Top Birds at Sandy Hook in July
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York City, United States
based on 446 checklists
This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Sandy Hook 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.
| Evidence | Sampling | Score | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Links | Species | Media | Years | Birders | Hits | Frequency | Relative | Rank |
| 1 | Osprey | 15 | 23 | 175 | 366 | 82.1% | +53.3% | 13 / 678 | |
| 2 | Laughing Gull | 7 | 24 | 164 | 348 | 78.0% | +41.8% | 38 / 680 | |
| 3 | Red-winged Blackbird | 7 | 23 | 172 | 339 | 76.0% | +25.2% | 49 / 852 | |
| 4 | Common Tern | 12 | 23 | 160 | 339 | 76.0% | +53.1% | 17 / 428 | |
| 5 | Northern Mockingbird | 6 | 23 | 162 | 334 | 74.9% | +33.7% | 23 / 952 | |
| 6 | Barn Swallow | 4 | 23 | 156 | 333 | 74.7% | +26.2% | 36 / 923 | |
| 7 | American Oystercatcher | 18 | 23 | 161 | 327 | 73.3% | +57.8% | 17 / 235 | |
| 8 | Mourning Dove | 2 | 23 | 149 | 321 | 72.0% | +20.5% | 41 / 1132 | |
| 9 | American Herring Gull | 4 | 24 | 163 | 320 | 71.7% | +31.0% | 48 / 815 | |
| 10 | Great Black-backed Gull | 6 | 23 | 160 | 316 | 70.9% | +43.9% | 17 / 577 | |
| 11 | Double-crested Cormorant | 3 | 24 | 151 | 315 | 70.6% | +26.4% | 67 / 867 | |
| 12 | Great Egret | 5 | 24 | 146 | 310 | 69.5% | +30.0% | 53 / 714 | |
| 13 | Gray Catbird | 4 | 22 | 147 | 304 | 68.2% | +16.8% | 94 / 977 | |
| 14 | Eastern Towhee | 12 | 22 | 149 | 301 | 67.5% | +58.9% | 4 / 254 | |
| 15 | American Robin | 2 | 23 | 143 | 297 | 66.6% | +3.2% | 188 / 1188 | |
| 16 | Least Tern | 11 | 24 | 151 | 294 | 65.9% | +51.6% | 8 / 271 | |
| 17 | Song Sparrow | 3 | 23 | 131 | 292 | 65.5% | +16.8% | 101 / 892 | |
| 18 | Common Yellowthroat | 6 | 22 | 126 | 274 | 61.4% | +44.5% | 11 / 440 | |
| 19 | European Starling | 2 | 21 | 124 | 256 | 57.4% | +3.2% | 142 / 1135 | |
| 20 | Snowy Egret | 9 | 22 | 116 | 244 | 54.7% | +31.4% | 39 / 402 | |
| 21 | Cedar Waxwing | 6 | 21 | 122 | 244 | 54.7% | +33.9% | 12 / 642 | |
| 22 | Tree Swallow | 7 | 22 | 99 | 241 | 54.0% | +32.0% | 13 / 519 | |
| 23 | Great Blue Heron | 6 | 23 | 117 | 235 | 52.7% | +24.8% | 37 / 685 | |
| 24 | Common Grackle | 0 | 22 | 109 | 225 | 50.4% | +15.4% | 79 / 936 | |
| 25 | House Wren | 0 | 21 | 104 | 224 | 50.2% | +34.3% | 28 / 532 | |
| 26 | American Goldfinch | 1 | 23 | 105 | 222 | 49.8% | +19.2% | 77 / 740 | |
| 27 | House Finch | 2 | 21 | 110 | 218 | 48.9% | +32.0% | 9 / 704 | |
| 28 | Northern Cardinal | 1 | 21 | 101 | 207 | 46.4% | -0.2% | 205 / 1002 | |
| 29 | Piping Plover | 17 | 22 | 111 | 203 | 45.5% | +43.1% | 10 / 52 | |
| 30 | Ring-billed Gull | 5 | 20 | 113 | 202 | 45.3% | +18.5% | 94 / 660 | |
| 31 | Northern Yellow Warbler | 2 | 21 | 88 | 186 | 41.7% | +18.3% | 55 / 541 | |
| 32 | Chimney Swift | 2 | 19 | 92 | 186 | 41.7% | +19.1% | 72 / 860 | |
| 33 | Carolina Wren | 1 | 22 | 95 | 186 | 41.7% | +21.4% | 62 / 723 | |
| 34 | Field Sparrow | 2 | 21 | 87 | 179 | 40.1% | +38.6% | 4 / 91 | |
| 35 | American Redstart | 3 | 20 | 91 | 169 | 37.9% | +35.7% | 3 / 205 | |
| 36 | Canada Goose | 0 | 21 | 81 | 167 | 37.4% | -1.8% | 209 / 789 | |
| 37 | Killdeer | 1 | 23 | 88 | 167 | 37.4% | +18.4% | 77 / 426 | |
| 38 | Marsh Wren | 3 | 18 | 69 | 160 | 35.9% | +23.3% | 49 / 204 | |
| 39 | Brown Thrasher | 3 | 22 | 77 | 152 | 34.1% | +30.4% | 6 / 162 | |
| 40 | White-eyed Vireo | 1 | 20 | 85 | 152 | 34.1% | +32.8% | 3 / 81 | |
| 41 | Royal Tern | 0 | 16 | 73 | 139 | 31.2% | +29.9% | 3 / 87 | |
| 42 | Least Sandpiper | 3 | 22 | 63 | 138 | 30.9% | +14.0% | 48 / 313 | |
| 43 | Semipalmated Plover | 5 | 21 | 70 | 134 | 30.0% | +22.3% | 12 / 186 | |
| 44 | Turkey Vulture | 0 | 17 | 82 | 134 | 30.0% | +25.4% | 14 / 403 | |
| 45 | Willow Flycatcher | 0 | 19 | 69 | 133 | 29.8% | +18.1% | 40 / 297 | |
| 46 | Semipalmated Sandpiper | 0 | 22 | 69 | 132 | 29.6% | +16.8% | 28 / 247 | |
| 47 | Rock Pigeon | 1 | 20 | 60 | 131 | 29.4% | -6.8% | 375 / 998 | |
| 48 | Sanderling | 4 | 21 | 63 | 125 | 28.0% | +25.7% | 7 / 90 | |
| 49 | Forster's Tern | 1 | 20 | 69 | 123 | 27.6% | +10.4% | 61 / 361 | |
| 50 | Chipping Sparrow | 1 | 14 | 57 | 122 | 27.4% | +21.6% | 39 / 329 | |
| 51 | Black Skimmer | 5 | 19 | 73 | 120 | 26.9% | +16.5% | 28 / 251 | |
| 52 | Bank Swallow | 3 | 19 | 45 | 120 | 26.9% | +20.8% | 24 / 210 | |
| 53 | House Sparrow | 1 | 20 | 74 | 117 | 26.2% | -30.7% | 684 / 1232 | |
| 54 | American Crow | 1 | 21 | 90 | 116 | 26.0% | +12.6% | 54 / 728 | |
| 55 | Willet | 9 | 18 | 71 | 116 | 26.0% | +19.2% | 16 / 117 | |
| 56 | Spotted Sandpiper | 5 | 22 | 66 | 113 | 25.3% | +12.3% | 54 / 384 | |
| 57 | Fish Crow | 1 | 18 | 62 | 110 | 24.7% | +10.4% | 84 / 657 | |
| 58 | Black-crowned Night-Heron | 3 | 19 | 45 | 107 | 24.0% | +3.8% | 102 / 525 | |
| 59 | Mallard | 0 | 21 | 45 | 102 | 22.9% | -15.3% | 291 / 730 | |
| 60 | Boat-tailed Grackle | 3 | 18 | 64 | 101 | 22.6% | +15.2% | 29 / 150 | |
| 61 | Short-billed Dowitcher | 3 | 20 | 51 | 99 | 22.2% | +14.3% | 19 / 135 | |
| 62 | Yellow-billed Cuckoo | 2 | 18 | 56 | 95 | 21.3% | +20.1% | 7 / 114 | |
| 63 | Great Crested Flycatcher | 2 | 17 | 41 | 90 | 20.2% | +15.0% | 43 / 295 | |
| 64 | Ruddy Turnstone | 0 | 19 | 44 | 86 | 19.3% | +18.1% | 4 / 68 | |
| 65 | Green Heron | 5 | 20 | 49 | 85 | 19.1% | +10.4% | 54 / 341 | |
| 66 | Ruby-throated Hummingbird | 3 | 16 | 45 | 80 | 17.9% | +14.5% | 19 / 230 | |
| 67 | Purple Martin | 2 | 17 | 43 | 79 | 17.7% | +12.8% | 38 / 169 | |
| 68 | Eastern Kingbird | 2 | 16 | 45 | 75 | 16.8% | +1.6% | 154 / 528 | |
| 69 | Downy Woodpecker | 0 | 17 | 32 | 73 | 16.4% | -5.5% | 289 / 733 | |
| 70 | Brown-headed Cowbird | 0 | 17 | 43 | 71 | 15.9% | +7.0% | 60 / 480 | |
| 71 | Greater Yellowlegs | 1 | 15 | 31 | 70 | 15.7% | +5.0% | 36 / 178 | |
| 72 | Black-bellied Plover | 0 | 14 | 31 | 59 | 13.2% | +12.5% | 2 / 51 | |
| 73 | Black-capped Chickadee | 0 | 17 | 29 | 57 | 12.8% | +6.0% | 107 / 354 | |
| 74 | Northern Flicker | 0 | 17 | 32 | 53 | 11.9% | -8.6% | 396 / 686 | |
| 75 | Blue Jay | 0 | 17 | 32 | 50 | 11.2% | -16.9% | 580 / 849 | |
| 76 | Black Vulture | 0 | 13 | 41 | 50 | 11.2% | +10.3% | 12 / 141 | |
| 77 | American Black Duck | 1 | 17 | 26 | 49 | 11.0% | +2.8% | 47 / 290 | |
| 78 | Clapper Rail | 2 | 15 | 42 | 48 | 10.8% | +5.2% | 34 / 119 | |
| 79 | Mute Swan | 0 | 14 | 13 | 45 | 10.1% | -2.8% | 106 / 257 | |
| 80 | Lesser Yellowlegs | 1 | 17 | 20 | 44 | 9.9% | +1.6% | 38 / 152 | |
| 81 | Common Raven | 5 | 6 | 24 | 40 | 9.0% | +6.9% | 35 / 287 | |
| 82 | Least Bittern | 4 | 13 | 15 | 39 | 8.7% | +7.5% | 7 / 46 | |
| 83 | Brown Pelican | 8 | 10 | 24 | 38 | 8.5% | +8.0% | 12 / 45 | |
| 84 | Northern Rough-winged Swallow | 0 | 13 | 38 | 37 | 8.3% | +2.2% | 96 / 367 | |
| 85 | Wood Duck | 1 | 13 | 11 | 36 | 8.1% | +0.5% | 101 / 247 | |
| 86 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | 1 | 10 | 20 | 33 | 7.4% | +6.9% | 11 / 47 | |
| 87 | Red-eyed Vireo | 0 | 15 | 17 | 32 | 7.2% | +1.7% | 138 / 298 | |
| 88 | Caspian Tern | 3 | 8 | 21 | 31 | 7.0% | +6.0% | 7 / 74 | |
| 89 | Eastern Phoebe | 0 | 14 | 22 | 29 | 6.5% | +4.7% | 38 / 189 | |
| 90 | Common Loon | 2 | 9 | 17 | 23 | 5.2% | +4.4% | 15 / 67 | |
| 91 | Red-breasted Merganser | 0 | 9 | 12 | 23 | 5.2% | +4.8% | 4 / 34 | |
| 92 | Wilson's Storm-Petrel | 0 | 9 | 16 | 23 | 5.2% | +5.1% | 3 / 14 | |
| 93 | Black-and-white Warbler | 5 | 9 | 9 | 20 | 4.5% | +4.1% | 5 / 63 | |
| 94 | Hudsonian Whimbrel | 3 | 11 | 22 | 19 | 4.3% | +3.8% | 8 / 50 | |
| 95 | Blue-gray Gnatcatcher | 1 | 8 | 16 | 18 | 4.0% | +2.1% | 67 / 184 | |
| 96 | Brant | 2 | 9 | 14 | 18 | 4.0% | +2.9% | 30 / 69 | |
| 97 | Gadwall | 1 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 3.8% | -1.4% | 56 / 134 | |
| 98 | Bonaparte's Gull | 0 | 7 | 9 | 17 | 3.8% | +3.2% | 10 / 38 | |
| 99 | Glossy Ibis | 0 | 12 | 12 | 16 | 3.6% | -5.4% | 98 / 176 | |
| 100 | Belted Kingfisher | 0 | 11 | 16 | 16 | 3.6% | +0.6% | 122 / 275 | |
| 101 | Northern Waterthrush | 1 | 11 | 8 | 16 | 3.6% | +2.1% | 28 / 123 | |
| 102 | Yellow-crowned Night-Heron | 6 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 3.4% | -8.1% | 166 / 249 | |
| 103 | Red-tailed Hawk | 1 | 10 | 16 | 15 | 3.4% | -5.8% | 396 / 571 | |
| 104 | Dunlin | 0 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 3.1% | +3.1% | 2 / 15 | |
| 105 | Peregrine Falcon | 2 | 6 | 14 | 13 | 2.9% | -2.3% | 162 / 312 | |
| 106 | Solitary Sandpiper | 0 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 2.9% | +1.5% | 48 / 150 | |
| 107 | Red Knot | 1 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 2.7% | +2.5% | 3 / 16 | |
| 108 | Roseate Tern | 5 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 2.7% | +2.6% | 3 / 15 | |
| 109 | Baltimore Oriole | 0 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 2.5% | -4.7% | 302 / 415 | |
| 110 | Indigo Bunting | 1 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 2.2% | -2.9% | 158 / 237 | |
| 111 | Gull-billed Tern | 3 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 2.2% | +0.2% | 18 / 28 | |
| 112 | Cliff Swallow | 0 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 2.2% | +1.1% | 50 / 94 | |
| 113 | Orchard Oriole | 1 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 2.0% | -0.7% | 111 / 192 | |
| 114 | Black Scoter | 1 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 2.0% | +1.7% | 13 / 26 | |
| 115 | White Ibis | 4 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 2.0% | +1.9% | 6 / 18 | |
| 116 | Red-bellied Woodpecker | 0 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 1.8% | -12.5% | 480 / 531 | |
| 117 | American Woodcock | 0 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 1.8% | +1.6% | 15 / 36 | |
| 118 | Seaside Sparrow | 0 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 1.6% | +0.3% | 21 / 34 | |
| 119 | Eastern Bluebird | 0 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 1.6% | +1.1% | 25 / 44 | |
| 120 | Bobolink | 0 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 1.6% | +1.2% | 28 / 59 | |
| 121 | Black Tern | 0 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 1.6% | +1.5% | 3 / 16 | |
| 122 | Tufted Titmouse | 0 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 1.3% | -4.9% | 302 / 348 | |
| 123 | Wood Thrush | 0 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 1.3% | -3.8% | 202 / 234 | |
| 124 | Swamp Sparrow | 0 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 1.3% | -1.1% | 83 / 128 | |
| 125 | Bald Eagle | 0 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 1.3% | -0.8% | 132 / 191 | |
| 126 | American Avocet | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 1.3% | +0.9% | 12 / 15 | |
| 127 | Worm-eating Warbler | 0 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 1.3% | +1.3% | 5 / 15 | |
| 128 | Chuck-will's-widow | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 1.3% | +1.3% | 1 / 1 | |
| 129 | Warbling Vireo | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1.1% | -11.9% | 442 / 467 | |
| 130 | Cooper's Hawk | 0 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 1.1% | +0.1% | 79 / 139 | |
| 131 | Great Horned Owl | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1.1% | +0.7% | 35 / 50 | |
| 132 | Surf Scoter | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 1.1% | +0.8% | 17 / 27 | |
| 133 | Ovenbird | 2 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 1.1% | +0.9% | 24 / 40 | |
| 134 | Black-billed Cuckoo | 0 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1.1% | +0.9% | 11 / 33 | |
| 135 | Common Eider | 2 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 1.1% | +1.0% | 9 / 13 | |
| 136 | White-breasted Nuthatch | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0.9% | -5.2% | 301 / 332 | |
| 137 | Eastern Wood-Pewee | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0.9% | -3.0% | 231 / 265 | |
| 138 | Little Blue Heron | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0.9% | -2.7% | 113 / 138 | |
| 139 | Ruddy Duck | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0.9% | -2.0% | 37 / 49 | |
| 140 | Pectoral Sandpiper | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0.9% | -0.7% | 44 / 54 | |
| 141 | White-throated Sparrow | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0.9% | +0.1% | 43 / 61 | |
| 142 | Virginia Rail | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0.9% | +0.7% | 22 / 31 | |
| 143 | Least Flycatcher | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0.9% | +0.8% | 5 / 16 | |
| 144 | Prairie Warbler | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0.9% | +0.9% | 5 / 14 | |
| 145 | Marbled Godwit | 0 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0.9% | +0.9% | 3 / 8 | |
| 146 | American Golden-Plover | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0.9% | +0.9% | 2 / 2 | |
| 147 | Eastern Whip-poor-will | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0.9% | +0.9% | 3 / 3 | |
| 148 | Louisiana Waterthrush | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0.7% | +0.1% | 50 / 66 | |
| 149 | Western Sandpiper | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0.7% | +0.2% | 14 / 19 | |
| 150 | Pine Warbler | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0.7% | +0.5% | 33 / 41 | |
| 151 | Merlin | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0.7% | +0.6% | 8 / 17 | |
| 152 | Yellow-breasted Chat | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0.7% | +0.7% | 7 / 8 | |
| 153 | Hairy Woodpecker | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.4% | -3.9% | 303 / 312 | |
| 154 | American Kestrel | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0.4% | -1.9% | 222 / 238 | |
| 155 | Scarlet Tanager | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0.4% | -0.4% | 90 / 104 | |
| 156 | Blue Grosbeak | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0.4% | +0.1% | 27 / 32 | |
| 157 | Long-tailed Duck | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0.4% | +0.2% | 18 / 20 | |
| 158 | Hooded Merganser | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.4% | +0.2% | 32 / 39 | |
| 159 | Acadian Flycatcher | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0.4% | +0.2% | 11 / 17 | |
| 160 | Red-breasted Nuthatch | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0.4% | +0.3% | 15 / 18 | |
| 161 | Northern Parula | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0.4% | +0.3% | 16 / 18 | |
| 162 | Sandwich Tern | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0.4% | +0.4% | 6 / 6 | |
| 163 | White-winged Scoter | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0.4% | +0.4% | 10 / 12 | |
| 164 | Baird's Sandpiper | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0.4% | +0.4% | 2 / 5 | |
| 165 | Saltmarsh Sparrow | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.2% | -2.5% | 34 / 34 | |
| 166 | Stilt Sandpiper | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.2% | -1.8% | 26 / 27 | |
| 167 | Hudsonian Godwit | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.2% | -0.4% | 5 / 6 | |
| 168 | Tricolored Heron | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.2% | -0.3% | 29 / 29 | |
| 169 | White-rumped Sandpiper | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.2% | -0.3% | 30 / 31 | |
| 170 | Green-winged Teal | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.2% | -0.3% | 27 / 29 | |
| 171 | Long-billed Dowitcher | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.2% | -0.2% | 9 / 9 | |
| 172 | Yellow-throated Vireo | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.2% | -0.2% | 29 / 29 | |
| 173 | Rose-breasted Grosbeak | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.2% | -0.2% | 73 / 78 | |
| 174 | Veery | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.2% | -0.1% | 39 / 40 | |
| 175 | Common Gallinule | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.2% | -0.1% | 20 / 22 | |
| 176 | Blue-winged Warbler | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.2% | +0.1% | 20 / 23 | |
| 177 | Grasshopper Sparrow | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.2% | +0.1% | 8 / 8 | |
| 178 | Little Gull | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0.2% | +0.1% | 5 / 6 | |
| 179 | Broad-winged Hawk | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.2% | +0.2% | 15 / 17 | |
| 180 | Eastern Meadowlark | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.2% | +0.2% | 10 / 12 | |
| 181 | Northern Gannet | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.2% | +0.2% | 6 / 6 | |
| 182 | Red-throated Loon | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.2% | +0.2% | 7 / 7 | |
| 183 | Blackpoll Warbler | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.2% | +0.2% | 4 / 6 | |
| 184 | Tennessee Warbler | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.2% | +0.2% | 4 / 6 | |
| 185 | Canada Warbler | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.2% | +0.2% | 3 / 4 | |
| 186 | Saffron Finch | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.2% | +0.2% | 2 / 2 | |
| 187 | Black-throated Green Warbler | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.2% | +0.2% | 1 / 1 | |
| 188 | Ruby-crowned Kinglet | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.2% | +0.2% | 1 / 1 | |