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Top Birds at Randalls Island in October
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA

based on 508 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Randalls Island 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   Song Sparrow 55.0% 84.4% 29.5%
2   House Sparrow 46.6% 79.3% 32.8%
3   Herring Gull 32.3% 78.3% 46.0%
4   Northern Mockingbird 35.9% 78.1% 42.2%
5   Yellow-rumped Warbler 50.2% 78.0% 27.7%
6   European Starling 46.4% 74.0% 27.6%
7   Double-crested Cormorant 31.6% 72.4% 40.8%
8   Savannah Sparrow 19.0% 72.0% 53.0%
9   Canada Goose 40.6% 71.7% 31.1%
10   Ring-billed Gull 30.1% 71.7% 41.6%
11   American Robin 57.5% 71.3% 13.8%
12   Mourning Dove 45.6% 70.5% 24.9%
13   Swamp Sparrow 32.5% 69.1% 36.6%
14   White-throated Sparrow 57.6% 68.7% 11.1%
15   Palm Warbler 30.7% 68.5% 37.8%
16   Rock Pigeon 35.3% 65.2% 29.9%
17   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 45.5% 61.4% 15.9%
18   Blue Jay 56.2% 59.3% 3.0%
19   Northern Flicker 38.4% 56.3% 17.9%
20   Belted Kingfisher 12.7% 54.7% 42.0%
21   Eastern Phoebe 36.3% 53.9% 17.6%
22   Mallard 38.5% 53.1% 14.7%
23   House Finch 17.7% 50.6% 32.9%
24   American Kestrel 12.7% 47.0% 34.4%
25   Great Blue Heron 21.7% 46.5% 24.8%
26   Gray Catbird 38.4% 42.7% 4.3%
27   Laughing Gull 13.5% 42.5% 29.0%
28   Northern Cardinal 44.5% 41.5% 3.0%
29   Great Black-backed Gull 18.8% 40.7% 22.0%
30   American Goldfinch 23.7% 40.6% 16.9%
31   Common Yellowthroat 26.2% 40.4% 14.2%
32   American Crow 23.2% 40.2% 16.9%
33   Dark-eyed Junco 25.9% 39.2% 13.3%
34   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 22.6% 37.8% 15.2%
35   Red-tailed Hawk 22.4% 37.6% 15.2%
36   Golden-crowned Kinglet 28.8% 37.2% 8.4%
37   Black-crowned Night-Heron 4.1% 30.9% 26.8%
38   Downy Woodpecker 29.6% 30.3% 0.7%
39   Chipping Sparrow 20.7% 29.7% 9.0%
40   Common Grackle 21.1% 26.4% 5.3%
41   Killdeer 6.0% 25.4% 19.4%
42   Hermit Thrush 23.6% 24.4% 0.9%
43   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 1.3% 23.8% 22.5%
44   Nelson's Sparrow 1.9% 22.8% 20.9%
45   Cooper's Hawk 14.5% 21.9% 7.4%
46   Blackpoll Warbler 10.1% 21.7% 11.5%
47   Black-capped Chickadee 18.3% 20.9% 2.6%
48   White-crowned Sparrow 11.1% 20.1% 8.9%
49   Eastern Towhee 21.0% 19.7% 1.3%
50   Tufted Titmouse 19.0% 19.7% 0.7%
51   Brant 9.5% 17.9% 8.4%
52   Brown-headed Cowbird 5.7% 17.7% 12.0%
53   Red-bellied Woodpecker 35.1% 16.3% 18.8%
54   Blue-headed Vireo 11.1% 15.4% 4.2%
55   Black-throated Blue Warbler 12.0% 13.8% 1.8%
56   Gadwall 8.0% 13.8% 5.8%
57   Black-and-white Warbler 9.4% 13.2% 3.8%
58   Common Raven 5.7% 13.2% 7.5%
59   Northern Parula 11.0% 12.6% 1.6%
60   Brown Creeper 10.6% 12.6% 2.0%
61   Pine Siskin 4.5% 12.0% 7.5%
62   White-breasted Nuthatch 20.3% 11.8% 8.5%
63   Peregrine Falcon 7.8% 11.4% 3.6%
64   Field Sparrow 11.5% 10.8% 0.7%
65   Saltmarsh Sparrow 1.4% 10.8% 9.4%
66   Yellow Warbler 1.1% 10.8% 9.7%
67   Pine Warbler 6.5% 10.6% 4.1%
68   Black-throated Green Warbler 5.6% 10.2% 4.7%
69   Spotted Sandpiper 0.8% 10.2% 9.4%
70   Eastern Meadowlark 1.7% 9.4% 7.7%
71   American Redstart 7.9% 9.3% 1.4%
72   Lincoln's Sparrow 6.8% 9.3% 2.5%
73   Magnolia Warbler 7.6% 8.9% 1.2%
74   American Black Duck 13.4% 8.7% 4.7%
75   Red-winged Blackbird 15.8% 8.5% 7.4%
76   Great Cormorant 1.1% 8.5% 7.3%
77   Osprey 12.5% 8.1% 4.4%
78   American Pipit 2.4% 7.9% 5.5%
79   Carolina Wren 22.3% 7.7% 14.7%
80   Cedar Waxwing 10.1% 7.7% 2.4%
81   Chimney Swift 8.5% 7.5% 1.0%
82   Vesper Sparrow 2.3% 7.5% 5.2%
83   Red-breasted Nuthatch 7.9% 7.3% 0.6%
84   Mute Swan 10.8% 7.1% 3.8%
85   House Wren 9.2% 7.1% 2.1%
86   Eastern Wood-Pewee 4.4% 6.9% 2.5%
87   Indigo Bunting 4.7% 6.3% 1.6%
88   Great Egret 14.3% 6.1% 8.2%
89   Turkey Vulture 9.6% 6.1% 3.5%
90   Swainson's Thrush 7.5% 5.9% 1.6%
91   Pied-billed Grebe 3.9% 5.9% 2.0%
92   Nashville Warbler 3.5% 5.9% 2.4%
93   American Golden-Plover 0.6% 5.1% 4.5%
94   Green Heron 1.1% 4.3% 3.3%
95   Tennessee Warbler 2.5% 4.1% 1.6%
96   Winter Wren 10.0% 3.9% 6.1%
97   Bay-breasted Warbler 0.5% 3.9% 3.4%
98   Red-throated Loon 0.7% 3.5% 2.9%
99   Merlin 7.5% 3.3% 4.1%
100   Northern Harrier 5.9% 3.3% 2.5%
101   Ovenbird 5.4% 3.3% 2.1%
102   Cape May Warbler 2.7% 3.3% 0.7%
103   Red-eyed Vireo 5.7% 3.1% 2.5%
104   Brown Thrasher 5.4% 3.1% 2.3%
105   Scarlet Tanager 3.5% 3.1% 0.4%
106   Marsh Wren 2.3% 3.1% 0.9%
107   Northern Waterthrush 2.5% 2.8% 0.3%
108   Red-shouldered Hawk 1.9% 2.8% 0.8%
109   Sharp-shinned Hawk 10.0% 2.6% 7.4%
110   Bald Eagle 5.4% 2.6% 2.8%
111   Common Loon 2.3% 2.6% 0.3%
112   Dickcissel 0.9% 2.6% 1.6%
113   Prairie Warbler 0.5% 2.6% 2.0%
114   Purple Finch 7.0% 2.4% 4.6%
115   Snowy Egret 5.5% 2.4% 3.1%
116   Grasshopper Sparrow 0.5% 2.4% 1.9%
117   Fish Crow 2.6% 2.2% 0.4%
118   Wilson's Warbler 0.6% 2.2% 1.6%
119   Forster's Tern 2.5% 2.0% 0.5%
120   Blue Grosbeak 0.7% 2.0% 1.2%
121   Clay-colored Sparrow 0.9% 1.8% 0.9%
122   Northern Shoveler 8.8% 1.6% 7.2%
123   Wood Duck 9.9% 1.4% 8.6%
124   Monk Parakeet 2.3% 1.4% 1.0%
125   Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1.9% 1.4% 0.5%
126   Hairy Woodpecker 7.8% 1.2% 6.7%
127   Green-winged Teal 6.0% 1.2% 4.8%
128   Baltimore Oriole 1.1% 1.2% 0.0%
129   Orange-crowned Warbler 1.0% 1.2% 0.2%
130   Lesser Yellowlegs 2.5% 1.0% 1.6%
131   Chestnut-sided Warbler 0.8% 1.0% 0.2%
132   Blackburnian Warbler 0.3% 1.0% 0.7%
133   Tree Swallow 5.7% 0.8% 4.9%
134   Semipalmated Plover 1.4% 0.8% 0.6%
135   American Woodcock 0.9% 0.8% 0.1%
136   Solitary Sandpiper 0.7% 0.8% 0.0%
137   Black-billed Cuckoo 0.2% 0.8% 0.6%
138   Eastern Bluebird 1.9% 0.6% 1.3%
139   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1.2% 0.6% 0.6%
140   Gray-cheeked Thrush 1.2% 0.6% 0.6%
141   Wilson's Snipe 0.8% 0.6% 0.2%
142   Broad-winged Hawk 0.7% 0.6% 0.1%
143   Snow Goose 0.6% 0.6% 0.0%
144   Fox Sparrow 0.6% 0.6% 0.0%
145   Wood Thrush 1.8% 0.4% 1.4%
146   Northern Pintail 1.7% 0.4% 1.3%
147   Rusty Blackbird 1.4% 0.4% 1.0%
148   Lark Sparrow 0.6% 0.4% 0.2%
149   Veery 0.4% 0.4% 0.0%
150   Least Flycatcher 0.3% 0.4% 0.1%
151   Warbling Vireo 0.1% 0.4% 0.3%
152   Saffron Finch 0.0% 0.4% 0.4%
153   Ruddy Duck 8.2% 0.2% 8.0%
154   Greater Yellowlegs 7.3% 0.2% 7.1%
155   American Coot 4.3% 0.2% 4.1%
156   Dunlin 2.6% 0.2% 2.4%
157   Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1.3% 0.2% 1.1%
158   Yellow-breasted Chat 0.8% 0.2% 0.6%
159   Lesser Black-backed Gull 0.7% 0.2% 0.5%
160   Least Sandpiper 0.7% 0.2% 0.5%
161   Red-breasted Merganser 0.6% 0.2% 0.4%
162   Lesser Scaup 0.4% 0.2% 0.2%
163   Bonaparte's Gull 0.4% 0.2% 0.2%
164   American Bittern 0.3% 0.2% 0.1%
165   Horned Grebe 0.3% 0.2% 0.1%
166   Barred Owl 0.3% 0.2% 0.1%
167   Connecticut Warbler 0.3% 0.2% 0.1%
168   Hooded Warbler 0.2% 0.2% 0.1%
169   Cackling Goose 0.1% 0.2% 0.1%
170   Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 0.1% 0.2% 0.1%
171   Olive-sided Flycatcher 0.0% 0.2% 0.2%