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

based on 2381 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Sandy Hook in May. 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   Gray Catbird 65.8% 74.0% 8.3%
2   Osprey 15.2% 74.0% 58.8%
3   Common Yellowthroat 47.0% 71.4% 24.4%
4   Eastern Towhee 18.8% 70.9% 52.1%
5   American Robin 73.4% 70.6% 2.8%
6   Red-winged Blackbird 53.0% 70.1% 17.1%
7   Laughing Gull 15.8% 68.1% 52.3%
8   Yellow Warbler 42.1% 67.1% 25.0%
9   American Redstart 39.8% 66.1% 26.2%
10   Northern Mockingbird 25.9% 65.4% 39.4%
11   Brant 9.6% 65.2% 55.6%
12   House Wren 25.9% 65.0% 39.1%
13   Mourning Dove 53.2% 64.7% 11.5%
14   Double-crested Cormorant 33.4% 64.3% 30.9%
15   Common Grackle 54.7% 62.8% 8.1%
16   Herring Gull 22.6% 62.3% 39.7%
17   Great Egret 24.6% 61.6% 36.9%
18   Northern Cardinal 59.0% 61.2% 2.3%
19   American Oystercatcher 6.8% 60.6% 53.9%
20   Barn Swallow 31.1% 60.3% 29.2%
21   Canada Goose 44.8% 60.1% 15.3%
22   Song Sparrow 35.0% 58.3% 23.3%
23   Great Black-backed Gull 12.4% 56.3% 43.9%
24   European Starling 58.5% 54.1% 4.5%
25   White-eyed Vireo 3.3% 51.3% 48.0%
26   Turkey Vulture 8.9% 50.8% 41.9%
27   Carolina Wren 19.2% 50.0% 30.8%
28   Tree Swallow 21.9% 48.9% 27.0%
29   Mallard 49.3% 48.5% 0.8%
30   Great Crested Flycatcher 17.4% 48.4% 31.0%
31   American Goldfinch 28.2% 47.9% 19.7%
32   Blue Jay 49.3% 47.7% 1.6%
33   House Finch 15.3% 47.4% 32.0%
34   Chimney Swift 29.5% 45.8% 16.4%
35   Black-and-white Warbler 39.4% 43.5% 4.0%
36   Field Sparrow 2.5% 43.4% 40.9%
37   Northern Parula 35.5% 43.3% 7.8%
38   Cedar Waxwing 16.2% 42.8% 26.5%
39   Least Tern 3.1% 40.6% 37.5%
40   Magnolia Warbler 27.2% 40.3% 13.0%
41   Snowy Egret 9.3% 40.2% 31.0%
42   Common Tern 5.1% 39.7% 34.7%
43   Chipping Sparrow 17.8% 39.5% 21.7%
44   Brown Thrasher 6.6% 39.5% 32.8%
45   Fish Crow 10.2% 39.3% 29.1%
46   Red-eyed Vireo 22.4% 38.1% 15.7%
47   Willet 5.1% 37.1% 32.0%
48   White-throated Sparrow 34.2% 36.8% 2.6%
49   Killdeer 8.7% 36.5% 27.7%
50   Eastern Kingbird 16.4% 36.2% 19.8%
51   American Crow 17.3% 36.0% 18.8%
52   Boat-tailed Grackle 4.5% 36.0% 31.4%
53   Baltimore Oriole 44.9% 35.6% 9.3%
54   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 5.7% 35.3% 29.6%
55   Yellow-rumped Warbler 33.8% 35.0% 1.3%
56   Ring-billed Gull 13.9% 34.1% 20.2%
57   Ovenbird 32.7% 32.9% 0.2%
58   Blackpoll Warbler 21.7% 32.2% 10.5%
59   Black-throated Blue Warbler 27.9% 31.2% 3.3%
60   Brown-headed Cowbird 20.6% 30.6% 10.0%
61   Black-throated Green Warbler 20.0% 30.5% 10.6%
62   Northern Waterthrush 23.1% 29.9% 6.9%
63   Green Heron 8.6% 29.9% 21.4%
64   Forster's Tern 7.4% 29.8% 22.4%
65   Swainson's Thrush 17.5% 28.8% 11.3%
66   Black Vulture 1.6% 28.8% 27.1%
67   Rose-breasted Grosbeak 16.2% 28.5% 12.3%
68   Scarlet Tanager 18.7% 28.4% 9.7%
69   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 14.2% 28.3% 14.2%
70   Piping Plover 0.8% 28.1% 27.2%
71   Rock Pigeon 35.6% 27.1% 8.5%
72   Veery 19.9% 26.0% 6.0%
73   Red-breasted Merganser 1.2% 25.8% 24.6%
74   Chestnut-sided Warbler 16.1% 25.0% 9.0%
75   Red-bellied Woodpecker 38.5% 24.8% 13.6%
76   Black-bellied Plover 3.0% 23.7% 20.7%
77   Willow Flycatcher 5.0% 23.6% 18.6%
78   Great Blue Heron 9.3% 23.6% 14.3%
79   Yellow-billed Cuckoo 3.1% 23.3% 20.2%
80   Merlin 0.4% 23.2% 22.8%
81   House Sparrow 57.7% 23.0% 34.7%
82   Eastern Wood-Pewee 10.9% 22.8% 12.0%
83   Spotted Sandpiper 12.2% 22.5% 10.4%
84   Wilson's Warbler 8.6% 21.7% 13.2%
85   Greater Yellowlegs 5.5% 21.7% 16.1%
86   Wood Thrush 23.2% 20.7% 2.5%
87   Indigo Bunting 9.8% 20.5% 10.7%
88   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 13.0% 20.2% 7.2%
89   Blue-headed Vireo 14.1% 20.1% 5.9%
90   American Black Duck 4.7% 20.0% 15.3%
91   Common Loon 2.1% 19.9% 17.8%
92   Mute Swan 11.3% 19.9% 8.5%
93   Ruddy Turnstone 1.8% 19.8% 18.0%
94   Prairie Warbler 8.2% 19.4% 11.2%
95   Canada Warbler 11.5% 19.4% 7.8%
96   Least Sandpiper 6.8% 19.3% 12.4%
97   Red-tailed Hawk 19.8% 19.0% 0.8%
98   Black-capped Chickadee 12.0% 17.8% 5.9%
99   Clapper Rail 3.1% 17.2% 14.1%
100   Swamp Sparrow 13.0% 17.1% 4.1%
101   Sharp-shinned Hawk 0.5% 16.2% 15.7%
102   Northern Flicker 29.4% 16.1% 13.3%
103   Least Flycatcher 5.7% 16.0% 10.3%
104   Savannah Sparrow 5.3% 15.9% 10.6%
105   Sanderling 1.3% 15.8% 14.5%
106   Marsh Wren 4.4% 15.7% 11.3%
107   Black-crowned Night-Heron 11.6% 15.3% 3.8%
108   Semipalmated Plover 4.3% 15.2% 10.9%
109   Bank Swallow 2.2% 15.1% 12.9%
110   Cooper's Hawk 1.7% 15.0% 13.2%
111   Broad-winged Hawk 0.8% 14.9% 14.1%
112   Semipalmated Sandpiper 4.7% 14.7% 10.1%
113   Red-breasted Nuthatch 2.5% 14.4% 11.8%
114   Blackburnian Warbler 9.3% 13.9% 4.6%
115   Glossy Ibis 4.0% 13.6% 9.6%
116   Belted Kingfisher 4.0% 12.6% 8.6%
117   White-crowned Sparrow 3.5% 12.6% 9.1%
118   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 12.0% 12.0% 0.0%
119   Downy Woodpecker 28.5% 11.8% 16.7%
120   Warbling Vireo 32.6% 11.7% 20.9%
121   Common Nighthawk 1.2% 11.7% 10.5%
122   Orchard Oriole 10.2% 11.6% 1.5%
123   Bay-breasted Warbler 7.9% 11.5% 3.7%
124   Dunlin 2.0% 11.2% 9.2%
125   Common Raven 2.3% 11.0% 8.7%
126   Bald Eagle 2.3% 10.5% 8.2%
127   Bonaparte's Gull 0.4% 10.5% 10.1%
128   Cape May Warbler 6.9% 10.0% 3.0%
129   Black-billed Cuckoo 1.4% 9.7% 8.3%
130   Eastern Phoebe 4.8% 9.6% 4.8%
131   Lincoln's Sparrow 2.8% 9.3% 6.5%
132   Bobolink 1.0% 9.2% 8.2%
133   Nashville Warbler 8.9% 9.2% 0.2%
134   Solitary Sandpiper 5.7% 9.1% 3.4%
135   Peregrine Falcon 2.5% 8.9% 6.4%
136   Purple Martin 1.2% 8.9% 7.6%
137   Lesser Yellowlegs 2.6% 8.7% 6.1%
138   Hermit Thrush 11.1% 8.6% 2.6%
139   Short-billed Dowitcher 1.7% 8.3% 6.6%
140   Black Skimmer 1.5% 8.3% 6.8%
141   Tufted Titmouse 15.7% 8.2% 7.5%
142   Yellow-throated Vireo 4.6% 7.9% 3.4%
143   Palm Warbler 5.2% 7.5% 2.3%
144   Mourning Warbler 1.8% 7.5% 5.8%
145   Gray-cheeked Thrush 3.1% 7.4% 4.3%
146   Gadwall 7.0% 7.3% 0.3%
147   Northern Harrier 0.5% 7.2% 6.7%
148   American Kestrel 2.1% 6.8% 4.7%
149   Wood Duck 9.4% 6.6% 2.7%
150   Least Bittern 0.3% 6.6% 6.3%
151   Northern Gannet 0.1% 6.6% 6.5%
152   Black Scoter 0.1% 6.2% 6.0%
153   Red Knot 0.6% 6.1% 5.6%
154   Blue-winged Warbler 6.7% 5.8% 0.9%
155   Seaside Sparrow 0.7% 5.8% 5.1%
156   Eastern Bluebird 1.1% 5.7% 4.6%
157   Alder Flycatcher 0.5% 5.5% 5.0%
158   Surf Scoter 0.1% 5.5% 5.4%
159   Hooded Warbler 4.0% 5.2% 1.3%
160   Lesser Black-backed Gull 0.1% 5.2% 5.1%
161   American Woodcock 0.4% 5.1% 4.7%
162   Chuck-will's-widow 0.4% 5.0% 4.7%
163   Summer Tanager 1.6% 4.7% 3.1%
164   Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 0.6% 4.2% 3.6%
165   Tennessee Warbler 3.4% 4.2% 0.8%
166   Red-shouldered Hawk 0.5% 4.1% 3.6%
167   Olive-sided Flycatcher 1.2% 3.8% 2.5%
168   Blue Grosbeak 0.7% 3.8% 3.1%
169   Worm-eating Warbler 3.9% 3.7% 0.2%
170   Red-throated Loon 1.0% 3.5% 2.5%
171   Yellow-breasted Chat 0.3% 3.5% 3.2%
172   Cliff Swallow 0.7% 3.4% 2.7%
173   Long-tailed Duck 0.2% 3.2% 3.1%
174   Pine Siskin 0.4% 2.9% 2.6%
175   Purple Finch 1.3% 2.9% 1.6%
176   King Eider 0.0% 2.6% 2.6%
177   White-breasted Nuthatch 10.9% 2.5% 8.4%
178   White-winged Scoter 0.1% 2.3% 2.2%
179   Mississippi Kite 0.1% 2.2% 2.1%
180   Eastern Whip-poor-will 0.1% 2.1% 2.0%
181   Blue-winged Teal 0.5% 2.1% 1.6%
182   Bufflehead 1.2% 2.1% 0.9%
183   Little Blue Heron 1.2% 2.0% 0.8%
184   Saltmarsh Sparrow 0.7% 2.0% 1.3%
185   Glaucous Gull 0.0% 1.8% 1.8%
186   Barred Owl 0.4% 1.8% 1.4%
187   Black Tern 0.1% 1.8% 1.7%
188   American Coot 0.9% 1.7% 0.8%
189   Caspian Tern 0.2% 1.6% 1.4%
190   American Pipit 0.0% 1.6% 1.5%
191   American Bittern 0.3% 1.5% 1.2%
192   Iceland Gull 0.0% 1.5% 1.5%
193   Roseate Tern 0.1% 1.5% 1.4%
194   Acadian Flycatcher 0.5% 1.4% 0.9%
195   Horned Grebe 0.2% 1.4% 1.3%
196   Sora 0.1% 1.4% 1.3%
197   White-rumped Sandpiper 0.4% 1.4% 1.0%
198   Hairy Woodpecker 8.5% 1.3% 7.1%
199   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 4.0% 1.3% 2.6%
200   Greater Scaup 0.4% 1.3% 0.9%
201   Whimbrel 0.1% 1.3% 1.3%
202   Wilson's Snipe 0.2% 1.3% 1.1%
203   Little Gull 0.0% 1.3% 1.2%
204   Golden-crowned Sparrow 0.0% 1.3% 1.3%
205   Tricolored Heron 0.4% 1.2% 0.8%
206   Pine Warbler 1.7% 1.1% 0.6%
207   Royal Tern 0.0% 1.1% 1.1%
208   Red-headed Woodpecker 0.8% 1.0% 0.3%
209   Dark-eyed Junco 0.5% 1.0% 0.5%
210   Bicknell's Thrush 0.4% 1.0% 0.6%
211   Green-winged Teal 0.6% 0.9% 0.3%
212   Hooded Merganser 0.2% 0.9% 0.7%
213   Great Cormorant 0.1% 0.9% 0.9%
214   Wilson's Plover 0.0% 0.9% 0.9%
215   Great Horned Owl 1.0% 0.9% 0.1%
216   Common Gallinule 0.1% 0.9% 0.7%
217   American Avocet 0.0% 0.9% 0.9%
218   Prothonotary Warbler 1.1% 0.8% 0.3%
219   Ruddy Duck 3.4% 0.7% 2.7%
220   Kentucky Warbler 0.8% 0.7% 0.1%
221   Virginia Rail 0.3% 0.6% 0.3%
222   Dickcissel 0.0% 0.6% 0.6%
223   Sabine's Gull 0% 0.6% 0.6%
224   Rusty Blackbird 0.5% 0.6% 0.1%
225   Lesser Scaup 0.1% 0.6% 0.5%
226   Philadelphia Vireo 0.1% 0.6% 0.5%
227   Common Eider 0.1% 0.6% 0.5%
228   Red-necked Grebe 0.0% 0.5% 0.5%
229   Eurasian Collared-Dove 0% 0.5% 0.5%
230   Swallow-tailed Kite 0.0% 0.5% 0.5%
231   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1.0% 0.5% 0.5%
232   Clay-colored Sparrow 0.1% 0.5% 0.4%
233   White-winged Dove 0% 0.5% 0.5%
234   Louisiana Waterthrush 1.9% 0.4% 1.4%
235   Snow Goose 0.2% 0.4% 0.3%
236   American Golden-Plover 0.0% 0.4% 0.4%
237   Marbled Godwit 0.0% 0.4% 0.4%
238   Yellow-throated Warbler 0.3% 0.4% 0.1%
239   Pied-billed Grebe 0.2% 0.4% 0.2%
240   Eastern Meadowlark 0.0% 0.4% 0.3%
241   Purple Sandpiper 0.1% 0.3% 0.2%
242   Grasshopper Sparrow 0.1% 0.3% 0.2%
243   Sooty Shearwater 0.0% 0.3% 0.3%
244   Wilson's Storm-Petrel 0.0% 0.3% 0.3%
245   Painted Bunting 0.0% 0.3% 0.3%
246   Loggerhead Shrike 0% 0.3% 0.3%
247   Wilson's Phalarope 0.2% 0.3% 0.0%
248   Black-necked Stilt 0.1% 0.3% 0.1%
249   Cerulean Warbler 0.7% 0.2% 0.5%
250   Golden-crowned Kinglet 0.1% 0.2% 0.1%
251   Lark Sparrow 0.0% 0.2% 0.2%
252   Pileated Woodpecker 2.5% 0.2% 2.4%
253   Common Merganser 0.4% 0.2% 0.3%
254   Red-necked Phalarope 0.1% 0.2% 0.1%
255   Arctic Tern 0.1% 0.2% 0.1%
256   Western Grebe 0.0% 0.2% 0.1%
257   Carolina Chickadee 0.0% 0.2% 0.1%
258   Vesper Sparrow 0.0% 0.2% 0.1%
259   Northern Bobwhite 0.0% 0.2% 0.2%
260   Brown Pelican 0.0% 0.2% 0.2%
261   Winter Wren 0.4% 0.1% 0.3%
262   Parasitic Jaeger 0.0% 0.1% 0.1%
263   Black-headed Gull 0.0% 0.1% 0.1%
264   Upland Sandpiper 0.0% 0.1% 0.1%
265   Southern Caracara 0% 0.1% 0.1%
266   Wild Turkey 2.3% 0.1% 2.2%
267   Evening Grosbeak 0.3% 0.1% 0.2%
268   Gull-billed Tern 0.2% 0.1% 0.1%
269   Ring-necked Duck 0.1% 0.1% 0.1%
270   Anhinga 0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
271   Cattle Egret 0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
272   Nelson's Sparrow 0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
273   Franklin's Gull 0.0% 0.1% 0.0%
274   American White Pelican 0.0% 0.1% 0.0%
275   Sedge Wren 0.0% 0.1% 0.1%
276   Scissor-tailed Flycatcher 0% 0.1% 0.1%
277   Ross's Goose 0% 0.1% 0.1%
278   Northern Shoveler 1.0% 0.0% 1.0%
279   Orange-crowned Warbler 0.2% 0.0% 0.2%
280   Brown Creeper 0.2% 0.0% 0.1%
281   Swainson's Warbler 0.2% 0.0% 0.1%
282   Golden-winged Warbler 0.1% 0.0% 0.1%
283   Horned Lark 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
284   Pomarine Jaeger 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
285   Magnificent Frigatebird 0% 0.0% 0.0%
286   Red Crossbill 0% 0.0% 0.0%