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

based on 100 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at New York Botanical Garden 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 39.8% 79.0% 39.2%
2   American Robin 29.5% 68.0% 38.5%
3   Dark-eyed Junco 23.2% 61.0% 37.8%
4   Red-tailed Hawk 24.5% 60.0% 35.5%
5   White-throated Sparrow 48.6% 59.0% 10.4%
6   Northern Cardinal 40.0% 58.0% 18.0%
7   Black-capped Chickadee 24.2% 55.0% 30.8%
8   Mourning Dove 36.1% 54.0% 17.9%
9   Red-bellied Woodpecker 28.6% 53.0% 24.4%
10   Tufted Titmouse 21.2% 50.0% 28.8%
11   White-breasted Nuthatch 19.9% 48.0% 28.1%
12   House Sparrow 38.5% 43.0% 4.5%
13   Song Sparrow 37.0% 41.0% 4.0%
14   Mallard 48.3% 40.0% 8.3%
15   Northern Mockingbird 28.4% 37.0% 8.6%
16   American Goldfinch 20.4% 35.0% 14.6%
17   Downy Woodpecker 30.7% 32.0% 1.3%
18   Fox Sparrow 9.7% 30.0% 20.3%
19   House Finch 16.4% 29.0% 12.6%
20   American Crow 20.6% 26.0% 5.4%
21   Cooper's Hawk 10.7% 25.0% 14.3%
22   European Starling 38.9% 21.0% 17.9%
23   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 8.3% 19.0% 10.7%
24   Red-winged Blackbird 9.2% 18.0% 8.8%
25   Canada Goose 51.7% 17.0% 34.7%
26   Hairy Woodpecker 9.2% 17.0% 7.8%
27   Hermit Thrush 5.5% 17.0% 11.5%
28   Red-breasted Nuthatch 2.6% 16.0% 13.4%
29   Golden-crowned Kinglet 4.3% 14.0% 9.7%
30   Herring Gull 42.0% 13.0% 29.0%
31   Rusty Blackbird 1.9% 12.0% 10.1%
32   Swamp Sparrow 7.6% 11.0% 3.4%
33   Common Grackle 5.5% 11.0% 5.5%
34   Ring-billed Gull 49.8% 10.0% 39.8%
35   Great Blue Heron 20.2% 10.0% 10.2%
36   Wood Duck 3.8% 10.0% 6.2%
37   Great Horned Owl 2.4% 10.0% 7.6%
38   Common Raven 4.5% 9.0% 4.5%
39   Rock Pigeon 30.8% 8.0% 22.8%
40   Hooded Merganser 18.8% 8.0% 10.8%
41   Carolina Wren 18.8% 8.0% 10.8%
42   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 5.6% 8.0% 2.4%
43   Brown Creeper 4.1% 8.0% 3.9%
44   Sharp-shinned Hawk 3.2% 8.0% 4.8%
45   Northern Flicker 11.0% 7.0% 4.0%
46   Peregrine Falcon 5.8% 7.0% 1.2%
47   Winter Wren 4.9% 7.0% 2.1%
48   Gray Catbird 4.0% 5.0% 1.0%
49   Wild Turkey 1.4% 5.0% 3.6%
50   Cedar Waxwing 3.7% 4.0% 0.3%
51   Eastern Towhee 2.6% 4.0% 1.4%
52   Red-shouldered Hawk 1.9% 4.0% 2.1%
53   Brown-headed Cowbird 1.8% 4.0% 2.2%
54   Belted Kingfisher 9.6% 3.0% 6.6%
55   Orange-crowned Warbler 1.9% 3.0% 1.1%
56   Chipping Sparrow 1.4% 3.0% 1.6%
57   Barred Owl 1.4% 3.0% 1.6%
58   Purple Finch 1.3% 3.0% 1.7%
59   Pine Warbler 0.3% 3.0% 2.7%
60   Northern Saw-whet Owl 1.2% 2.0% 0.8%
61   Pine Siskin 1.0% 2.0% 1.0%
62   American Woodcock 0.6% 2.0% 1.4%
63   House Wren 0.1% 2.0% 1.9%
64   Great Black-backed Gull 29.5% 1.0% 28.5%
65   Bufflehead 28.3% 1.0% 27.3%
66   American Black Duck 26.7% 1.0% 25.7%
67   Brant 18.9% 1.0% 17.9%
68   Gadwall 15.2% 1.0% 14.2%
69   American Tree Sparrow 6.5% 1.0% 5.5%
70   American Wigeon 6.2% 1.0% 5.2%
71   American Kestrel 5.9% 1.0% 4.9%
72   Turkey Vulture 5.4% 1.0% 4.4%
73   Fish Crow 5.2% 1.0% 4.2%
74   Bald Eagle 4.8% 1.0% 3.8%
75   Field Sparrow 1.9% 1.0% 0.9%
76   Black Vulture 1.3% 1.0% 0.3%
77   White-crowned Sparrow 0.7% 1.0% 0.3%
78   Common Redpoll 0.3% 1.0% 0.7%
79   Black-throated Blue Warbler 0.1% 1.0% 0.9%
80   White-winged Crossbill 0.1% 1.0% 0.9%
81   American Goshawk 0.1% 1.0% 0.9%
82   Least Flycatcher 0.0% 1.0% 1.0%