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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, NY, USA

based on 29 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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Rank Info Pics Species Entire Region This Location Difference
1   Great Blue Heron 30.6% 93.1% 62.5%
2   Double-crested Cormorant 41.3% 86.2% 44.9%
3   House Sparrow 50.0% 82.8% 32.8%
4   Rock Pigeon 35.4% 79.3% 43.9%
5   Ring-billed Gull 31.8% 79.3% 47.5%
6   American Robin 57.2% 75.9% 18.6%
7   European Starling 51.1% 75.9% 24.8%
8   Common Grackle 28.2% 75.9% 47.7%
9   Mourning Dove 53.7% 72.4% 18.7%
10   Herring Gull 39.5% 72.4% 32.9%
11   Barn Swallow 39.9% 65.5% 25.7%
12   Northern Mockingbird 36.0% 65.5% 29.5%
13   Killdeer 14.1% 62.1% 47.9%
14   Semipalmated Sandpiper 24.1% 58.6% 34.5%
15   Gray Catbird 54.7% 55.2% 0.5%
16   Mallard 40.8% 55.2% 14.4%
17   Canada Goose 40.8% 55.2% 14.4%
18   Great Black-backed Gull 27.0% 55.2% 28.2%
19   Eastern Kingbird 16.7% 51.7% 35.0%
20   Semipalmated Plover 21.1% 48.3% 27.2%
21   Northern Cardinal 47.8% 41.4% 6.4%
22   Osprey 30.7% 34.5% 3.8%
23   Least Sandpiper 22.0% 34.5% 12.5%
24   American Goldfinch 37.6% 31.0% 6.6%
25   Laughing Gull 32.0% 24.1% 7.9%
26   Northern Flicker 26.0% 24.1% 1.8%
27   Chimney Swift 23.8% 24.1% 0.3%
28   Song Sparrow 35.0% 20.7% 14.3%
29   Great Egret 34.5% 20.7% 13.9%
30   Red-winged Blackbird 28.5% 20.7% 7.8%
31   Downy Woodpecker 25.2% 17.2% 8.0%
32   Spotted Sandpiper 17.0% 17.2% 0.2%
33   Belted Kingfisher 8.4% 17.2% 8.9%
34   Warbling Vireo 10.0% 13.8% 3.8%
35   Cedar Waxwing 16.8% 10.3% 6.5%
36   American Crow 14.4% 10.3% 4.1%
37   Green Heron 11.9% 10.3% 1.5%
38   Fish Crow 9.0% 10.3% 1.4%
39   Solitary Sandpiper 3.7% 10.3% 6.7%
40   Yellow Warbler 20.2% 6.9% 13.3%
41   Black-capped Chickadee 11.2% 6.9% 4.3%
42   American Black Duck 10.1% 6.9% 3.2%
43   Boat-tailed Grackle 4.3% 6.9% 2.6%
44   Blue Jay 35.4% 3.4% 31.9%
45   Carolina Wren 24.7% 3.4% 21.3%
46   Snowy Egret 22.5% 3.4% 19.1%
47   American Redstart 22.0% 3.4% 18.5%
48   Baltimore Oriole 15.1% 3.4% 11.7%
49   House Finch 14.9% 3.4% 11.5%
50   Red-tailed Hawk 11.4% 3.4% 8.0%
51   Brown-headed Cowbird 5.9% 3.4% 2.5%
52   American Kestrel 3.6% 3.4% 0.2%
53   Indigo Bunting 3.4% 3.4% 0.1%
54   Brown Thrasher 3.1% 3.4% 0.3%
55   Common Raven 2.8% 3.4% 0.7%
56   Bald Eagle 2.5% 3.4% 1.0%
57   Caspian Tern 1.9% 3.4% 1.6%