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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, NY, USA

based on 205 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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Rank Info Pics Species Entire Region This Location Difference
1   Turkey Vulture 5.0% 74.1% 69.1%
2   Black Vulture 1.1% 68.8% 67.7%
3   Blue Jay 35.2% 58.0% 22.8%
4   Osprey 30.6% 58.0% 27.5%
5   Peregrine Falcon 7.4% 56.1% 48.7%
6   Northern Mockingbird 35.9% 53.7% 17.7%
7   Chipping Sparrow 5.0% 47.3% 42.3%
8   Northern Cardinal 47.8% 45.4% 2.4%
9   Chimney Swift 23.7% 45.4% 21.6%
10   American Robin 57.3% 44.4% 12.9%
11   American Goldfinch 37.6% 42.9% 5.3%
12   Tufted Titmouse 8.4% 39.5% 31.1%
13   Red-bellied Woodpecker 19.2% 38.5% 19.3%
14   Bald Eagle 2.3% 38.5% 36.2%
15   Barn Swallow 39.9% 37.1% 2.8%
16   Double-crested Cormorant 41.4% 36.6% 4.8%
17   Common Raven 2.6% 35.6% 33.0%
18   Carolina Wren 24.7% 35.1% 10.4%
19   Great Blue Heron 30.6% 33.2% 2.5%
20   Red-tailed Hawk 11.3% 29.3% 17.9%
21   Northern Flicker 26.0% 28.3% 2.3%
22   White-breasted Nuthatch 9.7% 28.3% 18.6%
23   Mourning Dove 53.8% 27.3% 26.5%
24   Ring-billed Gull 31.8% 26.3% 5.5%
25   Downy Woodpecker 25.2% 24.4% 0.8%
26   Gray Catbird 54.8% 21.0% 33.8%
27   American Redstart 22.0% 21.0% 1.0%
28   Common Grackle 28.3% 19.0% 9.3%
29   Black-and-white Warbler 14.2% 19.0% 4.8%
30   Black-capped Chickadee 11.2% 17.6% 6.4%
31   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 6.7% 16.6% 9.8%
32   Baltimore Oriole 15.1% 15.1% 0.0%
33   Hairy Woodpecker 6.0% 14.1% 8.2%
34   Broad-winged Hawk 0.4% 14.1% 13.7%
35   Eastern Wood-Pewee 9.1% 13.2% 4.1%
36   Red-eyed Vireo 9.6% 12.2% 2.6%
37   Cedar Waxwing 16.8% 11.2% 5.6%
38   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 9.0% 11.2% 2.3%
39   Pileated Woodpecker 1.3% 11.2% 9.9%
40   Tree Swallow 14.1% 10.7% 3.4%
41   Chestnut-sided Warbler 5.0% 10.7% 5.7%
42   Cooper's Hawk 2.2% 10.2% 8.0%
43   Common Yellowthroat 15.2% 9.3% 5.9%
44   Rock Pigeon 35.5% 8.8% 26.7%
45   Canada Goose 41.0% 8.3% 32.7%
46   Red-breasted Nuthatch 2.1% 8.3% 6.2%
47   Great Crested Flycatcher 7.0% 7.8% 0.8%
48   Eastern Kingbird 16.8% 7.3% 9.5%
49   House Finch 15.0% 7.3% 7.6%
50   American Crow 14.5% 7.3% 7.1%
51   Wood Thrush 2.5% 6.8% 4.3%
52   Eastern Phoebe 3.8% 6.3% 2.6%
53   American Kestrel 3.6% 6.3% 2.8%
54   Least Flycatcher 2.0% 6.3% 4.3%
55   Blackburnian Warbler 1.0% 6.3% 5.3%
56   Warbling Vireo 10.0% 5.4% 4.6%
57   Black-throated Green Warbler 1.0% 5.4% 4.3%
58   Yellow Warbler 20.3% 4.9% 15.4%
59   Canada Warbler 5.7% 4.4% 1.3%
60   Blue-winged Warbler 3.9% 4.4% 0.5%
61   Bobolink 2.2% 4.4% 2.2%
62   Herring Gull 39.7% 3.9% 35.8%
63   Indigo Bunting 3.4% 3.9% 0.5%
64   Red-shouldered Hawk 0.6% 3.9% 3.3%
65   House Sparrow 50.2% 3.4% 46.8%
66   Song Sparrow 35.2% 3.4% 31.7%
67   Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1.3% 3.4% 2.1%
68   Mallard 41.0% 2.9% 38.1%
69   Red-winged Blackbird 28.6% 2.9% 25.7%
70   Scarlet Tanager 1.7% 2.9% 1.3%
71   Willow Flycatcher 4.7% 2.4% 2.3%
72   Veery 2.6% 2.4% 0.2%
73   Northern Parula 1.8% 2.4% 0.6%
74   Eastern Towhee 7.1% 2.0% 5.1%
75   Magnolia Warbler 2.9% 2.0% 0.9%
76   Great Black-backed Gull 27.1% 1.5% 25.7%
77   Belted Kingfisher 8.4% 1.5% 6.9%
78   Black-throated Blue Warbler 2.1% 1.5% 0.6%
79   Nashville Warbler 0.4% 1.5% 1.1%
80   Pine Warbler 0.3% 1.5% 1.2%
81   European Starling 51.4% 1.0% 50.4%
82   House Wren 11.4% 1.0% 10.4%
83   Fish Crow 9.0% 1.0% 8.0%
84   Brown-headed Cowbird 6.0% 1.0% 5.0%
85   Bank Swallow 3.1% 1.0% 2.1%
86   Common Nighthawk 1.3% 1.0% 0.3%
87   Cape May Warbler 1.2% 1.0% 0.2%
88   Prairie Warbler 1.1% 1.0% 0.1%
89   Orchard Oriole 1.0% 1.0% 0.0%
90   Merlin 0.5% 1.0% 0.4%
91   Sharp-shinned Hawk 0.2% 1.0% 0.8%
92   Spotted Sandpiper 17.1% 0.5% 16.6%
93   Black-crowned Night-Heron 14.6% 0.5% 14.1%
94   Ovenbird 4.2% 0.5% 3.8%
95   Worm-eating Warbler 1.3% 0.5% 0.9%
96   Northern Harrier 0.9% 0.5% 0.4%
97   Tennessee Warbler 0.8% 0.5% 0.3%
98   Eastern Bluebird 0.6% 0.5% 0.1%
99   Great Horned Owl 0.5% 0.5% 0.0%
100   Swainson's Thrush 0.3% 0.5% 0.2%
101   Golden-winged Warbler 0.3% 0.5% 0.2%
102   Yellow-rumped Warbler 0.2% 0.5% 0.2%
103   Dickcissel 0.2% 0.5% 0.3%
104   Bay-breasted Warbler 0.1% 0.5% 0.3%
105   Hermit Thrush 0.0% 0.5% 0.4%
106   Brown Creeper 0.0% 0.5% 0.5%