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

based on 928 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Sandy Hook 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   American Herring Gull 40.8% 72.7% 32.0%
2   Long-tailed Duck 6.8% 66.5% 59.7%
3   Bufflehead 31.5% 65.8% 34.4%
4   Great Black-backed Gull 27.6% 65.4% 37.8%
5   Brant 19.4% 65.1% 45.7%
6   Red-breasted Merganser 19.3% 61.5% 42.2%
7   Canada Goose 56.1% 61.3% 5.2%
8   American Black Duck 26.2% 61.0% 34.8%
9   Ring-billed Gull 50.5% 59.8% 9.3%
10   Song Sparrow 34.0% 56.5% 22.5%
11   American Robin 31.9% 56.0% 24.2%
12   Northern Mockingbird 23.5% 52.0% 28.5%
13   Yellow-rumped Warbler 4.1% 51.3% 47.1%
14   Black Scoter 1.9% 48.7% 46.8%
15   European Starling 38.2% 46.3% 8.2%
16   Turkey Vulture 5.9% 40.0% 34.0%
17   Common Goldeneye 6.4% 38.5% 32.1%
18   Northern Cardinal 40.7% 37.1% 3.6%
19   Mourning Dove 33.2% 36.7% 3.5%
20   American Crow 21.1% 36.4% 15.3%
21   Common Loon 8.7% 36.1% 27.4%
22   Cedar Waxwing 1.8% 36.0% 34.2%
23   Surf Scoter 2.0% 35.8% 33.8%
24   White-winged Scoter 0.9% 35.7% 34.7%
25   Red-throated Loon 7.0% 33.6% 26.6%
26   Horned Grebe 7.6% 31.4% 23.8%
27   Greater Scaup 9.3% 30.7% 21.4%
28   Sanderling 2.3% 30.4% 28.1%
29   White-throated Sparrow 41.8% 30.2% 11.6%
30   Carolina Wren 15.9% 30.0% 14.1%
31   House Finch 13.6% 27.9% 14.3%
32   Snow Bunting 0.8% 25.8% 24.9%
33   Mallard 50.3% 24.5% 25.9%
34   Red-winged Blackbird 18.3% 23.1% 4.8%
35   Horned Lark 1.8% 21.9% 20.0%
36   Downy Woodpecker 27.9% 19.6% 8.3%
37   Dark-eyed Junco 16.1% 19.0% 2.8%
38   Northern Gannet 0.7% 19.0% 18.2%
39   American Tree Sparrow 6.6% 18.2% 11.6%
40   Rock Pigeon 29.3% 17.1% 12.1%
41   Great Blue Heron 11.7% 16.7% 5.0%
42   Northern Flicker 6.1% 16.7% 10.6%
43   Hermit Thrush 1.9% 15.8% 13.9%
44   Black Vulture 1.4% 15.5% 14.2%
45   Black-capped Chickadee 22.2% 14.4% 7.7%
46   Great Cormorant 4.3% 14.0% 9.7%
47   Common Raven 4.1% 13.9% 9.8%
48   Red-tailed Hawk 23.2% 12.8% 10.4%
49   Bald Eagle 6.1% 12.1% 6.0%
50   Northern Harrier 4.2% 11.5% 7.3%
51   Common Grackle 13.4% 11.3% 2.1%
52   Savannah Sparrow 1.0% 11.0% 10.0%
53   Double-crested Cormorant 12.0% 10.8% 1.3%
54   Cooper's Hawk 7.7% 9.5% 1.8%
55   Mute Swan 15.1% 9.2% 5.9%
56   Razorbill 0.9% 8.7% 7.8%
57   American Goldfinch 11.4% 8.5% 2.9%
58   Merlin 1.9% 8.5% 6.7%
59   Sharp-shinned Hawk 1.9% 8.4% 6.5%
60   Bohemian Waxwing 0.0% 8.1% 8.1%
61   Field Sparrow 1.0% 7.8% 6.7%
62   House Sparrow 41.0% 7.1% 33.9%
63   Black-bellied Plover 0.5% 7.1% 6.6%
64   Lesser Scaup 4.8% 6.8% 1.9%
65   Swamp Sparrow 3.5% 6.6% 3.0%
66   Brown-headed Cowbird 1.7% 6.2% 4.6%
67   Common Eider 0.8% 5.9% 5.1%
68   Lapland Longspur 0.5% 5.8% 5.3%
69   Lesser Black-backed Gull 0.8% 5.4% 4.6%
70   Bonaparte's Gull 0.6% 5.4% 4.8%
71   Hooded Merganser 20.0% 5.2% 14.8%
72   Peregrine Falcon 4.6% 5.2% 0.6%
73   Red-shouldered Hawk 1.7% 5.1% 3.4%
74   Gray Catbird 1.7% 5.1% 3.4%
75   Common Merganser 9.6% 4.8% 4.7%
76   Barrow's Goldeneye 0.2% 4.6% 4.5%
77   Red-bellied Woodpecker 26.0% 4.5% 21.5%
78   White-crowned Sparrow 0.5% 4.4% 3.9%
79   Killdeer 3.8% 4.3% 0.5%
80   Fox Sparrow 7.3% 4.2% 3.1%
81   American Wigeon 7.0% 4.2% 2.8%
82   Iceland Gull 1.0% 3.8% 2.8%
83   Vesper Sparrow 0.0% 3.7% 3.7%
84   Blue Jay 36.4% 3.4% 32.9%
85   Tree Swallow 0.6% 3.4% 2.8%
86   Golden-crowned Kinglet 2.4% 3.3% 0.9%
87   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1.8% 3.2% 1.4%
88   Red-necked Grebe 0.9% 3.0% 2.1%
89   Orange-crowned Warbler 0.4% 2.7% 2.3%
90   Belted Kingfisher 5.4% 2.4% 3.0%
91   Fish Crow 7.5% 2.3% 5.2%
92   Hairy Woodpecker 7.8% 2.0% 5.7%
93   Townsend's Solitaire 0.0% 2.0% 2.0%
94   Gadwall 15.7% 1.9% 13.8%
95   Ash-throated Flycatcher 0.0% 1.8% 1.8%
96   Snowy Owl 0.9% 1.7% 0.9%
97   Ruddy Duck 16.0% 1.6% 14.4%
98   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 4.8% 1.6% 3.2%
99   Ring-necked Duck 6.0% 1.5% 4.5%
100   Northern Pintail 3.4% 1.5% 1.9%
101   American Pipit 0.3% 1.5% 1.2%
102   American Woodcock 1.0% 1.4% 0.4%
103   Rough-legged Hawk 0.6% 1.4% 0.8%
104   White-breasted Nuthatch 18.5% 1.3% 17.2%
105   Pied-billed Grebe 3.8% 1.3% 2.6%
106   Winter Wren 2.3% 1.3% 1.0%
107   Dunlin 1.1% 1.2% 0.1%
108   American Oystercatcher 0.2% 1.2% 1.0%
109   Tufted Titmouse 20.4% 1.1% 19.3%
110   Green-winged Teal 5.0% 1.1% 3.9%
111   Red-breasted Nuthatch 1.6% 1.1% 0.6%
112   Eastern Bluebird 0.7% 1.1% 0.4%
113   Ruddy Turnstone 0.3% 1.1% 0.7%
114   Thick-billed Murre 0.3% 1.1% 0.7%
115   Glaucous Gull 0.2% 1.1% 0.9%
116   King Eider 0.2% 1.1% 0.9%
117   Common Redpoll 0.3% 0.9% 0.5%
118   Northern Saw-whet Owl 0.2% 0.9% 0.6%
119   Wood Duck 6.2% 0.8% 5.5%
120   Brown Creeper 3.5% 0.8% 2.8%
121   American Kestrel 3.4% 0.8% 2.6%
122   Snow Goose 2.5% 0.8% 1.7%
123   Redhead 2.2% 0.8% 1.4%
124   Eastern Towhee 1.5% 0.8% 0.8%
125   Purple Finch 0.3% 0.8% 0.5%
126   Pine Siskin 0.6% 0.6% 0.1%
127   Brown Thrasher 0.5% 0.6% 0.2%
128   Boat-tailed Grackle 0.4% 0.6% 0.3%
129   American Coot 10.8% 0.5% 10.3%
130   Great Horned Owl 1.8% 0.5% 1.3%
131   Eurasian Wigeon 0.4% 0.5% 0.2%
132   Canvasback 3.4% 0.4% 3.0%
133   Common Gallinule 0.1% 0.4% 0.3%
134   Grasshopper Sparrow 0.0% 0.4% 0.4%
135   Carolina Chickadee 0.0% 0.4% 0.4%
136   Red Crossbill 0% 0.4% 0.4%
137   Northern Shoveler 16.8% 0.3% 16.4%
138   Chipping Sparrow 0.6% 0.3% 0.3%
139   Barred Owl 0.5% 0.3% 0.2%
140   Western Tanager 0.1% 0.3% 0.2%
141   Rusty Blackbird 1.6% 0.2% 1.4%
142   Purple Sandpiper 1.1% 0.2% 0.9%
143   Great Egret 0.2% 0.2% 0.0%
144   White-winged Crossbill 0.1% 0.2% 0.2%
145   Western Grebe 0.0% 0.2% 0.2%
146   Wilson's Snipe 0.3% 0.1% 0.2%
147   Short-eared Owl 0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
148   American Bittern 0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
149   Clapper Rail 0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
150   Clay-colored Sparrow 0.0% 0.1% 0.1%
151   Semipalmated Plover 0.0% 0.1% 0.1%
152   Laughing Gull 0.0% 0.1% 0.1%
153   Little Gull 0.0% 0.1% 0.1%
154   Blue-headed Vireo 0% 0.1% 0.1%