Bird Finder

Top Birds at Great Swamp NWR in July
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York City, United States

based on 189 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Great Swamp NWR in July. 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 Relative Rank
1   Gray Catbird 3 23 81 149 78.8% +27.5% 42 / 977
2   American Robin 0 22 78 140 74.1% +10.7% 136 / 1188
3   Red-winged Blackbird 2 22 75 136 72.0% +21.0% 81 / 852
4   Song Sparrow 0 22 54 123 65.1% +16.4% 114 / 892
5   Swamp Sparrow 3 22 66 122 64.6% +62.4% 3 / 128
6   American Goldfinch 0 22 67 121 64.0% +33.4% 36 / 740
7   Common Yellowthroat 1 22 56 120 63.5% +46.3% 12 / 440
8   Mourning Dove 0 21 54 115 60.8% +9.2% 133 / 1132
9   Eastern Bluebird 1 20 50 106 56.1% +55.8% 1 / 44
10   Eastern Wood-Pewee 1 21 61 105 55.6% +51.9% 5 / 265
11   Barn Swallow 1 23 46 100 52.9% +4.3% 183 / 923
12   Northern Yellow Warbler 0 22 48 100 52.9% +29.5% 30 / 541
13   Tree Swallow 0 22 44 100 52.9% +30.7% 16 / 519
14   Eastern Towhee 1 20 45 100 52.9% +43.9% 19 / 254
15   Common Grackle 0 19 59 99 52.4% +17.2% 84 / 936
16   Northern Flicker 0 22 42 98 51.9% +31.5% 46 / 686
17   Great Blue Heron 0 21 51 93 49.2% +21.2% 68 / 685
18   Blue Jay 0 21 45 92 48.7% +20.8% 157 / 849
19   Field Sparrow 0 18 36 91 48.1% +46.4% 2 / 91
20   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1 21 59 87 46.0% +44.3% 1 / 184
21   Northern Cardinal 0 19 44 86 45.5% -1.1% 237 / 1002
22   Downy Woodpecker 0 19 56 84 44.4% +22.7% 48 / 733
23   Eastern Kingbird 0 20 44 83 43.9% +28.8% 30 / 528
24   Red-bellied Woodpecker 0 19 40 83 43.9% +29.9% 56 / 531
25   Eastern Phoebe 2 20 41 83 43.9% +42.3% 1 / 189
26   Tufted Titmouse 0 21 41 78 41.3% +35.2% 24 / 348
27   White-breasted Nuthatch 0 20 44 77 40.7% +34.8% 29 / 332
28   Willow Flycatcher 0 19 37 76 40.2% +28.4% 22 / 297
29   Red-eyed Vireo 0 19 52 74 39.2% +33.8% 27 / 298
30   Great Crested Flycatcher 2 18 52 74 39.2% +33.9% 10 / 295
31   Veery 3 20 48 73 38.6% +38.4% 1 / 40
32   House Wren 0 17 45 72 38.1% +21.9% 61 / 532
33   Turkey Vulture 0 19 49 70 37.0% +32.3% 10 / 403
34   Marsh Wren 1 20 35 68 36.0% +23.3% 52 / 204
35   Chipping Sparrow 0 18 34 68 36.0% +30.1% 31 / 329
36   Wood Thrush 0 20 52 68 36.0% +30.9% 39 / 234
37   European Starling 0 18 27 66 34.9% -19.4% 464 / 1135
38   Cedar Waxwing 0 19 37 65 34.4% +13.3% 60 / 642
39   Purple Martin 1 16 39 65 34.4% +29.5% 16 / 169
40   Wood Duck 3 18 27 64 33.9% +26.4% 34 / 247
41   American Crow 0 16 26 62 32.8% +19.4% 39 / 728
42   Yellow-throated Vireo 1 18 38 62 32.8% +32.5% 1 / 29
43   Green Heron 0 15 20 61 32.3% +23.6% 29 / 341
44   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 2 17 31 61 32.3% +28.8% 6 / 230
45   Carolina Wren 0 15 26 59 31.2% +10.8% 139 / 723
46   Red-tailed Hawk 1 17 29 54 28.6% +19.6% 42 / 571
47   Black-capped Chickadee 0 18 29 48 25.4% +18.7% 60 / 354
48   Canada Goose 0 16 27 46 24.3% -14.9% 377 / 789
49   Brown-headed Cowbird 0 16 27 46 24.3% +15.4% 36 / 480
50   Indigo Bunting 0 16 26 43 22.8% +17.7% 45 / 237
51   Baltimore Oriole 0 13 13 42 22.2% +15.2% 30 / 415
52   House Sparrow 0 15 25 41 21.7% -35.1% 900 / 1232
53   Northern Mockingbird 1 16 31 40 21.2% -20.4% 455 / 952
54   Brown Thrasher 0 13 19 37 19.6% +15.6% 17 / 162
55   Double-crested Cormorant 1 14 20 33 17.5% -27.2% 542 / 867
56   Chimney Swift 0 15 19 33 17.5% -5.3% 318 / 860
57   Warbling Vireo 0 15 13 32 16.9% +4.0% 143 / 467
58   Wild Turkey 0 13 16 32 16.9% +15.4% 15 / 110
59   Mallard 0 12 16 30 15.9% -22.3% 378 / 730
60   Hairy Woodpecker 1 13 21 30 15.9% +11.6% 63 / 312
61   Great Egret 0 14 18 28 14.8% -25.1% 428 / 714
62   Ovenbird 0 11 11 28 14.8% +14.7% 1 / 40
63   Black Vulture 1 12 10 27 14.3% +13.3% 7 / 141
64   Black-and-white Warbler 0 10 22 27 14.3% +13.9% 1 / 63
65   Scarlet Tanager 2 15 17 26 13.8% +13.0% 18 / 104
66   House Finch 0 14 16 24 12.7% -4.5% 257 / 704
67   American Redstart 0 10 14 22 11.6% +9.1% 29 / 205
68   Orchard Oriole 0 10 11 20 10.6% +7.9% 34 / 192
69   Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1 10 13 20 10.6% +9.2% 13 / 114
70   Cooper's Hawk 0 12 14 19 10.1% +9.1% 10 / 139
71   Barred Owl 3 9 16 18 9.5% +9.4% 3 / 16
72   Blue-winged Warbler 0 8 6 18 9.5% +9.5% 2 / 23
73   Pileated Woodpecker 0 10 12 17 9.0% +8.2% 25 / 110
74   Rock Pigeon 0 8 6 13 6.9% -29.4% 837 / 998
75   Acadian Flycatcher 0 8 13 13 6.9% +6.7% 3 / 17
76   Red-shouldered Hawk 0 5 7 11 5.8% +5.4% 8 / 41
77   American Kestrel 0 7 16 10 5.3% +3.0% 77 / 238
78   Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1 5 9 10 5.3% +4.9% 21 / 78
79   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 0 6 9 9 4.8% -1.4% 194 / 367
80   Killdeer 0 7 7 8 4.2% -15.1% 330 / 426
81   Belted Kingfisher 0 7 8 8 4.2% +1.2% 124 / 275
82   Bald Eagle 0 7 10 8 4.2% +2.1% 86 / 191
83   White-eyed Vireo 0 5 4 8 4.2% +2.7% 37 / 81
84   Fish Crow 0 4 4 7 3.7% -10.7% 512 / 657
85   Spotted Sandpiper 0 4 5 5 2.6% -10.6% 315 / 384
86   Bank Swallow 0 4 3 5 2.6% -3.7% 157 / 210
87   Solitary Sandpiper 0 2 3 4 2.1% +0.7% 81 / 150
88   Least Bittern 0 2 1 4 2.1% +0.8% 21 / 46
89   Savannah Sparrow 0 3 4 4 2.1% +1.4% 32 / 65
90   Pine Warbler 0 4 4 4 2.1% +1.9% 22 / 41
91   Mute Swan 0 3 3 3 1.6% -11.3% 227 / 257
92   Bobolink 0 3 2 3 1.6% +1.2% 30 / 59
93   Hooded Merganser 0 3 1 3 1.6% +1.3% 16 / 39
94   Sora 0 2 2 3 1.6% +1.4% 8 / 14
95   Least Flycatcher 0 3 3 3 1.6% +1.5% 2 / 16
96   Broad-winged Hawk 0 3 3 3 1.6% +1.5% 4 / 17
97   American Bittern 0 3 3 3 1.6% +1.6% 2 / 8
98   American Black Duck 0 2 2 2 1.1% -7.2% 277 / 290
99   Common Raven 0 2 3 2 1.1% -1.0% 254 / 287
100   Cliff Swallow 0 1 2 2 1.1% -0.1% 74 / 94
101   Louisiana Waterthrush 0 2 1 2 1.1% +0.5% 47 / 66
102   Common Gallinule 0 1 2 2 1.1% +0.7% 18 / 22
103   American Woodcock 0 2 2 2 1.1% +0.9% 22 / 36
104   Northern Bobwhite 0 1 2 2 1.1% +1.0% 8 / 11
105   Yellow-breasted Chat 0 2 2 2 1.1% +1.0% 6 / 8
106   Least Sandpiper 0 1 1 1 0.5% -16.6% 311 / 313
107   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 1 1 1 1 0.5% -10.9% 243 / 249
108   Lesser Yellowlegs 0 1 1 1 0.5% -7.8% 149 / 152
109   Gadwall 0 1 1 1 0.5% -4.7% 130 / 134
110   Virginia Rail 0 1 1 1 0.5% +0.3% 28 / 31
111   Red-breasted Nuthatch 0 1 1 1 0.5% +0.4% 17 / 18
112   King Rail 0 1 1 1 0.5% +0.4% 3 / 3
113   Worm-eating Warbler 0 1 1 1 0.5% +0.5% 12 / 15
114   Prairie Warbler 0 1 1 1 0.5% +0.5% 10 / 14
115   Chestnut-sided Warbler 0 1 1 1 0.5% +0.5% 5 / 8