Top Birds at Jacob Riis Park in August
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York City, United States
based on 88 checklists
This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Jacob Riis 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.
| Evidence | Sampling | Score | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Links | Species | Media | Years | Birders | Hits | Frequency | Percentile | |
| 1 | Laughing Gull | 1 | 17 | 60 | 66 | 75.0% | 91% | ||
| 2 | American Herring Gull | 0 | 17 | 55 | 61 | 69.3% | 89% | ||
| 3 | Great Black-backed Gull | 0 | 17 | 47 | 53 | 60.2% | 85% | ||
| 4 | Ring-billed Gull | 0 | 17 | 44 | 52 | 59.1% | 86% | ||
| 5 | American Oystercatcher | 1 | 16 | 42 | 48 | 54.5% | 87% | ||
| 6 | European Starling | 0 | 13 | 38 | 45 | 51.1% | 82% | ||
| 7 | Rock Pigeon | 0 | 15 | 37 | 42 | 47.7% | 78% | ||
| 8 | Common Tern | 0 | 16 | 35 | 42 | 47.7% | 80% | ||
| 9 | Double-crested Cormorant | 0 | 13 | 34 | 38 | 43.2% | 69% | ||
| 10 | Sanderling | 1 | 15 | 32 | 38 | 43.2% | 92% | ||
| 11 | Killdeer | 2 | 7 | 38 | 37 | 42.0% | 90% | ||
| 12 | Barn Swallow | 1 | 12 | 34 | 36 | 40.9% | 78% | ||
| 13 | Osprey | 1 | 6 | 29 | 33 | 37.5% | 71% | ||
| 14 | House Sparrow | 0 | 14 | 24 | 29 | 33.0% | 57% | ||
| 15 | Northern Mockingbird | 0 | 12 | 32 | 29 | 33.0% | 72% | ||
| 16 | Buff-breasted Sandpiper | 21 | 1 | 28 | 24 | 27.3% | 100% | ||
| 17 | Mourning Dove | 0 | 6 | 22 | 21 | 23.9% | 36% | ||
| 18 | Royal Tern | 3 | 7 | 19 | 16 | 18.2% | 82% | ||
| 19 | Chimney Swift | 0 | 6 | 12 | 13 | 14.8% | 52% | ||
| 20 | Semipalmated Sandpiper | 0 | 8 | 15 | 12 | 13.6% | 44% | ||
| 21 | Semipalmated Plover | 0 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 12.5% | 39% | ||
| 22 | Tree Swallow | 0 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 12.5% | 65% | ||
| 23 | Ruddy Turnstone | 0 | 7 | 13 | 11 | 12.5% | 57% | ||
| 24 | Red-winged Blackbird | 0 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 11.4% | 43% | ||
| 25 | Brown-headed Cowbird | 0 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 11.4% | 80% | ||
| 26 | Song Sparrow | 0 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 10.2% | 29% | ||
| 27 | Northern Cardinal | 0 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9.1% | 16% | ||
| 28 | Least Sandpiper | 0 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 9.1% | 39% | ||
| 29 | Black-bellied Plover | 0 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 9.1% | 59% | ||
| 30 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | 7 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 9.1% | 76% | ||
| 31 | Carolina Wren | 0 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 8.0% | 26% | ||
| 32 | Black Skimmer | 0 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 8.0% | 45% | ||
| 33 | Gray Catbird | 0 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 6.8% | 10% | ||
| 34 | Canada Goose | 0 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 6.8% | 18% | ||
| 35 | House Finch | 0 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6.8% | 40% | ||
| 36 | Forster's Tern | 0 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 6.8% | 38% | ||
| 37 | Least Tern | 0 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 6.8% | 52% | ||
| 38 | Purple Martin | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 6.8% | 60% | ||
| 39 | Bank Swallow | 0 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 6.8% | 71% | ||
| 40 | American Robin | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5.7% | 6% | ||
| 41 | Cedar Waxwing | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5.7% | 34% | ||
| 42 | American Crow | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5.7% | 29% | ||
| 43 | Black Tern | 0 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5.7% | 79% | ||
| 44 | American Goldfinch | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4.5% | 10% | ||
| 45 | Common Grackle | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4.5% | 11% | ||
| 46 | Northern Yellow Warbler | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4.5% | 23% | ||
| 47 | Eastern Kingbird | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4.5% | 21% | ||
| 48 | Willet | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4.5% | 40% | ||
| 49 | Peregrine Falcon | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3.4% | 37% | ||
| 50 | Eastern Towhee | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3.4% | 40% | ||
| 51 | Surf Scoter | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 3.4% | 76% | ||
| 52 | Northern Flicker | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2.3% | 4% | ||
| 53 | Common Yellowthroat | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2.3% | 7% | ||
| 54 | Red-tailed Hawk | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2.3% | 10% | ||
| 55 | Common Raven | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2.3% | 26% | ||
| 56 | Cooper's Hawk | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2.3% | 30% | ||
| 57 | Piping Plover | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2.3% | 25% | ||
| 58 | Red Knot | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2.3% | 41% | ||
| 59 | Merlin | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2.3% | 61% | ||
| 60 | Black Scoter | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2.3% | 36% | ||
| 61 | Common Eider | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2.3% | 55% | ||
| 62 | White-winged Scoter | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2.3% | 56% | ||
| 63 | Horned Lark | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2.3% | 80% | ||
| 64 | Great Egret | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.1% | 1% | ||
| 65 | Great Blue Heron | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.1% | 1% | ||
| 66 | Downy Woodpecker | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.1% | 0% | ||
| 67 | Spotted Sandpiper | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.1% | 2% | ||
| 68 | Northern Waterthrush | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.1% | 2% | ||
| 69 | Mute Swan | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.1% | 4% | ||
| 70 | Short-billed Dowitcher | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1.1% | 3% | ||
| 71 | Fish Crow | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.1% | 2% | ||
| 72 | Ovenbird | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.1% | 7% | ||
| 73 | Boat-tailed Grackle | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1.1% | 8% | ||
| 74 | Solitary Sandpiper | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.1% | 5% | ||
| 75 | American Kestrel | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.1% | 7% | ||
| 76 | Brown Thrasher | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.1% | 20% | ||
| 77 | Caspian Tern | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.1% | 12% | ||
| 78 | Bobolink | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1.1% | 11% | ||
| 79 | Common Nighthawk | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.1% | 16% | ||
| 80 | Hudsonian Whimbrel | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.1% | 17% | ||
| 81 | Prothonotary Warbler | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1.1% | 24% | ||
| 82 | Wilson's Storm-Petrel | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.1% | 9% | ||
| 83 | Roseate Tern | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1.1% | 12% | ||
| 84 | Brown Booby | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.1% | 17% | ||
| 85 | Northern Gannet | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.1% | 71% | ||
| 86 | Great Shearwater | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1.1% | 60% | ||
| 87 | Long-tailed Jaeger | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.1% | 100% | ||