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Top Birds at Sheepshead Bay in December
relative to other locations within 25 miles of 40.781243, -73.966507

based on 116 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.

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Rank Info Pics Species Entire Region This Location Difference
1   Mute Swan 13.6% 93.1% 79.5%
2   Ring-billed Gull 49.1% 87.9% 38.8%
3   American Herring Gull 41.3% 82.8% 41.4%
4   Mallard 47.5% 81.9% 34.4%
5   American Black Duck 26.4% 79.3% 52.9%
6   Bufflehead 27.7% 78.4% 50.7%
7   Rock Pigeon 31.0% 71.6% 40.5%
8   Canada Goose 51.7% 64.7% 12.9%
9   Double-crested Cormorant 17.5% 62.1% 44.6%
10   Great Black-backed Gull 28.5% 59.5% 31.0%
11   European Starling 38.7% 57.8% 19.0%
12   Lesser Scaup 3.5% 57.8% 54.3%
13   Common Loon 8.5% 49.1% 40.6%
14   House Sparrow 38.8% 44.8% 6.0%
15   Red-breasted Merganser 14.6% 24.1% 9.5%
16   Brant 18.5% 19.8% 1.3%
17   Iceland Gull 0.5% 19.8% 19.4%
18   Fish Crow 5.5% 16.4% 10.9%
19   Greater Scaup 6.7% 15.5% 8.9%
20   Red-throated Loon 6.5% 12.1% 5.6%
21   Ruddy Duck 15.4% 9.5% 5.9%
22   Northern Pintail 3.2% 9.5% 6.3%
23   Blue Jay 40.2% 6.9% 33.3%
24   American Crow 20.8% 6.0% 14.7%
25   Mourning Dove 36.7% 4.3% 32.4%
26   Lesser Black-backed Gull 0.7% 4.3% 3.7%
27   Northern Cardinal 40.5% 3.4% 37.1%
28   Northern Mockingbird 28.5% 3.4% 25.1%
29   Song Sparrow 37.2% 2.6% 34.6%
30   Tree Swallow 0.9% 2.6% 1.7%
31   Red-tailed Hawk 24.7% 1.7% 23.0%
32   Dark-eyed Junco 24.0% 1.7% 22.3%
33   Gadwall 15.2% 1.7% 13.4%
34   Cooper's Hawk 11.3% 1.7% 9.6%
35   American Coot 10.3% 1.7% 8.5%
36   Long-tailed Duck 6.1% 1.7% 4.4%
37   Horned Grebe 5.1% 1.7% 3.4%
38   Sharp-shinned Hawk 3.2% 1.7% 1.4%
39   Laughing Gull 0.6% 1.7% 1.1%
40   Razorbill 0.3% 1.7% 1.4%
41   White-throated Sparrow 49.2% 0.9% 48.4%
42   Downy Woodpecker 30.9% 0.9% 30.0%
43   Black-capped Chickadee 25.7% 0.9% 24.8%
44   Tufted Titmouse 22.3% 0.9% 21.5%
45   American Goldfinch 20.2% 0.9% 19.3%
46   American Wigeon 6.0% 0.9% 5.2%
47   Common Grackle 5.4% 0.9% 4.5%
48   Turkey Vulture 5.3% 0.9% 4.5%
49   Bald Eagle 5.1% 0.9% 4.2%
50   Common Raven 4.9% 0.9% 4.1%
51   Ring-necked Duck 3.9% 0.9% 3.0%
52   Great Cormorant 3.6% 0.9% 2.7%
53   Black Scoter 2.9% 0.9% 2.1%
54   Surf Scoter 2.6% 0.9% 1.7%
55   Merlin 2.4% 0.9% 1.5%
56   Canvasback 2.1% 0.9% 1.3%
57   Killdeer 2.1% 0.9% 1.2%
58   White-winged Scoter 2.1% 0.9% 1.2%
59   Black-headed Gull 0.4% 0.9% 0.4%