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Top Birds at Coney Island Beach in December
relative to other locations within 25 miles of 40.781243, -73.966507

based on 163 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 49.1% 90.2% 41.1%
2   American Herring Gull 41.3% 90.2% 48.9%
3   Great Black-backed Gull 28.4% 85.9% 57.5%
4   Common Loon 8.4% 75.5% 67.1%
5   Rock Pigeon 31.0% 71.2% 40.2%
6   European Starling 38.7% 51.5% 12.8%
7   Brant 18.4% 51.5% 33.1%
8   Red-breasted Merganser 14.6% 48.5% 33.9%
9   House Sparrow 38.8% 43.6% 4.7%
10   Red-throated Loon 6.4% 43.6% 37.1%
11   Purple Sandpiper 1.6% 43.6% 42.0%
12   Bufflehead 27.8% 42.3% 14.5%
13   Long-tailed Duck 6.0% 42.3% 36.3%
14   Black Scoter 2.8% 41.1% 38.3%
15   Surf Scoter 2.5% 35.0% 32.5%
16   Double-crested Cormorant 17.5% 29.4% 11.9%
17   Fish Crow 5.4% 26.4% 20.9%
18   Northern Gannet 2.9% 26.4% 23.5%
19   Lesser Black-backed Gull 0.6% 21.5% 20.9%
20   Laughing Gull 0.5% 19.0% 18.5%
21   Canada Goose 51.9% 17.2% 34.7%
22   Black Skimmer 0.0% 13.5% 13.5%
23   Bonaparte's Gull 1.6% 12.9% 11.3%
24   Sanderling 3.3% 11.0% 7.8%
25   Common Eider 1.3% 9.8% 8.5%
26   White-throated Sparrow 49.3% 8.0% 41.3%
27   Mourning Dove 36.8% 8.0% 28.8%
28   American Crow 20.8% 8.0% 12.8%
29   Swamp Sparrow 8.1% 7.4% 0.7%
30   Ruddy Turnstone 0.5% 7.4% 6.8%
31   Northern Mockingbird 28.6% 6.7% 21.8%
32   Great Cormorant 3.5% 6.7% 3.2%
33   White-winged Scoter 2.1% 6.7% 4.7%
34   Cooper's Hawk 11.3% 5.5% 5.8%
35   Peregrine Falcon 5.6% 5.5% 0.1%
36   Song Sparrow 37.2% 4.3% 32.9%
37   American Kestrel 6.0% 4.3% 1.7%
38   Mute Swan 13.8% 3.7% 10.1%
39   Horned Grebe 5.1% 3.7% 1.4%
40   Common Yellowthroat 0.6% 3.7% 3.1%
41   American Goldfinch 20.2% 3.1% 17.1%
42   House Finch 16.6% 3.1% 13.5%
43   Greater Scaup 6.7% 3.1% 3.6%
44   Gadwall 15.2% 2.5% 12.7%
45   American Pipit 1.0% 2.5% 1.4%
46   Snowy Owl 1.0% 2.5% 1.5%
47   Tree Swallow 0.9% 2.5% 1.6%
48   American Robin 30.3% 1.8% 28.4%
49   Great Blue Heron 20.1% 1.8% 18.3%
50   Fox Sparrow 9.9% 1.8% 8.1%
51   Common Raven 4.9% 1.8% 3.1%
52   Common Goldeneye 3.7% 1.8% 1.8%
53   Horned Lark 2.6% 1.8% 0.8%
54   Mallard 47.7% 1.2% 46.5%
55   Northern Cardinal 40.6% 1.2% 39.3%
56   Dark-eyed Junco 24.1% 1.2% 22.8%
57   Hooded Merganser 18.8% 1.2% 17.5%
58   Hermit Thrush 5.8% 1.2% 4.5%
59   Winter Wren 4.8% 1.2% 3.6%
60   Merlin 2.4% 1.2% 1.1%
61   Iceland Gull 0.5% 1.2% 0.7%
62   Yellow-breasted Chat 0.4% 1.2% 0.9%
63   Razorbill 0.3% 1.2% 0.9%
64   Blue Jay 40.3% 0.6% 39.7%
65   Downy Woodpecker 30.9% 0.6% 30.3%
66   American Black Duck 26.6% 0.6% 26.0%
67   Black-capped Chickadee 25.7% 0.6% 25.1%
68   Red-tailed Hawk 24.8% 0.6% 24.2%
69   Tufted Titmouse 22.3% 0.6% 21.7%
70   Ruddy Duck 15.5% 0.6% 14.8%
71   American Coot 10.3% 0.6% 9.7%
72   Red-winged Blackbird 9.3% 0.6% 8.7%
73   Yellow-rumped Warbler 6.8% 0.6% 6.2%
74   American Wigeon 6.0% 0.6% 5.4%
75   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 5.7% 0.6% 5.1%
76   Pied-billed Grebe 5.1% 0.6% 4.4%
77   Northern Harrier 4.8% 0.6% 4.2%
78   Eastern Towhee 2.4% 0.6% 1.8%
79   Savannah Sparrow 2.1% 0.6% 1.5%
80   Harlequin Duck 0.6% 0.6% 0.0%
81   Red-necked Grebe 0.5% 0.6% 0.2%
82   Black-headed Gull 0.4% 0.6% 0.2%
83   Glaucous Gull 0.3% 0.6% 0.3%
84   American Oystercatcher 0.3% 0.6% 0.4%
85   House Wren 0.1% 0.6% 0.5%