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Top Birds at Great Captain's Island in August
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA

based on 8 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Great Captain's Island in August. 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 41.3% 100.0% 58.7%
2   Herring Gull 39.5% 100.0% 60.5%
3   Great Egret 34.5% 100.0% 65.5%
4   Gray Catbird 54.7% 87.5% 32.8%
5   European Starling 51.1% 87.5% 36.4%
6   Osprey 30.7% 87.5% 56.8%
7   Great Black-backed Gull 27.0% 87.5% 60.5%
8   Song Sparrow 35.0% 75.0% 40.0%
9   Snowy Egret 22.5% 62.5% 40.0%
10   Black-crowned Night-Heron 14.5% 62.5% 48.0%
11   Northern Cardinal 47.8% 50.0% 2.2%
12   Ring-billed Gull 31.8% 50.0% 18.2%
13   Semipalmated Plover 21.1% 50.0% 28.9%
14   Spotted Sandpiper 17.0% 50.0% 33.0%
15   Canada Goose 40.8% 37.5% 3.3%
16   Laughing Gull 32.0% 37.5% 5.5%
17   Common Tern 16.4% 37.5% 21.1%
18   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 9.1% 37.5% 28.4%
19   American Robin 57.2% 25.0% 32.2%
20   Mourning Dove 53.7% 25.0% 28.7%
21   Barn Swallow 39.9% 25.0% 14.9%
22   American Goldfinch 37.6% 25.0% 12.6%
23   Great Blue Heron 30.6% 25.0% 5.6%
24   Carolina Wren 24.7% 25.0% 0.3%
25   Least Sandpiper 22.0% 25.0% 3.0%
26   American Oystercatcher 12.4% 25.0% 12.6%
27   House Wren 11.4% 25.0% 13.6%
28   Fish Crow 9.0% 25.0% 16.0%
29   Eastern Phoebe 3.8% 25.0% 21.2%
30   Mallard 40.8% 12.5% 28.3%
31   Northern Mockingbird 36.0% 12.5% 23.5%
32   Blue Jay 35.3% 12.5% 22.8%
33   Red-winged Blackbird 28.5% 12.5% 16.0%
34   Northern Flicker 26.0% 12.5% 13.5%
35   Semipalmated Sandpiper 24.2% 12.5% 11.7%
36   American Redstart 22.0% 12.5% 9.5%
37   Cedar Waxwing 16.8% 12.5% 4.3%
38   American Crow 14.4% 12.5% 1.9%
39   Killdeer 14.2% 12.5% 1.7%
40   Red-tailed Hawk 11.4% 12.5% 1.1%
41   Eastern Wood-Pewee 9.1% 12.5% 3.4%
42   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 9.0% 12.5% 3.5%
43   Willet 3.6% 12.5% 8.9%
44   Northern Harrier 0.9% 12.5% 11.6%
45   Brant 0.8% 12.5% 11.7%
46   Great Horned Owl 0.5% 12.5% 12.0%
47   Lark Sparrow 0.3% 12.5% 12.2%