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Top Birds at Great Kills Park--Mudflats in September
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA

based on 64 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Great Kills Park--Mudflats 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   Double-crested Cormorant 32.0% 82.8% 50.8%
2   Herring Gull 30.8% 75.0% 44.2%
3   Osprey 25.4% 75.0% 49.6%
4   Laughing Gull 18.6% 59.4% 40.8%
5   Great Black-backed Gull 18.6% 57.8% 39.2%
6   Mallard 36.6% 53.1% 16.5%
7   Ring-billed Gull 25.2% 53.1% 28.0%
8   Northern Mockingbird 31.6% 48.4% 16.8%
9   European Starling 48.5% 40.6% 7.8%
10   Semipalmated Plover 7.0% 39.1% 32.1%
11   Great Blue Heron 24.7% 35.9% 11.2%
12   Canada Goose 37.8% 34.4% 3.4%
13   Gray Catbird 60.6% 32.8% 27.8%
14   Snowy Egret 12.1% 31.2% 19.1%
15   American Black Duck 8.0% 31.2% 23.3%
16   Great Egret 20.0% 29.7% 9.7%
17   Common Tern 3.9% 29.7% 25.7%
18   Mourning Dove 53.3% 28.1% 25.1%
19   American Oystercatcher 5.0% 28.1% 23.1%
20   Royal Tern 2.9% 26.6% 23.7%
21   Northern Cardinal 50.4% 25.0% 25.4%
22   Little Blue Heron 2.1% 23.4% 21.3%
23   Tree Swallow 7.0% 21.9% 14.9%
24   Song Sparrow 28.7% 20.3% 8.3%
25   Least Sandpiper 7.2% 18.8% 11.5%
26   American Robin 60.4% 15.6% 44.7%
27   Killdeer 7.4% 15.6% 8.2%
28   Black-bellied Plover 4.4% 14.1% 9.6%
29   Common Yellowthroat 45.2% 12.5% 32.7%
30   American Goldfinch 27.8% 12.5% 15.3%
31   House Sparrow 45.9% 10.9% 35.0%
32   Yellow-rumped Warbler 8.5% 10.9% 2.5%
33   Eastern Towhee 7.8% 10.9% 3.2%
34   Spotted Sandpiper 5.0% 10.9% 6.0%
35   Forster's Tern 4.1% 10.9% 6.8%
36   Palm Warbler 15.1% 9.4% 5.7%
37   House Finch 14.9% 9.4% 5.5%
38   Red-winged Blackbird 12.1% 9.4% 2.8%
39   Savannah Sparrow 6.3% 9.4% 3.0%
40   Boat-tailed Grackle 1.3% 9.4% 8.1%
41   American Golden-Plover 0.8% 9.4% 8.6%
42   Rock Pigeon 36.8% 7.8% 29.0%
43   Belted Kingfisher 12.1% 7.8% 4.3%
44   Semipalmated Sandpiper 7.9% 7.8% 0.1%
45   Merlin 5.4% 7.8% 2.4%
46   Sanderling 2.9% 7.8% 4.9%
47   Blue Jay 51.8% 6.2% 45.6%
48   Northern Harrier 3.6% 6.2% 2.7%
49   Fish Crow 2.9% 6.2% 3.4%
50   Saltmarsh Sparrow 1.1% 6.2% 5.2%
51   American Redstart 43.0% 4.7% 38.4%
52   Downy Woodpecker 31.9% 4.7% 27.2%
53   Cedar Waxwing 16.4% 4.7% 11.7%
54   Peregrine Falcon 7.4% 4.7% 2.7%
55   Barn Swallow 4.7% 4.7% 0.1%
56   Caspian Tern 1.5% 4.7% 3.2%
57   Brant 0.5% 4.7% 4.2%
58   Northern Flicker 43.2% 3.1% 40.1%
59   Carolina Wren 26.9% 3.1% 23.8%
60   Eastern Phoebe 17.9% 3.1% 14.8%
61   House Wren 17.3% 3.1% 14.2%
62   American Crow 17.0% 3.1% 13.9%
63   Turkey Vulture 8.4% 3.1% 5.3%
64   Black-crowned Night-Heron 8.0% 3.1% 4.8%
65   Cooper's Hawk 7.4% 3.1% 4.3%
66   Bald Eagle 4.8% 3.1% 1.6%
67   Brown-headed Cowbird 4.0% 3.1% 0.9%
68   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 4.0% 3.1% 0.9%
69   Marsh Wren 3.5% 3.1% 0.4%
70   Field Sparrow 2.4% 3.1% 0.7%
71   Lesser Black-backed Gull 0.6% 3.1% 2.5%
72   Great Cormorant 0.3% 3.1% 2.8%
73   Nelson's Sparrow 0.2% 3.1% 2.9%
74   Common Grackle 24.0% 1.6% 22.4%
75   Chimney Swift 22.5% 1.6% 20.9%
76   Eastern Wood-Pewee 19.6% 1.6% 18.0%
77   Black-throated Blue Warbler 16.8% 1.6% 15.3%
78   Northern Waterthrush 15.8% 1.6% 14.2%
79   Yellow Warbler 12.3% 1.6% 10.7%
80   Mute Swan 11.5% 1.6% 9.9%
81   American Kestrel 10.8% 1.6% 9.3%
82   Blackpoll Warbler 10.4% 1.6% 8.8%
83   Greater Yellowlegs 8.8% 1.6% 7.3%
84   Warbling Vireo 8.2% 1.6% 6.6%
85   Swamp Sparrow 5.0% 1.6% 3.4%
86   Green-winged Teal 3.7% 1.6% 2.1%
87   Clapper Rail 1.9% 1.6% 0.4%
88   Black Skimmer 1.6% 1.6% 0.1%
89   Ring-necked Pheasant 0.5% 1.6% 1.1%
90   Bank Swallow 0.3% 1.6% 1.3%
91   Tricolored Heron 0.2% 1.6% 1.4%
92   Bonaparte's Gull 0.2% 1.6% 1.4%