Top Birds at Sheepshead Bay in December
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA
based on 112 checklists
This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Sheepshead Bay 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 | Mute Swan | 13.8% | 93.8% | 80.0% | |||
| 2 | Ring-billed Gull | 49.6% | 88.4% | 38.8% | |||
| 3 | Herring Gull | 41.8% | 83.0% | 41.2% | |||
| 4 | Mallard | 48.2% | 82.1% | 33.9% | |||
| 5 | American Black Duck | 26.5% | 79.5% | 52.9% | |||
| 6 | Bufflehead | 28.1% | 78.6% | 50.5% | |||
| 7 | Rock Pigeon | 30.6% | 71.4% | 40.8% | |||
| 8 | Canada Goose | 51.6% | 64.3% | 12.7% | |||
| 9 | Double-crested Cormorant | 17.8% | 62.5% | 44.7% | |||
| 10 | Great Black-backed Gull | 29.3% | 59.8% | 30.5% | |||
| 11 | Lesser Scaup | 3.5% | 59.8% | 56.3% | |||
| 12 | European Starling | 38.8% | 58.9% | 20.1% | |||
| 13 | Common Loon | 9.0% | 50.0% | 41.0% | |||
| 14 | House Sparrow | 38.5% | 45.5% | 7.1% | |||
| 15 | Red-breasted Merganser | 14.9% | 24.1% | 9.2% | |||
| 16 | Brant | 18.9% | 19.6% | 0.8% | |||
| 17 | Iceland Gull | 0.5% | 19.6% | 19.1% | |||
| 18 | Greater Scaup | 6.7% | 16.1% | 9.3% | |||
| 19 | Fish Crow | 5.2% | 16.1% | 10.9% | |||
| 20 | Red-throated Loon | 6.9% | 12.5% | 5.6% | |||
| 21 | Ruddy Duck | 15.6% | 9.8% | 5.8% | |||
| 22 | Northern Pintail | 3.3% | 9.8% | 6.6% | |||
| 23 | Blue Jay | 39.9% | 7.1% | 32.8% | |||
| 24 | American Crow | 20.7% | 6.2% | 14.4% | |||
| 25 | Mourning Dove | 36.2% | 4.5% | 31.7% | |||
| 26 | Northern Cardinal | 40.1% | 3.6% | 36.6% | |||
| 27 | Northern Mockingbird | 28.4% | 3.6% | 24.9% | |||
| 28 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | 0.6% | 3.6% | 2.9% | |||
| 29 | Song Sparrow | 37.1% | 2.7% | 34.5% | |||
| 30 | Tree Swallow | 1.0% | 2.7% | 1.7% | |||
| 31 | Red-tailed Hawk | 24.6% | 1.8% | 22.8% | |||
| 32 | Dark-eyed Junco | 23.3% | 1.8% | 21.5% | |||
| 33 | Gadwall | 15.2% | 1.8% | 13.5% | |||
| 34 | Cooper's Hawk | 10.8% | 1.8% | 9.0% | |||
| 35 | American Coot | 10.4% | 1.8% | 8.6% | |||
| 36 | Long-tailed Duck | 6.3% | 1.8% | 4.5% | |||
| 37 | Horned Grebe | 5.3% | 1.8% | 3.5% | |||
| 38 | Sharp-shinned Hawk | 3.3% | 1.8% | 1.5% | |||
| 39 | Laughing Gull | 0.6% | 1.8% | 1.2% | |||
| 40 | Razorbill | 0.3% | 1.8% | 1.5% | |||
| 41 | White-throated Sparrow | 48.8% | 0.9% | 47.9% | |||
| 42 | Downy Woodpecker | 30.7% | 0.9% | 29.8% | |||
| 43 | Black-capped Chickadee | 24.4% | 0.9% | 23.5% | |||
| 44 | Tufted Titmouse | 21.4% | 0.9% | 20.5% | |||
| 45 | American Goldfinch | 20.5% | 0.9% | 19.6% | |||
| 46 | American Wigeon | 6.2% | 0.9% | 5.3% | |||
| 47 | Common Grackle | 5.5% | 0.9% | 4.6% | |||
| 48 | Turkey Vulture | 5.4% | 0.9% | 4.5% | |||
| 49 | Bald Eagle | 4.8% | 0.9% | 3.9% | |||
| 50 | Common Raven | 4.5% | 0.9% | 3.6% | |||
| 51 | Ring-necked Duck | 4.0% | 0.9% | 3.1% | |||
| 52 | Great Cormorant | 3.8% | 0.9% | 2.9% | |||
| 53 | Black Scoter | 2.6% | 0.9% | 1.8% | |||
| 54 | Merlin | 2.3% | 0.9% | 1.4% | |||
| 55 | Surf Scoter | 2.3% | 0.9% | 1.4% | |||
| 56 | Canvasback | 2.2% | 0.9% | 1.3% | |||
| 57 | White-winged Scoter | 2.0% | 0.9% | 1.2% | |||
| 58 | Killdeer | 1.9% | 0.9% | 1.0% | |||
| 59 | Black-headed Gull | 0.5% | 0.9% | 0.4% |