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

based on 24 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 18.6% 91.7% 73.1%
2   Laughing Gull 18.6% 83.3% 64.7%
3   Herring Gull 30.9% 79.2% 48.3%
4   American Oystercatcher 5.0% 75.0% 70.0%
5   Double-crested Cormorant 32.0% 66.7% 34.7%
6   Ring-billed Gull 25.2% 66.7% 41.5%
7   Osprey 25.5% 45.8% 20.4%
8   Sanderling 2.9% 45.8% 42.9%
9   Rock Pigeon 36.8% 41.7% 4.9%
10   Royal Tern 2.9% 33.3% 30.4%
11   Semipalmated Sandpiper 7.9% 29.2% 21.2%
12   Northern Mockingbird 31.6% 20.8% 10.8%
13   Semipalmated Plover 7.0% 20.8% 13.8%
14   Ruddy Turnstone 1.3% 20.8% 19.5%
15   Whimbrel 0.5% 20.8% 20.3%
16   European Starling 48.5% 16.7% 31.8%
17   Common Tern 4.0% 16.7% 12.7%
18   Lesser Black-backed Gull 0.6% 16.7% 16.0%
19   Forster's Tern 4.1% 12.5% 8.4%
20   Gray Catbird 60.6% 8.3% 52.3%
21   House Sparrow 45.9% 8.3% 37.6%
22   American Kestrel 10.8% 8.3% 2.5%
23   Peregrine Falcon 7.4% 8.3% 0.9%
24   Least Sandpiper 7.2% 8.3% 1.1%
25   Tree Swallow 7.0% 8.3% 1.3%
26   Mourning Dove 53.2% 4.2% 49.1%
27   Blue Jay 51.8% 4.2% 47.6%
28   Northern Cardinal 50.4% 4.2% 46.2%
29   Common Yellowthroat 45.2% 4.2% 41.0%
30   American Redstart 43.0% 4.2% 38.9%
31   Canada Goose 37.8% 4.2% 33.7%
32   Song Sparrow 28.7% 4.2% 24.5%
33   Carolina Wren 26.9% 4.2% 22.7%
34   American Crow 17.0% 4.2% 12.9%
35   Palm Warbler 15.1% 4.2% 11.0%
36   Spotted Sandpiper 5.0% 4.2% 0.8%
37   Black-bellied Plover 4.4% 4.2% 0.3%
38   Black Skimmer 1.6% 4.2% 2.5%
39   Caspian Tern 1.5% 4.2% 2.6%
40   Willet 1.0% 4.2% 3.2%
41   Brant 0.5% 4.2% 3.7%
42   Bonaparte's Gull 0.2% 4.2% 4.0%
43   Least Tern 0.2% 4.2% 4.0%