Top Birds at Gravesend Bay in December
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA
based on 47 checklists
This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Gravesend Bay 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.
| Rank | Info | Pics | Species | Entire Region | This Location | Difference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ring-billed Gull | 49.7% | 91.5% | 41.8% | |||
| 2 | Herring Gull | 41.9% | 89.4% | 47.5% | |||
| 3 | Bufflehead | 28.2% | 74.5% | 46.3% | |||
| 4 | Brant | 18.8% | 74.5% | 55.6% | |||
| 5 | Great Black-backed Gull | 29.4% | 66.0% | 36.6% | |||
| 6 | American Black Duck | 26.6% | 66.0% | 39.3% | |||
| 7 | Red-breasted Merganser | 14.8% | 66.0% | 51.1% | |||
| 8 | Rock Pigeon | 30.7% | 59.6% | 28.9% | |||
| 9 | Common Loon | 9.0% | 57.4% | 48.4% | |||
| 10 | European Starling | 38.9% | 53.2% | 14.3% | |||
| 11 | Red-throated Loon | 6.9% | 44.7% | 37.8% | |||
| 12 | Purple Sandpiper | 1.7% | 44.7% | 43.0% | |||
| 13 | Double-crested Cormorant | 17.9% | 40.4% | 22.5% | |||
| 14 | Mallard | 48.3% | 36.2% | 12.2% | |||
| 15 | House Sparrow | 38.5% | 36.2% | 2.3% | |||
| 16 | Canada Goose | 51.6% | 25.5% | 26.1% | |||
| 17 | Bonaparte's Gull | 1.7% | 25.5% | 23.8% | |||
| 18 | Greater Scaup | 6.7% | 23.4% | 16.7% | |||
| 19 | Northern Gannet | 3.1% | 17.0% | 13.9% | |||
| 20 | Mute Swan | 14.0% | 12.8% | 1.2% | |||
| 21 | Common Goldeneye | 3.8% | 12.8% | 8.9% | |||
| 22 | Great Cormorant | 3.8% | 12.8% | 9.0% | |||
| 23 | Surf Scoter | 2.3% | 12.8% | 10.4% | |||
| 24 | Red-tailed Hawk | 24.6% | 10.6% | 13.9% | |||
| 25 | Long-tailed Duck | 6.3% | 10.6% | 4.3% | |||
| 26 | American Crow | 20.6% | 8.5% | 12.1% | |||
| 27 | Fish Crow | 5.2% | 8.5% | 3.3% | |||
| 28 | Black Scoter | 2.6% | 8.5% | 5.9% | |||
| 29 | White-winged Scoter | 2.0% | 8.5% | 6.5% | |||
| 30 | Brown-headed Cowbird | 1.8% | 8.5% | 6.7% | |||
| 31 | Mew Gull | 0.0% | 8.5% | 8.5% | |||
| 32 | American Kestrel | 5.9% | 6.4% | 0.5% | |||
| 33 | Short-billed Gull | 0.1% | 6.4% | 6.3% | |||
| 34 | Mourning Dove | 36.2% | 4.3% | 31.9% | |||
| 35 | Great Blue Heron | 20.2% | 4.3% | 16.0% | |||
| 36 | Gadwall | 15.2% | 4.3% | 11.0% | |||
| 37 | American Wigeon | 6.2% | 4.3% | 1.9% | |||
| 38 | Peregrine Falcon | 5.8% | 4.3% | 1.6% | |||
| 39 | Pied-billed Grebe | 5.4% | 4.3% | 1.1% | |||
| 40 | Lesser Scaup | 3.6% | 4.3% | 0.6% | |||
| 41 | Common Eider | 1.2% | 4.3% | 3.1% | |||
| 42 | Laughing Gull | 0.6% | 4.3% | 3.7% | |||
| 43 | Song Sparrow | 37.1% | 2.1% | 35.0% | |||
| 44 | House Finch | 16.4% | 2.1% | 14.3% | |||
| 45 | Ruddy Duck | 15.6% | 2.1% | 13.5% | |||
| 46 | Cooper's Hawk | 10.8% | 2.1% | 8.7% | |||
| 47 | Northern Pintail | 3.3% | 2.1% | 1.1% | |||
| 48 | Horned Lark | 2.7% | 2.1% | 0.6% | |||
| 49 | Snow Goose | 2.2% | 2.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 50 | Red-shouldered Hawk | 1.9% | 2.1% | 0.3% | |||
| 51 | Killdeer | 1.8% | 2.1% | 0.3% | |||
| 52 | Cackling Goose | 0.6% | 2.1% | 1.6% | |||
| 53 | Black-headed Gull | 0.5% | 2.1% | 1.6% | |||
| 54 | Red-necked Grebe | 0.5% | 2.1% | 1.6% | |||
| 55 | Glaucous Gull | 0.3% | 2.1% | 1.8% |