Top Birds at Nickerson Beach in December
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA
based on 125 checklists
This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Nickerson 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.
| Rank | Info | Pics | Species | Entire Region | This Location | Difference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Horned Lark | 2.6% | 62.4% | 59.8% | |||
| 2 | Canada Goose | 51.6% | 55.2% | 3.6% | |||
| 3 | Mallard | 48.3% | 41.6% | 6.7% | |||
| 4 | Herring Gull | 41.9% | 41.6% | 0.3% | |||
| 5 | Brant | 18.8% | 40.8% | 22.0% | |||
| 6 | European Starling | 38.9% | 33.6% | 5.3% | |||
| 7 | Sanderling | 3.1% | 26.4% | 23.3% | |||
| 8 | Mourning Dove | 36.2% | 25.6% | 10.6% | |||
| 9 | Dunlin | 1.5% | 25.6% | 24.1% | |||
| 10 | Ring-billed Gull | 49.8% | 22.4% | 27.4% | |||
| 11 | Long-tailed Duck | 6.3% | 22.4% | 16.1% | |||
| 12 | Song Sparrow | 37.1% | 21.6% | 15.5% | |||
| 13 | Rock Pigeon | 30.7% | 21.6% | 9.1% | |||
| 14 | Snowy Owl | 0.9% | 21.6% | 20.7% | |||
| 15 | Great Black-backed Gull | 29.4% | 20.0% | 9.4% | |||
| 16 | Lapland Longspur | 0.3% | 19.2% | 18.9% | |||
| 17 | Common Loon | 9.0% | 17.6% | 8.6% | |||
| 18 | Red-throated Loon | 6.9% | 17.6% | 10.7% | |||
| 19 | House Finch | 16.4% | 16.8% | 0.4% | |||
| 20 | Horned Grebe | 5.3% | 13.6% | 8.3% | |||
| 21 | Snow Bunting | 2.0% | 12.8% | 10.8% | |||
| 22 | American Black Duck | 26.7% | 12.0% | 14.7% | |||
| 23 | House Sparrow | 38.5% | 10.4% | 28.1% | |||
| 24 | Yellow-rumped Warbler | 6.8% | 10.4% | 3.6% | |||
| 25 | Northern Mockingbird | 28.4% | 9.6% | 18.8% | |||
| 26 | Peregrine Falcon | 5.8% | 8.8% | 3.0% | |||
| 27 | Common Eider | 1.2% | 8.8% | 7.6% | |||
| 28 | Black-bellied Plover | 1.1% | 8.0% | 6.9% | |||
| 29 | Black Scoter | 2.6% | 6.4% | 3.8% | |||
| 30 | White-throated Sparrow | 48.8% | 5.6% | 43.2% | |||
| 31 | Red-breasted Merganser | 14.9% | 5.6% | 9.3% | |||
| 32 | Cooper's Hawk | 10.8% | 5.6% | 5.2% | |||
| 33 | Northern Cardinal | 40.1% | 4.8% | 35.3% | |||
| 34 | American Robin | 29.6% | 4.8% | 24.8% | |||
| 35 | American Crow | 20.7% | 4.8% | 15.9% | |||
| 36 | American Goldfinch | 20.5% | 4.8% | 15.7% | |||
| 37 | Northern Harrier | 5.0% | 4.8% | 0.2% | |||
| 38 | Northern Gannet | 3.1% | 4.8% | 1.7% | |||
| 39 | Savannah Sparrow | 2.1% | 4.8% | 2.7% | |||
| 40 | Brown-headed Cowbird | 1.8% | 4.8% | 3.0% | |||
| 41 | Dark-eyed Junco | 23.3% | 4.0% | 19.3% | |||
| 42 | Double-crested Cormorant | 18.0% | 4.0% | 14.0% | |||
| 43 | Northern Flicker | 11.0% | 4.0% | 7.0% | |||
| 44 | American Kestrel | 5.9% | 4.0% | 1.9% | |||
| 45 | Tree Swallow | 1.0% | 4.0% | 3.0% | |||
| 46 | Surf Scoter | 2.3% | 3.2% | 0.9% | |||
| 47 | Killdeer | 1.8% | 3.2% | 1.4% | |||
| 48 | Purple Sandpiper | 1.7% | 3.2% | 1.5% | |||
| 49 | Harlequin Duck | 0.6% | 3.2% | 2.6% | |||
| 50 | Red-tailed Hawk | 24.6% | 2.4% | 22.2% | |||
| 51 | Common Raven | 4.5% | 2.4% | 2.1% | |||
| 52 | Sharp-shinned Hawk | 3.2% | 2.4% | 0.8% | |||
| 53 | Merlin | 2.3% | 2.4% | 0.1% | |||
| 54 | Snow Goose | 2.2% | 2.4% | 0.2% | |||
| 55 | Field Sparrow | 1.9% | 2.4% | 0.5% | |||
| 56 | Bonaparte's Gull | 1.7% | 2.4% | 0.7% | |||
| 57 | American Pipit | 1.0% | 2.4% | 1.4% | |||
| 58 | Red Knot | 0.1% | 2.4% | 2.3% | |||
| 59 | Great Blue Heron | 20.3% | 1.6% | 18.7% | |||
| 60 | Green-winged Teal | 5.2% | 1.6% | 3.6% | |||
| 61 | Razorbill | 0.3% | 1.6% | 1.3% | |||
| 62 | Red Crossbill | 0.1% | 1.6% | 1.5% | |||
| 63 | Downy Woodpecker | 30.7% | 0.8% | 29.9% | |||
| 64 | Bufflehead | 28.3% | 0.8% | 27.5% | |||
| 65 | Carolina Wren | 18.8% | 0.8% | 18.0% | |||
| 66 | Gadwall | 15.2% | 0.8% | 14.4% | |||
| 67 | Mute Swan | 14.0% | 0.8% | 13.2% | |||
| 68 | Hairy Woodpecker | 9.2% | 0.8% | 8.4% | |||
| 69 | Red-winged Blackbird | 9.2% | 0.8% | 8.4% | |||
| 70 | Greater Scaup | 6.8% | 0.8% | 6.0% | |||
| 71 | Common Merganser | 4.9% | 0.8% | 4.1% | |||
| 72 | Golden-crowned Kinglet | 4.3% | 0.8% | 3.5% | |||
| 73 | Common Goldeneye | 3.9% | 0.8% | 3.1% | |||
| 74 | Red-breasted Nuthatch | 2.6% | 0.8% | 1.8% | |||
| 75 | White-winged Scoter | 2.1% | 0.8% | 1.3% | |||
| 76 | Greater Yellowlegs | 1.6% | 0.8% | 0.8% | |||
| 77 | White-crowned Sparrow | 0.7% | 0.8% | 0.1% | |||
| 78 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | 0.6% | 0.8% | 0.2% | |||
| 79 | Laughing Gull | 0.6% | 0.8% | 0.2% | |||
| 80 | Ruddy Turnstone | 0.5% | 0.8% | 0.3% | |||
| 81 | Red-necked Grebe | 0.5% | 0.8% | 0.3% | |||
| 82 | American Oystercatcher | 0.2% | 0.8% | 0.6% | |||
| 83 | Dovekie | 0.0% | 0.8% | 0.8% |