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

based on 214 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Prospect Park--Prospect Lake 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   Northern Shoveler 14.5% 82.7% 68.2%
2   Mallard 48.2% 80.8% 32.7%
3   Canada Goose 51.5% 79.9% 28.4%
4   American Coot 10.1% 79.0% 68.9%
5   Mute Swan 13.7% 72.0% 58.3%
6   Ruddy Duck 15.3% 70.1% 54.8%
7   Ring-billed Gull 49.6% 63.1% 13.5%
8   Northern Cardinal 40.0% 56.1% 16.1%
9   Herring Gull 41.9% 54.2% 12.4%
10   Blue Jay 39.8% 51.9% 12.1%
11   White-throated Sparrow 48.7% 49.1% 0.4%
12   House Sparrow 38.4% 46.7% 8.3%
13   Mourning Dove 36.1% 43.5% 7.4%
14   Downy Woodpecker 30.6% 41.1% 10.5%
15   Song Sparrow 37.0% 38.8% 1.7%
16   Red-bellied Woodpecker 28.6% 36.0% 7.4%
17   European Starling 38.9% 31.8% 7.1%
18   Rock Pigeon 30.7% 31.8% 1.1%
19   Great Blue Heron 20.2% 31.8% 11.6%
20   Great Black-backed Gull 29.4% 29.9% 0.5%
21   Black-capped Chickadee 24.3% 29.4% 5.2%
22   American Black Duck 26.7% 28.0% 1.4%
23   White-breasted Nuthatch 19.9% 27.6% 7.6%
24   Pied-billed Grebe 5.3% 27.6% 22.3%
25   American Robin 29.6% 26.6% 2.9%
26   Tufted Titmouse 21.3% 25.7% 4.4%
27   Red-tailed Hawk 24.6% 21.0% 3.6%
28   American Goldfinch 20.4% 20.6% 0.1%
29   House Finch 16.4% 17.3% 0.9%
30   Red-winged Blackbird 9.1% 16.4% 7.2%
31   Northern Mockingbird 28.4% 15.0% 13.5%
32   Ring-necked Duck 3.9% 12.1% 8.2%
33   Dark-eyed Junco 23.3% 11.7% 11.6%
34   Double-crested Cormorant 18.0% 11.2% 6.7%
35   American Crow 20.7% 10.3% 10.4%
36   Hooded Merganser 18.8% 10.3% 8.6%
37   Carolina Wren 18.8% 10.3% 8.5%
38   Fox Sparrow 9.7% 10.3% 0.5%
39   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 8.3% 10.3% 2.0%
40   Wood Duck 3.7% 10.3% 6.5%
41   Cooper's Hawk 10.8% 8.9% 1.9%
42   American Wigeon 6.2% 8.9% 2.7%
43   Bufflehead 28.3% 7.9% 20.3%
44   Black-headed Gull 0.5% 7.0% 6.5%
45   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 5.6% 6.5% 0.9%
46   Hermit Thrush 5.5% 6.5% 1.0%
47   Hairy Woodpecker 9.2% 5.6% 3.6%
48   Winter Wren 4.9% 5.6% 0.7%
49   Brown Creeper 4.1% 5.6% 1.5%
50   Swamp Sparrow 7.6% 4.7% 2.9%
51   Merlin 2.3% 3.7% 1.4%
52   Gadwall 15.3% 3.3% 12.0%
53   Golden-crowned Kinglet 4.3% 3.3% 1.1%
54   Gray Catbird 4.0% 3.3% 0.7%
55   Painted Bunting 0.8% 3.3% 2.5%
56   Red-breasted Merganser 14.9% 2.8% 12.1%
57   European Goldfinch 0.2% 2.8% 2.6%
58   Cedar Waxwing 3.7% 2.3% 1.3%
59   Northern Flicker 11.0% 1.9% 9.1%
60   Belted Kingfisher 9.6% 1.9% 7.7%
61   Common Goldeneye 3.9% 1.9% 2.0%
62   Great Horned Owl 2.4% 1.9% 0.5%
63   Chipping Sparrow 1.4% 1.9% 0.4%
64   Purple Finch 1.3% 1.9% 0.6%
65   Iceland Gull 0.6% 1.9% 1.3%
66   Peregrine Falcon 5.8% 1.4% 4.4%
67   Fish Crow 5.2% 1.4% 3.8%
68   Rusty Blackbird 1.9% 1.4% 0.5%
69   Pine Siskin 1.0% 1.4% 0.4%
70   Yellow-rumped Warbler 6.9% 0.9% 5.9%
71   Common Raven 4.5% 0.9% 3.6%
72   Red-breasted Nuthatch 2.6% 0.9% 1.7%
73   Brown-headed Cowbird 1.8% 0.9% 0.8%
74   Redhead 1.2% 0.9% 0.3%
75   Pine Warbler 0.3% 0.9% 0.6%
76   Brant 19.0% 0.5% 18.5%
77   Common Grackle 5.5% 0.5% 5.1%
78   Green-winged Teal 5.2% 0.5% 4.7%
79   Common Merganser 4.9% 0.5% 4.4%
80   Snow Goose 2.2% 0.5% 1.7%
81   Monk Parakeet 1.6% 0.5% 1.2%
82   Northern Saw-whet Owl 1.2% 0.5% 0.7%
83   White-crowned Sparrow 0.7% 0.5% 0.2%
84   Lesser Black-backed Gull 0.6% 0.5% 0.2%
85   Cackling Goose 0.6% 0.5% 0.1%
86   Brown Thrasher 0.5% 0.5% 0.0%
87   Eastern Phoebe 0.5% 0.5% 0.0%
88   Baltimore Oriole 0.4% 0.5% 0.0%
89   Wilson's Warbler 0.3% 0.5% 0.1%
90   Dickcissel 0.3% 0.5% 0.2%
91   Common Redpoll 0.3% 0.5% 0.2%
92   Varied Thrush 0.2% 0.5% 0.3%
93   Clay-colored Sparrow 0.2% 0.5% 0.3%
94   White-winged Crossbill 0.1% 0.5% 0.4%
95   American Redstart 0.1% 0.5% 0.4%
96   Black-and-white Warbler 0.1% 0.5% 0.4%
97   Northern Parula 0.0% 0.5% 0.4%