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Top Birds at Central Park--Reservoir in December
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA

based on 734 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Central Park--Reservoir 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   Mallard 47.8% 84.6% 36.8%
2   Bufflehead 27.5% 78.3% 50.9%
3   Northern Shoveler 13.9% 77.7% 63.8%
4   Ruddy Duck 14.7% 76.6% 61.9%
5   Hooded Merganser 18.0% 72.6% 54.6%
6   Canada Goose 51.3% 69.3% 18.0%
7   American Coot 9.5% 68.9% 59.4%
8   Ring-billed Gull 49.6% 54.0% 4.3%
9   Great Black-backed Gull 29.1% 52.3% 23.2%
10   Herring Gull 41.8% 49.5% 7.7%
11   House Sparrow 38.4% 43.9% 5.5%
12   White-throated Sparrow 48.8% 41.0% 7.8%
13   Blue Jay 39.8% 40.3% 0.5%
14   Wood Duck 3.5% 25.6% 22.2%
15   Tufted Titmouse 21.3% 23.2% 1.9%
16   American Robin 29.7% 22.2% 7.5%
17   Pied-billed Grebe 5.1% 21.5% 16.4%
18   Rock Pigeon 30.9% 21.4% 9.5%
19   Red-tailed Hawk 24.7% 16.5% 8.2%
20   American Black Duck 26.8% 15.9% 10.9%
21   European Starling 39.2% 15.8% 23.4%
22   Red-bellied Woodpecker 28.8% 15.5% 13.3%
23   Gadwall 15.2% 15.0% 0.2%
24   Ring-necked Duck 3.8% 13.6% 9.8%
25   Northern Cardinal 40.4% 13.5% 27.0%
26   Mourning Dove 36.5% 11.3% 25.2%
27   Downy Woodpecker 31.0% 9.4% 21.6%
28   White-breasted Nuthatch 20.1% 9.1% 11.0%
29   American Crow 20.8% 8.7% 12.1%
30   Song Sparrow 37.5% 6.5% 31.0%
31   Double-crested Cormorant 18.1% 6.4% 11.7%
32   Black-capped Chickadee 24.6% 6.0% 18.6%
33   Northern Pintail 3.2% 6.0% 2.8%
34   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 8.4% 5.6% 2.8%
35   Peregrine Falcon 5.8% 5.2% 0.6%
36   Horned Grebe 5.3% 5.2% 0.1%
37   Common Grackle 5.5% 4.2% 1.3%
38   Cooper's Hawk 10.9% 4.1% 6.8%
39   Northern Mockingbird 28.7% 4.0% 24.8%
40   Dark-eyed Junco 23.5% 3.1% 20.4%
41   Red-breasted Merganser 15.1% 3.1% 11.9%
42   American Kestrel 6.0% 2.6% 3.4%
43   American Wigeon 6.3% 2.3% 3.9%
44   Hermit Thrush 5.6% 2.3% 3.2%
45   Great Blue Heron 20.5% 2.2% 18.3%
46   Common Merganser 4.9% 2.2% 2.7%
47   Lesser Scaup 3.7% 1.9% 1.7%
48   Redhead 1.2% 1.6% 0.4%
49   American Goldfinch 20.7% 1.5% 19.2%
50   Golden-crowned Kinglet 4.4% 1.5% 2.9%
51   Brown Creeper 4.2% 1.4% 2.8%
52   Iceland Gull 0.6% 1.4% 0.8%
53   House Finch 16.6% 1.2% 15.4%
54   Bald Eagle 4.9% 1.2% 3.7%
55   Cedar Waxwing 3.7% 1.2% 2.5%
56   Carolina Wren 19.1% 1.1% 18.0%
57   Northern Flicker 11.1% 1.1% 10.0%
58   Northern Saw-whet Owl 1.2% 1.1% 0.1%
59   Mute Swan 14.1% 1.0% 13.2%
60   Green-winged Teal 5.2% 1.0% 4.3%
61   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 5.7% 0.8% 4.9%
62   Red-breasted Nuthatch 2.6% 0.8% 1.8%
63   Common Loon 9.2% 0.7% 8.5%
64   Common Raven 4.6% 0.7% 3.9%
65   Gray Catbird 4.0% 0.7% 3.3%
66   Red-winged Blackbird 9.3% 0.5% 8.8%
67   Eastern Towhee 2.6% 0.5% 2.1%
68   Fox Sparrow 9.9% 0.4% 9.5%
69   Canvasback 2.2% 0.4% 1.8%
70   Brant 19.2% 0.3% 18.9%
71   Hairy Woodpecker 9.4% 0.3% 9.1%
72   Swamp Sparrow 7.7% 0.3% 7.4%
73   Greater Scaup 6.9% 0.3% 6.6%
74   Turkey Vulture 5.4% 0.3% 5.2%
75   Brown-headed Cowbird 1.8% 0.3% 1.5%
76   Black-headed Gull 0.5% 0.3% 0.2%
77   Yellow-rumped Warbler 6.9% 0.1% 6.8%
78   Fish Crow 5.3% 0.1% 5.1%
79   Northern Harrier 5.0% 0.1% 4.9%
80   Common Goldeneye 3.9% 0.1% 3.8%
81   Great Horned Owl 2.4% 0.1% 2.3%
82   Orange-crowned Warbler 1.9% 0.1% 1.8%
83   Red-shouldered Hawk 1.9% 0.1% 1.8%
84   Barred Owl 1.4% 0.1% 1.2%
85   Red-headed Woodpecker 0.7% 0.1% 0.6%
86   Lesser Black-backed Gull 0.6% 0.1% 0.5%
87   Common Yellowthroat 0.6% 0.1% 0.5%
88   Greater White-fronted Goose 0.6% 0.1% 0.5%
89   Brown Thrasher 0.5% 0.1% 0.4%
90   Nashville Warbler 0.3% 0.1% 0.1%