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Top Birds at Central Park--The Lake (Upper Lobe) in December
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA

based on 31 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Central Park--The Lake (Upper Lobe) 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 48.6% 74.2% 25.5%
2   Blue Jay 39.8% 67.7% 27.9%
3   Mallard 48.3% 64.5% 16.2%
4   Northern Shoveler 14.8% 61.3% 46.5%
5   Northern Cardinal 40.0% 54.8% 14.8%
6   House Sparrow 38.5% 51.6% 13.2%
7   Canada Goose 51.6% 35.5% 16.1%
8   American Robin 29.6% 35.5% 5.9%
9   Red-bellied Woodpecker 28.6% 35.5% 6.8%
10   Mourning Dove 36.1% 32.3% 3.9%
11   European Starling 38.9% 29.0% 9.8%
12   Tufted Titmouse 21.3% 25.8% 4.5%
13   Rock Pigeon 30.7% 22.6% 8.1%
14   American Goldfinch 20.4% 19.4% 1.1%
15   Red-tailed Hawk 24.6% 16.1% 8.5%
16   Black-capped Chickadee 24.3% 16.1% 8.2%
17   Great Blue Heron 20.2% 16.1% 4.1%
18   Fox Sparrow 9.7% 16.1% 6.4%
19   Dark-eyed Junco 23.3% 12.9% 10.4%
20   American Crow 20.6% 12.9% 7.7%
21   Downy Woodpecker 30.7% 9.7% 21.0%
22   White-breasted Nuthatch 20.0% 9.7% 10.3%
23   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 8.3% 9.7% 1.4%
24   Common Grackle 5.5% 9.7% 4.2%
25   Ring-billed Gull 49.7% 6.5% 43.3%
26   Cooper's Hawk 10.8% 6.5% 4.3%
27   American Coot 10.4% 6.5% 3.9%
28   Red-winged Blackbird 9.2% 6.5% 2.7%
29   Brown Creeper 4.1% 6.5% 2.3%
30   Herring Gull 41.9% 3.2% 38.7%
31   Song Sparrow 37.1% 3.2% 33.8%
32   Northern Mockingbird 28.4% 3.2% 25.2%
33   American Black Duck 26.7% 3.2% 23.5%
34   Hooded Merganser 18.8% 3.2% 15.6%
35   House Finch 16.4% 3.2% 13.2%
36   Ruddy Duck 15.6% 3.2% 12.4%
37   Red-breasted Merganser 14.9% 3.2% 11.7%
38   Northern Flicker 11.0% 3.2% 7.7%
39   Hairy Woodpecker 9.2% 3.2% 6.0%
40   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 5.6% 3.2% 2.4%
41   Hermit Thrush 5.5% 3.2% 2.3%
42   Pied-billed Grebe 5.4% 3.2% 2.2%
43   Cedar Waxwing 3.7% 3.2% 0.4%
44   Northern Pintail 3.3% 3.2% 0.0%
45   Sharp-shinned Hawk 3.2% 3.2% 0.0%
46   Red-breasted Nuthatch 2.6% 3.2% 0.6%
47   Eastern Towhee 2.6% 3.2% 0.7%
48   Brown-headed Cowbird 1.8% 3.2% 1.5%
49   Barred Owl 1.4% 3.2% 1.9%
50   Northern Saw-whet Owl 1.2% 3.2% 2.1%
51   Pine Siskin 1.0% 3.2% 2.2%