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Top Birds at Pelham Bay Park in December
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA

based on 198 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Pelham Bay 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   Bufflehead 28.0% 77.8% 49.8%
2   Canada Goose 51.5% 73.7% 22.2%
3   Blue Jay 39.7% 73.7% 34.0%
4   Mallard 48.2% 71.7% 23.5%
5   Ring-billed Gull 49.6% 71.2% 21.6%
6   American Black Duck 26.5% 70.7% 44.2%
7   Herring Gull 41.8% 68.2% 26.4%
8   Red-bellied Woodpecker 28.5% 66.7% 38.2%
9   White-throated Sparrow 48.6% 66.2% 17.6%
10   Brant 18.7% 63.1% 44.4%
11   Red-breasted Merganser 14.7% 61.6% 46.9%
12   Song Sparrow 37.0% 59.1% 22.1%
13   Tufted Titmouse 21.2% 54.0% 32.9%
14   Red-tailed Hawk 24.5% 53.5% 29.1%
15   Great Black-backed Gull 29.3% 52.0% 22.7%
16   Black-capped Chickadee 24.2% 52.0% 27.8%
17   Great Blue Heron 20.1% 50.0% 29.9%
18   Downy Woodpecker 30.6% 49.5% 18.9%
19   Greater Scaup 6.6% 48.5% 41.9%
20   Mourning Dove 36.1% 48.0% 11.9%
21   European Starling 38.8% 47.5% 8.6%
22   Northern Mockingbird 28.3% 42.9% 14.6%
23   White-breasted Nuthatch 19.9% 42.9% 23.1%
24   Northern Cardinal 40.0% 41.9% 1.9%
25   American Robin 29.5% 41.4% 11.9%
26   Rock Pigeon 30.7% 36.9% 6.2%
27   Dark-eyed Junco 23.2% 36.4% 13.2%
28   Gadwall 15.1% 36.4% 21.2%
29   Common Goldeneye 3.7% 36.4% 32.6%
30   Common Loon 9.0% 34.3% 25.4%
31   House Sparrow 38.5% 31.3% 7.2%
32   American Crow 20.6% 30.3% 9.7%
33   Carolina Wren 18.7% 30.3% 11.6%
34   Red-throated Loon 6.8% 28.8% 22.0%
35   Hooded Merganser 18.8% 28.3% 9.5%
36   Mute Swan 13.9% 28.3% 14.4%
37   Northern Flicker 10.9% 25.8% 14.9%
38   Double-crested Cormorant 17.9% 24.7% 6.9%
39   Surf Scoter 2.2% 24.7% 22.5%
40   American Goldfinch 20.4% 21.7% 1.3%
41   Long-tailed Duck 6.2% 20.7% 14.5%
42   Hairy Woodpecker 9.2% 19.7% 10.5%
43   Fox Sparrow 9.7% 17.7% 8.0%
44   Common Grackle 5.5% 17.7% 12.2%
45   Great Cormorant 3.7% 17.7% 14.0%
46   Horned Grebe 5.2% 17.2% 11.9%
47   Belted Kingfisher 9.5% 16.2% 6.6%
48   Lesser Scaup 3.6% 14.6% 11.1%
49   Red-winged Blackbird 9.2% 13.6% 4.5%
50   Great Egret 1.5% 13.6% 12.1%
51   American Tree Sparrow 6.4% 12.6% 6.2%
52   Pied-billed Grebe 5.4% 12.1% 6.8%
53   Swamp Sparrow 7.6% 11.1% 3.5%
54   Great Horned Owl 2.4% 11.1% 8.7%
55   Eastern Towhee 2.5% 10.1% 7.6%
56   Cooper's Hawk 10.8% 8.6% 2.2%
57   Winter Wren 4.9% 8.6% 3.6%
58   Barred Owl 1.3% 8.6% 7.3%
59   American Wigeon 6.2% 8.1% 1.9%
60   Common Raven 4.5% 8.1% 3.6%
61   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 8.3% 7.6% 0.7%
62   American Kestrel 5.9% 7.6% 1.7%
63   Northern Harrier 4.9% 7.6% 2.6%
64   Sharp-shinned Hawk 3.2% 7.6% 4.3%
65   Purple Sandpiper 1.7% 7.1% 5.4%
66   House Finch 16.5% 6.6% 9.9%
67   Peregrine Falcon 5.8% 6.6% 0.8%
68   Hermit Thrush 5.5% 6.1% 0.6%
69   Bald Eagle 4.8% 6.1% 1.2%
70   Ruddy Duck 15.6% 5.6% 10.1%
71   Turkey Vulture 5.4% 5.6% 0.2%
72   Golden-crowned Kinglet 4.3% 5.6% 1.2%
73   Merlin 2.3% 5.6% 3.2%
74   Brown Creeper 4.1% 5.1% 0.9%
75   Common Merganser 4.9% 4.5% 0.3%
76   Black Scoter 2.6% 4.5% 1.9%
77   Greater Yellowlegs 1.6% 4.5% 2.9%
78   Pileated Woodpecker 1.4% 4.5% 3.2%
79   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 5.6% 4.0% 1.6%
80   Fish Crow 5.2% 4.0% 1.1%
81   Field Sparrow 1.9% 4.0% 2.2%
82   Killdeer 1.8% 4.0% 2.2%
83   Northern Saw-whet Owl 1.1% 4.0% 2.9%
84   Cedar Waxwing 3.7% 3.5% 0.1%
85   Rusty Blackbird 1.9% 3.5% 1.6%
86   Gray Catbird 4.0% 3.0% 0.9%
87   Snow Goose 2.2% 2.5% 0.3%
88   White-winged Scoter 2.0% 2.5% 0.5%
89   Monk Parakeet 1.6% 2.5% 0.9%
90   Brown Thrasher 0.5% 2.5% 2.0%
91   Red-breasted Nuthatch 2.6% 2.0% 0.6%
92   Canvasback 2.2% 2.0% 0.2%
93   Brown-headed Cowbird 1.8% 2.0% 0.2%
94   Wild Turkey 1.4% 2.0% 0.6%
95   Ruddy Turnstone 0.5% 2.0% 1.5%
96   Wood Duck 3.8% 1.5% 2.3%
97   Savannah Sparrow 2.1% 1.5% 0.6%
98   Red-shouldered Hawk 1.9% 1.5% 0.4%
99   Black-crowned Night-Heron 1.5% 1.5% 0.0%
100   Purple Finch 1.3% 1.5% 0.2%
101   Snowy Owl 1.0% 1.5% 0.5%
102   Red-necked Grebe 0.5% 1.5% 1.0%
103   Wilson's Snipe 0.2% 1.5% 1.3%
104   Yellow-rumped Warbler 6.9% 1.0% 5.9%
105   Northern Pintail 3.3% 1.0% 2.3%
106   Chipping Sparrow 1.4% 1.0% 0.4%
107   Eastern Bluebird 1.0% 1.0% 0.0%
108   Palm Warbler 0.8% 1.0% 0.3%
109   Red-headed Woodpecker 0.7% 1.0% 0.3%
110   Laughing Gull 0.6% 1.0% 0.4%
111   Iceland Gull 0.6% 1.0% 0.4%
112   Rough-legged Hawk 0.3% 1.0% 0.7%
113   Boat-tailed Grackle 0.2% 1.0% 0.8%
114   Clay-colored Sparrow 0.2% 1.0% 0.8%
115   House Wren 0.1% 1.0% 0.9%
116   Barrow's Goldeneye 0.1% 1.0% 0.9%
117   Semipalmated Plover 0.0% 1.0% 1.0%
118   Northern Shoveler 14.9% 0.5% 14.4%
119   Green-winged Teal 5.2% 0.5% 4.7%
120   Ring-necked Duck 4.0% 0.5% 3.5%
121   Northern Gannet 3.1% 0.5% 2.6%
122   Orange-crowned Warbler 1.9% 0.5% 1.4%
123   Dunlin 1.6% 0.5% 1.1%
124   Common Eider 1.2% 0.5% 0.7%
125   Pine Siskin 1.0% 0.5% 0.5%
126   Tree Swallow 1.0% 0.5% 0.5%
127   Painted Bunting 0.8% 0.5% 0.3%
128   White-crowned Sparrow 0.7% 0.5% 0.2%
129   Common Yellowthroat 0.6% 0.5% 0.1%
130   Greater White-fronted Goose 0.6% 0.5% 0.1%
131   King Eider 0.6% 0.5% 0.1%
132   Eastern Screech-Owl 0.5% 0.5% 0.0%
133   Marsh Wren 0.4% 0.5% 0.2%
134   Common Redpoll 0.3% 0.5% 0.2%
135   Eastern Meadowlark 0.2% 0.5% 0.3%
136   American Bittern 0.2% 0.5% 0.3%
137   Muscovy Duck 0.2% 0.5% 0.4%
138   Lesser Yellowlegs 0.1% 0.5% 0.4%
139   White-winged Crossbill 0.1% 0.5% 0.4%
140   Snowy Egret 0.1% 0.5% 0.5%
141   Prairie Warbler 0.1% 0.5% 0.5%
142   Tundra Swan 0.0% 0.5% 0.5%
143   Spotted Sandpiper 0.0% 0.5% 0.5%