Top Birds at Riis Landing in December
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA
based on 18 checklists
This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Riis Landing 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% | 66.7% | 24.8% | |||
| 2 | Great Black-backed Gull | 29.4% | 55.6% | 26.2% | |||
| 3 | Common Loon | 9.0% | 55.6% | 46.5% | |||
| 4 | Bufflehead | 28.2% | 50.0% | 21.8% | |||
| 5 | Brant | 18.9% | 50.0% | 31.1% | |||
| 6 | Double-crested Cormorant | 17.9% | 50.0% | 32.1% | |||
| 7 | Red-breasted Merganser | 14.9% | 38.9% | 24.0% | |||
| 8 | Great Cormorant | 3.8% | 38.9% | 35.1% | |||
| 9 | Ring-billed Gull | 49.7% | 33.3% | 16.4% | |||
| 10 | Peregrine Falcon | 5.8% | 33.3% | 27.5% | |||
| 11 | Long-tailed Duck | 6.3% | 27.8% | 21.5% | |||
| 12 | European Starling | 38.9% | 22.2% | 16.7% | |||
| 13 | American Black Duck | 26.7% | 22.2% | 4.4% | |||
| 14 | House Sparrow | 38.5% | 16.7% | 21.8% | |||
| 15 | American Crow | 20.6% | 11.1% | 9.5% | |||
| 16 | Red-throated Loon | 6.9% | 11.1% | 4.2% | |||
| 17 | Bonaparte's Gull | 1.7% | 11.1% | 9.4% | |||
| 18 | Mallard | 48.3% | 5.6% | 42.8% | |||
| 19 | Song Sparrow | 37.1% | 5.6% | 31.5% | |||
| 20 | Mourning Dove | 36.1% | 5.6% | 30.6% | |||
| 21 | Rock Pigeon | 30.7% | 5.6% | 25.2% | |||
| 22 | Cooper's Hawk | 10.8% | 5.6% | 5.2% | |||
| 23 | Greater Scaup | 6.8% | 5.6% | 1.2% | |||
| 24 | Fish Crow | 5.2% | 5.6% | 0.4% | |||
| 25 | White-winged Scoter | 2.0% | 5.6% | 3.5% | |||
| 26 | Brown-headed Cowbird | 1.8% | 5.6% | 3.8% | |||
| 27 | Tree Swallow | 1.0% | 5.6% | 4.6% | |||
| 28 | Palm Warbler | 0.8% | 5.6% | 4.8% | |||
| 29 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | 0.6% | 5.6% | 4.9% |