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Top Birds in December
within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA

based on 50312 checklists in 1805 hotspots

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist during the month of December. The change in probability from the previous month is also shown, to highlight which birds are coming and going. Rows with significant changes (< 0.5x or > 2x) are highlighted in red or green. Species that peak in December are indicated with a star. This is based on historical data from eBird, and does not include recently submitted checklists.

Rank Info Species Chart Peak November December Change
1   Canada Goose
45.1% 51.6% 6.5%
2   Ring-billed Gull
42.9% 49.7% 6.8%
3   White-throated Sparrow
56.2% 48.7% 7.5%
4   Mallard
46.6% 48.3% 1.8%
5   Herring Gull
39.0% 41.9% 2.9%
6   Northern Cardinal
40.1% 40.0% 0.0%
7   Blue Jay
45.5% 39.8% 5.6%
8   European Starling
40.3% 38.9% 1.4%
9   House Sparrow
40.2% 38.5% 1.7%
10   Song Sparrow
45.0% 37.1% 8.0%
11   Mourning Dove
38.6% 36.1% 2.5%
12   Rock Pigeon
31.3% 30.7% 0.6%
13   Downy Woodpecker
29.8% 30.7% 0.9%
14   American Robin
43.8% 29.6% 14.3%
15   Great Black-backed Gull
26.0% 29.4% 3.4%
16   Red-bellied Woodpecker
31.4% 28.7% 2.8%
17   Northern Mockingbird
30.6% 28.4% 2.2%
18   Bufflehead
21.8% 28.2% 6.4%
19   American Black Duck
22.6% 26.7% 4.0%
20   Red-tailed Hawk
26.4% 24.6% 1.8%
21   Black-capped Chickadee
27.0% 24.3% 2.7%
22   Dark-eyed Junco
37.2% 23.2% 13.9%
23   Tufted Titmouse
22.1% 21.3% 0.8%
24   American Crow
22.1% 20.6% 1.5%
25   American Goldfinch
28.7% 20.4% 8.3%
26   Great Blue Heron
21.7% 20.2% 1.5%
27   White-breasted Nuthatch
19.2% 20.0% 0.8%
28   Brant
18.4% 18.9% 0.5%
29   Hooded Merganser
14.2% 18.8% 4.6%
30   Carolina Wren
19.4% 18.8% 0.6%
31   Double-crested Cormorant
28.1% 17.9% 10.1%
32   House Finch
18.4% 16.4% 2.0%
33   Ruddy Duck
16.6% 15.6% 1.1%
34   Gadwall
13.8% 15.2% 1.4%
35   Red-breasted Merganser
6.6% 14.9% 8.3%
36   Northern Shoveler
15.3% 14.8% 0.5%
37   Mute Swan
13.4% 14.0% 0.6%
38   Northern Flicker
17.6% 11.0% 6.6%
39   Cooper's Hawk
12.7% 10.8% 1.9%
40   American Coot
11.1% 10.4% 0.8%
41   Fox Sparrow
9.2% 9.8% 0.6%
42   Belted Kingfisher
10.7% 9.6% 1.1%
43   Hairy Woodpecker
8.2% 9.2% 1.1%
44   Red-winged Blackbird
17.3% 9.2% 8.1%
45   Common Loon
6.8% 9.1% 2.3%
46   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
8.6% 8.3% 0.3%
47   Swamp Sparrow
15.5% 7.6% 7.9%
48   Red-throated Loon
4.8% 6.9% 2.1%
49   Yellow-rumped Warbler
19.6% 6.8% 12.8%
50   Greater Scaup
2.8% 6.8% 4.0%
51   American Tree Sparrow
3.0% 6.4% 3.4%
52   Long-tailed Duck
1.9% 6.3% 4.4%
53   American Wigeon
6.2% 6.2% 0.0%
54   American Kestrel
7.9% 5.9% 2.0%
55   Peregrine Falcon
7.0% 5.8% 1.2%
56   Ruby-crowned Kinglet
17.3% 5.6% 11.7%
57   Common Grackle
13.6% 5.5% 8.1%
58   Hermit Thrush
19.2% 5.5% 13.7%
59   Pied-billed Grebe
7.0% 5.4% 1.6%
60   Turkey Vulture
9.0% 5.4% 3.6%
61   Horned Grebe
3.4% 5.3% 1.9%
62   Fish Crow
4.3% 5.2% 0.9%
63   Green-winged Teal
7.7% 5.2% 2.6%
64   Northern Harrier
6.1% 5.0% 1.2%
65   Winter Wren
7.0% 5.0% 2.1%
66   Common Merganser
1.8% 4.9% 3.0%
67   Bald Eagle
5.0% 4.8% 0.2%
68   Common Raven
5.3% 4.5% 0.8%
69   Golden-crowned Kinglet
14.4% 4.3% 10.1%
70   Brown Creeper
5.7% 4.1% 1.5%
71   Gray Catbird
6.8% 4.0% 2.8%
72   Ring-necked Duck
3.3% 3.9% 0.7%
73   Common Goldeneye
0.6% 3.9% 3.2%
74   Wood Duck
7.4% 3.8% 3.6%
75   Great Cormorant
2.4% 3.8% 1.4%
76   Cedar Waxwing
10.3% 3.7% 6.6%
77   Lesser Scaup
2.1% 3.6% 1.5%
78   Northern Pintail
3.3% 3.3% 0.0%
79   Sharp-shinned Hawk
6.3% 3.2% 3.0%
80   Sanderling
2.6% 3.2% 0.5%
81   Northern Gannet
3.2% 3.1% 0.0%
82   Horned Lark
2.0% 2.7% 0.8%
83   Black Scoter
2.6% 2.6% 0.1%
84   Red-breasted Nuthatch
3.6% 2.6% 1.0%
85   Eastern Towhee
4.1% 2.6% 1.5%
86   Great Horned Owl
1.5% 2.4% 0.9%
87   Merlin
4.3% 2.3% 1.9%
88   Surf Scoter
2.1% 2.3% 0.2%
89   Snow Goose
1.1% 2.2% 1.1%
90   Canvasback
0.5% 2.2% 1.7%
91   Savannah Sparrow
5.9% 2.1% 3.8%
92   White-winged Scoter
1.9% 2.0% 0.2%
93   Snow Bunting
1.9% 2.0% 0.1%
94   Orange-crowned Warbler
1.7% 1.9% 0.3%
95   Rusty Blackbird
2.9% 1.9% 1.0%
96   Field Sparrow
4.4% 1.9% 2.5%
97   Red-shouldered Hawk
3.4% 1.9% 1.5%
98   Killdeer
3.0% 1.8% 1.2%
99   Brown-headed Cowbird
3.8% 1.8% 2.0%
100   Bonaparte's Gull
1.2% 1.7% 0.6%
101   Purple Sandpiper
0.6% 1.7% 1.1%
102   Monk Parakeet
2.2% 1.6% 0.6%
103   Greater Yellowlegs
5.3% 1.6% 3.7%
104   Dunlin
2.8% 1.6% 1.2%
105   Great Egret
5.5% 1.6% 4.0%
106   Black-crowned Night-Heron
2.2% 1.5% 0.7%
107   Chipping Sparrow
7.6% 1.4% 6.1%
108   Wild Turkey
1.4% 1.4% 0.0%
109   Pileated Woodpecker
1.3% 1.4% 0.0%
110   Barred Owl
1.1% 1.4% 0.3%
111   Black Vulture
2.5% 1.3% 1.2%
112   Purple Finch
6.4% 1.3% 5.2%
113   Redhead
0.6% 1.2% 0.6%
114   Common Eider
0.9% 1.2% 0.2%
115   Black-bellied Plover
2.4% 1.2% 1.3%
116   Northern Saw-whet Owl
0.4% 1.2% 0.7%
117   Pine Siskin
4.7% 1.0% 3.7%
118   Eastern Bluebird
4.2% 1.0% 3.2%
119   American Pipit
2.9% 1.0% 1.9%
120   Snowy Owl
0.3% 1.0% 0.7%
121   Tree Swallow
1.9% 1.0% 0.9%
122   Painted Bunting
0.2% 0.8% 0.6%
123   Palm Warbler
4.1% 0.8% 3.4%
124   Red-headed Woodpecker
1.0% 0.7% 0.3%
125   White-crowned Sparrow
2.5% 0.7% 1.8%
126   Ring-necked Pheasant
0.8% 0.7% 0.1%
127   Western Tanager
0.7% 0.7% 0.0%
128   American Woodcock
1.5% 0.6% 0.9%
129   Lesser Black-backed Gull
0.8% 0.6% 0.2%
130   Common Yellowthroat
2.1% 0.6% 1.4%
131   Greater White-fronted Goose
0.4% 0.6% 0.2%
132   Laughing Gull
7.5% 0.6% 6.9%
133   Iceland Gull
0.1% 0.6% 0.5%
134   Ash-throated Flycatcher
0.7% 0.6% 0.2%
135   Cackling Goose
0.5% 0.6% 0.1%
136   Harlequin Duck
0.3% 0.6% 0.3%
137   King Eider
0.2% 0.6% 0.3%
138   Eastern Screech-Owl
0.4% 0.5% 0.2%
139   Ruddy Turnstone
0.6% 0.5% 0.1%
140   Brown Thrasher
0.7% 0.5% 0.2%
141   Black-headed Gull
0.1% 0.5% 0.4%
142   Eastern Phoebe
5.5% 0.5% 5.0%
143   Red-necked Grebe
0.3% 0.5% 0.2%
144   Baltimore Oriole
0.5% 0.4% 0.0%
145   Lapland Longspur
0.3% 0.4% 0.1%
146   Yellow-breasted Chat
0.6% 0.4% 0.3%
147   Eurasian Wigeon
0.5% 0.4% 0.2%
148   Marsh Wren
0.6% 0.4% 0.3%
149   Wood Stork
0% 0.4% 0.4%
150   Ovenbird
0.9% 0.3% 0.6%
151   Wilson's Warbler
0.3% 0.3% 0.1%
152   Razorbill
0.0% 0.3% 0.3%
153   Pine Warbler
0.6% 0.3% 0.2%
154   MacGillivray's Warbler
0% 0.3% 0.3%
155   Dickcissel
0.2% 0.3% 0.1%
156   Henslow's Sparrow
0.0% 0.3% 0.3%
157   Pink-footed Goose
0.2% 0.3% 0.1%
158   Glaucous Gull
0.0% 0.3% 0.3%
159   Nashville Warbler
0.3% 0.3% 0.1%
160   Common Redpoll
0.2% 0.3% 0.1%
161   Rough-legged Hawk
0.0% 0.3% 0.2%
162   Boat-tailed Grackle
0.3% 0.2% 0.1%
163   Gray Kingbird
0.2% 0.2% 0.0%
164   Lincoln's Sparrow
0.7% 0.2% 0.4%
165   Wilson's Snipe
0.3% 0.2% 0.1%
166   American Oystercatcher
1.0% 0.2% 0.7%
167   Clapper Rail
0.3% 0.2% 0.1%
168   European Goldfinch
0.1% 0.2% 0.2%
169   Eastern Meadowlark
0.6% 0.2% 0.4%
170   Couch's Kingbird
0% 0.2% 0.2%
171   Mandarin Duck
0.2% 0.2% 0.0%
172   American Bittern
0.4% 0.2% 0.2%
173   Northern Shrike
0.1% 0.2% 0.1%
174   Varied Thrush
0.1% 0.2% 0.1%
175   Common Gallinule
0.3% 0.2% 0.1%
176   Townsend's Warbler
0.2% 0.2% 0.0%
177   Clay-colored Sparrow
0.1% 0.2% 0.0%
178   Virginia Rail
0.3% 0.2% 0.1%
179   Muscovy Duck
0.1% 0.2% 0.1%
180   Red Crossbill
0.3% 0.1% 0.2%
181   Rufous Hummingbird
0.2% 0.1% 0.0%
182   Cassin's Kingbird
0.2% 0.1% 0.1%
183   House Wren
0.3% 0.1% 0.2%
184   Hammond's Flycatcher
0.3% 0.1% 0.1%
185   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
186   Barnacle Goose
0.1% 0.1% 0.1%
187   Short-eared Owl
0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
188   Black-throated Blue Warbler
0.4% 0.1% 0.3%
189   Lesser Yellowlegs
0.4% 0.1% 0.3%
190   Red Knot
0.2% 0.1% 0.1%
191   Boreal Owl
0% 0.1% 0.1%
192   White-winged Crossbill
0.2% 0.1% 0.0%
193   Short-billed Gull
0% 0.1% 0.1%
194   American Redstart
0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
195   Barrow's Goldeneye
0.0% 0.1% 0.1%
196   Calliope Hummingbird
0.0% 0.1% 0.1%
197   Lark Sparrow
0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
198   Black-chinned Hummingbird
0.6% 0.1% 0.5%
199   Evening Grosbeak
0.3% 0.1% 0.3%
200   Black-legged Kittiwake
0.0% 0.1% 0.0%
201   Blue-winged Teal
0.3% 0.1% 0.2%
202   Blue-headed Vireo
1.1% 0.1% 1.1%
203   American White Pelican
0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
204   Wood Thrush
0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
205   Black Skimmer
0.3% 0.1% 0.3%
206   Black-and-white Warbler
0.2% 0.1% 0.1%
207   Osprey
1.5% 0.1% 1.4%
208   American Goshawk
0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
209   Cape May Warbler
0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
210   Ross's Goose
0.0% 0.1% 0.0%
211   Townsend's Solitaire
0.0% 0.1% 0.0%
212   Snowy Egret
0.7% 0.1% 0.7%
213   Prairie Warbler
0.0% 0.1% 0.0%
214   American Avocet
0.0% 0.1% 0.0%
215   LeConte's Sparrow
0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
216   Summer Tanager
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
217   Black Guillemot
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
218   Yellow Warbler
0.1% 0.0% 0.0%
219   Least Flycatcher
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
220   Northern Parula
0.1% 0.0% 0.1%
221   Long-billed Dowitcher
0.3% 0.0% 0.2%
222   Cave Swallow
0.3% 0.0% 0.2%
223   Eared Grebe
0.2% 0.0% 0.2%
224   Mew Gull
0% 0.0% 0.0%
225   Barn Owl
0.1% 0.0% 0.0%
226   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
0.1% 0.0% 0.0%
227   Tundra Swan
0.1% 0.0% 0.0%
228   Vesper Sparrow
0.5% 0.0% 0.5%
229   Pacific Loon
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
230   Blackpoll Warbler
0.3% 0.0% 0.3%
231   Saltmarsh Sparrow
0.1% 0.0% 0.1%
232   Semipalmated Plover
0.2% 0.0% 0.1%
233   Pacific-slope Flycatcher
0.2% 0.0% 0.2%
234   Hudsonian Godwit
0.1% 0.0% 0.1%
235   Carolina Chickadee
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
236   Yellow-throated Warbler
0% 0.0% 0.0%
237   Spotted Sandpiper
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
238   Swainson's Hawk
0% 0.0% 0.0%
239   Dovekie
0% 0.0% 0.0%
240   Veery
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
241   Western Kingbird
0.1% 0.0% 0.1%
242   Northern Waterthrush
0.1% 0.0% 0.0%
243   Budgerigar
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
244   Seaside Sparrow
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
245   Indigo Bunting
0.1% 0.0% 0.1%
246   Nelson's Sparrow
0.3% 0.0% 0.3%
247   Grasshopper Sparrow
0.1% 0.0% 0.1%
248   Little Gull
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
249   Brown Pelican
0.1% 0.0% 0.1%
250   Royal Tern
1.2% 0.0% 1.2%
251   Little Blue Heron
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
252   Sandhill Crane
0.1% 0.0% 0.0%
253   Magnolia Warbler
0.1% 0.0% 0.0%
254   Swainson's Thrush
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
255   Tennessee Warbler
0.2% 0.0% 0.2%
256   American Golden-Plover
0.1% 0.0% 0.1%
257   Piping Plover
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
258   White-eyed Vireo
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
259   Black-throated Green Warbler
0.1% 0.0% 0.1%
260   Northern Bobwhite
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
261   Forster's Tern
0.7% 0.0% 0.7%
262   Broad-winged Hawk
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
263   Least Sandpiper
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
264   Green Heron
0.1% 0.0% 0.1%
265   Golden Eagle
0.1% 0.0% 0.1%
266   Brown Booby
0.3% 0.0% 0.3%
267   Swan Goose
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
268   Northern Rough-winged Swallow
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
269   Western Sandpiper
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
270   Great Crested Flycatcher
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
271   Willet
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
272   Graylag Goose
0% 0.0% 0.0%
273   Parasitic Jaeger
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
274   Eurasian Collared-Dove
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
275   Glossy Ibis
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
276   Marbled Godwit
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
277   Hoary Redpoll
0% 0.0% 0.0%
278   Cockatiel
0% 0.0% 0.0%
279   Sedge Wren
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
280   Tricolored Heron
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
281   Rose-breasted Grosbeak
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
282   Chukar
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
283   Western Grebe
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
284   Barn Swallow
0.1% 0.0% 0.1%
285   Scott's Oriole
0% 0.0% 0.0%
286   Eastern Kingbird
0% 0.0% 0.0%
287   Northern Fulmar
0% 0.0% 0.0%
288   Sora
0.1% 0.0% 0.1%
289   Cinnamon Teal
0% 0.0% 0.0%
290   Ruffed Grouse
0% 0.0% 0.0%
291   European Greenfinch
0% 0.0% 0.0%
292   Hooded Warbler
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
293   Ruby-throated Hummingbird
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
294   Pectoral Sandpiper
0.1% 0.0% 0.1%
295   Common Tern
0.1% 0.0% 0.0%
296   Scarlet Tanager
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
297   White-cheeked Pintail
0% 0.0% 0.0%
298   Eurasian Linnet
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
299   Black Swan
0% 0.0% 0.0%
300   Bohemian Waxwing
0% 0.0% 0.0%
301   Thick-billed Murre
0% 0.0% 0.0%
302   Indian Peafowl
0% 0.0% 0.0%
303   Yellow-headed Parrot
0% 0.0% 0.0%
304   Emperor Goose
0% 0.0% 0.0%
305   African Collared-Dove
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Created by Michael Fogleman.

Data from the eBird Basic Dataset. Version: EBD_relJan-2024. Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York. Jan 2024.