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Top Birds at Jacob Riis Park--Beach in December
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA

based on 15 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Jacob Riis Park--Beach 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   Herring Gull 41.9% 93.3% 51.4%
2   Great Black-backed Gull 29.4% 86.7% 57.3%
3   Ring-billed Gull 49.7% 80.0% 30.3%
4   Sanderling 3.1% 80.0% 76.9%
5   Red-throated Loon 6.9% 73.3% 66.5%
6   Bufflehead 28.2% 66.7% 38.5%
7   Long-tailed Duck 6.3% 66.7% 60.4%
8   Common Loon 9.0% 60.0% 51.0%
9   Rock Pigeon 30.7% 53.3% 22.6%
10   Double-crested Cormorant 17.9% 46.7% 28.8%
11   Black Scoter 2.6% 46.7% 44.0%
12   Common Eider 1.2% 46.7% 45.5%
13   Northern Gannet 3.1% 40.0% 36.9%
14   American Crow 20.6% 26.7% 6.0%
15   Brant 18.9% 26.7% 7.8%
16   Canada Goose 51.6% 20.0% 31.6%
17   European Starling 38.9% 20.0% 18.9%
18   House Sparrow 38.5% 20.0% 18.5%
19   Mourning Dove 36.1% 20.0% 16.1%
20   American Kestrel 5.9% 20.0% 14.1%
21   Purple Sandpiper 1.7% 20.0% 18.3%
22   King Eider 0.6% 20.0% 19.4%
23   White-throated Sparrow 48.7% 13.3% 35.3%
24   Song Sparrow 37.1% 13.3% 23.7%
25   Northern Mockingbird 28.4% 13.3% 15.1%
26   Black-capped Chickadee 24.3% 13.3% 11.0%
27   Dark-eyed Junco 23.2% 13.3% 9.9%
28   Ruddy Duck 15.6% 13.3% 2.2%
29   White-winged Scoter 2.0% 13.3% 11.3%
30   Bonaparte's Gull 1.7% 13.3% 11.6%
31   Dunlin 1.6% 13.3% 11.7%
32   Northern Cardinal 40.1% 6.7% 33.4%
33   Blue Jay 39.9% 6.7% 33.2%
34   Downy Woodpecker 30.7% 6.7% 24.0%
35   Tufted Titmouse 21.3% 6.7% 14.6%
36   Great Blue Heron 20.2% 6.7% 13.5%
37   White-breasted Nuthatch 20.0% 6.7% 13.3%
38   Red-breasted Merganser 14.9% 6.7% 8.2%
39   Mute Swan 14.0% 6.7% 7.3%
40   Northern Flicker 11.0% 6.7% 4.3%
41   Peregrine Falcon 5.8% 6.7% 0.9%
42   Great Cormorant 3.8% 6.7% 2.9%
43   Surf Scoter 2.3% 6.7% 4.3%
44   Killdeer 1.8% 6.7% 4.8%
45   Lesser Black-backed Gull 0.6% 6.7% 6.0%
46   Laughing Gull 0.6% 6.7% 6.1%