Top Birds at South Mountain Reservation in August
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York City, United States
based on 97 checklists
This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at South Mountain Reservation 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.
| Evidence | Sampling | Score | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Links | Species | Media | Years | Birders | Hits | Frequency | Percentile | |
| 1 | Blue Jay | 0 | 14 | 21 | 75 | 77.3% | 95% | ||
| 2 | American Robin | 0 | 14 | 18 | 60 | 61.9% | 82% | ||
| 3 | Gray Catbird | 0 | 13 | 14 | 56 | 57.7% | 79% | ||
| 4 | Northern Flicker | 0 | 12 | 16 | 55 | 56.7% | 94% | ||
| 5 | American Goldfinch | 2 | 13 | 14 | 53 | 54.6% | 86% | ||
| 6 | Red-bellied Woodpecker | 1 | 13 | 18 | 50 | 51.5% | 88% | ||
| 7 | Eastern Wood-Pewee | 0 | 13 | 18 | 48 | 49.5% | 94% | ||
| 8 | Northern Cardinal | 1 | 10 | 13 | 46 | 47.4% | 76% | ||
| 9 | Mourning Dove | 0 | 12 | 10 | 37 | 38.1% | 60% | ||
| 10 | Great Blue Heron | 5 | 8 | 13 | 37 | 38.1% | 76% | ||
| 11 | White-breasted Nuthatch | 0 | 13 | 14 | 34 | 35.1% | 84% | ||
| 12 | Mallard | 0 | 7 | 11 | 31 | 32.0% | 66% | ||
| 13 | Downy Woodpecker | 1 | 12 | 12 | 31 | 32.0% | 82% | ||
| 14 | Tufted Titmouse | 0 | 13 | 12 | 31 | 32.0% | 86% | ||
| 15 | Carolina Wren | 0 | 7 | 9 | 30 | 30.9% | 74% | ||
| 16 | Chimney Swift | 0 | 8 | 12 | 28 | 28.9% | 83% | ||
| 17 | Barn Swallow | 0 | 6 | 9 | 24 | 24.7% | 58% | ||
| 18 | Wood Duck | 1 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 24.7% | 76% | ||
| 19 | Common Grackle | 1 | 10 | 11 | 22 | 22.7% | 63% | ||
| 20 | Killdeer | 1 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 22.7% | 71% | ||
| 21 | Eastern Kingbird | 0 | 7 | 11 | 21 | 21.6% | 79% | ||
| 22 | Song Sparrow | 0 | 9 | 6 | 20 | 20.6% | 52% | ||
| 23 | American Redstart | 0 | 7 | 9 | 19 | 19.6% | 66% | ||
| 24 | Spotted Sandpiper | 1 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 19.6% | 73% | ||
| 25 | Red-tailed Hawk | 1 | 9 | 11 | 19 | 19.6% | 81% | ||
| 26 | Hairy Woodpecker | 0 | 8 | 13 | 19 | 19.6% | 79% | ||
| 27 | Black-capped Chickadee | 1 | 10 | 9 | 18 | 18.6% | 72% | ||
| 28 | Canada Goose | 1 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 17.5% | 41% | ||
| 29 | House Sparrow | 0 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 16.5% | 28% | ||
| 30 | Turkey Vulture | 0 | 10 | 7 | 16 | 16.5% | 82% | ||
| 31 | Pileated Woodpecker | 0 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 16.5% | 89% | ||
| 32 | Red-eyed Vireo | 1 | 9 | 8 | 15 | 15.5% | 77% | ||
| 33 | Solitary Sandpiper | 2 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 15.5% | 87% | ||
| 34 | Wood Thrush | 2 | 9 | 8 | 14 | 14.4% | 81% | ||
| 35 | European Starling | 0 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 13.4% | 23% | ||
| 36 | Least Sandpiper | 0 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 13.4% | 49% | ||
| 37 | House Wren | 0 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 13.4% | 66% | ||
| 38 | Belted Kingfisher | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 13.4% | 72% | ||
| 39 | Baltimore Oriole | 0 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 11.3% | 62% | ||
| 40 | Double-crested Cormorant | 2 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 10.3% | 23% | ||
| 41 | Northern Mockingbird | 0 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 10.3% | 32% | ||
| 42 | American Crow | 0 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 10.3% | 55% | ||
| 43 | Great Crested Flycatcher | 0 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 10.3% | 71% | ||
| 44 | Black-and-white Warbler | 0 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 9.3% | 52% | ||
| 45 | Tree Swallow | 0 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 9.3% | 55% | ||
| 46 | Lesser Yellowlegs | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 9.3% | 54% | ||
| 47 | Great Egret | 1 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 8.2% | 26% | ||
| 48 | Red-winged Blackbird | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 8.2% | 31% | ||
| 49 | Green Heron | 4 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 8.2% | 51% | ||
| 50 | Ruby-throated Hummingbird | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 8.2% | 60% | ||
| 51 | Northern Yellow Warbler | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7.2% | 39% | ||
| 52 | Cedar Waxwing | 0 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 7.2% | 45% | ||
| 53 | Blue-gray Gnatcatcher | 0 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 7.2% | 61% | ||
| 54 | Pectoral Sandpiper | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 7.2% | 79% | ||
| 55 | Rock Pigeon | 0 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 6.2% | 11% | ||
| 56 | Northern Waterthrush | 2 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 6.2% | 41% | ||
| 57 | Fish Crow | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5.2% | 36% | ||
| 58 | Eastern Towhee | 0 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5.2% | 48% | ||
| 59 | Common Yellowthroat | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4.1% | 20% | ||
| 60 | Chestnut-sided Warbler | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4.1% | 48% | ||
| 61 | Chipping Sparrow | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4.1% | 42% | ||
| 62 | Eastern Phoebe | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4.1% | 53% | ||
| 63 | Northern Rough-winged Swallow | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4.1% | 73% | ||
| 64 | House Finch | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3.1% | 13% | ||
| 65 | Ovenbird | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3.1% | 38% | ||
| 66 | Veery | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3.1% | 44% | ||
| 67 | Bald Eagle | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3.1% | 36% | ||
| 68 | Least Flycatcher | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3.1% | 54% | ||
| 69 | Louisiana Waterthrush | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3.1% | 67% | ||
| 70 | Osprey | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2.1% | 5% | ||
| 71 | American Black Duck | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2.1% | 13% | ||
| 72 | Warbling Vireo | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2.1% | 13% | ||
| 73 | Brown-headed Cowbird | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2.1% | 15% | ||
| 74 | Indigo Bunting | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2.1% | 29% | ||
| 75 | Yellow-billed Cuckoo | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2.1% | 40% | ||
| 76 | Common Nighthawk | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2.1% | 34% | ||
| 77 | Rose-breasted Grosbeak | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2.1% | 39% | ||
| 78 | Yellow-throated Vireo | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2.1% | 69% | ||
| 79 | American Herring Gull | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.0% | 1% | ||
| 80 | Black-crowned Night-Heron | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.0% | 2% | ||
| 81 | Canada Warbler | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.0% | 6% | ||
| 82 | Common Raven | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.0% | 5% | ||
| 83 | Purple Martin | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.0% | 10% | ||
| 84 | Magnolia Warbler | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.0% | 9% | ||
| 85 | Cooper's Hawk | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.0% | 6% | ||
| 86 | Northern Parula | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.0% | 12% | ||
| 87 | White-eyed Vireo | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.0% | 10% | ||
| 88 | Red-breasted Nuthatch | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.0% | 11% | ||
| 89 | Wild Turkey | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.0% | 10% | ||
| 90 | Scarlet Tanager | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.0% | 17% | ||
| 91 | Swamp Sparrow | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.0% | 20% | ||
| 92 | Worm-eating Warbler | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.0% | 19% | ||
| 93 | Black-throated Green Warbler | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.0% | 18% | ||
| 94 | Red-shouldered Hawk | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.0% | 16% | ||
| 95 | Cliff Swallow | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.0% | 22% | ||
| 96 | Broad-winged Hawk | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.0% | 20% | ||