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Top Birds at Randalls Island in December
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA

based on 281 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Randalls 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   Canada Goose 51.4% 92.2% 40.8%
2   Ring-billed Gull 49.5% 84.7% 35.2%
3   Herring Gull 41.7% 83.6% 42.0%
4   Double-crested Cormorant 17.6% 80.4% 62.9%
5   Brant 18.6% 77.2% 58.7%
6   Great Black-backed Gull 29.2% 73.7% 44.5%
7   Mallard 48.2% 72.6% 24.4%
8   Gadwall 14.9% 72.2% 57.4%
9   European Starling 38.7% 69.0% 30.3%
10   Rock Pigeon 30.5% 68.0% 37.5%
11   Song Sparrow 36.9% 64.4% 27.5%
12   Northern Mockingbird 28.2% 64.1% 35.9%
13   House Sparrow 38.4% 55.5% 17.1%
14   Red-breasted Merganser 14.7% 53.0% 38.3%
15   Great Blue Heron 20.0% 50.9% 30.9%
16   Belted Kingfisher 9.3% 48.0% 38.7%
17   White-throated Sparrow 48.7% 45.9% 2.8%
18   Mourning Dove 36.1% 44.8% 8.8%
19   Bufflehead 28.1% 42.7% 14.6%
20   Red-tailed Hawk 24.5% 42.3% 17.9%
21   Downy Woodpecker 30.6% 38.8% 8.2%
22   Dark-eyed Junco 23.2% 35.2% 12.1%
23   Blue Jay 39.9% 33.8% 6.1%
24   Northern Cardinal 40.1% 32.0% 8.1%
25   American Crow 20.6% 31.7% 11.1%
26   American Robin 29.6% 29.9% 0.3%
27   Black-capped Chickadee 24.3% 29.5% 5.3%
28   Great Cormorant 3.6% 28.8% 25.2%
29   House Finch 16.4% 27.0% 10.7%
30   Cooper's Hawk 10.7% 25.6% 14.9%
31   American Kestrel 5.8% 22.4% 16.6%
32   American Black Duck 26.7% 18.9% 7.9%
33   American Goldfinch 20.4% 18.5% 1.9%
34   Red-bellied Woodpecker 28.7% 13.9% 14.9%
35   Swamp Sparrow 7.6% 13.2% 5.6%
36   Tufted Titmouse 21.4% 12.8% 8.5%
37   Common Raven 4.5% 12.5% 8.0%
38   Greater White-fronted Goose 0.5% 12.5% 11.9%
39   Ruddy Duck 15.6% 11.4% 4.2%
40   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 0.1% 11.4% 11.3%
41   Common Goldeneye 3.8% 11.0% 7.2%
42   White-breasted Nuthatch 20.0% 9.3% 10.8%
43   Northern Shoveler 14.9% 8.2% 6.7%
44   Northern Flicker 11.0% 8.2% 2.8%
45   Pied-billed Grebe 5.4% 8.2% 2.8%
46   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 8.3% 7.8% 0.5%
47   Orange-crowned Warbler 1.9% 7.8% 5.9%
48   Black-crowned Night-Heron 1.5% 7.8% 6.3%
49   Ruddy Turnstone 0.5% 7.8% 7.3%
50   Black-chinned Hummingbird 0.0% 7.5% 7.4%
51   Peregrine Falcon 5.8% 7.1% 1.3%
52   Palm Warbler 0.7% 7.1% 6.4%
53   Red-throated Loon 6.9% 6.4% 0.5%
54   American Tree Sparrow 6.4% 6.0% 0.4%
55   Mute Swan 14.0% 5.3% 8.7%
56   Fox Sparrow 9.8% 4.6% 5.2%
57   Yellow-rumped Warbler 6.9% 4.6% 2.2%
58   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 5.6% 4.6% 1.0%
59   Cedar Waxwing 3.6% 4.6% 1.0%
60   American Coot 10.4% 4.3% 6.1%
61   Bald Eagle 4.8% 4.3% 0.6%
62   Snow Goose 2.2% 4.3% 2.1%
63   Carolina Wren 18.9% 3.9% 15.0%
64   Common Grackle 5.5% 3.9% 1.6%
65   Golden-crowned Kinglet 4.3% 3.9% 0.4%
66   Brown Creeper 4.1% 3.9% 0.2%
67   American Pipit 1.0% 3.9% 2.9%
68   Iceland Gull 0.6% 3.9% 3.4%
69   Hermit Thrush 5.5% 3.6% 2.0%
70   Horned Lark 2.7% 3.6% 0.8%
71   Black-headed Gull 0.5% 3.6% 3.1%
72   Hooded Merganser 18.9% 3.2% 15.7%
73   Fish Crow 5.2% 3.2% 2.0%
74   Brown-headed Cowbird 1.8% 3.2% 1.4%
75   Chipping Sparrow 1.4% 3.2% 1.8%
76   Glaucous Gull 0.3% 3.2% 2.9%
77   Common Loon 9.1% 2.8% 6.2%
78   Killdeer 1.8% 2.8% 1.0%
79   Lesser Scaup 3.6% 2.5% 1.1%
80   Red-winged Blackbird 9.2% 2.1% 7.1%
81   Merlin 2.3% 2.1% 0.2%
82   Short-billed Gull 0.1% 2.1% 2.0%
83   Greater Scaup 6.8% 1.8% 5.0%
84   Savannah Sparrow 2.1% 1.8% 0.4%
85   Lesser Black-backed Gull 0.6% 1.8% 1.2%
86   Green-winged Teal 5.2% 1.4% 3.8%
87   Wood Duck 3.8% 1.4% 2.4%
88   Field Sparrow 1.9% 1.4% 0.5%
89   Hairy Woodpecker 9.3% 1.1% 8.2%
90   Long-tailed Duck 6.3% 1.1% 5.3%
91   Turkey Vulture 5.4% 1.1% 4.3%
92   Great Horned Owl 2.4% 1.1% 1.4%
93   Baltimore Oriole 0.4% 1.1% 0.6%
94   Grasshopper Sparrow 0.0% 1.1% 1.1%
95   Northern Harrier 5.0% 0.7% 4.3%
96   Gray Catbird 4.0% 0.7% 3.3%
97   Snow Bunting 2.1% 0.7% 1.3%
98   Red-shouldered Hawk 1.9% 0.7% 1.2%
99   Great Egret 1.6% 0.7% 0.9%
100   Prairie Warbler 0.0% 0.7% 0.7%
101   Common Merganser 4.9% 0.4% 4.6%
102   Ring-necked Duck 4.0% 0.4% 3.6%
103   Northern Pintail 3.3% 0.4% 2.9%
104   Sharp-shinned Hawk 3.3% 0.4% 2.9%
105   Red-breasted Nuthatch 2.6% 0.4% 2.3%
106   White-winged Scoter 2.1% 0.4% 1.7%
107   Greater Yellowlegs 1.6% 0.4% 1.3%
108   Common Yellowthroat 0.6% 0.4% 0.3%
109   Laughing Gull 0.6% 0.4% 0.2%
110   Nashville Warbler 0.3% 0.4% 0.1%
111   Lincoln's Sparrow 0.2% 0.4% 0.1%
112   Black-and-white Warbler 0.1% 0.4% 0.3%
113   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 0.0% 0.4% 0.3%
114   Tennessee Warbler 0.0% 0.4% 0.3%