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

based on 105 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Jacob Riis Park 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   Herring Gull 32.6% 87.6% 55.0%
2   Great Black-backed Gull 18.8% 85.7% 66.9%
3   Ring-billed Gull 30.3% 81.0% 50.6%
4   European Starling 46.6% 71.4% 24.9%
5   Laughing Gull 13.6% 71.4% 57.8%
6   Northern Mockingbird 36.2% 66.7% 30.5%
7   Double-crested Cormorant 31.9% 66.7% 34.8%
8   Song Sparrow 55.2% 64.8% 9.6%
9   Rock Pigeon 35.5% 64.8% 29.3%
10   White-throated Sparrow 57.7% 58.1% 0.4%
11   Yellow-rumped Warbler 50.4% 58.1% 7.7%
12   Northern Flicker 38.5% 55.2% 16.7%
13   Eastern Phoebe 36.4% 55.2% 18.8%
14   Swamp Sparrow 32.8% 54.3% 21.5%
15   House Sparrow 46.8% 51.4% 4.6%
16   Golden-crowned Kinglet 28.8% 49.5% 20.7%
17   Savannah Sparrow 19.4% 49.5% 30.1%
18   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 45.6% 48.6% 3.0%
19   Mourning Dove 45.8% 47.6% 1.9%
20   Palm Warbler 31.0% 45.7% 14.8%
21   Common Yellowthroat 26.3% 45.7% 19.5%
22   Northern Cardinal 44.5% 44.8% 0.3%
23   Royal Tern 3.3% 43.8% 40.5%
24   American Robin 57.6% 42.9% 14.7%
25   Brant 9.5% 42.9% 33.3%
26   Tree Swallow 5.6% 40.0% 34.4%
27   American Crow 23.3% 36.2% 12.8%
28   Gray Catbird 38.5% 30.5% 8.0%
29   Merlin 7.4% 29.5% 22.1%
30   Chipping Sparrow 20.8% 28.6% 7.8%
31   Brown-headed Cowbird 5.7% 27.6% 21.9%
32   Dark-eyed Junco 26.0% 26.7% 0.7%
33   Canada Goose 40.8% 22.9% 18.0%
34   Forster's Tern 2.4% 22.9% 20.4%
35   Sanderling 1.7% 22.9% 21.2%
36   Eastern Towhee 21.0% 21.9% 0.9%
37   American Goldfinch 23.8% 21.0% 2.9%
38   Carolina Wren 22.2% 21.0% 1.3%
39   American Kestrel 12.9% 21.0% 8.1%
40   Osprey 12.5% 21.0% 8.5%
41   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 22.7% 19.0% 3.7%
42   House Finch 18.0% 19.0% 1.1%
43   White-crowned Sparrow 11.2% 19.0% 7.8%
44   American Oystercatcher 2.0% 19.0% 17.0%
45   Sharp-shinned Hawk 9.9% 18.1% 8.2%
46   Hermit Thrush 23.6% 17.1% 6.4%
47   Cooper's Hawk 14.5% 17.1% 2.6%
48   Peregrine Falcon 7.8% 17.1% 9.3%
49   Pine Warbler 6.6% 17.1% 10.6%
50   Field Sparrow 11.5% 16.2% 4.7%
51   Black Scoter 0.8% 16.2% 15.4%
52   Blackpoll Warbler 10.2% 15.2% 5.0%
53   Northern Gannet 0.6% 15.2% 14.6%
54   Brown Creeper 10.7% 14.3% 3.6%
55   Lesser Black-backed Gull 0.7% 13.3% 12.6%
56   Blue Jay 56.3% 12.4% 43.9%
57   Red-winged Blackbird 15.8% 12.4% 3.4%
58   Common Loon 2.3% 12.4% 10.1%
59   Surf Scoter 0.8% 12.4% 11.6%
60   Parasitic Jaeger 0.1% 12.4% 12.3%
61   Downy Woodpecker 29.6% 11.4% 18.2%
62   Black-throated Blue Warbler 12.0% 10.5% 1.5%
63   Cedar Waxwing 10.1% 10.5% 0.4%
64   Black-bellied Plover 4.0% 10.5% 6.4%
65   Dunlin 2.5% 10.5% 8.0%
66   Red-bellied Woodpecker 35.0% 9.5% 25.5%
67   House Wren 9.2% 9.5% 0.3%
68   Red-breasted Nuthatch 7.9% 9.5% 1.6%
69   Magnolia Warbler 7.6% 9.5% 1.9%
70   Lincoln's Sparrow 6.8% 9.5% 2.8%
71   Killdeer 6.1% 8.6% 2.4%
72   Red-throated Loon 0.7% 8.6% 7.9%
73   Northern Harrier 5.9% 7.6% 1.8%
74   Indigo Bunting 4.7% 7.6% 2.9%
75   Bobolink 0.6% 7.6% 7.0%
76   Red-eyed Vireo 5.7% 6.7% 1.0%
77   Eastern Wood-Pewee 4.4% 6.7% 2.3%
78   Vesper Sparrow 2.3% 6.7% 4.3%
79   White-winged Scoter 0.5% 6.7% 6.2%
80   Bonaparte's Gull 0.4% 6.7% 6.3%
81   Black-capped Chickadee 18.3% 5.7% 12.6%
82   Northern Parula 11.0% 5.7% 5.3%
83   American Redstart 7.9% 5.7% 2.2%
84   Caspian Tern 0.4% 5.7% 5.3%
85   American Black Duck 13.4% 4.8% 8.6%
86   Black-and-white Warbler 9.5% 4.8% 4.7%
87   Swainson's Thrush 7.5% 4.8% 2.7%
88   Great Cormorant 1.2% 4.8% 3.6%
89   Common Tern 0.5% 4.8% 4.3%
90   Black-legged Kittiwake 0.0% 4.8% 4.7%
91   Blue-headed Vireo 11.2% 3.8% 7.4%
92   Brown Thrasher 5.4% 3.8% 1.6%
93   Pine Siskin 4.5% 3.8% 0.7%
94   American Pipit 2.4% 3.8% 1.4%
95   Nelson's Sparrow 2.1% 3.8% 1.7%
96   Blue Grosbeak 0.7% 3.8% 3.1%
97   Common Grackle 21.2% 2.9% 18.3%
98   Winter Wren 10.0% 2.9% 7.1%
99   Black-throated Green Warbler 5.6% 2.9% 2.8%
100   Pied-billed Grebe 4.0% 2.9% 1.1%
101   Cape May Warbler 2.7% 2.9% 0.2%
102   Semipalmated Sandpiper 1.2% 2.9% 1.6%
103   Baltimore Oriole 1.1% 2.9% 1.7%
104   Orange-crowned Warbler 1.0% 2.9% 1.9%
105   Greater Scaup 0.6% 2.9% 2.3%
106   Lark Sparrow 0.5% 2.9% 2.3%
107   Horned Grebe 0.3% 2.9% 2.6%
108   Long-tailed Duck 0.1% 2.9% 2.8%
109   Red-tailed Hawk 22.6% 1.9% 20.7%
110   Great Blue Heron 21.9% 1.9% 20.0%
111   White-breasted Nuthatch 20.3% 1.9% 18.3%
112   Belted Kingfisher 13.0% 1.9% 11.1%
113   Turkey Vulture 9.6% 1.9% 7.7%
114   Chimney Swift 8.5% 1.9% 6.6%
115   Purple Finch 7.0% 1.9% 5.1%
116   Green-winged Teal 6.0% 1.9% 4.1%
117   Common Raven 5.8% 1.9% 3.9%
118   Saltmarsh Sparrow 1.5% 1.9% 0.4%
119   Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1.3% 1.9% 0.6%
120   Yellow Warbler 1.2% 1.9% 0.7%
121   Clay-colored Sparrow 0.9% 1.9% 1.0%
122   Red-breasted Merganser 0.6% 1.9% 1.3%
123   Harlequin Duck 0.0% 1.9% 1.9%
124   Mallard 38.7% 1.0% 37.7%
125   Tufted Titmouse 19.0% 1.0% 18.1%
126   Great Egret 14.2% 1.0% 13.3%
127   Mute Swan 10.8% 1.0% 9.9%
128   Wood Duck 9.9% 1.0% 8.9%
129   Snowy Egret 5.5% 1.0% 4.5%
130   Nashville Warbler 3.6% 1.0% 2.6%
131   Fish Crow 2.6% 1.0% 1.6%
132   Tennessee Warbler 2.5% 1.0% 1.5%
133   Marsh Wren 2.3% 1.0% 1.3%
134   Eastern Meadowlark 1.8% 1.0% 0.8%
135   Rusty Blackbird 1.4% 1.0% 0.5%
136   Snow Goose 0.6% 1.0% 0.3%
137   Wilson's Warbler 0.6% 1.0% 0.4%
138   Black Skimmer 0.6% 1.0% 0.4%
139   Prairie Warbler 0.5% 1.0% 0.4%
140   Grasshopper Sparrow 0.5% 1.0% 0.5%
141   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 0.3% 1.0% 0.6%
142   Seaside Sparrow 0.3% 1.0% 0.7%
143   Black-billed Cuckoo 0.2% 1.0% 0.8%
144   Common Eider 0.1% 1.0% 0.8%
145   Cattle Egret 0.1% 1.0% 0.8%
146   Black Tern 0.0% 1.0% 0.9%
147   Pomarine Jaeger 0.0% 1.0% 0.9%
148   Great Shearwater 0% 1.0% 1.0%