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Top Birds at Rockaway Community Park in October
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA

based on 6 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Rockaway Community Park 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   Double-crested Cormorant 31.9% 66.7% 34.7%
2   White-throated Sparrow 57.7% 50.0% 7.7%
3   Song Sparrow 55.2% 50.0% 5.2%
4   Yellow-rumped Warbler 50.4% 50.0% 0.4%
5   House Sparrow 46.8% 50.0% 3.2%
6   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 45.6% 50.0% 4.4%
7   Northern Flicker 38.5% 50.0% 11.5%
8   Swamp Sparrow 32.8% 50.0% 17.2%
9   Dark-eyed Junco 26.0% 50.0% 24.0%
10   Chipping Sparrow 20.8% 50.0% 29.2%
11   Brant 9.6% 50.0% 40.4%
12   Purple Finch 7.0% 50.0% 43.0%
13   European Starling 46.6% 33.3% 13.3%
14   Mourning Dove 45.8% 33.3% 12.4%
15   Northern Cardinal 44.5% 33.3% 11.1%
16   Gray Catbird 38.5% 33.3% 5.1%
17   Eastern Phoebe 36.4% 33.3% 3.1%
18   Herring Gull 32.7% 33.3% 0.6%
19   Palm Warbler 31.0% 33.3% 2.3%
20   American Goldfinch 23.8% 33.3% 9.5%
21   American Crow 23.4% 33.3% 10.0%
22   Field Sparrow 11.5% 33.3% 21.8%
23   White-crowned Sparrow 11.2% 33.3% 22.1%
24   Sharp-shinned Hawk 9.9% 33.3% 23.4%
25   Northern Harrier 5.9% 33.3% 27.5%
26   Say's Phoebe 0.0% 33.3% 33.3%
27   Blue Jay 56.2% 16.7% 39.6%
28   Northern Mockingbird 36.3% 16.7% 19.6%
29   Ring-billed Gull 30.4% 16.7% 13.7%
30   Downy Woodpecker 29.6% 16.7% 12.9%
31   Common Yellowthroat 26.3% 16.7% 9.6%
32   Hermit Thrush 23.6% 16.7% 6.9%
33   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 22.7% 16.7% 6.0%
34   Eastern Towhee 21.0% 16.7% 4.3%
35   White-breasted Nuthatch 20.2% 16.7% 3.6%
36   Savannah Sparrow 19.4% 16.7% 2.8%
37   Cooper's Hawk 14.5% 16.7% 2.1%
38   Laughing Gull 13.7% 16.7% 2.9%
39   American Black Duck 13.3% 16.7% 3.3%
40   Belted Kingfisher 13.0% 16.7% 3.6%
41   American Kestrel 12.9% 16.7% 3.8%
42   Blue-headed Vireo 11.2% 16.7% 5.5%
43   Cedar Waxwing 10.1% 16.7% 6.6%
44   Merlin 7.4% 16.7% 9.2%
45   Baltimore Oriole 1.1% 16.7% 15.5%