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

based on 250 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Central Park--The Pond and Hallett 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   Mallard 48.1% 83.6% 35.5%
2   House Sparrow 38.3% 71.6% 33.3%
3   Canada Goose 51.5% 65.2% 13.7%
4   Rock Pigeon 30.6% 63.2% 32.6%
5   Blue Jay 39.7% 60.4% 20.7%
6   White-throated Sparrow 48.6% 59.6% 11.0%
7   European Starling 38.8% 56.0% 17.2%
8   American Coot 10.2% 42.4% 32.2%
9   Wood Duck 3.6% 41.2% 37.6%
10   Northern Cardinal 40.0% 40.8% 0.8%
11   Tufted Titmouse 21.3% 32.4% 11.1%
12   American Robin 29.6% 29.2% 0.4%
13   Red-tailed Hawk 24.6% 25.6% 1.0%
14   Red-bellied Woodpecker 28.7% 24.8% 3.9%
15   Mandarin Duck 0.1% 22.0% 21.9%
16   Common Grackle 5.4% 20.4% 15.0%
17   Mourning Dove 36.2% 16.0% 20.2%
18   Great Blue Heron 20.2% 15.2% 5.0%
19   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 8.3% 14.8% 6.5%
20   Song Sparrow 37.2% 14.0% 23.2%
21   Black-capped Chickadee 24.4% 14.0% 10.4%
22   White-breasted Nuthatch 20.0% 14.0% 6.0%
23   Downy Woodpecker 30.8% 12.4% 18.4%
24   American Black Duck 26.7% 11.2% 15.5%
25   Northern Pintail 3.2% 11.2% 8.0%
26   Hermit Thrush 5.5% 10.0% 4.5%
27   Northern Shoveler 14.8% 7.6% 7.2%
28   Muscovy Duck 0.1% 7.6% 7.5%
29   Dark-eyed Junco 23.3% 7.2% 16.1%
30   House Finch 16.5% 6.0% 10.5%
31   Northern Mockingbird 28.5% 4.8% 23.7%
32   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 5.6% 4.4% 1.2%
33   Green-winged Teal 5.2% 4.0% 1.2%
34   American Crow 20.7% 3.6% 17.1%
35   Cooper's Hawk 10.8% 3.6% 7.2%
36   Herring Gull 42.1% 3.2% 38.9%
37   American Goldfinch 20.5% 3.2% 17.3%
38   Northern Flicker 11.0% 3.2% 7.8%
39   Carolina Wren 18.9% 2.8% 16.1%
40   Gray Catbird 4.0% 2.8% 1.2%
41   Ring-billed Gull 49.9% 2.4% 47.5%
42   Fox Sparrow 9.8% 2.4% 7.4%
43   Winter Wren 5.0% 2.4% 2.6%
44   Hooded Merganser 18.9% 2.0% 16.9%
45   Swamp Sparrow 7.6% 2.0% 5.6%
46   Brown Creeper 4.1% 2.0% 2.1%
47   Eastern Towhee 2.6% 2.0% 0.6%
48   Great Black-backed Gull 29.6% 1.6% 28.0%
49   Bufflehead 28.3% 1.6% 26.7%
50   Gadwall 15.3% 1.6% 13.7%
51   Red-breasted Nuthatch 2.6% 1.6% 1.0%
52   Black-crowned Night-Heron 1.5% 1.6% 0.1%
53   Ovenbird 0.3% 1.6% 1.3%
54   Red-winged Blackbird 9.2% 1.2% 8.0%
55   Peregrine Falcon 5.8% 1.2% 4.6%
56   Golden-crowned Kinglet 4.3% 1.2% 3.1%
57   Northern Saw-whet Owl 1.2% 1.2% 0.0%
58   Hairy Woodpecker 9.3% 0.8% 8.5%
59   American Kestrel 5.9% 0.8% 5.1%
60   Sharp-shinned Hawk 3.3% 0.8% 2.5%
61   Merlin 2.3% 0.8% 1.5%
62   Brown-headed Cowbird 1.8% 0.8% 1.0%
63   Chipping Sparrow 1.4% 0.8% 0.6%
64   Barred Owl 1.4% 0.8% 0.6%
65   Red-headed Woodpecker 0.7% 0.8% 0.1%
66   Common Yellowthroat 0.6% 0.8% 0.2%
67   Brant 19.0% 0.4% 18.6%
68   Ruddy Duck 15.6% 0.4% 15.2%
69   Red-breasted Merganser 15.0% 0.4% 14.6%
70   Belted Kingfisher 9.6% 0.4% 9.2%
71   American Tree Sparrow 6.5% 0.4% 6.1%
72   Pied-billed Grebe 5.4% 0.4% 5.0%
73   Turkey Vulture 5.4% 0.4% 5.0%
74   Bald Eagle 4.8% 0.4% 4.4%
75   Great Cormorant 3.8% 0.4% 3.4%
76   Cedar Waxwing 3.7% 0.4% 3.3%
77   Great Horned Owl 2.4% 0.4% 2.0%
78   Rusty Blackbird 1.9% 0.4% 1.5%
79   Monk Parakeet 1.6% 0.4% 1.2%
80   Magnolia Warbler 0.0% 0.4% 0.4%