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Top Birds at Jacob Riis Park in January
relative to other locations within 25 miles of 40.781243, -73.966507

based on 72 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Jacob Riis 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   American Herring Gull 43.1% 86.1% 43.0%
2   Great Black-backed Gull 30.8% 69.4% 38.6%
3   Ring-billed Gull 51.7% 68.1% 16.3%
4   Rock Pigeon 29.1% 62.5% 33.4%
5   Long-tailed Duck 8.9% 56.9% 48.0%
6   Brant 20.1% 51.4% 31.3%
7   European Starling 35.7% 48.6% 12.9%
8   Common Loon 10.2% 44.4% 34.3%
9   Bufflehead 31.6% 41.7% 10.1%
10   Red-breasted Merganser 19.0% 41.7% 22.6%
11   Red-throated Loon 6.8% 40.3% 33.5%
12   Sanderling 4.1% 38.9% 34.8%
13   Black Scoter 3.2% 31.9% 28.8%
14   Northern Gannet 2.0% 27.8% 25.8%
15   White-winged Scoter 2.0% 22.2% 20.2%
16   Canada Goose 53.6% 19.4% 34.1%
17   Horned Grebe 6.9% 18.1% 11.2%
18   Surf Scoter 3.1% 18.1% 15.0%
19   Horned Lark 2.2% 18.1% 15.9%
20   American Crow 18.6% 16.7% 1.9%
21   Northern Mockingbird 23.7% 15.3% 8.5%
22   Song Sparrow 32.3% 13.9% 18.4%
23   Great Cormorant 4.6% 11.1% 6.5%
24   Brown-headed Cowbird 1.2% 11.1% 9.9%
25   Razorbill 1.2% 11.1% 9.9%
26   Northern Cardinal 37.0% 9.7% 27.3%
27   House Sparrow 36.0% 9.7% 26.3%
28   Greater Scaup 9.8% 9.7% 0.1%
29   Purple Sandpiper 1.9% 9.7% 7.8%
30   Common Eider 1.5% 9.7% 8.2%
31   American Black Duck 27.8% 8.3% 19.5%
32   Lesser Black-backed Gull 0.9% 8.3% 7.5%
33   White-throated Sparrow 42.7% 6.9% 35.8%
34   Mourning Dove 29.7% 6.9% 22.7%
35   Double-crested Cormorant 13.9% 6.9% 7.0%
36   American Kestrel 3.8% 6.9% 3.1%
37   House Finch 13.4% 5.6% 7.8%
38   American Goldfinch 13.0% 5.6% 7.4%
39   Cooper's Hawk 8.7% 5.6% 3.2%
40   Common Raven 4.3% 5.6% 1.3%
41   Iceland Gull 1.0% 5.6% 4.5%
42   Dark-eyed Junco 16.2% 4.2% 12.0%
43   Northern Flicker 6.9% 4.2% 2.7%
44   Common Goldeneye 6.8% 4.2% 2.6%
45   Peregrine Falcon 5.2% 4.2% 1.0%
46   Northern Harrier 4.2% 4.2% 0.0%
47   Snow Bunting 1.6% 4.2% 2.6%
48   Harlequin Duck 1.0% 4.2% 3.2%
49   Red-necked Grebe 0.5% 4.2% 3.7%
50   Downy Woodpecker 27.2% 2.8% 24.4%
51   Carolina Wren 15.3% 2.8% 12.5%
52   American Tree Sparrow 6.3% 2.8% 3.5%
53   Yellow-rumped Warbler 5.0% 2.8% 2.2%
54   Sharp-shinned Hawk 2.3% 2.8% 0.5%
55   Dunlin 1.7% 2.8% 1.1%
56   Glaucous Gull 0.4% 2.8% 2.4%
57   King Eider 0.3% 2.8% 2.5%
58   American Robin 25.5% 1.4% 24.1%
59   Black-capped Chickadee 22.8% 1.4% 21.4%
60   Red-tailed Hawk 22.0% 1.4% 20.7%
61   Gadwall 16.8% 1.4% 15.5%
62   Great Blue Heron 14.7% 1.4% 13.3%
63   Mute Swan 14.2% 1.4% 12.8%
64   Red-winged Blackbird 7.3% 1.4% 5.9%
65   Common Merganser 6.9% 1.4% 5.5%
66   American Wigeon 6.0% 1.4% 4.6%
67   Fish Crow 5.2% 1.4% 3.8%
68   Snow Goose 2.9% 1.4% 1.5%
69   Hermit Thrush 2.7% 1.4% 1.3%
70   Bonaparte's Gull 2.1% 1.4% 0.7%
71   Red-breasted Nuthatch 1.9% 1.4% 0.5%
72   Eastern Towhee 1.7% 1.4% 0.3%
73   Red-shouldered Hawk 1.5% 1.4% 0.1%
74   Savannah Sparrow 1.2% 1.4% 0.1%
75   Snowy Owl 1.1% 1.4% 0.3%
76   Tree Swallow 0.7% 1.4% 0.7%
77   Palm Warbler 0.3% 1.4% 1.1%
78   Dovekie 0.1% 1.4% 1.3%