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Top Birds at Gravesend Bay in January
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA

based on 85 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Gravesend Bay 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 52.0% 88.2% 36.2%
2   Herring Gull 43.3% 82.4% 39.1%
3   Bufflehead 31.8% 77.6% 45.8%
4   Brant 20.5% 77.6% 57.2%
5   Red-breasted Merganser 19.2% 76.5% 57.2%
6   Rock Pigeon 28.8% 69.4% 40.6%
7   American Black Duck 27.8% 69.4% 41.6%
8   Great Black-backed Gull 31.6% 64.7% 33.1%
9   Greater Scaup 9.8% 61.2% 51.4%
10   Common Loon 10.6% 57.6% 47.1%
11   Purple Sandpiper 1.8% 55.3% 53.5%
12   European Starling 35.9% 54.1% 18.2%
13   Mallard 49.0% 50.6% 1.6%
14   Common Goldeneye 6.9% 47.1% 40.1%
15   Canada Goose 53.5% 40.0% 13.5%
16   Red-throated Loon 7.3% 35.3% 28.0%
17   House Sparrow 35.7% 30.6% 5.1%
18   Double-crested Cormorant 13.8% 29.4% 15.6%
19   Bonaparte's Gull 2.2% 29.4% 27.2%
20   Horned Grebe 7.2% 28.2% 21.0%
21   Long-tailed Duck 9.1% 23.5% 14.4%
22   Lesser Scaup 5.1% 23.5% 18.5%
23   Brown-headed Cowbird 1.2% 15.3% 14.1%
24   Fish Crow 5.0% 12.9% 8.0%
25   Gadwall 16.7% 10.6% 6.1%
26   Great Cormorant 4.8% 10.6% 5.8%
27   Iceland Gull 1.0% 10.6% 9.6%
28   American Crow 18.2% 9.4% 8.8%
29   Mute Swan 14.5% 8.2% 6.2%
30   Northern Gannet 2.1% 8.2% 6.1%
31   Mew Gull 0.0% 8.2% 8.2%
32   Cooper's Hawk 8.4% 7.1% 1.3%
33   Peregrine Falcon 5.2% 7.1% 1.9%
34   Northern Mockingbird 23.6% 5.9% 17.8%
35   Ruddy Duck 16.6% 5.9% 10.7%
36   American Wigeon 6.2% 4.7% 1.5%
37   Black Scoter 2.9% 4.7% 1.8%
38   Short-billed Gull 0.1% 4.7% 4.6%
39   Mourning Dove 29.4% 3.5% 25.9%
40   Red-tailed Hawk 21.8% 3.5% 18.3%
41   Blue Jay 33.9% 2.4% 31.6%
42   Dark-eyed Junco 15.9% 2.4% 13.5%
43   House Finch 13.4% 2.4% 11.1%
44   American Kestrel 3.8% 2.4% 1.5%
45   Snow Goose 2.6% 2.4% 0.3%
46   Northern Cardinal 36.7% 1.2% 35.6%
47   Downy Woodpecker 27.2% 1.2% 26.0%
48   American Robin 24.9% 1.2% 23.7%
49   Red-bellied Woodpecker 24.7% 1.2% 23.6%
50   Black-capped Chickadee 22.0% 1.2% 20.8%
51   Hooded Merganser 19.5% 1.2% 18.3%
52   Common Grackle 5.1% 1.2% 4.0%
53   Yellow-rumped Warbler 4.9% 1.2% 3.7%
54   Turkey Vulture 4.8% 1.2% 3.6%
55   Sanderling 4.1% 1.2% 2.9%
56   Common Raven 3.9% 1.2% 2.7%
57   Northern Pintail 3.6% 1.2% 2.4%
58   Surf Scoter 2.8% 1.2% 1.6%
59   Redhead 2.4% 1.2% 1.2%
60   Sharp-shinned Hawk 2.3% 1.2% 1.2%
61   Horned Lark 2.2% 1.2% 1.1%
62   White-winged Scoter 1.9% 1.2% 0.7%
63   Merlin 1.9% 1.2% 0.7%
64   Common Eider 1.5% 1.2% 0.3%
65   Razorbill 1.3% 1.2% 0.1%
66   Red-necked Grebe 0.5% 1.2% 0.6%
67   Glaucous Gull 0.4% 1.2% 0.8%
68   Pine Warbler 0.4% 1.2% 0.8%
69   California Gull 0% 1.2% 1.2%