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Top Birds at Sheepshead Bay in February
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA

based on 226 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Sheepshead Bay in February. 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 31.9% 88.9% 57.0%
2   Mute Swan 15.1% 88.9% 73.9%
3   Ring-billed Gull 51.3% 85.4% 34.1%
4   Mallard 50.2% 81.9% 31.7%
5   American Black Duck 27.0% 80.5% 53.5%
6   Canada Goose 55.6% 76.5% 21.0%
7   Herring Gull 42.1% 73.9% 31.7%
8   Lesser Scaup 4.5% 73.0% 68.5%
9   Red-breasted Merganser 19.9% 69.5% 49.6%
10   Rock Pigeon 28.1% 66.4% 38.2%
11   Great Black-backed Gull 30.2% 63.7% 33.5%
12   Common Loon 8.9% 47.3% 38.4%
13   Greater Scaup 9.6% 41.2% 31.5%
14   European Starling 38.4% 40.7% 2.3%
15   Double-crested Cormorant 11.4% 33.2% 21.8%
16   Brant 20.7% 31.4% 10.7%
17   House Sparrow 39.5% 31.0% 8.5%
18   Fish Crow 6.8% 26.5% 19.7%
19   Red-throated Loon 7.6% 19.9% 12.3%
20   Horned Grebe 8.3% 16.4% 8.1%
21   Long-tailed Duck 7.8% 16.4% 8.6%
22   Harlequin Duck 0.7% 14.6% 13.9%
23   Iceland Gull 1.1% 14.2% 13.1%
24   Canvasback 3.5% 12.4% 8.8%
25   Lesser Black-backed Gull 0.9% 11.5% 10.6%
26   Ruddy Duck 15.5% 10.6% 4.9%
27   Black-headed Gull 0.5% 10.2% 9.6%
28   American Crow 21.1% 9.3% 11.8%
29   Mourning Dove 32.2% 6.2% 26.0%
30   Razorbill 0.9% 6.2% 5.3%
31   Red-necked Grebe 1.1% 4.9% 3.8%
32   Northern Pintail 3.7% 4.0% 0.3%
33   Redhead 2.2% 4.0% 1.8%
34   Common Eider 0.9% 3.5% 2.6%
35   Blue Jay 35.3% 3.1% 32.2%
36   Northern Mockingbird 24.0% 3.1% 20.9%
37   American Wigeon 7.5% 3.1% 4.4%
38   Surf Scoter 2.2% 3.1% 0.9%
39   Hooded Merganser 19.5% 2.7% 16.9%
40   Common Goldeneye 7.3% 2.7% 4.7%
41   Tree Swallow 0.7% 2.2% 1.6%
42   Northern Cardinal 40.2% 1.8% 38.5%
43   Cooper's Hawk 7.5% 1.8% 5.7%
44   Turkey Vulture 6.4% 1.8% 4.7%
45   Great Cormorant 4.9% 1.8% 3.2%
46   Song Sparrow 34.7% 1.3% 33.4%
47   American Robin 30.2% 1.3% 28.9%
48   Northern Shoveler 16.5% 1.3% 15.2%
49   Gadwall 15.8% 1.3% 14.5%
50   Peregrine Falcon 5.0% 1.3% 3.7%
51   American Kestrel 3.5% 1.3% 2.1%
52   Downy Woodpecker 27.8% 0.9% 27.0%
53   Red-tailed Hawk 23.4% 0.9% 22.5%
54   Great Blue Heron 11.4% 0.9% 10.6%
55   Ring-necked Duck 5.7% 0.9% 4.8%
56   Green-winged Teal 4.9% 0.9% 4.0%
57   Common Raven 3.5% 0.9% 2.6%
58   Sanderling 2.7% 0.9% 1.8%
59   Dunlin 1.2% 0.9% 0.3%
60   White-throated Sparrow 40.5% 0.4% 40.1%
61   House Finch 13.7% 0.4% 13.3%
62   Common Grackle 13.6% 0.4% 13.1%
63   American Coot 10.7% 0.4% 10.2%
64   Bald Eagle 5.9% 0.4% 5.4%
65   Wood Duck 5.4% 0.4% 5.0%
66   Pied-billed Grebe 3.9% 0.4% 3.4%
67   Snow Goose 2.6% 0.4% 2.2%
68   Black Scoter 2.4% 0.4% 2.0%
69   Merlin 2.1% 0.4% 1.6%
70   Muscovy Duck 0.1% 0.4% 0.3%