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Top Birds at Ridgewood Reservoir in April
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA

based on 117 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Ridgewood Reservoir 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   American Robin 74.8% 93.2% 18.4%
2   Red-winged Blackbird 54.7% 93.2% 38.5%
3   Northern Cardinal 60.6% 84.6% 24.0%
4   Blue Jay 52.6% 82.1% 29.5%
5   European Starling 56.7% 76.9% 20.3%
6   White-throated Sparrow 57.1% 73.5% 16.4%
7   Mourning Dove 51.5% 72.6% 21.1%
8   House Sparrow 53.2% 65.0% 11.8%
9   Ring-necked Duck 3.0% 60.7% 57.7%
10   Downy Woodpecker 38.0% 58.1% 20.2%
11   Mute Swan 15.4% 53.0% 37.6%
12   Common Grackle 48.8% 51.3% 2.5%
13   Mallard 54.7% 48.7% 6.0%
14   Song Sparrow 48.8% 47.0% 1.8%
15   Red-bellied Woodpecker 39.7% 47.0% 7.3%
16   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 29.3% 45.3% 16.0%
17   Yellow-rumped Warbler 31.2% 44.4% 13.3%
18   Bufflehead 11.9% 42.7% 30.8%
19   Carolina Wren 22.3% 41.9% 19.6%
20   Northern Flicker 45.2% 41.0% 4.2%
21   Rock Pigeon 34.1% 40.2% 6.0%
22   American Crow 19.3% 39.3% 20.0%
23   American Goldfinch 28.5% 37.6% 9.1%
24   Eastern Towhee 21.9% 35.9% 14.0%
25   Palm Warbler 28.0% 35.0% 7.0%
26   Red-tailed Hawk 24.8% 34.2% 9.4%
27   Tree Swallow 22.1% 33.3% 11.2%
28   Brown-headed Cowbird 23.0% 31.6% 8.6%
29   Chimney Swift 5.3% 30.8% 25.4%
30   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 17.1% 29.1% 12.0%
31   Canada Goose 53.0% 27.4% 25.6%
32   Black-capped Chickadee 21.9% 24.8% 2.9%
33   Pine Warbler 15.7% 24.8% 9.1%
34   Barn Swallow 14.4% 24.8% 10.4%
35   Golden-crowned Kinglet 11.8% 24.8% 13.0%
36   Ruddy Duck 10.8% 24.8% 14.0%
37   Chipping Sparrow 25.1% 23.9% 1.1%
38   Blue-headed Vireo 9.5% 22.2% 12.7%
39   Yellow Warbler 7.8% 22.2% 14.4%
40   Hermit Thrush 25.5% 21.4% 4.1%
41   Eastern Phoebe 19.0% 21.4% 2.3%
42   Black-and-white Warbler 12.0% 21.4% 9.4%
43   Northern Mockingbird 28.3% 20.5% 7.8%
44   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 10.9% 18.8% 7.9%
45   Turkey Vulture 12.5% 17.9% 5.4%
46   Redhead 0.2% 17.9% 17.8%
47   Herring Gull 26.4% 17.1% 9.3%
48   Tufted Titmouse 25.8% 16.2% 9.5%
49   Hairy Woodpecker 10.0% 16.2% 6.2%
50   Dark-eyed Junco 20.2% 14.5% 5.6%
51   White-breasted Nuthatch 17.9% 14.5% 3.3%
52   Hooded Merganser 2.8% 13.7% 10.9%
53   Gray Catbird 9.1% 12.8% 3.7%
54   American Kestrel 5.5% 12.8% 7.4%
55   House Wren 7.6% 11.1% 3.5%
56   Ring-billed Gull 23.4% 10.3% 13.1%
57   Wood Duck 14.3% 10.3% 4.1%
58   Laughing Gull 11.1% 9.4% 1.7%
59   Northern Parula 4.8% 9.4% 4.6%
60   Pied-billed Grebe 2.8% 8.5% 5.8%
61   Black-throated Green Warbler 2.3% 8.5% 6.2%
62   Osprey 19.2% 7.7% 11.6%
63   Swamp Sparrow 17.8% 7.7% 10.1%
64   American Coot 7.1% 7.7% 0.6%
65   Brown Thrasher 6.2% 6.8% 0.7%
66   Northern Waterthrush 5.2% 6.8% 1.7%
67   Field Sparrow 8.1% 6.0% 2.1%
68   Louisiana Waterthrush 7.0% 6.0% 1.1%
69   Common Raven 3.7% 6.0% 2.3%
70   Cooper's Hawk 3.7% 5.1% 1.4%
71   Ovenbird 3.6% 5.1% 1.5%
72   Warbling Vireo 3.4% 5.1% 1.8%
73   Sharp-shinned Hawk 2.5% 5.1% 2.7%
74   Purple Finch 1.9% 5.1% 3.2%
75   Double-crested Cormorant 36.8% 4.3% 32.5%
76   Fish Crow 15.6% 4.3% 11.3%
77   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 10.4% 4.3% 6.1%
78   Brown Creeper 9.3% 4.3% 5.0%
79   Northern Shoveler 8.7% 4.3% 4.5%
80   Rusty Blackbird 4.3% 4.3% 0.1%
81   Wood Thrush 2.1% 4.3% 2.2%
82   Prothonotary Warbler 1.7% 4.3% 2.6%
83   Black-throated Blue Warbler 1.7% 4.3% 2.6%
84   Yellow-throated Warbler 1.7% 4.3% 2.6%
85   Indigo Bunting 0.8% 4.3% 3.4%
86   House Finch 16.6% 3.4% 13.2%
87   Cedar Waxwing 3.6% 3.4% 0.2%
88   Great Blue Heron 11.1% 2.6% 8.6%
89   Belted Kingfisher 10.2% 2.6% 7.6%
90   Savannah Sparrow 7.8% 2.6% 5.3%
91   Peregrine Falcon 2.9% 2.6% 0.4%
92   Red-breasted Nuthatch 2.9% 2.6% 0.3%
93   Merlin 2.0% 2.6% 0.6%
94   Blue-winged Warbler 1.8% 2.6% 0.8%
95   American Black Duck 10.2% 1.7% 8.5%
96   Common Yellowthroat 3.5% 1.7% 1.8%
97   Baltimore Oriole 2.8% 1.7% 1.1%
98   Horned Grebe 2.8% 1.7% 1.1%
99   Prairie Warbler 2.7% 1.7% 1.0%
100   White-eyed Vireo 1.6% 1.7% 0.1%
101   American Redstart 1.3% 1.7% 0.4%
102   Eastern Kingbird 1.2% 1.7% 0.5%
103   Nashville Warbler 0.8% 1.7% 0.9%
104   Solitary Sandpiper 0.8% 1.7% 1.0%
105   Great Egret 22.8% 0.9% 21.9%
106   Common Loon 5.2% 0.9% 4.4%
107   Bald Eagle 3.9% 0.9% 3.0%
108   Green Heron 3.6% 0.9% 2.7%
109   Fox Sparrow 3.2% 0.9% 2.4%
110   Black Vulture 2.5% 0.9% 1.7%
111   Northern Harrier 1.8% 0.9% 1.0%
112   Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1.6% 0.9% 0.7%
113   Veery 1.4% 0.9% 0.6%
114   Greater Scaup 1.4% 0.9% 0.6%
115   Red-shouldered Hawk 1.2% 0.9% 0.4%
116   Worm-eating Warbler 0.9% 0.9% 0.1%
117   Great Crested Flycatcher 0.9% 0.9% 0.0%
118   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 0.5% 0.9% 0.4%
119   Lincoln's Sparrow 0.1% 0.9% 0.7%