Top Birds at Sandy Hook in January
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA
based on 1185 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.
| Rank | Info | Pics | Species | Entire Region | This Location | Difference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Herring Gull | 42.7% | 76.2% | 33.5% | |||
| 2 | Great Black-backed Gull | 30.9% | 74.8% | 43.9% | |||
| 3 | Brant | 19.6% | 71.7% | 52.1% | |||
| 4 | Bufflehead | 31.2% | 70.5% | 39.3% | |||
| 5 | Long-tailed Duck | 8.1% | 67.1% | 59.0% | |||
| 6 | Red-breasted Merganser | 18.5% | 64.9% | 46.4% | |||
| 7 | American Black Duck | 27.2% | 64.6% | 37.4% | |||
| 8 | Canada Goose | 53.3% | 64.5% | 11.2% | |||
| 9 | Ring-billed Gull | 51.9% | 62.2% | 10.3% | |||
| 10 | Northern Mockingbird | 23.1% | 54.1% | 31.0% | |||
| 11 | Black Scoter | 2.0% | 53.2% | 51.2% | |||
| 12 | Common Loon | 9.9% | 52.9% | 43.0% | |||
| 13 | Yellow-rumped Warbler | 4.1% | 51.5% | 47.4% | |||
| 14 | Red-throated Loon | 6.5% | 49.9% | 43.3% | |||
| 15 | Song Sparrow | 31.9% | 48.9% | 16.9% | |||
| 16 | White-winged Scoter | 1.1% | 45.6% | 44.4% | |||
| 17 | Surf Scoter | 2.0% | 44.3% | 42.3% | |||
| 18 | European Starling | 35.8% | 43.4% | 7.6% | |||
| 19 | Sanderling | 3.4% | 42.0% | 38.6% | |||
| 20 | Common Goldeneye | 6.4% | 40.4% | 34.0% | |||
| 21 | Horned Grebe | 6.7% | 40.1% | 33.4% | |||
| 22 | Northern Gannet | 1.5% | 39.2% | 37.7% | |||
| 23 | American Robin | 24.6% | 39.1% | 14.5% | |||
| 24 | Northern Cardinal | 36.7% | 36.3% | 0.4% | |||
| 25 | Turkey Vulture | 4.2% | 34.9% | 30.6% | |||
| 26 | American Crow | 17.9% | 33.3% | 15.4% | |||
| 27 | House Finch | 13.1% | 33.2% | 20.2% | |||
| 28 | Greater Scaup | 9.5% | 32.7% | 23.2% | |||
| 29 | White-throated Sparrow | 42.3% | 31.9% | 10.4% | |||
| 30 | Snow Bunting | 1.1% | 29.1% | 28.0% | |||
| 31 | Mallard | 49.3% | 28.9% | 20.5% | |||
| 32 | Mourning Dove | 29.4% | 27.8% | 1.6% | |||
| 33 | Cedar Waxwing | 1.3% | 26.6% | 25.3% | |||
| 34 | Double-crested Cormorant | 13.6% | 26.2% | 12.6% | |||
| 35 | Carolina Wren | 14.9% | 25.9% | 11.0% | |||
| 36 | Horned Lark | 1.8% | 23.8% | 21.9% | |||
| 37 | Great Blue Heron | 14.6% | 21.7% | 7.1% | |||
| 38 | Downy Woodpecker | 27.3% | 20.1% | 7.2% | |||
| 39 | Great Cormorant | 4.6% | 18.8% | 14.2% | |||
| 40 | Bonaparte's Gull | 2.0% | 18.0% | 16.0% | |||
| 41 | Northern Flicker | 6.7% | 17.5% | 10.7% | |||
| 42 | Razorbill | 1.0% | 17.5% | 16.5% | |||
| 43 | American Tree Sparrow | 6.4% | 16.5% | 10.1% | |||
| 44 | Black-capped Chickadee | 22.1% | 15.6% | 6.5% | |||
| 45 | Rock Pigeon | 29.1% | 15.4% | 13.6% | |||
| 46 | Dark-eyed Junco | 15.9% | 14.0% | 1.9% | |||
| 47 | Hermit Thrush | 2.6% | 13.9% | 11.4% | |||
| 48 | Northern Harrier | 4.0% | 13.8% | 9.8% | |||
| 49 | Common Raven | 3.7% | 12.8% | 9.1% | |||
| 50 | Bald Eagle | 5.1% | 12.4% | 7.3% | |||
| 51 | Black Vulture | 1.2% | 12.2% | 11.0% | |||
| 52 | Black-bellied Plover | 0.8% | 12.0% | 11.1% | |||
| 53 | American Goldfinch | 13.3% | 11.9% | 1.4% | |||
| 54 | Red-tailed Hawk | 22.0% | 10.9% | 11.1% | |||
| 55 | Cooper's Hawk | 8.3% | 10.0% | 1.7% | |||
| 56 | Savannah Sparrow | 1.1% | 10.0% | 8.9% | |||
| 57 | Red-bellied Woodpecker | 25.0% | 9.0% | 16.0% | |||
| 58 | Lesser Scaup | 5.0% | 8.9% | 3.8% | |||
| 59 | Common Eider | 1.3% | 8.9% | 7.5% | |||
| 60 | Mute Swan | 14.6% | 8.6% | 5.9% | |||
| 61 | Gray Catbird | 2.5% | 7.3% | 4.8% | |||
| 62 | House Sparrow | 36.2% | 6.8% | 29.3% | |||
| 63 | Peregrine Falcon | 5.2% | 6.8% | 1.6% | |||
| 64 | Red-necked Grebe | 0.4% | 6.8% | 6.3% | |||
| 65 | Swamp Sparrow | 4.6% | 6.6% | 1.9% | |||
| 66 | Sharp-shinned Hawk | 2.3% | 6.4% | 4.1% | |||
| 67 | Tree Swallow | 0.6% | 6.4% | 5.8% | |||
| 68 | Iceland Gull | 1.0% | 5.6% | 4.6% | |||
| 69 | Ruby-crowned Kinglet | 2.7% | 5.5% | 2.7% | |||
| 70 | Snow Goose | 2.6% | 5.4% | 2.8% | |||
| 71 | Field Sparrow | 1.1% | 5.4% | 4.3% | |||
| 72 | Common Merganser | 6.7% | 5.1% | 1.6% | |||
| 73 | American Wigeon | 6.2% | 5.1% | 1.2% | |||
| 74 | Merlin | 1.9% | 5.1% | 3.2% | |||
| 75 | Golden-crowned Kinglet | 2.5% | 5.0% | 2.4% | |||
| 76 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | 0.8% | 5.0% | 4.2% | |||
| 77 | Barrow's Goldeneye | 0.1% | 5.0% | 4.9% | |||
| 78 | Hooded Merganser | 19.8% | 4.6% | 15.1% | |||
| 79 | Fox Sparrow | 6.9% | 4.5% | 2.5% | |||
| 80 | Red-winged Blackbird | 7.3% | 4.1% | 3.1% | |||
| 81 | Lapland Longspur | 0.3% | 4.1% | 3.8% | |||
| 82 | Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | 5.6% | 4.0% | 1.6% | |||
| 83 | Ruddy Duck | 16.8% | 3.7% | 13.1% | |||
| 84 | Orange-crowned Warbler | 0.9% | 3.6% | 2.7% | |||
| 85 | Belted Kingfisher | 7.0% | 3.5% | 3.4% | |||
| 86 | Ash-throated Flycatcher | 0.1% | 3.5% | 3.5% | |||
| 87 | Pied-billed Grebe | 4.6% | 3.4% | 1.2% | |||
| 88 | Redhead | 2.4% | 3.4% | 1.0% | |||
| 89 | Brown-headed Cowbird | 1.2% | 3.3% | 2.1% | |||
| 90 | Townsend's Solitaire | 0.0% | 3.3% | 3.3% | |||
| 91 | Blue Jay | 34.4% | 3.0% | 31.4% | |||
| 92 | Gadwall | 17.0% | 3.0% | 13.9% | |||
| 93 | Western Tanager | 0.2% | 2.9% | 2.6% | |||
| 94 | Winter Wren | 3.2% | 2.8% | 0.4% | |||
| 95 | Fish Crow | 5.0% | 2.6% | 2.4% | |||
| 96 | Snowy Owl | 1.1% | 2.4% | 1.3% | |||
| 97 | White-crowned Sparrow | 0.6% | 2.4% | 1.8% | |||
| 98 | Purple Finch | 0.4% | 2.4% | 2.0% | |||
| 99 | Great Egret | 0.4% | 2.3% | 1.9% | |||
| 100 | Red-shouldered Hawk | 1.4% | 2.2% | 0.8% | |||
| 101 | Glaucous Gull | 0.4% | 2.2% | 1.8% | |||
| 102 | King Eider | 0.2% | 2.1% | 1.9% | |||
| 103 | American Coot | 11.5% | 1.9% | 9.7% | |||
| 104 | Canvasback | 3.1% | 1.8% | 1.4% | |||
| 105 | Bohemian Waxwing | 0.0% | 1.8% | 1.8% | |||
| 106 | Common Grackle | 5.2% | 1.7% | 3.5% | |||
| 107 | Northern Pintail | 3.6% | 1.6% | 2.0% | |||
| 108 | Dunlin | 1.7% | 1.6% | 0.1% | |||
| 109 | American Pipit | 0.7% | 1.6% | 0.9% | |||
| 110 | Hairy Woodpecker | 7.9% | 1.5% | 6.4% | |||
| 111 | Red-breasted Nuthatch | 1.9% | 1.4% | 0.6% | |||
| 112 | Eastern Bluebird | 0.7% | 1.3% | 0.6% | |||
| 113 | Tufted Titmouse | 19.9% | 1.2% | 18.7% | |||
| 114 | White-breasted Nuthatch | 18.6% | 1.2% | 17.4% | |||
| 115 | Ring-necked Duck | 4.6% | 1.2% | 3.4% | |||
| 116 | Long-billed Murrelet | 0% | 1.2% | 1.2% | |||
| 117 | Eastern Towhee | 1.9% | 1.1% | 0.8% | |||
| 118 | Common Redpoll | 0.5% | 1.1% | 0.6% | |||
| 119 | Lark Sparrow | 0.1% | 1.1% | 1.0% | |||
| 120 | Dovekie | 0.1% | 1.1% | 1.0% | |||
| 121 | Wood Stork | 0.0% | 0.9% | 0.9% | |||
| 122 | American Kestrel | 3.9% | 0.8% | 3.0% | |||
| 123 | Pine Siskin | 0.6% | 0.8% | 0.2% | |||
| 124 | Green-winged Teal | 4.5% | 0.7% | 3.8% | |||
| 125 | Red Crossbill | 0.0% | 0.7% | 0.6% | |||
| 126 | Northern Saw-whet Owl | 0.8% | 0.6% | 0.2% | |||
| 127 | Chipping Sparrow | 0.7% | 0.6% | 0.1% | |||
| 128 | Eurasian Wigeon | 0.4% | 0.6% | 0.2% | |||
| 129 | Clapper Rail | 0.1% | 0.6% | 0.5% | |||
| 130 | Great Horned Owl | 1.9% | 0.5% | 1.4% | |||
| 131 | Black-legged Kittiwake | 0.0% | 0.5% | 0.5% | |||
| 132 | Northern Shoveler | 16.3% | 0.4% | 15.8% | |||
| 133 | Brown Creeper | 3.8% | 0.4% | 3.3% | |||
| 134 | Purple Sandpiper | 1.9% | 0.4% | 1.5% | |||
| 135 | Ruddy Turnstone | 0.6% | 0.4% | 0.2% | |||
| 136 | Brown Thrasher | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.0% | |||
| 137 | Yellow-breasted Chat | 0.2% | 0.4% | 0.2% | |||
| 138 | Clay-colored Sparrow | 0.1% | 0.4% | 0.3% | |||
| 139 | Carolina Chickadee | 0.0% | 0.4% | 0.4% | |||
| 140 | Greater Yellowlegs | 0.9% | 0.3% | 0.5% | |||
| 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% | 0.3% | 0.0% | |||
| 145 | Nashville Warbler | 0.2% | 0.3% | 0.1% | |||
| 146 | Black-crowned Night-Heron | 1.5% | 0.2% | 1.3% | |||
| 147 | Eastern Phoebe | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.2% | |||
| 148 | Eared Grebe | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.0% | |||
| 149 | Thick-billed Murre | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.1% | |||
| 150 | Grasshopper Sparrow | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.1% | |||
| 151 | Brown Pelican | 0.0% | 0.2% | 0.2% | |||
| 152 | Rusty Blackbird | 1.8% | 0.1% | 1.7% | |||
| 153 | Killdeer | 1.7% | 0.1% | 1.6% | |||
| 154 | Harlequin Duck | 1.0% | 0.1% | 0.9% | |||
| 155 | Cackling Goose | 0.7% | 0.1% | 0.6% | |||
| 156 | Black-headed Gull | 0.5% | 0.1% | 0.5% | |||
| 157 | Palm Warbler | 0.3% | 0.1% | 0.3% | |||
| 158 | Baltimore Oriole | 0.3% | 0.1% | 0.2% | |||
| 159 | Marsh Wren | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 160 | Pacific Loon | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | |||
| 161 | American Bittern | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | |||
| 162 | Long-billed Dowitcher | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | |||
| 163 | White-winged Crossbill | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | |||
| 164 | American Oystercatcher | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | |||
| 165 | Tundra Swan | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | |||
| 166 | Vesper Sparrow | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | |||
| 167 | Mew Gull | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | |||
| 168 | Willet | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 169 | Little Gull | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 170 | Osprey | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 171 | Blue-headed Vireo | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 172 | Western Meadowlark | 0% | 0.1% | 0.1% |