Top Birds at Jacob Riis Park in December
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA
based on 75 checklists
This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Jacob Riis Park 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% | 77.3% | 35.5% | |||
| 2 | Great Black-backed Gull | 29.4% | 69.3% | 40.0% | |||
| 3 | Ring-billed Gull | 49.7% | 65.3% | 15.7% | |||
| 4 | Rock Pigeon | 30.7% | 54.7% | 24.0% | |||
| 5 | Common Loon | 9.0% | 52.0% | 43.0% | |||
| 6 | Red-throated Loon | 6.8% | 46.7% | 39.8% | |||
| 7 | Long-tailed Duck | 6.2% | 46.7% | 40.4% | |||
| 8 | Sanderling | 3.1% | 46.7% | 43.6% | |||
| 9 | Brant | 18.8% | 45.3% | 26.5% | |||
| 10 | Bufflehead | 28.2% | 41.3% | 13.1% | |||
| 11 | Northern Gannet | 3.1% | 41.3% | 38.3% | |||
| 12 | Black Scoter | 2.6% | 38.7% | 36.1% | |||
| 13 | European Starling | 38.9% | 26.7% | 12.2% | |||
| 14 | Common Eider | 1.2% | 24.0% | 22.8% | |||
| 15 | Song Sparrow | 37.1% | 20.0% | 17.1% | |||
| 16 | White-winged Scoter | 2.0% | 20.0% | 18.0% | |||
| 17 | Northern Cardinal | 40.1% | 18.7% | 21.4% | |||
| 18 | Northern Mockingbird | 28.4% | 16.0% | 12.4% | |||
| 19 | Red-breasted Merganser | 14.9% | 16.0% | 1.1% | |||
| 20 | American Crow | 20.6% | 14.7% | 6.0% | |||
| 21 | American Kestrel | 5.9% | 14.7% | 8.8% | |||
| 22 | Canada Goose | 51.7% | 13.3% | 38.3% | |||
| 23 | House Sparrow | 38.5% | 12.0% | 26.5% | |||
| 24 | Double-crested Cormorant | 17.9% | 12.0% | 5.9% | |||
| 25 | Horned Lark | 2.7% | 12.0% | 9.3% | |||
| 26 | King Eider | 0.5% | 10.7% | 10.1% | |||
| 27 | White-throated Sparrow | 48.7% | 9.3% | 39.4% | |||
| 28 | Yellow-rumped Warbler | 6.8% | 9.3% | 2.5% | |||
| 29 | Surf Scoter | 2.3% | 9.3% | 7.0% | |||
| 30 | Mourning Dove | 36.2% | 8.0% | 28.2% | |||
| 31 | Carolina Wren | 18.8% | 8.0% | 10.8% | |||
| 32 | Laughing Gull | 0.6% | 6.7% | 6.1% | |||
| 33 | Cooper's Hawk | 10.8% | 5.3% | 5.4% | |||
| 34 | Bonaparte's Gull | 1.7% | 5.3% | 3.6% | |||
| 35 | Purple Sandpiper | 1.7% | 5.3% | 3.6% | |||
| 36 | Tree Swallow | 1.0% | 5.3% | 4.4% | |||
| 37 | House Finch | 16.4% | 4.0% | 12.4% | |||
| 38 | Swamp Sparrow | 7.6% | 4.0% | 3.6% | |||
| 39 | Hermit Thrush | 5.5% | 4.0% | 1.5% | |||
| 40 | Brown-headed Cowbird | 1.8% | 4.0% | 2.2% | |||
| 41 | Dunlin | 1.6% | 4.0% | 2.4% | |||
| 42 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | 0.6% | 4.0% | 3.4% | |||
| 43 | Harlequin Duck | 0.6% | 4.0% | 3.4% | |||
| 44 | Razorbill | 0.3% | 4.0% | 3.7% | |||
| 45 | American Robin | 29.6% | 2.7% | 26.9% | |||
| 46 | Black-capped Chickadee | 24.3% | 2.7% | 21.7% | |||
| 47 | Dark-eyed Junco | 23.3% | 2.7% | 20.6% | |||
| 48 | American Goldfinch | 20.5% | 2.7% | 17.8% | |||
| 49 | Red-winged Blackbird | 9.2% | 2.7% | 6.5% | |||
| 50 | Peregrine Falcon | 5.8% | 2.7% | 3.1% | |||
| 51 | Horned Grebe | 5.3% | 2.7% | 2.6% | |||
| 52 | Common Goldeneye | 3.9% | 2.7% | 1.2% | |||
| 53 | Sharp-shinned Hawk | 3.2% | 2.7% | 0.6% | |||
| 54 | Snowy Owl | 1.0% | 2.7% | 1.7% | |||
| 55 | Iceland Gull | 0.6% | 2.7% | 2.1% | |||
| 56 | Lapland Longspur | 0.4% | 2.7% | 2.3% | |||
| 57 | Downy Woodpecker | 30.7% | 1.3% | 29.4% | |||
| 58 | American Black Duck | 26.7% | 1.3% | 25.4% | |||
| 59 | Great Blue Heron | 20.2% | 1.3% | 18.9% | |||
| 60 | Gadwall | 15.2% | 1.3% | 13.9% | |||
| 61 | Mute Swan | 14.0% | 1.3% | 12.6% | |||
| 62 | Northern Flicker | 11.0% | 1.3% | 9.6% | |||
| 63 | American Tree Sparrow | 6.4% | 1.3% | 5.1% | |||
| 64 | Great Cormorant | 3.8% | 1.3% | 2.4% | |||
| 65 | Merlin | 2.3% | 1.3% | 1.0% | |||
| 66 | Snow Goose | 2.2% | 1.3% | 0.9% | |||
| 67 | Savannah Sparrow | 2.1% | 1.3% | 0.8% | |||
| 68 | Field Sparrow | 1.9% | 1.3% | 0.5% | |||
| 69 | Purple Finch | 1.3% | 1.3% | 0.0% | |||
| 70 | Black-bellied Plover | 1.2% | 1.3% | 0.2% | |||
| 71 | Northern Saw-whet Owl | 1.2% | 1.3% | 0.2% | |||
| 72 | Palm Warbler | 0.8% | 1.3% | 0.6% | |||
| 73 | Eastern Phoebe | 0.5% | 1.3% | 0.8% | |||
| 74 | Glaucous Gull | 0.3% | 1.3% | 1.1% | |||
| 75 | Red Knot | 0.1% | 1.3% | 1.2% | |||
| 76 | Black-legged Kittiwake | 0.1% | 1.3% | 1.3% | |||
| 77 | Little Gull | 0.0% | 1.3% | 1.3% |