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Top Birds in August
within 25 miles of New York City, United States

based on 62226 checklists in 2002 hotspots

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist during the month of August. The change in probability from the previous month is also shown, to highlight which birds are coming and going. Species that peak in August are indicated with a star. This is based on historical data from eBird, and does not include recently submitted checklists.

# Info Species Chart Peak Hotspots Media Frequency Change
1   American Robin
1087 266 55.4% 8.1%
2   Mourning Dove
1136 245 54.1% 2.4%
3   Gray Catbird
981 312 53.7% 2.2%
4   European Starling
1125 193 50.0% 4.3%
5   House Sparrow
1181 202 49.6% 7.0%
6   Northern Cardinal
995 225 47.5% 0.9%
7   Double-crested Cormorant
855 424 40.9% 3.6%
8   Canada Goose
865 237 40.0% 0.8%
9   American Herring Gull
866 321 39.1% 1.9%
10   Mallard
713 386 39.1% 1.1%
11   Barn Swallow
892 237 38.3% 10.3%
12   Rock Pigeon
1061 153 36.8% 0.7%
13   American Goldfinch
833 281 36.1% 5.4%
14   Northern Mockingbird
881 309 35.5% 6.0%
15   Blue Jay
889 96 34.9% 6.9%
16   Song Sparrow
746 205 33.9% 14.9%
17   Laughing Gull
684 515 33.9% 2.7%
18   Great Egret
674 584 33.5% 6.3%
19   Ring-billed Gull
774 286 31.7% 4.7%
20   Osprey
774 689 31.6% 2.3%
21   Great Blue Heron
669 600 30.5% 2.3%
22   Common Grackle
844 127 27.6% 7.6%
23   Red-winged Blackbird
677 135 27.4% 23.7%
24   Great Black-backed Gull
574 306 26.4% 1.0%
25   Northern Flicker
739 164 25.4% 4.9%
26   Carolina Wren
737 136 24.9% 4.4%
27   Downy Woodpecker
758 143 24.6% 2.7%
28   Chimney Swift
815 72 23.6% 0.8%
29   Semipalmated Sandpiper
398 948 23.4% 10.5%
30   Snowy Egret
390 453 21.8% 1.8%
31   Least Sandpiper
413 825 21.7% 4.5%
32   American Redstart
598 395 21.6% 19.1%
33   Semipalmated Plover
355 866 21.1% 13.2%
34   Northern Yellow Warbler
555 283 19.4% 4.2%
35   Red-bellied Woodpecker
593 66 18.9% 4.7%
36   Common Tern
404 560 17.1% 6.3%
37   Spotted Sandpiper
484 474 15.7% 2.5%
38   Eastern Kingbird
539 283 15.6% 0.4%
39   Northern Waterthrush
436 450 15.4% 13.9%
40   Common Yellowthroat
550 233 15.3% 2.1%
41   Cedar Waxwing
531 128 15.1% 6.0%
42   Greater Yellowlegs
259 433 15.0% 4.2%
43   House Finch
607 106 14.9% 2.3%
44   Black-and-white Warbler
471 402 14.8% 14.3%
45   Baltimore Oriole
527 229 14.1% 7.0%
46   Tree Swallow
466 106 14.0% 8.3%
47   Forster's Tern
349 418 13.8% 3.5%
48   Killdeer
420 183 13.7% 5.5%
49   Black-crowned Night-Heron
412 414 13.4% 6.8%
50   Mute Swan
273 190 13.3% 0.5%
51   American Crow
732 31 12.9% 0.6%
52   Lesser Yellowlegs
248 531 12.9% 4.7%
53   American Oystercatcher
227 319 11.8% 4.2%
54   Red-tailed Hawk
586 263 11.3% 2.3%
55   Green Heron
399 411 10.6% 1.9%
56   House Wren
448 85 10.1% 6.2%
57   Short-billed Dowitcher
150 538 9.8% 1.8%
58   American Black Duck
372 90 9.5% 1.3%
59   Warbling Vireo
393 116 9.3% 3.6%
60   Red-eyed Vireo
373 130 9.0% 3.5%
61   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
225 515 9.0% 2.4%
62   Fish Crow
547 44 8.9% 5.4%
63   Wood Duck
247 229 8.9% 1.4%
64   Ruby-throated Hummingbird
406 223 8.8% 5.2%
65   Black-capped Chickadee
386 24 8.5% 1.7%
66   Eastern Wood-Pewee
415 187 8.4% 4.5%
67   White-breasted Nuthatch
361 37 8.1% 2.0%
68   Belted Kingfisher
419 154 7.7% 4.7%
69   Great Crested Flycatcher
340 203 7.4% 2.0%
70   Peregrine Falcon
356 257 7.1% 2.0%
71   Black-bellied Plover
144 262 6.6% 5.8%
72   Tufted Titmouse
342 15 6.6% 0.4%
73   Glossy Ibis
132 255 6.1% 2.8%
74   Eastern Towhee
213 38 6.0% 3.2%
75   Black Skimmer
152 273 5.9% 4.7%
76   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
332 108 5.8% 3.9%
77   Canada Warbler
236 229 5.6% 5.6%
78   Hairy Woodpecker
355 38 5.6% 1.2%
79   Marsh Wren
152 107 5.5% 7.3%
80   Brown-headed Cowbird
401 99 5.4% 3.5%
81   Sanderling
169 282 5.4% 2.8%
82   Least Tern
185 210 5.3% 9.4%
83   Ruddy Turnstone
140 283 5.2% 3.9%
84   Turkey Vulture
439 57 5.1% 0.2%
85   Chestnut-sided Warbler
276 247 4.9% 4.9%
86   Ovenbird
235 116 4.7% 4.5%
87   Willow Flycatcher
253 127 4.5% 7.5%
88   Chipping Sparrow
278 65 4.4% 1.6%
89   Clapper Rail
100 245 4.3% 1.4%
90   Boat-tailed Grackle
108 97 4.2% 3.4%
91   Solitary Sandpiper
268 243 4.0% 2.6%
92   American Kestrel
305 137 3.9% 1.6%
93   White-rumped Sandpiper
91 340 3.8% 3.3%
94   Little Blue Heron
165 211 3.8% 0.2%
95   Stilt Sandpiper
57 324 3.7% 1.7%
96   Gadwall
122 51 3.7% 1.5%
97   Blue-winged Warbler
191 151 3.5% 3.4%
98   Willet
125 188 3.4% 3.5%
99   Common Raven
370 80 3.4% 1.3%
100   Purple Martin
168 85 3.3% 1.7%
101   Eastern Phoebe
275 123 3.3% 1.5%
102   Magnolia Warbler
232 104 3.2% 3.2%
103   Bank Swallow
189 67 3.0% 3.3%
104   Veery
191 90 2.8% 2.5%
105   Bald Eagle
275 148 2.8% 0.7%
106   Royal Tern
125 334 2.8% 1.3%
107   Pectoral Sandpiper
88 274 2.7% 1.1%
108   Brown Thrasher
153 55 2.6% 1.4%
109   Cooper's Hawk
287 90 2.6% 1.6%
110   Indigo Bunting
224 45 2.6% 2.5%
111   Caspian Tern
116 323 2.6% 1.5%
112   Black-throated Blue Warbler
161 86 2.3% 2.3%
113   Ruddy Duck
34 92 2.3% 0.6%
114   Wood Thrush
187 45 2.3% 2.9%
115   Least Flycatcher
221 166 2.1% 2.0%
116   Piping Plover
58 307 2.0% 0.8%
117   Bobolink
158 63 2.0% 1.6%
118   Northern Parula
187 52 2.0% 1.9%
119   Saltmarsh Sparrow
57 78 1.9% 0.7%
120   White-eyed Vireo
97 34 1.9% 0.3%
121   Red-breasted Nuthatch
181 103 1.9% 1.7%
122   Monk Parakeet
124 52 1.8% 0.2%
123   Northern Rough-winged Swallow
180 9 1.8% 4.4%
124   Field Sparrow
98 25 1.7% 0.2%
125   Green-winged Teal
81 30 1.6% 1.0%
126   Cape May Warbler
139 181 1.6% 1.6%
127   Wild Turkey
95 50 1.5% 0.1%
128   Blue-winged Teal
62 44 1.5% 1.2%
129   Western Sandpiper
62 154 1.4% 0.9%
130   Yellow-billed Cuckoo
136 86 1.4% 0.0%
131   Black Vulture
161 50 1.4% 0.3%
132   Scarlet Tanager
156 61 1.3% 0.5%
133   Wilson's Phalarope
14 203 1.3% 1.1%
134   Gull-billed Tern
37 135 1.3% 0.8%
135   Northern Shoveler
46 24 1.3% 1.1%
136   Swamp Sparrow
123 9 1.3% 1.2%
137   Common Nighthawk
175 51 1.2% 1.0%
138   Worm-eating Warbler
106 76 1.2% 1.1%
139   American Avocet
20 157 1.1% 0.7%
140   Blackburnian Warbler
121 91 1.1% 1.1%
141   Prairie Warbler
132 92 1.1% 1.0%
142   Seaside Sparrow
46 91 1.1% 0.2%
143   Rose-breasted Grosbeak
120 46 1.0% 0.6%
144   White-throated Sparrow
74 60 1.0% 0.2%
145   Pileated Woodpecker
107 22 1.0% 0.2%
146   Louisiana Waterthrush
97 76 0.9% 0.4%
147   Black-throated Green Warbler
124 41 0.9% 0.9%
148   Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
97 105 0.9% 0.9%
149   Pied-billed Grebe
63 27 0.9% 0.6%
150   Red Knot
45 71 0.9% 0.6%
151   American White Pelican
18 73 0.8% 0.1%
152   Black Tern
67 128 0.8% 0.7%
153   Tennessee Warbler
114 71 0.8% 0.8%
154   Brant
55 17 0.8% 0.3%
155   Least Bittern
44 59 0.8% 0.6%
156   Orchard Oriole
110 49 0.8% 1.9%
157   Northern Harrier
89 22 0.8% 0.6%
158   Red-shouldered Hawk
69 18 0.8% 0.3%
159   Long-billed Dowitcher
13 78 0.7% 0.3%
160   Olive-sided Flycatcher
80 153 0.7% 0.7%
161   Marbled Godwit
35 149 0.7% 0.7%
162   Red-necked Phalarope
20 162 0.7% 0.7%
163   Cliff Swallow
99 25 0.6% 0.5%
164   Hudsonian Godwit
14 114 0.6% 0.0%
165   Savannah Sparrow
86 12 0.6% 0.1%
166   Hudsonian Whimbrel
70 153 0.6% 0.1%
167   Lesser Black-backed Gull
64 102 0.6% 0.0%
168   Sora
27 88 0.6% 0.3%
169   Tricolored Heron
24 26 0.6% 0.0%
170   Baird's Sandpiper
31 113 0.6% 0.5%
171   Wilson's Warbler
64 23 0.5% 0.5%
172   Merlin
77 47 0.5% 0.4%
173   Common Loon
65 40 0.5% 0.3%
174   Hooded Warbler
49 60 0.5% 0.5%
175   Great Horned Owl
76 21 0.5% 0.1%
176   American Coot
11 42 0.5% 0.0%
177   Broad-winged Hawk
90 53 0.5% 0.4%
178   Mourning Warbler
63 72 0.5% 0.4%
179   White Ibis
24 128 0.4% 0.3%
180   Nashville Warbler
78 17 0.4% 0.4%
181   Eastern Bluebird
46 0 0.4% 0.1%
182   Bonaparte's Gull
53 56 0.4% 0.3%
183   Black-billed Cuckoo
67 29 0.4% 0.2%
184   Prothonotary Warbler
18 51 0.3% 0.3%
185   Pine Warbler
89 12 0.3% 0.1%
186   Ring-necked Pheasant
38 6 0.3% 0.3%
187   Greater Scaup
20 12 0.3% 0.3%
188   Black Scoter
23 34 0.3% 0.0%
189   Hooded Merganser
38 37 0.3% 0.0%
190   Swainson's Thrush
47 19 0.3% 0.3%
191   Buff-breasted Sandpiper
25 75 0.3% 0.3%
192   Yellow-throated Vireo
46 15 0.3% 0.2%
193   Red-breasted Merganser
22 30 0.3% 0.2%
194   Lark Sparrow
31 67 0.2% 0.2%
195   Wood Stork
6 84 0.2% 0.2%
196   Blue Grosbeak
39 8 0.2% 0.1%
197   Dunlin
18 9 0.2% 0.1%
198   Yellow-rumped Warbler
39 28 0.2% 0.2%
199   Golden-winged Warbler
24 18 0.2% 0.2%
200   Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
4 30 0.2% 0.2%
201   Eastern Screech-Owl
49 7 0.2% 0.1%
202   Northern Pintail
14 24 0.2% 0.1%
203   Common Gallinule
15 8 0.2% 0.1%
204   Red-headed Woodpecker
16 27 0.2% 0.0%
205   Dickcissel
41 25 0.2% 0.1%
206   Black-headed Gull
4 39 0.2% 0.1%
207   Lesser Scaup
12 24 0.2% 0.0%
208   Carolina Chickadee
16 1 0.2% 0.0%
209   Yellow-breasted Chat
37 13 0.2% 0.1%
210   Bay-breasted Warbler
38 26 0.2% 0.2%
211   American Wigeon
8 3 0.1% 0.0%
212   Sharp-shinned Hawk
36 3 0.1% 0.1%
213   American Golden-Plover
16 15 0.1% 0.1%
214   Brown Pelican
18 6 0.1% 0.5%
215   Virginia Rail
27 12 0.1% 0.1%
216   Wilson's Storm-Petrel
23 7 0.1% 0.0%
217   American Woodcock
28 3 0.1% 0.1%
218   Muscovy Duck
25 13 0.1% 0.0%
219   Surf Scoter
18 24 0.1% 0.2%
220   Red-necked Stint
4 6 0.1% 0.1%
221   King Rail
3 7 0.1% 0.0%
222   Gray-hooded Gull
2 18 0.1% 0.0%
223   European Goldfinch
17 10 0.1% 0.0%
224   Barred Owl
16 8 0.1% 0.1%
225   Wilson's Snipe
21 13 0.1% 0.1%
226   Western Cattle-Egret
13 7 0.1% 0.0%
227   Philadelphia Vireo
24 2 0.1% 0.1%
228   Budgerigar
35 14 0.1% 0.0%
229   Long-tailed Duck
4 23 0.1% 0.2%
230   Blackpoll Warbler
21 6 0.1% 0.1%
231   Grasshopper Sparrow
8 12 0.1% 0.0%
232   Acadian Flycatcher
20 12 0.1% 0.2%
233   Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
5 4 0.1% 0.1%
234   Alder Flycatcher
19 19 0.1% 0.1%
235   Palm Warbler
20 3 0.1% 0.1%
236   King Eider
8 17 0.1% 0.0%
237   Common Eider
12 14 0.1% 0.1%
238   Red-necked Grebe
6 6 0.1% 0.0%
239   White-faced Ibis
3 8 0.0% 0.2%
240   White-winged Scoter
10 11 0.0% 0.0%
241   Snow Goose
8 4 0.0% 0.1%
242   Blue-headed Vireo
19 0 0.0% 0.0%
243   Ruff
5 8 0.0% 0.4%
244   Roseate Tern
9 14 0.0% 0.1%
245   American Bittern
14 4 0.0% 0.0%
246   Cerulean Warbler
10 9 0.0% 0.0%
247   Anhinga
2 8 0.0% 0.2%
248   Brown Booby
7 12 0.0% 0.0%
249   Common Merganser
13 7 0.0% 0.0%
250   Eared Grebe
5 3 0.0% 0.0%
251   Western Reef-Heron
5 3 0.0% 0.1%
252   Eurasian Eagle-Owl
8 4 0.0% 0.0%
253   Upland Sandpiper
14 5 0.0% 0.0%
254   Kentucky Warbler
8 1 0.0% 0.0%
255   Sooty Tern
13 8 0.0% 0.0%
256   Lawrence's Warbler (hybrid)
8 5 0.0% 0.0%
257   Sedge Wren
2 2 0.0% 0.0%
258   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
12 3 0.0% 0.0%
259   Hermit Thrush
8 3 0.0% 0.0%
260   Brown Creeper
14 1 0.0% 0.0%
261   Horned Lark
11 7 0.0% 0.0%
262   Northern Bobwhite
4 8 0.0% 0.0%
263   Sandwich Tern
6 5 0.0% 0.1%
264   Purple Gallinule
1 0 0.0% 0.1%
265   Eastern Meadowlark
9 0 0.0% 0.0%
266   Northern Gannet
8 0 0.0% 0.0%
267   Purple Finch
8 2 0.0% 0.0%
268   Brewster's Warbler (hybrid)
5 0 0.0% 0.0%
269   Ruby-crowned Kinglet
9 1 0.0% 0.0%
270   Red Crossbill
3 0 0.0% 0.0%
271   Summer Tanager
8 4 0.0% 0.0%
272   Yellow-throated Warbler
5 3 0.0% 0.0%
273   Clay-colored Sparrow
4 7 0.0% 0.0%
274   Black Swan
3 2 0.0% 0.0%
275   Cockatiel
4 4 0.0% 0.0%
276   Connecticut Warbler
6 1 0.0% 0.0%
277   Gray-cheeked Thrush
6 1 0.0% 0.0%
278   American Barn Owl
5 1 0.0% 0.0%
279   Bridled Tern
3 2 0.0% 0.0%
280   Yellow-headed Blackbird
4 2 0.0% 0.0%
281   Franklin's Gull
2 4 0.0% 0.0%
282   Winter Wren
6 0 0.0% 0.0%
283   Eastern Whip-poor-will
3 1 0.0% 0.0%
284   Great Shearwater
6 1 0.0% 0.0%
285   Western Kingbird
4 0 0.0% 0.0%
286   Northern Red Bishop
2 1 0.0% 0.0%
287   Bufflehead
2 0 0.0% 0.1%
288   Lincoln's Sparrow
3 1 0.0% 0.0%
289   Great Cormorant
4 2 0.0% 0.0%
290   Whooper Swan
2 1 0.0% 0.0%
291   Swan Goose
3 3 0.0% 0.0%
292   Leach's Storm-Petrel
2 1 0.0% 0.0%
293   Pine Siskin
2 0 0.0% 0.0%
294   South Polar Skua
2 3 0.0% 0.0%
295   White-tailed Tropicbird
2 1 0.0% 0.0%
296   Neotropic Cormorant
1 3 0.0% 0.0%
297   White-winged Parakeet
1 2 0.0% 0.0%
298   Common Goldeneye
2 0 0.0% 0.0%
299   White-winged Dove
2 2 0.0% 0.0%
300   Golden-crowned Kinglet
2 0 0.0% 0.0%
301   Scaly-breasted Munia
2 1 0.0% 0.0%
302   Graylag Goose
2 0 0.0% 0.0%
303   Chukar
1 2 0.0% 0.0%
304   Manx Shearwater
2 0 0.0% 0.0%
305   Henslow's Sparrow
2 0 0.0% 0.0%
306   Band-rumped Storm-Petrel
1 1 0.0% 0.0%
307   Vesper Sparrow
1 0 0.0% 0.0%
308   Sabine's Gull
1 0 0.0% 0.0%
309   Ring-necked Duck
1 0 0.0% 0.0%
310   Purple Sandpiper
1 1 0.0% 0.0%
311   Rusty Blackbird
1 0 0.0% 0.0%
312   Red-throated Loon
1 1 0.0% 0.0%
313   LeConte's Sparrow
1 0 0.0% 0.0%
314   Long-tailed Jaeger
1 1 0.0% 0.0%
315   Black-necked Stilt
1 0 0.0% 0.0%
316   American Pipit
1 0 0.0% 0.0%
317   Arctic Tern
1 0 0.0% 0.0%
318   Nelson's Sparrow
1 0 0.0% 0.0%
319   Tundra Swan
1 1 0.0% 0.0%
320   Eurasian Collared-Dove
1 0 0.0% 0.1%
321   Elegant Tern
1 1 0.0% 0.0%
322   Western Tanager
1 0 0.0% 0.0%
323   Helmeted Guineafowl
1 1 0.0% 0.0%
324   Rosy-faced Lovebird
1 1 0.0% 0.0%
325   Swallow-tailed Kite
1 0 0.0% 0.0%
326   Snowy Owl
1 0 0.0% 0.0%
327   Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
1 0 0.0% 0.0%
328   Sandhill Crane
1 0 0.0% 0.0%
329   Little Gull
1 0 0.0% 0.1%
330   Saffron Finch
1 1 0.0% 0.0%
331   Yellow-fronted Canary
1 1 0.0% 0.0%
332   Mitred Parakeet
1 0 0.0% 0.0%
333   Zebra Finch
1 0 0.0% 0.0%
334   Red-cheeked Cordonbleu
1 1 0.0% 0.0%
335   Red Junglefowl
1 0 0.0% 0.0%
336   Mexican Violetear
1 1 0.0% 0.0%
337   African Collared-Dove
1 1 0.0% 0.0%
338   Cory's Shearwater
1 1 0.0% 0.0%

Created by Michael Fogleman.

Data from the eBird Basic Dataset. Version: EBD_relJun-2026. Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York. June 2026.