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

based on 153 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Central Park--Turtle Pond 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   Mallard 48.2% 75.2% 26.9%
2   Blue Jay 39.8% 64.1% 24.3%
3   White-throated Sparrow 48.6% 54.2% 5.6%
4   Hooded Merganser 18.7% 50.3% 31.6%
5   Northern Shoveler 14.7% 47.7% 33.0%
6   House Sparrow 38.5% 36.6% 1.9%
7   Tufted Titmouse 21.3% 36.6% 15.3%
8   Red-bellied Woodpecker 28.7% 28.8% 0.1%
9   Northern Cardinal 40.1% 24.8% 15.3%
10   American Robin 29.6% 24.2% 5.4%
11   Canada Goose 51.7% 22.2% 29.5%
12   European Starling 38.9% 22.2% 16.7%
13   Mourning Dove 36.2% 20.3% 15.9%
14   White-breasted Nuthatch 20.0% 16.3% 3.6%
15   Red-tailed Hawk 24.6% 14.4% 10.2%
16   Rock Pigeon 30.8% 13.7% 17.0%
17   Ring-billed Gull 49.8% 11.8% 38.0%
18   Bufflehead 28.3% 11.8% 16.5%
19   Northern Flicker 11.0% 11.8% 0.8%
20   Dark-eyed Junco 23.3% 11.1% 12.2%
21   Great Blue Heron 20.2% 11.1% 9.1%
22   Cooper's Hawk 10.8% 11.1% 0.3%
23   House Finch 16.4% 9.8% 6.6%
24   Downy Woodpecker 30.7% 8.5% 22.2%
25   Black-capped Chickadee 24.4% 6.5% 17.8%
26   American Crow 20.7% 5.9% 14.8%
27   American Black Duck 26.7% 5.2% 21.5%
28   American Goldfinch 20.5% 4.6% 15.9%
29   Common Grackle 5.5% 4.6% 0.9%
30   Song Sparrow 37.2% 3.9% 33.2%
31   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 8.3% 3.9% 4.4%
32   Herring Gull 42.0% 3.3% 38.8%
33   Northern Mockingbird 28.5% 2.6% 25.8%
34   Carolina Wren 18.8% 2.6% 16.2%
35   Fox Sparrow 9.8% 2.6% 7.2%
36   Red-winged Blackbird 9.2% 2.6% 6.6%
37   Wood Duck 3.8% 2.6% 1.2%
38   Ruddy Duck 15.6% 2.0% 13.6%
39   Hermit Thrush 5.5% 2.0% 3.6%
40   Brown Creeper 4.1% 2.0% 2.2%
41   Chipping Sparrow 1.4% 2.0% 0.5%
42   Great Black-backed Gull 29.5% 1.3% 28.2%
43   Double-crested Cormorant 18.0% 1.3% 16.7%
44   Swamp Sparrow 7.6% 1.3% 6.3%
45   Ring-necked Duck 4.0% 1.3% 2.6%
46   Cedar Waxwing 3.7% 1.3% 2.4%
47   Great Horned Owl 2.4% 1.3% 1.1%
48   Gadwall 15.3% 0.7% 14.6%
49   Red-breasted Merganser 14.9% 0.7% 14.3%
50   American Coot 10.4% 0.7% 9.8%
51   American Tree Sparrow 6.5% 0.7% 5.8%
52   Peregrine Falcon 5.8% 0.7% 5.2%
53   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 5.6% 0.7% 5.0%
54   Turkey Vulture 5.4% 0.7% 4.7%
55   Green-winged Teal 5.2% 0.7% 4.5%
56   Golden-crowned Kinglet 4.3% 0.7% 3.7%
57   Gray Catbird 4.0% 0.7% 3.3%
58   Sharp-shinned Hawk 3.3% 0.7% 2.6%
59   Eastern Towhee 2.6% 0.7% 1.9%
60   Barred Owl 1.4% 0.7% 0.7%
61   Purple Finch 1.3% 0.7% 0.6%
62   Brown Thrasher 0.5% 0.7% 0.1%
63   Eastern Phoebe 0.5% 0.7% 0.2%