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Top Birds at Sandy Hook--Spermaceti Cove area in October
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA

based on 122 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Sandy Hook--Spermaceti Cove area 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% 79.5% 47.6%
2   Herring Gull 32.6% 70.5% 37.9%
3   Song Sparrow 55.2% 68.0% 12.8%
4   Great Black-backed Gull 18.8% 65.6% 46.7%
5   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 45.6% 63.1% 17.5%
6   Northern Mockingbird 36.2% 60.7% 24.4%
7   Black-bellied Plover 3.9% 60.7% 56.7%
8   Golden-crowned Kinglet 28.8% 59.0% 30.2%
9   Great Blue Heron 21.8% 59.0% 37.2%
10   Brant 9.5% 59.0% 49.5%
11   Great Egret 14.1% 57.4% 43.2%
12   Yellow-rumped Warbler 50.4% 54.9% 4.5%
13   Osprey 12.4% 52.5% 40.0%
14   House Finch 17.9% 47.5% 29.6%
15   Royal Tern 3.3% 45.9% 42.6%
16   Swamp Sparrow 32.8% 38.5% 5.7%
17   Ring-billed Gull 30.4% 37.7% 7.3%
18   American Black Duck 13.3% 36.1% 22.8%
19   Northern Flicker 38.6% 31.1% 7.4%
20   Eastern Phoebe 36.4% 28.7% 7.7%
21   Turkey Vulture 9.6% 28.7% 19.1%
22   Tree Swallow 5.6% 28.7% 23.0%
23   Red-winged Blackbird 15.8% 27.9% 12.1%
24   Laughing Gull 13.7% 27.9% 14.2%
25   White-throated Sparrow 57.8% 26.2% 31.5%
26   Gray Catbird 38.5% 25.4% 13.1%
27   Mourning Dove 45.8% 24.6% 21.2%
28   American Oystercatcher 2.0% 23.0% 20.9%
29   American Crow 23.4% 22.1% 1.2%
30   Sanderling 1.7% 22.1% 20.5%
31   American Goldfinch 23.8% 21.3% 2.5%
32   Carolina Wren 22.2% 21.3% 0.9%
33   Snowy Egret 5.4% 20.5% 15.1%
34   Dunlin 2.5% 20.5% 18.0%
35   European Starling 46.7% 18.9% 27.8%
36   American Robin 57.6% 17.2% 40.4%
37   Canada Goose 40.9% 17.2% 23.6%
38   Northern Cardinal 44.5% 16.4% 28.1%
39   Cooper's Hawk 14.5% 14.8% 0.2%
40   Merlin 7.4% 14.8% 7.3%
41   Mallard 38.6% 13.9% 24.7%
42   Common Yellowthroat 26.3% 12.3% 14.0%
43   Eastern Towhee 21.0% 12.3% 8.7%
44   Savannah Sparrow 19.4% 12.3% 7.1%
45   Belted Kingfisher 13.0% 12.3% 0.7%
46   Palm Warbler 31.0% 11.5% 19.5%
47   Dark-eyed Junco 26.0% 11.5% 14.5%
48   Downy Woodpecker 29.6% 9.8% 19.8%
49   Red-breasted Nuthatch 7.9% 9.8% 1.9%
50   Red-breasted Merganser 0.6% 9.8% 9.2%
51   Red-tailed Hawk 22.6% 9.0% 13.5%
52   Black-capped Chickadee 18.3% 9.0% 9.3%
53   Bald Eagle 5.4% 9.0% 3.7%
54   Red-bellied Woodpecker 35.0% 8.2% 26.8%
55   Sharp-shinned Hawk 9.9% 8.2% 1.7%
56   Black Vulture 2.5% 8.2% 5.7%
57   Forster's Tern 2.4% 8.2% 5.8%
58   Marsh Wren 2.3% 8.2% 5.9%
59   Nelson's Sparrow 2.1% 8.2% 6.1%
60   Hermit Thrush 23.6% 7.4% 16.2%
61   Northern Harrier 5.9% 7.4% 1.5%
62   Common Raven 5.8% 7.4% 1.6%
63   Pine Warbler 6.6% 6.6% 0.0%
64   Green-winged Teal 6.0% 6.6% 0.6%
65   Common Loon 2.3% 6.6% 4.3%
66   Clapper Rail 1.0% 6.6% 5.5%
67   American Golden-Plover 0.6% 6.6% 5.9%
68   American Kestrel 12.9% 5.7% 7.2%
69   Field Sparrow 11.5% 5.7% 5.8%
70   Cedar Waxwing 10.1% 5.7% 4.4%
71   Peregrine Falcon 7.8% 5.7% 2.1%
72   Northern Pintail 1.7% 5.7% 4.1%
73   Rock Pigeon 35.6% 4.9% 30.6%
74   House Wren 9.2% 4.9% 4.3%
75   Ruddy Turnstone 0.4% 4.9% 4.5%
76   House Sparrow 46.9% 4.1% 42.8%
77   Blackpoll Warbler 10.2% 4.1% 6.1%
78   Black-throated Green Warbler 5.6% 4.1% 1.5%
79   Pine Siskin 4.5% 4.1% 0.4%
80   Saltmarsh Sparrow 1.5% 4.1% 2.6%
81   Blue Jay 56.3% 3.3% 53.0%
82   Greater Yellowlegs 7.3% 3.3% 4.0%
83   Lincoln's Sparrow 6.8% 3.3% 3.5%
84   Black-crowned Night-Heron 4.3% 3.3% 1.0%
85   Pied-billed Grebe 4.0% 3.3% 0.7%
86   Fish Crow 2.6% 3.3% 0.7%
87   Black Scoter 0.8% 3.3% 2.5%
88   Lesser Black-backed Gull 0.7% 3.3% 2.5%
89   Red Knot 0.3% 3.3% 2.9%
90   Chipping Sparrow 20.8% 2.5% 18.4%
91   Blue-headed Vireo 11.2% 2.5% 8.7%
92   Brown Creeper 10.7% 2.5% 8.2%
93   Black-and-white Warbler 9.5% 2.5% 7.0%
94   Purple Finch 7.0% 2.5% 4.5%
95   Killdeer 6.1% 2.5% 3.7%
96   Red-eyed Vireo 5.7% 2.5% 3.2%
97   Brown Thrasher 5.4% 2.5% 3.0%
98   Nashville Warbler 3.6% 2.5% 1.1%
99   Bufflehead 1.6% 2.5% 0.9%
100   Semipalmated Plover 1.3% 2.5% 1.1%
101   Great Cormorant 1.2% 2.5% 1.3%
102   Northern Gannet 0.7% 2.5% 1.8%
103   Bobolink 0.6% 2.5% 1.9%
104   Common Tern 0.5% 2.5% 2.0%
105   Caspian Tern 0.4% 2.5% 2.1%
106   Common Grackle 21.2% 1.6% 19.5%
107   White-breasted Nuthatch 20.3% 1.6% 18.6%
108   Black-throated Blue Warbler 12.0% 1.6% 10.4%
109   White-crowned Sparrow 11.2% 1.6% 9.6%
110   Hairy Woodpecker 7.8% 1.6% 6.2%
111   Magnolia Warbler 7.6% 1.6% 6.0%
112   Brown-headed Cowbird 5.8% 1.6% 4.2%
113   Eastern Wood-Pewee 4.4% 1.6% 2.8%
114   Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1.3% 1.6% 0.3%
115   Surf Scoter 0.8% 1.6% 0.9%
116   Red-throated Loon 0.7% 1.6% 0.9%
117   Least Sandpiper 0.7% 1.6% 1.0%
118   Snow Goose 0.6% 1.6% 1.0%
119   White-winged Scoter 0.5% 1.6% 1.1%
120   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 0.3% 1.6% 1.3%
121   Willet 0.1% 1.6% 1.5%
122   Tufted Titmouse 19.0% 0.8% 18.2%
123   Northern Parula 11.0% 0.8% 10.2%
124   Mute Swan 10.8% 0.8% 10.0%
125   Winter Wren 10.0% 0.8% 9.1%
126   Wood Duck 9.9% 0.8% 9.1%
127   Cape May Warbler 2.7% 0.8% 1.9%
128   Lesser Yellowlegs 2.5% 0.8% 1.7%
129   American Pipit 2.4% 0.8% 1.6%
130   Vesper Sparrow 2.4% 0.8% 1.5%
131   Eastern Bluebird 1.9% 0.8% 1.1%
132   Eastern Meadowlark 1.8% 0.8% 1.0%
133   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 1.5% 0.8% 0.7%
134   Yellow Warbler 1.2% 0.8% 0.3%
135   Green Heron 1.1% 0.8% 0.3%
136   Pectoral Sandpiper 1.0% 0.8% 0.2%
137   Yellow-breasted Chat 0.8% 0.8% 0.0%
138   Greater Scaup 0.6% 0.8% 0.2%
139   Sora 0.5% 0.8% 0.3%
140   Bonaparte's Gull 0.4% 0.8% 0.4%
141   Blackburnian Warbler 0.3% 0.8% 0.5%
142   American Bittern 0.3% 0.8% 0.5%
143   Philadelphia Vireo 0.3% 0.8% 0.5%
144   Piping Plover 0.1% 0.8% 0.7%
145   Red-necked Grebe 0.1% 0.8% 0.8%
146   Carolina Chickadee 0.0% 0.8% 0.8%