Bird Finder

Top Birds in December
within 25 miles of 40.781243, -73.966507

based on 57489 checklists in 1992 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
45.0% 51.8% 6.8%
2   Ring-billed Gull
42.3% 49.2% 6.9%
3   White-throated Sparrow
56.5% 49.1% 7.4%
4   Mallard
46.1% 47.6% 1.4%
5   American Herring Gull
38.6% 41.4% 2.8%
6   Northern Cardinal
40.5% 40.5% 0.0%
7   Blue Jay
45.6% 40.2% 5.5%
8   House Sparrow
40.2% 38.8% 1.4%
9   European Starling
40.0% 38.8% 1.2%
10   Song Sparrow
44.7% 37.1% 7.6%
11   Mourning Dove
38.8% 36.7% 2.1%
12   Rock Pigeon
31.7% 31.1% 0.5%
13   Downy Woodpecker
29.6% 30.8% 1.2%
14   American Robin
44.1% 30.2% 13.9%
15   Red-bellied Woodpecker
31.8% 29.0% 2.8%
16   Great Black-backed Gull
25.1% 28.5% 3.4%
17   Northern Mockingbird
30.7% 28.5% 2.2%
18   Bufflehead
21.2% 27.8% 6.6%
19   American Black Duck
22.9% 26.5% 3.6%
20   Black-capped Chickadee
28.7% 25.7% 3.0%
21   Red-tailed Hawk
26.8% 24.7% 2.1%
22   Dark-eyed Junco
37.2% 24.0% 13.2%
23   Tufted Titmouse
23.1% 22.3% 0.8%
24   White-breasted Nuthatch
20.2% 21.1% 0.9%
25   American Crow
22.1% 20.8% 1.4%
26   American Goldfinch
28.6% 20.1% 8.5%
27   Great Blue Heron
22.0% 20.0% 2.0%
28   Carolina Wren
19.9% 19.1% 0.8%
29   Hooded Merganser
14.0% 18.7% 4.7%
30   Brant
18.3% 18.5% 0.3%
31   Double-crested Cormorant
27.8% 17.6% 10.3%
32   House Finch
18.2% 16.5% 1.7%
33   Ruddy Duck
16.3% 15.4% 0.9%
34   Gadwall
13.8% 15.1% 1.3%
35   Red-breasted Merganser
6.6% 14.7% 8.0%
36   Northern Shoveler
15.3% 14.5% 0.8%
37   Mute Swan
13.1% 13.7% 0.7%
38   Cooper's Hawk
13.1% 11.3% 1.8%
39   Northern Flicker
17.5% 10.8% 6.6%
40   American Coot
10.7% 10.2% 0.5%
41   Fox Sparrow
9.2% 9.9% 0.8%
42   Belted Kingfisher
10.6% 9.4% 1.2%
43   Hairy Woodpecker
8.1% 9.3% 1.2%
44   Red-winged Blackbird
17.2% 9.2% 8.0%
45   Common Loon
6.7% 8.6% 1.9%
46   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
8.8% 8.5% 0.2%
47   Swamp Sparrow
15.6% 8.1% 7.5%
48   Yellow-rumped Warbler
19.1% 6.8% 12.3%
49   Greater Scaup
2.6% 6.7% 4.0%
50   Red-throated Loon
5.0% 6.5% 1.6%
51   American Tree Sparrow
2.8% 6.2% 3.4%
52   Long-tailed Duck
1.8% 6.1% 4.3%
53   American Wigeon
6.1% 6.0% 0.0%
54   American Kestrel
8.0% 6.0% 2.0%
55   Hermit Thrush
19.8% 5.8% 14.1%
56   Ruby-crowned Kinglet
16.7% 5.7% 10.9%
57   Peregrine Falcon
7.0% 5.6% 1.3%
58   Fish Crow
4.6% 5.5% 0.9%
59   Common Grackle
13.9% 5.4% 8.5%
60   Turkey Vulture
9.1% 5.3% 3.7%
61   Green-winged Teal
8.0% 5.2% 2.8%
62   Horned Grebe
3.2% 5.1% 1.9%
63   Bald Eagle
5.4% 5.0% 0.3%
64   Pied-billed Grebe
6.5% 5.0% 1.4%
65   Common Raven
5.8% 4.9% 0.8%
66   Northern Harrier
6.0% 4.8% 1.2%
67   Winter Wren
6.9% 4.8% 2.1%
68   Common Merganser
1.8% 4.8% 3.0%
69   Golden-crowned Kinglet
14.6% 4.7% 9.9%
70   Brown Creeper
5.7% 4.3% 1.4%
71   Wood Duck
7.8% 4.1% 3.7%
72   Ring-necked Duck
3.1% 3.9% 0.8%
73   Gray Catbird
6.4% 3.7% 2.7%
74   Common Goldeneye
0.6% 3.7% 3.1%
75   Lesser Scaup
2.0% 3.6% 1.6%
76   Great Cormorant
2.3% 3.6% 1.2%
77   Cedar Waxwing
10.1% 3.4% 6.7%
78   Sanderling
2.7% 3.3% 0.6%
79   Northern Pintail
3.4% 3.2% 0.2%
80   Sharp-shinned Hawk
6.0% 3.2% 2.8%
81   Northern Gannet
3.0% 2.9% 0.1%
82   Black Scoter
2.7% 2.9% 0.2%
83   Horned Lark
1.9% 2.6% 0.7%
84   Red-breasted Nuthatch
3.6% 2.6% 1.0%
85   Surf Scoter
2.2% 2.6% 0.3%
86   Eastern Towhee
3.9% 2.4% 1.5%
87   Merlin
4.4% 2.4% 2.0%
88   Great Horned Owl
1.4% 2.2% 0.9%
89   Snow Goose
1.1% 2.2% 1.1%
90   Canvasback
0.5% 2.1% 1.7%
91   Killdeer
3.2% 2.1% 1.0%
92   Savannah Sparrow
5.6% 2.1% 3.5%
93   White-winged Scoter
2.0% 2.1% 0.1%
94   Snow Bunting
1.9% 2.0% 0.1%
95   Orange-crowned Warbler
1.7% 2.0% 0.3%
96   Red-shouldered Hawk
3.3% 1.9% 1.4%
97   Rusty Blackbird
2.9% 1.9% 1.0%
98   Field Sparrow
4.2% 1.8% 2.4%
99   Brown-headed Cowbird
3.6% 1.7% 1.9%
100   Purple Sandpiper
0.6% 1.7% 1.0%
101   Monk Parakeet
2.4% 1.7% 0.7%
102   Dunlin
2.7% 1.6% 1.1%
103   Bonaparte's Gull
1.1% 1.6% 0.5%
104   Greater Yellowlegs
5.3% 1.6% 3.7%
105   Great Egret
5.5% 1.5% 4.0%
106   Black-crowned Night-Heron
2.1% 1.5% 0.6%
107   Purple Finch
6.8% 1.4% 5.4%
108   Pileated Woodpecker
1.4% 1.4% 0.1%
109   Wild Turkey
1.4% 1.4% 0.0%
110   Chipping Sparrow
7.2% 1.4% 5.8%
111   Black Vulture
2.6% 1.3% 1.2%
112   Common Eider
1.0% 1.3% 0.3%
113   Barred Owl
0.9% 1.2% 0.3%
114   Redhead
0.6% 1.2% 0.6%
115   Black-bellied Plover
2.4% 1.2% 1.2%
116   American Pipit
2.9% 1.0% 1.8%
117   Northern Saw-whet Owl
0.4% 1.0% 0.6%
118   Eastern Bluebird
4.2% 1.0% 3.3%
119   Snowy Owl
0.3% 1.0% 0.7%
120   Painted Bunting
0.2% 0.9% 0.8%
121   Pine Siskin
4.3% 0.9% 3.4%
122   Tree Swallow
1.7% 0.9% 0.9%
123   Palm Warbler
4.1% 0.8% 3.3%
124   Red-headed Woodpecker
1.0% 0.7% 0.3%
125   Greater White-fronted Goose
0.4% 0.7% 0.3%
126   Western Tanager
0.6% 0.7% 0.1%
127   Lesser Black-backed Gull
0.9% 0.7% 0.3%
128   White-crowned Sparrow
2.3% 0.6% 1.6%
129   Common Yellowthroat
2.0% 0.6% 1.4%
130   Harlequin Duck
0.3% 0.6% 0.3%
131   Laughing Gull
7.3% 0.6% 6.7%
132   American Woodcock
1.4% 0.6% 0.8%
133   Eastern Screech-Owl
0.4% 0.6% 0.2%
134   Ring-necked Pheasant
0.7% 0.6% 0.1%
135   Cackling Goose
0.5% 0.6% 0.1%
136   King Eider
0.3% 0.5% 0.3%
137   Ruddy Turnstone
0.6% 0.5% 0.1%
138   Iceland Gull
0.1% 0.5% 0.4%
139   Ash-throated Flycatcher
0.7% 0.5% 0.2%
140   Eastern Phoebe
5.2% 0.5% 4.7%
141   Red-necked Grebe
0.3% 0.5% 0.2%
142   Brown Thrasher
0.6% 0.5% 0.2%
143   Black-headed Gull
0.1% 0.4% 0.3%
144   Baltimore Oriole
0.4% 0.4% 0.0%
145   Pine Warbler
0.6% 0.4% 0.2%
146   Dickcissel
0.2% 0.4% 0.2%
147   Eurasian Wigeon
0.5% 0.4% 0.1%
148   Lapland Longspur
0.3% 0.4% 0.1%
149   Wilson's Warbler
0.3% 0.4% 0.1%
150   Yellow-breasted Chat
0.6% 0.4% 0.2%
151   Marsh Wren
0.6% 0.3% 0.2%
152   Glaucous Gull
0.0% 0.3% 0.3%
153   Nashville Warbler
0.4% 0.3% 0.0%
154   Wood Stork
0.0% 0.3% 0.3%
155   Ovenbird
0.8% 0.3% 0.5%
156   MacGillivray's Warbler
0.1% 0.3% 0.2%
157   Razorbill
0.0% 0.3% 0.3%
158   Henslow's Sparrow
0.0% 0.3% 0.2%
159   Pink-footed Goose
0.2% 0.3% 0.1%
160   American Oystercatcher
1.0% 0.3% 0.7%
161   Wilson's Snipe
0.3% 0.2% 0.1%
162   Clapper Rail
0.3% 0.2% 0.1%
163   Boat-tailed Grackle
0.3% 0.2% 0.1%
164   Common Redpoll
0.1% 0.2% 0.1%
165   Rough-legged Hawk
0.0% 0.2% 0.2%
166   Lincoln's Sparrow
0.6% 0.2% 0.4%
167   Gray Kingbird
0.2% 0.2% 0.0%
168   Eastern Meadowlark
0.6% 0.2% 0.4%
169   European Goldfinch
0.0% 0.2% 0.2%
170   Virginia Rail
0.3% 0.2% 0.1%
171   Clay-colored Sparrow
0.1% 0.2% 0.1%
172   Muscovy Duck
0.1% 0.2% 0.1%
173   Mandarin Duck
0.2% 0.2% 0.0%
174   Couch's Kingbird
0% 0.2% 0.2%
175   American Bittern
0.4% 0.2% 0.2%
176   Northern Shrike
0.1% 0.2% 0.1%
177   Townsend's Warbler
0.2% 0.2% 0.1%
178   Varied Thrush
0.1% 0.1% 0.1%
179   Common Gallinule
0.2% 0.1% 0.1%
180   Red Crossbill
0.3% 0.1% 0.1%
181   House Wren
0.3% 0.1% 0.2%
182   Rufous Hummingbird
0.2% 0.1% 0.1%
183   Hammond's Flycatcher
0.2% 0.1% 0.1%
184   Cassin's Kingbird
0.2% 0.1% 0.1%
185   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
186   Short-eared Owl
0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
187   Barnacle Goose
0.1% 0.1% 0.1%
188   Red Knot
0.2% 0.1% 0.1%
189   Boreal Owl
0% 0.1% 0.1%
190   Black-throated Blue Warbler
0.4% 0.1% 0.3%
191   White-winged Crossbill
0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
192   Lesser Yellowlegs
0.4% 0.1% 0.3%
193   Short-billed Gull
0% 0.1% 0.1%
194   Calliope Hummingbird
0.0% 0.1% 0.1%
195   American Redstart
0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
196   Barrow's Goldeneye
0.0% 0.1% 0.1%
197   Black-legged Kittiwake
0.0% 0.1% 0.0%
198   Black Skimmer
0.4% 0.1% 0.3%
199   American White Pelican
0.2% 0.1% 0.1%
200   Evening Grosbeak
0.3% 0.1% 0.2%
201   Lark Sparrow
0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
202   Black-chinned Hummingbird
0.5% 0.1% 0.5%
203   Blue-winged Teal
0.2% 0.1% 0.2%
204   Blue-headed Vireo
1.2% 0.1% 1.1%
205   Wood Thrush
0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
206   Osprey
1.3% 0.1% 1.3%
207   Black-and-white Warbler
0.2% 0.1% 0.1%
208   Northern Parula
0.1% 0.1% 0.1%
209   American Goshawk
0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
210   Prairie Warbler
0.0% 0.1% 0.0%
211   Ross's Goose
0.0% 0.1% 0.0%
212   Cape May Warbler
0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
213   Snowy Egret
0.7% 0.1% 0.7%
214   Townsend's Solitaire
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
215   American Avocet
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
216   LeConte's Sparrow
0.1% 0.0% 0.0%
217   Summer Tanager
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
218   Yellow Warbler
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
219   Least Flycatcher
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
220   Black Guillemot
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
221   American Barn Owl
0.1% 0.0% 0.0%
222   Long-billed Dowitcher
0.3% 0.0% 0.2%
223   Cave Swallow
0.3% 0.0% 0.3%
224   Eared Grebe
0.2% 0.0% 0.1%
225   Carolina Chickadee
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
226   Mew Gull
0% 0.0% 0.0%
227   Blackpoll Warbler
0.3% 0.0% 0.3%
228   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
0.1% 0.0% 0.1%
229   Tundra Swan
0.1% 0.0% 0.0%
230   Pacific-slope Flycatcher
0.2% 0.0% 0.2%
231   Pacific Loon
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
232   Saltmarsh Sparrow
0.1% 0.0% 0.1%
233   Vesper Sparrow
0.5% 0.0% 0.5%
234   Semipalmated Plover
0.2% 0.0% 0.1%
235   Hudsonian Godwit
0.2% 0.0% 0.2%
236   Seaside Sparrow
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
237   Tennessee Warbler
0.1% 0.0% 0.1%
238   Yellow-throated Warbler
0% 0.0% 0.0%
239   Spotted Sandpiper
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
240   Swainson's Hawk
0% 0.0% 0.0%
241   Nelson's Sparrow
0.3% 0.0% 0.2%
242   Northern Waterthrush
0.1% 0.0% 0.1%
243   Dovekie
0% 0.0% 0.0%
244   Veery
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
245   Western Kingbird
0.2% 0.0% 0.2%
246   Budgerigar
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
247   Indigo Bunting
0.2% 0.0% 0.2%
248   Grasshopper Sparrow
0.1% 0.0% 0.1%
249   Little Gull
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
250   Brown Pelican
0.1% 0.0% 0.0%
251   Graylag Goose
0% 0.0% 0.0%
252   Royal Tern
1.2% 0.0% 1.2%
253   Little Blue Heron
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
254   Sandhill Crane
0.1% 0.0% 0.0%
255   Piping Plover
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
256   Magnolia Warbler
0.1% 0.0% 0.1%
257   Swainson's Thrush
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
258   Forster's Tern
0.6% 0.0% 0.6%
259   American Golden-Plover
0.1% 0.0% 0.1%
260   White-eyed Vireo
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
261   Black-throated Green Warbler
0.1% 0.0% 0.1%
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   Northern Bobwhite
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
266   Golden Eagle
0.1% 0.0% 0.1%
267   Brown Booby
0.2% 0.0% 0.2%
268   Swan Goose
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
269   Northern Rough-winged Swallow
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
270   Western Sandpiper
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
271   Great Crested Flycatcher
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
272   Rose-breasted Grosbeak
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
273   Sora
0.1% 0.0% 0.1%
274   Willet
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
275   Parasitic Jaeger
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
276   Eurasian Collared-Dove
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
277   Glossy Ibis
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
278   Marbled Godwit
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
279   Cockatiel
0% 0.0% 0.0%
280   Sedge Wren
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
281   Tricolored Heron
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   Cinnamon Teal
0% 0.0% 0.0%
289   Ruffed Grouse
0% 0.0% 0.0%
290   European Greenfinch
0% 0.0% 0.0%
291   Hooded Warbler
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
292   Ruby-throated Hummingbird
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
293   Pectoral Sandpiper
0.1% 0.0% 0.1%
294   Common Tern
0.1% 0.0% 0.1%
295   Scarlet Tanager
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
296   White-cheeked Pintail
0% 0.0% 0.0%
297   Eurasian Linnet
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
298   Black Swan
0% 0.0% 0.0%
299   Bohemian Waxwing
0% 0.0% 0.0%
300   Thick-billed Murre
0% 0.0% 0.0%
301   Indian Peafowl
0% 0.0% 0.0%
302   Yellow-headed Parrot
0% 0.0% 0.0%
303   Emperor Goose
0% 0.0% 0.0%
304   African Collared-Dove
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Created by Michael Fogleman.

Data from the eBird Basic Dataset. Version: EBD_relSep-2025. Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York. Sep 2025.