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Top Birds at Sandy Hook in April
relative to other locations within 25 miles of 35.791540, -78.781117

based on 1712 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Sandy Hook in April. 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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Rank Info Pics Species Entire Region This Location Difference
1   Osprey 17.5% 75.5% 58.0%
2   Brant 0% 69.8% 69.8%
3   American Robin 42.0% 67.9% 26.0%
4   Red-winged Blackbird 26.8% 66.2% 39.4%
5   Northern Mockingbird 26.9% 65.5% 38.6%
6   American Herring Gull 0.5% 65.3% 64.8%
7   Mourning Dove 45.4% 64.0% 18.6%
8   American Oystercatcher 0.0% 64.0% 64.0%
9   Canada Goose 48.6% 63.7% 15.2%
10   Double-crested Cormorant 25.8% 63.2% 37.4%
11   Song Sparrow 23.8% 63.0% 39.2%
12   Great Black-backed Gull 0% 62.0% 62.0%
13   Turkey Vulture 42.8% 60.2% 17.5%
14   Northern Cardinal 80.7% 58.6% 22.1%
15   Great Egret 2.2% 57.9% 55.6%
16   Common Grackle 25.9% 56.6% 30.7%
17   Yellow-rumped Warbler 44.8% 55.3% 10.5%
18   Red-breasted Merganser 0.7% 53.9% 53.2%
19   European Starling 19.9% 52.9% 32.9%
20   White-throated Sparrow 57.3% 51.9% 5.5%
21   Eastern Towhee 44.6% 51.8% 7.2%
22   Carolina Wren 71.6% 50.4% 21.2%
23   House Finch 27.2% 50.1% 22.9%
24   Northern Flicker 13.1% 48.7% 35.5%
25   Tree Swallow 14.5% 48.4% 33.9%
26   Fish Crow 37.0% 47.4% 10.5%
27   Field Sparrow 10.7% 46.2% 35.5%
28   Ring-billed Gull 6.3% 44.9% 38.6%
29   Laughing Gull 0.1% 44.5% 44.5%
30   Mallard 29.5% 43.8% 14.3%
31   American Crow 56.7% 42.8% 14.0%
32   Northern Gannet 0% 42.5% 42.5%
33   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 63.5% 41.5% 22.0%
34   Bufflehead 1.3% 40.3% 39.0%
35   Chipping Sparrow 43.6% 39.4% 4.3%
36   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 33.0% 38.1% 5.1%
37   American Goldfinch 47.1% 37.3% 9.9%
38   Black Vulture 20.4% 36.7% 16.3%
39   Common Loon 0.6% 35.9% 35.2%
40   Barn Swallow 19.6% 35.3% 15.6%
41   American Black Duck 0.1% 35.3% 35.2%
42   Sharp-shinned Hawk 1.0% 34.5% 33.5%
43   Killdeer 17.3% 33.6% 16.4%
44   Merlin 0.2% 32.9% 32.7%
45   Palm Warbler 7.9% 32.8% 24.9%
46   Boat-tailed Grackle 0% 32.1% 32.1%
47   Brown-headed Cowbird 38.0% 31.4% 6.7%
48   Hermit Thrush 8.2% 31.2% 23.0%
49   Eastern Phoebe 35.4% 30.9% 4.5%
50   Cooper's Hawk 3.8% 30.7% 26.9%
51   American Kestrel 1.0% 29.7% 28.8%
52   Dark-eyed Junco 5.1% 29.6% 24.5%
53   Great Blue Heron 44.0% 29.4% 14.5%
54   Downy Woodpecker 40.0% 28.2% 11.8%
55   Brown Thrasher 19.9% 27.4% 7.5%
56   Red-tailed Hawk 12.5% 27.2% 14.7%
57   Belted Kingfisher 18.6% 26.3% 7.7%
58   Rock Pigeon 4.9% 26.2% 21.2%
59   Common Raven 0.4% 25.8% 25.4%
60   Snowy Egret 0.1% 25.8% 25.7%
61   Cedar Waxwing 5.8% 25.4% 19.6%
62   Mute Swan 0.4% 23.7% 23.3%
63   Black-capped Chickadee 0% 23.6% 23.6%
64   House Wren 10.2% 23.1% 12.8%
65   Golden-crowned Kinglet 0.8% 22.4% 21.6%
66   Piping Plover 0% 21.7% 21.7%
67   Swamp Sparrow 14.1% 20.4% 6.4%
68   Blue Jay 48.6% 19.8% 28.8%
69   Horned Grebe 0.3% 19.7% 19.4%
70   Red-throated Loon 0% 19.3% 19.3%
71   Savannah Sparrow 4.1% 19.1% 15.0%
72   Gray Catbird 18.3% 19.0% 0.7%
73   Northern Harrier 0.8% 18.4% 17.6%
74   Black Scoter 0% 17.9% 17.9%
75   Red-bellied Woodpecker 58.3% 17.4% 40.9%
76   House Sparrow 2.2% 17.0% 14.8%
77   Greater Yellowlegs 0.8% 16.9% 16.1%
78   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 28.5% 16.0% 12.5%
79   Bald Eagle 12.4% 15.8% 3.3%
80   Surf Scoter 0.0% 15.6% 15.6%
81   Forster's Tern 0.2% 15.4% 15.1%
82   Brown Creeper 0.3% 14.1% 13.8%
83   Red-shouldered Hawk 33.2% 13.6% 19.6%
84   Black-and-white Warbler 15.2% 12.8% 2.4%
85   Common Yellowthroat 33.8% 12.2% 21.6%
86   Blue-headed Vireo 4.2% 11.9% 7.7%
87   Long-tailed Duck 0% 11.7% 11.7%
88   Pine Warbler 45.5% 11.6% 33.8%
89   White-breasted Nuthatch 22.3% 11.6% 10.7%
90   Willet 0.0% 11.0% 11.0%
91   Sanderling 0.0% 10.3% 10.3%
92   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1.2% 9.9% 8.8%
93   White-eyed Vireo 39.6% 9.8% 29.8%
94   Red-breasted Nuthatch 0.8% 9.7% 8.9%
95   Glossy Ibis 0.0% 9.7% 9.7%
96   Black-crowned Night-Heron 0.1% 9.6% 9.6%
97   Chimney Swift 13.9% 9.2% 4.7%
98   Peregrine Falcon 0.0% 9.1% 9.0%
99   White-winged Scoter 0% 9.0% 9.0%
100   Yellow Warbler 2.6% 8.8% 6.2%
101   Tufted Titmouse 70.2% 8.8% 61.4%
102   Broad-winged Hawk 1.0% 8.6% 7.6%
103   Green Heron 6.4% 8.6% 2.2%
104   Ring-necked Duck 0.4% 7.7% 7.2%
105   Lesser Black-backed Gull 0.1% 7.0% 6.9%
106   Great Cormorant 0% 6.7% 6.7%
107   Prairie Warbler 7.5% 6.5% 1.0%
108   Northern Parula 36.6% 6.2% 30.4%
109   American Woodcock 0.1% 5.8% 5.7%
110   Bonaparte's Gull 3.6% 5.6% 2.0%
111   Baltimore Oriole 0.7% 5.6% 4.9%
112   Green-winged Teal 0.3% 5.5% 5.2%
113   Eastern Bluebird 49.1% 5.3% 43.8%
114   Purple Finch 0.7% 5.1% 4.4%
115   Wood Duck 13.3% 5.1% 8.3%
116   White-crowned Sparrow 0.4% 5.1% 4.7%
117   American Coot 0.8% 5.0% 4.2%
118   Eastern Kingbird 13.0% 5.0% 8.0%
119   Winter Wren 1.3% 4.9% 3.6%
120   Marsh Wren 0.2% 4.8% 4.6%
121   Wilson's Snipe 1.0% 4.5% 3.5%
122   Ovenbird 18.8% 4.4% 14.4%
123   Lesser Yellowlegs 1.4% 4.0% 2.7%
124   Greater Scaup 0.1% 4.0% 4.0%
125   Great Crested Flycatcher 22.4% 4.0% 18.4%
126   Purple Martin 7.0% 3.9% 3.1%
127   Northern Waterthrush 3.3% 3.9% 0.6%
128   Black-throated Green Warbler 0.6% 3.9% 3.2%
129   Black-bellied Plover 0.0% 3.8% 3.8%
130   Bank Swallow 0.3% 3.7% 3.4%
131   Gadwall 0.1% 3.7% 3.6%
132   Rusty Blackbird 0.8% 3.6% 2.8%
133   American Bittern 1.0% 3.4% 2.4%
134   Orchard Oriole 7.2% 3.3% 3.9%
135   Hooded Merganser 2.3% 3.2% 0.9%
136   Iceland Gull 0% 3.2% 3.2%
137   Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1.4% 3.2% 1.8%
138   Indigo Bunting 13.6% 3.1% 10.5%
139   Dunlin 0.1% 3.1% 3.0%
140   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 9.1% 3.0% 6.1%
141   Glaucous Gull 0% 3.0% 3.0%
142   Wood Thrush 7.9% 2.9% 5.0%
143   Pied-billed Grebe 2.1% 2.8% 0.7%
144   Blue-winged Warbler 1.0% 2.6% 1.6%
145   American Redstart 9.3% 2.5% 6.9%
146   Eastern Meadowlark 6.6% 2.5% 4.1%
147   Hairy Woodpecker 10.1% 2.4% 7.7%
148   Blue-winged Teal 2.2% 2.4% 0.2%
149   Louisiana Waterthrush 10.5% 2.3% 8.2%
150   Fox Sparrow 0.1% 2.3% 2.3%
151   Black-throated Blue Warbler 6.0% 2.3% 3.7%
152   Solitary Sandpiper 5.9% 2.3% 3.6%
153   Least Sandpiper 1.1% 2.2% 1.1%
154   Eastern Whip-poor-will 0.6% 2.2% 1.6%
155   American Pipit 0.2% 2.0% 1.9%
156   Little Blue Heron 0.1% 2.0% 1.9%
157   Vesper Sparrow 0.3% 2.0% 1.7%
158   Scarlet Tanager 4.5% 1.9% 2.6%
159   Spotted Sandpiper 7.3% 1.8% 5.6%
160   Chuck-will's-widow 0.4% 1.8% 1.3%
161   Whimbrel 0% 1.8% 1.8%
162   Clapper Rail 0% 1.8% 1.8%
163   Blue Grosbeak 9.1% 1.7% 7.4%
164   Nashville Warbler 0.0% 1.7% 1.7%
165   American Tree Sparrow 0% 1.6% 1.6%
166   Snow Goose 0% 1.6% 1.6%
167   Barred Owl 8.7% 1.6% 7.1%
168   Least Bittern 0.0% 1.6% 1.6%
169   Common Merganser 0% 1.6% 1.6%
170   Yellow-throated Vireo 6.4% 1.5% 4.9%
171   Pine Siskin 3.2% 1.5% 1.7%
172   Lesser Scaup 0.7% 1.5% 0.9%
173   Seaside Sparrow 0% 1.4% 1.4%
174   Warbling Vireo 0.2% 1.3% 1.1%
175   Red-necked Grebe 0.0% 1.3% 1.3%
176   Tricolored Heron 0.1% 1.2% 1.1%
177   Great Horned Owl 0.8% 1.2% 0.3%
178   Magnolia Warbler 0.2% 1.1% 0.9%
179   King Eider 0% 1.1% 1.1%
180   Veery 1.3% 1.1% 0.2%
181   Cliff Swallow 3.5% 1.0% 2.5%
182   Stilt Sandpiper 0.0% 1.0% 1.0%
183   Hooded Warbler 9.6% 0.9% 8.7%
184   Prothonotary Warbler 12.7% 0.9% 11.9%
185   Northern Shoveler 0.2% 0.9% 0.7%
186   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 1.8% 0.8% 1.0%
187   Virginia Rail 0.1% 0.8% 0.7%
188   Common Tern 0.0% 0.8% 0.8%
189   Caspian Tern 2.5% 0.8% 1.8%
190   Common Goldeneye 0.0% 0.8% 0.8%
191   Sora 0.2% 0.7% 0.5%
192   Snowy Owl 0% 0.7% 0.7%
193   Black Skimmer 0% 0.7% 0.7%
194   Red-eyed Vireo 31.6% 0.6% 31.0%
195   Yellow-throated Warbler 21.6% 0.6% 21.0%
196   Ruddy Duck 2.9% 0.6% 2.3%
197   Short-billed Dowitcher 0.1% 0.6% 0.5%
198   Common Eider 0% 0.6% 0.6%
199   Semipalmated Plover 0.1% 0.5% 0.4%
200   American Wigeon 0.1% 0.5% 0.4%
201   Chestnut-sided Warbler 0.1% 0.5% 0.3%
202   Summer Tanager 14.5% 0.4% 14.1%
203   Least Flycatcher 0.0% 0.4% 0.4%
204   Saltmarsh Sparrow 0% 0.4% 0.4%
205   Horned Lark 1.0% 0.4% 0.6%
206   Cape May Warbler 0.5% 0.4% 0.1%
207   Least Tern 0% 0.4% 0.4%
208   Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1.3% 0.3% 1.0%
209   Swainson's Thrush 0.8% 0.3% 0.5%
210   Blackpoll Warbler 0.2% 0.3% 0.1%
211   Little Gull 0% 0.3% 0.3%
212   Red Knot 0% 0.3% 0.3%
213   Carolina Chickadee 66.0% 0.2% 65.8%
214   Red-headed Woodpecker 13.0% 0.2% 12.7%
215   Worm-eating Warbler 2.2% 0.2% 2.0%
216   Grasshopper Sparrow 1.5% 0.2% 1.3%
217   Eastern Wood-Pewee 1.5% 0.2% 1.3%
218   Swainson's Warbler 0.6% 0.2% 0.4%
219   Blackburnian Warbler 0.2% 0.2% 0.1%
220   Eared Grebe 0% 0.2% 0.2%
221   Wild Turkey 2.0% 0.2% 1.9%
222   Bobolink 1.3% 0.2% 1.2%
223   Anhinga 0.1% 0.2% 0.0%
224   Semipalmated Sandpiper 0.1% 0.2% 0.1%
225   Common Gallinule 0.0% 0.2% 0.2%
226   Northern Pintail 0.0% 0.2% 0.2%
227   Clay-colored Sparrow 0.0% 0.2% 0.2%
228   Royal Tern 0.0% 0.2% 0.2%
229   American Avocet 0% 0.2% 0.2%
230   White-winged Dove 0% 0.2% 0.2%
231   Short-eared Owl 0% 0.2% 0.2%
232   Orange-crowned Warbler 0.3% 0.1% 0.2%
233   Western Cattle-Egret 0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
234   Lincoln's Sparrow 0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
235   Wilson's Warbler 0.0% 0.1% 0.1%
236   Swallow-tailed Kite 0.0% 0.1% 0.1%
237   Brown Pelican 0% 0.1% 0.1%
238   Nelson's Sparrow 0% 0.1% 0.1%
239   Ash-throated Flycatcher 0% 0.1% 0.1%
240   Pileated Woodpecker 20.4% 0.1% 20.3%
241   Tennessee Warbler 0.0% 0.1% 0.0%
242   Common Nighthawk 0.0% 0.1% 0.0%
243   Black-headed Gull 0.0% 0.1% 0.1%
244   Ring-necked Pheasant 0.0% 0.1% 0.1%
245   Harlequin Duck 0% 0.1% 0.1%
246   Pacific Loon 0% 0.1% 0.1%
247   Sandwich Tern 0% 0.1% 0.1%
248   Lapland Longspur 0% 0.1% 0.1%
249   Bohemian Waxwing 0% 0.1% 0.1%
250   Red Phalarope 0% 0.1% 0.1%
251   Razorbill 0% 0.1% 0.1%