Top Birds at Sheepshead Bay in January
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA
based on 448 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.
| Rank | Info | Pics | Species | Entire Region | This Location | Difference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mute Swan | 14.0% | 86.6% | 72.6% | |||
| 2 | Bufflehead | 31.5% | 83.7% | 52.2% | |||
| 3 | Ring-billed Gull | 51.8% | 83.5% | 31.7% | |||
| 4 | Herring Gull | 43.1% | 80.6% | 37.5% | |||
| 5 | Mallard | 48.8% | 79.7% | 30.9% | |||
| 6 | American Black Duck | 27.5% | 78.8% | 51.3% | |||
| 7 | Canada Goose | 53.3% | 77.5% | 24.1% | |||
| 8 | Great Black-backed Gull | 31.4% | 72.5% | 41.2% | |||
| 9 | Rock Pigeon | 28.5% | 71.0% | 42.4% | |||
| 10 | Lesser Scaup | 4.7% | 69.9% | 65.2% | |||
| 11 | Red-breasted Merganser | 19.1% | 52.7% | 33.6% | |||
| 12 | Double-crested Cormorant | 13.6% | 50.4% | 36.8% | |||
| 13 | Common Loon | 10.4% | 44.2% | 33.8% | |||
| 14 | European Starling | 35.9% | 41.3% | 5.4% | |||
| 15 | Greater Scaup | 9.8% | 29.7% | 19.9% | |||
| 16 | Brant | 20.5% | 23.7% | 3.2% | |||
| 17 | Iceland Gull | 0.9% | 23.7% | 22.8% | |||
| 18 | Harlequin Duck | 0.9% | 23.0% | 22.1% | |||
| 19 | House Sparrow | 35.8% | 22.5% | 13.2% | |||
| 20 | Red-throated Loon | 7.2% | 19.9% | 12.7% | |||
| 21 | Ruddy Duck | 16.6% | 15.8% | 0.7% | |||
| 22 | Fish Crow | 4.9% | 12.3% | 7.3% | |||
| 23 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | 0.8% | 9.4% | 8.6% | |||
| 24 | Long-tailed Duck | 9.1% | 9.2% | 0.0% | |||
| 25 | American Crow | 18.3% | 6.9% | 11.3% | |||
| 26 | Glaucous Gull | 0.4% | 5.6% | 5.2% | |||
| 27 | Black-headed Gull | 0.5% | 5.1% | 4.6% | |||
| 28 | Mourning Dove | 29.5% | 4.5% | 25.0% | |||
| 29 | Razorbill | 1.3% | 4.0% | 2.8% | |||
| 30 | Northern Mockingbird | 23.8% | 3.8% | 20.0% | |||
| 31 | Northern Pintail | 3.6% | 3.6% | 0.0% | |||
| 32 | Blue Jay | 34.1% | 3.1% | 31.0% | |||
| 33 | Cooper's Hawk | 8.4% | 2.9% | 5.5% | |||
| 34 | Hooded Merganser | 19.6% | 2.5% | 17.1% | |||
| 35 | Horned Grebe | 7.3% | 2.5% | 4.8% | |||
| 36 | Red-tailed Hawk | 21.9% | 1.8% | 20.1% | |||
| 37 | Gadwall | 16.8% | 1.8% | 15.0% | |||
| 38 | Northern Shoveler | 16.1% | 1.8% | 14.3% | |||
| 39 | American Kestrel | 3.8% | 1.3% | 2.5% | |||
| 40 | Great Cormorant | 4.9% | 1.1% | 3.7% | |||
| 41 | Merlin | 1.9% | 1.1% | 0.8% | |||
| 42 | Black-crowned Night-Heron | 1.5% | 1.1% | 0.4% | |||
| 43 | Common Raven | 3.9% | 0.9% | 3.0% | |||
| 44 | Common Eider | 1.5% | 0.9% | 0.6% | |||
| 45 | American Coot | 11.4% | 0.7% | 10.8% | |||
| 46 | Ring-necked Duck | 4.6% | 0.7% | 3.9% | |||
| 47 | Tree Swallow | 0.7% | 0.7% | 0.1% | |||
| 48 | Song Sparrow | 32.4% | 0.4% | 32.0% | |||
| 49 | Great Blue Heron | 14.8% | 0.4% | 14.4% | |||
| 50 | Peregrine Falcon | 5.2% | 0.4% | 4.8% | |||
| 51 | Northern Cardinal | 36.9% | 0.2% | 36.7% | |||
| 52 | Downy Woodpecker | 27.3% | 0.2% | 27.1% | |||
| 53 | American Robin | 25.0% | 0.2% | 24.8% | |||
| 54 | Dark-eyed Junco | 16.0% | 0.2% | 15.7% | |||
| 55 | Red-winged Blackbird | 7.3% | 0.2% | 7.0% | |||
| 56 | Common Goldeneye | 7.0% | 0.2% | 6.8% | |||
| 57 | Northern Flicker | 7.0% | 0.2% | 6.7% | |||
| 58 | American Wigeon | 6.3% | 0.2% | 6.0% | |||
| 59 | Turkey Vulture | 4.8% | 0.2% | 4.6% | |||
| 60 | Green-winged Teal | 4.4% | 0.2% | 4.2% | |||
| 61 | Canvasback | 3.1% | 0.2% | 2.9% | |||
| 62 | Black Scoter | 2.9% | 0.2% | 2.7% | |||
| 63 | Surf Scoter | 2.8% | 0.2% | 2.6% | |||
| 64 | Snow Goose | 2.6% | 0.2% | 2.4% | |||
| 65 | Sharp-shinned Hawk | 2.4% | 0.2% | 2.1% | |||
| 66 | Bonaparte's Gull | 2.3% | 0.2% | 2.1% | |||
| 67 | Brown-headed Cowbird | 1.2% | 0.2% | 1.0% | |||
| 68 | Muscovy Duck | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.0% |