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Top Birds at Nickerson Beach in January
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA

based on 245 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Nickerson 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.

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Rank Info Pics Species Entire Region This Location Difference
1   Canada Goose 53.4% 61.6% 8.2%
2   Horned Lark 2.0% 52.2% 50.2%
3   Brant 20.4% 42.4% 22.0%
4   Mallard 49.0% 39.6% 9.4%
5   Herring Gull 43.3% 39.6% 3.7%
6   Long-tailed Duck 9.1% 28.2% 19.1%
7   Sanderling 4.0% 26.5% 22.5%
8   European Starling 36.0% 24.9% 11.1%
9   Dunlin 1.6% 24.9% 23.3%
10   Red-throated Loon 7.2% 22.0% 14.8%
11   Snowy Owl 1.1% 21.6% 20.6%
12   Great Black-backed Gull 31.7% 18.8% 12.9%
13   Horned Grebe 7.2% 18.4% 11.2%
14   Black-bellied Plover 1.0% 17.6% 16.6%
15   Ring-billed Gull 52.2% 16.3% 35.8%
16   Song Sparrow 32.3% 14.3% 18.0%
17   Lapland Longspur 0.3% 14.3% 14.0%
18   Common Loon 10.6% 13.5% 2.8%
19   Mourning Dove 29.4% 12.7% 16.8%
20   Rock Pigeon 28.9% 9.8% 19.1%
21   American Black Duck 27.9% 9.4% 18.5%
22   Snow Bunting 1.5% 9.0% 7.4%
23   House Finch 13.5% 8.6% 4.9%
24   Snow Goose 2.6% 8.6% 6.0%
25   Surf Scoter 2.8% 8.2% 5.4%
26   Northern Mockingbird 23.7% 7.8% 15.9%
27   Black Scoter 2.9% 6.5% 3.6%
28   Yellow-rumped Warbler 4.9% 6.1% 1.3%
29   Red-breasted Merganser 19.3% 5.7% 13.6%
30   Common Eider 1.4% 5.3% 3.9%
31   Red Knot 0.1% 4.9% 4.8%
32   Northern Cardinal 36.8% 4.5% 32.3%
33   Northern Gannet 2.1% 4.5% 2.3%
34   Northern Harrier 4.2% 4.1% 0.1%
35   Razorbill 1.3% 3.7% 2.4%
36   American Crow 18.2% 3.3% 15.0%
37   American Goldfinch 13.3% 3.3% 10.0%
38   Bonaparte's Gull 2.3% 3.3% 1.0%
39   Harlequin Duck 1.0% 3.3% 2.3%
40   House Sparrow 35.8% 2.9% 32.9%
41   American Robin 24.9% 2.9% 22.1%
42   Peregrine Falcon 5.2% 2.9% 2.3%
43   Savannah Sparrow 1.2% 2.9% 1.6%
44   Greater Scaup 9.9% 2.4% 7.5%
45   Brown-headed Cowbird 1.2% 2.4% 1.2%
46   Tree Swallow 0.7% 2.4% 1.7%
47   White-throated Sparrow 42.3% 2.0% 40.2%
48   Black-capped Chickadee 22.0% 2.0% 20.0%
49   Double-crested Cormorant 13.9% 2.0% 11.9%
50   Purple Sandpiper 1.9% 2.0% 0.1%
51   Killdeer 1.7% 2.0% 0.3%
52   Ruddy Turnstone 0.6% 2.0% 1.4%
53   Dark-eyed Junco 15.9% 1.6% 14.3%
54   Belted Kingfisher 6.9% 1.6% 5.3%
55   Bufflehead 32.0% 1.2% 30.8%
56   Cooper's Hawk 8.4% 1.2% 7.2%
57   Great Cormorant 4.8% 1.2% 3.6%
58   Merlin 1.9% 1.2% 0.7%
59   Red-tailed Hawk 21.9% 0.8% 21.0%
60   Great Blue Heron 14.8% 0.8% 13.9%
61   Northern Flicker 6.9% 0.8% 6.1%
62   American Tree Sparrow 6.6% 0.8% 5.8%
63   American Kestrel 3.8% 0.8% 3.0%
64   White-winged Scoter 1.9% 0.8% 1.1%
65   Boat-tailed Grackle 0.2% 0.8% 0.6%
66   Semipalmated Plover 0.0% 0.8% 0.8%
67   Blue Jay 34.0% 0.4% 33.6%
68   Downy Woodpecker 27.2% 0.4% 26.8%
69   Carolina Wren 15.2% 0.4% 14.7%
70   Red-winged Blackbird 7.2% 0.4% 6.8%
71   Common Merganser 6.7% 0.4% 6.3%
72   Common Grackle 5.2% 0.4% 4.8%
73   Swamp Sparrow 4.7% 0.4% 4.3%
74   Northern Pintail 3.6% 0.4% 3.2%
75   Hermit Thrush 2.8% 0.4% 2.4%
76   Gray Catbird 2.6% 0.4% 2.2%
77   Sharp-shinned Hawk 2.3% 0.4% 1.9%
78   Field Sparrow 1.2% 0.4% 0.8%
79   American Pipit 0.7% 0.4% 0.3%
80   Cackling Goose 0.7% 0.4% 0.3%
81   Thick-billed Murre 0.1% 0.4% 0.3%
82   American Oystercatcher 0.1% 0.4% 0.3%