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Top Birds at Rockefeller SP Preserve--Swan Lake area in August
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York City, United States

based on 497 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Rockefeller SP Preserve--Swan Lake area 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   Gray Catbird 3 25 32 198 39.8% 67%
2   American Robin 2 25 26 185 37.2% 63%
3   Blue Jay 0 25 28 159 32.0% 64%
4   American Crow 2 24 19 135 27.2% 93%
5   Tufted Titmouse 2 23 23 125 25.2% 85%
6   Red-bellied Woodpecker 2 24 24 124 24.9% 73%
7   White-breasted Nuthatch 1 24 27 122 24.5% 80%
8   American Goldfinch 0 23 31 118 23.7% 57%
9   Eastern Towhee 1 18 6 117 23.5% 86%
10   Eastern Wood-Pewee 4 21 17 107 21.5% 80%
11   Mourning Dove 0 21 18 102 20.5% 38%
12   Black-capped Chickadee 1 22 20 99 19.9% 76%
13   Downy Woodpecker 1 22 18 98 19.7% 69%
14   Northern Flicker 4 22 17 92 18.5% 61%
15   Carolina Wren 5 21 19 92 18.5% 61%
16   Baltimore Oriole 5 25 15 89 17.9% 80%
17   American Redstart 5 21 15 81 16.3% 67%
18   Northern Cardinal 0 22 18 79 15.9% 37%
19   Common Grackle 0 21 17 72 14.5% 55%
20   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 0 18 13 66 13.3% 81%
21   Red-eyed Vireo 3 20 16 55 11.1% 74%
22   Song Sparrow 2 21 19 52 10.5% 37%
23   Chipping Sparrow 2 18 10 50 10.1% 69%
24   Eastern Phoebe 3 19 18 42 8.5% 84%
25   Cedar Waxwing 3 18 11 41 8.2% 61%
26   European Starling 0 18 9 40 8.0% 16%
27   Osprey 4 16 10 40 8.0% 32%
28   Eastern Bluebird 3 15 11 37 7.4% 83%
29   Mallard 1 15 13 36 7.2% 28%
30   Chimney Swift 1 15 11 36 7.2% 39%
31   Pileated Woodpecker 4 17 11 36 7.2% 70%
32   Red-tailed Hawk 4 17 10 35 7.0% 50%
33   Indigo Bunting 2 15 7 34 6.8% 76%
34   Canada Goose 0 14 9 33 6.6% 25%
35   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 2 15 10 30 6.0% 66%
36   Eastern Kingbird 1 15 10 28 5.6% 43%
37   Double-crested Cormorant 0 14 11 27 5.4% 16%
38   Hairy Woodpecker 2 14 9 27 5.4% 51%
39   Veery 2 13 3 27 5.4% 79%
40   Scarlet Tanager 3 15 9 25 5.0% 85%
41   Green Heron 2 15 10 23 4.6% 45%
42   Warbling Vireo 0 14 8 22 4.4% 46%
43   Blue-winged Warbler 2 13 7 22 4.4% 72%
44   Wood Thrush 0 14 5 22 4.4% 53%
45   Turkey Vulture 1 12 10 21 4.2% 46%
46   Yellow-throated Vireo 1 13 5 21 4.2% 89%
47   Great Blue Heron 1 14 14 20 4.0% 17%
48   Great Crested Flycatcher 3 13 11 20 4.0% 48%
49   Wild Turkey 0 11 10 20 4.0% 54%
50   House Sparrow 0 11 9 19 3.8% 6%
51   House Wren 1 11 6 19 3.8% 34%
52   Barn Swallow 0 11 6 18 3.6% 12%
53   Black-and-white Warbler 3 11 7 18 3.6% 29%
54   Northern Yellow Warbler 3 11 6 17 3.4% 27%
55   House Finch 3 11 7 17 3.4% 28%
56   Brown-headed Cowbird 1 9 6 17 3.4% 50%
57   Wood Duck 1 7 6 14 2.8% 33%
58   Red-winged Blackbird 0 7 6 12 2.4% 13%
59   Chestnut-sided Warbler 1 8 5 11 2.2% 39%
60   Northern Mockingbird 0 9 5 10 2.0% 6%
61   Great Egret 0 7 5 10 2.0% 11%
62   Belted Kingfisher 0 7 5 10 2.0% 22%
63   Brown Thrasher 0 5 2 10 2.0% 57%
64   Cooper's Hawk 4 7 4 10 2.0% 47%
65   Black-throated Blue Warbler 1 8 4 10 2.0% 47%
66   Rock Pigeon 0 8 5 9 1.8% 4%
67   Orchard Oriole 0 9 4 9 1.8% 74%
68   Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1 7 5 8 1.6% 48%
69   Black-throated Green Warbler 1 6 3 8 1.6% 56%
70   Common Yellowthroat 0 4 2 7 1.4% 8%
71   Tree Swallow 1 6 5 7 1.4% 11%
72   Canada Warbler 0 5 1 7 1.4% 25%
73   Magnolia Warbler 1 6 4 6 1.2% 24%
74   Fish Crow 1 3 3 5 1.0% 9%
75   Common Raven 0 4 2 5 1.0% 17%
76   Black Vulture 0 4 3 5 1.0% 22%
77   Spotted Sandpiper 0 3 3 4 0.8% 3%
78   Bald Eagle 2 4 4 4 0.8% 12%
79   Great Horned Owl 3 2 2 4 0.8% 32%
80   Purple Martin 0 2 3 3 0.6% 12%
81   Least Flycatcher 1 2 2 3 0.6% 10%
82   Northern Parula 0 2 3 3 0.6% 13%
83   Cape May Warbler 1 2 3 3 0.6% 19%
84   Common Nighthawk 0 3 3 3 0.6% 16%
85   Worm-eating Warbler 0 2 2 3 0.6% 21%
86   Blackburnian Warbler 1 3 3 3 0.6% 14%
87   Olive-sided Flycatcher 1 2 2 3 0.6% 24%
88   Broad-winged Hawk 0 3 2 3 0.6% 22%
89   Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 3 3 3 0.6% 47%
90   White-eyed Vireo 0 1 1 2 0.4% 7%
91   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 0 2 2 2 0.4% 7%
92   Field Sparrow 1 2 2 2 0.4% 13%
93   Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1 2 1 2 0.4% 6%
94   Tennessee Warbler 1 1 2 2 0.4% 10%
95   Pine Warbler 1 2 2 2 0.4% 20%
96   Northern Waterthrush 0 1 1 1 0.2% 0%
97   Killdeer 0 1 1 1 0.2% 0%
98   American Black Duck 0 1 1 1 0.2% 0%
99   Ovenbird 1 1 1 1 0.2% 0%
100   Willow Flycatcher 0 1 1 1 0.2% 0%
101   Solitary Sandpiper 0 1 1 1 0.2% 0%
102   Swamp Sparrow 0 1 1 1 0.2% 2%
103   Prairie Warbler 1 1 1 1 0.2% 1%
104   Nashville Warbler 0 1 1 1 0.2% 4%
105   Black-billed Cuckoo 0 1 1 1 0.2% 7%
106   Yellow-rumped Warbler 0 1 1 1 0.2% 5%
107   Eastern Screech-Owl 0 1 1 1 0.2% 4%
108   Blue-headed Vireo 0 1 1 1 0.2% 5%
109   Hermit Thrush 0 1 1 1 0.2% 25%