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Top Birds at Essex County Riverfront Park in Newark in August
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York City, United States

based on 53 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Essex County Riverfront Park in Newark 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   House Sparrow 0 6 15 44 83.0% 97%
2   Double-crested Cormorant 2 6 14 44 83.0% 93%
3   Ring-billed Gull 0 6 13 43 81.1% 96%
4   Great Blue Heron 2 6 14 43 81.1% 98%
5   European Starling 0 6 16 42 79.2% 97%
6   American Robin 0 6 13 41 77.4% 90%
7   American Herring Gull 0 6 12 41 77.4% 92%
8   Rock Pigeon 1 6 13 41 77.4% 95%
9   Common Grackle 0 6 12 40 75.5% 99%
10   Mourning Dove 0 5 13 38 71.7% 91%
11   Barn Swallow 0 6 11 35 66.0% 94%
12   Mallard 0 6 11 32 60.4% 83%
13   Killdeer 0 6 11 32 60.4% 95%
14   Northern Mockingbird 0 5 11 30 56.6% 87%
15   Semipalmated Sandpiper 2 6 9 30 56.6% 87%
16   Gray Catbird 0 5 10 26 49.1% 69%
17   Semipalmated Plover 4 6 9 25 47.2% 81%
18   Eastern Kingbird 0 4 9 25 47.2% 95%
19   Canada Goose 0 4 7 22 41.5% 70%
20   Great Black-backed Gull 2 5 11 21 39.6% 67%
21   Laughing Gull 1 5 9 19 35.8% 55%
22   Osprey 0 5 10 19 35.8% 67%
23   Northern Cardinal 0 3 9 18 34.0% 59%
24   Great Egret 0 5 9 16 30.2% 58%
25   American Goldfinch 0 6 7 15 28.3% 53%
26   Least Sandpiper 1 5 7 14 26.4% 67%
27   Song Sparrow 0 4 6 12 22.6% 51%
28   Northern Flicker 0 5 6 11 20.8% 54%
29   Chimney Swift 1 3 4 11 20.8% 63%
30   Red-winged Blackbird 0 4 8 10 18.9% 58%
31   Downy Woodpecker 0 4 5 9 17.0% 48%
32   Blue Jay 0 3 3 8 15.1% 27%
33   Fish Crow 0 5 7 8 15.1% 70%
34   Belted Kingfisher 1 4 6 8 15.1% 71%
35   Spotted Sandpiper 1 3 3 7 13.2% 55%
36   American Crow 0 4 4 6 11.3% 53%
37   Warbling Vireo 0 3 4 5 9.4% 53%
38   Carolina Wren 0 3 3 4 7.5% 21%
39   Cedar Waxwing 0 2 3 4 7.5% 40%
40   Boat-tailed Grackle 0 3 2 4 7.5% 51%
41   Caspian Tern 3 2 4 4 7.5% 70%
42   Green Heron 0 2 3 3 5.7% 34%
43   Solitary Sandpiper 0 2 2 3 5.7% 51%
44   Bald Eagle 0 2 4 3 5.7% 53%
45   Snowy Egret 0 2 3 2 3.8% 15%
46   Northern Yellow Warbler 0 2 2 2 3.8% 12%
47   Northern Waterthrush 0 2 3 2 3.8% 19%
48   House Finch 0 2 3 2 3.8% 11%
49   Baltimore Oriole 0 2 1 2 3.8% 14%
50   Forster's Tern 0 1 2 2 3.8% 16%
51   American Black Duck 0 1 2 2 3.8% 26%
52   Black-capped Chickadee 0 1 2 2 3.8% 23%
53   American Redstart 0 1 1 1 1.9% 3%
54   Tree Swallow 0 1 1 1 1.9% 3%
55   Black-crowned Night-Heron 0 1 1 1 1.9% 5%
56   Lesser Yellowlegs 0 1 1 1 1.9% 11%
57   Red-tailed Hawk 0 1 1 1 1.9% 4%
58   Tufted Titmouse 0 1 1 1 1.9% 8%
59   Brown-headed Cowbird 0 1 1 1 1.9% 7%
60   American Kestrel 0 1 1 1 1.9% 12%
61   Gadwall 0 1 1 1 1.9% 22%
62   Common Raven 0 1 1 1 1.9% 12%
63   Eastern Phoebe 0 1 2 1 1.9% 15%
64   Brown Thrasher 0 1 1 1 1.9% 28%
65   Indigo Bunting 0 1 1 1 1.9% 17%
66   Common Nighthawk 1 1 1 1 1.9% 23%