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Top Birds at Fort Tilden in August
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York City, United States

based on 103 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Fort Tilden 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   American Oystercatcher 6 15 63 69 67.0% 92%
2   Great Black-backed Gull 2 17 59 66 64.1% 88%
3   American Herring Gull 3 17 56 64 62.1% 85%
4   Laughing Gull 3 17 54 62 60.2% 81%
5   Sanderling 7 15 57 59 57.3% 94%
6   Common Tern 2 16 52 57 55.3% 85%
7   Barn Swallow 1 17 44 54 52.4% 88%
8   Osprey 3 11 50 54 52.4% 83%
9   Double-crested Cormorant 2 13 48 51 49.5% 76%
10   Ring-billed Gull 3 16 45 50 48.5% 79%
11   Ruddy Turnstone 6 12 45 44 42.7% 87%
12   Rock Pigeon 0 14 34 41 39.8% 70%
13   Gray Catbird 1 16 30 40 38.8% 58%
14   Northern Mockingbird 2 14 30 40 38.8% 77%
15   Mourning Dove 2 15 30 39 37.9% 60%
16   European Starling 0 16 27 39 37.9% 67%
17   American Robin 1 14 26 34 33.0% 54%
18   Semipalmated Plover 3 13 30 31 30.1% 71%
19   Eastern Towhee 1 12 24 31 30.1% 89%
20   Song Sparrow 1 14 22 29 28.2% 61%
21   Tree Swallow 3 11 22 29 28.2% 84%
22   Cedar Waxwing 1 12 21 28 27.2% 88%
23   House Sparrow 0 14 20 27 26.2% 39%
24   Northern Cardinal 1 11 20 26 25.2% 46%
25   House Finch 2 11 21 26 25.2% 86%
26   Chimney Swift 1 10 23 25 24.3% 73%
27   Northern Flicker 1 10 18 24 23.3% 63%
28   Carolina Wren 0 11 18 23 22.3% 61%
29   Killdeer 2 11 20 23 22.3% 71%
30   Black-bellied Plover 4 7 21 22 21.4% 77%
31   Willet 3 11 24 22 21.4% 82%
32   Red-winged Blackbird 1 12 18 21 20.4% 62%
33   Northern Yellow Warbler 1 8 17 20 19.4% 74%
34   Eastern Kingbird 3 10 14 20 19.4% 75%
35   American Goldfinch 1 8 17 19 18.4% 44%
36   Semipalmated Sandpiper 1 8 20 19 18.4% 57%
37   Black Skimmer 1 8 17 16 15.5% 72%
38   Least Tern 0 7 14 15 14.6% 73%
39   Common Grackle 0 8 12 14 13.6% 44%
40   American Redstart 0 7 12 14 13.6% 53%
41   Common Yellowthroat 2 7 11 13 12.6% 64%
42   American Crow 0 7 8 13 12.6% 65%
43   Baltimore Oriole 1 7 11 12 11.7% 63%
44   House Wren 0 4 9 11 10.7% 58%
45   Brown-headed Cowbird 0 9 9 11 10.7% 78%
46   Piping Plover 2 6 12 11 10.7% 58%
47   Downy Woodpecker 0 6 6 9 8.7% 33%
48   Northern Waterthrush 0 6 7 9 8.7% 53%
49   Forster's Tern 0 7 10 9 8.7% 48%
50   White-eyed Vireo 0 6 7 9 8.7% 74%
51   Canada Goose 0 7 5 7 6.8% 19%
52   Least Sandpiper 0 6 7 7 6.8% 31%
53   Common Raven 1 3 6 7 6.8% 69%
54   Royal Tern 2 4 7 7 6.8% 48%
55   Brown Thrasher 0 5 6 7 6.8% 72%
56   Lesser Black-backed Gull 3 5 7 7 6.8% 71%
57   Black-and-white Warbler 0 5 5 6 5.8% 34%
58   Black-capped Chickadee 0 4 4 6 5.8% 39%
59   Great Crested Flycatcher 2 5 5 6 5.8% 49%
60   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 0 4 6 6 5.8% 55%
61   Bank Swallow 0 4 5 6 5.8% 66%
62   Bobolink 0 4 5 6 5.8% 70%
63   Willow Flycatcher 0 3 5 4 3.9% 44%
64   Purple Martin 0 4 3 4 3.9% 45%
65   Blue Jay 0 3 3 3 2.9% 4%
66   Black-crowned Night-Heron 1 3 4 3 2.9% 21%
67   Red-eyed Vireo 0 1 2 3 2.9% 20%
68   Least Flycatcher 1 2 4 3 2.9% 52%
69   Yellow-billed Cuckoo 0 3 3 3 2.9% 57%
70   Prairie Warbler 0 3 3 3 2.9% 63%
71   Black Scoter 0 3 3 3 2.9% 45%
72   Red-bellied Woodpecker 0 2 2 2 1.9% 8%
73   Spotted Sandpiper 0 2 2 2 1.9% 5%
74   American Black Duck 0 2 2 2 1.9% 13%
75   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 0 1 2 2 1.9% 14%
76   Peregrine Falcon 1 2 2 2 1.9% 20%
77   Canada Warbler 0 2 3 2 1.9% 20%
78   Boat-tailed Grackle 1 2 2 2 1.9% 20%
79   White-rumped Sandpiper 0 2 2 2 1.9% 29%
80   Eastern Phoebe 1 2 2 2 1.9% 23%
81   Cooper's Hawk 1 2 2 2 1.9% 26%
82   Indigo Bunting 0 2 2 2 1.9% 28%
83   Red Knot 2 1 2 2 1.9% 36%
84   Black Tern 0 2 2 2 1.9% 50%
85   Savannah Sparrow 0 2 3 2 1.9% 53%
86   Merlin 0 2 2 2 1.9% 55%
87   Buff-breasted Sandpiper 2 2 2 2 1.9% 58%
88   Great Egret 0 1 1 1 1.0% 1%
89   Green Heron 0 1 1 1 1.0% 3%
90   Eastern Wood-Pewee 0 1 1 1 1.0% 1%
91   Tufted Titmouse 0 1 1 1 1.0% 4%
92   Hairy Woodpecker 0 1 1 1 1.0% 5%
93   Turkey Vulture 0 1 1 1 1.0% 3%
94   Ovenbird 0 1 1 1 1.0% 4%
95   Little Blue Heron 0 1 1 1 1.0% 6%
96   Blue-winged Warbler 0 1 1 1 1.0% 10%
97   Magnolia Warbler 0 1 1 1 1.0% 7%
98   Veery 0 1 1 1 1.0% 7%
99   Black-throated Blue Warbler 0 1 2 1 1.0% 9%
100   Northern Parula 0 1 2 1 1.0% 11%
101   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 0 1 1 1 1.0% 11%
102   Field Sparrow 0 1 1 1 1.0% 19%
103   Cape May Warbler 0 1 1 1 1.0% 15%
104   Swamp Sparrow 0 1 1 1 1.0% 18%
105   Worm-eating Warbler 0 1 1 1 1.0% 14%
106   Seaside Sparrow 0 1 1 1 1.0% 20%
107   Orchard Oriole 1 1 1 1 1.0% 20%
108   Northern Harrier 0 1 1 1 1.0% 18%
109   Marbled Godwit 0 1 1 1 1.0% 15%
110   Cliff Swallow 0 1 1 1 1.0% 21%
111   Hudsonian Whimbrel 0 1 1 1 1.0% 12%
112   Common Loon 0 1 1 1 1.0% 16%
113   Nashville Warbler 0 1 1 1 1.0% 21%
114   Lark Sparrow 0 1 1 1 1.0% 40%
115   Yellow-breasted Chat 0 1 1 1 1.0% 42%
116   Brown Pelican 0 1 1 1 1.0% 18%
117   Wilson's Storm-Petrel 0 1 1 1 1.0% 5%
118   Northern Bobwhite 0 1 1 1 1.0% 0%
119   Northern Gannet 0 1 1 1 1.0% 57%