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

based on 242 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Randalls Island 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   American Robin 60.3% 75.2% 15.0%
2   Herring Gull 30.7% 74.8% 44.1%
3   Canada Goose 37.7% 73.6% 35.9%
4   Northern Mockingbird 31.5% 73.6% 42.1%
5   House Sparrow 45.8% 71.9% 26.1%
6   European Starling 48.4% 69.8% 21.5%
7   Mourning Dove 53.2% 68.6% 15.4%
8   Ring-billed Gull 25.0% 64.9% 39.8%
9   Double-crested Cormorant 31.9% 64.0% 32.2%
10   Common Yellowthroat 45.1% 55.8% 10.6%
11   Rock Pigeon 36.7% 55.4% 18.7%
12   Laughing Gull 18.5% 54.5% 36.0%
13   Gray Catbird 60.6% 52.9% 7.7%
14   Northern Flicker 43.2% 47.9% 4.8%
15   Mallard 36.6% 46.7% 10.1%
16   Palm Warbler 15.0% 44.6% 29.6%
17   Savannah Sparrow 6.2% 42.1% 36.0%
18   Great Blue Heron 24.6% 41.7% 17.1%
19   Northern Cardinal 50.4% 40.5% 9.9%
20   Belted Kingfisher 12.0% 39.7% 27.7%
21   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 3.9% 39.3% 35.4%
22   Great Black-backed Gull 18.6% 38.4% 19.9%
23   Song Sparrow 28.6% 34.7% 6.1%
24   Yellow Warbler 12.2% 31.8% 19.6%
25   Blue Jay 51.9% 31.0% 20.9%
26   House Finch 14.8% 30.2% 15.4%
27   Killdeer 7.4% 30.2% 22.8%
28   American Goldfinch 27.8% 27.7% 0.1%
29   Black-and-white Warbler 31.7% 27.3% 4.4%
30   Black-crowned Night-Heron 7.9% 26.9% 19.0%
31   American Redstart 43.1% 26.4% 16.6%
32   American Kestrel 10.8% 25.2% 14.4%
33   American Crow 17.0% 24.8% 7.8%
34   Common Grackle 24.0% 24.0% 0.0%
35   Northern Parula 27.0% 23.6% 3.4%
36   Blackpoll Warbler 10.3% 22.7% 12.4%
37   Red-tailed Hawk 18.7% 21.9% 3.2%
38   Eastern Phoebe 17.9% 21.1% 3.2%
39   Spotted Sandpiper 4.9% 19.8% 14.9%
40   Magnolia Warbler 22.8% 19.0% 3.8%
41   Eastern Wood-Pewee 19.5% 17.8% 1.8%
42   Osprey 25.5% 17.4% 8.1%
43   Downy Woodpecker 31.9% 16.5% 15.4%
44   Northern Waterthrush 15.8% 16.1% 0.3%
45   Yellow-rumped Warbler 8.4% 14.9% 6.4%
46   Snowy Egret 12.1% 14.5% 2.3%
47   House Wren 17.3% 14.0% 3.2%
48   Pectoral Sandpiper 1.9% 13.6% 11.7%
49   Brown-headed Cowbird 4.0% 13.2% 9.2%
50   Black-throated Green Warbler 12.2% 12.4% 0.2%
51   Chimney Swift 22.5% 12.0% 10.5%
52   Great Egret 20.1% 12.0% 8.1%
53   Swamp Sparrow 4.9% 12.0% 7.0%
54   Carolina Wren 26.9% 11.6% 15.4%
55   Swainson's Thrush 14.8% 11.6% 3.3%
56   Mute Swan 11.4% 10.7% 0.7%
57   Peregrine Falcon 7.4% 10.7% 3.3%
58   White-throated Sparrow 9.6% 9.9% 0.3%
59   Warbling Vireo 8.2% 9.9% 1.7%
60   Buff-breasted Sandpiper 0.5% 9.9% 9.5%
61   Common Raven 5.4% 9.1% 3.7%
62   Ovenbird 12.6% 8.7% 4.0%
63   Cape May Warbler 6.9% 8.7% 1.8%
64   Bay-breasted Warbler 4.4% 8.7% 4.3%
65   Black-throated Blue Warbler 16.9% 7.9% 9.0%
66   Chestnut-sided Warbler 10.2% 7.9% 2.4%
67   Green Heron 7.5% 7.9% 0.3%
68   Cedar Waxwing 16.5% 7.4% 9.0%
69   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 8.1% 7.4% 0.6%
70   Fish Crow 2.9% 7.4% 4.6%
71   Tennessee Warbler 6.0% 7.0% 1.0%
72   Gadwall 4.5% 7.0% 2.5%
73   Semipalmated Sandpiper 7.9% 6.6% 1.3%
74   Semipalmated Plover 7.0% 6.2% 0.8%
75   Red-eyed Vireo 25.2% 5.8% 19.4%
76   Scarlet Tanager 9.8% 5.4% 4.4%
77   Chipping Sparrow 6.6% 5.4% 1.3%
78   Lincoln's Sparrow 4.0% 5.4% 1.4%
79   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 3.8% 5.4% 1.6%
80   Red-bellied Woodpecker 29.7% 5.0% 24.7%
81   American Black Duck 8.0% 5.0% 3.1%
82   Solitary Sandpiper 3.1% 5.0% 1.8%
83   Pine Warbler 5.4% 4.5% 0.9%
84   Barn Swallow 4.8% 4.1% 0.6%
85   Nashville Warbler 4.7% 4.1% 0.5%
86   Prairie Warbler 4.3% 4.1% 0.2%
87   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 16.6% 3.7% 12.9%
88   Red-winged Blackbird 12.2% 3.7% 8.4%
89   Brown Thrasher 8.7% 3.7% 5.0%
90   Merlin 5.4% 3.7% 1.7%
91   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 4.9% 3.7% 1.1%
92   Lesser Black-backed Gull 0.6% 3.7% 3.1%
93   Veery 11.6% 3.3% 8.3%
94   Greater Yellowlegs 8.9% 3.3% 5.6%
95   Broad-winged Hawk 3.2% 3.3% 0.1%
96   Baltimore Oriole 7.8% 2.9% 4.9%
97   Cooper's Hawk 7.4% 2.9% 4.5%
98   Least Sandpiper 7.2% 2.9% 4.4%
99   Green-winged Teal 3.7% 2.9% 0.8%
100   Least Flycatcher 3.4% 2.9% 0.5%
101   Blackburnian Warbler 3.0% 2.9% 0.1%
102   White-breasted Nuthatch 13.5% 2.5% 11.1%
103   Red-breasted Nuthatch 7.6% 2.5% 5.1%
104   Bald Eagle 4.8% 2.5% 2.3%
105   Indigo Bunting 4.4% 2.5% 2.0%
106   Bobolink 3.2% 2.5% 0.7%
107   Whimbrel 0.5% 2.5% 1.9%
108   Rose-breasted Grosbeak 11.6% 2.1% 9.5%
109   Turkey Vulture 8.4% 2.1% 6.3%
110   Common Tern 4.0% 2.1% 1.9%
111   Wilson's Warbler 3.9% 2.1% 1.9%
112   Golden-crowned Kinglet 2.1% 2.1% 0.1%
113   Nelson's Sparrow 0.2% 2.1% 1.9%
114   Wood Duck 10.0% 1.7% 8.4%
115   Lesser Yellowlegs 6.5% 1.7% 4.8%
116   Canada Warbler 4.1% 1.7% 2.5%
117   Marsh Wren 3.5% 1.7% 1.9%
118   Blue-headed Vireo 3.3% 1.7% 1.7%
119   Eastern Kingbird 3.0% 1.7% 1.4%
120   Sharp-shinned Hawk 5.3% 1.2% 4.1%
121   Northern Harrier 3.6% 1.2% 2.4%
122   Royal Tern 2.9% 1.2% 1.7%
123   Philadelphia Vireo 2.0% 1.2% 0.8%
124   Connecticut Warbler 2.0% 1.2% 0.7%
125   Gray-cheeked Thrush 1.5% 1.2% 0.3%
126   Brown Creeper 1.3% 1.2% 0.1%
127   Wood Thrush 5.2% 0.8% 4.4%
128   Sanderling 2.9% 0.8% 2.1%
129   Common Nighthawk 2.8% 0.8% 2.0%
130   Caspian Tern 1.5% 0.8% 0.7%
131   Dark-eyed Junco 1.4% 0.8% 0.6%
132   Purple Finch 1.4% 0.8% 0.6%
133   Olive-sided Flycatcher 1.0% 0.8% 0.2%
134   American Golden-Plover 0.8% 0.8% 0.0%
135   American Pipit 0.4% 0.8% 0.5%
136   Eastern Meadowlark 0.0% 0.8% 0.8%
137   Black-capped Chickadee 12.8% 0.4% 12.3%
138   Tree Swallow 7.1% 0.4% 6.6%
139   Northern Shoveler 3.8% 0.4% 3.4%
140   Field Sparrow 2.4% 0.4% 2.0%
141   Winter Wren 1.8% 0.4% 1.4%
142   White-rumped Sandpiper 1.4% 0.4% 0.9%
143   Saltmarsh Sparrow 1.1% 0.4% 0.7%
144   Glossy Ibis 1.0% 0.4% 0.5%
145   Hooded Warbler 0.9% 0.4% 0.5%
146   Yellow-throated Vireo 0.8% 0.4% 0.4%
147   Clay-colored Sparrow 0.8% 0.4% 0.4%
148   Red-headed Woodpecker 0.6% 0.4% 0.2%
149   Lark Sparrow 0.6% 0.4% 0.2%
150   Common Loon 0.6% 0.4% 0.1%
151   White-crowned Sparrow 0.4% 0.4% 0.0%
152   Great Cormorant 0.3% 0.4% 0.1%
153   Orange-crowned Warbler 0.1% 0.4% 0.3%
154   Surf Scoter 0.1% 0.4% 0.3%