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Top Birds at Great Kills Park in January
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA

based on 284 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Great Kills Park 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 51.9% 72.9% 20.9%
2   Bufflehead 31.7% 72.2% 40.5%
3   Herring Gull 43.2% 71.5% 28.3%
4   Canada Goose 53.4% 70.4% 17.0%
5   Brant 20.4% 61.3% 40.9%
6   Great Black-backed Gull 31.5% 59.9% 28.4%
7   European Starling 35.9% 58.5% 22.6%
8   Song Sparrow 32.1% 56.7% 24.6%
9   Northern Mockingbird 23.5% 51.4% 27.9%
10   Horned Lark 2.0% 49.3% 47.3%
11   American Black Duck 27.8% 48.6% 20.8%
12   Horned Grebe 7.1% 48.2% 41.2%
13   Red-breasted Merganser 19.2% 47.2% 28.0%
14   American Tree Sparrow 6.4% 41.9% 35.5%
15   Northern Cardinal 36.7% 41.5% 4.9%
16   Mallard 49.0% 40.8% 8.2%
17   Yellow-rumped Warbler 4.7% 40.5% 35.8%
18   White-throated Sparrow 42.2% 35.6% 6.6%
19   Common Goldeneye 6.9% 34.5% 27.6%
20   Greater Scaup 9.8% 33.5% 23.7%
21   Mourning Dove 29.3% 31.3% 2.0%
22   American Robin 24.8% 27.5% 2.6%
23   House Sparrow 35.7% 25.0% 10.7%
24   Downy Woodpecker 27.2% 19.0% 8.2%
25   Northern Flicker 6.9% 18.7% 11.8%
26   Blue Jay 34.0% 17.3% 16.7%
27   Red-tailed Hawk 21.8% 17.3% 4.5%
28   Common Loon 10.6% 17.3% 6.6%
29   Snow Bunting 1.5% 17.3% 15.7%
30   Rock Pigeon 28.9% 16.5% 12.3%
31   Red-throated Loon 7.3% 15.8% 8.6%
32   Sanderling 4.0% 15.8% 11.8%
33   Carolina Wren 15.1% 15.1% 0.0%
34   Long-tailed Duck 9.1% 14.4% 5.3%
35   Northern Harrier 4.2% 14.4% 10.3%
36   Double-crested Cormorant 13.9% 13.4% 0.5%
37   Mute Swan 14.5% 12.0% 2.5%
38   Turkey Vulture 4.7% 11.6% 6.9%
39   American Goldfinch 13.2% 11.3% 2.0%
40   Gadwall 16.7% 10.6% 6.2%
41   House Finch 13.4% 10.2% 3.2%
42   Red-winged Blackbird 7.2% 10.2% 3.0%
43   American Crow 18.2% 9.9% 8.4%
44   Tree Swallow 0.7% 9.9% 9.2%
45   Field Sparrow 1.2% 9.5% 8.3%
46   Black-capped Chickadee 22.0% 8.8% 13.2%
47   Killdeer 1.7% 8.8% 7.1%
48   Dark-eyed Junco 15.9% 8.1% 7.8%
49   Cooper's Hawk 8.4% 7.7% 0.6%
50   Lapland Longspur 0.3% 6.7% 6.4%
51   Sharp-shinned Hawk 2.3% 6.3% 4.0%
52   Northern Gannet 2.1% 6.3% 4.2%
53   King Eider 0.2% 6.3% 6.1%
54   Red-bellied Woodpecker 24.8% 6.0% 18.8%
55   Peregrine Falcon 5.2% 5.6% 0.5%
56   White-crowned Sparrow 0.6% 5.6% 5.0%
57   Fox Sparrow 6.9% 5.3% 1.6%
58   Red-shouldered Hawk 1.4% 4.6% 3.1%
59   Snowy Owl 1.1% 4.6% 3.4%
60   Great Blue Heron 14.8% 4.2% 10.5%
61   Red-necked Grebe 0.5% 3.9% 3.3%
62   Hooded Merganser 19.6% 3.5% 16.0%
63   Swamp Sparrow 4.7% 3.5% 1.2%
64   Merlin 1.9% 3.5% 1.6%
65   Dunlin 1.7% 3.5% 1.8%
66   Great Cormorant 4.8% 3.2% 1.7%
67   Savannah Sparrow 1.2% 3.2% 1.9%
68   Brown-headed Cowbird 1.2% 3.2% 2.0%
69   Black Scoter 2.9% 2.8% 0.1%
70   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2.8% 2.8% 0.0%
71   Surf Scoter 2.8% 2.8% 0.0%
72   Gray Catbird 2.6% 2.8% 0.2%
73   Ruddy Turnstone 0.6% 2.8% 2.2%
74   Belted Kingfisher 6.9% 2.5% 4.5%
75   Bald Eagle 5.2% 2.5% 2.8%
76   Ruddy Duck 16.6% 2.1% 14.5%
77   Hairy Woodpecker 7.9% 2.1% 5.7%
78   Black Vulture 1.4% 2.1% 0.7%
79   Orange-crowned Warbler 0.9% 2.1% 1.2%
80   Common Merganser 6.7% 1.8% 4.9%
81   American Wigeon 6.2% 1.8% 4.5%
82   Lesser Scaup 5.1% 1.8% 3.4%
83   Ring-necked Pheasant 0.6% 1.8% 1.2%
84   Common Raven 3.9% 1.4% 2.5%
85   Winter Wren 3.2% 1.4% 1.8%
86   Great Horned Owl 1.9% 1.4% 0.5%
87   Eastern Towhee 1.8% 1.4% 0.4%
88   Common Redpoll 0.5% 1.4% 0.9%
89   Tufted Titmouse 19.7% 1.1% 18.6%
90   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 5.6% 1.1% 4.5%
91   Fish Crow 5.0% 1.1% 3.9%
92   Green-winged Teal 4.4% 1.1% 3.4%
93   Hermit Thrush 2.8% 1.1% 1.7%
94   Cedar Waxwing 1.7% 1.1% 0.7%
95   American Pipit 0.7% 1.1% 0.4%
96   Chipping Sparrow 0.6% 1.1% 0.4%
97   White-breasted Nuthatch 18.3% 0.7% 17.6%
98   Northern Shoveler 16.1% 0.7% 15.4%
99   Golden-crowned Kinglet 2.6% 0.7% 1.9%
100   Redhead 2.4% 0.7% 1.7%
101   Lesser Black-backed Gull 0.8% 0.7% 0.1%
102   Rough-legged Hawk 0.3% 0.7% 0.4%
103   Boat-tailed Grackle 0.2% 0.7% 0.5%
104   Vesper Sparrow 0.1% 0.7% 0.7%
105   American Coot 11.4% 0.4% 11.1%
106   Ring-necked Duck 4.6% 0.4% 4.2%
107   American Kestrel 3.8% 0.4% 3.5%
108   Northern Pintail 3.6% 0.4% 3.2%
109   Canvasback 3.1% 0.4% 2.8%
110   Snow Goose 2.6% 0.4% 2.3%
111   Bonaparte's Gull 2.3% 0.4% 1.9%
112   Purple Sandpiper 1.9% 0.4% 1.6%
113   Black-crowned Night-Heron 1.5% 0.4% 1.1%
114   Wild Turkey 1.3% 0.4% 0.9%
115   Black-headed Gull 0.5% 0.4% 0.2%
116   Purple Finch 0.4% 0.4% 0.1%
117   Glaucous Gull 0.4% 0.4% 0.0%
118   Palm Warbler 0.3% 0.4% 0.0%
119   American Woodcock 0.3% 0.4% 0.0%
120   Muscovy Duck 0.2% 0.4% 0.1%
121   Short-eared Owl 0.2% 0.4% 0.2%