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Top Birds at Smith Pond, Rockville Center in December
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA

based on 94 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Smith Pond, Rockville Center 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   Mallard 48.2% 91.5% 43.2%
2   Canada Goose 51.5% 85.1% 33.6%
3   American Black Duck 26.6% 84.0% 57.5%
4   Mute Swan 13.8% 84.0% 70.2%
5   Ring-billed Gull 49.6% 75.5% 25.9%
6   American Coot 10.3% 73.4% 63.1%
7   Northern Shoveler 14.7% 69.1% 54.4%
8   Ring-necked Duck 3.8% 67.0% 63.2%
9   Ruddy Duck 15.5% 64.9% 49.4%
10   American Wigeon 6.1% 64.9% 58.8%
11   Hooded Merganser 18.7% 62.8% 44.0%
12   Gadwall 15.1% 58.5% 43.4%
13   Great Blue Heron 20.1% 57.4% 37.3%
14   Double-crested Cormorant 17.9% 56.4% 38.5%
15   Blue Jay 39.8% 50.0% 10.2%
16   Pied-billed Grebe 5.3% 48.9% 43.6%
17   Herring Gull 41.9% 46.8% 4.9%
18   White-throated Sparrow 48.7% 45.7% 2.9%
19   Green-winged Teal 5.1% 40.4% 35.3%
20   Song Sparrow 37.1% 38.3% 1.2%
21   Northern Cardinal 40.1% 30.9% 9.2%
22   European Starling 38.9% 30.9% 8.0%
23   American Robin 29.6% 30.9% 1.3%
24   Carolina Wren 18.8% 28.7% 9.9%
25   Red-bellied Woodpecker 28.7% 27.7% 1.0%
26   Mourning Dove 36.2% 26.6% 9.6%
27   Downy Woodpecker 30.7% 26.6% 4.1%
28   Killdeer 1.8% 26.6% 24.8%
29   Greater Yellowlegs 1.6% 26.6% 25.0%
30   Northern Mockingbird 28.4% 25.5% 2.9%
31   Great Black-backed Gull 29.4% 23.4% 6.0%
32   Northern Pintail 3.2% 21.3% 18.0%
33   Bald Eagle 4.8% 17.0% 12.2%
34   Dark-eyed Junco 23.3% 14.9% 8.4%
35   Winter Wren 4.9% 13.8% 8.9%
36   Belted Kingfisher 9.6% 12.8% 3.2%
37   Common Raven 4.5% 12.8% 8.3%
38   Rusty Blackbird 1.9% 10.6% 8.8%
39   Bufflehead 28.2% 9.6% 18.7%
40   American Goldfinch 20.5% 9.6% 10.9%
41   House Sparrow 38.5% 8.5% 30.0%
42   Black-capped Chickadee 24.3% 8.5% 15.8%
43   Fish Crow 5.2% 8.5% 3.3%
44   Golden-crowned Kinglet 4.3% 8.5% 4.2%
45   Northern Flicker 11.0% 7.4% 3.5%
46   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 5.6% 7.4% 1.8%
47   Common Merganser 4.9% 7.4% 2.6%
48   White-breasted Nuthatch 20.0% 6.4% 13.6%
49   Hermit Thrush 5.5% 4.3% 1.3%
50   Turkey Vulture 5.4% 4.3% 1.1%
51   Long-billed Dowitcher 0.0% 4.3% 4.2%
52   Rock Pigeon 30.8% 3.2% 27.6%
53   Red-tailed Hawk 24.6% 3.2% 21.4%
54   Cooper's Hawk 10.8% 3.2% 7.6%
55   Black-crowned Night-Heron 1.5% 3.2% 1.7%
56   American Crow 20.7% 2.1% 18.5%
57   House Finch 16.4% 2.1% 14.3%
58   Hairy Woodpecker 9.2% 2.1% 7.1%
59   Peregrine Falcon 5.8% 2.1% 3.7%
60   Common Grackle 5.5% 2.1% 3.4%
61   Wood Duck 3.8% 2.1% 1.7%
62   Fox Sparrow 9.8% 1.1% 8.7%
63   Red-winged Blackbird 9.2% 1.1% 8.1%
64   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 8.3% 1.1% 7.3%
65   Swamp Sparrow 7.6% 1.1% 6.6%
66   Greater Scaup 6.8% 1.1% 5.7%
67   Common Goldeneye 3.9% 1.1% 2.8%
68   Sharp-shinned Hawk 3.3% 1.1% 2.2%
69   Eastern Towhee 2.6% 1.1% 1.5%
70   Canvasback 2.2% 1.1% 1.1%
71   Brown-headed Cowbird 1.8% 1.1% 0.7%
72   Great Egret 1.6% 1.1% 0.5%
73   Redhead 1.2% 1.1% 0.2%