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

based on 41 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Jacob Riis Park in April. 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 26.4% 73.2% 46.8%
2   Brant 13.8% 73.2% 59.4%
3   American Oystercatcher 7.0% 73.2% 66.2%
4   Great Black-backed Gull 15.6% 63.4% 47.8%
5   Ring-billed Gull 23.3% 56.1% 32.8%
6   European Starling 56.7% 48.8% 7.9%
7   Common Loon 5.2% 46.3% 41.2%
8   Northern Gannet 2.2% 46.3% 44.1%
9   Laughing Gull 11.1% 41.5% 30.4%
10   Northern Mockingbird 28.3% 36.6% 8.3%
11   American Robin 74.8% 31.7% 43.1%
12   Rock Pigeon 34.1% 31.7% 2.4%
13   Double-crested Cormorant 36.8% 29.3% 7.5%
14   Black Scoter 0.5% 29.3% 28.8%
15   American Crow 19.4% 26.8% 7.5%
16   House Sparrow 53.2% 24.4% 28.8%
17   Northern Cardinal 60.6% 22.0% 38.7%
18   Song Sparrow 48.8% 22.0% 26.9%
19   Killdeer 9.3% 22.0% 12.6%
20   Long-tailed Duck 1.0% 22.0% 21.0%
21   Red-winged Blackbird 54.7% 19.5% 35.2%
22   Brown-headed Cowbird 23.0% 19.5% 3.5%
23   White-throated Sparrow 57.1% 14.6% 42.5%
24   Common Grackle 48.9% 14.6% 34.2%
25   Barn Swallow 14.4% 14.6% 0.3%
26   Red-breasted Merganser 7.0% 14.6% 7.6%
27   Red-throated Loon 4.3% 14.6% 10.3%
28   Surf Scoter 0.5% 14.6% 14.2%
29   Lesser Black-backed Gull 0.3% 14.6% 14.3%
30   Mourning Dove 51.6% 12.2% 39.4%
31   Eastern Towhee 21.9% 12.2% 9.7%
32   Bonaparte's Gull 0.9% 12.2% 11.3%
33   Northern Flicker 45.2% 9.8% 35.4%
34   Tree Swallow 22.1% 9.8% 12.4%
35   Forster's Tern 3.7% 9.8% 6.1%
36   Sanderling 0.7% 9.8% 9.1%
37   White-winged Scoter 0.3% 9.8% 9.5%
38   Willet 1.4% 7.3% 5.9%
39   Piping Plover 0.8% 7.3% 6.5%
40   Black-bellied Plover 0.6% 7.3% 6.7%
41   Canada Goose 52.9% 4.9% 48.1%
42   Yellow-rumped Warbler 31.2% 4.9% 26.3%
43   Carolina Wren 22.3% 4.9% 17.4%
44   Dark-eyed Junco 20.2% 4.9% 15.3%
45   Osprey 19.2% 4.9% 14.4%
46   Eastern Phoebe 19.0% 4.9% 14.1%
47   Swamp Sparrow 17.8% 4.9% 12.9%
48   House Finch 16.6% 4.9% 11.7%
49   Fish Crow 15.6% 4.9% 10.7%
50   Bufflehead 11.9% 4.9% 7.1%
51   Golden-crowned Kinglet 11.8% 4.9% 6.9%
52   Savannah Sparrow 7.8% 4.9% 3.0%
53   American Kestrel 5.5% 4.9% 0.6%
54   Horned Grebe 2.8% 4.9% 2.1%
55   Red-necked Grebe 0.5% 4.9% 4.4%
56   Iceland Gull 0.2% 4.9% 4.7%
57   Purple Sandpiper 0.2% 4.9% 4.7%
58   Common Tern 0.2% 4.9% 4.7%
59   Common Eider 0.1% 4.9% 4.8%
60   King Eider 0.1% 4.9% 4.8%
61   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 29.4% 2.4% 26.9%
62   American Goldfinch 28.5% 2.4% 26.0%
63   Palm Warbler 28.0% 2.4% 25.6%
64   Hermit Thrush 25.5% 2.4% 23.0%
65   Pine Warbler 15.7% 2.4% 13.3%
66   Turkey Vulture 12.5% 2.4% 10.1%
67   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 10.4% 2.4% 7.9%
68   Gray Catbird 9.1% 2.4% 6.7%
69   House Wren 7.6% 2.4% 5.2%
70   Greater Yellowlegs 6.5% 2.4% 4.0%
71   Brown Thrasher 6.2% 2.4% 3.7%
72   Green-winged Teal 5.1% 2.4% 2.7%
73   Bald Eagle 3.9% 2.4% 1.5%
74   Cooper's Hawk 3.7% 2.4% 1.3%
75   Fox Sparrow 3.2% 2.4% 0.8%
76   Peregrine Falcon 2.9% 2.4% 0.5%
77   Indigo Bunting 0.9% 2.4% 1.6%
78   Common Goldeneye 0.2% 2.4% 2.2%
79   Manx Shearwater 0.0% 2.4% 2.4%
80   Parasitic Jaeger 0.0% 2.4% 2.4%