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

based on 704 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Central Park--The Ramble 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 48.2% 79.5% 31.3%
2   Blue Jay 39.4% 73.2% 33.8%
3   Northern Cardinal 39.6% 71.6% 32.0%
4   House Sparrow 38.0% 70.6% 32.6%
5   Tufted Titmouse 20.8% 60.4% 39.6%
6   Red-bellied Woodpecker 28.2% 59.8% 31.6%
7   White-breasted Nuthatch 19.4% 58.0% 38.5%
8   Downy Woodpecker 30.3% 57.0% 26.7%
9   Mourning Dove 35.9% 56.1% 20.3%
10   Black-capped Chickadee 24.0% 48.7% 24.8%
11   House Finch 16.0% 45.2% 29.2%
12   Mallard 48.4% 44.2% 4.2%
13   Red-tailed Hawk 24.3% 43.6% 19.3%
14   American Goldfinch 20.1% 41.9% 21.8%
15   American Robin 29.4% 41.2% 11.8%
16   European Starling 38.9% 39.6% 0.8%
17   Fox Sparrow 9.4% 35.9% 26.6%
18   Dark-eyed Junco 23.1% 34.1% 11.0%
19   Canada Goose 51.9% 31.2% 20.6%
20   Northern Shoveler 14.6% 31.0% 16.4%
21   Rock Pigeon 30.7% 28.8% 1.9%
22   Cooper's Hawk 10.5% 28.7% 18.2%
23   Common Grackle 5.2% 25.3% 20.1%
24   Brown Creeper 3.9% 18.9% 15.0%
25   Great Horned Owl 2.2% 17.3% 15.1%
26   American Crow 20.7% 16.8% 3.9%
27   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 8.2% 16.1% 7.8%
28   Ring-billed Gull 50.2% 13.4% 36.9%
29   Hermit Thrush 5.4% 12.1% 6.7%
30   Carolina Wren 18.9% 11.8% 7.1%
31   Song Sparrow 37.4% 10.7% 26.8%
32   Barred Owl 1.3% 9.1% 7.8%
33   Hooded Merganser 19.0% 8.5% 10.4%
34   Red-winged Blackbird 9.2% 8.5% 0.7%
35   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 5.6% 8.1% 2.5%
36   Northern Flicker 11.0% 6.4% 4.6%
37   Herring Gull 42.4% 6.1% 36.3%
38   Great Blue Heron 20.4% 5.7% 14.7%
39   Red-breasted Nuthatch 2.6% 5.5% 3.0%
40   Eastern Towhee 2.5% 5.4% 2.9%
41   Hairy Woodpecker 9.3% 5.0% 4.3%
42   Hammond's Flycatcher 0.1% 4.8% 4.8%
43   Baltimore Oriole 0.4% 4.5% 4.2%
44   Chipping Sparrow 1.4% 4.4% 3.0%
45   Bufflehead 28.5% 4.1% 24.4%
46   Ruddy Duck 15.7% 3.8% 11.9%
47   Golden-crowned Kinglet 4.3% 3.8% 0.5%
48   Cedar Waxwing 3.7% 3.8% 0.2%
49   American Black Duck 27.0% 3.6% 23.4%
50   Pine Siskin 1.0% 3.4% 2.4%
51   Brown-headed Cowbird 1.8% 3.1% 1.4%
52   Wilson's Warbler 0.3% 3.0% 2.7%
53   Great Black-backed Gull 29.8% 2.8% 27.0%
54   Rusty Blackbird 1.9% 2.8% 1.0%
55   Purple Finch 1.3% 2.8% 1.6%
56   Northern Mockingbird 28.7% 2.7% 26.0%
57   Wood Duck 3.8% 2.7% 1.1%
58   Gray Catbird 4.0% 2.6% 1.4%
59   American Coot 10.5% 2.3% 8.2%
60   American Kestrel 6.0% 2.3% 3.7%
61   Sharp-shinned Hawk 3.3% 2.1% 1.1%
62   Northern Saw-whet Owl 1.1% 2.1% 1.0%
63   Brown Thrasher 0.5% 2.1% 1.6%
64   Gadwall 15.4% 1.6% 13.8%
65   Red-shouldered Hawk 1.9% 1.6% 0.3%
66   Swamp Sparrow 7.7% 1.3% 6.4%
67   Double-crested Cormorant 18.2% 1.0% 17.2%
68   Winter Wren 5.0% 1.0% 4.0%
69   American Redstart 0.1% 1.0% 0.9%
70   Common Raven 4.5% 0.9% 3.7%
71   Varied Thrush 0.2% 0.9% 0.7%
72   White-winged Crossbill 0.1% 0.9% 0.8%
73   Pied-billed Grebe 5.4% 0.6% 4.9%
74   Ring-necked Duck 4.0% 0.6% 3.4%
75   Merlin 2.4% 0.6% 1.8%
76   Mute Swan 14.1% 0.4% 13.7%
77   Belted Kingfisher 9.7% 0.4% 9.3%
78   American Tree Sparrow 6.5% 0.4% 6.1%
79   Turkey Vulture 5.4% 0.4% 5.0%
80   Bald Eagle 4.9% 0.4% 4.5%
81   Northern Pintail 3.3% 0.4% 2.9%
82   Mandarin Duck 0.2% 0.4% 0.2%
83   Peregrine Falcon 5.9% 0.3% 5.6%
84   Orange-crowned Warbler 1.9% 0.3% 1.7%
85   Black-crowned Night-Heron 1.6% 0.3% 1.3%
86   Red-headed Woodpecker 0.7% 0.3% 0.4%
87   Eastern Screech-Owl 0.5% 0.3% 0.3%
88   Common Redpoll 0.3% 0.3% 0.0%
89   Red-breasted Merganser 15.1% 0.1% 15.0%
90   Green-winged Teal 5.2% 0.1% 5.1%
91   Snow Goose 2.2% 0.1% 2.1%
92   Field Sparrow 1.9% 0.1% 1.8%
93   Wild Turkey 1.4% 0.1% 1.3%
94   Eastern Bluebird 1.0% 0.1% 0.9%
95   Palm Warbler 0.8% 0.1% 0.6%
96   White-crowned Sparrow 0.7% 0.1% 0.6%
97   Yellow-breasted Chat 0.4% 0.1% 0.2%
98   Ovenbird 0.4% 0.1% 0.2%
99   Lincoln's Sparrow 0.2% 0.1% 0.1%
100   Muscovy Duck 0.2% 0.1% 0.0%
101   House Wren 0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
102   Boreal Owl 0.1% 0.1% 0.0%