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

based on 1282 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Sandy Hook 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   American Herring Gull 42.6% 76.2% 33.6%
2   Great Black-backed Gull 30.1% 73.9% 43.8%
3   Brant 19.3% 71.5% 52.2%
4   Bufflehead 30.9% 70.4% 39.5%
5   Long-tailed Duck 8.0% 67.2% 59.2%
6   Canada Goose 53.4% 65.2% 11.9%
7   American Black Duck 27.2% 64.6% 37.4%
8   Red-breasted Merganser 18.3% 64.0% 45.7%
9   Ring-billed Gull 51.6% 61.6% 10.0%
10   Northern Mockingbird 23.2% 56.1% 32.9%
11   Black Scoter 2.4% 54.2% 51.9%
12   Yellow-rumped Warbler 4.2% 53.0% 48.9%
13   Common Loon 9.5% 50.8% 41.3%
14   Red-throated Loon 6.1% 49.3% 43.2%
15   Song Sparrow 32.0% 49.2% 17.2%
16   White-winged Scoter 1.3% 46.8% 45.5%
17   Surf Scoter 2.4% 44.9% 42.6%
18   Sanderling 3.5% 43.8% 40.3%
19   European Starling 35.6% 43.0% 7.4%
20   American Robin 25.2% 41.9% 16.7%
21   Common Goldeneye 6.2% 39.1% 32.9%
22   Horned Grebe 6.4% 39.0% 32.6%
23   Northern Gannet 1.4% 38.2% 36.8%
24   Northern Cardinal 37.0% 36.4% 0.6%
25   House Finch 13.0% 34.6% 21.6%
26   Turkey Vulture 4.2% 34.4% 30.2%
27   American Crow 18.3% 33.0% 14.7%
28   Greater Scaup 9.4% 32.8% 23.3%
29   White-throated Sparrow 42.9% 31.6% 11.3%
30   Snow Bunting 1.1% 29.8% 28.7%
31   Mourning Dove 29.7% 27.6% 2.1%
32   Mallard 48.6% 27.3% 21.3%
33   Cedar Waxwing 1.2% 26.6% 25.4%
34   Double-crested Cormorant 13.7% 26.1% 12.4%
35   Carolina Wren 15.1% 26.0% 10.9%
36   Horned Lark 1.8% 23.0% 21.2%
37   Great Blue Heron 14.6% 21.6% 7.0%
38   Downy Woodpecker 27.3% 20.8% 6.5%
39   Great Cormorant 4.4% 18.4% 14.0%
40   Bonaparte's Gull 1.9% 18.2% 16.3%
41   Northern Flicker 6.7% 17.7% 11.0%
42   Razorbill 0.9% 16.8% 15.9%
43   American Tree Sparrow 6.2% 16.2% 10.1%
44   Black-capped Chickadee 22.9% 15.7% 7.2%
45   Common Raven 4.1% 14.9% 10.8%
46   Rock Pigeon 29.4% 14.7% 14.6%
47   Bald Eagle 5.2% 14.3% 9.1%
48   Black-bellied Plover 0.8% 14.3% 13.5%
49   Northern Harrier 4.0% 14.1% 10.1%
50   Hermit Thrush 2.5% 13.9% 11.4%
51   Dark-eyed Junco 16.2% 13.6% 2.6%
52   American Goldfinch 13.0% 12.9% 0.1%
53   Black Vulture 1.2% 12.5% 11.3%
54   Red-tailed Hawk 22.2% 11.0% 11.2%
55   Common Eider 1.4% 10.2% 8.8%
56   Savannah Sparrow 1.1% 9.9% 8.8%
57   Cooper's Hawk 8.7% 9.7% 0.9%
58   Lesser Scaup 5.1% 9.0% 3.9%
59   Red-bellied Woodpecker 25.2% 8.6% 16.6%
60   Mute Swan 14.3% 8.0% 6.3%
61   Swamp Sparrow 4.9% 7.0% 2.1%
62   House Sparrow 36.5% 6.7% 29.8%
63   Gray Catbird 2.4% 6.7% 4.3%
64   Red-necked Grebe 0.4% 6.6% 6.2%
65   Peregrine Falcon 5.1% 6.6% 1.4%
66   Sharp-shinned Hawk 2.2% 6.0% 3.8%
67   Tree Swallow 0.6% 5.9% 5.3%
68   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2.8% 5.6% 2.8%
69   Golden-crowned Kinglet 2.7% 5.5% 2.8%
70   Snow Goose 2.9% 5.4% 2.5%
71   Merlin 1.9% 5.4% 3.5%
72   Lesser Black-backed Gull 0.8% 5.2% 4.4%
73   Common Merganser 6.9% 5.1% 1.8%
74   Iceland Gull 1.0% 5.1% 4.2%
75   Western Tanager 0.3% 5.1% 4.9%
76   Field Sparrow 1.1% 5.1% 4.0%
77   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 5.8% 4.8% 1.0%
78   American Wigeon 6.0% 4.8% 1.3%
79   Barrow's Goldeneye 0.1% 4.6% 4.5%
80   Red-winged Blackbird 7.3% 4.4% 2.9%
81   Hooded Merganser 19.9% 4.4% 15.6%
82   Fox Sparrow 7.2% 4.4% 2.8%
83   Orange-crowned Warbler 0.9% 4.1% 3.2%
84   Ruddy Duck 16.8% 3.7% 13.1%
85   Lapland Longspur 0.2% 3.7% 3.5%
86   Belted Kingfisher 6.7% 3.7% 3.1%
87   Gadwall 17.1% 3.4% 13.7%
88   Brown-headed Cowbird 1.2% 3.3% 2.1%
89   Ash-throated Flycatcher 0.1% 3.3% 3.2%
90   Blue Jay 34.6% 3.2% 31.4%
91   Redhead 2.3% 3.2% 0.9%
92   Pied-billed Grebe 4.2% 3.1% 1.1%
93   Townsend's Solitaire 0.0% 3.0% 3.0%
94   Winter Wren 3.2% 2.7% 0.5%
95   Purple Finch 0.4% 2.4% 2.0%
96   White-crowned Sparrow 0.6% 2.3% 1.8%
97   Fish Crow 5.2% 2.3% 3.0%
98   Snowy Owl 1.1% 2.3% 1.2%
99   Dunlin 1.7% 2.2% 0.5%
100   Red-shouldered Hawk 1.5% 2.2% 0.7%
101   Great Egret 0.4% 2.1% 1.7%
102   Glaucous Gull 0.4% 2.0% 1.7%
103   King Eider 0.2% 2.0% 1.7%
104   Common Grackle 5.1% 1.9% 3.3%
105   American Coot 11.5% 1.7% 9.8%
106   Canvasback 3.0% 1.7% 1.3%
107   Bohemian Waxwing 0.0% 1.6% 1.6%
108   Hairy Woodpecker 7.9% 1.5% 6.4%
109   Northern Pintail 3.5% 1.5% 2.0%
110   American Pipit 0.6% 1.5% 0.9%
111   Tufted Titmouse 20.6% 1.2% 19.4%
112   White-breasted Nuthatch 19.3% 1.2% 18.0%
113   Red-breasted Nuthatch 1.9% 1.2% 0.7%
114   Eastern Bluebird 0.6% 1.2% 0.6%
115   Ring-necked Duck 4.8% 1.2% 3.6%
116   Long-billed Murrelet 0% 1.1% 1.1%
117   Eastern Towhee 1.7% 1.0% 0.7%
118   Common Redpoll 0.5% 1.0% 0.5%
119   Lark Sparrow 0.1% 1.0% 0.9%
120   Dovekie 0.1% 1.0% 0.9%
121   American Kestrel 3.9% 0.9% 3.0%
122   Wood Stork 0.0% 0.9% 0.9%
123   Purple Sandpiper 1.9% 0.8% 1.1%
124   Pine Siskin 0.6% 0.7% 0.1%
125   Green-winged Teal 4.4% 0.6% 3.8%
126   Clapper Rail 0.1% 0.6% 0.5%
127   Red Crossbill 0.0% 0.6% 0.6%
128   Carolina Chickadee 0.0% 0.6% 0.6%
129   Great Horned Owl 1.9% 0.5% 1.4%
130   Chipping Sparrow 0.7% 0.5% 0.2%
131   Eurasian Wigeon 0.3% 0.5% 0.2%
132   Brown Creeper 3.7% 0.5% 3.3%
133   Northern Saw-whet Owl 0.7% 0.5% 0.2%
134   Brown Thrasher 0.4% 0.5% 0.1%
135   Black-legged Kittiwake 0.0% 0.5% 0.5%
136   Northern Shoveler 16.1% 0.4% 15.7%
137   Ruddy Turnstone 0.6% 0.4% 0.2%
138   Yellow-breasted Chat 0.3% 0.4% 0.1%
139   Clay-colored Sparrow 0.2% 0.4% 0.2%
140   Greater Yellowlegs 0.9% 0.3% 0.6%
141   American Woodcock 0.3% 0.3% 0.0%
142   Eastern Meadowlark 0.1% 0.3% 0.2%
143   Western Grebe 0.1% 0.3% 0.2%
144   Boat-tailed Grackle 0.2% 0.2% 0.0%
145   Nashville Warbler 0.1% 0.2% 0.1%
146   Cackling Goose 0.8% 0.2% 0.6%
147   Eastern Phoebe 0.3% 0.2% 0.1%
148   Marsh Wren 0.2% 0.2% 0.0%
149   Eared Grebe 0.1% 0.2% 0.0%
150   Thick-billed Murre 0.1% 0.2% 0.1%
151   Grasshopper Sparrow 0.0% 0.2% 0.1%
152   Brown Pelican 0.0% 0.2% 0.1%
153   Killdeer 1.9% 0.1% 1.8%
154   Rusty Blackbird 1.8% 0.1% 1.8%
155   Black-crowned Night-Heron 1.4% 0.1% 1.4%
156   Harlequin Duck 1.0% 0.1% 0.9%
157   Baltimore Oriole 0.3% 0.1% 0.3%
158   Palm Warbler 0.3% 0.1% 0.2%
159   Tundra Swan 0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
160   Pacific Loon 0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
161   American Bittern 0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
162   American Oystercatcher 0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
163   Long-billed Dowitcher 0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
164   White-winged Crossbill 0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
165   Mew Gull 0.0% 0.1% 0.0%
166   Vesper Sparrow 0.0% 0.1% 0.0%
167   Willet 0.0% 0.1% 0.1%
168   Little Gull 0.0% 0.1% 0.1%
169   Osprey 0.0% 0.1% 0.1%
170   Blue-headed Vireo 0.0% 0.1% 0.1%
171   Western Meadowlark 0% 0.1% 0.1%