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

based on 72 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Coney Island Pier 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% 86.1% 36.5%
2   Common Loon 8.9% 84.7% 75.8%
3   Herring Gull 41.8% 81.9% 40.1%
4   Great Black-backed Gull 29.3% 80.6% 51.2%
5   Rock Pigeon 30.7% 62.5% 31.8%
6   House Sparrow 38.4% 51.4% 12.9%
7   Long-tailed Duck 6.2% 48.6% 42.4%
8   Red-breasted Merganser 14.8% 47.2% 32.4%
9   Red-throated Loon 6.8% 47.2% 40.4%
10   European Starling 38.9% 38.9% 0.0%
11   Brant 18.9% 36.1% 17.3%
12   Black Scoter 2.6% 36.1% 33.5%
13   Double-crested Cormorant 17.9% 31.9% 14.0%
14   Surf Scoter 2.3% 31.9% 29.7%
15   Northern Gannet 3.1% 30.6% 27.5%
16   Bufflehead 28.2% 26.4% 1.8%
17   Fish Crow 5.1% 25.0% 19.9%
18   White-winged Scoter 2.0% 13.9% 11.9%
19   Common Eider 1.2% 13.9% 12.7%
20   Canada Goose 51.7% 12.5% 39.2%
21   Purple Sandpiper 1.7% 11.1% 9.4%
22   American Crow 20.6% 9.7% 10.9%
23   Bonaparte's Gull 1.7% 9.7% 8.0%
24   Northern Mockingbird 28.4% 8.3% 20.1%
25   Sanderling 3.2% 8.3% 5.2%
26   Mourning Dove 36.2% 6.9% 29.2%
27   Common Goldeneye 3.9% 6.9% 3.1%
28   Laughing Gull 0.6% 6.9% 6.4%
29   White-throated Sparrow 48.7% 5.6% 43.2%
30   Great Cormorant 3.8% 5.6% 1.8%
31   Merlin 2.3% 5.6% 3.2%
32   Swamp Sparrow 7.6% 4.2% 3.4%
33   Lesser Black-backed Gull 0.6% 4.2% 3.5%
34   Common Yellowthroat 0.6% 4.2% 3.5%
35   Song Sparrow 37.1% 2.8% 34.3%
36   American Black Duck 26.7% 2.8% 23.9%
37   Great Blue Heron 20.2% 2.8% 17.5%
38   House Finch 16.4% 2.8% 13.7%
39   Mute Swan 14.0% 2.8% 11.2%
40   Red-winged Blackbird 9.2% 2.8% 6.4%
41   American Kestrel 5.9% 2.8% 3.1%
42   Peregrine Falcon 5.8% 2.8% 3.0%
43   Black Skimmer 0.1% 2.8% 2.7%
44   American Robin 29.6% 1.4% 28.2%
45   Red-tailed Hawk 24.6% 1.4% 23.2%
46   Dark-eyed Junco 23.3% 1.4% 21.9%
47   Greater Scaup 6.8% 1.4% 5.4%
48   Hermit Thrush 5.5% 1.4% 4.1%
49   Horned Grebe 5.3% 1.4% 3.9%
50   Horned Lark 2.7% 1.4% 1.3%
51   Dunlin 1.6% 1.4% 0.2%
52   Tree Swallow 1.0% 1.4% 0.4%
53   Iceland Gull 0.6% 1.4% 0.8%
54   Red-necked Grebe 0.5% 1.4% 0.9%
55   Yellow-breasted Chat 0.4% 1.4% 1.0%
56   Razorbill 0.3% 1.4% 1.1%