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Top Birds at Sandy Hook in April
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA

based on 1500 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 18.3% 72.7% 54.3%
2   Brant 12.9% 67.9% 55.0%
3   American Robin 74.9% 65.7% 9.3%
4   Herring Gull 25.8% 64.1% 38.3%
5   Red-winged Blackbird 54.6% 63.9% 9.3%
6   Northern Mockingbird 27.7% 63.3% 35.6%
7   American Oystercatcher 6.1% 63.1% 57.0%
8   Canada Goose 52.8% 63.0% 10.2%
9   Double-crested Cormorant 36.3% 62.1% 25.8%
10   Great Black-backed Gull 14.9% 61.7% 46.9%
11   Mourning Dove 51.4% 61.7% 10.3%
12   Song Sparrow 48.6% 61.5% 12.9%
13   Turkey Vulture 11.7% 60.1% 48.4%
14   Northern Cardinal 60.7% 57.3% 3.3%
15   Great Egret 22.1% 56.7% 34.5%
16   Yellow-rumped Warbler 30.8% 55.5% 24.7%
17   Common Grackle 48.7% 55.3% 6.5%
18   European Starling 56.8% 52.1% 4.7%
19   Red-breasted Merganser 6.3% 51.9% 45.7%
20   Eastern Towhee 21.5% 50.3% 28.8%
21   White-throated Sparrow 57.2% 50.1% 7.2%
22   Tree Swallow 21.7% 49.3% 27.6%
23   House Finch 16.0% 49.1% 33.1%
24   Carolina Wren 21.9% 49.1% 27.2%
25   Fish Crow 15.0% 48.5% 33.5%
26   Northern Flicker 45.2% 47.1% 2.0%
27   Mallard 54.8% 45.8% 9.0%
28   Field Sparrow 7.4% 45.1% 37.7%
29   Ring-billed Gull 23.0% 44.9% 22.0%
30   Northern Gannet 1.6% 44.0% 42.4%
31   American Crow 19.0% 43.4% 24.4%
32   Laughing Gull 10.6% 42.4% 31.8%
33   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 16.7% 42.0% 25.3%
34   Bufflehead 11.5% 40.0% 28.5%
35   American Goldfinch 28.3% 37.6% 9.3%
36   Chipping Sparrow 24.9% 37.0% 12.1%
37   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 29.2% 36.7% 7.4%
38   Black Vulture 2.0% 36.1% 34.2%
39   Sharp-shinned Hawk 1.9% 36.1% 34.2%
40   Barn Swallow 14.0% 35.4% 21.4%
41   Common Loon 4.7% 35.0% 30.3%
42   American Black Duck 9.8% 34.7% 25.0%
43   Killdeer 8.9% 34.2% 25.3%
44   Merlin 1.5% 32.8% 31.3%
45   Brown-headed Cowbird 22.8% 32.5% 9.6%
46   Palm Warbler 28.0% 32.0% 4.0%
47   Cooper's Hawk 3.2% 31.5% 28.2%
48   Boat-tailed Grackle 3.7% 31.3% 27.7%
49   American Kestrel 5.1% 30.5% 25.5%
50   Eastern Phoebe 18.8% 30.3% 11.5%
51   Hermit Thrush 25.4% 29.7% 4.3%
52   Dark-eyed Junco 20.0% 29.7% 9.7%
53   Great Blue Heron 10.8% 29.0% 18.2%
54   Red-tailed Hawk 24.8% 28.9% 4.2%
55   Rock Pigeon 34.3% 27.4% 6.9%
56   Downy Woodpecker 38.2% 27.3% 10.9%
57   Brown Thrasher 5.8% 27.0% 21.2%
58   Cedar Waxwing 3.2% 26.1% 22.9%
59   Belted Kingfisher 9.9% 26.0% 16.1%
60   Mute Swan 15.3% 24.9% 9.6%
61   Snowy Egret 6.9% 24.7% 17.8%
62   Black-capped Chickadee 21.9% 24.3% 2.4%
63   Golden-crowned Kinglet 11.6% 22.7% 11.1%
64   Piping Plover 0.5% 22.5% 22.0%
65   House Wren 7.4% 21.7% 14.4%
66   Common Raven 3.3% 21.7% 18.3%
67   Horned Grebe 2.5% 20.2% 17.7%
68   Blue Jay 53.1% 19.8% 33.3%
69   Swamp Sparrow 17.8% 19.7% 1.9%
70   Red-throated Loon 4.1% 19.5% 15.4%
71   Northern Harrier 1.6% 18.8% 17.2%
72   Savannah Sparrow 7.7% 18.4% 10.7%
73   House Sparrow 53.8% 17.8% 36.0%
74   Greater Yellowlegs 6.3% 17.7% 11.5%
75   Black Scoter 0.2% 17.4% 17.2%
76   Gray Catbird 9.0% 17.3% 8.3%
77   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 10.8% 16.8% 6.0%
78   Red-bellied Woodpecker 40.1% 16.5% 23.6%
79   Surf Scoter 0.2% 16.1% 15.8%
80   Bald Eagle 3.7% 15.5% 11.8%
81   Red-shouldered Hawk 1.0% 14.4% 13.4%
82   Forster's Tern 3.5% 13.2% 9.7%
83   Brown Creeper 9.2% 13.0% 3.8%
84   Long-tailed Duck 0.8% 12.4% 11.6%
85   White-breasted Nuthatch 18.0% 11.9% 6.0%
86   Pine Warbler 15.8% 11.5% 4.3%
87   Black-and-white Warbler 12.0% 11.5% 0.5%
88   Blue-headed Vireo 9.5% 11.4% 1.9%
89   Sanderling 0.5% 11.1% 10.6%
90   Common Yellowthroat 3.3% 10.7% 7.4%
91   Willet 1.2% 10.5% 9.2%
92   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 10.4% 10.3% 0.0%
93   Red-breasted Nuthatch 2.8% 10.0% 7.2%
94   Black-crowned Night-Heron 7.6% 9.7% 2.2%
95   Glossy Ibis 2.2% 9.5% 7.3%
96   White-eyed Vireo 1.4% 9.5% 8.1%
97   Tufted Titmouse 26.0% 9.3% 16.8%
98   White-winged Scoter 0.2% 8.9% 8.7%
99   Broad-winged Hawk 1.2% 8.8% 7.6%
100   Green Heron 3.5% 8.6% 5.1%
101   Peregrine Falcon 2.9% 8.5% 5.6%
102   Chimney Swift 5.3% 8.4% 3.1%
103   Ring-necked Duck 2.9% 8.3% 5.4%
104   Yellow Warbler 7.8% 7.5% 0.4%
105   Great Cormorant 0.5% 7.1% 6.6%
106   Lesser Black-backed Gull 0.2% 6.7% 6.4%
107   Bonaparte's Gull 0.8% 5.9% 5.0%
108   American Coot 7.2% 5.7% 1.5%
109   Prairie Warbler 2.7% 5.7% 3.0%
110   Wood Duck 14.5% 5.6% 8.9%
111   American Woodcock 0.6% 5.6% 5.0%
112   Green-winged Teal 5.1% 5.4% 0.3%
113   Northern Parula 4.8% 5.3% 0.5%
114   Eastern Bluebird 1.2% 5.3% 4.1%
115   White-crowned Sparrow 0.9% 5.3% 4.5%
116   Winter Wren 3.7% 5.2% 1.5%
117   Purple Finch 1.9% 5.0% 3.1%
118   Baltimore Oriole 2.8% 4.8% 2.0%
119   Wilson's Snipe 1.9% 4.5% 2.5%
120   Greater Scaup 1.4% 4.5% 3.1%
121   Eastern Kingbird 1.1% 4.4% 3.3%
122   Lesser Yellowlegs 1.4% 4.3% 2.9%
123   Marsh Wren 0.8% 4.2% 3.4%
124   Bank Swallow 0.5% 3.7% 3.2%
125   Purple Martin 0.4% 3.7% 3.3%
126   Iceland Gull 0.1% 3.7% 3.6%
127   Rusty Blackbird 4.4% 3.5% 0.8%
128   American Bittern 0.5% 3.5% 3.0%
129   Hooded Merganser 2.8% 3.4% 0.6%
130   Black-bellied Plover 0.6% 3.4% 2.8%
131   Gadwall 8.6% 3.3% 5.3%
132   Glaucous Gull 0.1% 3.3% 3.3%
133   Black-throated Green Warbler 2.3% 3.3% 1.0%
134   Pied-billed Grebe 2.8% 3.2% 0.4%
135   Ovenbird 3.6% 3.1% 0.5%
136   Dunlin 0.7% 3.1% 2.5%
137   Great Crested Flycatcher 0.8% 3.1% 2.2%
138   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 0.4% 2.9% 2.5%
139   Indigo Bunting 0.8% 2.9% 2.0%
140   Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1.6% 2.7% 1.2%
141   Northern Waterthrush 5.2% 2.7% 2.5%
142   Blue-winged Teal 1.7% 2.6% 0.9%
143   Fox Sparrow 3.2% 2.5% 0.7%
144   Orchard Oriole 1.6% 2.5% 1.0%
145   Hairy Woodpecker 10.1% 2.3% 7.8%
146   Wood Thrush 2.1% 2.3% 0.3%
147   Little Blue Heron 0.8% 2.3% 1.6%
148   Eastern Meadowlark 0.4% 2.3% 1.9%
149   Least Sandpiper 0.6% 2.3% 1.7%
150   Louisiana Waterthrush 7.1% 2.1% 5.0%
151   Blue-winged Warbler 1.8% 2.1% 0.3%
152   American Pipit 0.1% 2.1% 2.0%
153   Vesper Sparrow 0.4% 1.9% 1.6%
154   Whimbrel 0.0% 1.9% 1.9%
155   Spotted Sandpiper 1.7% 1.9% 0.1%
156   Black-throated Blue Warbler 1.7% 1.8% 0.1%
157   American Redstart 1.3% 1.8% 0.5%
158   Solitary Sandpiper 0.7% 1.8% 1.1%
159   Barred Owl 0.7% 1.8% 1.1%
160   Snow Goose 0.5% 1.8% 1.3%
161   Eastern Whip-poor-will 0.1% 1.8% 1.7%
162   Pine Siskin 0.8% 1.7% 1.0%
163   Blue Grosbeak 0.2% 1.7% 1.5%
164   Clapper Rail 0.9% 1.7% 0.8%
165   American Tree Sparrow 0.7% 1.7% 1.0%
166   Common Merganser 2.6% 1.6% 1.0%
167   Lesser Scaup 1.1% 1.6% 0.5%
168   Seaside Sparrow 0.1% 1.5% 1.4%
169   Red-necked Grebe 0.5% 1.5% 1.0%
170   Yellow-throated Vireo 0.8% 1.3% 0.6%
171   Least Bittern 0.3% 1.3% 1.0%
172   Great Horned Owl 2.5% 1.3% 1.3%
173   Tricolored Heron 0.3% 1.3% 1.0%
174   King Eider 0.1% 1.3% 1.2%
175   Warbling Vireo 3.4% 1.2% 2.2%
176   Chuck-will's-widow 0.2% 1.2% 1.0%
177   Stilt Sandpiper 0.0% 1.2% 1.2%
178   Scarlet Tanager 0.6% 1.1% 0.6%
179   Cliff Swallow 0.2% 1.1% 0.8%
180   Nashville Warbler 0.8% 1.0% 0.2%
181   Virginia Rail 0.3% 0.9% 0.6%
182   Magnolia Warbler 0.2% 0.9% 0.7%
183   Prothonotary Warbler 1.7% 0.9% 0.8%
184   Veery 1.4% 0.9% 0.6%
185   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 1.3% 0.9% 0.4%
186   Hooded Warbler 1.2% 0.9% 0.3%
187   Common Goldeneye 0.2% 0.9% 0.7%
188   Snowy Owl 0.0% 0.8% 0.8%
189   Northern Shoveler 8.9% 0.7% 8.1%
190   Yellow-throated Warbler 1.7% 0.7% 1.0%
191   Sora 0.1% 0.7% 0.6%
192   Common Eider 0.1% 0.7% 0.6%
193   Ruddy Duck 11.0% 0.6% 10.4%
194   Short-billed Dowitcher 0.1% 0.6% 0.5%
195   Black Skimmer 0.0% 0.6% 0.6%
196   Red-eyed Vireo 0.4% 0.5% 0.1%
197   Common Tern 0.2% 0.5% 0.4%
198   Caspian Tern 0.1% 0.5% 0.4%
199   American Wigeon 1.4% 0.5% 0.9%
200   Saltmarsh Sparrow 0.2% 0.5% 0.3%
201   Summer Tanager 0.3% 0.4% 0.1%
202   Chestnut-sided Warbler 0.4% 0.3% 0.1%
203   Blackpoll Warbler 0.2% 0.3% 0.1%
204   Least Flycatcher 0.1% 0.3% 0.2%
205   Semipalmated Plover 0.1% 0.3% 0.3%
206   Horned Lark 0.0% 0.3% 0.3%
207   Little Gull 0.0% 0.3% 0.3%
208   Worm-eating Warbler 1.0% 0.3% 0.7%
209   Red-headed Woodpecker 0.6% 0.3% 0.4%
210   Swainson's Warbler 0.1% 0.3% 0.1%
211   Grasshopper Sparrow 0.1% 0.3% 0.2%
212   Eared Grebe 0% 0.3% 0.3%
213   Wild Turkey 2.5% 0.2% 2.3%
214   Northern Pintail 0.7% 0.2% 0.5%
215   Blackburnian Warbler 0.5% 0.2% 0.3%
216   Anhinga 0.3% 0.2% 0.1%
217   Cape May Warbler 0.2% 0.2% 0.0%
218   Common Gallinule 0.1% 0.2% 0.1%
219   Yellow-billed Cuckoo 0.1% 0.2% 0.1%
220   White-winged Dove 0.0% 0.2% 0.2%
221   Least Tern 0.0% 0.2% 0.2%
222   Short-eared Owl 0.0% 0.2% 0.2%
223   Bobolink 0.0% 0.2% 0.2%
224   Carolina Chickadee 0.0% 0.2% 0.2%
225   Clay-colored Sparrow 0.0% 0.2% 0.2%
226   American Avocet 0% 0.2% 0.2%
227   Swainson's Thrush 0.2% 0.1% 0.1%
228   Cattle Egret 0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
229   Semipalmated Sandpiper 0.0% 0.1% 0.1%
230   Wilson's Warbler 0.0% 0.1% 0.1%
231   Nelson's Sparrow 0.0% 0.1% 0.1%
232   Brown Pelican 0% 0.1% 0.1%
233   Ash-throated Flycatcher 0% 0.1% 0.1%
234   Pileated Woodpecker 2.4% 0.1% 2.3%
235   Orange-crowned Warbler 0.4% 0.1% 0.3%
236   Harlequin Duck 0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
237   Tennessee Warbler 0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
238   Swallow-tailed Kite 0.0% 0.1% 0.0%
239   Western Grebe 0.0% 0.1% 0.0%
240   Eastern Wood-Pewee 0.0% 0.1% 0.1%
241   Black-headed Gull 0.0% 0.1% 0.1%
242   Common Nighthawk 0.0% 0.1% 0.1%
243   Red Phalarope 0.0% 0.1% 0.1%
244   Razorbill 0.0% 0.1% 0.1%
245   Pacific Loon 0.0% 0.1% 0.1%
246   Royal Tern 0.0% 0.1% 0.1%
247   Acadian Flycatcher 0.0% 0.1% 0.1%
248   Bohemian Waxwing 0% 0.1% 0.1%