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

based on 119 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Plumb 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   Brant 18.7% 88.2% 69.5%
2   Ring-billed Gull 49.6% 85.7% 36.1%
3   Herring Gull 41.8% 82.4% 40.5%
4   Bufflehead 28.1% 74.8% 46.7%
5   Red-breasted Merganser 14.8% 73.1% 58.4%
6   Great Black-backed Gull 29.3% 72.3% 43.0%
7   Song Sparrow 37.0% 66.4% 29.4%
8   American Black Duck 26.6% 64.7% 38.1%
9   Common Loon 8.9% 64.7% 55.8%
10   Double-crested Cormorant 17.8% 51.3% 33.4%
11   Rock Pigeon 30.7% 50.4% 19.7%
12   Canada Goose 51.6% 47.1% 4.6%
13   Mute Swan 13.9% 39.5% 25.6%
14   Red-throated Loon 6.8% 37.8% 31.0%
15   Sanderling 3.1% 37.8% 34.7%
16   Mallard 48.4% 37.0% 11.4%
17   Long-tailed Duck 6.2% 36.1% 29.9%
18   Northern Cardinal 40.1% 33.6% 6.4%
19   American Oystercatcher 0.2% 30.3% 30.1%
20   European Starling 38.9% 29.4% 9.5%
21   Great Blue Heron 20.2% 29.4% 9.2%
22   Northern Mockingbird 28.4% 28.6% 0.2%
23   Horned Grebe 5.2% 26.9% 21.7%
24   Savannah Sparrow 2.1% 26.9% 24.8%
25   White-throated Sparrow 48.7% 23.5% 25.2%
26   House Finch 16.4% 23.5% 7.1%
27   Greater Scaup 6.7% 23.5% 16.8%
28   House Sparrow 38.5% 21.0% 17.5%
29   American Goldfinch 20.4% 20.2% 0.3%
30   Dunlin 1.6% 18.5% 16.9%
31   American Kestrel 5.9% 17.6% 11.8%
32   Yellow-rumped Warbler 6.8% 16.8% 10.0%
33   Mourning Dove 36.2% 16.0% 20.2%
34   American Crow 20.6% 15.1% 5.5%
35   Black-bellied Plover 1.1% 13.4% 12.3%
36   Northern Harrier 4.9% 11.8% 6.8%
37   Black-capped Chickadee 24.3% 10.1% 14.3%
38   Downy Woodpecker 30.7% 9.2% 21.5%
39   American Tree Sparrow 6.4% 9.2% 2.8%
40   Great Cormorant 3.8% 9.2% 5.5%
41   Greater Yellowlegs 1.6% 9.2% 7.6%
42   Tree Swallow 0.9% 8.4% 7.5%
43   Black Scoter 2.6% 7.6% 4.9%
44   Surf Scoter 2.3% 7.6% 5.2%
45   Peregrine Falcon 5.8% 5.9% 0.1%
46   Clapper Rail 0.2% 5.9% 5.7%
47   Swamp Sparrow 7.6% 5.0% 2.6%
48   Horned Lark 2.7% 5.0% 2.3%
49   Brown-headed Cowbird 1.8% 5.0% 3.3%
50   Field Sparrow 1.9% 4.2% 2.3%
51   American Pipit 1.0% 4.2% 3.2%
52   Short-eared Owl 0.1% 4.2% 4.1%
53   Seaside Sparrow 0.0% 4.2% 4.2%
54   Blue Jay 39.9% 3.4% 36.6%
55   American Robin 29.6% 3.4% 26.3%
56   Hooded Merganser 18.8% 3.4% 15.5%
57   Carolina Wren 18.8% 3.4% 15.5%
58   Northern Flicker 11.0% 3.4% 7.6%
59   Red-winged Blackbird 9.2% 3.4% 5.8%
60   Red-necked Grebe 0.5% 3.4% 2.9%
61   Dark-eyed Junco 23.3% 2.5% 20.8%
62   Cooper's Hawk 10.8% 2.5% 8.3%
63   American Wigeon 6.2% 2.5% 3.7%
64   Fish Crow 5.2% 2.5% 2.7%
65   Lesser Scaup 3.6% 2.5% 1.1%
66   Northern Gannet 3.1% 2.5% 0.6%
67   Common Eider 1.2% 2.5% 1.3%
68   Nelson's Sparrow 0.0% 2.5% 2.5%
69   Red-bellied Woodpecker 28.7% 1.7% 27.0%
70   Red-tailed Hawk 24.6% 1.7% 22.9%
71   Gadwall 15.2% 1.7% 13.6%
72   Belted Kingfisher 9.6% 1.7% 7.9%
73   Turkey Vulture 5.4% 1.7% 3.7%
74   Common Goldeneye 3.9% 1.7% 2.2%
75   Sharp-shinned Hawk 3.3% 1.7% 1.6%
76   Merlin 2.3% 1.7% 0.7%
77   Snow Bunting 2.0% 1.7% 0.4%
78   Laughing Gull 0.6% 1.7% 1.1%
79   Eastern Phoebe 0.5% 1.7% 1.2%
80   American Bittern 0.2% 1.7% 1.5%
81   Saltmarsh Sparrow 0.0% 1.7% 1.7%
82   Willet 0.0% 1.7% 1.7%
83   White-breasted Nuthatch 20.0% 0.8% 19.2%
84   Pied-billed Grebe 5.4% 0.8% 4.5%
85   Green-winged Teal 5.2% 0.8% 4.3%
86   Bald Eagle 4.8% 0.8% 4.0%
87   Northern Pintail 3.3% 0.8% 2.4%
88   Snow Goose 2.2% 0.8% 1.4%
89   Orange-crowned Warbler 1.9% 0.8% 1.1%
90   Killdeer 1.9% 0.8% 1.0%
91   Bonaparte's Gull 1.7% 0.8% 0.9%
92   Chipping Sparrow 1.4% 0.8% 0.6%
93   Ring-necked Pheasant 0.7% 0.8% 0.2%
94   Lapland Longspur 0.4% 0.8% 0.4%
95   Razorbill 0.3% 0.8% 0.5%
96   Boat-tailed Grackle 0.2% 0.8% 0.6%
97   Virginia Rail 0.2% 0.8% 0.7%
98   Red Knot 0.1% 0.8% 0.7%