Top Birds at Sheepshead Bay in August
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York City, United States
based on 63 checklists
This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Sheepshead Bay 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 | Laughing Gull | 6 | 10 | 33 | 35 | 55.6% | 74% | ||
| 2 | Mute Swan | 2 | 11 | 38 | 31 | 49.2% | 92% | ||
| 3 | Rock Pigeon | 2 | 10 | 31 | 27 | 42.9% | 70% | ||
| 4 | American Herring Gull | 5 | 8 | 25 | 25 | 39.7% | 63% | ||
| 5 | Black Skimmer | 6 | 6 | 28 | 25 | 39.7% | 93% | ||
| 6 | House Sparrow | 4 | 9 | 22 | 23 | 36.5% | 58% | ||
| 7 | Black-crowned Night-Heron | 2 | 8 | 31 | 23 | 36.5% | 92% | ||
| 8 | European Starling | 3 | 7 | 22 | 21 | 33.3% | 59% | ||
| 9 | Double-crested Cormorant | 4 | 9 | 17 | 21 | 33.3% | 56% | ||
| 10 | Great Black-backed Gull | 5 | 9 | 29 | 20 | 31.7% | 62% | ||
| 11 | Common Tern | 6 | 5 | 26 | 20 | 31.7% | 63% | ||
| 12 | Canada Goose | 0 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 27.0% | 51% | ||
| 13 | Mallard | 0 | 7 | 17 | 15 | 23.8% | 51% | ||
| 14 | Ring-billed Gull | 2 | 9 | 14 | 14 | 22.2% | 46% | ||
| 15 | Mourning Dove | 3 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 17.5% | 26% | ||
| 16 | Barn Swallow | 5 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 17.5% | 45% | ||
| 17 | Chimney Swift | 1 | 3 | 15 | 8 | 12.7% | 45% | ||
| 18 | Northern Mockingbird | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7.9% | 20% | ||
| 19 | Great Blue Heron | 0 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 6.3% | 16% | ||
| 20 | American Black Duck | 0 | 4 | 13 | 4 | 6.3% | 48% | ||
| 21 | Yellow-crowned Night-Heron | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6.3% | 35% | ||
| 22 | Great Egret | 1 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 4.8% | 16% | ||
| 23 | Forster's Tern | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4.8% | 27% | ||
| 24 | Least Tern | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4.8% | 35% | ||
| 25 | Common Loon | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 4.8% | 67% | ||
| 26 | American Robin | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3.2% | 1% | ||
| 27 | Sanderling | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3.2% | 25% | ||
| 28 | Northern Cardinal | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.6% | 0% | ||
| 29 | Osprey | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.6% | 1% | ||
| 30 | Common Grackle | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.6% | 0% | ||
| 31 | Snowy Egret | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.6% | 4% | ||
| 32 | Semipalmated Plover | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.6% | 4% | ||
| 33 | Spotted Sandpiper | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1.6% | 3% | ||
| 34 | Greater Yellowlegs | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.6% | 5% | ||
| 35 | American Oystercatcher | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.6% | 4% | ||
| 36 | Fish Crow | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.6% | 5% | ||
| 37 | White-breasted Nuthatch | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.6% | 8% | ||
| 38 | Peregrine Falcon | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.6% | 10% | ||
| 39 | American Kestrel | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1.6% | 10% | ||
| 40 | Muscovy Duck | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.6% | 38% | ||