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Top Birds at Pelham Bay Park--Orchard Beach & parking lot in December
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA

based on 93 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Pelham Bay Park--Orchard Beach & parking lot 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   Ring-billed Gull 49.6% 80.6% 31.0%
2   Bufflehead 28.1% 78.5% 50.4%
3   Canada Goose 51.6% 74.2% 22.6%
4   Herring Gull 41.9% 72.0% 30.2%
5   Blue Jay 39.8% 58.1% 18.3%
6   Great Black-backed Gull 29.4% 57.0% 27.6%
7   Red-breasted Merganser 14.8% 57.0% 42.2%
8   Greater Scaup 6.7% 55.9% 49.2%
9   American Black Duck 26.6% 52.7% 26.1%
10   Mallard 48.3% 51.6% 3.3%
11   Brant 18.8% 50.5% 31.7%
12   Red-bellied Woodpecker 28.6% 40.9% 12.2%
13   Surf Scoter 2.3% 36.6% 34.3%
14   Common Loon 9.0% 33.3% 24.3%
15   European Starling 38.9% 32.3% 6.6%
16   Song Sparrow 37.1% 30.1% 7.0%
17   White-throated Sparrow 48.7% 29.0% 19.7%
18   Double-crested Cormorant 17.9% 28.0% 10.1%
19   House Sparrow 38.5% 25.8% 12.7%
20   Tufted Titmouse 21.3% 25.8% 4.5%
21   Downy Woodpecker 30.7% 24.7% 6.0%
22   Common Goldeneye 3.8% 23.7% 19.8%
23   Mourning Dove 36.2% 22.6% 13.6%
24   Black-capped Chickadee 24.3% 22.6% 1.7%
25   Rock Pigeon 30.7% 21.5% 9.2%
26   White-breasted Nuthatch 20.0% 21.5% 1.6%
27   Red-throated Loon 6.9% 19.4% 12.5%
28   Northern Cardinal 40.1% 18.3% 21.8%
29   Mute Swan 13.9% 18.3% 4.3%
30   Great Blue Heron 20.2% 17.2% 3.0%
31   Carolina Wren 18.8% 17.2% 1.6%
32   Northern Mockingbird 28.4% 16.1% 12.3%
33   Long-tailed Duck 6.3% 16.1% 9.8%
34   American Robin 29.6% 15.1% 14.5%
35   American Goldfinch 20.4% 15.1% 5.4%
36   Gadwall 15.2% 15.1% 0.2%
37   American Crow 20.6% 14.0% 6.7%
38   Red-tailed Hawk 24.6% 9.7% 14.9%
39   Dark-eyed Junco 23.3% 8.6% 14.7%
40   Hooded Merganser 18.8% 8.6% 10.2%
41   Northern Flicker 11.0% 8.6% 2.4%
42   Peregrine Falcon 5.8% 7.5% 1.7%
43   Lesser Scaup 3.6% 7.5% 3.9%
44   Barred Owl 1.4% 7.5% 6.2%
45   Hairy Woodpecker 9.2% 6.5% 2.8%
46   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 8.3% 6.5% 1.9%
47   Common Grackle 5.5% 6.5% 0.9%
48   Great Cormorant 3.8% 6.5% 2.7%
49   Merlin 2.3% 6.5% 4.1%
50   White-winged Scoter 2.0% 6.5% 4.4%
51   Great Egret 1.6% 6.5% 4.9%
52   Belted Kingfisher 9.6% 5.4% 4.2%
53   Horned Grebe 5.3% 5.4% 0.1%
54   Cooper's Hawk 10.8% 4.3% 6.5%
55   Fox Sparrow 9.8% 4.3% 5.5%
56   Red-winged Blackbird 9.2% 4.3% 4.9%
57   Swamp Sparrow 7.6% 4.3% 3.3%
58   American Wigeon 6.2% 4.3% 1.9%
59   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 5.6% 4.3% 1.3%
60   Black Scoter 2.6% 4.3% 1.7%
61   Snow Goose 2.2% 4.3% 2.1%
62   Pied-billed Grebe 5.4% 3.2% 2.2%
63   Turkey Vulture 5.4% 3.2% 2.1%
64   Bald Eagle 4.8% 3.2% 1.6%
65   Common Raven 4.5% 3.2% 1.3%
66   Barrow's Goldeneye 0.1% 3.2% 3.1%
67   Ruddy Duck 15.6% 2.2% 13.4%
68   Northern Shoveler 14.8% 2.2% 12.7%
69   American Kestrel 5.9% 2.2% 3.8%
70   Green-winged Teal 5.2% 2.2% 3.0%
71   Golden-crowned Kinglet 4.3% 2.2% 2.2%
72   Brown Creeper 4.1% 2.2% 2.0%
73   Sharp-shinned Hawk 3.2% 2.2% 1.1%
74   Great Horned Owl 2.4% 2.2% 0.3%
75   Monk Parakeet 1.6% 2.2% 0.5%
76   Pileated Woodpecker 1.4% 2.2% 0.8%
77   Laughing Gull 0.6% 2.2% 1.6%
78   American Tree Sparrow 6.5% 1.1% 5.4%
79   Fish Crow 5.2% 1.1% 4.1%
80   Northern Harrier 5.0% 1.1% 3.9%
81   Winter Wren 5.0% 1.1% 3.9%
82   Cedar Waxwing 3.7% 1.1% 2.6%
83   Northern Pintail 3.3% 1.1% 2.2%
84   Eastern Towhee 2.6% 1.1% 1.5%
85   Red-shouldered Hawk 1.9% 1.1% 0.8%
86   Purple Sandpiper 1.7% 1.1% 0.6%
87   Dunlin 1.6% 1.1% 0.5%
88   Chipping Sparrow 1.4% 1.1% 0.4%
89   Snowy Owl 1.0% 1.1% 0.1%
90   Tree Swallow 1.0% 1.1% 0.1%
91   Razorbill 0.3% 1.1% 0.8%
92   Boat-tailed Grackle 0.2% 1.1% 0.8%
93   House Wren 0.1% 1.1% 0.9%
94   Semipalmated Plover 0.0% 1.1% 1.0%