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

based on 140 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Central Park--Shakespeare Garden 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   Blue Jay 39.8% 60.7% 20.9%
2   White-throated Sparrow 48.6% 56.4% 7.8%
3   Northern Saw-whet Owl 1.0% 51.4% 50.4%
4   House Sparrow 38.4% 48.6% 10.1%
5   Tufted Titmouse 21.2% 42.1% 20.9%
6   Northern Cardinal 40.1% 32.9% 7.2%
7   American Robin 29.6% 29.3% 0.3%
8   Barred Owl 1.3% 28.6% 27.3%
9   Red-bellied Woodpecker 28.7% 27.1% 1.5%
10   Red-tailed Hawk 24.6% 23.6% 1.0%
11   Great Horned Owl 2.4% 21.4% 19.1%
12   White-breasted Nuthatch 20.0% 20.0% 0.0%
13   European Starling 38.9% 17.1% 21.8%
14   Black-capped Chickadee 24.3% 15.0% 9.3%
15   Rock Pigeon 30.8% 14.3% 16.5%
16   Hermit Thrush 5.5% 13.6% 8.1%
17   Mourning Dove 36.2% 10.7% 25.5%
18   American Crow 20.6% 10.0% 10.6%
19   Mallard 48.4% 9.3% 39.1%
20   Eastern Towhee 2.5% 9.3% 6.7%
21   Carolina Wren 18.8% 8.6% 10.2%
22   Downy Woodpecker 30.7% 7.1% 23.6%
23   Northern Shoveler 14.8% 7.1% 7.7%
24   Gray Catbird 3.9% 7.1% 3.2%
25   Cooper's Hawk 10.8% 6.4% 4.4%
26   Ring-billed Gull 49.8% 5.7% 44.1%
27   Cedar Waxwing 3.6% 5.7% 2.1%
28   Canada Goose 51.7% 5.0% 46.7%
29   Common Grackle 5.5% 4.3% 1.2%
30   Red-breasted Nuthatch 2.6% 4.3% 1.7%
31   Herring Gull 42.0% 3.6% 38.4%
32   Song Sparrow 37.1% 3.6% 33.6%
33   Dark-eyed Junco 23.3% 3.6% 19.7%
34   Great Blue Heron 20.3% 3.6% 16.7%
35   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 8.3% 3.6% 4.8%
36   Brown Creeper 4.1% 3.6% 0.6%
37   American Kestrel 5.9% 2.9% 3.1%
38   Northern Mockingbird 28.5% 2.1% 26.3%
39   House Finch 16.5% 2.1% 14.3%
40   Winter Wren 5.0% 2.1% 2.8%
41   Wood Duck 3.8% 2.1% 1.6%
42   Red-shouldered Hawk 1.9% 2.1% 0.3%
43   Brown Thrasher 0.5% 2.1% 1.6%
44   Bufflehead 28.3% 1.4% 26.9%
45   American Goldfinch 20.5% 1.4% 19.1%
46   Hooded Merganser 18.9% 1.4% 17.4%
47   Double-crested Cormorant 18.0% 1.4% 16.5%
48   Northern Flicker 11.0% 1.4% 9.6%
49   American Coot 10.4% 1.4% 9.0%
50   Peregrine Falcon 5.8% 1.4% 4.4%
51   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 5.6% 1.4% 4.2%
52   Pine Siskin 1.0% 1.4% 0.4%
53   American Black Duck 26.7% 0.7% 26.0%
54   Red-breasted Merganser 14.9% 0.7% 14.2%
55   Fox Sparrow 9.8% 0.7% 9.1%
56   Red-winged Blackbird 9.2% 0.7% 8.5%
57   Pied-billed Grebe 5.4% 0.7% 4.7%
58   Northern Harrier 5.0% 0.7% 4.2%
59   Merlin 2.3% 0.7% 1.6%
60   Mandarin Duck 0.2% 0.7% 0.5%
61   Black-and-white Warbler 0.1% 0.7% 0.6%