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Top Birds at Union Square Park in December
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA

based on 175 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Union Square Park in December. 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   White-throated Sparrow 48.5% 85.7% 37.2%
2   Rock Pigeon 30.5% 81.7% 51.2%
3   House Sparrow 38.3% 81.1% 42.8%
4   European Starling 38.8% 66.9% 28.1%
5   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 8.2% 56.0% 47.8%
6   Swamp Sparrow 7.5% 45.1% 37.7%
7   Blue Jay 39.8% 43.4% 3.6%
8   Mourning Dove 36.1% 42.3% 6.2%
9   Red-tailed Hawk 24.6% 29.7% 5.2%
10   Gray Catbird 3.9% 29.7% 25.9%
11   Common Yellowthroat 0.5% 24.0% 23.5%
12   Northern Cardinal 40.1% 22.3% 17.8%
13   Cooper's Hawk 10.7% 19.4% 8.7%
14   Hermit Thrush 5.5% 19.4% 14.0%
15   American Kestrel 5.9% 17.1% 11.3%
16   American Robin 29.6% 16.0% 13.6%
17   Lincoln's Sparrow 0.2% 13.7% 13.5%
18   Tufted Titmouse 21.3% 13.1% 8.2%
19   White-breasted Nuthatch 20.0% 12.0% 8.0%
20   Ovenbird 0.3% 12.0% 11.7%
21   Red-bellied Woodpecker 28.7% 11.4% 17.3%
22   Northern Mockingbird 28.4% 11.4% 17.0%
23   Baltimore Oriole 0.4% 10.9% 10.5%
24   Cape May Warbler 0.0% 10.9% 10.8%
25   Wood Thrush 0.0% 9.1% 9.1%
26   American Crow 20.7% 7.4% 13.2%
27   Song Sparrow 37.2% 6.9% 30.3%
28   Downy Woodpecker 30.8% 6.9% 23.9%
29   Dark-eyed Junco 23.3% 6.9% 16.4%
30   Herring Gull 42.0% 4.6% 37.5%
31   Fox Sparrow 9.8% 4.6% 5.2%
32   Ring-billed Gull 49.9% 3.4% 46.4%
33   Common Raven 4.5% 1.7% 2.8%
34   Orange-crowned Warbler 1.9% 1.7% 0.2%
35   Great Black-backed Gull 29.5% 1.1% 28.4%
36   Black-capped Chickadee 24.4% 1.1% 23.2%
37   Eastern Towhee 2.6% 1.1% 1.4%
38   Brown Thrasher 0.5% 1.1% 0.6%
39   Canada Goose 51.8% 0.6% 51.2%
40   American Goldfinch 20.5% 0.6% 19.9%
41   House Finch 16.5% 0.6% 15.9%
42   Northern Flicker 11.0% 0.6% 10.4%
43   Yellow-rumped Warbler 6.9% 0.6% 6.3%
44   American Tree Sparrow 6.5% 0.6% 5.9%
45   Peregrine Falcon 5.8% 0.6% 5.3%
46   Common Grackle 5.5% 0.6% 4.9%
47   Cedar Waxwing 3.7% 0.6% 3.1%
48   Brown-headed Cowbird 1.8% 0.6% 1.2%
49   Purple Finch 1.3% 0.6% 0.7%
50   Swainson's Thrush 0.0% 0.6% 0.6%
51   Scott's Oriole 0% 0.6% 0.6%