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

based on 58 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Jacob Riis Park in September. 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   Great Black-backed Gull 18.6% 86.2% 67.6%
2   Herring Gull 30.8% 82.8% 51.9%
3   Ring-billed Gull 25.1% 81.0% 55.9%
4   Laughing Gull 18.6% 77.6% 59.0%
5   Rock Pigeon 36.8% 51.7% 15.0%
6   European Starling 48.4% 48.3% 0.2%
7   Double-crested Cormorant 32.0% 48.3% 16.3%
8   American Oystercatcher 5.0% 44.8% 39.8%
9   Sanderling 2.9% 43.1% 40.2%
10   Northern Mockingbird 31.6% 41.4% 9.8%
11   Osprey 25.5% 36.2% 10.7%
12   American Robin 60.3% 34.5% 25.8%
13   Mourning Dove 53.3% 32.8% 20.5%
14   Song Sparrow 28.6% 32.8% 4.1%
15   Gray Catbird 60.6% 29.3% 31.3%
16   Royal Tern 2.9% 29.3% 26.4%
17   Common Tern 3.9% 27.6% 23.6%
18   House Sparrow 45.9% 25.9% 20.0%
19   Common Yellowthroat 45.2% 25.9% 19.3%
20   Forster's Tern 4.1% 24.1% 20.0%
21   American Crow 17.0% 22.4% 5.4%
22   Tree Swallow 7.0% 22.4% 15.4%
23   Northern Flicker 43.2% 20.7% 22.5%
24   Semipalmated Plover 7.0% 20.7% 13.7%
25   Northern Cardinal 50.4% 19.0% 31.4%
26   House Wren 17.3% 19.0% 1.7%
27   Lesser Black-backed Gull 0.6% 17.2% 16.6%
28   Eastern Phoebe 17.9% 15.5% 2.4%
29   Killdeer 7.4% 15.5% 8.1%
30   Merlin 5.4% 15.5% 10.2%
31   Barn Swallow 4.7% 15.5% 10.8%
32   American Redstart 43.0% 13.8% 29.2%
33   Savannah Sparrow 6.3% 13.8% 7.5%
34   Carolina Wren 26.9% 12.1% 14.8%
35   Yellow Warbler 12.3% 12.1% 0.2%
36   Semipalmated Sandpiper 7.9% 12.1% 4.1%
37   Black Skimmer 1.6% 12.1% 10.4%
38   Canada Goose 37.8% 10.3% 27.5%
39   Black-bellied Plover 4.4% 10.3% 5.9%
40   Ruddy Turnstone 1.3% 10.3% 9.0%
41   Magnolia Warbler 22.8% 8.6% 14.2%
42   Chimney Swift 22.5% 8.6% 13.8%
43   Cedar Waxwing 16.4% 8.6% 7.8%
44   Palm Warbler 15.1% 8.6% 6.5%
45   House Finch 14.9% 8.6% 6.2%
46   American Kestrel 10.8% 8.6% 2.2%
47   Peregrine Falcon 7.4% 8.6% 1.2%
48   Blue Jay 51.8% 6.9% 44.9%
49   Red-eyed Vireo 25.1% 6.9% 18.2%
50   Red-winged Blackbird 12.1% 6.9% 5.2%
51   Eastern Towhee 7.8% 6.9% 0.9%
52   Least Sandpiper 7.2% 6.9% 0.3%
53   Swamp Sparrow 5.0% 6.9% 1.9%
54   Brown-headed Cowbird 4.0% 6.9% 2.9%
55   Downy Woodpecker 31.9% 5.2% 26.7%
56   American Goldfinch 27.8% 5.2% 22.6%
57   Eastern Wood-Pewee 19.6% 5.2% 14.4%
58   Mute Swan 11.4% 5.2% 6.3%
59   Blackpoll Warbler 10.4% 5.2% 5.2%
60   Yellow-rumped Warbler 8.5% 5.2% 3.3%
61   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 4.9% 5.2% 0.3%
62   Eastern Kingbird 3.0% 5.2% 2.2%
63   Dickcissel 0.9% 5.2% 4.3%
64   Black Scoter 0.2% 5.2% 5.0%
65   Northern Parula 27.0% 3.4% 23.5%
66   Common Grackle 24.0% 3.4% 20.6%
67   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 16.6% 3.4% 13.2%
68   Swainson's Thrush 14.8% 3.4% 11.4%
69   White-throated Sparrow 9.6% 3.4% 6.1%
70   Brown Thrasher 8.7% 3.4% 5.3%
71   American Black Duck 8.0% 3.4% 4.6%
72   Cape May Warbler 6.9% 3.4% 3.5%
73   Bobolink 3.2% 3.4% 0.3%
74   Golden-crowned Kinglet 2.1% 3.4% 1.3%
75   Pectoral Sandpiper 2.0% 3.4% 1.5%
76   Caspian Tern 1.5% 3.4% 1.9%
77   Common Loon 0.5% 3.4% 2.9%
78   Bank Swallow 0.3% 3.4% 3.1%
79   Northern Gannet 0.1% 3.4% 3.4%
80   Parasitic Jaeger 0.0% 3.4% 3.4%
81   Black-and-white Warbler 31.7% 1.7% 30.0%
82   Red-tailed Hawk 18.7% 1.7% 17.0%
83   Northern Waterthrush 15.8% 1.7% 14.1%
84   Black-capped Chickadee 12.7% 1.7% 11.0%
85   Ovenbird 12.6% 1.7% 10.9%
86   Black-throated Green Warbler 12.2% 1.7% 10.5%
87   Veery 11.6% 1.7% 9.9%
88   Rose-breasted Grosbeak 11.5% 1.7% 9.8%
89   Chestnut-sided Warbler 10.2% 1.7% 8.5%
90   Scarlet Tanager 9.7% 1.7% 8.0%
91   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 8.1% 1.7% 6.3%
92   Baltimore Oriole 7.8% 1.7% 6.1%
93   Cooper's Hawk 7.4% 1.7% 5.7%
94   Chipping Sparrow 6.6% 1.7% 4.9%
95   Tennessee Warbler 6.0% 1.7% 4.3%
96   Pine Warbler 5.4% 1.7% 3.7%
97   Great Crested Flycatcher 5.2% 1.7% 3.5%
98   Spotted Sandpiper 5.0% 1.7% 3.2%
99   Lincoln's Sparrow 4.0% 1.7% 2.2%
100   Wilson's Warbler 3.9% 1.7% 2.2%
101   Northern Harrier 3.6% 1.7% 1.9%
102   White-eyed Vireo 3.5% 1.7% 1.8%
103   Least Flycatcher 3.4% 1.7% 1.7%
104   Blackburnian Warbler 3.0% 1.7% 1.2%
105   Yellow-billed Cuckoo 2.6% 1.7% 0.9%
106   Field Sparrow 2.4% 1.7% 0.7%
107   Blue-winged Teal 2.1% 1.7% 0.4%
108   Gray-cheeked Thrush 1.5% 1.7% 0.2%
109   Blue-winged Warbler 1.5% 1.7% 0.3%
110   Willet 1.0% 1.7% 0.8%
111   Clay-colored Sparrow 0.8% 1.7% 1.0%
112   Baird's Sandpiper 0.6% 1.7% 1.1%
113   Whimbrel 0.5% 1.7% 1.2%
114   Red Knot 0.4% 1.7% 1.3%
115   White-crowned Sparrow 0.4% 1.7% 1.3%
116   Snow Goose 0.1% 1.7% 1.6%
117   Surf Scoter 0.1% 1.7% 1.7%
118   Great Shearwater 0.0% 1.7% 1.7%
119   Northern Fulmar 0% 1.7% 1.7%