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

based on 107 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Sandy Hook--Spermaceti 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 31.8% 77.6% 45.8%
2   Canada Goose 53.4% 75.7% 22.3%
3   American Black Duck 27.8% 73.8% 46.1%
4   Brant 20.5% 68.2% 47.8%
5   Herring Gull 43.3% 66.4% 23.1%
6   Great Black-backed Gull 31.6% 64.5% 32.9%
7   Red-breasted Merganser 19.2% 51.4% 32.2%
8   Ring-billed Gull 52.1% 39.3% 12.8%
9   Song Sparrow 32.2% 38.3% 6.1%
10   Great Blue Heron 14.7% 28.0% 13.3%
11   Mallard 49.0% 24.3% 24.7%
12   Horned Grebe 7.2% 17.8% 10.5%
13   Sanderling 4.1% 15.9% 11.8%
14   Northern Mockingbird 23.6% 14.0% 9.6%
15   Long-tailed Duck 9.1% 13.1% 3.9%
16   Bald Eagle 5.2% 11.2% 6.0%
17   Yellow-rumped Warbler 4.9% 11.2% 6.4%
18   Turkey Vulture 4.8% 11.2% 6.4%
19   Double-crested Cormorant 13.9% 10.3% 3.6%
20   House Finch 13.4% 10.3% 3.2%
21   Common Loon 10.6% 10.3% 0.4%
22   Common Goldeneye 7.0% 10.3% 3.3%
23   White-throated Sparrow 42.2% 9.3% 32.8%
24   Common Merganser 6.7% 8.4% 1.7%
25   Black Scoter 2.9% 8.4% 5.5%
26   Surf Scoter 2.8% 8.4% 5.6%
27   Downy Woodpecker 27.2% 7.5% 19.7%
28   Black-capped Chickadee 22.0% 7.5% 14.5%
29   Greater Scaup 9.9% 7.5% 2.4%
30   European Starling 36.0% 6.5% 29.5%
31   Red-throated Loon 7.3% 6.5% 0.8%
32   Northern Gannet 2.1% 6.5% 4.4%
33   American Crow 18.2% 5.6% 12.6%
34   Wood Stork 0.0% 5.6% 5.6%
35   House Sparrow 35.7% 4.7% 31.0%
36   Northern Flicker 6.9% 4.7% 2.2%
37   Sharp-shinned Hawk 2.3% 4.7% 2.3%
38   White-winged Scoter 1.9% 4.7% 2.8%
39   Black-bellied Plover 1.0% 4.7% 3.6%
40   Mourning Dove 29.4% 3.7% 25.7%
41   American Robin 24.9% 3.7% 21.1%
42   Swamp Sparrow 4.7% 3.7% 0.9%
43   Black Vulture 1.4% 3.7% 2.4%
44   Northern Cardinal 36.8% 2.8% 34.0%
45   Hooded Merganser 19.5% 2.8% 16.7%
46   Gadwall 16.7% 2.8% 13.9%
47   Northern Shoveler 16.0% 2.8% 13.2%
48   American Wigeon 6.2% 2.8% 3.4%
49   Fish Crow 5.0% 2.8% 2.2%
50   Common Eider 1.4% 2.8% 1.4%
51   Lesser Black-backed Gull 0.8% 2.8% 2.0%
52   Rock Pigeon 28.9% 1.9% 27.0%
53   Carolina Wren 15.1% 1.9% 13.2%
54   Mute Swan 14.5% 1.9% 12.6%
55   American Goldfinch 13.2% 1.9% 11.4%
56   Cooper's Hawk 8.4% 1.9% 6.5%
57   American Tree Sparrow 6.6% 1.9% 4.7%
58   Peregrine Falcon 5.2% 1.9% 3.3%
59   Common Raven 3.9% 1.9% 2.0%
60   Northern Pintail 3.6% 1.9% 1.7%
61   Bonaparte's Gull 2.3% 1.9% 0.4%
62   Cedar Waxwing 1.7% 1.9% 0.2%
63   Snow Bunting 1.6% 1.9% 0.3%
64   Savannah Sparrow 1.2% 1.9% 0.6%
65   Great Egret 0.5% 1.9% 1.4%
66   Barrow's Goldeneye 0.2% 1.9% 1.7%
67   Clapper Rail 0.1% 1.9% 1.8%
68   Carolina Chickadee 0.0% 1.9% 1.9%
69   Ruddy Duck 16.6% 0.9% 15.6%
70   American Coot 11.4% 0.9% 10.4%
71   Hairy Woodpecker 7.8% 0.9% 6.9%
72   Red-winged Blackbird 7.2% 0.9% 6.3%
73   Belted Kingfisher 6.9% 0.9% 6.0%
74   Fox Sparrow 6.9% 0.9% 6.0%
75   Common Grackle 5.2% 0.9% 4.2%
76   Lesser Scaup 5.1% 0.9% 4.2%
77   Great Cormorant 4.8% 0.9% 3.9%
78   Ring-necked Duck 4.6% 0.9% 3.6%
79   Pied-billed Grebe 4.5% 0.9% 3.6%
80   Wood Duck 4.2% 0.9% 3.3%
81   American Kestrel 3.8% 0.9% 2.9%
82   Hermit Thrush 2.8% 0.9% 1.8%
83   Snow Goose 2.6% 0.9% 1.7%
84   Gray Catbird 2.6% 0.9% 1.7%
85   Golden-crowned Kinglet 2.6% 0.9% 1.6%
86   Redhead 2.4% 0.9% 1.4%
87   Dunlin 1.7% 0.9% 0.8%
88   Razorbill 1.3% 0.9% 0.3%
89   Brown-headed Cowbird 1.2% 0.9% 0.3%
90   Field Sparrow 1.2% 0.9% 0.3%
91   Snowy Owl 1.2% 0.9% 0.2%
92   Iceland Gull 1.0% 0.9% 0.1%
93   Orange-crowned Warbler 1.0% 0.9% 0.0%
94   Tree Swallow 0.7% 0.9% 0.2%