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Top Birds at Rockaway Beach--Far Rockaway (E of Beach 32nd St.) in December
relative to other locations within 25 miles of 40.781243, -73.966507

based on 72 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Rockaway Beach--Far Rockaway (E of Beach 32nd St.) 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   European Starling 38.7% 91.7% 53.0%
2   American Herring Gull 41.4% 83.3% 42.0%
3   Song Sparrow 37.0% 79.2% 42.1%
4   Northern Mockingbird 28.4% 79.2% 50.7%
5   Northern Cardinal 40.4% 76.4% 36.0%
6   Ring-billed Gull 49.2% 75.0% 25.8%
7   House Sparrow 38.8% 73.6% 34.8%
8   Rock Pigeon 31.1% 73.6% 42.5%
9   House Finch 16.5% 63.9% 47.4%
10   White-throated Sparrow 49.1% 62.5% 13.4%
11   Mourning Dove 36.6% 56.9% 20.3%
12   Black-capped Chickadee 25.6% 47.2% 21.6%
13   Swamp Sparrow 8.0% 45.8% 37.8%
14   Painted Bunting 0.9% 45.8% 45.0%
15   Clay-colored Sparrow 0.1% 41.7% 41.5%
16   Dark-eyed Junco 24.0% 40.3% 16.3%
17   Great Black-backed Gull 28.5% 38.9% 10.4%
18   Field Sparrow 1.8% 31.9% 30.2%
19   Common Loon 8.6% 30.6% 22.0%
20   Yellow-rumped Warbler 6.8% 27.8% 21.0%
21   Double-crested Cormorant 17.6% 26.4% 8.8%
22   Brant 18.5% 25.0% 6.5%
23   Long-tailed Duck 6.1% 18.1% 12.0%
24   Black Scoter 2.9% 18.1% 15.2%
25   Lesser Black-backed Gull 0.6% 16.7% 16.0%
26   Red-breasted Merganser 14.7% 15.3% 0.6%
27   Orange-crowned Warbler 2.0% 13.9% 11.9%
28   Surf Scoter 2.6% 12.5% 9.9%
29   Red-throated Loon 6.5% 11.1% 4.6%
30   Canada Goose 51.8% 9.7% 42.1%
31   American Robin 30.2% 9.7% 20.5%
32   American Goldfinch 20.1% 9.7% 10.4%
33   Savannah Sparrow 2.1% 9.7% 7.6%
34   Common Eider 1.3% 9.7% 8.4%
35   Mallard 47.6% 6.9% 40.7%
36   Cooper's Hawk 11.3% 6.9% 4.3%
37   American Kestrel 6.0% 6.9% 1.0%
38   Peregrine Falcon 5.6% 6.9% 1.3%
39   Sanderling 3.3% 6.9% 3.7%
40   American Black Duck 26.6% 5.6% 21.0%
41   Horned Grebe 5.1% 5.6% 0.4%
42   Northern Gannet 2.9% 5.6% 2.6%
43   Palm Warbler 0.8% 5.6% 4.8%
44   Downy Woodpecker 30.9% 4.2% 26.7%
45   Bufflehead 27.9% 4.2% 23.7%
46   Great Blue Heron 20.1% 4.2% 15.9%
47   Hooded Merganser 18.7% 4.2% 14.6%
48   Fish Crow 5.5% 4.2% 1.3%
49   American Crow 20.8% 2.8% 18.0%
50   Mute Swan 13.8% 2.8% 11.0%
51   Fox Sparrow 9.9% 2.8% 7.1%
52   American Tree Sparrow 6.3% 2.8% 3.5%
53   Common Goldeneye 3.7% 2.8% 0.9%
54   Sharp-shinned Hawk 3.2% 2.8% 0.4%
55   Brown-headed Cowbird 1.7% 2.8% 1.1%
56   Dunlin 1.6% 2.8% 1.2%
57   Greater Yellowlegs 1.6% 2.8% 1.2%
58   Black-crowned Night-Heron 1.5% 2.8% 1.3%
59   Red-tailed Hawk 24.7% 1.4% 23.3%
60   Tufted Titmouse 22.3% 1.4% 20.9%
61   Carolina Wren 19.2% 1.4% 17.8%
62   Ruddy Duck 15.4% 1.4% 14.0%
63   Belted Kingfisher 9.4% 1.4% 8.0%
64   American Wigeon 6.0% 1.4% 4.7%
65   Hermit Thrush 5.8% 1.4% 4.4%
66   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 5.7% 1.4% 4.3%
67   Common Grackle 5.4% 1.4% 4.0%
68   Common Raven 4.9% 1.4% 3.6%
69   Lesser Scaup 3.6% 1.4% 2.2%
70   Great Cormorant 3.6% 1.4% 2.2%
71   Horned Lark 2.6% 1.4% 1.2%
72   Red-breasted Nuthatch 2.6% 1.4% 1.2%
73   Snow Bunting 2.0% 1.4% 0.6%
74   Purple Sandpiper 1.7% 1.4% 0.3%
75   Bonaparte's Gull 1.6% 1.4% 0.2%
76   Purple Finch 1.4% 1.4% 0.0%
77   Laughing Gull 0.6% 1.4% 0.8%
78   Ring-necked Pheasant 0.6% 1.4% 0.8%
79   Glaucous Gull 0.3% 1.4% 1.1%
80   Wilson's Snipe 0.2% 1.4% 1.1%