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Top Birds at Sandy Hook--Horseshoe Cove area in January
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA

based on 60 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Sandy Hook--Horseshoe Cove area 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   Bufflehead 31.9% 68.3% 36.5%
2   Brant 20.5% 65.0% 44.5%
3   Herring Gull 43.3% 61.7% 18.4%
4   Red-breasted Merganser 19.3% 50.0% 30.7%
5   Horned Grebe 7.2% 48.3% 41.1%
6   Common Goldeneye 7.0% 46.7% 39.7%
7   American Black Duck 27.8% 38.3% 10.5%
8   Ring-billed Gull 52.1% 35.0% 17.1%
9   Great Black-backed Gull 31.6% 35.0% 3.4%
10   Canada Goose 53.5% 26.7% 26.8%
11   Song Sparrow 32.2% 13.3% 18.9%
12   Long-tailed Duck 9.1% 13.3% 4.2%
13   American Robin 24.9% 11.7% 13.2%
14   Sanderling 4.1% 11.7% 7.6%
15   Common Loon 10.6% 10.0% 0.6%
16   Black Scoter 2.9% 10.0% 7.1%
17   Mallard 49.0% 8.3% 40.7%
18   Northern Cardinal 36.7% 8.3% 28.4%
19   Double-crested Cormorant 13.9% 8.3% 5.5%
20   Yellow-rumped Warbler 4.9% 8.3% 3.5%
21   Black Vulture 1.4% 8.3% 7.0%
22   White-throated Sparrow 42.2% 6.7% 35.5%
23   Northern Mockingbird 23.6% 6.7% 17.0%
24   American Crow 18.2% 6.7% 11.5%
25   Carolina Wren 15.1% 6.7% 8.4%
26   Great Blue Heron 14.7% 6.7% 8.1%
27   Common Merganser 6.7% 6.7% 0.0%
28   Common Raven 3.9% 6.7% 2.8%
29   Red-tailed Hawk 21.8% 5.0% 16.8%
30   Mute Swan 14.5% 5.0% 9.5%
31   House Finch 13.4% 5.0% 8.4%
32   Red-throated Loon 7.3% 5.0% 2.3%
33   Surf Scoter 2.8% 5.0% 2.2%
34   White-winged Scoter 1.9% 5.0% 3.1%
35   Black-bellied Plover 1.0% 5.0% 4.0%
36   Barrow's Goldeneye 0.2% 5.0% 4.8%
37   European Starling 36.0% 3.3% 32.6%
38   Greater Scaup 9.9% 3.3% 6.6%
39   Northern Flicker 6.9% 3.3% 3.6%
40   Belted Kingfisher 6.9% 3.3% 3.6%
41   American Wigeon 6.2% 3.3% 2.9%
42   Common Grackle 5.1% 3.3% 1.8%
43   Turkey Vulture 4.8% 3.3% 1.4%
44   Northern Harrier 4.2% 3.3% 0.9%
45   Northern Gannet 2.2% 3.3% 1.2%
46   Cedar Waxwing 1.7% 3.3% 1.6%
47   Mourning Dove 29.4% 1.7% 27.7%
48   Rock Pigeon 28.8% 1.7% 27.2%
49   Downy Woodpecker 27.2% 1.7% 25.5%
50   Cooper's Hawk 8.4% 1.7% 6.7%
51   Bald Eagle 5.2% 1.7% 3.6%
52   Fish Crow 5.0% 1.7% 3.3%
53   Great Cormorant 4.8% 1.7% 3.2%
54   Hermit Thrush 2.8% 1.7% 1.1%
55   Bonaparte's Gull 2.3% 1.7% 0.6%