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Top Birds at Flushing Meadows Corona Park in August
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA

based on 39 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Flushing Meadows Corona 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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Rank Info Pics Species Entire Region This Location Difference
1   European Starling 51.1% 61.5% 10.4%
2   House Sparrow 50.0% 59.0% 9.0%
3   Rock Pigeon 35.4% 59.0% 23.6%
4   Mourning Dove 53.7% 48.7% 5.0%
5   Mallard 40.8% 46.2% 5.3%
6   Double-crested Cormorant 41.3% 43.6% 2.3%
7   Ring-billed Gull 31.8% 43.6% 11.8%
8   Red-winged Blackbird 28.5% 41.0% 12.6%
9   Least Sandpiper 22.0% 41.0% 19.0%
10   Laughing Gull 32.0% 38.5% 6.4%
11   American Robin 57.2% 35.9% 21.4%
12   Canada Goose 40.8% 35.9% 4.9%
13   Barn Swallow 39.9% 30.8% 9.1%
14   Herring Gull 39.5% 30.8% 8.7%
15   Great Egret 34.5% 28.2% 6.3%
16   Lesser Yellowlegs 13.9% 23.1% 9.2%
17   Northern Mockingbird 36.0% 20.5% 15.5%
18   Semipalmated Sandpiper 24.2% 20.5% 3.6%
19   Forster's Tern 13.2% 20.5% 7.3%
20   American Goldfinch 37.7% 17.9% 19.7%
21   Great Blue Heron 30.7% 17.9% 12.7%
22   Great Black-backed Gull 27.0% 17.9% 9.1%
23   Chimney Swift 23.8% 17.9% 5.9%
24   Eastern Kingbird 16.7% 17.9% 1.2%
25   Song Sparrow 35.0% 15.4% 19.6%
26   Common Grackle 28.2% 15.4% 12.9%
27   Snowy Egret 22.5% 12.8% 9.7%
28   Yellow Warbler 20.2% 12.8% 7.4%
29   Spotted Sandpiper 17.0% 12.8% 4.2%
30   Cedar Waxwing 16.8% 12.8% 4.0%
31   Common Tern 16.4% 12.8% 3.6%
32   American Black Duck 10.0% 12.8% 2.8%
33   Gray Catbird 54.7% 10.3% 44.4%
34   Northern Cardinal 47.8% 10.3% 37.5%
35   House Finch 14.9% 10.3% 4.7%
36   American Crow 14.4% 10.3% 4.2%
37   Tree Swallow 14.1% 10.3% 3.9%
38   Red-tailed Hawk 11.4% 10.3% 1.2%
39   Blue Jay 35.4% 7.7% 27.7%
40   Osprey 30.7% 7.7% 23.0%
41   Downy Woodpecker 25.2% 7.7% 17.6%
42   Black-crowned Night-Heron 14.6% 7.7% 6.9%
43   Mute Swan 14.5% 7.7% 6.8%
44   Green Heron 11.9% 7.7% 4.2%
45   Brown-headed Cowbird 5.9% 7.7% 1.7%
46   Brant 0.8% 7.7% 6.9%
47   Carolina Wren 24.7% 5.1% 19.6%
48   American Redstart 22.0% 5.1% 16.9%
49   Greater Yellowlegs 15.9% 5.1% 10.7%
50   Killdeer 14.2% 5.1% 9.0%
51   Warbling Vireo 10.0% 5.1% 4.8%
52   Belted Kingfisher 8.4% 5.1% 3.3%
53   Sanderling 5.3% 5.1% 0.2%
54   American Kestrel 3.6% 5.1% 1.5%
55   Bank Swallow 3.1% 5.1% 2.1%
56   Caspian Tern 1.9% 5.1% 3.3%
57   Baird's Sandpiper 0.7% 5.1% 4.4%
58   Northern Flicker 26.0% 2.6% 23.4%
59   Semipalmated Plover 21.1% 2.6% 18.6%
60   Common Yellowthroat 15.2% 2.6% 12.6%
61   Baltimore Oriole 15.1% 2.6% 12.6%
62   Short-billed Dowitcher 10.4% 2.6% 7.8%
63   Wood Duck 9.3% 2.6% 6.8%
64   Fish Crow 9.0% 2.6% 6.4%
65   Black Skimmer 5.8% 2.6% 3.2%
66   Marsh Wren 5.6% 2.6% 3.1%
67   Ruddy Turnstone 5.5% 2.6% 2.9%
68   Little Blue Heron 4.2% 2.6% 1.7%
69   White-rumped Sandpiper 4.0% 2.6% 1.5%
70   Ruddy Duck 2.4% 2.6% 0.2%
71   Northern Shoveler 1.3% 2.6% 1.2%
72   Louisiana Waterthrush 1.1% 2.6% 1.5%
73   Pied-billed Grebe 1.0% 2.6% 1.6%
74   Black Tern 0.8% 2.6% 1.8%
75   Ring-necked Pheasant 0.4% 2.6% 2.2%
76   Budgerigar 0.1% 2.6% 2.5%