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Top Birds at Edith G. Read Wildlife Sanctuary in December
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA

based on 496 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Edith G. Read Wildlife Sanctuary 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   Bufflehead 27.6% 90.3% 62.7%
2   Ring-billed Gull 49.3% 84.9% 35.5%
3   Herring Gull 41.5% 80.4% 38.9%
4   Red-breasted Merganser 14.2% 80.2% 66.0%
5   Great Blue Heron 19.6% 78.6% 59.0%
6   Hooded Merganser 18.2% 78.2% 60.0%
7   Great Black-backed Gull 29.0% 74.0% 45.0%
8   Canada Goose 51.4% 72.2% 20.8%
9   American Black Duck 26.3% 67.5% 41.3%
10   Mallard 48.2% 65.3% 17.2%
11   Greater Scaup 6.2% 62.5% 56.3%
12   Song Sparrow 36.8% 62.3% 25.5%
13   Brant 18.5% 55.2% 36.7%
14   Downy Woodpecker 30.5% 50.2% 19.7%
15   Mourning Dove 36.0% 49.8% 13.8%
16   Blue Jay 39.8% 47.6% 7.8%
17   Long-tailed Duck 5.9% 47.0% 41.1%
18   Double-crested Cormorant 17.6% 46.2% 28.5%
19   House Sparrow 38.4% 45.8% 7.4%
20   White-throated Sparrow 48.7% 45.0% 3.7%
21   Northern Cardinal 40.0% 43.1% 3.1%
22   Lesser Scaup 3.2% 43.1% 39.9%
23   Red-bellied Woodpecker 28.5% 42.1% 13.6%
24   Common Loon 8.7% 40.7% 32.0%
25   Black-capped Chickadee 24.1% 40.5% 16.4%
26   Carolina Wren 18.6% 40.3% 21.7%
27   Tufted Titmouse 21.1% 39.1% 18.0%
28   White-breasted Nuthatch 19.8% 38.9% 19.1%
29   Mute Swan 13.7% 38.1% 24.4%
30   European Starling 38.9% 36.3% 2.6%
31   Common Goldeneye 3.6% 34.5% 30.9%
32   Great Cormorant 3.5% 32.7% 29.2%
33   House Finch 16.3% 31.5% 15.2%
34   American Crow 20.5% 29.0% 8.5%
35   American Robin 29.6% 28.8% 0.7%
36   American Goldfinch 20.4% 28.2% 7.9%
37   Red-throated Loon 6.7% 28.0% 21.3%
38   Northern Mockingbird 28.4% 27.8% 0.6%
39   Red-tailed Hawk 24.6% 26.6% 2.1%
40   Belted Kingfisher 9.4% 25.2% 15.8%
41   Common Merganser 4.7% 21.6% 16.9%
42   Fish Crow 5.0% 21.0% 15.9%
43   Ruddy Duck 15.5% 20.0% 4.4%
44   Rock Pigeon 30.8% 19.0% 11.9%
45   Hairy Woodpecker 9.1% 18.5% 9.4%
46   Killdeer 1.7% 18.3% 16.7%
47   Red-winged Blackbird 9.1% 17.1% 8.0%
48   Bald Eagle 4.7% 16.9% 12.2%
49   Gadwall 15.2% 16.7% 1.5%
50   Horned Grebe 5.2% 14.9% 9.7%
51   Common Raven 4.4% 14.5% 10.1%
52   Dark-eyed Junco 23.3% 14.1% 9.2%
53   American Tree Sparrow 6.4% 13.1% 6.7%
54   Northern Flicker 10.9% 12.1% 1.2%
55   American Wigeon 6.1% 11.5% 5.4%
56   Cooper's Hawk 10.8% 11.1% 0.3%
57   Fox Sparrow 9.7% 10.9% 1.1%
58   White-winged Scoter 2.0% 10.3% 8.3%
59   Greater White-fronted Goose 0.5% 10.1% 9.6%
60   Surf Scoter 2.3% 7.5% 5.2%
61   Common Grackle 5.5% 7.3% 1.8%
62   Winter Wren 4.9% 7.3% 2.3%
63   Horned Lark 2.7% 6.5% 3.8%
64   Black-crowned Night-Heron 1.5% 6.0% 4.6%
65   Eastern Towhee 2.5% 5.8% 3.3%
66   Northern Gannet 3.1% 5.2% 2.1%
67   Purple Sandpiper 1.7% 5.2% 3.6%
68   Swamp Sparrow 7.6% 5.0% 2.6%
69   Gray Catbird 3.9% 4.6% 0.7%
70   Merlin 2.3% 4.6% 2.3%
71   Cedar Waxwing 3.6% 4.2% 0.6%
72   Snow Bunting 2.0% 4.0% 2.0%
73   Great Egret 1.5% 4.0% 2.5%
74   American White Pelican 0.0% 4.0% 4.0%
75   Northern Harrier 5.0% 3.8% 1.1%
76   Red-breasted Nuthatch 2.6% 3.8% 1.2%
77   Wild Turkey 1.4% 3.8% 2.4%
78   Peregrine Falcon 5.8% 3.6% 2.2%
79   Sharp-shinned Hawk 3.2% 3.2% 0.0%
80   Canvasback 2.2% 3.2% 1.1%
81   Pied-billed Grebe 5.4% 3.0% 2.4%
82   Turkey Vulture 5.4% 3.0% 2.4%
83   American Pipit 1.0% 3.0% 2.0%
84   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 5.6% 2.8% 2.8%
85   Field Sparrow 1.9% 2.8% 1.0%
86   Purple Finch 1.3% 2.8% 1.5%
87   Redhead 1.2% 2.6% 1.4%
88   Glaucous Gull 0.3% 2.6% 2.4%
89   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 8.4% 2.4% 6.0%
90   Razorbill 0.3% 2.4% 2.1%
91   Red-necked Grebe 0.5% 2.0% 1.5%
92   Yellow-rumped Warbler 6.9% 1.8% 5.1%
93   Golden-crowned Kinglet 4.3% 1.8% 2.5%
94   Osprey 0.1% 1.8% 1.8%
95   Ring-necked Duck 4.0% 1.6% 2.4%
96   Brown-headed Cowbird 1.8% 1.6% 0.2%
97   Common Yellowthroat 0.6% 1.6% 1.0%
98   Brown Creeper 4.2% 1.4% 2.8%
99   Laughing Gull 0.6% 1.2% 0.6%
100   American Kestrel 6.0% 1.0% 5.0%
101   Hermit Thrush 5.5% 1.0% 4.5%
102   Yellow-breasted Chat 0.4% 1.0% 0.6%
103   Northern Pintail 3.3% 0.8% 2.5%
104   Savannah Sparrow 2.1% 0.8% 1.3%
105   Cackling Goose 0.6% 0.8% 0.2%
106   Eastern Screech-Owl 0.5% 0.8% 0.3%
107   Black Scoter 2.7% 0.6% 2.1%
108   Red-shouldered Hawk 1.9% 0.6% 1.3%
109   Bonaparte's Gull 1.7% 0.6% 1.1%
110   Pileated Woodpecker 1.4% 0.6% 0.8%
111   Green-winged Teal 5.2% 0.4% 4.8%
112   Brown Thrasher 0.5% 0.4% 0.1%
113   House Wren 0.1% 0.4% 0.3%
114   Wood Duck 3.8% 0.2% 3.6%
115   Snow Goose 2.2% 0.2% 2.0%
116   Rusty Blackbird 1.9% 0.2% 1.7%
117   Dunlin 1.6% 0.2% 1.4%
118   Chipping Sparrow 1.4% 0.2% 1.2%
119   American Woodcock 0.7% 0.2% 0.5%
120   Lesser Black-backed Gull 0.6% 0.2% 0.4%
121   King Eider 0.6% 0.2% 0.4%
122   Lapland Longspur 0.4% 0.2% 0.2%
123   Marsh Wren 0.4% 0.2% 0.2%
124   Common Redpoll 0.3% 0.2% 0.1%
125   Eastern Meadowlark 0.2% 0.2% 0.0%