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Top Birds at Paerdegat Basin in December
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA

based on 13 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Paerdegat Basin 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   Brant 18.9% 61.5% 42.7%
2   Bufflehead 28.2% 46.2% 18.0%
3   Herring Gull 41.9% 38.5% 3.4%
4   Ring-billed Gull 49.7% 30.8% 18.9%
5   Song Sparrow 37.1% 30.8% 6.3%
6   Canada Goose 51.6% 23.1% 28.5%
7   Mallard 48.3% 23.1% 25.3%
8   Northern Cardinal 40.1% 23.1% 17.0%
9   Downy Woodpecker 30.7% 23.1% 7.6%
10   Northern Mockingbird 28.4% 23.1% 5.3%
11   American Black Duck 26.7% 23.1% 3.6%
12   American Crow 20.6% 23.1% 2.5%
13   Hooded Merganser 18.8% 23.1% 4.3%
14   Red-breasted Merganser 14.9% 23.1% 8.2%
15   Cooper's Hawk 10.8% 23.1% 12.3%
16   White-throated Sparrow 48.7% 15.4% 33.3%
17   European Starling 38.9% 15.4% 23.5%
18   Great Black-backed Gull 29.4% 15.4% 14.0%
19   Great Blue Heron 20.2% 15.4% 4.8%
20   Gadwall 15.2% 15.4% 0.2%
21   Belted Kingfisher 9.6% 15.4% 5.8%
22   American Kestrel 5.9% 15.4% 9.5%
23   Blue Jay 39.8% 7.7% 32.2%
24   House Sparrow 38.5% 7.7% 30.8%
25   Mourning Dove 36.1% 7.7% 28.5%
26   Rock Pigeon 30.7% 7.7% 23.0%
27   Black-capped Chickadee 24.3% 7.7% 16.6%
28   American Goldfinch 20.4% 7.7% 12.7%
29   Double-crested Cormorant 17.9% 7.7% 10.2%
30   Ruddy Duck 15.6% 7.7% 7.9%
31   Mute Swan 14.0% 7.7% 6.3%
32   Common Loon 9.1% 7.7% 1.4%
33   Swamp Sparrow 7.6% 7.7% 0.1%
34   Greater Scaup 6.8% 7.7% 0.9%
35   American Tree Sparrow 6.4% 7.7% 1.3%
36   Long-tailed Duck 6.3% 7.7% 1.4%
37   Peregrine Falcon 5.8% 7.7% 1.9%
38   Turkey Vulture 5.4% 7.7% 2.3%
39   Winter Wren 5.0% 7.7% 2.7%
40   Lesser Scaup 3.6% 7.7% 4.1%
41   Northern Pintail 3.3% 7.7% 4.4%
42   Orange-crowned Warbler 1.9% 7.7% 5.8%