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Top Birds at Rockaway Beach--Beach 59th St. Jetty in January
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA

based on 20 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Rockaway Beach--Beach 59th St. Jetty 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   Great Black-backed Gull 31.6% 95.0% 63.4%
2   Ring-billed Gull 52.0% 90.0% 38.0%
3   Herring Gull 43.3% 90.0% 46.7%
4   Long-tailed Duck 9.1% 70.0% 60.9%
5   Sanderling 4.1% 70.0% 65.9%
6   Horned Grebe 7.2% 65.0% 57.8%
7   Common Loon 10.6% 60.0% 49.4%
8   Red-throated Loon 7.3% 60.0% 52.7%
9   Common Goldeneye 7.0% 60.0% 53.0%
10   Rock Pigeon 28.8% 55.0% 26.2%
11   Bufflehead 31.9% 50.0% 18.1%
12   Brant 20.5% 45.0% 24.5%
13   House Sparrow 35.7% 40.0% 4.3%
14   European Starling 35.9% 35.0% 0.9%
15   Red-breasted Merganser 19.3% 35.0% 15.7%
16   Double-crested Cormorant 13.8% 20.0% 6.2%
17   Black Scoter 2.9% 20.0% 17.1%
18   Purple Sandpiper 1.9% 20.0% 18.1%
19   Great Cormorant 4.8% 15.0% 10.2%
20   Northern Gannet 2.1% 15.0% 12.9%
21   Razorbill 1.3% 15.0% 13.7%
22   Song Sparrow 32.2% 10.0% 22.2%
23   Northern Mockingbird 23.6% 10.0% 13.6%
24   Pied-billed Grebe 4.5% 10.0% 5.5%
25   Merlin 1.9% 10.0% 8.1%
26   Mallard 49.0% 5.0% 44.0%
27   White-throated Sparrow 42.1% 5.0% 37.1%
28   Mourning Dove 29.4% 5.0% 24.4%
29   Carolina Wren 15.1% 5.0% 10.1%
30   House Finch 13.4% 5.0% 8.4%
31   American Goldfinch 13.2% 5.0% 8.2%
32   Yellow-rumped Warbler 4.9% 5.0% 0.1%
33   Common Raven 3.9% 5.0% 1.1%
34   Bonaparte's Gull 2.3% 5.0% 2.7%
35   White-winged Scoter 1.9% 5.0% 3.1%
36   Snow Bunting 1.6% 5.0% 3.4%
37   Field Sparrow 1.2% 5.0% 3.8%
38   Snowy Owl 1.2% 5.0% 3.8%
39   Lesser Black-backed Gull 0.8% 5.0% 4.2%
40   Tree Swallow 0.7% 5.0% 4.3%
41   Boat-tailed Grackle 0.2% 5.0% 4.8%
42   Blue Grosbeak 0.0% 5.0% 5.0%