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

based on 50 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Playland 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   Bufflehead 31.9% 82.0% 50.1%
2   Mallard 49.0% 64.0% 15.0%
3   Hooded Merganser 19.5% 64.0% 44.5%
4   Ring-billed Gull 52.0% 58.0% 6.0%
5   American Black Duck 27.8% 58.0% 30.2%
6   Canada Goose 53.5% 56.0% 2.5%
7   Red-breasted Merganser 19.3% 52.0% 32.7%
8   Herring Gull 43.3% 50.0% 6.7%
9   Greater Scaup 9.9% 48.0% 38.1%
10   Great Blue Heron 14.7% 46.0% 31.3%
11   Great Black-backed Gull 31.6% 44.0% 12.4%
12   Mute Swan 14.4% 36.0% 21.6%
13   Lesser Scaup 5.1% 36.0% 30.9%
14   Song Sparrow 32.2% 26.0% 6.2%
15   Great Cormorant 4.8% 26.0% 21.2%
16   Blue Jay 33.9% 24.0% 9.9%
17   Downy Woodpecker 27.2% 22.0% 5.2%
18   Mourning Dove 29.4% 20.0% 9.4%
19   Ruddy Duck 16.5% 20.0% 3.5%
20   Common Goldeneye 7.0% 20.0% 13.0%
21   Northern Cardinal 36.7% 18.0% 18.7%
22   House Sparrow 35.7% 16.0% 19.7%
23   Brant 20.5% 16.0% 4.5%
24   American Crow 18.2% 16.0% 2.2%
25   Canvasback 3.1% 16.0% 12.9%
26   Red-tailed Hawk 21.8% 14.0% 7.8%
27   Tufted Titmouse 19.6% 14.0% 5.6%
28   American Goldfinch 13.2% 14.0% 0.8%
29   Long-tailed Duck 9.1% 14.0% 4.9%
30   Belted Kingfisher 6.9% 14.0% 7.1%
31   Fish Crow 5.0% 14.0% 9.0%
32   White-throated Sparrow 42.2% 12.0% 30.2%
33   Rock Pigeon 28.8% 12.0% 16.8%
34   Black-capped Chickadee 22.0% 12.0% 10.0%
35   Carolina Wren 15.1% 12.0% 3.1%
36   European Starling 36.0% 10.0% 26.0%
37   Red-bellied Woodpecker 24.7% 10.0% 14.7%
38   White-breasted Nuthatch 18.3% 10.0% 8.3%
39   Double-crested Cormorant 13.9% 10.0% 3.9%
40   Horned Grebe 7.2% 10.0% 2.8%
41   American Tree Sparrow 6.6% 10.0% 3.4%
42   American Wigeon 6.2% 10.0% 3.8%
43   Killdeer 1.7% 10.0% 8.3%
44   American Robin 24.9% 8.0% 16.9%
45   Northern Mockingbird 23.6% 8.0% 15.6%
46   Common Loon 10.6% 8.0% 2.6%
47   Common Merganser 6.7% 8.0% 1.3%
48   Snow Bunting 1.6% 8.0% 6.4%
49   Greater White-fronted Goose 0.9% 8.0% 7.1%
50   Gadwall 16.7% 6.0% 10.7%
51   Dark-eyed Junco 15.9% 6.0% 9.9%
52   Red-throated Loon 7.3% 6.0% 1.3%
53   Grasshopper Sparrow 0.1% 6.0% 5.9%
54   Bald Eagle 5.2% 4.0% 1.2%
55   Ring-necked Duck 4.6% 4.0% 0.6%
56   Surf Scoter 2.8% 4.0% 1.2%
57   Gray Catbird 2.6% 4.0% 1.4%
58   White-winged Scoter 1.9% 4.0% 2.1%
59   Purple Sandpiper 1.9% 4.0% 2.1%
60   Ruddy Turnstone 0.6% 4.0% 3.4%
61   House Finch 13.4% 2.0% 11.4%
62   Cooper's Hawk 8.4% 2.0% 6.4%
63   Red-winged Blackbird 7.2% 2.0% 5.2%
64   Fox Sparrow 6.9% 2.0% 4.9%
65   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 5.6% 2.0% 3.6%
66   Common Grackle 5.1% 2.0% 3.1%
67   Pied-billed Grebe 4.5% 2.0% 2.5%
68   Black Scoter 2.9% 2.0% 0.9%
69   Snow Goose 2.6% 2.0% 0.6%
70   Golden-crowned Kinglet 2.6% 2.0% 0.6%
71   Redhead 2.4% 2.0% 0.4%
72   Horned Lark 2.2% 2.0% 0.2%
73   Monk Parakeet 1.7% 2.0% 0.3%
74   Black-crowned Night-Heron 1.5% 2.0% 0.5%
75   Common Redpoll 0.5% 2.0% 1.5%
76   Purple Finch 0.4% 2.0% 1.6%
77   Eastern Phoebe 0.3% 2.0% 1.7%
78   Barnacle Goose 0.1% 2.0% 1.9%