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Top Birds at Pelham Bay Park--Hunter Island in December
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA

based on 170 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Pelham Bay Park--Hunter Island 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 39.7% 79.4% 39.7%
2   Bufflehead 28.0% 78.8% 50.8%
3   Canada Goose 51.5% 75.9% 24.4%
4   Red-breasted Merganser 14.7% 75.9% 61.2%
5   Red-bellied Woodpecker 28.5% 70.0% 41.5%
6   White-throated Sparrow 48.6% 68.2% 19.6%
7   American Black Duck 26.5% 67.6% 41.1%
8   Mallard 48.3% 66.5% 18.2%
9   Ring-billed Gull 49.6% 62.9% 13.3%
10   Herring Gull 41.8% 58.8% 17.0%
11   Brant 18.7% 58.2% 39.5%
12   White-breasted Nuthatch 19.8% 56.5% 36.6%
13   Great Black-backed Gull 29.3% 52.4% 23.0%
14   Downy Woodpecker 30.6% 51.8% 21.2%
15   Greater Scaup 6.6% 51.2% 44.6%
16   Song Sparrow 37.0% 48.8% 11.8%
17   Tufted Titmouse 21.2% 47.1% 25.8%
18   Northern Cardinal 40.0% 46.5% 6.4%
19   Black-capped Chickadee 24.2% 46.5% 22.2%
20   Great Blue Heron 20.1% 42.9% 22.8%
21   American Robin 29.5% 40.6% 11.1%
22   Mourning Dove 36.1% 34.7% 1.4%
23   Red-tailed Hawk 24.5% 34.7% 10.2%
24   European Starling 38.9% 32.4% 6.5%
25   House Sparrow 38.5% 32.4% 6.1%
26   Gadwall 15.2% 32.4% 17.2%
27   Common Loon 9.0% 30.6% 21.6%
28   Carolina Wren 18.8% 25.3% 6.5%
29   Northern Mockingbird 28.4% 24.7% 3.7%
30   Double-crested Cormorant 17.9% 24.7% 6.8%
31   American Goldfinch 20.4% 23.5% 3.1%
32   Common Goldeneye 3.8% 23.5% 19.7%
33   Mute Swan 13.9% 22.4% 8.4%
34   Belted Kingfisher 9.5% 22.4% 12.8%
35   Hairy Woodpecker 9.2% 22.4% 13.2%
36   Northern Flicker 10.9% 20.6% 9.7%
37   Great Horned Owl 2.4% 20.0% 17.6%
38   Dark-eyed Junco 23.3% 18.8% 4.4%
39   Barred Owl 1.3% 17.6% 16.3%
40   American Crow 20.6% 17.1% 3.6%
41   Long-tailed Duck 6.3% 15.9% 9.6%
42   Fox Sparrow 9.7% 14.7% 5.0%
43   American Wigeon 6.2% 14.1% 8.0%
44   Rock Pigeon 30.8% 13.5% 17.3%
45   Lesser Scaup 3.6% 13.5% 9.9%
46   Red-throated Loon 6.9% 12.9% 6.1%
47   Surf Scoter 2.3% 12.9% 10.6%
48   Eastern Towhee 2.5% 11.8% 9.2%
49   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 8.3% 11.2% 2.9%
50   American Tree Sparrow 6.4% 10.6% 4.2%
51   Swamp Sparrow 7.6% 8.8% 1.2%
52   Horned Grebe 5.3% 8.8% 3.6%
53   Brown Creeper 4.1% 7.6% 3.5%
54   Great Egret 1.5% 7.6% 6.1%
55   Golden-crowned Kinglet 4.3% 7.1% 2.7%
56   Great Cormorant 3.8% 7.1% 3.3%
57   Hooded Merganser 18.8% 6.5% 12.4%
58   Pied-billed Grebe 5.4% 6.5% 1.1%
59   Red-winged Blackbird 9.2% 5.9% 3.3%
60   Peregrine Falcon 5.8% 5.9% 0.1%
61   Common Grackle 5.5% 5.9% 0.4%
62   Winter Wren 4.9% 5.9% 0.9%
63   Bald Eagle 4.8% 5.9% 1.1%
64   Common Raven 4.5% 5.9% 1.4%
65   Fish Crow 5.2% 4.7% 0.5%
66   Killdeer 1.8% 4.7% 2.9%
67   Pileated Woodpecker 1.4% 4.7% 3.3%
68   White-winged Scoter 2.0% 4.1% 2.1%
69   Hermit Thrush 5.5% 3.5% 2.0%
70   Northern Harrier 5.0% 2.9% 2.0%
71   Sharp-shinned Hawk 3.2% 2.9% 0.3%
72   Merlin 2.3% 2.9% 0.6%
73   Cooper's Hawk 10.8% 2.4% 8.5%
74   American Kestrel 5.9% 2.4% 3.6%
75   Turkey Vulture 5.4% 2.4% 3.0%
76   Common Merganser 4.9% 2.4% 2.5%
77   Cedar Waxwing 3.7% 2.4% 1.3%
78   Black Scoter 2.6% 2.4% 0.3%
79   Snow Goose 2.2% 2.4% 0.2%
80   Purple Sandpiper 1.7% 2.4% 0.7%
81   Snowy Owl 1.0% 2.4% 1.4%
82   Boat-tailed Grackle 0.2% 2.4% 2.1%
83   House Finch 16.5% 1.8% 14.7%
84   Ruddy Duck 15.6% 1.8% 13.9%
85   American Coot 10.4% 1.8% 8.6%
86   Yellow-rumped Warbler 6.9% 1.8% 5.1%
87   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 5.6% 1.8% 3.9%
88   Monk Parakeet 1.6% 1.8% 0.1%
89   Northern Saw-whet Owl 1.2% 1.8% 0.6%
90   Red-headed Woodpecker 0.7% 1.8% 1.1%
91   Brown Thrasher 0.5% 1.8% 1.3%
92   Gray Catbird 4.0% 1.2% 2.8%
93   Horned Lark 2.7% 1.2% 1.6%
94   Red-breasted Nuthatch 2.6% 1.2% 1.4%
95   Canvasback 2.2% 1.2% 1.0%
96   Orange-crowned Warbler 1.9% 1.2% 0.7%
97   Redhead 1.2% 1.2% 0.1%
98   Eastern Bluebird 1.0% 1.2% 0.2%
99   Northern Shoveler 14.9% 0.6% 14.3%
100   Green-winged Teal 5.2% 0.6% 4.6%
101   Northern Pintail 3.3% 0.6% 2.7%
102   Field Sparrow 1.9% 0.6% 1.3%
103   Black-crowned Night-Heron 1.5% 0.6% 1.0%
104   Chipping Sparrow 1.4% 0.6% 0.8%
105   Lesser Black-backed Gull 0.6% 0.6% 0.0%
106   Ruddy Turnstone 0.5% 0.6% 0.0%
107   Red-necked Grebe 0.5% 0.6% 0.1%
108   American Goshawk 0.1% 0.6% 0.5%