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Top Birds at Meadowlands IBA--Mill Creek Marsh in January
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA

based on 151 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Meadowlands IBA--Mill Creek Marsh 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   Canada Goose 53.4% 88.1% 34.7%
2   Ring-billed Gull 52.0% 86.8% 34.8%
3   Mallard 48.9% 85.4% 36.5%
4   Green-winged Teal 4.2% 82.1% 77.9%
5   Song Sparrow 32.1% 80.8% 48.7%
6   Herring Gull 43.3% 66.9% 23.6%
7   Northern Mockingbird 23.5% 66.9% 43.4%
8   Northern Cardinal 36.7% 55.0% 18.3%
9   White-throated Sparrow 42.1% 54.3% 12.2%
10   Great Black-backed Gull 31.6% 50.3% 18.8%
11   European Starling 35.9% 42.4% 6.4%
12   Red-tailed Hawk 21.7% 41.7% 20.0%
13   Mourning Dove 29.3% 35.1% 5.8%
14   Downy Woodpecker 27.1% 35.1% 8.0%
15   Rock Pigeon 28.8% 33.1% 4.3%
16   Great Blue Heron 14.7% 30.5% 15.8%
17   Northern Shoveler 16.0% 29.8% 13.8%
18   Northern Harrier 4.1% 29.8% 25.7%
19   House Sparrow 35.7% 29.1% 6.5%
20   Swamp Sparrow 4.6% 29.1% 24.5%
21   Common Merganser 6.6% 27.8% 21.2%
22   American Black Duck 27.8% 27.2% 0.7%
23   Hooded Merganser 19.5% 27.2% 7.7%
24   Black-capped Chickadee 22.0% 26.5% 4.5%
25   Red-winged Blackbird 7.2% 23.8% 16.7%
26   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2.7% 22.5% 19.8%
27   Gadwall 16.7% 18.5% 1.8%
28   House Finch 13.4% 18.5% 5.1%
29   American Goldfinch 13.2% 17.2% 4.0%
30   Bald Eagle 5.2% 15.9% 10.7%
31   American Tree Sparrow 6.5% 15.2% 8.7%
32   Fish Crow 5.0% 15.2% 10.3%
33   Fox Sparrow 6.9% 14.6% 7.7%
34   American Crow 18.2% 13.2% 5.0%
35   Orange-crowned Warbler 0.9% 9.9% 9.0%
36   Blue Jay 33.9% 9.3% 24.7%
37   Double-crested Cormorant 13.9% 8.6% 5.3%
38   Bufflehead 31.9% 7.9% 24.0%
39   Carolina Wren 15.1% 7.3% 7.8%
40   American Robin 24.9% 6.6% 18.3%
41   Dark-eyed Junco 15.9% 6.6% 9.3%
42   Cooper's Hawk 8.4% 6.6% 1.8%
43   Northern Flicker 6.9% 6.6% 0.3%
44   Ruddy Duck 16.6% 6.0% 10.6%
45   American Kestrel 3.8% 6.0% 2.1%
46   Northern Pintail 3.5% 6.0% 2.4%
47   Golden-crowned Kinglet 2.6% 6.0% 3.4%
48   Monk Parakeet 1.7% 6.0% 4.3%
49   White-crowned Sparrow 0.6% 4.6% 4.0%
50   Peregrine Falcon 5.2% 4.0% 1.2%
51   Yellow-rumped Warbler 4.9% 4.0% 0.9%
52   Tufted Titmouse 19.6% 3.3% 16.3%
53   Marsh Wren 0.2% 3.3% 3.1%
54   Belted Kingfisher 6.9% 2.6% 4.3%
55   Sharp-shinned Hawk 2.3% 2.6% 0.3%
56   White-breasted Nuthatch 18.3% 2.0% 16.3%
57   Common Grackle 5.2% 2.0% 3.2%
58   Rough-legged Hawk 0.3% 2.0% 1.7%
59   Red-bellied Woodpecker 24.8% 1.3% 23.4%
60   Ring-necked Duck 4.6% 1.3% 3.2%
61   Common Raven 3.9% 1.3% 2.6%
62   Canvasback 3.1% 1.3% 1.8%
63   Merlin 1.9% 1.3% 0.6%
64   Brown-headed Cowbird 1.2% 1.3% 0.1%
65   Field Sparrow 1.2% 1.3% 0.1%
66   Purple Finch 0.4% 1.3% 0.9%
67   Brant 20.6% 0.7% 19.9%
68   Red-breasted Merganser 19.3% 0.7% 18.7%
69   Great Cormorant 4.8% 0.7% 4.2%
70   Turkey Vulture 4.8% 0.7% 4.1%
71   Brown Creeper 3.7% 0.7% 3.1%
72   Winter Wren 3.2% 0.7% 2.6%
73   Black-crowned Night-Heron 1.5% 0.7% 0.8%
74   Red-shouldered Hawk 1.5% 0.7% 0.8%
75   Savannah Sparrow 1.2% 0.7% 0.6%
76   Greater Yellowlegs 0.8% 0.7% 0.2%
77   Lesser Black-backed Gull 0.8% 0.7% 0.2%
78   Palm Warbler 0.3% 0.7% 0.3%
79   Wilson's Snipe 0.3% 0.7% 0.4%
80   Common Yellowthroat 0.1% 0.7% 0.5%
81   Sora 0.0% 0.7% 0.7%