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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 New York, NY, USA

based on 13 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   Ring-billed Gull 49.7% 100.0% 50.3%
2   Herring Gull 41.9% 100.0% 58.1%
3   European Starling 38.9% 92.3% 53.4%
4   House Sparrow 38.5% 92.3% 53.9%
5   Rock Pigeon 30.7% 92.3% 61.6%
6   Great Black-backed Gull 29.4% 84.6% 55.2%
7   Common Loon 9.0% 76.9% 67.9%
8   Northern Mockingbird 28.4% 61.5% 33.2%
9   Brant 18.9% 53.8% 35.0%
10   Double-crested Cormorant 17.9% 38.5% 20.5%
11   Mallard 48.3% 30.8% 17.6%
12   Song Sparrow 37.1% 30.8% 6.3%
13   American Black Duck 26.7% 30.8% 4.1%
14   House Finch 16.4% 30.8% 14.4%
15   Red-breasted Merganser 14.9% 30.8% 15.9%
16   Red-throated Loon 6.9% 30.8% 23.9%
17   Peregrine Falcon 5.8% 30.8% 25.0%
18   Northern Gannet 3.1% 30.8% 27.6%
19   Canada Goose 51.6% 23.1% 28.5%
20   White-throated Sparrow 48.7% 23.1% 25.6%
21   Northern Cardinal 40.1% 23.1% 17.0%
22   Hooded Merganser 18.8% 23.1% 4.3%
23   Long-tailed Duck 6.3% 23.1% 16.8%
24   Savannah Sparrow 2.1% 23.1% 20.9%
25   Orange-crowned Warbler 1.9% 23.1% 21.2%
26   Dark-eyed Junco 23.2% 15.4% 7.9%
27   Great Blue Heron 20.2% 15.4% 4.8%
28   Mute Swan 14.0% 15.4% 1.4%
29   Sanderling 3.2% 15.4% 12.2%
30   Greater Yellowlegs 1.6% 15.4% 13.8%
31   Black-crowned Night-Heron 1.5% 15.4% 13.8%
32   Palm Warbler 0.8% 15.4% 14.6%
33   Lesser Black-backed Gull 0.6% 15.4% 14.8%
34   Mourning Dove 36.1% 7.7% 28.5%
35   Bufflehead 28.2% 7.7% 20.5%
36   Red-tailed Hawk 24.6% 7.7% 16.9%
37   Black-capped Chickadee 24.3% 7.7% 16.6%
38   American Crow 20.6% 7.7% 12.9%
39   Carolina Wren 18.8% 7.7% 11.1%
40   Belted Kingfisher 9.6% 7.7% 1.9%
41   American Tree Sparrow 6.4% 7.7% 1.3%
42   American Wigeon 6.2% 7.7% 1.5%
43   American Kestrel 5.9% 7.7% 1.8%
44   Horned Grebe 5.3% 7.7% 2.4%
45   Fish Crow 5.2% 7.7% 2.5%
46   Common Goldeneye 3.9% 7.7% 3.8%
47   Great Cormorant 3.8% 7.7% 3.9%
48   Lesser Scaup 3.6% 7.7% 4.1%
49   Sharp-shinned Hawk 3.2% 7.7% 4.4%
50   Horned Lark 2.7% 7.7% 5.0%
51   Black Scoter 2.6% 7.7% 5.1%
52   Red-breasted Nuthatch 2.6% 7.7% 5.1%
53   Brown-headed Cowbird 1.8% 7.7% 5.9%
54   Bonaparte's Gull 1.7% 7.7% 6.0%
55   Common Eider 1.2% 7.7% 6.5%
56   Ring-necked Pheasant 0.7% 7.7% 7.0%
57   Laughing Gull 0.6% 7.7% 7.1%
58   Glaucous Gull 0.3% 7.7% 7.4%
59   Wilson's Snipe 0.2% 7.7% 7.5%