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Top Birds at Great Kills Park in August
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York City, United States

based on 155 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Great Kills Park 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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Evidence Sampling Score
# Links Species Media Years Birders Hits Frequency Percentile
1   Double-crested Cormorant 2 21 54 125 80.6% 96%
2   American Herring Gull 2 21 46 105 67.7% 90%
3   Northern Mockingbird 2 19 48 103 66.5% 95%
4   European Starling 0 20 39 102 65.8% 93%
5   Laughing Gull 2 20 49 102 65.8% 86%
6   Mourning Dove 0 20 39 98 63.2% 89%
7   Great Black-backed Gull 1 21 45 93 60.0% 87%
8   Osprey 2 18 45 92 59.4% 89%
9   Gray Catbird 0 19 34 88 56.8% 80%
10   Common Tern 2 19 41 86 55.5% 87%
11   Tree Swallow 3 19 31 86 55.5% 97%
12   Ring-billed Gull 2 20 41 84 54.2% 84%
13   American Oystercatcher 1 20 33 81 52.3% 87%
14   Semipalmated Plover 1 20 38 77 49.7% 85%
15   Barn Swallow 1 20 31 76 49.0% 87%
16   American Goldfinch 2 20 25 74 47.7% 81%
17   American Robin 0 19 35 68 43.9% 68%
18   Great Egret 0 20 31 67 43.2% 78%
19   Little Blue Heron 2 17 30 66 42.6% 98%
20   Mallard 0 20 26 65 41.9% 76%
21   Song Sparrow 1 19 26 63 40.6% 79%
22   House Sparrow 1 17 27 55 35.5% 62%
23   Rock Pigeon 0 15 24 53 34.2% 65%
24   Northern Cardinal 0 16 22 52 33.5% 64%
25   Snowy Egret 1 18 26 52 33.5% 76%
26   Canada Goose 1 16 27 51 32.9% 67%
27   Semipalmated Sandpiper 1 20 26 51 32.9% 73%
28   Eastern Towhee 1 17 16 50 32.3% 90%
29   Least Sandpiper 1 17 28 44 28.4% 76%
30   Spotted Sandpiper 2 16 19 41 26.5% 82%
31   Killdeer 0 15 19 39 25.2% 76%
32   Fish Crow 1 13 19 37 23.9% 84%
33   Carolina Wren 0 12 11 34 21.9% 62%
34   Great Blue Heron 1 10 20 33 21.3% 56%
35   Boat-tailed Grackle 0 14 13 33 21.3% 74%
36   Bank Swallow 3 15 17 33 21.3% 97%
37   Red-winged Blackbird 0 15 14 32 20.6% 64%
38   Downy Woodpecker 0 13 10 31 20.0% 64%
39   House Finch 0 14 9 31 20.0% 82%
40   Field Sparrow 0 14 10 30 19.4% 90%
41   Cedar Waxwing 1 11 11 28 18.1% 80%
42   Forster's Tern 1 9 19 28 18.1% 74%
43   House Wren 1 14 8 27 17.4% 77%
44   Sanderling 0 15 10 27 17.4% 74%
45   Northern Flicker 0 12 10 25 16.1% 52%
46   Black-bellied Plover 1 12 13 24 15.5% 73%
47   Common Grackle 0 9 13 22 14.2% 50%
48   Northern Yellow Warbler 0 12 9 22 14.2% 67%
49   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 3 8 17 21 13.5% 60%
50   Least Tern 1 10 12 21 13.5% 73%
51   Common Yellowthroat 0 10 8 20 12.9% 68%
52   American Crow 0 10 13 20 12.9% 69%
53   Blue Jay 0 9 9 19 12.3% 27%
54   Turkey Vulture 1 11 14 19 12.3% 73%
55   Ruddy Turnstone 0 11 8 18 11.6% 60%
56   American Redstart 0 8 9 16 10.3% 49%
57   Chimney Swift 0 8 7 15 9.7% 41%
58   Royal Tern 3 7 10 15 9.7% 66%
59   American Black Duck 0 8 10 14 9.0% 74%
60   Brown-headed Cowbird 0 11 7 14 9.0% 76%
61   Willow Flycatcher 0 8 8 14 9.0% 73%
62   Black-crowned Night-Heron 1 6 7 13 8.4% 59%
63   Black Skimmer 1 8 9 13 8.4% 51%
64   White-eyed Vireo 0 7 7 13 8.4% 76%
65   Red-bellied Woodpecker 0 3 5 12 7.7% 29%
66   Belted Kingfisher 0 5 8 11 7.1% 53%
67   Eastern Kingbird 0 7 7 10 6.5% 38%
68   Baltimore Oriole 0 6 4 10 6.5% 40%
69   Willet 0 7 7 10 6.5% 56%
70   Northern Waterthrush 0 5 7 8 5.2% 40%
71   Great Crested Flycatcher 0 5 5 8 5.2% 48%
72   Purple Martin 0 3 5 8 5.2% 54%
73   Brown Thrasher 0 8 4 8 5.2% 67%
74   Ring-necked Pheasant 0 6 3 8 5.2% 68%
75   Black Scoter 0 3 5 7 4.5% 59%
76   Black-and-white Warbler 0 4 4 6 3.9% 24%
77   Short-billed Dowitcher 1 6 5 6 3.9% 43%
78   Warbling Vireo 0 4 3 6 3.9% 36%
79   Bald Eagle 0 3 6 6 3.9% 50%
80   Bobolink 0 3 4 6 3.9% 63%
81   Greater Yellowlegs 0 5 4 5 3.2% 27%
82   Mute Swan 0 5 4 5 3.2% 24%
83   Red-eyed Vireo 1 3 4 5 3.2% 26%
84   Peregrine Falcon 0 5 5 5 3.2% 44%
85   Glossy Ibis 0 5 2 5 3.2% 50%
86   Marsh Wren 0 5 6 5 3.2% 40%
87   Cooper's Hawk 0 5 3 5 3.2% 53%
88   Brant 0 1 2 5 3.2% 59%
89   Swamp Sparrow 0 4 2 4 2.6% 60%
90   Greater Scaup 0 2 2 4 2.6% 68%
91   Red-tailed Hawk 0 1 1 3 1.9% 11%
92   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 0 3 3 3 1.9% 16%
93   Eastern Wood-Pewee 0 2 3 3 1.9% 14%
94   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 0 3 3 3 1.9% 21%
95   Solitary Sandpiper 0 2 2 3 1.9% 24%
96   American Kestrel 1 3 3 3 1.9% 27%
97   Magnolia Warbler 0 2 2 3 1.9% 26%
98   Caspian Tern 0 2 3 3 1.9% 33%
99   Common Loon 0 2 1 3 1.9% 48%
100   White-winged Scoter 0 3 2 3 1.9% 67%
101   Bufflehead 0 1 2 3 1.9% 100%
102   Green Heron 0 2 2 2 1.3% 7%
103   Black-capped Chickadee 0 2 2 2 1.3% 11%
104   Canada Warbler 0 1 2 2 1.3% 15%
105   Ovenbird 1 1 2 2 1.3% 14%
106   Eastern Phoebe 0 2 2 2 1.3% 16%
107   Least Flycatcher 0 1 2 2 1.3% 25%
108   Northern Parula 0 1 2 2 1.3% 24%
109   Prairie Warbler 0 2 2 2 1.3% 31%
110   Seaside Sparrow 0 2 1 2 1.3% 44%
111   Bonaparte's Gull 1 2 2 2 1.3% 37%
112   Surf Scoter 1 2 3 2 1.3% 41%
113   Lesser Yellowlegs 0 1 1 1 0.6% 1%
114   Hairy Woodpecker 0 1 1 1 0.6% 3%
115   Chestnut-sided Warbler 0 1 1 1 0.6% 3%
116   White-rumped Sandpiper 0 1 1 1 0.6% 3%
117   Blue-winged Warbler 1 1 1 1 0.6% 6%
118   Common Raven 0 1 1 1 0.6% 3%
119   Indigo Bunting 0 1 1 1 0.6% 5%
120   Black-throated Blue Warbler 0 1 1 1 0.6% 5%
121   Piping Plover 0 1 1 1 0.6% 11%
122   Red-breasted Nuthatch 0 1 1 1 0.6% 6%
123   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 0 1 1 1 0.6% 7%
124   Green-winged Teal 0 1 1 1 0.6% 12%
125   Cape May Warbler 0 1 1 1 0.6% 7%
126   Blue-winged Teal 0 1 1 1 0.6% 10%
127   Western Sandpiper 0 1 1 1 0.6% 7%
128   Yellow-billed Cuckoo 0 1 1 1 0.6% 6%
129   Common Nighthawk 0 1 1 1 0.6% 9%
130   Rose-breasted Grosbeak 0 1 1 1 0.6% 11%
131   Black-throated Green Warbler 0 1 1 1 0.6% 11%
132   Tennessee Warbler 0 1 1 1 0.6% 10%
133   Least Bittern 0 1 1 1 0.6% 26%
134   Northern Harrier 1 1 1 1 0.6% 10%
135   Savannah Sparrow 0 1 1 1 0.6% 16%
136   Hudsonian Whimbrel 0 1 1 1 0.6% 4%
137   Baird's Sandpiper 0 1 1 1 0.6% 27%
138   Mourning Warbler 1 1 1 1 0.6% 19%
139   Lesser Scaup 0 1 1 1 0.6% 18%
140   Western Reef-Heron 0 1 1 1 0.6% 0%
141   Sandhill Crane 0 1 1 1 0.6% 100%