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Top Birds at Coney Island Beach in December
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA

based on 145 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Coney Island 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   Ring-billed Gull 49.6% 91.0% 41.5%
2   Herring Gull 41.8% 90.3% 48.6%
3   Great Black-backed Gull 29.2% 86.9% 57.6%
4   Common Loon 8.9% 75.9% 67.0%
5   Rock Pigeon 30.6% 69.0% 38.4%
6   European Starling 38.8% 52.4% 13.6%
7   Brant 18.8% 51.0% 32.2%
8   Long-tailed Duck 6.2% 46.9% 40.7%
9   Red-throated Loon 6.8% 44.8% 38.0%
10   Red-breasted Merganser 14.8% 44.1% 29.3%
11   House Sparrow 38.5% 42.8% 4.3%
12   Purple Sandpiper 1.6% 40.7% 39.1%
13   Bufflehead 28.2% 37.2% 9.1%
14   Black Scoter 2.5% 35.9% 33.3%
15   Surf Scoter 2.3% 29.7% 27.4%
16   Northern Gannet 3.1% 27.6% 24.5%
17   Double-crested Cormorant 17.9% 24.8% 6.9%
18   Fish Crow 5.1% 24.8% 19.7%
19   Lesser Black-backed Gull 0.6% 23.4% 22.9%
20   Laughing Gull 0.5% 19.3% 18.8%
21   Canada Goose 51.7% 16.6% 35.2%
22   Bonaparte's Gull 1.7% 14.5% 12.8%
23   Black Skimmer 0.0% 12.4% 12.4%
24   Sanderling 3.1% 9.7% 6.5%
25   White-throated Sparrow 48.8% 9.0% 39.8%
26   Mourning Dove 36.2% 9.0% 27.2%
27   Common Eider 1.2% 9.0% 7.8%
28   Swamp Sparrow 7.6% 8.3% 0.7%
29   Northern Mockingbird 28.4% 7.6% 20.9%
30   American Crow 20.7% 7.6% 13.1%
31   Great Cormorant 3.8% 7.6% 3.8%
32   White-winged Scoter 2.0% 7.6% 5.6%
33   Peregrine Falcon 5.8% 6.2% 0.4%
34   Cooper's Hawk 10.8% 5.5% 5.3%
35   Song Sparrow 37.1% 4.8% 32.3%
36   Ruddy Turnstone 0.5% 4.8% 4.3%
37   Common Yellowthroat 0.6% 4.1% 3.5%
38   American Goldfinch 20.5% 3.4% 17.0%
39   House Finch 16.4% 3.4% 13.0%
40   Mute Swan 14.0% 3.4% 10.5%
41   Greater Scaup 6.8% 3.4% 3.3%
42   American Kestrel 5.9% 3.4% 2.5%
43   Gadwall 15.2% 2.8% 12.5%
44   Horned Grebe 5.3% 2.8% 2.5%
45   American Pipit 1.0% 2.8% 1.8%
46   Snowy Owl 1.0% 2.8% 1.8%
47   Tree Swallow 1.0% 2.8% 1.8%
48   American Robin 29.6% 2.1% 27.6%
49   Great Blue Heron 20.3% 2.1% 18.2%
50   Fox Sparrow 9.8% 2.1% 7.7%
51   Common Goldeneye 3.9% 2.1% 1.8%
52   Horned Lark 2.7% 2.1% 0.7%
53   Mallard 48.5% 1.4% 47.1%
54   Northern Cardinal 40.2% 1.4% 38.8%
55   Dark-eyed Junco 23.3% 1.4% 21.9%
56   Hooded Merganser 18.9% 1.4% 17.5%
57   Hermit Thrush 5.5% 1.4% 4.1%
58   Winter Wren 5.0% 1.4% 3.6%
59   Common Raven 4.5% 1.4% 3.1%
60   Merlin 2.3% 1.4% 1.0%
61   Iceland Gull 0.6% 1.4% 0.8%
62   Yellow-breasted Chat 0.4% 1.4% 1.0%
63   Razorbill 0.3% 1.4% 1.1%
64   Blue Jay 40.0% 0.7% 39.3%
65   Downy Woodpecker 30.8% 0.7% 30.1%
66   American Black Duck 26.7% 0.7% 26.1%
67   Red-tailed Hawk 24.6% 0.7% 24.0%
68   Black-capped Chickadee 24.4% 0.7% 23.7%
69   Tufted Titmouse 21.4% 0.7% 20.7%
70   Ruddy Duck 15.6% 0.7% 14.9%
71   American Coot 10.4% 0.7% 9.7%
72   Red-winged Blackbird 9.2% 0.7% 8.5%
73   Yellow-rumped Warbler 6.9% 0.7% 6.2%
74   American Wigeon 6.2% 0.7% 5.5%
75   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 5.6% 0.7% 4.9%
76   Pied-billed Grebe 5.4% 0.7% 4.7%
77   Northern Harrier 5.0% 0.7% 4.3%
78   Eastern Towhee 2.6% 0.7% 1.9%
79   Savannah Sparrow 2.1% 0.7% 1.5%
80   Harlequin Duck 0.6% 0.7% 0.1%
81   Black-headed Gull 0.5% 0.7% 0.2%
82   Red-necked Grebe 0.5% 0.7% 0.2%
83   Glaucous Gull 0.3% 0.7% 0.4%
84   American Oystercatcher 0.2% 0.7% 0.5%
85   House Wren 0.1% 0.7% 0.6%