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Top Birds at Sandy Hook in October
relative to other locations within 25 miles of 40.781243, -73.966507

based on 1905 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Sandy Hook in October. 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   Northern Mockingbird 35.3% 78.4% 43.2%
2   Yellow-rumped Warbler 49.0% 77.3% 28.3%
3   Song Sparrow 54.4% 75.8% 21.4%
4   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 44.4% 72.6% 28.2%
5   Golden-crowned Kinglet 28.7% 72.4% 43.7%
6   Double-crested Cormorant 30.0% 72.0% 42.0%
7   White-throated Sparrow 58.4% 71.2% 12.8%
8   American Herring Gull 30.8% 71.1% 40.4%
9   Eastern Phoebe 35.4% 70.7% 35.3%
10   Northern Flicker 37.4% 68.5% 31.1%
11   Great Black-backed Gull 16.6% 68.5% 51.9%
12   American Robin 57.5% 66.3% 8.8%
13   Gray Catbird 36.7% 65.0% 28.3%
14   House Finch 16.9% 64.9% 48.1%
15   Canada Goose 40.0% 62.5% 22.5%
16   Mourning Dove 45.2% 62.3% 17.0%
17   European Starling 45.5% 60.4% 14.9%
18   Osprey 10.6% 57.5% 46.9%
19   Swamp Sparrow 32.3% 56.4% 24.1%
20   Carolina Wren 22.3% 56.3% 34.0%
21   Eastern Towhee 19.6% 55.9% 36.2%
22   Northern Cardinal 44.9% 53.6% 8.7%
23   Great Blue Heron 21.4% 53.5% 32.1%
24   Turkey Vulture 8.6% 53.3% 44.7%
25   Red-winged Blackbird 14.7% 53.2% 38.6%
26   Dark-eyed Junco 25.9% 53.0% 27.0%
27   Ring-billed Gull 29.1% 52.1% 23.0%
28   Brown Creeper 10.2% 48.9% 38.7%
29   Tree Swallow 4.0% 48.6% 44.5%
30   Cooper's Hawk 14.0% 48.3% 34.4%
31   Laughing Gull 12.6% 47.1% 34.5%
32   Field Sparrow 10.4% 46.6% 36.2%
33   Downy Woodpecker 29.6% 46.0% 16.4%
34   Royal Tern 2.3% 45.1% 42.8%
35   Chipping Sparrow 19.9% 44.3% 24.3%
36   Brant 8.2% 44.2% 36.0%
37   Palm Warbler 30.0% 42.9% 12.9%
38   Black-bellied Plover 2.9% 42.7% 39.8%
39   Merlin 6.5% 42.0% 35.5%
40   American Crow 22.9% 41.7% 18.8%
41   Great Egret 13.2% 41.4% 28.2%
42   American Goldfinch 22.9% 40.8% 18.0%
43   Cedar Waxwing 8.9% 40.5% 31.7%
44   Red-bellied Woodpecker 35.6% 40.2% 4.5%
45   Sharp-shinned Hawk 8.7% 39.9% 31.2%
46   Common Yellowthroat 25.0% 39.8% 14.8%
47   Savannah Sparrow 18.2% 39.6% 21.4%
48   American Black Duck 12.8% 38.7% 25.9%
49   Hermit Thrush 23.9% 38.1% 14.2%
50   White-crowned Sparrow 9.6% 33.5% 23.9%
51   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 22.3% 31.9% 9.6%
52   Red-breasted Nuthatch 7.2% 31.3% 24.1%
53   House Wren 8.4% 28.3% 19.9%
54   Northern Harrier 5.0% 28.2% 23.2%
55   Rock Pigeon 35.9% 27.5% 8.4%
56   Blue-headed Vireo 11.0% 27.5% 16.5%
57   Peregrine Falcon 7.1% 26.0% 19.0%
58   Belted Kingfisher 12.4% 25.9% 13.5%
59   House Sparrow 47.3% 24.1% 23.2%
60   Winter Wren 10.3% 23.9% 13.6%
61   Mallard 38.6% 23.9% 14.7%
62   Common Raven 5.8% 23.8% 18.0%
63   Red-tailed Hawk 23.1% 23.8% 0.7%
64   Common Loon 1.6% 23.0% 21.4%
65   Black-capped Chickadee 18.0% 21.0% 3.1%
66   Sanderling 1.1% 20.8% 19.7%
67   Blackpoll Warbler 9.5% 20.2% 10.6%
68   Dunlin 2.0% 19.7% 17.7%
69   Black-throated Blue Warbler 11.9% 19.5% 7.6%
70   Red-eyed Vireo 5.2% 19.4% 14.2%
71   Blue Jay 57.6% 19.2% 38.5%
72   Northern Parula 10.5% 19.1% 8.6%
73   American Kestrel 12.4% 18.8% 6.4%
74   Black Vulture 2.1% 18.0% 15.8%
75   Lincoln's Sparrow 6.1% 17.5% 11.4%
76   American Oystercatcher 1.7% 16.2% 14.4%
77   Nelson's Sparrow 1.7% 16.0% 14.3%
78   Brown Thrasher 4.9% 14.7% 9.8%
79   Pine Warbler 6.1% 14.4% 8.3%
80   Purple Finch 6.5% 14.3% 7.8%
81   American Redstart 7.6% 13.9% 6.4%
82   Greater Yellowlegs 6.8% 13.6% 6.8%
83   Black-throated Green Warbler 5.0% 13.4% 8.4%
84   Pine Siskin 3.7% 13.3% 9.6%
85   Brown-headed Cowbird 5.4% 13.3% 7.9%
86   Bald Eagle 5.4% 13.1% 7.8%
87   Mute Swan 10.5% 13.0% 2.5%
88   Killdeer 5.8% 13.0% 7.1%
89   Snowy Egret 5.1% 12.8% 7.7%
90   Magnolia Warbler 6.9% 12.8% 5.8%
91   Black-and-white Warbler 9.0% 12.0% 3.1%
92   Indigo Bunting 4.3% 12.0% 7.7%
93   Black Scoter 0.5% 12.0% 11.5%
94   Surf Scoter 0.5% 11.8% 11.3%
95   Semipalmated Plover 1.1% 11.7% 10.5%
96   Pied-billed Grebe 3.4% 11.1% 7.6%
97   Wood Duck 9.9% 10.9% 1.0%
98   Northern Gannet 0.3% 10.9% 10.5%
99   American Pipit 2.2% 10.8% 8.6%
100   Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1.3% 10.4% 9.2%
101   White-breasted Nuthatch 21.9% 10.4% 11.5%
102   Lesser Black-backed Gull 0.5% 9.9% 9.4%
103   Common Grackle 22.2% 9.9% 12.3%
104   Green-winged Teal 6.3% 9.5% 3.2%
105   Forster's Tern 2.2% 9.3% 7.1%
106   Red-throated Loon 0.5% 9.2% 8.8%
107   Swainson's Thrush 7.2% 9.1% 1.8%
108   White-winged Scoter 0.3% 8.2% 8.0%
109   Eastern Meadowlark 1.6% 8.1% 6.6%
110   Dickcissel 0.7% 7.8% 7.1%
111   Red-breasted Merganser 0.4% 7.8% 7.3%
112   Black-crowned Night-Heron 4.0% 7.5% 3.5%
113   Saltmarsh Sparrow 1.2% 7.5% 6.3%
114   Marsh Wren 2.1% 7.2% 5.1%
115   American Golden-Plover 0.5% 7.2% 6.7%
116   Eastern Wood-Pewee 4.2% 7.1% 3.0%
117   Cape May Warbler 2.4% 7.1% 4.7%
118   Clay-colored Sparrow 0.7% 6.7% 6.0%
119   Nashville Warbler 3.5% 6.6% 3.0%
120   Bobolink 0.4% 6.0% 5.6%
121   Scarlet Tanager 3.5% 5.7% 2.2%
122   Baltimore Oriole 1.1% 5.6% 4.5%
123   Bufflehead 1.3% 5.5% 4.2%
124   Vesper Sparrow 2.1% 5.3% 3.2%
125   Clapper Rail 0.9% 5.2% 4.3%
126   Ruddy Duck 7.9% 4.9% 3.0%
127   American Coot 3.9% 4.9% 1.0%
128   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 0.2% 4.9% 4.7%
129   Chimney Swift 7.7% 4.8% 2.9%
130   Eastern Bluebird 1.8% 4.0% 2.2%
131   Fish Crow 2.7% 3.9% 1.2%
132   Tennessee Warbler 2.3% 3.7% 1.4%
133   Lark Sparrow 0.4% 3.7% 3.3%
134   Common Tern 0.4% 3.7% 3.4%
135   Semipalmated Sandpiper 1.2% 3.7% 2.5%
136   Orange-crowned Warbler 0.9% 3.7% 2.7%
137   Ovenbird 5.5% 3.6% 1.9%
138   Rusty Blackbird 1.4% 3.6% 2.3%
139   Hairy Woodpecker 7.9% 3.1% 4.8%
140   Rose-breasted Grosbeak 2.0% 3.1% 1.2%
141   Caspian Tern 0.4% 3.1% 2.8%
142   Wilson's Snipe 0.7% 3.0% 2.3%
143   Great Cormorant 1.1% 3.0% 1.9%
144   Bonaparte's Gull 0.3% 2.9% 2.6%
145   Philadelphia Vireo 0.2% 2.9% 2.7%
146   Barn Swallow 0.1% 2.9% 2.7%
147   Seaside Sparrow 0.2% 2.8% 2.6%
148   Gadwall 8.1% 2.8% 5.3%
149   Gray-cheeked Thrush 1.1% 2.8% 1.7%
150   Blue Grosbeak 0.6% 2.5% 1.9%
151   White-eyed Vireo 0.2% 2.5% 2.3%
152   Connecticut Warbler 0.2% 2.5% 2.3%
153   American Woodcock 0.9% 2.4% 1.5%
154   Tufted Titmouse 20.7% 2.3% 18.5%
155   White-rumped Sandpiper 0.4% 2.2% 1.8%
156   Prairie Warbler 0.5% 2.2% 1.7%
157   Northern Waterthrush 2.6% 2.0% 0.6%
158   Yellow-breasted Chat 0.7% 1.9% 1.3%
159   Ring-necked Duck 0.5% 1.9% 1.4%
160   Common Eider 0.1% 1.8% 1.7%
161   Northern Pintail 1.7% 1.8% 0.1%
162   King Eider 0.0% 1.8% 1.8%
163   American Wigeon 2.9% 1.7% 1.2%
164   Yellow Warbler 1.0% 1.7% 0.7%
165   Boat-tailed Grackle 0.7% 1.7% 1.1%
166   Greater Scaup 0.5% 1.7% 1.2%
167   Grasshopper Sparrow 0.4% 1.6% 1.2%
168   Horned Grebe 0.2% 1.6% 1.4%
169   Red-headed Woodpecker 0.7% 1.6% 0.9%
170   Pacific-slope Flycatcher 0.0% 1.6% 1.5%
171   Snow Goose 0.5% 1.5% 1.0%
172   Wilson's Warbler 0.5% 1.5% 1.0%
173   Sora 0.4% 1.5% 1.1%
174   Red Knot 0.3% 1.5% 1.3%
175   Piping Plover 0.0% 1.5% 1.5%
176   Green Heron 1.2% 1.5% 0.3%
177   Least Sandpiper 0.6% 1.5% 0.8%
178   Fox Sparrow 0.6% 1.4% 0.8%
179   Ruddy Turnstone 0.4% 1.4% 1.0%
180   American Bittern 0.3% 1.4% 1.1%
181   Northern Saw-whet Owl 0.1% 1.4% 1.3%
182   Wood Thrush 1.8% 1.3% 0.5%
183   Pectoral Sandpiper 0.9% 1.3% 0.3%
184   Chestnut-sided Warbler 0.7% 1.3% 0.5%
185   Great Horned Owl 0.6% 1.2% 0.6%
186   Bay-breasted Warbler 0.5% 1.2% 0.7%
187   Lesser Yellowlegs 2.5% 1.2% 1.3%
188   Red-shouldered Hawk 2.0% 1.2% 0.9%
189   Black-billed Cuckoo 0.1% 1.2% 1.0%
190   Horned Lark 0.1% 1.2% 1.0%
191   Northern Shoveler 9.0% 1.1% 7.9%
192   Least Flycatcher 0.2% 1.0% 0.8%
193   Sage Thrasher 0% 1.0% 1.0%
194   Harlequin Duck 0.0% 1.0% 1.0%
195   Carolina Chickadee 0.0% 1.0% 1.0%
196   Common Gallinule 0.1% 0.9% 0.8%
197   Brown Pelican 0.0% 0.9% 0.9%
198   Blackburnian Warbler 0.3% 0.8% 0.6%
199   Virginia Rail 0.2% 0.8% 0.7%
200   Snow Bunting 0.1% 0.8% 0.8%
201   Veery 0.3% 0.8% 0.4%
202   LeConte's Sparrow 0.1% 0.8% 0.7%
203   Parasitic Jaeger 0.1% 0.8% 0.7%
204   Hooded Merganser 1.2% 0.7% 0.5%
205   Black Skimmer 0.6% 0.7% 0.2%
206   Western Sandpiper 0.1% 0.7% 0.7%
207   Blue-winged Teal 1.0% 0.7% 0.3%
208   Western Kingbird 0.2% 0.7% 0.5%
209   Long-tailed Duck 0.1% 0.7% 0.6%
210   Whimbrel 0.0% 0.7% 0.6%
211   Short-eared Owl 0.0% 0.7% 0.6%
212   Lesser Scaup 0.4% 0.6% 0.3%
213   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 0.0% 0.6% 0.5%
214   Little Blue Heron 0.4% 0.5% 0.1%
215   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 1.5% 0.5% 1.0%
216   Willet 0.1% 0.5% 0.4%
217   American Tree Sparrow 0.1% 0.5% 0.4%
218   Vermilion Flycatcher 0% 0.5% 0.5%
219   Broad-winged Hawk 0.7% 0.4% 0.3%
220   Long-billed Dowitcher 0.3% 0.4% 0.1%
221   Sedge Wren 0.0% 0.4% 0.4%
222   Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 0.0% 0.4% 0.4%
223   Buff-breasted Sandpiper 0.0% 0.4% 0.4%
224   Ash-throated Flycatcher 0.1% 0.4% 0.3%
225   Warbling Vireo 0.1% 0.4% 0.3%
226   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1.1% 0.3% 0.8%
227   Evening Grosbeak 0.1% 0.3% 0.3%
228   Yellow-throated Vireo 0.1% 0.3% 0.3%
229   Great Crested Flycatcher 0.0% 0.3% 0.3%
230   Pacific Loon 0.0% 0.3% 0.3%
231   Spotted Sandpiper 0.8% 0.3% 0.5%
232   Solitary Sandpiper 0.7% 0.3% 0.4%
233   Short-billed Dowitcher 0.6% 0.3% 0.3%
234   Hudsonian Godwit 0.2% 0.3% 0.0%
235   Western Cattle-Egret 0.1% 0.3% 0.2%
236   Lapland Longspur 0.0% 0.3% 0.2%
237   Eastern Kingbird 0.0% 0.3% 0.2%
238   Hammond's Flycatcher 0% 0.3% 0.3%
239   Common Nighthawk 0.8% 0.2% 0.6%
240   Cackling Goose 0.1% 0.2% 0.1%
241   Yellow-headed Blackbird 0.1% 0.2% 0.1%
242   Red Crossbill 0.0% 0.2% 0.2%
243   Cliff Swallow 0.0% 0.2% 0.2%
244   Western Tanager 0.0% 0.2% 0.2%
245   Hooded Warbler 0.3% 0.2% 0.1%
246   Barred Owl 0.3% 0.2% 0.1%
247   Common Merganser 0.2% 0.2% 0.0%
248   Glossy Ibis 0.1% 0.2% 0.1%
249   Red-necked Grebe 0.1% 0.2% 0.1%
250   Baird's Sandpiper 0.0% 0.2% 0.1%
251   American Goshawk 0.0% 0.2% 0.1%
252   Least Bittern 0.0% 0.2% 0.1%
253   Bank Swallow 0.0% 0.2% 0.1%
254   Fork-tailed Flycatcher 0.0% 0.2% 0.2%
255   Mourning Warbler 0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
256   Henslow's Sparrow 0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
257   Yellow-throated Warbler 0.0% 0.1% 0.1%
258   Bicknell's Thrush 0.0% 0.1% 0.1%
259   Northern Shrike 0.0% 0.1% 0.1%
260   White-winged Crossbill 0% 0.1% 0.1%
261   Little Gull 0% 0.1% 0.1%
262   Pileated Woodpecker 1.4% 0.1% 1.4%
263   American Avocet 0.3% 0.1% 0.3%
264   Eurasian Wigeon 0.2% 0.1% 0.2%
265   European Goldfinch 0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
266   Tricolored Heron 0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
267   Wilson's Phalarope 0.0% 0.1% 0.0%
268   Summer Tanager 0.0% 0.1% 0.0%
269   Red-necked Phalarope 0.0% 0.1% 0.0%
270   Say's Phoebe 0.0% 0.1% 0.0%
271   Worm-eating Warbler 0.0% 0.1% 0.0%
272   Northern Bobwhite 0.0% 0.1% 0.0%
273   Iceland Gull 0.0% 0.1% 0.0%
274   Red Phalarope 0.0% 0.1% 0.0%
275   Pomarine Jaeger 0.0% 0.1% 0.0%
276   Purple Sandpiper 0.0% 0.1% 0.0%
277   Eastern Whip-poor-will 0.0% 0.1% 0.0%
278   Harris's Sparrow 0% 0.1% 0.1%
279   Razorbill 0% 0.1% 0.1%