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Top Birds at Rockaway Beach--Arverne (Beach 56th-73rd St.) in January
relative to other locations within 25 miles of 40.781243, -73.966507

based on 15 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Rockaway Beach--Arverne (Beach 56th-73rd St.) in January. 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 51.7% 86.7% 34.9%
2   American Herring Gull 43.1% 73.3% 30.2%
3   Bufflehead 31.6% 73.3% 41.8%
4   Long-tailed Duck 8.9% 66.7% 57.7%
5   Sanderling 4.1% 66.7% 62.5%
6   Great Black-backed Gull 30.8% 53.3% 22.5%
7   Common Loon 10.2% 46.7% 36.5%
8   Black Scoter 3.2% 46.7% 43.5%
9   Double-crested Cormorant 13.9% 40.0% 26.1%
10   Common Goldeneye 6.7% 33.3% 26.6%
11   European Starling 35.7% 26.7% 9.0%
12   Brant 20.1% 26.7% 6.5%
13   Horned Grebe 6.9% 26.7% 19.8%
14   Rock Pigeon 29.1% 20.0% 9.1%
15   Red-throated Loon 6.8% 20.0% 13.2%
16   Song Sparrow 32.3% 13.3% 19.0%
17   Northern Mockingbird 23.7% 13.3% 10.4%
18   Lesser Scaup 5.1% 13.3% 8.2%
19   Purple Sandpiper 1.9% 13.3% 11.4%
20   Common Eider 1.5% 13.3% 11.8%
21   Tree Swallow 0.7% 13.3% 12.6%
22   Canada Goose 53.6% 6.7% 46.9%
23   House Sparrow 36.0% 6.7% 29.3%
24   Mourning Dove 29.7% 6.7% 23.0%
25   Red-breasted Merganser 19.1% 6.7% 12.4%
26   House Finch 13.4% 6.7% 6.7%
27   Greater Scaup 9.8% 6.7% 3.1%
28   Great Cormorant 4.6% 6.7% 2.1%
29   Common Raven 4.3% 6.7% 2.4%
30   Northern Harrier 4.2% 6.7% 2.5%
31   Surf Scoter 3.1% 6.7% 3.6%
32   Northern Gannet 2.0% 6.7% 4.6%
33   Merlin 1.9% 6.7% 4.7%
34   Monk Parakeet 1.7% 6.7% 4.9%
35   Dunlin 1.7% 6.7% 4.9%
36   Snow Bunting 1.6% 6.7% 5.1%
37   Lesser Black-backed Gull 0.9% 6.7% 5.8%
38   Red-necked Grebe 0.5% 6.7% 6.2%
39   King Eider 0.3% 6.7% 6.4%