4%
88   Fox Sparrow 6.9% 0.7% 6.2%
89   Northern Harrier 4.2% 0.7% 3.5%
90   Winter Wren 3.2% 0.7% 2.6%
91   Cedar Waxwing 1.7% 0.7% 1.0%
92   Savannah Sparrow 1.2% 0.7% 0.6%
93   Field Sparrow 1.2% 0.7% 0.5%
94   Ruddy Turnstone 0.6% 0.7% 0.1%
95   Long-tailed Duck 9.2% 0.5% 8.7%
96   Ring-necked Duck 4.6% 0.5% 4.1%
97   Wood Duck 4.2% 0.5% 3.8%
98   Northern Pintail 3.6% 0.5% 3.1%
99   Canvasback 3.1% 0.5% 2.7%
100   Hermit Thrush 2.8% 0.5% 2.3%
101   Red-shouldered Hawk 1.5% 0.5% 1.0%
102   Brown-headed Cowbird 1.2% 0.5% 0.8%
103   Gray Catbird 2.6% 0.2% 2.4%
104   Red-breasted Nuthatch 1.9% 0.2% 1.7%
105   Purple Sandpiper 1.9% 0.2% 1.7%
106   Eastern Towhee 1.9% 0.2% 1.6%
107   Chipping Sparrow 0.7% 0.2% 0.4%
108   Red-necked Grebe 0.6% 0.2% 0.3%
109   American Woodcock 0.3% 0.2% 0.1%