Bird Finder

Top Birds at Central Park in December
relative to other locations within 25 miles of 40.781243, -73.966507

based on 1947 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Central Park 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 48.2% 76.0% 27.8%
2   Blue Jay 38.9% 75.4% 36.5%
3   House Sparrow 37.6% 74.3% 36.7%
4   Mallard 46.7% 72.2% 25.5%
5   Northern Cardinal 39.6% 63.9% 24.3%
6   Canada Goose 51.4% 62.0% 10.6%
7   American Robin 29.2% 58.7% 29.5%
8   Tufted Titmouse 21.1% 57.3% 36.2%
9   Red-bellied Woodpecker 28.0% 57.0% 28.9%
10   Northern Shoveler 13.1% 56.2% 43.2%
11   Red-tailed Hawk 23.6% 55.9% 32.3%
12   Rock Pigeon 30.3% 55.7% 25.5%
13   Mourning Dove 36.0% 55.0% 18.9%
14   European Starling 38.3% 53.8% 15.5%
15   White-breasted Nuthatch 20.2% 48.6% 28.4%
16   Downy Woodpecker 30.3% 45.4% 15.1%
17   Ruddy Duck 14.4% 43.2% 28.8%
18   Ring-billed Gull 49.4% 43.0% 6.4%
19   Black-capped Chickadee 25.1% 42.7% 17.7%
20   Hooded Merganser 17.9% 42.1% 24.2%
21   Bufflehead 27.4% 40.9% 13.6%
22   American Coot 9.3% 37.7% 28.4%
23   American Herring Gull 41.6% 36.5% 5.1%
24   Dark-eyed Junco 23.6% 35.0% 11.4%
25   Great Black-backed Gull 28.4% 33.9% 5.6%
26   Common Grackle 4.4% 32.3% 27.9%
27   American Goldfinch 19.8% 30.7% 10.9%
28   House Finch 16.1% 30.1% 14.0%
29   Cooper's Hawk 10.6% 28.7% 18.1%
30   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 7.9% 26.7% 18.8%
31   Fox Sparrow 9.4% 25.2% 15.8%
32   American Crow 20.7% 23.4% 2.8%
33   Wood Duck 3.5% 20.7% 17.2%
34   Song Sparrow 37.8% 15.9% 21.9%
35   American Black Duck 26.9% 15.9% 11.0%
36   Barred Owl 0.7% 15.2% 14.5%
37   Hermit Thrush 5.4% 14.9% 9.5%
38   Great Horned Owl 1.8% 14.6% 12.8%
39   Northern Flicker 10.8% 13.0% 2.2%
40   Northern Saw-whet Owl 0.6% 12.2% 11.6%
41   Brown Creeper 4.0% 11.7% 7.7%
42   Carolina Wren 19.4% 11.5% 7.9%
43   Gadwall 15.3% 10.8% 4.5%
44   Northern Mockingbird 29.1% 10.6% 18.5%
45   Cedar Waxwing 3.2% 9.9% 6.7%
46   Pied-billed Grebe 4.9% 9.8% 4.9%
47   Great Blue Heron 20.4% 8.9% 11.6%
48   Red-winged Blackbird 9.3% 8.7% 0.5%
49   American Kestrel 5.9% 8.3% 2.4%
50   Red-breasted Nuthatch 2.4% 8.2% 5.8%
51   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 5.7% 7.9% 2.3%
52   Peregrine Falcon 5.6% 7.2% 1.6%
53   Eastern Towhee 2.3% 5.6% 3.3%
54   Double-crested Cormorant 18.0% 5.1% 12.9%
55   Golden-crowned Kinglet 4.7% 4.7% 0.0%
56   Gray Catbird 3.7% 4.7% 1.0%
57   Green-winged Teal 5.2% 4.6% 0.6%
58   Ring-necked Duck 3.9% 4.3% 0.4%
59   Rusty Blackbird 1.8% 4.0% 2.1%
60   Hairy Woodpecker 9.5% 3.9% 5.6%
61   Pine Siskin 0.8% 3.6% 2.8%
62   Chipping Sparrow 1.3% 3.2% 1.9%
63   Red-headed Woodpecker 0.6% 3.0% 2.4%
64   Red-shouldered Hawk 1.9% 3.0% 1.1%
65   Northern Pintail 3.2% 2.9% 0.3%
66   Purple Finch 1.4% 2.9% 1.5%
67   Boreal Owl 0.0% 2.5% 2.5%
68   Swamp Sparrow 8.3% 2.5% 5.8%
69   Sharp-shinned Hawk 3.2% 2.5% 0.7%
70   Brown-headed Cowbird 1.7% 2.1% 0.4%
71   Winter Wren 4.9% 2.0% 2.9%
72   Mandarin Duck 0.1% 2.0% 1.9%
73   Common Raven 5.0% 2.0% 3.1%
74   Lesser Scaup 3.6% 1.9% 1.7%
75   Hammond's Flycatcher 0.1% 1.8% 1.8%
76   Mute Swan 14.2% 1.8% 12.4%
77   Horned Grebe 5.2% 1.7% 3.5%
78   Merlin 2.4% 1.6% 0.8%
79   Turkey Vulture 5.5% 1.5% 3.9%
80   Brown Thrasher 0.4% 1.5% 1.1%
81   Baltimore Oriole 0.4% 1.5% 1.1%
82   Redhead 1.2% 1.4% 0.2%
83   Red-breasted Merganser 15.1% 1.3% 13.8%
84   Wilson's Warbler 0.3% 1.3% 1.0%
85   Muscovy Duck 0.1% 1.3% 1.2%
86   Varied Thrush 0.1% 1.3% 1.2%
87   Bald Eagle 5.2% 1.0% 4.2%
88   Fish Crow 5.7% 0.8% 4.9%
89   Common Merganser 4.9% 0.7% 4.2%
90   White-crowned Sparrow 0.6% 0.7% 0.1%
91   Common Loon 8.9% 0.7% 8.2%
92   Orange-crowned Warbler 2.0% 0.7% 1.4%
93   American Tree Sparrow 6.4% 0.6% 5.8%
94   Yellow-breasted Chat 0.3% 0.6% 0.2%
95   White-winged Crossbill 0.1% 0.6% 0.5%
96   Yellow-rumped Warbler 7.0% 0.5% 6.5%
97   Common Redpoll 0.2% 0.5% 0.3%
98   Snow Goose 2.2% 0.4% 1.8%
99   American Redstart 0.1% 0.4% 0.3%
100   American Wigeon 6.2% 0.4% 5.9%
101   Palm Warbler 0.8% 0.4% 0.4%
102   Belted Kingfisher 9.7% 0.3% 9.4%
103   Field Sparrow 1.9% 0.3% 1.6%
104   Iceland Gull 0.5% 0.3% 0.2%
105   Pine Warbler 0.4% 0.3% 0.1%
106   Boat-tailed Grackle 0.2% 0.3% 0.1%
107   Black-crowned Night-Heron 1.6% 0.3% 1.3%
108   Eastern Bluebird 1.0% 0.3% 0.7%
109   Common Yellowthroat 0.6% 0.3% 0.4%
110   Ovenbird 0.3% 0.3% 0.1%
111   Rufous Hummingbird 0.1% 0.3% 0.1%
112   American Pipit 1.1% 0.2% 0.9%
113   American Woodcock 0.6% 0.2% 0.4%
114   Nashville Warbler 0.3% 0.2% 0.1%
115   Magnolia Warbler 0.0% 0.2% 0.2%
116   Brant 19.2% 0.2% 19.0%
117   Canvasback 2.2% 0.2% 2.1%
118   Eastern Screech-Owl 0.6% 0.2% 0.4%
119   Eastern Phoebe 0.5% 0.2% 0.3%
120   Evening Grosbeak 0.1% 0.2% 0.1%
121   Northern Waterthrush 0.0% 0.2% 0.1%
122   Great Cormorant 3.7% 0.1% 3.6%
123   Wild Turkey 1.5% 0.1% 1.4%
124   Lincoln's Sparrow 0.2% 0.1% 0.1%
125   Black-and-white Warbler 0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
126   Northern Parula 0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
127   Cape May Warbler 0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
128   Northern Harrier 5.0% 0.1% 4.9%
129   Killdeer 2.2% 0.1% 2.1%
130   Monk Parakeet 1.7% 0.1% 1.7%
131   Bonaparte's Gull 1.6% 0.1% 1.6%
132   Great Egret 1.6% 0.1% 1.5%
133   Black Vulture 1.4% 0.1% 1.3%
134   Laughing Gull 0.6% 0.1% 0.6%
135   Ring-necked Pheasant 0.6% 0.1% 0.5%
136   Black-headed Gull 0.5% 0.1% 0.4%
137   House Wren 0.1% 0.1% 0.1%
138   Black-throated Blue Warbler 0.1% 0.1% 0.1%
139   American Goshawk 0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
140   Yellow Warbler 0.0% 0.1% 0.0%
141   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 0.0% 0.1% 0.0%