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Top Birds at Rockefeller SP Preserve--Swan Lake area in December
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA

based on 224 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Rockefeller SP Preserve--Swan Lake area 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   Tufted Titmouse 21.2% 41.1% 19.9%
2   Red-bellied Woodpecker 28.6% 39.7% 11.1%
3   White-throated Sparrow 48.7% 37.9% 10.8%
4   Black-capped Chickadee 24.2% 37.9% 13.7%
5   Blue Jay 39.9% 37.5% 2.4%
6   White-breasted Nuthatch 19.9% 35.7% 15.8%
7   American Crow 20.6% 34.8% 14.3%
8   Downy Woodpecker 30.7% 34.4% 3.7%
9   Mallard 48.4% 28.6% 19.8%
10   Northern Cardinal 40.1% 28.1% 12.0%
11   Canada Goose 51.7% 26.3% 25.4%
12   Dark-eyed Junco 23.2% 24.1% 0.9%
13   Song Sparrow 37.1% 23.7% 13.5%
14   Bufflehead 28.2% 21.4% 6.8%
15   Carolina Wren 18.8% 21.0% 2.2%
16   American Goldfinch 20.4% 17.4% 3.0%
17   Red-tailed Hawk 24.6% 15.2% 9.4%
18   Eastern Bluebird 0.9% 15.2% 14.2%
19   American Black Duck 26.7% 11.6% 15.1%
20   Turkey Vulture 5.3% 11.2% 5.8%
21   Hairy Woodpecker 9.2% 10.3% 1.0%
22   Pileated Woodpecker 1.3% 10.3% 8.9%
23   Mourning Dove 36.3% 9.8% 26.4%
24   American Robin 29.7% 8.5% 21.2%
25   Winter Wren 4.9% 6.7% 1.8%
26   Ring-necked Duck 3.9% 6.7% 2.8%
27   Northern Mockingbird 28.5% 6.2% 22.2%
28   Red-winged Blackbird 9.2% 6.2% 2.9%
29   Wild Turkey 1.4% 6.2% 4.9%
30   European Starling 39.0% 5.8% 33.2%
31   Ruddy Duck 15.6% 5.8% 9.8%
32   Northern Flicker 11.0% 5.4% 5.6%
33   House Sparrow 38.6% 4.5% 34.2%
34   Sharp-shinned Hawk 3.2% 4.5% 1.2%
35   Belted Kingfisher 9.6% 4.0% 5.6%
36   Hooded Merganser 18.9% 3.6% 15.3%
37   House Finch 16.5% 3.6% 12.9%
38   Fox Sparrow 9.8% 3.6% 6.2%
39   American Tree Sparrow 6.5% 3.6% 2.9%
40   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 8.3% 3.1% 5.2%
41   Brown Creeper 4.1% 3.1% 1.0%
42   Eastern Towhee 2.6% 3.1% 0.6%
43   Great Blue Heron 20.3% 2.2% 18.1%
44   Cedar Waxwing 3.7% 2.2% 1.4%
45   Cooper's Hawk 10.8% 1.8% 9.0%
46   American Coot 10.4% 1.8% 8.6%
47   Bald Eagle 4.8% 1.8% 3.1%
48   Common Raven 4.5% 1.8% 2.7%
49   Snow Goose 2.2% 1.8% 0.4%
50   Field Sparrow 1.9% 1.8% 0.1%
51   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 5.6% 1.3% 4.3%
52   Common Grackle 5.5% 1.3% 4.2%
53   Green-winged Teal 5.2% 1.3% 3.8%
54   Golden-crowned Kinglet 4.3% 1.3% 3.0%
55   Gray Catbird 4.0% 1.3% 2.6%
56   Swamp Sparrow 7.6% 0.9% 6.7%
57   Hermit Thrush 5.5% 0.9% 4.6%
58   Fish Crow 5.2% 0.9% 4.3%
59   Great Horned Owl 2.4% 0.9% 1.5%
60   Ring-billed Gull 49.9% 0.4% 49.5%
61   Rock Pigeon 30.9% 0.4% 30.4%
62   Brant 19.0% 0.4% 18.5%
63   Gadwall 15.3% 0.4% 14.8%
64   Mute Swan 14.0% 0.4% 13.6%
65   Peregrine Falcon 5.8% 0.4% 5.4%
66   Pied-billed Grebe 5.4% 0.4% 5.0%
67   Common Merganser 4.9% 0.4% 4.5%
68   Common Goldeneye 3.9% 0.4% 3.4%
69   Lesser Scaup 3.6% 0.4% 3.2%
70   Red-breasted Nuthatch 2.6% 0.4% 2.2%
71   Canvasback 2.2% 0.4% 1.7%
72   Brown-headed Cowbird 1.8% 0.4% 1.3%
73   Chipping Sparrow 1.4% 0.4% 1.0%
74   Purple Finch 1.3% 0.4% 0.9%
75   Redhead 1.2% 0.4% 0.8%
76   Pine Siskin 1.0% 0.4% 0.6%
77   Red-headed Woodpecker 0.7% 0.4% 0.3%
78   Eastern Screech-Owl 0.5% 0.4% 0.1%
79   Rough-legged Hawk 0.3% 0.4% 0.2%