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Top Birds at Rutgers University Newark Campus in October
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA

based on 352 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Rutgers University Newark Campus 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   White-throated Sparrow 57.6% 69.9% 12.2%
2   House Sparrow 46.8% 59.1% 12.3%
3   Song Sparrow 55.2% 56.5% 1.3%
4   Ovenbird 5.2% 55.4% 50.2%
5   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 45.6% 53.1% 7.6%
6   Common Yellowthroat 26.2% 53.1% 27.0%
7   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 22.5% 52.3% 29.7%
8   European Starling 46.6% 52.0% 5.4%
9   American Robin 57.6% 51.7% 5.9%
10   Swamp Sparrow 32.7% 50.6% 17.9%
11   Gray Catbird 38.4% 50.0% 11.6%
12   Eastern Towhee 20.8% 47.2% 26.3%
13   House Finch 17.9% 40.3% 22.5%
14   Dark-eyed Junco 25.9% 40.1% 14.2%
15   Hermit Thrush 23.5% 38.9% 15.4%
16   Mourning Dove 45.8% 36.6% 9.2%
17   Yellow-rumped Warbler 50.5% 29.8% 20.7%
18   Eastern Phoebe 36.5% 29.5% 6.9%
19   Northern Mockingbird 36.3% 29.0% 7.3%
20   Rock Pigeon 35.5% 28.7% 6.8%
21   Northern Cardinal 44.6% 28.4% 16.2%
22   Chipping Sparrow 20.8% 21.3% 0.5%
23   Herring Gull 32.8% 20.2% 12.6%
24   American Woodcock 0.8% 19.0% 18.2%
25   Lincoln's Sparrow 6.7% 18.8% 12.0%
26   Golden-crowned Kinglet 28.9% 18.2% 10.7%
27   Brown Thrasher 5.3% 18.2% 12.8%
28   Palm Warbler 31.1% 17.0% 14.0%
29   Common Grackle 21.2% 16.8% 4.4%
30   Northern Flicker 38.7% 16.2% 22.5%
31   American Kestrel 12.9% 16.2% 3.3%
32   House Wren 9.2% 15.6% 6.5%
33   Winter Wren 9.9% 14.8% 4.8%
34   Canada Goose 41.0% 14.5% 26.5%
35   Blue Jay 56.5% 13.6% 42.8%
36   Eastern Wood-Pewee 4.3% 12.8% 8.4%
37   Field Sparrow 11.5% 12.5% 1.0%
38   Common Raven 5.7% 12.5% 6.8%
39   Downy Woodpecker 29.7% 11.9% 17.7%
40   Black-and-white Warbler 9.4% 10.8% 1.4%
41   Ring-billed Gull 30.5% 10.2% 20.3%
42   American Goldfinch 23.9% 10.2% 13.7%
43   Red-tailed Hawk 22.6% 9.9% 12.7%
44   Savannah Sparrow 19.5% 7.4% 12.1%
45   Black-throated Blue Warbler 12.0% 7.1% 4.9%
46   Brown Creeper 10.7% 7.1% 3.6%
47   Chimney Swift 8.5% 7.1% 1.4%
48   Yellow-breasted Chat 0.8% 6.8% 6.0%
49   Wood Thrush 1.8% 6.2% 4.4%
50   Cooper's Hawk 14.6% 6.0% 8.6%
51   Swainson's Thrush 7.5% 6.0% 1.5%
52   Blackpoll Warbler 10.2% 5.1% 5.1%
53   Pine Siskin 4.5% 4.3% 0.3%
54   Cape May Warbler 2.7% 4.3% 1.6%
55   Red-breasted Nuthatch 8.0% 3.7% 4.3%
56   American Crow 23.5% 3.4% 20.1%
57   American Redstart 7.9% 3.4% 4.5%
58   Magnolia Warbler 7.6% 3.4% 4.2%
59   Merlin 7.5% 3.4% 4.1%
60   Purple Finch 7.0% 3.4% 3.6%
61   White-crowned Sparrow 11.3% 3.1% 8.1%
62   Cedar Waxwing 10.1% 3.1% 7.0%
63   Black-throated Green Warbler 5.6% 3.1% 2.5%
64   Northern Waterthrush 2.5% 3.1% 0.7%
65   Peregrine Falcon 7.9% 2.8% 5.0%
66   Scarlet Tanager 3.5% 2.8% 0.7%
67   Blue-headed Vireo 11.2% 2.6% 8.6%
68   Red-bellied Woodpecker 35.2% 2.3% 32.9%
69   Pine Warbler 6.6% 2.3% 4.3%
70   Marsh Wren 2.3% 2.3% 0.0%
71   Northern Parula 11.1% 2.0% 9.1%
72   Indigo Bunting 4.8% 2.0% 2.8%
73   Red-winged Blackbird 15.9% 1.4% 14.4%
74   Sharp-shinned Hawk 10.0% 1.4% 8.6%
75   Connecticut Warbler 0.3% 1.4% 1.2%
76   Double-crested Cormorant 32.1% 1.1% 31.0%
77   Great Black-backed Gull 19.0% 1.1% 17.9%
78   Black-capped Chickadee 18.4% 1.1% 17.3%
79   Osprey 12.5% 1.1% 11.4%
80   Red-eyed Vireo 5.7% 1.1% 4.6%
81   Clay-colored Sparrow 0.9% 1.1% 0.3%
82   Carolina Wren 22.3% 0.9% 21.5%
83   White-breasted Nuthatch 20.3% 0.9% 19.5%
84   Turkey Vulture 9.6% 0.9% 8.8%
85   Brown-headed Cowbird 5.8% 0.9% 5.0%
86   Grasshopper Sparrow 0.5% 0.9% 0.4%
87   Least Flycatcher 0.3% 0.9% 0.6%
88   Yellow-throated Vireo 0.1% 0.9% 0.8%
89   Tufted Titmouse 19.1% 0.6% 18.5%
90   Nashville Warbler 3.6% 0.6% 3.0%
91   Fish Crow 2.6% 0.6% 2.0%
92   Tennessee Warbler 2.5% 0.6% 1.9%
93   Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1.9% 0.6% 1.3%
94   Gray-cheeked Thrush 1.2% 0.6% 0.6%
95   Baltimore Oriole 1.1% 0.6% 0.6%
96   Green Heron 1.1% 0.6% 0.5%
97   Dickcissel 0.9% 0.6% 0.4%
98   Fox Sparrow 0.6% 0.6% 0.1%
99   Virginia Rail 0.1% 0.6% 0.4%
100   Mourning Warbler 0.1% 0.6% 0.4%
101   Mallard 38.8% 0.3% 38.5%
102   Great Blue Heron 22.0% 0.3% 21.7%
103   Brant 9.6% 0.3% 9.3%
104   Hairy Woodpecker 7.8% 0.3% 7.5%
105   Greater Yellowlegs 7.3% 0.3% 7.0%
106   Killdeer 6.2% 0.3% 5.9%
107   Black Vulture 2.5% 0.3% 2.2%
108   Eastern Bluebird 1.9% 0.3% 1.6%
109   Orange-crowned Warbler 1.0% 0.3% 0.7%
110   Lark Sparrow 0.6% 0.3% 0.3%
111   Bay-breasted Warbler 0.5% 0.3% 0.3%
112   American Tree Sparrow 0.1% 0.3% 0.2%
113   Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 0.1% 0.3% 0.2%
114   Blue-winged Warbler 0.0% 0.3% 0.2%
115   Summer Tanager 0.0% 0.3% 0.3%
116   Eastern Whip-poor-will 0.0% 0.3% 0.3%