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Top Birds at Sheepshead Bay in January
relative to other locations within 25 miles of 40.781243, -73.966507

based on 471 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Sheepshead Bay 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   Mute Swan 13.8% 86.4% 72.6%
2   Bufflehead 31.3% 83.9% 52.6%
3   Ring-billed Gull 51.6% 83.7% 32.1%
4   American Herring Gull 42.9% 81.1% 38.2%
5   Mallard 48.0% 79.6% 31.6%
6   American Black Duck 27.5% 78.3% 50.8%
7   Canada Goose 53.4% 77.3% 23.9%
8   Great Black-backed Gull 30.6% 72.6% 42.0%
9   Rock Pigeon 28.9% 71.1% 42.2%
10   Lesser Scaup 4.7% 70.3% 65.5%
11   Red-breasted Merganser 18.9% 53.9% 35.1%
12   Double-crested Cormorant 13.7% 50.7% 37.1%
13   Common Loon 10.0% 42.9% 32.9%
14   European Starling 35.7% 41.4% 5.7%
15   Greater Scaup 9.7% 30.1% 20.5%
16   Brant 20.1% 24.2% 4.1%
17   House Sparrow 36.1% 22.9% 13.1%
18   Iceland Gull 0.9% 22.7% 21.8%
19   Harlequin Duck 0.9% 21.9% 21.0%
20   Red-throated Loon 6.8% 20.0% 13.2%
21   Ruddy Duck 16.6% 15.9% 0.7%
22   Fish Crow 5.1% 14.0% 8.9%
23   Lesser Black-backed Gull 0.8% 10.4% 9.6%
24   Long-tailed Duck 8.9% 8.7% 0.2%
25   American Crow 18.6% 6.8% 11.8%
26   Glaucous Gull 0.4% 5.3% 4.9%
27   Black-headed Gull 0.5% 4.9% 4.4%
28   Mourning Dove 29.8% 4.5% 25.4%
29   Northern Mockingbird 23.9% 3.8% 20.0%
30   Razorbill 1.2% 3.8% 2.7%
31   Northern Pintail 3.4% 3.4% 0.0%
32   Cooper's Hawk 8.8% 3.2% 5.6%
33   Blue Jay 34.3% 3.0% 31.3%
34   Hooded Merganser 19.8% 2.5% 17.2%
35   Horned Grebe 6.9% 2.3% 4.6%
36   Red-tailed Hawk 22.1% 2.1% 20.0%
37   Gadwall 16.9% 1.7% 15.2%
38   Northern Shoveler 15.9% 1.7% 14.2%
39   American Kestrel 3.9% 1.5% 2.4%
40   Great Cormorant 4.6% 1.1% 3.6%
41   Merlin 1.9% 1.1% 0.9%
42   Black-crowned Night-Heron 1.4% 1.1% 0.4%
43   American Coot 11.4% 0.8% 10.5%
44   Common Raven 4.3% 0.8% 3.4%
45   Common Eider 1.5% 0.8% 0.7%
46   Ring-necked Duck 4.8% 0.6% 4.1%
47   Tree Swallow 0.7% 0.6% 0.1%
48   Song Sparrow 32.5% 0.4% 32.1%
49   Great Blue Heron 14.8% 0.4% 14.3%
50   Peregrine Falcon 5.2% 0.4% 4.8%
51   Sharp-shinned Hawk 2.3% 0.4% 1.8%
52   Northern Cardinal 37.2% 0.2% 37.0%
53   Downy Woodpecker 27.4% 0.2% 27.1%
54   American Robin 25.6% 0.2% 25.4%
55   Dark-eyed Junco 16.3% 0.2% 16.0%
56   Red-winged Blackbird 7.3% 0.2% 7.1%
57   Northern Flicker 6.9% 0.2% 6.7%
58   Common Goldeneye 6.8% 0.2% 6.6%
59   American Wigeon 6.1% 0.2% 5.8%
60   Turkey Vulture 4.8% 0.2% 4.6%
61   Green-winged Teal 4.4% 0.2% 4.2%
62   Black Scoter 3.2% 0.2% 3.0%
63   Surf Scoter 3.1% 0.2% 2.9%
64   Canvasback 3.0% 0.2% 2.8%
65   Snow Goose 2.9% 0.2% 2.7%
66   Bonaparte's Gull 2.1% 0.2% 1.9%
67   Brown-headed Cowbird 1.2% 0.2% 1.0%
68   Muscovy Duck 0.2% 0.2% 0.0%