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

based on 76 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Central Park--The Lake 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 48.3% 82.9% 34.6%
2   Northern Shoveler 14.7% 73.7% 59.0%
3   Canada Goose 51.6% 64.5% 12.9%
4   House Sparrow 38.4% 57.9% 19.5%
5   Blue Jay 39.8% 53.9% 14.1%
6   White-throated Sparrow 48.7% 43.4% 5.2%
7   Northern Cardinal 40.1% 32.9% 7.2%
8   Rock Pigeon 30.7% 32.9% 2.2%
9   European Starling 38.9% 26.3% 12.6%
10   Red-tailed Hawk 24.6% 25.0% 0.4%
11   Tufted Titmouse 21.3% 25.0% 3.7%
12   Red-bellied Woodpecker 28.7% 19.7% 8.9%
13   Ring-billed Gull 49.7% 18.4% 31.3%
14   American Robin 29.6% 17.1% 12.5%
15   Black-capped Chickadee 24.3% 15.8% 8.5%
16   Mourning Dove 36.2% 13.2% 23.0%
17   Common Grackle 5.5% 9.2% 3.7%
18   Song Sparrow 37.1% 7.9% 29.2%
19   Downy Woodpecker 30.7% 7.9% 22.8%
20   American Goldfinch 20.4% 7.9% 12.6%
21   White-breasted Nuthatch 20.0% 7.9% 12.1%
22   Hooded Merganser 18.8% 7.9% 10.9%
23   American Coot 10.4% 7.9% 2.5%
24   Herring Gull 42.0% 6.6% 35.4%
25   American Black Duck 26.7% 6.6% 20.1%
26   Ruddy Duck 15.6% 6.6% 9.0%
27   Dark-eyed Junco 23.3% 5.3% 18.0%
28   Great Blue Heron 20.2% 5.3% 15.0%
29   Fox Sparrow 9.8% 3.9% 5.8%
30   Hermit Thrush 5.5% 3.9% 1.6%
31   Bufflehead 28.2% 2.6% 25.6%
32   American Crow 20.6% 2.6% 18.0%
33   Gadwall 15.2% 2.6% 12.6%
34   Hairy Woodpecker 9.2% 2.6% 6.6%
35   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 8.3% 2.6% 5.7%
36   American Kestrel 5.9% 2.6% 3.3%
37   Pied-billed Grebe 5.4% 2.6% 2.8%
38   Golden-crowned Kinglet 4.3% 2.6% 1.7%
39   Wood Duck 3.8% 2.6% 1.1%
40   Barred Owl 1.4% 2.6% 1.3%
41   Black-and-white Warbler 0.1% 2.6% 2.6%
42   Great Black-backed Gull 29.5% 1.3% 28.1%
43   Northern Mockingbird 28.4% 1.3% 27.1%
44   Brant 18.9% 1.3% 17.6%
45   Carolina Wren 18.8% 1.3% 17.5%
46   House Finch 16.4% 1.3% 15.1%
47   Cooper's Hawk 10.8% 1.3% 9.5%
48   Swamp Sparrow 7.6% 1.3% 6.3%
49   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 5.6% 1.3% 4.3%
50   Common Raven 4.5% 1.3% 3.2%
51   Brown Creeper 4.1% 1.3% 2.8%
52   Sharp-shinned Hawk 3.3% 1.3% 1.9%
53   Eastern Towhee 2.6% 1.3% 1.3%
54   Great Horned Owl 2.4% 1.3% 1.1%