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Top Birds at Riis Landing in October
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA

based on 9 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Riis Landing in October. 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   Double-crested Cormorant 31.9% 55.6% 23.6%
2   European Starling 46.6% 44.4% 2.2%
3   Herring Gull 32.7% 44.4% 11.8%
4   Ring-billed Gull 30.4% 44.4% 14.0%
5   Great Black-backed Gull 18.9% 44.4% 25.5%
6   Song Sparrow 55.2% 33.3% 21.9%
7   Eastern Phoebe 36.4% 33.3% 3.1%
8   Laughing Gull 13.7% 33.3% 19.6%
9   Brant 9.6% 33.3% 23.8%
10   House Sparrow 46.8% 22.2% 24.6%
11   Canada Goose 40.8% 22.2% 18.6%
12   Rock Pigeon 35.5% 22.2% 13.3%
13   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 45.6% 11.1% 34.5%
14   Northern Mockingbird 36.3% 11.1% 25.2%
15   Palm Warbler 31.0% 11.1% 19.9%
16   Merlin 7.4% 11.1% 3.7%
17   Brown-headed Cowbird 5.8% 11.1% 5.3%
18   Tree Swallow 5.7% 11.1% 5.4%
19   Bald Eagle 5.4% 11.1% 5.7%
20   Fish Crow 2.6% 11.1% 8.5%
21   Forster's Tern 2.4% 11.1% 8.7%
22   Vesper Sparrow 2.3% 11.1% 8.8%
23   Common Loon 2.3% 11.1% 8.8%
24   Greater Scaup 0.6% 11.1% 10.5%
25   Caspian Tern 0.4% 11.1% 10.7%
26   Virginia Rail 0.1% 11.1% 11.0%