Top Birds at Riis Landing in January
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 Riis Landing 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.
| Rank | Info | Pics | Species | Entire Region | This Location | Difference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Long-tailed Duck | 9.1% | 77.8% | 68.7% | |||
| 2 | Bufflehead | 31.8% | 70.8% | 39.0% | |||
| 3 | Great Black-backed Gull | 31.6% | 66.7% | 35.1% | |||
| 4 | Red-breasted Merganser | 19.3% | 61.1% | 41.9% | |||
| 5 | Herring Gull | 43.3% | 59.7% | 16.4% | |||
| 6 | Ring-billed Gull | 52.0% | 51.4% | 0.6% | |||
| 7 | Brant | 20.5% | 51.4% | 30.9% | |||
| 8 | Double-crested Cormorant | 13.8% | 40.3% | 26.5% | |||
| 9 | Great Cormorant | 4.8% | 37.5% | 32.7% | |||
| 10 | Red-throated Loon | 7.3% | 36.1% | 28.8% | |||
| 11 | American Black Duck | 27.8% | 26.4% | 1.5% | |||
| 12 | Common Loon | 10.6% | 22.2% | 11.6% | |||
| 13 | Peregrine Falcon | 5.2% | 22.2% | 17.1% | |||
| 14 | White-winged Scoter | 1.9% | 16.7% | 14.8% | |||
| 15 | Rock Pigeon | 28.8% | 13.9% | 15.0% | |||
| 16 | Dovekie | 0.1% | 12.5% | 12.4% | |||
| 17 | House Sparrow | 35.7% | 11.1% | 24.6% | |||
| 18 | Canada Goose | 53.5% | 9.7% | 43.8% | |||
| 19 | Northern Mockingbird | 23.6% | 9.7% | 13.9% | |||
| 20 | Horned Grebe | 7.2% | 9.7% | 2.5% | |||
| 21 | American Wigeon | 6.2% | 9.7% | 3.5% | |||
| 22 | Black Scoter | 2.9% | 9.7% | 6.8% | |||
| 23 | American Crow | 18.2% | 8.3% | 9.9% | |||
| 24 | European Starling | 36.0% | 6.9% | 29.0% | |||
| 25 | Song Sparrow | 32.2% | 6.9% | 25.3% | |||
| 26 | Greater Scaup | 9.9% | 6.9% | 2.9% | |||
| 27 | Northern Gannet | 2.1% | 6.9% | 4.8% | |||
| 28 | Mute Swan | 14.5% | 5.6% | 8.9% | |||
| 29 | Common Raven | 3.9% | 5.6% | 1.7% | |||
| 30 | Bonaparte's Gull | 2.3% | 5.6% | 3.3% | |||
| 31 | Razorbill | 1.3% | 5.6% | 4.3% | |||
| 32 | Mallard | 49.0% | 4.2% | 44.8% | |||
| 33 | Common Goldeneye | 7.0% | 4.2% | 2.8% | |||
| 34 | Sanderling | 4.1% | 4.2% | 0.1% | |||
| 35 | Surf Scoter | 2.8% | 2.8% | 0.0% | |||
| 36 | Red-tailed Hawk | 21.8% | 1.4% | 20.4% | |||
| 37 | Great Blue Heron | 14.7% | 1.4% | 13.3% | |||
| 38 | Yellow-rumped Warbler | 4.9% | 1.4% | 3.5% | |||
| 39 | American Kestrel | 3.8% | 1.4% | 2.4% | |||
| 40 | Common Eider | 1.5% | 1.4% | 0.1% | |||
| 41 | Black-bellied Plover | 1.0% | 1.4% | 0.4% | |||
| 42 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | 0.8% | 1.4% | 0.6% | |||
| 43 | Tree Swallow | 0.7% | 1.4% | 0.6% |