Top Birds at Surf Beach in January
relative to other locations within 25 miles of Santa Barbara County, CA, USA
based on 13 checklists
This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Surf 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.
| Rank | Info | Pics | Species | Entire Region | This Location | Difference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Western Gull | 25.1% | 69.2% | 44.1% | |||
| 2 | Brown Pelican | 10.3% | 69.2% | 58.9% | |||
| 3 | Surf Scoter | 9.4% | 61.5% | 52.2% | |||
| 4 | Sanderling | 12.3% | 53.8% | 41.6% | |||
| 5 | Brewer's Blackbird | 31.2% | 46.2% | 15.0% | |||
| 6 | Red-throated Loon | 1.6% | 46.2% | 44.5% | |||
| 7 | Turkey Vulture | 39.2% | 30.8% | 8.4% | |||
| 8 | Double-crested Cormorant | 31.9% | 30.8% | 1.1% | |||
| 9 | California Gull | 19.4% | 30.8% | 11.4% | |||
| 10 | Snowy Plover | 5.4% | 30.8% | 25.4% | |||
| 11 | White-winged Scoter | 0.5% | 30.8% | 30.3% | |||
| 12 | Black Phoebe | 52.2% | 23.1% | 29.1% | |||
| 13 | Red-tailed Hawk | 35.6% | 23.1% | 12.6% | |||
| 14 | American Pipit | 13.7% | 23.1% | 9.3% | |||
| 15 | Royal Tern | 3.2% | 23.1% | 19.9% | |||
| 16 | Brandt's Cormorant | 1.1% | 23.1% | 22.0% | |||
| 17 | Common Loon | 1.0% | 23.1% | 22.1% | |||
| 18 | Great Blue Heron | 23.0% | 15.4% | 7.6% | |||
| 19 | Great Egret | 18.9% | 15.4% | 3.5% | |||
| 20 | Western Grebe | 11.5% | 15.4% | 3.9% | |||
| 21 | Osprey | 4.4% | 15.4% | 11.0% | |||
| 22 | Long-billed Curlew | 4.4% | 15.4% | 11.0% | |||
| 23 | Pacific Loon | 0.8% | 15.4% | 14.6% | |||
| 24 | Black-vented Shearwater | 0.3% | 15.4% | 15.1% | |||
| 25 | Common Murre | 0.1% | 15.4% | 15.3% | |||
| 26 | American Coot | 47.7% | 7.7% | 40.0% | |||
| 27 | Mallard | 43.6% | 7.7% | 35.9% | |||
| 28 | White-crowned Sparrow | 43.5% | 7.7% | 35.8% | |||
| 29 | House Finch | 36.9% | 7.7% | 29.2% | |||
| 30 | Song Sparrow | 33.6% | 7.7% | 25.9% | |||
| 31 | California Scrub-Jay | 31.2% | 7.7% | 23.6% | |||
| 32 | Say's Phoebe | 25.0% | 7.7% | 17.3% | |||
| 33 | Northern Shoveler | 23.9% | 7.7% | 16.2% | |||
| 34 | Ring-billed Gull | 18.1% | 7.7% | 10.4% | |||
| 35 | Eared Grebe | 15.6% | 7.7% | 7.9% | |||
| 36 | Killdeer | 14.7% | 7.7% | 7.0% | |||
| 37 | American Kestrel | 13.2% | 7.7% | 5.5% | |||
| 38 | Snowy Egret | 9.7% | 7.7% | 2.0% | |||
| 39 | Savannah Sparrow | 7.8% | 7.7% | 0.1% | |||
| 40 | Short-billed Gull | 7.1% | 7.7% | 0.6% | |||
| 41 | Glaucous-winged Gull | 6.0% | 7.7% | 1.7% | |||
| 42 | Black-bellied Plover | 5.5% | 7.7% | 2.1% | |||
| 43 | Heermann's Gull | 5.5% | 7.7% | 2.2% | |||
| 44 | Herring Gull | 4.4% | 7.7% | 3.3% | |||
| 45 | Brown-headed Cowbird | 3.0% | 7.7% | 4.7% | |||
| 46 | Marbled Godwit | 2.4% | 7.7% | 5.3% | |||
| 47 | Iceland Gull | 1.7% | 7.7% | 6.0% | |||
| 48 | Pelagic Cormorant | 1.6% | 7.7% | 6.1% | |||
| 49 | Rock Wren | 0.2% | 7.7% | 7.5% | |||
| 50 | Rhinoceros Auklet | 0.0% | 7.7% | 7.7% |