Top Birds at Plumb Beach in August
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York City, United States
based on 1360 checklists
This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Plumb Beach 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 | Semipalmated Plover | 142 | 19 | 373 | 1263 | 92.9% | 100% | ||
| 2 | Laughing Gull | 53 | 20 | 365 | 1258 | 92.5% | 100% | ||
| 3 | Semipalmated Sandpiper | 123 | 19 | 342 | 1209 | 88.9% | 100% | ||
| 4 | American Herring Gull | 29 | 20 | 343 | 1192 | 87.6% | 100% | ||
| 5 | Common Tern | 63 | 20 | 322 | 1106 | 81.3% | 100% | ||
| 6 | American Oystercatcher | 62 | 19 | 317 | 1098 | 80.7% | 99% | ||
| 7 | Sanderling | 98 | 19 | 315 | 1086 | 79.9% | 99% | ||
| 8 | Barn Swallow | 20 | 20 | 308 | 1073 | 78.9% | 100% | ||
| 9 | Great Black-backed Gull | 26 | 20 | 304 | 1068 | 78.5% | 99% | ||
| 10 | Rock Pigeon | 5 | 19 | 311 | 1044 | 76.8% | 98% | ||
| 11 | Double-crested Cormorant | 7 | 19 | 303 | 1026 | 75.4% | 95% | ||
| 12 | Ring-billed Gull | 27 | 20 | 310 | 1024 | 75.3% | 98% | ||
| 13 | Ruddy Turnstone | 119 | 19 | 278 | 927 | 68.2% | 99% | ||
| 14 | European Starling | 8 | 20 | 279 | 926 | 68.1% | 96% | ||
| 15 | Northern Mockingbird | 12 | 19 | 296 | 903 | 66.4% | 96% | ||
| 16 | Least Tern | 127 | 18 | 292 | 887 | 65.2% | 100% | ||
| 17 | Red-winged Blackbird | 10 | 19 | 260 | 851 | 62.6% | 99% | ||
| 18 | Song Sparrow | 11 | 19 | 260 | 850 | 62.5% | 96% | ||
| 19 | Black Skimmer | 79 | 18 | 280 | 822 | 60.4% | 98% | ||
| 20 | Least Sandpiper | 51 | 19 | 248 | 816 | 60.0% | 97% | ||
| 21 | Great Egret | 23 | 19 | 275 | 778 | 57.2% | 89% | ||
| 22 | House Sparrow | 6 | 19 | 246 | 766 | 56.3% | 88% | ||
| 23 | Mourning Dove | 6 | 19 | 268 | 762 | 56.0% | 88% | ||
| 24 | Clapper Rail | 109 | 19 | 233 | 722 | 53.1% | 97% | ||
| 25 | Greater Yellowlegs | 72 | 19 | 223 | 721 | 53.0% | 96% | ||
| 26 | Short-billed Dowitcher | 122 | 19 | 216 | 692 | 50.9% | 95% | ||
| 27 | Black-bellied Plover | 88 | 18 | 197 | 688 | 50.6% | 98% | ||
| 28 | Snowy Egret | 22 | 19 | 221 | 644 | 47.4% | 87% | ||
| 29 | Osprey | 13 | 16 | 230 | 636 | 46.8% | 85% | ||
| 30 | Yellow-crowned Night-Heron | 66 | 15 | 212 | 619 | 45.5% | 92% | ||
| 31 | Spotted Sandpiper | 23 | 18 | 152 | 516 | 37.9% | 95% | ||
| 32 | Canada Goose | 2 | 17 | 181 | 488 | 35.9% | 74% | ||
| 33 | Forster's Tern | 24 | 16 | 204 | 454 | 33.4% | 91% | ||
| 34 | House Finch | 17 | 20 | 154 | 436 | 32.1% | 94% | ||
| 35 | Gray Catbird | 5 | 18 | 160 | 376 | 27.6% | 54% | ||
| 36 | Tree Swallow | 3 | 16 | 151 | 356 | 26.2% | 88% | ||
| 37 | Piping Plover | 185 | 16 | 147 | 337 | 24.8% | 84% | ||
| 38 | Royal Tern | 173 | 13 | 125 | 312 | 22.9% | 96% | ||
| 39 | American Robin | 1 | 16 | 143 | 306 | 22.5% | 42% | ||
| 40 | Northern Cardinal | 0 | 18 | 130 | 306 | 22.5% | 50% | ||
| 41 | Killdeer | 17 | 16 | 145 | 288 | 21.2% | 77% | ||
| 42 | Mallard | 1 | 17 | 99 | 268 | 19.7% | 56% | ||
| 43 | Willet | 49 | 18 | 124 | 258 | 19.0% | 85% | ||
| 44 | Northern Yellow Warbler | 4 | 16 | 120 | 256 | 18.8% | 82% | ||
| 45 | Great Blue Heron | 6 | 15 | 132 | 250 | 18.4% | 57% | ||
| 46 | Boat-tailed Grackle | 11 | 10 | 137 | 246 | 18.1% | 75% | ||
| 47 | Eastern Towhee | 0 | 18 | 90 | 245 | 18.0% | 83% | ||
| 48 | Bank Swallow | 10 | 17 | 87 | 199 | 14.6% | 94% | ||
| 49 | Lesser Yellowlegs | 16 | 17 | 121 | 196 | 14.4% | 74% | ||
| 50 | Carolina Wren | 1 | 14 | 81 | 174 | 12.8% | 52% | ||
| 51 | Mute Swan | 0 | 17 | 71 | 174 | 12.8% | 68% | ||
| 52 | Chimney Swift | 1 | 16 | 87 | 168 | 12.4% | 60% | ||
| 53 | Black-crowned Night-Heron | 5 | 17 | 79 | 150 | 11.0% | 73% | ||
| 54 | Cedar Waxwing | 2 | 16 | 81 | 145 | 10.7% | 70% | ||
| 55 | Seaside Sparrow | 53 | 17 | 68 | 137 | 10.1% | 87% | ||
| 56 | American Crow | 0 | 15 | 69 | 130 | 9.6% | 67% | ||
| 57 | Peregrine Falcon | 9 | 15 | 64 | 127 | 9.3% | 82% | ||
| 58 | Black Scoter | 13 | 6 | 39 | 103 | 7.6% | 91% | ||
| 59 | American Goldfinch | 0 | 13 | 49 | 88 | 6.5% | 24% | ||
| 60 | Common Loon | 11 | 8 | 57 | 82 | 6.0% | 86% | ||
| 61 | American Black Duck | 2 | 17 | 34 | 81 | 6.0% | 72% | ||
| 62 | Green Heron | 6 | 12 | 52 | 77 | 5.7% | 52% | ||
| 63 | White-rumped Sandpiper | 35 | 12 | 48 | 76 | 5.6% | 83% | ||
| 64 | Baltimore Oriole | 3 | 14 | 46 | 74 | 5.4% | 47% | ||
| 65 | Common Yellowthroat | 2 | 12 | 52 | 68 | 5.0% | 43% | ||
| 66 | Caspian Tern | 45 | 10 | 52 | 68 | 5.0% | 77% | ||
| 67 | Brown-headed Cowbird | 1 | 15 | 52 | 67 | 4.9% | 66% | ||
| 68 | Downy Woodpecker | 0 | 13 | 36 | 63 | 4.6% | 27% | ||
| 69 | Gull-billed Tern | 29 | 10 | 39 | 51 | 3.8% | 64% | ||
| 70 | Eastern Kingbird | 2 | 12 | 39 | 50 | 3.7% | 33% | ||
| 71 | Willow Flycatcher | 4 | 12 | 49 | 49 | 3.6% | 57% | ||
| 72 | Pectoral Sandpiper | 25 | 10 | 34 | 49 | 3.6% | 75% | ||
| 73 | Common Grackle | 0 | 12 | 52 | 46 | 3.4% | 17% | ||
| 74 | Baird's Sandpiper | 18 | 5 | 34 | 45 | 3.3% | 70% | ||
| 75 | Red Knot | 19 | 9 | 33 | 41 | 3.0% | 77% | ||
| 76 | Northern Waterthrush | 3 | 12 | 21 | 37 | 2.7% | 32% | ||
| 77 | American Redstart | 0 | 11 | 30 | 35 | 2.6% | 24% | ||
| 78 | Western Sandpiper | 26 | 7 | 26 | 35 | 2.6% | 62% | ||
| 79 | Hudsonian Whimbrel | 28 | 9 | 27 | 35 | 2.6% | 81% | ||
| 80 | Glossy Ibis | 4 | 12 | 33 | 31 | 2.3% | 56% | ||
| 81 | Saltmarsh Sparrow | 9 | 9 | 28 | 31 | 2.3% | 68% | ||
| 82 | Northern Flicker | 1 | 8 | 24 | 30 | 2.2% | 9% | ||
| 83 | Purple Martin | 8 | 8 | 20 | 30 | 2.2% | 46% | ||
| 84 | Brown Thrasher | 3 | 11 | 17 | 29 | 2.1% | 61% | ||
| 85 | Fish Crow | 0 | 14 | 32 | 27 | 2.0% | 24% | ||
| 86 | American Kestrel | 4 | 9 | 28 | 26 | 1.9% | 45% | ||
| 87 | Little Blue Heron | 4 | 11 | 24 | 26 | 1.9% | 43% | ||
| 88 | Field Sparrow | 2 | 6 | 17 | 26 | 1.9% | 61% | ||
| 89 | Solitary Sandpiper | 3 | 8 | 22 | 23 | 1.7% | 38% | ||
| 90 | Brant | 0 | 9 | 20 | 22 | 1.6% | 48% | ||
| 91 | Belted Kingfisher | 1 | 5 | 24 | 21 | 1.5% | 21% | ||
| 92 | Northern Rough-winged Swallow | 0 | 8 | 22 | 21 | 1.5% | 58% | ||
| 93 | Savannah Sparrow | 2 | 8 | 20 | 20 | 1.5% | 71% | ||
| 94 | Marsh Wren | 1 | 8 | 19 | 19 | 1.4% | 34% | ||
| 95 | Northern Harrier | 1 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 1.2% | 51% | ||
| 96 | Warbling Vireo | 1 | 7 | 18 | 15 | 1.1% | 17% | ||
| 97 | Turkey Vulture | 0 | 5 | 22 | 15 | 1.1% | 16% | ||
| 98 | Common Raven | 1 | 5 | 18 | 15 | 1.1% | 28% | ||
| 99 | Buff-breasted Sandpiper | 9 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 1.1% | 71% | ||
| 100 | Cooper's Hawk | 2 | 6 | 14 | 13 | 1.0% | 27% | ||
| 101 | Marbled Godwit | 10 | 7 | 13 | 13 | 1.0% | 38% | ||
| 102 | Blue-gray Gnatcatcher | 1 | 8 | 14 | 12 | 0.9% | 16% | ||
| 103 | Stilt Sandpiper | 11 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 0.9% | 38% | ||
| 104 | Bobolink | 1 | 8 | 13 | 11 | 0.8% | 32% | ||
| 105 | Black Tern | 7 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 0.8% | 41% | ||
| 106 | Cliff Swallow | 2 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 0.8% | 42% | ||
| 107 | Blue Jay | 0 | 6 | 14 | 9 | 0.7% | 1% | ||
| 108 | Ruby-throated Hummingbird | 0 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0.7% | 8% | ||
| 109 | House Wren | 1 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 0.6% | 4% | ||
| 110 | White-winged Scoter | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 0.5% | 33% | ||
| 111 | Eastern Phoebe | 2 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 0.4% | 6% | ||
| 112 | Red-eyed Vireo | 0 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 0.4% | 2% | ||
| 113 | Eastern Wood-Pewee | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0.4% | 1% | ||
| 114 | Merlin | 0 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0.4% | 26% | ||
| 115 | Dickcissel | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 0.4% | 32% | ||
| 116 | King Eider | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 0.4% | 43% | ||
| 117 | Black-and-white Warbler | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0.3% | 1% | ||
| 118 | Green-winged Teal | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0.3% | 14% | ||
| 119 | Bonaparte's Gull | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0.3% | 12% | ||
| 120 | Magnolia Warbler | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0.2% | 2% | ||
| 121 | Bald Eagle | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0.2% | 2% | ||
| 122 | Blue-winged Teal | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0.2% | 5% | ||
| 123 | Long-billed Dowitcher | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0.2% | 25% | ||
| 124 | Greater Scaup | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0.2% | 5% | ||
| 125 | Ovenbird | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0.1% | 0% | ||
| 126 | Indigo Bunting | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0.1% | 1% | ||
| 127 | Swamp Sparrow | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0.1% | 3% | ||
| 128 | Red-necked Phalarope | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0.1% | 0% | ||
| 129 | Hudsonian Godwit | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0.1% | 8% | ||
| 130 | Black-billed Cuckoo | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0.1% | 8% | ||
| 131 | Red-breasted Merganser | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0.1% | 14% | ||
| 132 | Brown Pelican | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0.1% | 6% | ||
| 133 | European Goldfinch | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0.1% | 25% | ||
| 134 | Long-tailed Duck | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0.1% | 0% | ||
| 135 | Roseate Tern | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0.1% | 0% | ||
| 136 | Sandwich Tern | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0.1% | 0% | ||
| 137 | Red-tailed Hawk | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0.1% | 0% | ||
| 138 | Wood Duck | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0.1% | 0% | ||
| 139 | Black-capped Chickadee | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.1% | 0% | ||
| 140 | Gadwall | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.1% | 0% | ||
| 141 | Wood Thrush | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.1% | 0% | ||
| 142 | Least Flycatcher | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0.1% | 0% | ||
| 143 | Northern Shoveler | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.1% | 2% | ||
| 144 | Common Nighthawk | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.1% | 1% | ||
| 145 | Prairie Warbler | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.1% | 0% | ||
| 146 | Black-throated Green Warbler | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.1% | 1% | ||
| 147 | Yellow-bellied Flycatcher | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0.1% | 0% | ||
| 148 | Orchard Oriole | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.1% | 0% | ||
| 149 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.1% | 2% | ||
| 150 | Broad-winged Hawk | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.1% | 0% | ||
| 151 | White Ibis | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.1% | 4% | ||
| 152 | Ring-necked Pheasant | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.1% | 0% | ||
| 153 | American Golden-Plover | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.1% | 0% | ||
| 154 | Surf Scoter | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.1% | 0% | ||
| 155 | Budgerigar | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.1% | 3% | ||
| 156 | Bufflehead | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0.1% | 0% | ||
| 157 | Great Cormorant | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0.1% | 0% | ||
| 158 | Nelson's Sparrow | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.1% | 100% | ||