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Top Birds at Palisades Park IBA--State Line Lookout in August
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York City, United States

based on 275 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Palisades Park IBA--State Line Lookout 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   Turkey Vulture 20 14 60 203 73.8% 100%
2   Black Vulture 15 13 59 186 67.6% 100%
3   Blue Jay 1 13 39 168 61.1% 89%
4   Osprey 20 14 40 168 61.1% 91%
5   Peregrine Falcon 32 10 48 156 56.7% 99%
6   Northern Cardinal 0 10 37 134 48.7% 79%
7   Chipping Sparrow 6 11 30 129 46.9% 99%
8   Chimney Swift 1 9 37 126 45.8% 94%
9   American Goldfinch 1 11 40 123 44.7% 80%
10   Northern Mockingbird 3 13 34 115 41.8% 84%
11   Bald Eagle 16 11 35 114 41.5% 100%
12   American Robin 0 12 28 112 40.7% 66%
13   Common Raven 7 10 29 112 40.7% 100%
14   Tufted Titmouse 2 10 26 107 38.9% 91%
15   Red-bellied Woodpecker 0 9 26 105 38.2% 82%
16   Carolina Wren 1 9 26 103 37.5% 85%
17   Barn Swallow 0 10 20 100 36.4% 78%
18   Double-crested Cormorant 0 8 20 95 34.5% 64%
19   Northern Flicker 2 10 19 87 31.6% 80%
20   Red-tailed Hawk 10 12 27 84 30.5% 96%
21   Great Blue Heron 0 8 20 80 29.1% 71%
22   White-breasted Nuthatch 1 10 31 79 28.7% 82%
23   Mourning Dove 1 9 24 72 26.2% 50%
24   Ring-billed Gull 0 8 12 70 25.5% 59%
25   Downy Woodpecker 2 10 18 63 22.9% 71%
26   American Redstart 0 8 18 57 20.7% 74%
27   Gray Catbird 0 9 17 55 20.0% 39%
28   Black-capped Chickadee 0 11 19 53 19.3% 75%
29   Common Grackle 0 9 16 48 17.5% 59%
30   Eastern Wood-Pewee 1 8 17 48 17.5% 75%
31   Black-and-white Warbler 4 8 13 47 17.1% 77%
32   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 0 7 14 44 16.0% 90%
33   Hairy Woodpecker 0 10 16 40 14.5% 76%
34   Baltimore Oriole 0 8 17 39 14.2% 73%
35   Broad-winged Hawk 7 8 9 37 13.5% 100%
36   Cooper's Hawk 2 7 11 33 12.0% 93%
37   Pileated Woodpecker 1 6 13 33 12.0% 81%
38   Cedar Waxwing 0 8 9 30 10.9% 66%
39   Red-eyed Vireo 0 7 13 30 10.9% 72%
40   Chestnut-sided Warbler 1 6 10 27 9.8% 80%
41   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 0 8 9 26 9.5% 71%
42   Rock Pigeon 1 8 9 25 9.1% 23%
43   House Finch 0 6 8 23 8.4% 58%
44   Tree Swallow 0 8 4 23 8.4% 58%
45   American Crow 0 8 14 23 8.4% 54%
46   Canada Goose 0 7 6 21 7.6% 25%
47   Common Yellowthroat 0 5 12 21 7.6% 52%
48   Great Crested Flycatcher 3 8 9 18 6.5% 62%
49   Eastern Phoebe 1 5 6 18 6.5% 74%
50   Eastern Kingbird 1 8 9 17 6.2% 43%
51   Red-breasted Nuthatch 4 3 8 17 6.2% 83%
52   American Kestrel 2 6 8 16 5.8% 67%
53   Wood Thrush 2 7 7 16 5.8% 59%
54   Blackburnian Warbler 1 4 6 15 5.5% 80%
55   Black-throated Green Warbler 0 6 7 15 5.5% 89%
56   Warbling Vireo 1 7 4 13 4.7% 45%
57   Least Flycatcher 2 3 6 13 4.7% 78%
58   Song Sparrow 0 6 13 12 4.4% 14%
59   Northern Yellow Warbler 0 4 10 12 4.4% 30%
60   House Sparrow 0 5 9 11 4.0% 5%
61   American Herring Gull 0 5 6 11 4.0% 13%
62   Bobolink 0 5 3 11 4.0% 66%
63   Red-shouldered Hawk 2 5 5 11 4.0% 79%
64   Canada Warbler 1 5 6 10 3.6% 51%
65   Blue-winged Warbler 0 3 6 9 3.3% 61%
66   Mallard 0 4 5 8 2.9% 11%
67   Indigo Bunting 1 4 4 8 2.9% 48%
68   Wild Turkey 2 1 5 8 2.9% 34%
69   Red-winged Blackbird 0 4 5 7 2.5% 11%
70   Northern Parula 0 5 6 7 2.5% 56%
71   Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1 2 3 7 2.5% 66%
72   House Wren 0 3 5 6 2.2% 17%
73   Veery 0 4 5 6 2.2% 43%
74   Cape May Warbler 0 2 5 6 2.2% 49%
75   Scarlet Tanager 1 3 4 6 2.2% 54%
76   Willow Flycatcher 0 2 2 5 1.8% 27%
77   Magnolia Warbler 0 4 4 5 1.8% 31%
78   Black-throated Blue Warbler 1 3 3 5 1.8% 36%
79   Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 2 3 5 1.8% 86%
80   Great Black-backed Gull 0 4 4 4 1.5% 5%
81   Eastern Towhee 0 2 4 4 1.5% 26%
82   Common Nighthawk 0 4 4 4 1.5% 34%
83   Fish Crow 0 3 3 3 1.1% 8%
84   Belted Kingfisher 0 3 2 3 1.1% 5%
85   Tennessee Warbler 0 2 3 3 1.1% 44%
86   Nashville Warbler 1 1 3 3 1.1% 49%
87   Pine Warbler 0 2 1 3 1.1% 52%
88   European Starling 0 2 2 2 0.7% 0%
89   Brown-headed Cowbird 0 1 2 2 0.7% 2%
90   Bank Swallow 0 2 2 2 0.7% 9%
91   Prairie Warbler 0 1 1 2 0.7% 11%
92   Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 0 1 2 2 0.7% 23%
93   Orchard Oriole 0 2 2 2 0.7% 24%
94   Merlin 0 1 2 2 0.7% 37%
95   Great Egret 0 1 1 1 0.4% 0%
96   Spotted Sandpiper 0 1 1 1 0.4% 0%
97   Northern Waterthrush 0 1 1 1 0.4% 0%
98   Black-crowned Night-Heron 0 1 1 1 0.4% 0%
99   Ovenbird 0 1 1 1 0.4% 1%
100   Field Sparrow 0 1 1 1 0.4% 7%
101   Worm-eating Warbler 0 1 1 1 0.4% 4%
102   Northern Harrier 0 1 1 1 0.4% 2%
103   Great Horned Owl 0 1 1 1 0.4% 8%
104   Eastern Bluebird 0 1 1 1 0.4% 9%
105   Swainson's Thrush 0 1 1 1 0.4% 17%
106   Golden-winged Warbler 0 1 1 1 0.4% 13%
107   Dickcissel 0 1 1 1 0.4% 12%
108   Bay-breasted Warbler 0 1 1 1 0.4% 11%
109   Hermit Thrush 0 1 1 1 0.4% 43%
110   Brown Creeper 0 1 1 1 0.4% 15%