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Top Birds at Jamaica Bay, North Channel Bridge in January
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA

based on 41 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Jamaica Bay, North Channel Bridge 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   Brant 20.5% 87.8% 67.3%
2   Bufflehead 31.9% 75.6% 43.7%
3   Ring-billed Gull 52.0% 73.2% 21.1%
4   Herring Gull 43.3% 73.2% 29.9%
5   Great Black-backed Gull 31.6% 68.3% 36.7%
6   Mallard 49.0% 61.0% 12.0%
7   Canada Goose 53.5% 58.5% 5.1%
8   American Black Duck 27.8% 56.1% 28.3%
9   Red-breasted Merganser 19.3% 48.8% 29.5%
10   Rock Pigeon 28.8% 43.9% 15.1%
11   Double-crested Cormorant 13.8% 29.3% 15.4%
12   Greater Scaup 9.9% 29.3% 19.4%
13   House Sparrow 35.7% 26.8% 8.8%
14   Common Goldeneye 7.0% 26.8% 19.8%
15   European Starling 36.0% 14.6% 21.3%
16   White-throated Sparrow 42.2% 12.2% 30.0%
17   Northern Cardinal 36.7% 12.2% 24.5%
18   Song Sparrow 32.2% 12.2% 20.0%
19   Great Blue Heron 14.7% 12.2% 2.5%
20   Mute Swan 14.5% 12.2% 2.3%
21   American Goldfinch 13.2% 9.8% 3.5%
22   Horned Grebe 7.2% 9.8% 2.5%
23   Boat-tailed Grackle 0.2% 9.8% 9.5%
24   Downy Woodpecker 27.2% 7.3% 19.8%
25   Northern Mockingbird 23.6% 7.3% 16.3%
26   Lesser Scaup 5.1% 7.3% 2.2%
27   Fish Crow 5.0% 7.3% 2.3%
28   Mourning Dove 29.4% 4.9% 24.5%
29   Red-tailed Hawk 21.8% 4.9% 16.9%
30   Hooded Merganser 19.5% 4.9% 14.6%
31   Gadwall 16.7% 4.9% 11.8%
32   Common Loon 10.6% 4.9% 5.8%
33   Fox Sparrow 6.9% 4.9% 2.0%
34   Peregrine Falcon 5.2% 4.9% 0.3%
35   Northern Harrier 4.2% 4.9% 0.7%
36   Sanderling 4.1% 4.9% 0.8%
37   Gray Catbird 2.6% 4.9% 2.3%
38   Merlin 1.9% 4.9% 3.0%
39   Ruddy Duck 16.6% 2.4% 14.1%
40   Carolina Wren 15.1% 2.4% 12.7%
41   House Finch 13.4% 2.4% 11.0%
42   American Coot 11.4% 2.4% 8.9%
43   Long-tailed Duck 9.1% 2.4% 6.7%
44   Cooper's Hawk 8.4% 2.4% 5.9%
45   Red-throated Loon 7.3% 2.4% 4.9%
46   American Tree Sparrow 6.6% 2.4% 4.1%
47   Yellow-rumped Warbler 4.9% 2.4% 2.4%
48   Swamp Sparrow 4.7% 2.4% 2.2%
49   Pied-billed Grebe 4.5% 2.4% 2.1%
50   Winter Wren 3.2% 2.4% 0.8%
51   Redhead 2.4% 2.4% 0.1%
52   Savannah Sparrow 1.2% 2.4% 1.2%
53   Black-and-white Warbler 0.0% 2.4% 2.4%