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Top Birds at Rockaway Beach--Arverne (Beach 56th-73rd St.) in December
relative to other locations within 25 miles of 40.781243, -73.966507

based on 21 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Rockaway Beach--Arverne (Beach 56th-73rd St.) 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   Ring-billed Gull 49.2% 95.2% 46.1%
2   American Herring Gull 41.4% 90.5% 49.1%
3   Black Scoter 2.9% 90.5% 87.6%
4   Bufflehead 27.8% 71.4% 43.6%
5   Sanderling 3.3% 71.4% 68.2%
6   Horned Grebe 5.1% 61.9% 56.8%
7   Great Black-backed Gull 28.5% 57.1% 28.6%
8   House Sparrow 38.8% 52.4% 13.5%
9   Red-throated Loon 6.5% 52.4% 45.9%
10   Rock Pigeon 31.1% 47.6% 16.5%
11   Brant 18.5% 47.6% 29.1%
12   Common Loon 8.6% 47.6% 39.1%
13   Purple Sandpiper 1.7% 47.6% 46.0%
14   European Starling 38.8% 42.9% 4.1%
15   Long-tailed Duck 6.1% 38.1% 32.0%
16   Song Sparrow 37.1% 33.3% 3.8%
17   Double-crested Cormorant 17.6% 33.3% 15.8%
18   Common Goldeneye 3.7% 28.6% 24.9%
19   Northern Gannet 2.9% 28.6% 25.7%
20   Surf Scoter 2.6% 28.6% 26.0%
21   Dunlin 1.6% 23.8% 22.2%
22   Common Eider 1.3% 19.0% 17.8%
23   Northern Mockingbird 28.5% 14.3% 14.2%
24   Great Cormorant 3.5% 14.3% 10.7%
25   White-winged Scoter 2.1% 14.3% 12.2%
26   Canada Goose 51.8% 9.5% 42.3%
27   Northern Cardinal 40.5% 9.5% 30.9%
28   House Finch 16.5% 9.5% 7.0%
29   Red-breasted Merganser 14.7% 9.5% 5.1%
30   Yellow-rumped Warbler 6.8% 9.5% 2.7%
31   Common Raven 4.9% 9.5% 4.6%
32   Bonaparte's Gull 1.6% 9.5% 7.9%
33   Dark-eyed Junco 24.0% 4.8% 19.2%
34   American Goldfinch 20.1% 4.8% 15.4%
35   Carolina Wren 19.2% 4.8% 14.4%
36   Peregrine Falcon 5.6% 4.8% 0.9%
37   Northern Harrier 4.8% 4.8% 0.1%
38   Horned Lark 2.6% 4.8% 2.1%
39   Savannah Sparrow 2.1% 4.8% 2.7%
40   Snow Bunting 2.0% 4.8% 2.8%
41   Palm Warbler 0.8% 4.8% 4.0%
42   Laughing Gull 0.6% 4.8% 4.2%
43   Red-necked Grebe 0.5% 4.8% 4.3%
44   American Oystercatcher 0.3% 4.8% 4.5%