Top Birds at Sheepshead Bay in August
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA
based on 48 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.
| Rank | Info | Pics | Species | Entire Region | This Location | Difference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Laughing Gull | 32.0% | 56.2% | 24.3% | |||
| 2 | Mute Swan | 14.4% | 52.1% | 37.7% | |||
| 3 | Rock Pigeon | 35.4% | 43.8% | 8.4% | |||
| 4 | Black Skimmer | 5.7% | 43.8% | 38.0% | |||
| 5 | Herring Gull | 39.5% | 41.7% | 2.2% | |||
| 6 | Black-crowned Night-Heron | 14.5% | 39.6% | 25.1% | |||
| 7 | House Sparrow | 50.0% | 37.5% | 12.5% | |||
| 8 | European Starling | 51.1% | 35.4% | 15.7% | |||
| 9 | Double-crested Cormorant | 41.3% | 31.2% | 10.1% | |||
| 10 | Common Tern | 16.4% | 29.2% | 12.8% | |||
| 11 | Great Black-backed Gull | 27.0% | 27.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 12 | Mallard | 40.8% | 25.0% | 15.8% | |||
| 13 | Canada Goose | 40.8% | 25.0% | 15.8% | |||
| 14 | Barn Swallow | 39.9% | 20.8% | 19.1% | |||
| 15 | Ring-billed Gull | 31.8% | 20.8% | 11.0% | |||
| 16 | Mourning Dove | 53.7% | 16.7% | 37.1% | |||
| 17 | Chimney Swift | 23.8% | 14.6% | 9.3% | |||
| 18 | Northern Mockingbird | 36.1% | 10.4% | 25.6% | |||
| 19 | Great Blue Heron | 30.7% | 6.2% | 24.4% | |||
| 20 | American Black Duck | 10.1% | 6.2% | 3.8% | |||
| 21 | Common Loon | 0.5% | 6.2% | 5.8% | |||
| 22 | American Robin | 57.3% | 4.2% | 53.1% | |||
| 23 | Great Egret | 34.6% | 4.2% | 30.4% | |||
| 24 | Forster's Tern | 13.2% | 4.2% | 9.0% | |||
| 25 | Sanderling | 5.3% | 4.2% | 1.2% | |||
| 26 | Least Tern | 5.1% | 4.2% | 0.9% | |||
| 27 | Northern Cardinal | 47.8% | 2.1% | 45.7% | |||
| 28 | Common Grackle | 28.3% | 2.1% | 26.2% | |||
| 29 | Snowy Egret | 22.5% | 2.1% | 20.5% | |||
| 30 | Semipalmated Plover | 21.1% | 2.1% | 19.0% | |||
| 31 | Greater Yellowlegs | 15.9% | 2.1% | 13.8% | |||
| 32 | American Oystercatcher | 12.4% | 2.1% | 10.3% | |||
| 33 | White-breasted Nuthatch | 9.8% | 2.1% | 7.7% | |||
| 34 | Yellow-crowned Night-Heron | 9.1% | 2.1% | 7.0% | |||
| 35 | Fish Crow | 9.0% | 2.1% | 6.9% | |||
| 36 | Peregrine Falcon | 7.6% | 2.1% | 5.5% |