Top Birds at Jamaica Bay, Ruffle Bar in December
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA
based on 16 checklists
This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Jamaica Bay, Ruffle Bar 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 | Herring Gull | 41.9% | 100.0% | 58.1% | |||
| 2 | American Black Duck | 26.6% | 100.0% | 73.4% | |||
| 3 | Brant | 18.9% | 100.0% | 81.1% | |||
| 4 | Canada Goose | 51.6% | 81.2% | 29.7% | |||
| 5 | Bufflehead | 28.2% | 81.2% | 53.1% | |||
| 6 | Great Black-backed Gull | 29.4% | 75.0% | 45.6% | |||
| 7 | Dunlin | 1.6% | 68.8% | 67.2% | |||
| 8 | Red-breasted Merganser | 14.9% | 56.2% | 41.4% | |||
| 9 | American Oystercatcher | 0.2% | 50.0% | 49.8% | |||
| 10 | Northern Harrier | 4.9% | 37.5% | 32.6% | |||
| 11 | Black-bellied Plover | 1.1% | 37.5% | 36.4% | |||
| 12 | Great Cormorant | 3.8% | 31.2% | 27.5% | |||
| 13 | Ring-billed Gull | 49.7% | 25.0% | 24.7% | |||
| 14 | Sanderling | 3.2% | 25.0% | 21.8% | |||
| 15 | European Starling | 38.9% | 18.8% | 20.1% | |||
| 16 | Song Sparrow | 37.1% | 18.8% | 18.3% | |||
| 17 | Great Blue Heron | 20.2% | 18.8% | 1.5% | |||
| 18 | Carolina Wren | 18.8% | 18.8% | 0.0% | |||
| 19 | Double-crested Cormorant | 17.9% | 18.8% | 0.8% | |||
| 20 | Common Loon | 9.1% | 18.8% | 9.7% | |||
| 21 | Red-throated Loon | 6.9% | 18.8% | 11.9% | |||
| 22 | American Tree Sparrow | 6.4% | 18.8% | 12.3% | |||
| 23 | Common Goldeneye | 3.9% | 18.8% | 14.9% | |||
| 24 | White-throated Sparrow | 48.7% | 12.5% | 36.2% | |||
| 25 | Mallard | 48.3% | 12.5% | 35.8% | |||
| 26 | Hooded Merganser | 18.8% | 12.5% | 6.3% | |||
| 27 | Yellow-rumped Warbler | 6.8% | 12.5% | 5.7% | |||
| 28 | Greater Scaup | 6.8% | 12.5% | 5.7% | |||
| 29 | Horned Grebe | 5.3% | 12.5% | 7.2% | |||
| 30 | Red Knot | 0.1% | 12.5% | 12.4% | |||
| 31 | Northern Mockingbird | 28.4% | 6.2% | 22.1% | |||
| 32 | Red-tailed Hawk | 24.6% | 6.2% | 18.3% | |||
| 33 | American Crow | 20.6% | 6.2% | 14.4% | |||
| 34 | Gadwall | 15.2% | 6.2% | 9.0% | |||
| 35 | Northern Flicker | 11.0% | 6.2% | 4.7% | |||
| 36 | Cooper's Hawk | 10.8% | 6.2% | 4.5% | |||
| 37 | Fox Sparrow | 9.8% | 6.2% | 3.5% | |||
| 38 | American Wigeon | 6.2% | 6.2% | 0.1% | |||
| 39 | American Kestrel | 5.9% | 6.2% | 0.3% | |||
| 40 | Peregrine Falcon | 5.8% | 6.2% | 0.4% | |||
| 41 | Bald Eagle | 4.8% | 6.2% | 1.4% | |||
| 42 | Common Raven | 4.5% | 6.2% | 1.8% | |||
| 43 | Horned Lark | 2.7% | 6.2% | 3.5% | |||
| 44 | Snow Goose | 2.2% | 6.2% | 4.1% | |||
| 45 | Savannah Sparrow | 2.1% | 6.2% | 4.1% | |||
| 46 | Field Sparrow | 1.9% | 6.2% | 4.4% | |||
| 47 | Short-eared Owl | 0.1% | 6.2% | 6.1% |