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Top Birds at Lake Tappan (NY) in December
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA

based on 52 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Lake Tappan (NY) 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   Common Merganser 4.8% 86.5% 81.7%
2   Canada Goose 51.6% 76.9% 25.3%
3   Hooded Merganser 18.8% 73.1% 54.3%
4   Ring-billed Gull 49.7% 67.3% 17.6%
5   Great Blue Heron 20.2% 67.3% 47.1%
6   Mallard 48.3% 59.6% 11.3%
7   Bald Eagle 4.8% 59.6% 54.8%
8   Blue Jay 39.8% 50.0% 10.2%
9   Mute Swan 13.9% 42.3% 28.4%
10   Belted Kingfisher 9.5% 30.8% 21.2%
11   Herring Gull 41.9% 28.8% 13.1%
12   Red-tailed Hawk 24.6% 28.8% 4.3%
13   American Crow 20.6% 26.9% 6.3%
14   Mourning Dove 36.1% 25.0% 11.1%
15   Red-bellied Woodpecker 28.7% 23.1% 5.6%
16   Black-capped Chickadee 24.3% 23.1% 1.2%
17   Dark-eyed Junco 23.2% 23.1% 0.2%
18   Double-crested Cormorant 17.9% 23.1% 5.2%
19   White-throated Sparrow 48.7% 21.2% 27.5%
20   Song Sparrow 37.1% 21.2% 15.9%
21   European Starling 38.9% 19.2% 19.7%
22   American Robin 29.6% 19.2% 10.3%
23   Northern Cardinal 40.1% 17.3% 22.8%
24   Northern Mockingbird 28.4% 17.3% 11.1%
25   American Black Duck 26.7% 17.3% 9.4%
26   Downy Woodpecker 30.7% 15.4% 15.3%
27   White-breasted Nuthatch 20.0% 13.5% 6.5%
28   Carolina Wren 18.8% 13.5% 5.3%
29   Gadwall 15.2% 13.5% 1.8%
30   Rock Pigeon 30.7% 11.5% 19.2%
31   Great Black-backed Gull 29.4% 11.5% 17.9%
32   Fish Crow 5.2% 11.5% 6.4%
33   Bufflehead 28.2% 9.6% 18.6%
34   Northern Shoveler 14.8% 9.6% 5.2%
35   Turkey Vulture 5.4% 9.6% 4.3%
36   Common Raven 4.5% 9.6% 5.1%
37   House Sparrow 38.5% 7.7% 30.8%
38   Tufted Titmouse 21.3% 7.7% 13.6%
39   Pied-billed Grebe 5.4% 7.7% 2.3%
40   Green-winged Teal 5.2% 7.7% 2.5%
41   American Goldfinch 20.4% 5.8% 14.7%
42   Ruddy Duck 15.6% 5.8% 9.8%
43   Northern Flicker 11.0% 5.8% 5.2%
44   Cooper's Hawk 10.8% 5.8% 5.0%
45   American Coot 10.4% 5.8% 4.6%
46   Hairy Woodpecker 9.2% 5.8% 3.5%
47   Peregrine Falcon 5.8% 5.8% 0.0%
48   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 5.6% 5.8% 0.1%
49   Golden-crowned Kinglet 4.3% 5.8% 1.4%
50   Ring-necked Duck 3.9% 5.8% 1.8%
51   Red-breasted Merganser 14.9% 3.8% 11.1%
52   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 8.3% 3.8% 4.5%
53   Cackling Goose 0.6% 3.8% 3.3%
54   Eastern Screech-Owl 0.5% 3.8% 3.3%
55   House Finch 16.4% 1.9% 14.5%
56   Common Loon 9.1% 1.9% 7.1%
57   Red-throated Loon 6.9% 1.9% 5.0%
58   Long-tailed Duck 6.3% 1.9% 4.4%
59   American Wigeon 6.2% 1.9% 4.3%
60   Common Grackle 5.5% 1.9% 3.6%
61   Horned Grebe 5.3% 1.9% 3.4%
62   Winter Wren 5.0% 1.9% 3.0%
63   Common Goldeneye 3.9% 1.9% 1.9%
64   Wood Duck 3.8% 1.9% 1.9%
65   Great Horned Owl 2.4% 1.9% 0.5%
66   Pileated Woodpecker 1.4% 1.9% 0.5%
67   Redhead 1.2% 1.9% 0.7%
68   Eastern Bluebird 1.0% 1.9% 0.9%
69   Wilson's Snipe 0.2% 1.9% 1.7%
70   Pectoral Sandpiper 0% 1.9% 1.9%