Top Birds at Central Park in December
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA
based on 1767 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.
| Rank | Info | Pics | Species | Entire Region | This Location | Difference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | White-throated Sparrow | 47.7% | 76.2% | 28.5% | |||
| 2 | Blue Jay | 38.5% | 75.7% | 37.2% | |||
| 3 | House Sparrow | 37.2% | 74.5% | 37.4% | |||
| 4 | Mallard | 47.4% | 72.6% | 25.1% | |||
| 5 | Northern Cardinal | 39.2% | 64.0% | 24.8% | |||
| 6 | Canada Goose | 51.2% | 61.6% | 10.3% | |||
| 7 | American Robin | 28.5% | 58.3% | 29.8% | |||
| 8 | Red-bellied Woodpecker | 27.6% | 57.4% | 29.8% | |||
| 9 | Northern Shoveler | 13.3% | 56.5% | 43.2% | |||
| 10 | Tufted Titmouse | 20.0% | 56.2% | 36.2% | |||
| 11 | Rock Pigeon | 29.8% | 55.9% | 26.0% | |||
| 12 | Red-tailed Hawk | 23.5% | 55.1% | 31.7% | |||
| 13 | Mourning Dove | 35.5% | 54.0% | 18.5% | |||
| 14 | European Starling | 38.3% | 53.9% | 15.5% | |||
| 15 | White-breasted Nuthatch | 19.0% | 47.3% | 28.4% | |||
| 16 | Downy Woodpecker | 30.1% | 45.8% | 15.7% | |||
| 17 | Ruddy Duck | 14.5% | 43.9% | 29.3% | |||
| 18 | Ring-billed Gull | 49.9% | 42.7% | 7.3% | |||
| 19 | Hooded Merganser | 18.0% | 41.8% | 23.8% | |||
| 20 | Bufflehead | 27.7% | 41.1% | 13.4% | |||
| 21 | Black-capped Chickadee | 23.7% | 40.9% | 17.2% | |||
| 22 | American Coot | 9.4% | 37.9% | 28.5% | |||
| 23 | Herring Gull | 42.1% | 36.0% | 6.1% | |||
| 24 | Dark-eyed Junco | 22.8% | 35.4% | 12.6% | |||
| 25 | Great Black-backed Gull | 29.2% | 34.1% | 4.9% | |||
| 26 | Common Grackle | 4.5% | 33.4% | 29.0% | |||
| 27 | American Goldfinch | 20.0% | 31.9% | 11.8% | |||
| 28 | House Finch | 15.9% | 30.8% | 15.0% | |||
| 29 | Cooper's Hawk | 10.1% | 28.2% | 18.1% | |||
| 30 | Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | 7.7% | 26.5% | 18.8% | |||
| 31 | Fox Sparrow | 9.2% | 24.4% | 15.2% | |||
| 32 | American Crow | 20.6% | 22.2% | 1.7% | |||
| 33 | Wood Duck | 3.2% | 19.6% | 16.4% | |||
| 34 | Barred Owl | 0.8% | 16.3% | 15.5% | |||
| 35 | Song Sparrow | 37.8% | 16.0% | 21.8% | |||
| 36 | Great Horned Owl | 1.9% | 15.6% | 13.7% | |||
| 37 | American Black Duck | 27.1% | 14.5% | 12.6% | |||
| 38 | Hermit Thrush | 5.2% | 14.1% | 9.0% | |||
| 39 | Northern Flicker | 10.9% | 13.4% | 2.5% | |||
| 40 | Northern Saw-whet Owl | 0.7% | 13.3% | 12.6% | |||
| 41 | Brown Creeper | 3.9% | 11.3% | 7.4% | |||
| 42 | Carolina Wren | 19.1% | 11.2% | 7.9% | |||
| 43 | Northern Mockingbird | 29.0% | 11.0% | 18.0% | |||
| 44 | Gadwall | 15.4% | 10.9% | 4.5% | |||
| 45 | Pied-billed Grebe | 5.2% | 10.7% | 5.5% | |||
| 46 | Cedar Waxwing | 3.4% | 10.4% | 6.9% | |||
| 47 | Great Blue Heron | 20.6% | 9.5% | 11.1% | |||
| 48 | Red-winged Blackbird | 9.2% | 8.7% | 0.5% | |||
| 49 | American Kestrel | 5.8% | 8.4% | 2.5% | |||
| 50 | Peregrine Falcon | 5.7% | 7.8% | 2.1% | |||
| 51 | Ruby-crowned Kinglet | 5.5% | 7.8% | 2.3% | |||
| 52 | Red-breasted Nuthatch | 2.4% | 7.8% | 5.3% | |||
| 53 | Eastern Towhee | 2.4% | 5.8% | 3.4% | |||
| 54 | Double-crested Cormorant | 18.4% | 5.4% | 13.0% | |||
| 55 | Gray Catbird | 3.9% | 5.1% | 1.2% | |||
| 56 | Golden-crowned Kinglet | 4.3% | 4.8% | 0.5% | |||
| 57 | Ring-necked Duck | 3.9% | 4.7% | 0.8% | |||
| 58 | Rusty Blackbird | 1.8% | 4.2% | 2.4% | |||
| 59 | Green-winged Teal | 5.2% | 4.1% | 1.1% | |||
| 60 | Pine Siskin | 0.9% | 3.8% | 2.9% | |||
| 61 | Chipping Sparrow | 1.4% | 3.5% | 2.1% | |||
| 62 | Hairy Woodpecker | 9.4% | 3.4% | 6.0% | |||
| 63 | Red-headed Woodpecker | 0.6% | 3.3% | 2.7% | |||
| 64 | Red-shouldered Hawk | 1.8% | 3.2% | 1.4% | |||
| 65 | Northern Pintail | 3.3% | 3.1% | 0.2% | |||
| 66 | Purple Finch | 1.2% | 2.7% | 1.5% | |||
| 67 | Boreal Owl | 0.0% | 2.5% | 2.5% | |||
| 68 | Sharp-shinned Hawk | 3.3% | 2.5% | 0.8% | |||
| 69 | Swamp Sparrow | 7.8% | 2.4% | 5.4% | |||
| 70 | Brown-headed Cowbird | 1.8% | 2.3% | 0.5% | |||
| 71 | Mandarin Duck | 0.1% | 2.2% | 2.0% | |||
| 72 | Winter Wren | 5.1% | 2.1% | 3.0% | |||
| 73 | Mute Swan | 14.4% | 2.0% | 12.4% | |||
| 74 | Lesser Scaup | 3.7% | 2.0% | 1.7% | |||
| 75 | Horned Grebe | 5.4% | 1.9% | 3.5% | |||
| 76 | Hammond's Flycatcher | 0.1% | 1.9% | 1.9% | |||
| 77 | Brown Thrasher | 0.5% | 1.6% | 1.2% | |||
| 78 | Baltimore Oriole | 0.4% | 1.6% | 1.3% | |||
| 79 | Turkey Vulture | 5.5% | 1.6% | 3.9% | |||
| 80 | Common Raven | 4.6% | 1.5% | 3.1% | |||
| 81 | Merlin | 2.4% | 1.5% | 0.8% | |||
| 82 | Redhead | 1.2% | 1.5% | 0.2% | |||
| 83 | Varied Thrush | 0.1% | 1.5% | 1.3% | |||
| 84 | Wilson's Warbler | 0.3% | 1.4% | 1.1% | |||
| 85 | Muscovy Duck | 0.1% | 1.1% | 1.0% | |||
| 86 | Bald Eagle | 5.0% | 1.0% | 3.9% | |||
| 87 | American Tree Sparrow | 6.7% | 0.7% | 6.0% | |||
| 88 | Orange-crowned Warbler | 2.0% | 0.7% | 1.3% | |||
| 89 | White-crowned Sparrow | 0.7% | 0.7% | 0.0% | |||
| 90 | Red-breasted Merganser | 15.4% | 0.6% | 14.8% | |||
| 91 | Common Loon | 9.4% | 0.6% | 8.7% | |||
| 92 | Fish Crow | 5.3% | 0.6% | 4.7% | |||
| 93 | Yellow-breasted Chat | 0.4% | 0.6% | 0.2% | |||
| 94 | Common Merganser | 5.0% | 0.6% | 4.5% | |||
| 95 | Yellow-rumped Warbler | 7.1% | 0.5% | 6.6% | |||
| 96 | White-winged Crossbill | 0.1% | 0.5% | 0.4% | |||
| 97 | Common Redpoll | 0.3% | 0.5% | 0.2% | |||
| 98 | American Redstart | 0.1% | 0.5% | 0.4% | |||
| 99 | Palm Warbler | 0.8% | 0.4% | 0.4% | |||
| 100 | Belted Kingfisher | 9.9% | 0.3% | 9.6% | |||
| 101 | Field Sparrow | 1.9% | 0.3% | 1.6% | |||
| 102 | Iceland Gull | 0.6% | 0.3% | 0.2% | |||
| 103 | Boat-tailed Grackle | 0.2% | 0.3% | 0.1% | |||
| 104 | American Wigeon | 6.4% | 0.3% | 6.1% | |||
| 105 | Black-crowned Night-Heron | 1.6% | 0.3% | 1.3% | |||
| 106 | Eastern Bluebird | 1.0% | 0.3% | 0.7% | |||
| 107 | Common Yellowthroat | 0.6% | 0.3% | 0.4% | |||
| 108 | Ovenbird | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.1% | |||
| 109 | Rufous Hummingbird | 0.1% | 0.3% | 0.1% | |||
| 110 | American Pipit | 1.0% | 0.2% | 0.8% | |||
| 111 | American Woodcock | 0.7% | 0.2% | 0.4% | |||
| 112 | Magnolia Warbler | 0.0% | 0.2% | 0.2% | |||
| 113 | Brant | 19.6% | 0.2% | 19.4% | |||
| 114 | Snow Goose | 2.3% | 0.2% | 2.1% | |||
| 115 | Nashville Warbler | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.1% | |||
| 116 | Evening Grosbeak | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.1% | |||
| 117 | Northern Waterthrush | 0.0% | 0.2% | 0.2% | |||
| 118 | Great Cormorant | 3.9% | 0.1% | 3.8% | |||
| 119 | Canvasback | 2.3% | 0.1% | 2.1% | |||
| 120 | Wild Turkey | 1.5% | 0.1% | 1.3% | |||
| 121 | Eastern Screech-Owl | 0.6% | 0.1% | 0.4% | |||
| 122 | Eastern Phoebe | 0.5% | 0.1% | 0.4% | |||
| 123 | Pine Warbler | 0.3% | 0.1% | 0.2% | |||
| 124 | Lincoln's Sparrow | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 125 | Black-and-white Warbler | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | |||
| 126 | Cape May Warbler | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 127 | Northern Parula | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 128 | Northern Harrier | 5.1% | 0.1% | 5.1% | |||
| 129 | Killdeer | 1.9% | 0.1% | 1.9% | |||
| 130 | Bonaparte's Gull | 1.8% | 0.1% | 1.7% | |||
| 131 | Great Egret | 1.6% | 0.1% | 1.6% | |||
| 132 | Black Vulture | 1.4% | 0.1% | 1.3% | |||
| 133 | Ring-necked Pheasant | 0.7% | 0.1% | 0.6% | |||
| 134 | Laughing Gull | 0.6% | 0.1% | 0.6% | |||
| 135 | Black-headed Gull | 0.5% | 0.1% | 0.5% | |||
| 136 | House Wren | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 137 | Black-throated Blue Warbler | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 138 | American Goshawk | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | |||
| 139 | Yellow Warbler | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.0% | |||
| 140 | Blue-gray Gnatcatcher | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.0% |