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

based on 61 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Central Park--Maintenance Meadow 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 48.6% 82.0% 33.3%
2   Blue Jay 39.8% 72.1% 32.3%
3   House Sparrow 38.4% 67.2% 28.8%
4   Northern Cardinal 40.0% 63.9% 23.9%
5   Rock Pigeon 30.7% 55.7% 25.0%
6   Mallard 48.3% 52.5% 4.1%
7   Mourning Dove 36.1% 52.5% 16.3%
8   European Starling 38.9% 49.2% 10.3%
9   American Robin 29.5% 45.9% 16.4%
10   Canada Goose 51.6% 44.3% 7.4%
11   Downy Woodpecker 30.7% 39.3% 8.7%
12   Northern Shoveler 14.8% 39.3% 24.6%
13   Red-tailed Hawk 24.6% 36.1% 11.5%
14   Red-bellied Woodpecker 28.6% 32.8% 4.1%
15   Tufted Titmouse 21.3% 32.8% 11.5%
16   White-breasted Nuthatch 19.9% 26.2% 6.3%
17   Black-capped Chickadee 24.3% 23.0% 1.4%
18   Dark-eyed Junco 23.2% 23.0% 0.3%
19   Cooper's Hawk 10.8% 23.0% 12.2%
20   Carolina Wren 18.8% 21.3% 2.5%
21   House Finch 16.4% 21.3% 4.9%
22   Fox Sparrow 9.7% 19.7% 9.9%
23   Common Grackle 5.5% 18.0% 12.5%
24   Eastern Towhee 2.6% 16.4% 13.8%
25   Varied Thrush 0.2% 14.8% 14.6%
26   American Goldfinch 20.4% 11.5% 9.0%
27   Northern Flicker 11.0% 11.5% 0.5%
28   Great Horned Owl 2.4% 11.5% 9.1%
29   Northern Mockingbird 28.4% 9.8% 18.6%
30   Hermit Thrush 5.5% 9.8% 4.3%
31   Ring-billed Gull 49.7% 8.2% 41.5%
32   American Coot 10.4% 8.2% 2.2%
33   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 8.3% 8.2% 0.1%
34   Baltimore Oriole 0.4% 6.6% 6.1%
35   Herring Gull 42.0% 4.9% 37.0%
36   Bufflehead 28.2% 4.9% 23.3%
37   American Crow 20.6% 4.9% 15.7%
38   Red-winged Blackbird 9.2% 4.9% 4.3%
39   Gray Catbird 4.0% 4.9% 1.0%
40   Red-breasted Nuthatch 2.6% 4.9% 2.3%
41   Song Sparrow 37.1% 3.3% 33.8%
42   Hooded Merganser 18.8% 3.3% 15.5%
43   American Tree Sparrow 6.4% 3.3% 3.2%
44   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 5.6% 3.3% 2.3%
45   Sharp-shinned Hawk 3.2% 3.3% 0.0%
46   Brown-headed Cowbird 1.8% 3.3% 1.5%
47   Great Blue Heron 20.2% 1.6% 18.6%
48   Double-crested Cormorant 17.9% 1.6% 16.3%
49   Ruddy Duck 15.6% 1.6% 13.9%
50   Turkey Vulture 5.4% 1.6% 3.7%
51   Fish Crow 5.2% 1.6% 3.5%
52   Wood Duck 3.8% 1.6% 2.1%
53   Field Sparrow 1.9% 1.6% 0.2%
54   Red-shouldered Hawk 1.9% 1.6% 0.2%
55   Barred Owl 1.4% 1.6% 0.3%
56   Brown Thrasher 0.5% 1.6% 1.1%
57   Yellow-breasted Chat 0.4% 1.6% 1.3%