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Top Birds at Great Kills Park--Mudflats in December
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA

based on 75 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Great Kills Park--Mudflats 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   Bufflehead 28.1% 81.3% 53.2%
2   American Black Duck 26.6% 77.3% 50.7%
3   Herring Gull 41.9% 72.0% 30.1%
4   Horned Grebe 5.2% 72.0% 66.8%
5   Ring-billed Gull 49.7% 61.3% 11.7%
6   Brant 18.8% 58.7% 39.8%
7   King Eider 0.5% 57.3% 56.9%
8   Great Black-backed Gull 29.4% 56.0% 26.6%
9   Canada Goose 51.6% 52.0% 0.4%
10   Greater Scaup 6.7% 50.7% 44.0%
11   Mallard 48.3% 41.3% 7.0%
12   Red-throated Loon 6.8% 40.0% 33.2%
13   Red-breasted Merganser 14.9% 36.0% 21.1%
14   Song Sparrow 37.1% 32.0% 5.1%
15   Double-crested Cormorant 17.9% 32.0% 14.1%
16   Common Loon 9.0% 29.3% 20.3%
17   Turkey Vulture 5.3% 29.3% 24.0%
18   Northern Gannet 3.1% 29.3% 26.2%
19   Yellow-rumped Warbler 6.8% 26.7% 19.8%
20   Common Goldeneye 3.8% 24.0% 20.2%
21   Northern Mockingbird 28.4% 20.0% 8.4%
22   European Starling 38.9% 16.0% 22.9%
23   Northern Cardinal 40.1% 14.7% 25.4%
24   Mourning Dove 36.2% 14.7% 21.5%
25   Great Blue Heron 20.2% 14.7% 5.5%
26   Long-tailed Duck 6.3% 12.0% 5.7%
27   Gadwall 15.2% 10.7% 4.6%
28   American Tree Sparrow 6.4% 10.7% 4.2%
29   Horned Lark 2.7% 10.7% 8.0%
30   Black Scoter 2.6% 10.7% 8.0%
31   Carolina Wren 18.8% 9.3% 9.5%
32   Black Vulture 1.3% 9.3% 8.0%
33   Downy Woodpecker 30.7% 8.0% 22.7%
34   White-throated Sparrow 48.7% 6.7% 42.1%
35   House Sparrow 38.5% 6.7% 31.8%
36   Northern Flicker 11.0% 6.7% 4.3%
37   Peregrine Falcon 5.8% 6.7% 0.9%
38   Sanderling 3.2% 6.7% 3.5%
39   Rock Pigeon 30.8% 5.3% 25.4%
40   American Robin 29.6% 5.3% 24.3%
41   American Crow 20.6% 5.3% 15.3%
42   Belted Kingfisher 9.6% 5.3% 4.2%
43   Bald Eagle 4.8% 5.3% 0.5%
44   Tree Swallow 1.0% 5.3% 4.4%
45   Red-tailed Hawk 24.6% 4.0% 20.6%
46   American Goldfinch 20.5% 4.0% 16.5%
47   Hooded Merganser 18.8% 4.0% 14.8%
48   Great Cormorant 3.8% 4.0% 0.2%
49   Lesser Scaup 3.6% 4.0% 0.4%
50   Gray Kingbird 0.2% 4.0% 3.8%
51   Blue Jay 39.9% 2.7% 37.2%
52   Black-capped Chickadee 24.3% 2.7% 21.7%
53   Northern Shoveler 14.8% 2.7% 12.2%
54   Northern Harrier 5.0% 2.7% 2.3%
55   Snow Goose 2.2% 2.7% 0.5%
56   Killdeer 1.8% 2.7% 0.8%
57   Dunlin 1.6% 2.7% 1.1%
58   American Pipit 1.0% 2.7% 1.7%
59   Laughing Gull 0.6% 2.7% 2.1%
60   Ruddy Turnstone 0.5% 2.7% 2.1%
61   Least Sandpiper 0.0% 2.7% 2.7%
62   Red-bellied Woodpecker 28.7% 1.3% 27.4%
63   Dark-eyed Junco 23.3% 1.3% 21.9%
64   House Finch 16.4% 1.3% 15.1%
65   Ruddy Duck 15.6% 1.3% 14.3%
66   Mute Swan 14.0% 1.3% 12.6%
67   Cooper's Hawk 10.8% 1.3% 9.5%
68   American Coot 10.4% 1.3% 9.1%
69   Fox Sparrow 9.8% 1.3% 8.4%
70   Red-winged Blackbird 9.2% 1.3% 7.9%
71   Swamp Sparrow 7.6% 1.3% 6.3%
72   American Wigeon 6.2% 1.3% 4.9%
73   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 5.6% 1.3% 4.3%
74   Pied-billed Grebe 5.4% 1.3% 4.1%
75   Green-winged Teal 5.2% 1.3% 3.8%
76   Common Merganser 4.9% 1.3% 3.6%
77   Common Raven 4.5% 1.3% 3.2%
78   Surf Scoter 2.3% 1.3% 1.0%
79   Orange-crowned Warbler 1.9% 1.3% 0.6%
80   Field Sparrow 1.9% 1.3% 0.5%
81   Red-shouldered Hawk 1.9% 1.3% 0.5%
82   Snowy Owl 1.0% 1.3% 0.4%
83   Palm Warbler 0.8% 1.3% 0.6%
84   Lesser Black-backed Gull 0.6% 1.3% 0.7%
85   Brown Thrasher 0.5% 1.3% 0.8%
86   Boat-tailed Grackle 0.2% 1.3% 1.1%
87   Red Crossbill 0.1% 1.3% 1.2%