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Top Birds at Edith G. Read Wildlife Sanctuary in January
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA

based on 554 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Edith G. Read Wildlife Sanctuary 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   Bufflehead 31.4% 88.6% 57.2%
2   Ring-billed Gull 51.8% 85.4% 33.6%
3   Herring Gull 43.0% 82.5% 39.5%
4   Red-breasted Merganser 18.8% 81.8% 63.0%
5   Canada Goose 53.2% 79.8% 26.5%
6   Hooded Merganser 19.1% 70.6% 51.5%
7   Great Black-backed Gull 31.3% 68.2% 36.9%
8   Song Sparrow 31.9% 65.9% 33.9%
9   American Black Duck 27.5% 65.7% 38.2%
10   Great Blue Heron 14.3% 65.3% 51.0%
11   Brant 20.2% 61.7% 41.5%
12   Long-tailed Duck 8.7% 59.6% 50.8%
13   Greater Scaup 9.5% 58.1% 48.6%
14   Mallard 48.9% 56.9% 8.0%
15   Common Goldeneye 6.6% 55.8% 49.2%
16   Common Loon 10.3% 55.4% 45.1%
17   Mourning Dove 29.2% 49.3% 20.1%
18   White-throated Sparrow 42.1% 48.0% 5.9%
19   Downy Woodpecker 27.0% 48.0% 21.0%
20   House Sparrow 35.6% 47.1% 11.5%
21   Northern Cardinal 36.6% 46.4% 9.8%
22   Great Cormorant 4.5% 45.8% 41.4%
23   Blue Jay 33.8% 44.9% 11.1%
24   Red-bellied Woodpecker 24.6% 41.3% 16.8%
25   Tufted Titmouse 19.4% 41.2% 21.7%
26   Carolina Wren 14.9% 38.3% 23.4%
27   Black-capped Chickadee 21.8% 38.1% 16.2%
28   Mute Swan 14.3% 37.9% 23.6%
29   White-breasted Nuthatch 18.1% 37.7% 19.6%
30   Lesser Scaup 4.8% 37.5% 32.7%
31   Horned Grebe 7.0% 33.2% 26.2%
32   House Finch 13.3% 31.9% 18.7%
33   American Crow 18.1% 27.1% 9.0%
34   Red-throated Loon 7.1% 25.8% 18.7%
35   European Starling 36.0% 24.4% 11.7%
36   Ruddy Duck 16.5% 23.6% 7.2%
37   Hairy Woodpecker 7.7% 21.3% 13.6%
38   American Robin 24.9% 21.1% 3.8%
39   Northern Mockingbird 23.6% 21.1% 2.5%
40   Red-winged Blackbird 7.1% 20.6% 13.5%
41   Red-tailed Hawk 21.8% 19.7% 2.1%
42   Fish Crow 4.9% 18.8% 13.9%
43   Killdeer 1.6% 18.6% 17.0%
44   Rock Pigeon 28.9% 18.2% 10.7%
45   Gadwall 16.7% 18.2% 1.5%
46   Common Raven 3.8% 17.9% 14.1%
47   American Goldfinch 13.2% 15.5% 2.3%
48   American Tree Sparrow 6.5% 14.8% 8.3%
49   Belted Kingfisher 6.9% 13.5% 6.7%
50   Dark-eyed Junco 15.9% 13.4% 2.5%
51   Greater White-fronted Goose 0.8% 11.9% 11.1%
52   Double-crested Cormorant 13.9% 11.7% 2.1%
53   Common Grackle 5.1% 10.5% 5.4%
54   Bald Eagle 5.2% 9.4% 4.2%
55   Surf Scoter 2.7% 9.2% 6.5%
56   Fox Sparrow 6.9% 8.8% 2.0%
57   Northern Flicker 6.9% 8.5% 1.6%
58   Common Merganser 6.7% 8.3% 1.6%
59   White-winged Scoter 1.9% 7.0% 5.2%
60   Winter Wren 3.2% 6.5% 3.3%
61   Cooper's Hawk 8.4% 6.3% 2.1%
62   American Wigeon 6.2% 6.1% 0.1%
63   Purple Sandpiper 1.9% 6.1% 4.3%
64   Horned Lark 2.2% 6.0% 3.8%
65   Razorbill 1.2% 5.4% 4.2%
66   Peregrine Falcon 5.2% 5.2% 0.0%
67   Grasshopper Sparrow 0.0% 4.9% 4.9%
68   Canvasback 3.1% 4.7% 1.6%
69   Turkey Vulture 4.8% 4.2% 0.6%
70   Eastern Towhee 1.8% 4.2% 2.3%
71   Snow Bunting 1.6% 4.2% 2.6%
72   Sharp-shinned Hawk 2.3% 3.2% 0.9%
73   Wild Turkey 1.3% 3.2% 2.0%
74   Swamp Sparrow 4.7% 2.7% 2.0%
75   Northern Harrier 4.2% 2.7% 1.5%
76   Gray Catbird 2.6% 2.3% 0.3%
77   Savannah Sparrow 1.2% 2.2% 0.9%
78   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 5.6% 1.6% 4.0%
79   Pied-billed Grebe 4.6% 1.6% 2.9%
80   Brown Creeper 3.7% 1.6% 2.1%
81   Snow Goose 2.6% 1.6% 1.0%
82   Redhead 2.4% 1.6% 0.8%
83   Ring-necked Duck 4.6% 1.4% 3.1%
84   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2.8% 1.4% 1.4%
85   Red-breasted Nuthatch 1.9% 1.4% 0.5%
86   Cackling Goose 0.7% 1.4% 0.8%
87   Golden-crowned Kinglet 2.6% 1.3% 1.3%
88   Red-necked Grebe 0.5% 1.3% 0.7%
89   Black Scoter 2.9% 1.1% 1.8%
90   Northern Gannet 2.2% 1.1% 1.1%
91   Merlin 1.9% 1.1% 0.8%
92   Black-crowned Night-Heron 1.5% 1.1% 0.4%
93   Northern Pintail 3.6% 0.9% 2.7%
94   Cedar Waxwing 1.7% 0.9% 0.8%
95   Red-shouldered Hawk 1.5% 0.9% 0.6%
96   Brown-headed Cowbird 1.2% 0.9% 0.3%
97   American Pipit 0.7% 0.9% 0.2%
98   Hermit Thrush 2.8% 0.7% 2.0%
99   Field Sparrow 1.2% 0.7% 0.5%
100   Yellow-breasted Chat 0.2% 0.7% 0.5%
101   Bonaparte's Gull 2.3% 0.5% 1.7%
102   White-crowned Sparrow 0.7% 0.5% 0.1%
103   Chipping Sparrow 0.7% 0.5% 0.1%
104   Yellow-rumped Warbler 4.9% 0.4% 4.6%
105   Eastern Screech-Owl 0.6% 0.4% 0.2%
106   Brown Thrasher 0.4% 0.4% 0.0%
107   Lapland Longspur 0.3% 0.4% 0.0%
108   Barnacle Goose 0.1% 0.4% 0.3%
109   American Coot 11.4% 0.2% 11.3%
110   Green-winged Teal 4.4% 0.2% 4.3%
111   Wood Duck 4.3% 0.2% 4.1%
112   Dunlin 1.7% 0.2% 1.5%
113   Black Vulture 1.4% 0.2% 1.2%
114   Pileated Woodpecker 1.0% 0.2% 0.9%
115   Greater Yellowlegs 0.9% 0.2% 0.7%
116   Barred Owl 0.7% 0.2% 0.5%
117   Eastern Bluebird 0.7% 0.2% 0.5%
118   Ruddy Turnstone 0.6% 0.2% 0.5%
119   Purple Finch 0.4% 0.2% 0.3%
120   Glaucous Gull 0.4% 0.2% 0.2%
121   Common Yellowthroat 0.1% 0.2% 0.0%
122   Eastern Meadowlark 0.1% 0.2% 0.1%
123   Laughing Gull 0.0% 0.2% 0.2%
124   Spotted Sandpiper 0.0% 0.2% 0.2%