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Top Birds at Hillview Reservoir (restricted access) in December
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA

based on 116 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Hillview Reservoir (restricted access) 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   Ruddy Duck 15.4% 76.7% 61.3%
2   Ring-billed Gull 49.6% 68.1% 18.5%
3   American Kestrel 5.8% 60.3% 54.6%
4   American Crow 20.5% 56.9% 36.4%
5   Canada Goose 51.6% 49.1% 2.5%
6   Red-tailed Hawk 24.5% 46.6% 22.0%
7   Mourning Dove 36.1% 44.0% 7.8%
8   Herring Gull 41.9% 36.2% 5.7%
9   Common Raven 4.4% 36.2% 31.8%
10   European Starling 38.9% 31.0% 7.9%
11   Dark-eyed Junco 23.2% 30.2% 6.9%
12   Rock Pigeon 30.7% 27.6% 3.1%
13   Blue Jay 39.9% 24.1% 15.7%
14   American Robin 29.6% 24.1% 5.4%
15   Peregrine Falcon 5.8% 23.3% 17.5%
16   Turkey Vulture 5.3% 19.0% 13.6%
17   Fish Crow 5.1% 17.2% 12.1%
18   Red-bellied Woodpecker 28.7% 16.4% 12.3%
19   Common Grackle 5.5% 16.4% 10.9%
20   Merlin 2.3% 16.4% 14.1%
21   Greater Scaup 6.7% 14.7% 7.9%
22   Cooper's Hawk 10.8% 13.8% 3.0%
23   Downy Woodpecker 30.7% 12.9% 17.8%
24   American Goldfinch 20.4% 12.9% 7.5%
25   American Pipit 1.0% 12.1% 11.1%
26   Great Black-backed Gull 29.5% 9.5% 20.0%
27   Northern Flicker 11.0% 9.5% 1.5%
28   House Sparrow 38.5% 8.6% 29.9%
29   Chipping Sparrow 1.4% 7.8% 6.3%
30   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 8.3% 6.0% 2.3%
31   Bald Eagle 4.8% 6.0% 1.2%
32   Horned Lark 2.7% 6.0% 3.3%
33   Bufflehead 28.3% 5.2% 23.1%
34   Red-winged Blackbird 9.2% 5.2% 4.0%
35   Sharp-shinned Hawk 3.2% 5.2% 1.9%
36   Black-capped Chickadee 24.4% 4.3% 20.0%
37   White-breasted Nuthatch 20.0% 4.3% 15.7%
38   Snow Bunting 2.0% 4.3% 2.3%
39   Black Vulture 1.3% 4.3% 3.0%
40   Mallard 48.4% 3.4% 45.0%
41   Song Sparrow 37.1% 3.4% 33.7%
42   Great Blue Heron 20.2% 3.4% 16.8%
43   Hooded Merganser 18.8% 3.4% 15.4%
44   Double-crested Cormorant 18.0% 3.4% 14.5%
45   Red-shouldered Hawk 1.9% 3.4% 1.6%
46   White-throated Sparrow 48.8% 2.6% 46.2%
47   Northern Cardinal 40.1% 2.6% 37.5%
48   Northern Mockingbird 28.4% 2.6% 25.9%
49   Tufted Titmouse 21.4% 2.6% 18.8%
50   Carolina Wren 18.8% 2.6% 16.2%
51   Cedar Waxwing 3.7% 2.6% 1.1%
52   Savannah Sparrow 2.1% 2.6% 0.5%
53   Northern Shoveler 14.8% 1.7% 13.1%
54   Mute Swan 14.0% 1.7% 12.3%
55   Belted Kingfisher 9.6% 1.7% 7.9%
56   Hairy Woodpecker 9.2% 1.7% 7.5%
57   American Tree Sparrow 6.5% 1.7% 4.7%
58   Common Merganser 4.9% 1.7% 3.2%
59   Killdeer 1.8% 1.7% 0.1%
60   Brown-headed Cowbird 1.8% 1.7% 0.1%
61   Purple Finch 1.3% 1.7% 0.4%
62   House Finch 16.4% 0.9% 15.6%
63   Swamp Sparrow 7.6% 0.9% 6.8%
64   Red-throated Loon 6.9% 0.9% 6.0%
65   Yellow-rumped Warbler 6.9% 0.9% 6.0%
66   Gray Catbird 4.0% 0.9% 3.1%
67   Ring-necked Duck 4.0% 0.9% 3.1%
68   Lesser Scaup 3.6% 0.9% 2.8%
69   Snow Goose 2.2% 0.9% 1.3%
70   Palm Warbler 0.8% 0.9% 0.1%
71   Lapland Longspur 0.4% 0.9% 0.5%
72   Osprey 0.1% 0.9% 0.8%