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Top Birds at Sandy Hook in April
relative to other locations within 25 miles of 40.781243, -73.966507

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 19.2% 75.5% 56.4%
2   Brant 12.3% 69.8% 57.5%
3   American Robin 74.9% 67.9% 6.9%
4   Red-winged Blackbird 53.3% 66.2% 12.9%
5   Northern Mockingbird 27.9% 65.5% 37.6%
6   American Herring Gull 24.7% 65.3% 40.6%
7   Mourning Dove 52.0% 64.0% 12.0%
8   American Oystercatcher 5.5% 64.0% 58.4%
9   Canada Goose 51.8% 63.7% 11.9%
10   Double-crested Cormorant 36.3% 63.2% 26.9%
11   Song Sparrow 48.3% 63.0% 14.7%
12   Great Black-backed Gull 13.6% 62.0% 48.4%
13   Turkey Vulture 11.3% 60.2% 48.9%
14   Northern Cardinal 60.6% 58.6% 2.0%
15   Great Egret 20.6% 57.9% 37.3%
16   Common Grackle 48.2% 56.6% 8.4%
17   Yellow-rumped Warbler 30.5% 55.3% 24.7%
18   Red-breasted Merganser 6.3% 53.9% 47.5%
19   European Starling 56.8% 52.9% 4.0%
20   White-throated Sparrow 58.2% 51.9% 6.3%
21   Eastern Towhee 21.9% 51.8% 29.8%
22   Carolina Wren 22.5% 50.4% 27.9%
23   House Finch 15.8% 50.1% 34.3%
24   Northern Flicker 45.2% 48.7% 3.5%
25   Tree Swallow 20.2% 48.4% 28.2%
26   Fish Crow 15.1% 47.4% 32.4%
27   Field Sparrow 8.1% 46.2% 38.1%
28   Ring-billed Gull 22.2% 44.9% 22.6%
29   Laughing Gull 11.9% 44.5% 32.6%
30   Mallard 53.1% 43.8% 9.3%
31   American Crow 18.6% 42.8% 24.1%
32   Northern Gannet 1.4% 42.5% 41.1%
33   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 15.4% 41.5% 26.1%
34   Bufflehead 10.9% 40.3% 29.4%
35   Chipping Sparrow 25.0% 39.4% 14.4%
36   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 29.9% 38.1% 8.3%
37   American Goldfinch 27.2% 37.3% 10.1%
38   Black Vulture 1.9% 36.7% 34.9%
39   Common Loon 4.6% 35.9% 31.3%
40   Barn Swallow 13.1% 35.3% 22.2%
41   American Black Duck 9.6% 35.3% 25.7%
42   Sharp-shinned Hawk 1.7% 34.5% 32.9%
43   Killdeer 8.5% 33.6% 25.2%
44   Merlin 1.4% 32.9% 31.5%
45   Palm Warbler 26.9% 32.8% 6.0%
46   Boat-tailed Grackle 3.5% 32.1% 28.6%
47   Brown-headed Cowbird 21.7% 31.4% 9.7%
48   Hermit Thrush 27.1% 31.2% 4.1%
49   Eastern Phoebe 19.0% 30.9% 11.9%
50   Cooper's Hawk 3.3% 30.7% 27.4%
51   American Kestrel 5.0% 29.7% 24.7%
52   Dark-eyed Junco 20.2% 29.6% 9.4%
53   Great Blue Heron 10.7% 29.4% 18.7%
54   Downy Woodpecker 37.1% 28.2% 8.9%
55   Brown Thrasher 5.7% 27.4% 21.7%
56   Red-tailed Hawk 23.8% 27.2% 3.4%
57   Belted Kingfisher 9.9% 26.3% 16.4%
58   Rock Pigeon 35.4% 26.2% 9.2%
59   Snowy Egret 6.3% 25.8% 19.5%
60   Common Raven 3.7% 25.8% 22.0%
61   Cedar Waxwing 3.1% 25.4% 22.3%
62   Mute Swan 14.0% 23.7% 9.7%
63   Black-capped Chickadee 19.9% 23.6% 3.7%
64   House Wren 7.7% 23.1% 15.4%
65   Golden-crowned Kinglet 11.8% 22.4% 10.6%
66   Piping Plover 0.4% 21.7% 21.2%
67   Swamp Sparrow 18.5% 20.4% 1.9%
68   Blue Jay 52.6% 19.8% 32.8%
69   Horned Grebe 2.2% 19.7% 17.6%
70   Red-throated Loon 3.6% 19.3% 15.7%
71   Savannah Sparrow 7.6% 19.1% 11.5%
72   Gray Catbird 10.8% 19.0% 8.2%
73   Northern Harrier 1.4% 18.4% 17.0%
74   Black Scoter 0.3% 17.9% 17.6%
75   Red-bellied Woodpecker 39.8% 17.4% 22.4%
76   House Sparrow 54.8% 17.0% 37.8%
77   Greater Yellowlegs 5.9% 16.9% 11.1%
78   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 10.2% 16.0% 5.8%
79   Bald Eagle 4.0% 15.8% 11.7%
80   Surf Scoter 0.3% 15.6% 15.3%
81   Forster's Tern 3.5% 15.4% 11.9%
82   Brown Creeper 9.7% 14.1% 4.4%
83   Red-shouldered Hawk 1.0% 13.6% 12.6%
84   Black-and-white Warbler 12.8% 12.8% 0.0%
85   Common Yellowthroat 4.1% 12.2% 8.1%
86   Blue-headed Vireo 9.4% 11.9% 2.4%
87   Long-tailed Duck 0.7% 11.7% 10.9%
88   White-breasted Nuthatch 17.0% 11.6% 5.4%
89   Pine Warbler 14.9% 11.6% 3.3%
90   Willet 1.2% 11.0% 9.8%
91   Sanderling 0.5% 10.3% 9.8%
92   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 12.1% 9.9% 2.2%
93   White-eyed Vireo 1.3% 9.8% 8.5%
94   Red-breasted Nuthatch 2.3% 9.7% 7.4%
95   Glossy Ibis 1.9% 9.7% 7.8%
96   Black-crowned Night-Heron 6.9% 9.6% 2.8%
97   Chimney Swift 5.9% 9.2% 3.3%
98   Peregrine Falcon 2.7% 9.1% 6.4%
99   White-winged Scoter 0.2% 9.0% 8.8%
100   Yellow Warbler 7.9% 8.8% 0.9%
101   Tufted Titmouse 24.4% 8.8% 15.7%
102   Broad-winged Hawk 1.1% 8.6% 7.6%
103   Green Heron 3.7% 8.6% 4.9%
104   Ring-necked Duck 2.8% 7.7% 4.9%
105   Lesser Black-backed Gull 0.2% 7.0% 6.8%
106   Great Cormorant 0.5% 6.7% 6.2%
107   Prairie Warbler 2.6% 6.5% 3.9%
108   Northern Parula 5.9% 6.2% 0.4%
109   American Woodcock 0.8% 5.8% 5.0%
110   Baltimore Oriole 4.0% 5.6% 1.6%
111   Bonaparte's Gull 0.8% 5.6% 4.8%
112   Green-winged Teal 5.5% 5.5% 0.0%
113   Eastern Bluebird 1.2% 5.3% 4.1%
114   Purple Finch 1.8% 5.1% 3.4%
115   Wood Duck 14.5% 5.1% 9.4%
116   White-crowned Sparrow 0.8% 5.1% 4.3%
117   American Coot 6.5% 5.0% 1.5%
118   Eastern Kingbird 1.4% 5.0% 3.6%
119   Winter Wren 3.9% 4.9% 1.0%
120   Marsh Wren 0.8% 4.8% 4.0%
121   Wilson's Snipe 1.7% 4.5% 2.8%
122   Ovenbird 4.4% 4.4% 0.0%
123   Lesser Yellowlegs 1.3% 4.0% 2.7%
124   Greater Scaup 1.3% 4.0% 2.8%
125   Great Crested Flycatcher 1.3% 4.0% 2.7%
126   Purple Martin 0.5% 3.9% 3.4%
127   Northern Waterthrush 5.5% 3.9% 1.6%
128   Black-throated Green Warbler 2.5% 3.9% 1.3%
129   Black-bellied Plover 0.5% 3.8% 3.3%
130   Gadwall 8.4% 3.7% 4.7%
131   Bank Swallow 0.4% 3.7% 3.2%
132   Rusty Blackbird 4.3% 3.6% 0.7%
133   American Bittern 0.5% 3.4% 2.9%
134   Orchard Oriole 1.7% 3.3% 1.6%
135   Hooded Merganser 2.8% 3.2% 0.4%
136   Iceland Gull 0.1% 3.2% 3.1%
137   Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1.9% 3.2% 1.3%
138   Indigo Bunting 0.9% 3.1% 2.2%
139   Dunlin 0.6% 3.1% 2.5%
140   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 0.4% 3.0% 2.5%
141   Glaucous Gull 0.1% 3.0% 2.9%
142   Wood Thrush 2.6% 2.9% 0.3%
143   Pied-billed Grebe 2.8% 2.8% 0.0%
144   Blue-winged Warbler 1.9% 2.6% 0.7%
145   American Redstart 1.6% 2.5% 0.9%
146   Eastern Meadowlark 0.4% 2.5% 2.1%
147   Hairy Woodpecker 9.6% 2.4% 7.2%
148   Blue-winged Teal 1.9% 2.4% 0.5%
149   Louisiana Waterthrush 7.3% 2.3% 5.0%
150   Fox Sparrow 3.1% 2.3% 0.8%
151   Black-throated Blue Warbler 2.1% 2.3% 0.2%
152   Solitary Sandpiper 1.0% 2.3% 1.3%
153   Least Sandpiper 0.6% 2.2% 1.6%
154   Eastern Whip-poor-will 0.2% 2.2% 2.0%
155   Little Blue Heron 0.7% 2.0% 1.3%
156   American Pipit 0.1% 2.0% 2.0%
157   Vesper Sparrow 0.5% 2.0% 1.5%
158   Scarlet Tanager 0.9% 1.9% 1.0%
159   Spotted Sandpiper 1.6% 1.8% 0.1%
160   Clapper Rail 0.9% 1.8% 0.8%
161   Chuck-will's-widow 0.1% 1.8% 1.6%
162   Whimbrel 0.0% 1.8% 1.7%
163   Nashville Warbler 1.5% 1.7% 0.2%
164   Blue Grosbeak 0.3% 1.7% 1.4%
165   American Tree Sparrow 0.6% 1.6% 1.1%
166   Snow Goose 0.4% 1.6% 1.2%
167   Common Merganser 2.4% 1.6% 0.8%
168   Barred Owl 0.5% 1.6% 1.0%
169   Least Bittern 0.4% 1.6% 1.2%
170   Lesser Scaup 1.1% 1.5% 0.5%
171   Yellow-throated Vireo 0.8% 1.5% 0.7%
172   Pine Siskin 0.6% 1.5% 0.9%
173   Seaside Sparrow 0.1% 1.4% 1.3%
174   Warbling Vireo 4.4% 1.3% 3.1%
175   Red-necked Grebe 0.4% 1.3% 1.0%
176   Tricolored Heron 0.2% 1.2% 1.0%
177   Great Horned Owl 2.2% 1.2% 1.0%
178   Magnolia Warbler 0.3% 1.1% 0.8%
179   King Eider 0.0% 1.1% 1.1%
180   Veery 1.6% 1.1% 0.6%
181   Cliff Swallow 0.2% 1.0% 0.8%
182   Stilt Sandpiper 0.0% 1.0% 1.0%
183   Hooded Warbler 1.4% 0.9% 0.4%
184   Northern Shoveler 7.7% 0.9% 6.8%
185   Prothonotary Warbler 1.6% 0.9% 0.7%
186   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 1.2% 0.8% 0.4%
187   Virginia Rail 0.5% 0.8% 0.3%
188   Common Tern 0.2% 0.8% 0.7%
189   Common Goldeneye 0.2% 0.8% 0.6%
190   Caspian Tern 0.1% 0.8% 0.7%
191   Sora 0.1% 0.7% 0.6%
192   Black Skimmer 0.0% 0.7% 0.7%
193   Snowy Owl 0.0% 0.7% 0.7%
194   Ruddy Duck 10.5% 0.6% 9.9%
195   Yellow-throated Warbler 1.5% 0.6% 0.9%
196   Red-eyed Vireo 0.5% 0.6% 0.0%
197   Short-billed Dowitcher 0.1% 0.6% 0.5%
198   Common Eider 0.1% 0.6% 0.5%
199   American Wigeon 1.2% 0.5% 0.7%
200   Semipalmated Plover 0.1% 0.5% 0.5%
201   Chestnut-sided Warbler 0.4% 0.5% 0.1%
202   Summer Tanager 0.3% 0.4% 0.1%
203   Least Flycatcher 0.2% 0.4% 0.2%
204   Saltmarsh Sparrow 0.1% 0.4% 0.3%
205   Cape May Warbler 0.3% 0.4% 0.0%
206   Least Tern 0.0% 0.4% 0.3%
207   Horned Lark 0.0% 0.4% 0.3%
208   Blackpoll Warbler 0.2% 0.3% 0.1%
209   Swainson's Thrush 0.2% 0.3% 0.1%
210   Yellow-billed Cuckoo 0.1% 0.3% 0.2%
211   Little Gull 0.0% 0.3% 0.2%
212   Red Knot 0.0% 0.3% 0.3%
213   Worm-eating Warbler 0.9% 0.2% 0.7%
214   Red-headed Woodpecker 0.6% 0.2% 0.4%
215   Swainson's Warbler 0.4% 0.2% 0.2%
216   Blackburnian Warbler 0.4% 0.2% 0.2%
217   Grasshopper Sparrow 0.1% 0.2% 0.1%
218   Eastern Wood-Pewee 0.0% 0.2% 0.2%
219   Eared Grebe 0.0% 0.2% 0.2%
220   Carolina Chickadee 0.0% 0.2% 0.2%
221   Wild Turkey 2.3% 0.2% 2.1%
222   Northern Pintail 0.6% 0.2% 0.4%
223   Anhinga 0.2% 0.2% 0.0%
224   Common Gallinule 0.1% 0.2% 0.1%
225   Semipalmated Sandpiper 0.0% 0.2% 0.1%
226   Short-eared Owl 0.0% 0.2% 0.1%
227   White-winged Dove 0.0% 0.2% 0.2%
228   Bobolink 0.0% 0.2% 0.2%
229   Clay-colored Sparrow 0.0% 0.2% 0.2%
230   Royal Tern 0.0% 0.2% 0.2%
231   American Avocet 0% 0.2% 0.2%
232   Orange-crowned Warbler 0.4% 0.1% 0.3%
233   Lincoln's Sparrow 0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
234   Western Cattle-Egret 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   Nelson's Sparrow 0.0% 0.1% 0.1%
238   Brown Pelican 0.0% 0.1% 0.1%
239   Ash-throated Flycatcher 0% 0.1% 0.1%
240   Pileated Woodpecker 2.5% 0.1% 2.4%
241   Ring-necked Pheasant 1.0% 0.1% 0.9%
242   Tennessee Warbler 0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
243   Harlequin Duck 0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
244   Black-headed Gull 0.0% 0.1% 0.0%
245   Common Nighthawk 0.0% 0.1% 0.1%
246   Red Phalarope 0.0% 0.1% 0.1%
247   Razorbill 0.0% 0.1% 0.1%
248   Pacific Loon 0.0% 0.1% 0.1%
249   Sandwich Tern 0% 0.1% 0.1%
250   Lapland Longspur 0% 0.1% 0.1%
251   Bohemian Waxwing 0% 0.1% 0.1%