Top Birds at Rockaway Beach--Beach 59th St. Jetty in December
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA
based on 25 checklists
This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Rockaway Beach--Beach 59th St. Jetty 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% | 88.0% | 38.3% | |||
| 2 | Herring Gull | 41.9% | 88.0% | 46.1% | |||
| 3 | Great Black-backed Gull | 29.4% | 84.0% | 54.6% | |||
| 4 | Red-throated Loon | 6.9% | 72.0% | 65.1% | |||
| 5 | Common Loon | 9.0% | 64.0% | 55.0% | |||
| 6 | Sanderling | 3.1% | 64.0% | 60.9% | |||
| 7 | Rock Pigeon | 30.7% | 60.0% | 29.3% | |||
| 8 | Bufflehead | 28.2% | 52.0% | 23.8% | |||
| 9 | Black Scoter | 2.6% | 52.0% | 49.4% | |||
| 10 | European Starling | 38.9% | 48.0% | 9.1% | |||
| 11 | Long-tailed Duck | 6.3% | 48.0% | 41.7% | |||
| 12 | Horned Grebe | 5.3% | 48.0% | 42.7% | |||
| 13 | Northern Gannet | 3.1% | 48.0% | 44.9% | |||
| 14 | Purple Sandpiper | 1.7% | 48.0% | 46.3% | |||
| 15 | Red-breasted Merganser | 14.9% | 40.0% | 25.1% | |||
| 16 | House Sparrow | 38.5% | 36.0% | 2.5% | |||
| 17 | Double-crested Cormorant | 17.9% | 36.0% | 18.1% | |||
| 18 | Common Goldeneye | 3.8% | 36.0% | 32.2% | |||
| 19 | Northern Cardinal | 40.1% | 20.0% | 20.1% | |||
| 20 | Brant | 18.9% | 20.0% | 1.1% | |||
| 21 | House Finch | 16.4% | 20.0% | 3.6% | |||
| 22 | Bonaparte's Gull | 1.7% | 20.0% | 18.3% | |||
| 23 | Common Eider | 1.2% | 20.0% | 18.8% | |||
| 24 | Canada Goose | 51.6% | 16.0% | 35.6% | |||
| 25 | Song Sparrow | 37.1% | 16.0% | 21.1% | |||
| 26 | Surf Scoter | 2.3% | 16.0% | 13.7% | |||
| 27 | King Eider | 0.6% | 16.0% | 15.4% | |||
| 28 | Northern Mockingbird | 28.4% | 12.0% | 16.4% | |||
| 29 | Great Cormorant | 3.8% | 12.0% | 8.2% | |||
| 30 | Dunlin | 1.6% | 12.0% | 10.4% | |||
| 31 | White-throated Sparrow | 48.7% | 8.0% | 40.7% | |||
| 32 | Mourning Dove | 36.2% | 8.0% | 28.2% | |||
| 33 | Cooper's Hawk | 10.8% | 8.0% | 2.8% | |||
| 34 | Common Raven | 4.5% | 8.0% | 3.5% | |||
| 35 | Horned Lark | 2.7% | 8.0% | 5.3% | |||
| 36 | Savannah Sparrow | 2.1% | 8.0% | 5.9% | |||
| 37 | Snow Bunting | 2.0% | 8.0% | 6.0% | |||
| 38 | American Black Duck | 26.7% | 4.0% | 22.7% | |||
| 39 | Dark-eyed Junco | 23.3% | 4.0% | 19.3% | |||
| 40 | American Crow | 20.6% | 4.0% | 16.6% | |||
| 41 | American Goldfinch | 20.4% | 4.0% | 16.4% | |||
| 42 | Greater Scaup | 6.8% | 4.0% | 2.8% | |||
| 43 | American Kestrel | 5.9% | 4.0% | 1.9% | |||
| 44 | Peregrine Falcon | 5.8% | 4.0% | 1.8% | |||
| 45 | Cedar Waxwing | 3.7% | 4.0% | 0.3% | |||
| 46 | Merlin | 2.3% | 4.0% | 1.7% | |||
| 47 | White-winged Scoter | 2.0% | 4.0% | 2.0% | |||
| 48 | Black-bellied Plover | 1.2% | 4.0% | 2.8% | |||
| 49 | Tree Swallow | 1.0% | 4.0% | 3.0% | |||
| 50 | Palm Warbler | 0.8% | 4.0% | 3.2% | |||
| 51 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | 0.6% | 4.0% | 3.4% | |||
| 52 | Laughing Gull | 0.6% | 4.0% | 3.4% | |||
| 53 | American Oystercatcher | 0.2% | 4.0% | 3.8% |