Bird Finder

Top Birds in August
within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA

based on 45659 checklists in 1805 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. Rows with significant changes (< 0.5x or > 2x) are highlighted in red or green. 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.

Rank Info Species Chart Peak July August Change
1   American Robin
65.5% 57.2% 8.3%
2   Gray Catbird
53.5% 54.7% 1.2%
3   Mourning Dove
51.1% 53.7% 2.6%
4   European Starling
54.7% 51.1% 3.5%
5   House Sparrow
55.9% 50.0% 5.9%
6   Northern Cardinal
46.4% 47.8% 1.4%
7   Double-crested Cormorant
45.1% 41.3% 3.7%
8   Mallard
39.8% 40.8% 1.1%
9   Canada Goose
40.0% 40.8% 0.8%
10   Barn Swallow
49.7% 39.9% 9.9%
11   Herring Gull
41.9% 39.5% 2.4%
12   American Goldfinch
31.9% 37.6% 5.7%
13   Northern Mockingbird
41.8% 36.0% 5.8%
14   Rock Pigeon
34.2% 35.4% 1.2%
15   Blue Jay
28.1% 35.3% 7.2%
16   Song Sparrow
49.2% 35.0% 14.2%
17   Great Egret
41.4% 34.5% 6.9%
18   Laughing Gull
34.4% 32.0% 2.4%
19   Ring-billed Gull
27.1% 31.8% 4.7%
20   Osprey
28.4% 30.7% 2.3%
21   Great Blue Heron
28.1% 30.6% 2.5%
22   Red-winged Blackbird
51.8% 28.5% 23.3%
23   Common Grackle
36.1% 28.2% 7.9%
24   Great Black-backed Gull
28.4% 27.0% 1.4%
25   Northern Flicker
21.3% 26.0% 4.6%
26   Downy Woodpecker
22.4% 25.2% 2.8%
27   Carolina Wren
19.9% 24.7% 4.8%
28   Semipalmated Sandpiper
13.9% 24.2% 10.2%
29   Chimney Swift
21.8% 23.8% 2.1%
30   Snowy Egret
25.2% 22.5% 2.7%
31   Least Sandpiper
17.8% 22.0% 4.3%
32   American Redstart
3.1% 22.0% 18.9%
33   Semipalmated Plover
8.0% 21.1% 13.2%
34   Yellow Warbler
25.4% 20.2% 5.2%
35   Red-bellied Woodpecker
14.6% 19.3% 4.7%
36   Spotted Sandpiper
14.5% 17.0% 2.5%
37   Cedar Waxwing
23.4% 16.8% 6.6%
38   Eastern Kingbird
15.4% 16.7% 1.3%
39   Common Tern
23.0% 16.4% 6.6%
40   Greater Yellowlegs
11.8% 15.9% 4.0%
41   Northern Waterthrush
1.4% 15.4% 14.0%
42   Common Yellowthroat
18.0% 15.1% 2.9%
43   Baltimore Oriole
8.2% 15.1% 7.0%
44   House Finch
16.7% 14.9% 1.7%
45   Black-crowned Night-Heron
21.9% 14.5% 7.4%
46   Mute Swan
14.1% 14.5% 0.3%
47   American Crow
14.6% 14.4% 0.2%
48   Black-and-white Warbler
0.4% 14.3% 13.9%
49   Killdeer
20.0% 14.2% 5.8%
50   Tree Swallow
24.3% 14.1% 10.2%
51   Lesser Yellowlegs
9.4% 13.9% 4.5%
52   Forster's Tern
17.7% 13.2% 4.5%
53   American Oystercatcher
16.8% 12.4% 4.4%
54   Green Heron
9.3% 11.9% 2.6%
55   Red-tailed Hawk
9.4% 11.4% 2.1%
56   House Wren
17.6% 11.4% 6.2%
57   Black-capped Chickadee
9.0% 11.2% 2.3%
58   Short-billed Dowitcher
8.4% 10.4% 2.0%
59   American Black Duck
8.7% 10.1% 1.3%
60   Warbling Vireo
13.6% 10.0% 3.6%
61   White-breasted Nuthatch
7.4% 9.8% 2.4%
62   Red-eyed Vireo
6.5% 9.6% 3.1%
63   Wood Duck
7.7% 9.3% 1.7%
64   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
11.8% 9.1% 2.6%
65   Eastern Wood-Pewee
4.8% 9.1% 4.3%
66   Fish Crow
14.1% 9.0% 5.1%
67   Ruby-throated Hummingbird
3.7% 9.0% 5.2%
68   Tufted Titmouse
7.6% 8.5% 0.9%
69   Belted Kingfisher
3.2% 8.4% 5.2%
70   Peregrine Falcon
5.5% 7.6% 2.1%
71   Black-bellied Plover
0.9% 7.4% 6.5%
72   Eastern Towhee
10.5% 7.0% 3.5%
73   Great Crested Flycatcher
5.5% 7.0% 1.5%
74   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
2.1% 6.8% 4.7%
75   Glossy Ibis
10.2% 6.5% 3.6%
76   Hairy Woodpecker
4.8% 6.0% 1.2%
77   Brown-headed Cowbird
10.0% 5.9% 4.1%
78   Black Skimmer
10.6% 5.8% 4.9%
79   Canada Warbler
0.0% 5.7% 5.6%
80   Marsh Wren
13.3% 5.6% 7.7%
81   Ruddy Turnstone
1.3% 5.5% 4.1%
82   Turkey Vulture
5.1% 5.3% 0.3%
83   Sanderling
2.6% 5.3% 2.7%
84   Chipping Sparrow
7.0% 5.2% 1.8%
85   Least Tern
14.9% 5.1% 9.8%
86   Chestnut-sided Warbler
0.0% 5.0% 5.0%
87   Willow Flycatcher
12.0% 4.7% 7.3%
88   Boat-tailed Grackle
7.7% 4.3% 3.4%
89   Clapper Rail
5.8% 4.2% 1.5%
90   Little Blue Heron
4.0% 4.2% 0.2%
91   Ovenbird
0.2% 4.2% 4.0%
92   White-rumped Sandpiper
0.7% 4.0% 3.4%
93   Gadwall
5.5% 3.9% 1.6%
94   Blue-winged Warbler
0.2% 3.9% 3.6%
95   Eastern Phoebe
2.2% 3.8% 1.6%
96   Stilt Sandpiper
2.3% 3.7% 1.4%
97   Solitary Sandpiper
1.4% 3.7% 2.3%
98   Willet
7.4% 3.6% 3.7%
99   American Kestrel
2.1% 3.6% 1.5%
100   Indigo Bunting
6.5% 3.4% 3.1%
101   Purple Martin
4.8% 3.2% 1.6%
102   Brown Thrasher
4.7% 3.1% 1.6%
103   Pectoral Sandpiper
1.8% 3.1% 1.3%
104   Bank Swallow
6.4% 3.1% 3.3%
105   Magnolia Warbler
0.0% 2.9% 2.9%
106   Common Raven
1.6% 2.8% 1.2%
107   Veery
0.6% 2.6% 2.0%
108   Wood Thrush
6.1% 2.5% 3.6%
109   Bald Eagle
1.8% 2.5% 0.6%
110   Ruddy Duck
3.2% 2.4% 0.8%
111   Cooper's Hawk
0.8% 2.3% 1.5%
112   Royal Tern
1.3% 2.2% 1.0%
113   Bobolink
0.5% 2.2% 1.7%
114   White-eyed Vireo
1.9% 2.2% 0.3%
115   Red-breasted Nuthatch
0.2% 2.1% 1.9%
116   Saltmarsh Sparrow
2.9% 2.1% 0.8%
117   Northern Rough-winged Swallow
6.9% 2.1% 4.8%
118   Black-throated Blue Warbler
0.0% 2.1% 2.1%
119   Least Flycatcher
0.1% 2.0% 2.0%
120   Piping Plover
3.1% 1.9% 1.1%
121   Caspian Tern
0.7% 1.9% 1.2%
122   Northern Parula
0.1% 1.8% 1.7%
123   Western Sandpiper
0.7% 1.8% 1.1%
124   Field Sparrow
1.9% 1.8% 0.1%
125   Green-winged Teal
0.6% 1.7% 1.1%
126   Blue-winged Teal
0.3% 1.7% 1.4%
127   Wild Turkey
1.9% 1.7% 0.2%
128   Scarlet Tanager
1.5% 1.7% 0.2%
129   Monk Parakeet
1.7% 1.6% 0.0%
130   Yellow-billed Cuckoo
1.7% 1.6% 0.1%
131   Wilson's Phalarope
0.3% 1.5% 1.2%
132   Black Vulture
1.0% 1.4% 0.4%
133   Northern Shoveler
0.2% 1.3% 1.2%
134   Pileated Woodpecker
0.9% 1.3% 0.5%
135   Worm-eating Warbler
0.2% 1.3% 1.1%
136   Rose-breasted Grosbeak
0.7% 1.3% 0.6%
137   Common Nighthawk
0.2% 1.3% 1.1%
138   Cape May Warbler
0% 1.2% 1.2%
139   American Avocet
0.5% 1.2% 0.7%
140   Gull-billed Tern
2.3% 1.2% 1.1%
141   Swamp Sparrow
2.4% 1.1% 1.3%
142   Seaside Sparrow
1.2% 1.1% 0.1%
143   Louisiana Waterthrush
0.7% 1.1% 0.4%
144   Prairie Warbler
0.0% 1.1% 1.0%
145   Black-throated Green Warbler
0.0% 1.0% 1.0%
146   Blackburnian Warbler
0% 1.0% 1.0%
147   Red Knot
0.3% 1.0% 0.7%
148   Pied-billed Grebe
0.3% 1.0% 0.6%
149   Orchard Oriole
3.5% 1.0% 2.5%
150   Least Bittern
1.6% 1.0% 0.6%
151   American White Pelican
0.8% 0.9% 0.1%
152   Northern Harrier
0.2% 0.9% 0.7%
153   Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
0.0% 0.8% 0.8%
154   Hudsonian Godwit
0.8% 0.8% 0.1%
155   Brant
1.1% 0.8% 0.3%
156   Black Tern
0.1% 0.8% 0.7%
157   White-throated Sparrow
0.6% 0.8% 0.2%
158   Cliff Swallow
1.3% 0.8% 0.5%
159   Tennessee Warbler
0.0% 0.8% 0.7%
160   Marbled Godwit
0.0% 0.7% 0.7%
161   Baird's Sandpiper
0.0% 0.7% 0.7%
162   Tricolored Heron
0.6% 0.7% 0.1%
163   Savannah Sparrow
0.9% 0.7% 0.2%
164   Olive-sided Flycatcher
0.0% 0.7% 0.7%
165   Long-billed Dowitcher
0.5% 0.7% 0.2%
166   Red-shouldered Hawk
0.3% 0.6% 0.3%
167   American Coot
0.5% 0.6% 0.1%
168   Eastern Bluebird
0.7% 0.6% 0.1%
169   Whimbrel
0.4% 0.5% 0.1%
170   Hooded Warbler
0.0% 0.5% 0.5%
171   Merlin
0.1% 0.5% 0.5%
172   Wilson's Warbler
0% 0.5% 0.5%
173   Red-necked Phalarope
0.0% 0.5% 0.5%
174   Common Loon
0.7% 0.5% 0.2%
175   Lesser Black-backed Gull
0.5% 0.5% 0.0%
176   Broad-winged Hawk
0.1% 0.5% 0.4%
177   Prothonotary Warbler
0.0% 0.5% 0.4%
178   Black-billed Cuckoo
0.2% 0.5% 0.2%
179   Great Horned Owl
0.3% 0.5% 0.1%
180   Mourning Warbler
0% 0.4% 0.4%
181   Bonaparte's Gull
0.7% 0.4% 0.3%
182   Ring-necked Pheasant
0.7% 0.4% 0.3%
183   Yellow-throated Vireo
0.5% 0.4% 0.1%
184   Nashville Warbler
0.0% 0.4% 0.4%
185   White Ibis
0.1% 0.4% 0.3%
186   Black Scoter
0.3% 0.4% 0.0%
187   Sora
0.3% 0.4% 0.1%
188   Pine Warbler
0.3% 0.3% 0.0%
189   Lark Sparrow
0.0% 0.3% 0.3%
190   Swainson's Thrush
0% 0.3% 0.3%
191   Wood Stork
0.1% 0.3% 0.3%
192   Hooded Merganser
0.3% 0.3% 0.0%
193   Red-breasted Merganser
0.5% 0.3% 0.2%
194   Greater Scaup
0.6% 0.3% 0.3%
195   Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
0.5% 0.3% 0.2%
196   Common Gallinule
0.4% 0.3% 0.1%
197   Blue Grosbeak
0.4% 0.3% 0.1%
198   Northern Pintail
0.2% 0.3% 0.1%
199   Golden-winged Warbler
0% 0.3% 0.3%
200   Dunlin
0.1% 0.2% 0.1%
201   Yellow-rumped Warbler
0.0% 0.2% 0.2%
202   Black-headed Gull
0.4% 0.2% 0.1%
203   Dickcissel
0.1% 0.2% 0.2%
204   Buff-breasted Sandpiper
0% 0.2% 0.2%
205   Eastern Screech-Owl
0.1% 0.2% 0.1%
206   Lesser Scaup
0.2% 0.2% 0.0%
207   Yellow-breasted Chat
0.0% 0.2% 0.2%
208   Red-headed Woodpecker
0.2% 0.2% 0.0%
209   American Wigeon
0.1% 0.2% 0.0%
210   Sharp-shinned Hawk
0.0% 0.2% 0.1%
211   Common Merganser
0.1% 0.2% 0.1%
212   Bay-breasted Warbler
0.0% 0.1% 0.1%
213   Wilson's Storm-Petrel
0.2% 0.1% 0.1%
214   American Golden-Plover
0.0% 0.1% 0.1%
215   Brown Pelican
0.5% 0.1% 0.4%
216   American Woodcock
0.2% 0.1% 0.1%
217   King Rail
0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
218   Red-necked Stint
0% 0.1% 0.1%
219   Gray-hooded Gull
0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
220   Virginia Rail
0.3% 0.1% 0.2%
221   Cattle Egret
0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
222   Muscovy Duck
0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
223   Philadelphia Vireo
0% 0.1% 0.1%
224   Wilson's Snipe
0.0% 0.1% 0.1%
225   European Goldfinch
0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
226   Grasshopper Sparrow
0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
227   Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
0% 0.1% 0.1%
228   Blackpoll Warbler
0.0% 0.1% 0.1%
229   Surf Scoter
0.2% 0.1% 0.1%
230   Acadian Flycatcher
0.3% 0.1% 0.3%
231   Budgerigar
0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
232   Long-tailed Duck
0.3% 0.1% 0.2%
233   Alder Flycatcher
0.0% 0.1% 0.1%
234   Palm Warbler
0% 0.1% 0.1%
235   Snow Goose
0.2% 0.1% 0.1%
236   Common Eider
0.2% 0.1% 0.1%
237   White-winged Scoter
0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
238   Barred Owl
0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
239   Anhinga
0.4% 0.1% 0.3%
240   Red-necked Grebe
0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
241   Ruff
0.6% 0.1% 0.5%
242   Blue-headed Vireo
0.0% 0.1% 0.0%
243   Northern Bobwhite
0.0% 0.1% 0.0%
244   Hermit Thrush
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
245   King Eider
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
246   American Bittern
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
247   Western Reef-Heron
0.1% 0.0% 0.1%
248   Eurasian Eagle-Owl
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
249   Eared Grebe
0% 0.0% 0.0%
250   Roseate Tern
0.1% 0.0% 0.1%
251   Sooty Tern
0% 0.0% 0.0%
252   Lawrence's Warbler (hybrid)
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
253   Brown Booby
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
254   Kentucky Warbler
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
255   White-faced Ibis
0.1% 0.0% 0.1%
256   Purple Finch
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
257   Upland Sandpiper
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
258   Cerulean Warbler
0% 0.0% 0.0%
259   Sedge Wren
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
260   Yellow-throated Warbler
0% 0.0% 0.0%
261   Brewster's Warbler (hybrid)
0% 0.0% 0.0%
262   Ruby-crowned Kinglet
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
263   Sandwich Tern
0.1% 0.0% 0.0%
264   Northern Gannet
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
265   Brown Creeper
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
266   Eastern Meadowlark
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
267   Clay-colored Sparrow
0% 0.0% 0.0%
268   Purple Gallinule
0.1% 0.0% 0.1%
269   Summer Tanager
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
270   Black Swan
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
271   Ring-necked Duck
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
272   Red Crossbill
0% 0.0% 0.0%
273   Connecticut Warbler
0% 0.0% 0.0%
274   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
275   Barn Owl
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
276   Carolina Chickadee
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
277   Horned Lark
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
278   Gray-cheeked Thrush
0% 0.0% 0.0%
279   Bridled Tern
0% 0.0% 0.0%
280   Franklin's Gull
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
281   Winter Wren
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
282   Eastern Whip-poor-will
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
283   Bufflehead
0.1% 0.0% 0.1%
284   Yellow-headed Blackbird
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
285   Northern Red Bishop
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
286   Western Kingbird
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
287   Great Cormorant
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
288   Whooper Swan
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
289   Great Shearwater
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
290   Swan Goose
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
291   Leach's Storm-Petrel
0% 0.0% 0.0%
292   Pine Siskin
0% 0.0% 0.0%
293   Cockatiel
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
294   South Polar Skua
0% 0.0% 0.0%
295   White-tailed Tropicbird
0% 0.0% 0.0%
296   Neotropic Cormorant
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
297   White-winged Parakeet
0% 0.0% 0.0%
298   Common Goldeneye
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
299   Lincoln's Sparrow
0% 0.0% 0.0%
300   White-winged Dove
0% 0.0% 0.0%
301   Golden-crowned Kinglet
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
302   Scaly-breasted Munia
0% 0.0% 0.0%
303   Graylag Goose
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
304   Chukar
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
305   Manx Shearwater
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
306   Henslow's Sparrow
0% 0.0% 0.0%
307   Band-rumped Storm-Petrel
0% 0.0% 0.0%
308   Vesper Sparrow
0% 0.0% 0.0%
309   Sabine's Gull
0% 0.0% 0.0%
310   Rusty Blackbird
0% 0.0% 0.0%
311   LeConte's Sparrow
0% 0.0% 0.0%
312   Long-tailed Jaeger
0% 0.0% 0.0%
313   Black-necked Stilt
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
314   American Pipit
0% 0.0% 0.0%
315   Mississippi Kite
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
316   Nelson's Sparrow
0% 0.0% 0.0%
317   Tundra Swan
0% 0.0% 0.0%
318   Eurasian Collared-Dove
0.1% 0.0% 0.1%
319   Elegant Tern
0% 0.0% 0.0%
320   Western Tanager
0% 0.0% 0.0%
321   Helmeted Guineafowl
0% 0.0% 0.0%
322   Swallow-tailed Kite
0% 0.0% 0.0%
323   Snowy Owl
0% 0.0% 0.0%
324   Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
0% 0.0% 0.0%
325   Sandhill Crane
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
326   Little Gull
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
327   Saffron Finch
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
328   Yellow-fronted Canary
0% 0.0% 0.0%
329   Mitred Parakeet
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
330   Cory's Shearwater
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
331   Zebra Finch
0% 0.0% 0.0%
332   Red-cheeked Cordonbleu
0% 0.0% 0.0%

Created by Michael Fogleman.

Data from the eBird Basic Dataset. Version: EBD_relJan-2024. Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York. Jan 2024.