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Top Birds at Essex County Riverfront Park in Newark in August
relative to other locations within 25 miles of 40.781243, -73.966507

based on 52 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   Double-crested Cormorant 40.1% 84.6% 44.5%
2   House Sparrow 49.1% 82.7% 33.6%
3   Great Blue Heron 30.2% 82.7% 52.5%
4   Ring-billed Gull 30.8% 80.8% 50.0%
5   European Starling 49.3% 78.8% 29.6%
6   American Robin 56.1% 76.9% 20.8%
7   American Herring Gull 37.7% 76.9% 39.2%
8   Rock Pigeon 35.9% 76.9% 41.0%
9   Common Grackle 28.0% 75.0% 47.0%
10   Mourning Dove 53.4% 71.2% 17.7%
11   Barn Swallow 37.7% 65.4% 27.7%
12   Killdeer 13.4% 61.5% 48.1%
13   Mallard 39.3% 59.6% 20.3%
14   Semipalmated Sandpiper 22.7% 57.7% 35.0%
15   Northern Mockingbird 34.8% 55.8% 20.9%
16   Gray Catbird 54.3% 48.1% 6.2%
17   Semipalmated Plover 20.3% 48.1% 27.8%
18   Eastern Kingbird 15.6% 46.2% 30.6%
19   Canada Goose 39.9% 40.4% 0.5%
20   Great Black-backed Gull 25.2% 40.4% 15.2%
21   Osprey 30.7% 36.5% 5.9%
22   Northern Cardinal 48.1% 34.6% 13.5%
23   Laughing Gull 32.3% 34.6% 2.3%
24   Great Egret 32.7% 30.8% 2.0%
25   American Goldfinch 36.8% 26.9% 9.9%
26   Least Sandpiper 21.0% 26.9% 5.9%
27   Song Sparrow 33.8% 21.2% 12.6%
28   Northern Flicker 26.1% 21.2% 4.9%
29   Chimney Swift 23.8% 21.2% 2.6%
30   Red-winged Blackbird 26.7% 19.2% 7.5%
31   Downy Woodpecker 25.2% 17.3% 7.9%
32   Blue Jay 36.0% 15.4% 20.7%
33   Belted Kingfisher 7.9% 15.4% 7.5%
34   Spotted Sandpiper 15.5% 13.5% 2.1%
35   Fish Crow 8.5% 13.5% 5.0%
36   American Crow 13.7% 11.5% 2.1%
37   Warbling Vireo 9.7% 9.6% 0.1%
38   Carolina Wren 25.8% 7.7% 18.2%
39   Cedar Waxwing 15.5% 7.7% 7.8%
40   Boat-tailed Grackle 4.1% 7.7% 3.6%
41   Caspian Tern 2.3% 7.7% 5.4%
42   Green Heron 10.9% 5.8% 5.2%
43   Solitary Sandpiper 4.0% 5.8% 1.8%
44   Bald Eagle 2.8% 5.8% 2.9%
45   Snowy Egret 21.1% 3.8% 17.2%
46   Yellow Warbler 19.4% 3.8% 15.5%
47   Northern Waterthrush 15.4% 3.8% 11.6%
48   Baltimore Oriole 14.8% 3.8% 11.0%
49   House Finch 14.5% 3.8% 10.6%
50   Forster's Tern 13.2% 3.8% 9.3%
51   Black-capped Chickadee 9.9% 3.8% 6.0%
52   American Black Duck 9.5% 3.8% 5.6%
53   American Redstart 22.5% 1.9% 20.5%
54   Tree Swallow 13.4% 1.9% 11.5%
55   Black-crowned Night-Heron 13.2% 1.9% 11.3%
56   Lesser Yellowlegs 12.7% 1.9% 10.8%
57   Red-tailed Hawk 11.6% 1.9% 9.7%
58   Tufted Titmouse 7.8% 1.9% 5.9%
59   Brown-headed Cowbird 5.5% 1.9% 3.5%
60   American Kestrel 3.8% 1.9% 1.9%
61   Eastern Phoebe 3.8% 1.9% 1.8%
62   Gadwall 3.6% 1.9% 1.7%
63   Common Raven 3.4% 1.9% 1.5%
64   Indigo Bunting 3.1% 1.9% 1.2%
65   Brown Thrasher 2.6% 1.9% 0.7%
66   Common Nighthawk 1.2% 1.9% 0.7%