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Top Birds at LaGuardia Airport (LGA) in January
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA

based on 44 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at LaGuardia Airport (LGA) 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 52.0% 63.6% 11.6%
2   Rock Pigeon 28.8% 52.3% 23.5%
3   Herring Gull 43.3% 43.2% 0.1%
4   Bufflehead 31.9% 40.9% 9.0%
5   Canada Goose 53.5% 38.6% 14.8%
6   American Black Duck 27.8% 34.1% 6.2%
7   Mallard 49.0% 31.8% 17.2%
8   Red-breasted Merganser 19.3% 31.8% 12.5%
9   Ruddy Duck 16.5% 25.0% 8.5%
10   Canvasback 3.1% 25.0% 21.9%
11   European Starling 36.0% 22.7% 13.2%
12   House Sparrow 35.7% 20.5% 15.2%
13   Gadwall 16.7% 15.9% 0.8%
14   Greater Scaup 9.9% 15.9% 6.0%
15   Great Blue Heron 14.7% 13.6% 1.1%
16   Lesser Scaup 5.1% 13.6% 8.5%
17   Great Black-backed Gull 31.6% 11.4% 20.3%
18   Green-winged Teal 4.4% 9.1% 4.7%
19   Mute Swan 14.5% 6.8% 7.6%
20   Mourning Dove 29.4% 4.5% 24.8%
21   Brant 20.5% 4.5% 16.0%
22   American Crow 18.2% 4.5% 13.7%
23   Double-crested Cormorant 13.9% 4.5% 9.3%
24   Northern Mockingbird 23.6% 2.3% 21.4%
25   Red-tailed Hawk 21.8% 2.3% 19.5%
26   Hooded Merganser 19.5% 2.3% 17.2%
27   Belted Kingfisher 6.9% 2.3% 4.6%
28   Bald Eagle 5.2% 2.3% 3.0%
29   Ring-necked Duck 4.6% 2.3% 2.3%
30   American Kestrel 3.8% 2.3% 1.6%
31   Redhead 2.4% 2.3% 0.1%
32   Horned Lark 2.2% 2.3% 0.0%
33   Snow Bunting 1.6% 2.3% 0.7%
34   Greater Yellowlegs 0.8% 2.3% 1.4%