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Top Birds at Jacob Riis Park--Beach in September
relative to other locations within 25 miles of 40.781243, -73.966507

based on 45 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Jacob Riis Park--Beach 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 17.1% 88.9% 71.8%
2   Laughing Gull 18.6% 84.4% 65.8%
3   American Oystercatcher 4.9% 84.4% 79.5%
4   American Herring Gull 29.5% 82.2% 52.7%
5   Ring-billed Gull 24.3% 75.6% 51.3%
6   Double-crested Cormorant 30.9% 68.9% 38.0%
7   Osprey 24.5% 55.6% 31.1%
8   Royal Tern 3.3% 51.1% 47.8%
9   Rock Pigeon 37.0% 44.4% 7.5%
10   Sanderling 2.6% 33.3% 30.7%
11   European Starling 46.6% 28.9% 17.7%
12   Northern Mockingbird 30.9% 28.9% 2.0%
13   Semipalmated Sandpiper 7.6% 22.2% 14.6%
14   Forster's Tern 4.3% 22.2% 18.0%
15   Lesser Black-backed Gull 0.7% 22.2% 21.5%
16   Ruddy Turnstone 1.3% 20.0% 18.7%
17   Caspian Tern 1.6% 17.8% 16.1%
18   Northern Cardinal 50.4% 15.6% 34.8%
19   American Robin 59.4% 13.3% 46.0%
20   Palm Warbler 14.7% 13.3% 1.3%
21   Semipalmated Plover 7.1% 13.3% 6.3%
22   Savannah Sparrow 6.3% 13.3% 7.0%
23   Tree Swallow 6.2% 13.3% 7.2%
24   Common Tern 3.7% 13.3% 9.6%
25   Whimbrel 0.5% 13.3% 12.8%
26   Blue Jay 51.8% 11.1% 40.7%
27   Song Sparrow 27.5% 11.1% 16.4%
28   Eastern Phoebe 17.3% 11.1% 6.2%
29   Killdeer 6.9% 11.1% 4.2%
30   Gray Catbird 60.2% 8.9% 51.3%
31   House Sparrow 45.4% 8.9% 36.5%
32   Northern Flicker 42.3% 8.9% 33.4%
33   Canada Goose 37.3% 8.9% 28.4%
34   Black-throated Green Warbler 11.1% 8.9% 2.2%
35   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 7.8% 8.9% 1.0%
36   Eastern Towhee 7.2% 8.9% 1.7%
37   Peregrine Falcon 6.9% 8.9% 2.0%
38   Black-bellied Plover 4.0% 8.9% 4.9%
39   Eastern Kingbird 2.8% 8.9% 6.1%
40   Mourning Dove 52.6% 6.7% 45.9%
41   Common Yellowthroat 44.2% 6.7% 37.6%
42   Magnolia Warbler 21.4% 6.7% 14.7%
43   Red-winged Blackbird 11.5% 6.7% 4.8%
44   Brown-headed Cowbird 3.8% 6.7% 2.9%
45   Black Skimmer 1.7% 6.7% 5.0%
46   Willet 0.8% 6.7% 5.8%
47   Carolina Wren 27.1% 4.4% 22.6%
48   Northern Parula 26.4% 4.4% 21.9%
49   American Kestrel 10.6% 4.4% 6.1%
50   Least Sandpiper 6.9% 4.4% 2.5%
51   Black Scoter 0.1% 4.4% 4.3%
52   American Redstart 42.5% 2.2% 40.3%
53   Downy Woodpecker 31.5% 2.2% 29.3%
54   American Goldfinch 26.5% 2.2% 24.2%
55   Red-eyed Vireo 24.4% 2.2% 22.2%
56   Chimney Swift 20.7% 2.2% 18.5%
57   American Crow 17.7% 2.2% 15.5%
58   Black-throated Blue Warbler 16.7% 2.2% 14.5%
59   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 16.3% 2.2% 14.0%
60   Yellow Warbler 12.1% 2.2% 9.9%
61   Merlin 5.1% 2.2% 2.9%
62   Pine Warbler 5.1% 2.2% 2.9%
63   Spotted Sandpiper 4.7% 2.2% 2.5%
64   Nashville Warbler 4.6% 2.2% 2.4%
65   Barn Swallow 4.2% 2.2% 2.0%
66   Brown Creeper 1.3% 2.2% 0.9%
67   Clay-colored Sparrow 0.6% 2.2% 1.6%
68   Brant 0.5% 2.2% 1.7%
69   Common Loon 0.5% 2.2% 1.7%
70   Least Tern 0.2% 2.2% 2.1%
71   Bonaparte's Gull 0.2% 2.2% 2.1%
72   Common Eider 0.1% 2.2% 2.1%
73   Northern Gannet 0.1% 2.2% 2.2%
74   White-winged Scoter 0.0% 2.2% 2.2%
75   Great Shearwater 0.0% 2.2% 2.2%