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Top Birds at Coney Island Beach in January
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA

based on 259 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Coney Island Beach 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 51.9% 91.5% 39.6%
2   Herring Gull 43.1% 90.3% 47.2%
3   Great Black-backed Gull 31.4% 85.3% 53.9%
4   Common Loon 10.4% 83.0% 72.6%
5   Rock Pigeon 28.7% 71.4% 42.8%
6   Long-tailed Duck 8.9% 71.4% 62.5%
7   Red-breasted Merganser 19.1% 69.9% 50.8%
8   Brant 20.4% 59.5% 39.1%
9   Bufflehead 31.8% 57.5% 25.7%
10   Red-throated Loon 7.1% 53.7% 46.5%
11   European Starling 35.9% 47.5% 11.6%
12   Purple Sandpiper 1.7% 44.8% 43.1%
13   House Sparrow 35.6% 44.4% 8.8%
14   Surf Scoter 2.7% 35.1% 32.5%
15   Black Scoter 2.8% 32.4% 29.6%
16   Sanderling 4.0% 32.0% 28.1%
17   Double-crested Cormorant 13.8% 27.4% 13.6%
18   Northern Gannet 2.1% 24.7% 22.6%
19   Razorbill 1.2% 24.3% 23.1%
20   Horned Grebe 7.2% 15.8% 8.6%
21   Fish Crow 5.0% 14.7% 9.7%
22   Bonaparte's Gull 2.2% 14.3% 12.1%
23   American Crow 18.2% 12.0% 6.2%
24   Canada Goose 53.6% 11.2% 42.4%
25   White-winged Scoter 1.9% 10.8% 8.9%
26   Greater Scaup 9.9% 10.4% 0.5%
27   Lesser Black-backed Gull 0.8% 9.7% 8.9%
28   Peregrine Falcon 5.2% 8.5% 3.3%
29   Common Eider 1.4% 8.5% 7.1%
30   Northern Mockingbird 23.7% 8.1% 15.6%
31   Common Goldeneye 7.0% 6.6% 0.4%
32   Mourning Dove 29.4% 6.2% 23.3%
33   Great Cormorant 4.8% 5.8% 1.0%
34   Mallard 49.1% 5.4% 43.7%
35   Mute Swan 14.5% 4.6% 9.9%
36   Red-tailed Hawk 21.8% 4.2% 17.6%
37   American Black Duck 27.9% 3.9% 24.1%
38   Great Blue Heron 14.8% 3.9% 10.9%
39   Lesser Scaup 5.1% 3.9% 1.2%
40   American Kestrel 3.8% 3.9% 0.0%
41   Red-necked Grebe 0.5% 3.9% 3.3%
42   Ruddy Duck 16.6% 3.5% 13.1%
43   Ruddy Turnstone 0.6% 3.5% 2.9%
44   Song Sparrow 32.3% 3.1% 29.2%
45   Gadwall 16.8% 3.1% 13.7%
46   White-throated Sparrow 42.3% 2.3% 40.0%
47   Black Skimmer 0.0% 2.3% 2.3%
48   Dunlin 1.7% 1.9% 0.2%
49   Hooded Merganser 19.6% 1.5% 18.0%
50   Iceland Gull 1.0% 1.5% 0.5%
51   Northern Cardinal 36.8% 1.2% 35.7%
52   Black-capped Chickadee 22.1% 1.2% 20.9%
53   House Finch 13.5% 1.2% 12.3%
54   Cooper's Hawk 8.4% 1.2% 7.2%
55   Swamp Sparrow 4.7% 1.2% 3.5%
56   Brown-headed Cowbird 1.2% 1.2% 0.1%
57   Glaucous Gull 0.4% 1.2% 0.8%
58   Laughing Gull 0.0% 1.2% 1.1%
59   Blue Jay 34.0% 0.8% 33.2%
60   Tufted Titmouse 19.7% 0.8% 18.9%
61   American Coot 11.4% 0.8% 10.6%
62   Turkey Vulture 4.8% 0.8% 4.0%
63   American Pipit 0.7% 0.8% 0.1%
64   Western Grebe 0.1% 0.8% 0.7%
65   Dovekie 0.1% 0.8% 0.7%
66   Downy Woodpecker 27.2% 0.4% 26.9%
67   American Robin 24.9% 0.4% 24.6%
68   Red-bellied Woodpecker 24.8% 0.4% 24.4%
69   Dark-eyed Junco 15.9% 0.4% 15.5%
70   Red-winged Blackbird 7.2% 0.4% 6.8%
71   Belted Kingfisher 6.9% 0.4% 6.6%
72   Common Raven 3.9% 0.4% 3.5%
73   Northern Pintail 3.6% 0.4% 3.2%
74   Hermit Thrush 2.8% 0.4% 2.4%
75   Redhead 2.4% 0.4% 2.0%
76   Sharp-shinned Hawk 2.3% 0.4% 2.0%
77   Horned Lark 2.2% 0.4% 1.9%
78   Killdeer 1.7% 0.4% 1.3%
79   Snowy Owl 1.2% 0.4% 0.8%
80   Harlequin Duck 1.0% 0.4% 0.6%