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

based on 66 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   Herring Gull 43.3% 84.8% 41.6%
2   Great Black-backed Gull 31.6% 69.7% 38.1%
3   Ring-billed Gull 52.0% 65.2% 13.1%
4   Rock Pigeon 28.8% 60.6% 31.8%
5   Long-tailed Duck 9.1% 56.1% 47.0%
6   Brant 20.5% 51.5% 31.0%
7   European Starling 35.9% 48.5% 12.5%
8   Common Loon 10.6% 40.9% 30.3%
9   Red-breasted Merganser 19.3% 37.9% 18.6%
10   Red-throated Loon 7.3% 37.9% 30.6%
11   Bufflehead 31.9% 36.4% 4.5%
12   Sanderling 4.0% 33.3% 29.3%
13   Black Scoter 2.9% 28.8% 25.9%
14   Northern Gannet 2.1% 27.3% 25.1%
15   Canada Goose 53.5% 18.2% 35.3%
16   American Crow 18.2% 18.2% 0.0%
17   Surf Scoter 2.8% 18.2% 15.4%
18   White-winged Scoter 1.9% 18.2% 16.3%
19   Northern Mockingbird 23.6% 16.7% 7.0%
20   Horned Grebe 7.2% 16.7% 9.4%
21   Horned Lark 2.2% 15.2% 12.9%
22   Song Sparrow 32.2% 13.6% 18.6%
23   Brown-headed Cowbird 1.2% 12.1% 10.9%
24   Northern Cardinal 36.7% 10.6% 26.1%
25   House Sparrow 35.7% 10.6% 25.1%
26   Great Cormorant 4.8% 10.6% 5.8%
27   Common Eider 1.4% 10.6% 9.2%
28   American Black Duck 27.9% 9.1% 18.8%
29   Greater Scaup 9.9% 9.1% 0.8%
30   Razorbill 1.3% 9.1% 7.8%
31   White-throated Sparrow 42.2% 7.6% 34.6%
32   American Kestrel 3.8% 7.6% 3.7%
33   Purple Sandpiper 1.9% 7.6% 5.7%
34   Lesser Black-backed Gull 0.8% 7.6% 6.8%
35   American Goldfinch 13.2% 6.1% 7.2%
36   Common Raven 3.9% 6.1% 2.2%
37   Iceland Gull 1.0% 6.1% 5.0%
38   Mourning Dove 29.4% 4.5% 24.8%
39   House Finch 13.4% 4.5% 8.9%
40   Common Goldeneye 7.0% 4.5% 2.5%
41   Northern Flicker 6.9% 4.5% 2.4%
42   Peregrine Falcon 5.2% 4.5% 0.6%
43   Harlequin Duck 1.0% 4.5% 3.6%
44   Red-necked Grebe 0.5% 4.5% 4.0%
45   Downy Woodpecker 27.2% 3.0% 24.1%
46   Dark-eyed Junco 15.9% 3.0% 12.8%
47   Carolina Wren 15.1% 3.0% 12.1%
48   Double-crested Cormorant 13.9% 3.0% 10.8%
49   Cooper's Hawk 8.4% 3.0% 5.4%
50   American Tree Sparrow 6.6% 3.0% 3.5%
51   Yellow-rumped Warbler 4.9% 3.0% 1.8%
52   Sharp-shinned Hawk 2.3% 3.0% 0.7%
53   Dunlin 1.7% 3.0% 1.3%
54   Snow Bunting 1.6% 3.0% 1.5%
55   Glaucous Gull 0.4% 3.0% 2.6%
56   King Eider 0.3% 3.0% 2.8%
57   American Robin 24.9% 1.5% 23.4%
58   Black-capped Chickadee 22.0% 1.5% 20.5%
59   Red-tailed Hawk 21.8% 1.5% 20.3%
60   Gadwall 16.7% 1.5% 15.2%
61   Great Blue Heron 14.7% 1.5% 13.2%
62   Red-winged Blackbird 7.2% 1.5% 5.7%
63   Common Merganser 6.7% 1.5% 5.2%
64   American Wigeon 6.2% 1.5% 4.7%
65   Fish Crow 5.0% 1.5% 3.5%
66   Northern Harrier 4.2% 1.5% 2.7%
67   Hermit Thrush 2.8% 1.5% 1.2%
68   Snow Goose 2.6% 1.5% 1.1%
69   Bonaparte's Gull 2.3% 1.5% 0.8%
70   Red-breasted Nuthatch 1.9% 1.5% 0.4%
71   Eastern Towhee 1.8% 1.5% 0.3%
72   Red-shouldered Hawk 1.5% 1.5% 0.1%
73   Savannah Sparrow 1.2% 1.5% 0.3%
74   Snowy Owl 1.2% 1.5% 0.4%
75   Tree Swallow 0.7% 1.5% 0.8%
76   Palm Warbler 0.3% 1.5% 1.2%
77   Dovekie 0.1% 1.5% 1.4%