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Top Birds at Randalls Island in December
relative to other locations within 25 miles of 40.781243, -73.966507

based on 321 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 51.5% 91.9% 40.4%
2   Ring-billed Gull 49.0% 84.7% 35.7%
3   American Herring Gull 41.2% 81.0% 39.8%
4   Double-crested Cormorant 17.2% 77.3% 60.0%
5   Brant 18.2% 75.4% 57.2%
6   Mallard 47.4% 71.7% 24.2%
7   Great Black-backed Gull 28.3% 71.0% 42.7%
8   Gadwall 14.8% 69.5% 54.6%
9   European Starling 38.6% 68.2% 29.6%
10   Rock Pigeon 30.9% 65.4% 34.5%
11   Northern Mockingbird 28.3% 62.6% 34.3%
12   Song Sparrow 36.9% 61.7% 24.7%
13   House Sparrow 38.8% 54.8% 16.1%
14   Red-breasted Merganser 14.4% 51.1% 36.6%
15   Great Blue Heron 19.9% 48.3% 28.4%
16   Mourning Dove 36.6% 47.0% 10.4%
17   Belted Kingfisher 9.2% 46.7% 37.5%
18   White-throated Sparrow 49.2% 45.5% 3.7%
19   Bufflehead 27.7% 43.9% 16.2%
20   Red-tailed Hawk 24.6% 39.9% 15.3%
21   Downy Woodpecker 30.8% 38.6% 7.8%
22   Dark-eyed Junco 23.9% 35.8% 11.9%
23   Blue Jay 40.2% 34.0% 6.3%
24   Northern Cardinal 40.5% 32.4% 8.1%
25   American Crow 20.7% 32.4% 11.7%
26   American Robin 30.2% 30.8% 0.7%
27   Black-capped Chickadee 25.6% 30.8% 5.2%
28   House Finch 16.5% 27.1% 10.6%
29   Cooper's Hawk 11.2% 26.2% 15.0%
30   Great Cormorant 3.4% 25.9% 22.4%
31   American Kestrel 5.9% 21.8% 15.9%
32   American Goldfinch 20.1% 18.4% 1.8%
33   American Black Duck 26.6% 18.1% 8.5%
34   Red-bellied Woodpecker 29.1% 14.6% 14.4%
35   Tufted Titmouse 22.3% 14.6% 7.7%
36   Common Raven 4.9% 12.5% 7.6%
37   Swamp Sparrow 8.1% 12.1% 4.1%
38   Greater White-fronted Goose 0.6% 10.9% 10.3%
39   White-breasted Nuthatch 21.2% 10.6% 10.6%
40   Ruddy Duck 15.4% 10.3% 5.2%
41   Northern Flicker 10.9% 10.0% 0.9%
42   Common Goldeneye 3.6% 10.0% 6.3%
43   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 0.1% 10.0% 9.9%
44   Northern Shoveler 14.6% 7.8% 6.8%
45   Mute Swan 13.8% 7.8% 6.0%
46   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 8.5% 7.8% 0.8%
47   Orange-crowned Warbler 2.0% 7.5% 5.5%
48   Peregrine Falcon 5.6% 7.2% 1.6%
49   Pied-billed Grebe 5.0% 7.2% 2.1%
50   Black-crowned Night-Heron 1.5% 7.2% 5.7%
51   Ruddy Turnstone 0.5% 6.9% 6.4%
52   Palm Warbler 0.7% 6.5% 5.8%
53   Black-chinned Hummingbird 0.0% 6.5% 6.5%
54   Red-throated Loon 6.5% 6.2% 0.3%
55   American Tree Sparrow 6.2% 6.2% 0.0%
56   Snow Goose 2.2% 5.9% 3.8%
57   Horned Lark 2.6% 5.3% 2.7%
58   Carolina Wren 19.2% 4.7% 14.6%
59   Yellow-rumped Warbler 6.8% 4.7% 2.2%
60   Fox Sparrow 9.9% 4.4% 5.6%
61   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 5.7% 4.4% 1.4%
62   Bald Eagle 5.0% 4.4% 0.7%
63   Brown Creeper 4.3% 4.4% 0.1%
64   Hermit Thrush 5.8% 4.0% 1.7%
65   Cedar Waxwing 3.4% 4.0% 0.6%
66   American Coot 10.3% 3.7% 6.5%
67   Common Grackle 5.4% 3.7% 1.6%
68   Golden-crowned Kinglet 4.7% 3.7% 0.9%
69   Chipping Sparrow 1.4% 3.4% 2.0%
70   American Pipit 1.0% 3.4% 2.4%
71   Iceland Gull 0.5% 3.4% 2.9%
72   Hooded Merganser 18.8% 3.1% 15.7%
73   Fish Crow 5.5% 3.1% 2.4%
74   Black-headed Gull 0.4% 3.1% 2.7%
75   Red-winged Blackbird 9.3% 2.8% 6.5%
76   Merlin 2.4% 2.8% 0.4%
77   Killdeer 2.1% 2.8% 0.7%
78   Brown-headed Cowbird 1.7% 2.8% 1.1%
79   Glaucous Gull 0.3% 2.8% 2.5%
80   Common Loon 8.6% 2.5% 6.1%
81   Lesser Scaup 3.6% 2.2% 1.4%
82   Field Sparrow 1.8% 2.2% 0.4%
83   Short-billed Gull 0.1% 1.9% 1.8%
84   Greater Scaup 6.7% 1.6% 5.1%
85   Savannah Sparrow 2.1% 1.6% 0.6%
86   Lesser Black-backed Gull 0.7% 1.6% 0.9%
87   Green-winged Teal 5.2% 1.2% 4.0%
88   Wood Duck 4.1% 1.2% 2.9%
89   Hairy Woodpecker 9.3% 0.9% 8.4%
90   Long-tailed Duck 6.1% 0.9% 5.2%
91   Turkey Vulture 5.4% 0.9% 4.4%
92   Gray Catbird 3.8% 0.9% 2.8%
93   Great Horned Owl 2.3% 0.9% 1.3%
94   Red-shouldered Hawk 1.9% 0.9% 1.0%
95   Baltimore Oriole 0.4% 0.9% 0.5%
96   Grasshopper Sparrow 0.0% 0.9% 0.9%
97   Northern Harrier 4.8% 0.6% 4.2%
98   Northern Pintail 3.2% 0.6% 2.6%
99   Snow Bunting 2.0% 0.6% 1.4%
100   Great Egret 1.5% 0.6% 0.9%
101   Prairie Warbler 0.1% 0.6% 0.6%
102   Common Merganser 4.8% 0.3% 4.5%
103   Ring-necked Duck 3.9% 0.3% 3.6%
104   Sharp-shinned Hawk 3.2% 0.3% 2.9%
105   Red-breasted Nuthatch 2.6% 0.3% 2.3%
106   White-winged Scoter 2.1% 0.3% 1.8%
107   Greater Yellowlegs 1.6% 0.3% 1.3%
108   Pine Siskin 0.9% 0.3% 0.6%
109   Common Yellowthroat 0.6% 0.3% 0.3%
110   Laughing Gull 0.6% 0.3% 0.3%
111   Lapland Longspur 0.4% 0.3% 0.0%
112   Nashville Warbler 0.3% 0.3% 0.0%
113   Lincoln's Sparrow 0.2% 0.3% 0.1%
114   Black-and-white Warbler 0.1% 0.3% 0.2%
115   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 0.0% 0.3% 0.3%
116   Tennessee Warbler 0.0% 0.3% 0.3%