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Top Birds at Rockaway Beach--Beach 59th St. Jetty in December
relative to other locations within 25 miles of 40.781243, -73.966507

based on 30 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.

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Rank Info Pics Species Entire Region This Location Difference
1   American Herring Gull 41.4% 90.0% 48.6%
2   Ring-billed Gull 49.2% 86.7% 37.5%
3   Great Black-backed Gull 28.5% 76.7% 48.1%
4   Common Loon 8.6% 70.0% 61.4%
5   Bufflehead 27.8% 60.0% 32.2%
6   Red-throated Loon 6.5% 60.0% 53.5%
7   Sanderling 3.3% 60.0% 56.7%
8   Black Scoter 2.9% 60.0% 57.1%
9   Rock Pigeon 31.1% 56.7% 25.6%
10   Northern Gannet 2.9% 53.3% 50.4%
11   Purple Sandpiper 1.7% 50.0% 48.3%
12   European Starling 38.8% 43.3% 4.6%
13   Double-crested Cormorant 17.5% 43.3% 25.8%
14   Long-tailed Duck 6.1% 43.3% 37.2%
15   Horned Grebe 5.1% 43.3% 38.2%
16   Red-breasted Merganser 14.6% 40.0% 25.4%
17   House Sparrow 38.8% 36.7% 2.2%
18   Common Goldeneye 3.7% 33.3% 29.7%
19   Common Eider 1.3% 20.0% 18.7%
20   Northern Cardinal 40.5% 16.7% 23.8%
21   Brant 18.5% 16.7% 1.9%
22   House Finch 16.5% 16.7% 0.1%
23   Surf Scoter 2.6% 16.7% 14.1%
24   Bonaparte's Gull 1.6% 16.7% 15.1%
25   Canada Goose 51.8% 13.3% 38.4%
26   Song Sparrow 37.1% 13.3% 23.8%
27   Northern Mockingbird 28.5% 13.3% 15.2%
28   King Eider 0.5% 13.3% 12.8%
29   Great Cormorant 3.5% 10.0% 6.5%
30   Dunlin 1.6% 10.0% 8.4%
31   White-throated Sparrow 49.2% 6.7% 42.5%
32   Mourning Dove 36.7% 6.7% 30.0%
33   American Black Duck 26.5% 6.7% 19.9%
34   Cooper's Hawk 11.3% 6.7% 4.6%
35   Greater Scaup 6.7% 6.7% 0.0%
36   Common Raven 4.9% 6.7% 1.7%
37   Horned Lark 2.6% 6.7% 4.1%
38   Savannah Sparrow 2.1% 6.7% 4.6%
39   Snow Bunting 2.0% 6.7% 4.7%
40   Dark-eyed Junco 24.0% 3.3% 20.7%
41   American Crow 20.8% 3.3% 17.4%
42   American Goldfinch 20.1% 3.3% 16.8%
43   American Kestrel 6.0% 3.3% 2.6%
44   Peregrine Falcon 5.6% 3.3% 2.3%
45   Common Merganser 4.8% 3.3% 1.5%
46   Cedar Waxwing 3.4% 3.3% 0.1%
47   Merlin 2.4% 3.3% 1.0%
48   White-winged Scoter 2.1% 3.3% 1.2%
49   Black-bellied Plover 1.2% 3.3% 2.1%
50   Tree Swallow 0.9% 3.3% 2.5%
51   Palm Warbler 0.8% 3.3% 2.6%
52   Lesser Black-backed Gull 0.7% 3.3% 2.7%
53   Laughing Gull 0.6% 3.3% 2.7%
54   American Oystercatcher 0.3% 3.3% 3.1%