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Top Birds at Fort Tilden in January
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA

based on 224 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Fort Tilden 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 43.2% 72.3% 29.1%
2   Long-tailed Duck 8.9% 69.6% 60.7%
3   Ring-billed Gull 52.0% 65.2% 13.2%
4   Great Black-backed Gull 31.5% 65.2% 33.7%
5   Common Loon 10.5% 48.2% 37.7%
6   European Starling 35.9% 47.3% 11.4%
7   Brant 20.4% 46.0% 25.5%
8   Sanderling 3.9% 43.8% 39.8%
9   Northern Mockingbird 23.6% 42.0% 18.4%
10   Yellow-rumped Warbler 4.8% 41.5% 36.8%
11   Northern Cardinal 36.7% 38.8% 2.1%
12   Song Sparrow 32.2% 37.5% 5.3%
13   Bufflehead 31.9% 37.5% 5.6%
14   Black Scoter 2.8% 37.1% 34.3%
15   White-throated Sparrow 42.2% 34.4% 7.8%
16   Red-breasted Merganser 19.2% 34.4% 15.1%
17   Red-throated Loon 7.2% 32.1% 24.9%
18   American Crow 18.2% 29.9% 11.8%
19   Black-capped Chickadee 22.0% 27.2% 5.3%
20   Carolina Wren 15.1% 24.6% 9.5%
21   Northern Gannet 2.1% 24.1% 22.0%
22   Rock Pigeon 28.8% 22.3% 6.5%
23   Canada Goose 53.6% 21.0% 32.6%
24   House Sparrow 35.7% 18.8% 17.0%
25   House Finch 13.4% 15.6% 2.2%
26   Northern Flicker 6.9% 15.6% 8.7%
27   American Robin 24.9% 15.2% 9.7%
28   Mourning Dove 29.4% 14.3% 15.1%
29   Downy Woodpecker 27.2% 13.4% 13.8%
30   Double-crested Cormorant 13.9% 13.4% 0.5%
31   Horned Grebe 7.2% 12.1% 4.8%
32   Bonaparte's Gull 2.2% 12.1% 9.8%
33   White-winged Scoter 1.9% 12.1% 10.2%
34   Brown-headed Cowbird 1.2% 10.7% 9.5%
35   Great Cormorant 4.8% 10.3% 5.5%
36   Surf Scoter 2.8% 10.3% 7.5%
37   Greater Scaup 9.9% 8.9% 1.0%
38   Common Eider 1.4% 8.9% 7.5%
39   Lesser Black-backed Gull 0.8% 8.5% 7.7%
40   Purple Sandpiper 1.9% 8.0% 6.2%
41   Horned Lark 2.2% 7.6% 5.4%
42   Dark-eyed Junco 15.9% 7.1% 8.7%
43   Peregrine Falcon 5.2% 7.1% 2.0%
44   Cooper's Hawk 8.4% 6.7% 1.7%
45   Northern Harrier 4.2% 6.7% 2.5%
46   American Black Duck 27.9% 6.2% 21.7%
47   American Tree Sparrow 6.6% 6.2% 0.3%
48   Razorbill 1.3% 6.2% 5.0%
49   American Goldfinch 13.3% 4.9% 8.3%
50   Common Goldeneye 7.0% 4.9% 2.1%
51   Sharp-shinned Hawk 2.3% 4.9% 2.6%
52   Tree Swallow 0.7% 4.5% 3.7%
53   Red-winged Blackbird 7.2% 4.0% 3.2%
54   Field Sparrow 1.2% 4.0% 2.8%
55   Gray Catbird 2.6% 3.6% 1.0%
56   Snow Bunting 1.6% 3.6% 2.0%
57   Fox Sparrow 6.9% 3.1% 3.8%
58   Lesser Scaup 5.1% 3.1% 2.0%
59   Lark Sparrow 0.1% 3.1% 3.0%
60   Dunlin 1.7% 2.7% 1.0%
61   Red-shouldered Hawk 1.5% 2.7% 1.2%
62   Harlequin Duck 1.0% 2.7% 1.7%
63   Northern Saw-whet Owl 0.7% 2.7% 1.9%
64   Great Blue Heron 14.8% 2.2% 12.5%
65   Mute Swan 14.5% 2.2% 12.3%
66   Hairy Woodpecker 7.9% 2.2% 5.6%
67   Hermit Thrush 2.8% 2.2% 0.5%
68   Savannah Sparrow 1.2% 2.2% 1.0%
69   King Eider 0.3% 2.2% 2.0%
70   Mallard 49.1% 1.8% 47.3%
71   Red-tailed Hawk 21.8% 1.8% 20.1%
72   Fish Crow 5.0% 1.8% 3.2%
73   Common Raven 3.9% 1.8% 2.1%
74   Eastern Towhee 1.8% 1.8% 0.1%
75   American Pipit 0.7% 1.8% 1.1%
76   Blue Jay 34.0% 1.3% 32.7%
77   White-breasted Nuthatch 18.3% 1.3% 17.0%
78   Swamp Sparrow 4.7% 1.3% 3.4%
79   American Kestrel 3.8% 1.3% 2.5%
80   Merlin 1.9% 1.3% 0.6%
81   Snowy Owl 1.2% 1.3% 0.2%
82   Pine Siskin 0.6% 1.3% 0.7%
83   Ruddy Turnstone 0.6% 1.3% 0.7%
84   White-winged Crossbill 0.1% 1.3% 1.3%
85   Ruddy Duck 16.6% 0.9% 15.7%
86   Common Merganser 6.7% 0.9% 5.8%
87   Common Grackle 5.2% 0.9% 4.3%
88   Winter Wren 3.2% 0.9% 2.3%
89   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2.8% 0.9% 1.9%
90   Redhead 2.4% 0.9% 1.5%
91   Red-breasted Nuthatch 1.9% 0.9% 1.0%
92   Cedar Waxwing 1.7% 0.9% 0.8%
93   Iceland Gull 1.0% 0.9% 0.2%
94   Black-bellied Plover 1.0% 0.9% 0.1%
95   Common Redpoll 0.5% 0.9% 0.4%
96   Rough-legged Hawk 0.3% 0.9% 0.6%
97   Lincoln's Sparrow 0.1% 0.9% 0.8%
98   Dovekie 0.1% 0.9% 0.8%
99   Gadwall 16.8% 0.4% 16.3%
100   American Wigeon 6.2% 0.4% 5.8%
101   Bald Eagle 5.2% 0.4% 4.8%
102   Snow Goose 2.6% 0.4% 2.2%
103   Glaucous Gull 0.4% 0.4% 0.1%
104   Palm Warbler 0.3% 0.4% 0.1%
105   Thick-billed Murre 0.1% 0.4% 0.4%
106   American White Pelican 0.0% 0.4% 0.4%
107   Bohemian Waxwing 0.0% 0.4% 0.4%
108   Brown Pelican 0.0% 0.4% 0.4%
109   Northern Bobwhite 0.0% 0.4% 0.4%