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Top Birds at Rockaway Beach--Edgemere (Beach 32nd-56th St.) in January
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA

based on 29 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Rockaway Beach--Edgemere (Beach 32nd-56th St.) 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% 96.6% 44.5%
2   Herring Gull 43.3% 93.1% 49.8%
3   Common Loon 10.6% 93.1% 82.5%
4   Great Black-backed Gull 31.6% 86.2% 54.6%
5   Long-tailed Duck 9.1% 82.8% 73.6%
6   Sanderling 4.0% 79.3% 75.3%
7   Common Goldeneye 7.0% 75.9% 68.9%
8   Bufflehead 31.9% 72.4% 40.5%
9   Red-throated Loon 7.3% 58.6% 51.3%
10   Red-breasted Merganser 19.3% 51.7% 32.4%
11   Black Scoter 2.9% 51.7% 48.8%
12   Horned Grebe 7.2% 48.3% 41.0%
13   Brant 20.5% 44.8% 24.3%
14   Purple Sandpiper 1.9% 44.8% 42.9%
15   Song Sparrow 32.2% 41.4% 9.2%
16   Rock Pigeon 28.8% 41.4% 12.6%
17   Northern Cardinal 36.7% 34.5% 2.2%
18   Northern Mockingbird 23.6% 27.6% 4.0%
19   Double-crested Cormorant 13.8% 27.6% 13.7%
20   Surf Scoter 2.8% 27.6% 24.8%
21   Northern Gannet 2.1% 27.6% 25.4%
22   European Starling 36.0% 24.1% 11.8%
23   House Sparrow 35.7% 24.1% 11.5%
24   House Finch 13.4% 24.1% 10.7%
25   White-throated Sparrow 42.1% 20.7% 21.5%
26   Razorbill 1.3% 20.7% 19.4%
27   Carolina Wren 15.1% 17.2% 2.1%
28   Dunlin 1.7% 17.2% 15.6%
29   Lesser Black-backed Gull 0.8% 17.2% 16.4%
30   Tree Swallow 0.7% 17.2% 16.5%
31   Mallard 49.0% 13.8% 35.2%
32   Mourning Dove 29.4% 13.8% 15.6%
33   Downy Woodpecker 27.2% 13.8% 13.4%
34   American Tree Sparrow 6.6% 13.8% 7.2%
35   White-winged Scoter 1.9% 13.8% 11.9%
36   Snow Bunting 1.6% 13.8% 12.2%
37   Savannah Sparrow 1.2% 13.8% 12.6%
38   Canada Goose 53.5% 10.3% 43.1%
39   American Goldfinch 13.2% 10.3% 2.9%
40   Cooper's Hawk 8.4% 10.3% 2.0%
41   Common Eider 1.4% 10.3% 8.9%
42   American Robin 24.9% 6.9% 18.0%
43   Black-capped Chickadee 22.0% 6.9% 15.1%
44   Mute Swan 14.5% 6.9% 7.6%
45   Northern Flicker 6.9% 6.9% 0.0%
46   Peregrine Falcon 5.2% 6.9% 1.7%
47   Yellow-rumped Warbler 4.9% 6.9% 2.0%
48   Great Cormorant 4.8% 6.9% 2.1%
49   Common Raven 3.9% 6.9% 3.0%
50   American Black Duck 27.9% 3.4% 24.4%
51   Dark-eyed Junco 15.9% 3.4% 12.4%
52   Greater Scaup 9.9% 3.4% 6.4%
53   Winter Wren 3.2% 3.4% 0.2%
54   Bonaparte's Gull 2.3% 3.4% 1.2%
55   Snowy Owl 1.2% 3.4% 2.3%
56   Greater Yellowlegs 0.8% 3.4% 2.6%
57   Ruddy Turnstone 0.6% 3.4% 2.8%
58   Dovekie 0.1% 3.4% 3.4%
59   Laughing Gull 0.0% 3.4% 3.4%
60   Blue Grosbeak 0.0% 3.4% 3.4%