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Top Birds at Meadowlands IBA--Harrier Meadows (restricted access) in October
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA

based on 247 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Meadowlands IBA--Harrier Meadows (restricted access) 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 55.1% 91.1% 36.0%
2   Yellow-rumped Warbler 50.3% 87.9% 37.6%
3   Mourning Dove 45.6% 85.4% 39.8%
4   Northern Mockingbird 36.1% 81.4% 45.3%
5   Swamp Sparrow 32.6% 80.6% 48.0%
6   White-throated Sparrow 57.6% 80.2% 22.5%
7   Palm Warbler 30.8% 79.4% 48.5%
8   Blue Jay 56.1% 78.9% 22.8%
9   Savannah Sparrow 19.2% 78.9% 59.7%
10   Mallard 38.5% 74.9% 36.4%
11   European Starling 46.5% 74.5% 28.0%
12   American Goldfinch 23.6% 74.5% 50.9%
13   American Robin 57.5% 73.3% 15.8%
14   American Kestrel 12.7% 70.4% 57.7%
15   Canada Goose 40.7% 68.0% 27.3%
16   Ring-billed Gull 30.3% 64.0% 33.7%
17   Northern Flicker 38.5% 60.7% 22.3%
18   Great Egret 14.0% 59.9% 45.9%
19   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 45.6% 58.7% 13.1%
20   Great Blue Heron 21.7% 58.3% 36.6%
21   Northern Harrier 5.7% 58.3% 52.6%
22   Downy Woodpecker 29.5% 56.7% 27.2%
23   Belted Kingfisher 12.9% 56.7% 43.8%
24   White-crowned Sparrow 11.1% 55.9% 44.8%
25   Golden-crowned Kinglet 28.8% 55.5% 26.7%
26   Gray Catbird 38.4% 55.1% 16.7%
27   Green-winged Teal 5.8% 54.7% 48.9%
28   Red-tailed Hawk 22.4% 54.3% 31.8%
29   Northern Cardinal 44.4% 52.6% 8.2%
30   Common Yellowthroat 26.2% 52.6% 26.4%
31   Eastern Phoebe 36.4% 51.0% 14.6%
32   Double-crested Cormorant 31.9% 47.8% 15.9%
33   Red-winged Blackbird 15.7% 44.9% 29.3%
34   Herring Gull 32.7% 43.3% 10.7%
35   House Finch 17.9% 42.5% 24.6%
36   Greater Yellowlegs 7.1% 42.1% 35.0%
37   Snowy Egret 5.3% 42.1% 36.8%
38   Field Sparrow 11.4% 41.3% 29.9%
39   Killdeer 6.0% 41.3% 35.3%
40   Gadwall 7.9% 38.9% 31.0%
41   Hermit Thrush 23.5% 34.8% 11.3%
42   Common Grackle 21.1% 33.6% 12.5%
43   Eastern Towhee 20.9% 31.6% 10.7%
44   Lincoln's Sparrow 6.7% 31.2% 24.5%
45   Cooper's Hawk 14.5% 29.1% 14.7%
46   Laughing Gull 13.7% 29.1% 15.5%
47   Carolina Wren 22.2% 28.7% 6.5%
48   Dark-eyed Junco 26.0% 27.5% 1.6%
49   Osprey 12.4% 26.7% 14.3%
50   Blackpoll Warbler 10.1% 26.7% 16.6%
51   Northern Shoveler 8.7% 24.7% 16.0%
52   House Sparrow 46.9% 22.3% 24.6%
53   Sharp-shinned Hawk 9.9% 20.6% 10.8%
54   Peregrine Falcon 7.8% 20.2% 12.5%
55   Black-capped Chickadee 18.3% 19.4% 1.1%
56   Cedar Waxwing 10.1% 19.4% 9.4%
57   Great Black-backed Gull 18.9% 18.6% 0.3%
58   American Black Duck 13.3% 18.2% 4.9%
59   Pine Siskin 4.5% 18.2% 13.7%
60   Blue-headed Vireo 11.1% 16.6% 5.5%
61   Brown-headed Cowbird 5.7% 16.6% 10.9%
62   Bald Eagle 5.3% 16.2% 10.9%
63   Indigo Bunting 4.7% 14.2% 9.5%
64   Brown Thrasher 5.4% 13.8% 8.4%
65   Lesser Yellowlegs 2.5% 13.8% 11.3%
66   Rock Pigeon 35.6% 12.6% 23.0%
67   Black-and-white Warbler 9.4% 12.1% 2.7%
68   Nashville Warbler 3.5% 12.1% 8.6%
69   House Wren 9.2% 11.3% 2.1%
70   Chimney Swift 8.5% 11.3% 2.9%
71   Merlin 7.4% 11.3% 3.9%
72   Common Raven 5.7% 11.3% 5.6%
73   Northern Waterthrush 2.4% 10.9% 8.5%
74   Purple Finch 6.9% 10.5% 3.6%
75   Winter Wren 9.9% 10.1% 0.2%
76   Black-crowned Night-Heron 4.2% 10.1% 5.9%
77   Marsh Wren 2.2% 10.1% 7.9%
78   Brown Creeper 10.7% 9.7% 0.9%
79   Tufted Titmouse 19.0% 9.3% 9.7%
80   Wilson's Snipe 0.8% 8.9% 8.1%
81   Red-bellied Woodpecker 35.1% 8.5% 26.6%
82   Bobolink 0.6% 8.5% 7.9%
83   Mute Swan 10.8% 8.1% 2.7%
84   Ruddy Duck 8.2% 8.1% 0.1%
85   Black-throated Blue Warbler 12.0% 7.7% 4.3%
86   Nelson's Sparrow 2.1% 7.7% 5.6%
87   Vesper Sparrow 2.3% 7.3% 5.0%
88   Northern Pintail 1.6% 7.3% 5.6%
89   Connecticut Warbler 0.2% 7.3% 7.0%
90   American Crow 23.4% 6.9% 16.5%
91   Pied-billed Grebe 3.9% 6.9% 2.9%
92   Yellow Warbler 1.1% 6.5% 5.3%
93   Ring-necked Pheasant 0.6% 6.5% 5.9%
94   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 22.8% 6.1% 16.7%
95   Barn Owl 0.0% 6.1% 6.0%
96   Swainson's Thrush 7.5% 5.7% 1.8%
97   Black-throated Green Warbler 5.6% 5.7% 0.0%
98   American Woodcock 0.9% 5.7% 4.8%
99   Turkey Vulture 9.6% 5.3% 4.4%
100   Tree Swallow 5.7% 5.3% 0.4%
101   Fox Sparrow 0.6% 5.3% 4.7%
102   Chipping Sparrow 20.8% 4.9% 16.0%
103   Dunlin 2.5% 4.9% 2.3%
104   Magnolia Warbler 7.6% 4.5% 3.2%
105   Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1.3% 4.5% 3.1%
106   Red-eyed Vireo 5.7% 3.6% 2.0%
107   Brant 9.6% 3.2% 6.4%
108   Red-breasted Nuthatch 7.9% 3.2% 4.7%
109   Ovenbird 5.4% 3.2% 2.2%
110   Eastern Meadowlark 1.8% 3.2% 1.5%
111   Hooded Merganser 1.1% 3.2% 2.1%
112   Prairie Warbler 0.5% 3.2% 2.7%
113   Little Blue Heron 0.5% 3.2% 2.7%
114   American Bittern 0.3% 3.2% 2.9%
115   Black-bellied Plover 4.1% 2.8% 1.2%
116   Tennessee Warbler 2.5% 2.8% 0.3%
117   American Redstart 7.9% 2.4% 5.5%
118   Eastern Wood-Pewee 4.4% 2.4% 2.0%
119   Fish Crow 2.6% 2.4% 0.2%
120   Bufflehead 1.6% 2.4% 0.9%
121   Common Nighthawk 0.9% 2.4% 1.5%
122   Clay-colored Sparrow 0.9% 2.4% 1.6%
123   White-breasted Nuthatch 20.3% 2.0% 18.3%
124   Northern Parula 11.0% 2.0% 9.0%
125   Pine Warbler 6.6% 2.0% 4.6%
126   American Wigeon 3.0% 2.0% 1.0%
127   Semipalmated Sandpiper 1.2% 2.0% 0.8%
128   Grasshopper Sparrow 0.5% 2.0% 1.6%
129   Wood Duck 9.9% 1.6% 8.3%
130   American Coot 4.3% 1.6% 2.6%
131   American Pipit 2.4% 1.6% 0.8%
132   Orange-crowned Warbler 1.0% 1.6% 0.7%
133   Hairy Woodpecker 7.8% 1.2% 6.6%
134   Red-shouldered Hawk 1.9% 1.2% 0.7%
135   Saltmarsh Sparrow 1.5% 1.2% 0.3%
136   Spotted Sandpiper 0.9% 1.2% 0.4%
137   Broad-winged Hawk 0.7% 1.2% 0.5%
138   Bay-breasted Warbler 0.5% 1.2% 0.7%
139   Sora 0.5% 1.2% 0.7%
140   White-eyed Vireo 0.3% 1.2% 0.9%
141   American Avocet 0.3% 1.2% 1.0%
142   Hudsonian Godwit 0.3% 1.2% 1.0%
143   Eurasian Wigeon 0.2% 1.2% 1.0%
144   Black-billed Cuckoo 0.2% 1.2% 1.0%
145   Rusty Blackbird 1.4% 0.8% 0.6%
146   Green Heron 1.1% 0.8% 0.3%
147   Blue Grosbeak 0.7% 0.8% 0.1%
148   Least Sandpiper 0.7% 0.8% 0.1%
149   Snow Goose 0.6% 0.8% 0.2%
150   Bonaparte's Gull 0.4% 0.8% 0.4%
151   Least Flycatcher 0.3% 0.8% 0.5%
152   Barn Swallow 0.2% 0.8% 0.6%
153   Common Merganser 0.2% 0.8% 0.6%
154   Prothonotary Warbler 0.1% 0.8% 0.7%
155   Yellow-throated Vireo 0.1% 0.8% 0.7%
156   Warbling Vireo 0.1% 0.8% 0.8%
157   Cape May Warbler 2.7% 0.4% 2.3%
158   Black Vulture 2.5% 0.4% 2.1%
159   Monk Parakeet 2.3% 0.4% 1.9%
160   Gray-cheeked Thrush 1.2% 0.4% 0.8%
161   Pectoral Sandpiper 1.0% 0.4% 0.6%
162   Yellow-breasted Chat 0.8% 0.4% 0.4%
163   Great Horned Owl 0.6% 0.4% 0.2%
164   Wilson's Warbler 0.6% 0.4% 0.2%
165   Lesser Scaup 0.4% 0.4% 0.0%
166   Blackburnian Warbler 0.3% 0.4% 0.1%
167   American White Pelican 0.2% 0.4% 0.2%
168   Virginia Rail 0.1% 0.4% 0.3%
169   Mourning Warbler 0.1% 0.4% 0.3%
170   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 0.1% 0.4% 0.4%
171   Tundra Swan 0.0% 0.4% 0.4%