Top Birds at Sandy Hook in August
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA
based on 724 checklists
This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Sandy Hook in August. 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.
| Rank | Info | Pics | Species | Entire Region | This Location | Difference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Osprey | 29.9% | 81.9% | 52.0% | |||
| 2 | Tree Swallow | 13.1% | 74.4% | 61.3% | |||
| 3 | Great Black-backed Gull | 26.3% | 73.9% | 47.6% | |||
| 4 | Laughing Gull | 31.3% | 73.8% | 42.4% | |||
| 5 | Herring Gull | 39.0% | 72.9% | 34.0% | |||
| 6 | Mourning Dove | 53.4% | 72.4% | 19.0% | |||
| 7 | Double-crested Cormorant | 40.9% | 69.2% | 28.3% | |||
| 8 | Barn Swallow | 39.4% | 68.9% | 29.5% | |||
| 9 | Gray Catbird | 54.4% | 68.8% | 14.3% | |||
| 10 | Northern Mockingbird | 35.5% | 68.0% | 32.4% | |||
| 11 | American Oystercatcher | 11.5% | 67.8% | 56.3% | |||
| 12 | Common Tern | 15.6% | 66.6% | 51.0% | |||
| 13 | Eastern Towhee | 6.1% | 66.4% | 60.3% | |||
| 14 | Semipalmated Plover | 20.5% | 61.5% | 41.0% | |||
| 15 | American Robin | 57.2% | 60.9% | 3.7% | |||
| 16 | American Goldfinch | 37.3% | 58.8% | 21.5% | |||
| 17 | Canada Goose | 40.5% | 58.7% | 18.2% | |||
| 18 | Cedar Waxwing | 16.1% | 58.1% | 42.0% | |||
| 19 | European Starling | 51.0% | 57.0% | 6.0% | |||
| 20 | Common Yellowthroat | 14.5% | 57.0% | 42.6% | |||
| 21 | Song Sparrow | 34.7% | 56.1% | 21.4% | |||
| 22 | Ring-billed Gull | 31.4% | 55.4% | 24.0% | |||
| 23 | Red-winged Blackbird | 28.0% | 55.4% | 27.3% | |||
| 24 | Black-bellied Plover | 6.6% | 55.2% | 48.6% | |||
| 25 | Sanderling | 4.5% | 54.8% | 50.3% | |||
| 26 | Great Egret | 34.2% | 54.6% | 20.3% | |||
| 27 | House Finch | 14.3% | 52.6% | 38.3% | |||
| 28 | Northern Cardinal | 47.7% | 51.0% | 3.3% | |||
| 29 | Great Blue Heron | 30.3% | 50.4% | 20.1% | |||
| 30 | Carolina Wren | 24.4% | 47.8% | 23.4% | |||
| 31 | Royal Tern | 1.5% | 46.7% | 45.2% | |||
| 32 | Snowy Egret | 22.1% | 46.5% | 24.4% | |||
| 33 | Semipalmated Sandpiper | 23.8% | 46.4% | 22.6% | |||
| 34 | Field Sparrow | 1.1% | 44.6% | 43.5% | |||
| 35 | American Redstart | 21.6% | 44.2% | 22.6% | |||
| 36 | Piping Plover | 1.3% | 44.2% | 42.9% | |||
| 37 | Least Sandpiper | 21.7% | 41.9% | 20.2% | |||
| 38 | White-eyed Vireo | 1.6% | 40.7% | 39.2% | |||
| 39 | Chimney Swift | 23.6% | 40.5% | 16.9% | |||
| 40 | Ruddy Turnstone | 4.9% | 40.5% | 35.6% | |||
| 41 | House Wren | 10.9% | 38.5% | 27.6% | |||
| 42 | Yellow Warbler | 20.0% | 34.7% | 14.7% | |||
| 43 | Turkey Vulture | 4.9% | 33.7% | 28.8% | |||
| 44 | Rock Pigeon | 35.5% | 31.6% | 3.8% | |||
| 45 | Least Tern | 4.7% | 29.7% | 25.0% | |||
| 46 | Willet | 3.2% | 29.3% | 26.1% | |||
| 47 | American Crow | 14.2% | 27.8% | 13.6% | |||
| 48 | Bank Swallow | 2.7% | 26.1% | 23.4% | |||
| 49 | Downy Woodpecker | 25.2% | 26.0% | 0.7% | |||
| 50 | Forster's Tern | 13.0% | 25.7% | 12.7% | |||
| 51 | Killdeer | 14.0% | 25.1% | 11.1% | |||
| 52 | Brown Thrasher | 2.8% | 25.0% | 22.2% | |||
| 53 | Spotted Sandpiper | 16.9% | 24.9% | 8.0% | |||
| 54 | Black-and-white Warbler | 14.1% | 24.9% | 10.8% | |||
| 55 | Eastern Kingbird | 16.6% | 24.6% | 8.0% | |||
| 56 | Ruby-throated Hummingbird | 8.7% | 23.9% | 15.2% | |||
| 57 | Great Crested Flycatcher | 6.8% | 23.6% | 16.9% | |||
| 58 | Northern Waterthrush | 15.3% | 23.3% | 8.0% | |||
| 59 | Mallard | 41.1% | 22.7% | 18.5% | |||
| 60 | Baltimore Oriole | 15.0% | 22.2% | 7.2% | |||
| 61 | Chipping Sparrow | 4.9% | 22.1% | 17.2% | |||
| 62 | Yellow-billed Cuckoo | 1.3% | 21.7% | 20.4% | |||
| 63 | Greater Yellowlegs | 15.8% | 20.9% | 5.1% | |||
| 64 | Marsh Wren | 5.4% | 20.4% | 15.0% | |||
| 65 | House Sparrow | 50.5% | 20.2% | 30.3% | |||
| 66 | Mute Swan | 14.4% | 19.5% | 5.1% | |||
| 67 | Black-capped Chickadee | 11.1% | 19.3% | 8.2% | |||
| 68 | Black-crowned Night-Heron | 14.5% | 19.1% | 4.6% | |||
| 69 | Green Heron | 11.8% | 19.1% | 7.3% | |||
| 70 | Red-eyed Vireo | 9.5% | 18.5% | 9.0% | |||
| 71 | Northern Flicker | 26.1% | 18.1% | 8.0% | |||
| 72 | Lesser Yellowlegs | 13.8% | 17.8% | 4.0% | |||
| 73 | Blue-gray Gnatcatcher | 6.6% | 17.7% | 11.1% | |||
| 74 | Belted Kingfisher | 8.2% | 16.6% | 8.3% | |||
| 75 | Fish Crow | 8.9% | 16.4% | 7.6% | |||
| 76 | Common Grackle | 28.4% | 16.2% | 12.3% | |||
| 77 | Black Skimmer | 5.6% | 15.9% | 10.3% | |||
| 78 | Cooper's Hawk | 2.1% | 15.7% | 13.7% | |||
| 79 | Purple Martin | 3.0% | 15.2% | 12.2% | |||
| 80 | Short-billed Dowitcher | 10.3% | 13.7% | 3.3% | |||
| 81 | Black Vulture | 1.2% | 13.7% | 12.5% | |||
| 82 | Brown-headed Cowbird | 5.8% | 13.4% | 7.6% | |||
| 83 | Ovenbird | 4.1% | 12.2% | 8.1% | |||
| 84 | Peregrine Falcon | 7.5% | 11.9% | 4.3% | |||
| 85 | Red-tailed Hawk | 11.4% | 11.3% | 0.1% | |||
| 86 | Willow Flycatcher | 4.6% | 11.3% | 6.7% | |||
| 87 | Bobolink | 2.1% | 11.3% | 9.2% | |||
| 88 | Wood Duck | 9.3% | 10.6% | 1.3% | |||
| 89 | Common Raven | 2.7% | 10.6% | 8.0% | |||
| 90 | Black Tern | 0.6% | 10.1% | 9.4% | |||
| 91 | Canada Warbler | 5.6% | 9.9% | 4.4% | |||
| 92 | Eastern Phoebe | 3.7% | 9.9% | 6.3% | |||
| 93 | Clapper Rail | 4.2% | 9.8% | 5.7% | |||
| 94 | Least Flycatcher | 1.9% | 9.7% | 7.8% | |||
| 95 | Chestnut-sided Warbler | 5.0% | 9.5% | 4.6% | |||
| 96 | Northern Rough-winged Swallow | 2.0% | 8.3% | 6.3% | |||
| 97 | Red-breasted Nuthatch | 2.0% | 8.0% | 6.0% | |||
| 98 | American Black Duck | 10.1% | 7.9% | 2.2% | |||
| 99 | Wood Stork | 0.2% | 7.9% | 7.7% | |||
| 100 | Red Knot | 0.9% | 7.7% | 6.9% | |||
| 101 | Blue-winged Warbler | 3.8% | 7.5% | 3.6% | |||
| 102 | Caspian Tern | 1.8% | 7.3% | 5.5% | |||
| 103 | Magnolia Warbler | 2.8% | 7.2% | 4.4% | |||
| 104 | Eastern Wood-Pewee | 9.1% | 7.0% | 2.1% | |||
| 105 | Blue Jay | 35.8% | 6.9% | 28.9% | |||
| 106 | Boat-tailed Grackle | 4.2% | 6.6% | 2.4% | |||
| 107 | White-rumped Sandpiper | 4.0% | 6.2% | 2.2% | |||
| 108 | Dickcissel | 0.1% | 6.1% | 5.9% | |||
| 109 | Whimbrel | 0.5% | 5.9% | 5.5% | |||
| 110 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | 0.4% | 5.9% | 5.5% | |||
| 111 | Solitary Sandpiper | 3.6% | 5.8% | 2.2% | |||
| 112 | Prairie Warbler | 1.0% | 5.5% | 4.5% | |||
| 113 | Pectoral Sandpiper | 3.1% | 5.4% | 2.3% | |||
| 114 | Yellow-bellied Flycatcher | 0.8% | 5.4% | 4.6% | |||
| 115 | Warbling Vireo | 10.0% | 5.2% | 4.8% | |||
| 116 | Cliff Swallow | 0.7% | 5.1% | 4.4% | |||
| 117 | Northern Parula | 1.8% | 5.0% | 3.2% | |||
| 118 | Veery | 2.6% | 4.8% | 2.3% | |||
| 119 | Black-throated Blue Warbler | 2.0% | 4.8% | 2.8% | |||
| 120 | Cape May Warbler | 1.2% | 4.1% | 3.0% | |||
| 121 | Mourning Warbler | 0.4% | 4.0% | 3.6% | |||
| 122 | Baird's Sandpiper | 0.7% | 3.7% | 3.0% | |||
| 123 | Indigo Bunting | 3.4% | 3.6% | 0.2% | |||
| 124 | Western Sandpiper | 1.8% | 3.6% | 1.8% | |||
| 125 | Gull-billed Tern | 1.1% | 3.3% | 2.2% | |||
| 126 | Black-throated Green Warbler | 1.0% | 3.3% | 2.3% | |||
| 127 | Northern Harrier | 0.8% | 3.3% | 2.5% | |||
| 128 | Gadwall | 3.9% | 3.2% | 0.7% | |||
| 129 | Bald Eagle | 2.5% | 3.2% | 0.7% | |||
| 130 | Broad-winged Hawk | 0.4% | 3.2% | 2.8% | |||
| 131 | Red-breasted Merganser | 0.2% | 3.2% | 2.9% | |||
| 132 | Glossy Ibis | 6.6% | 3.0% | 3.6% | |||
| 133 | Blackburnian Warbler | 1.0% | 2.9% | 1.9% | |||
| 134 | Merlin | 0.5% | 2.9% | 2.4% | |||
| 135 | Brown Pelican | 0.1% | 2.9% | 2.8% | |||
| 136 | Black-billed Cuckoo | 0.4% | 2.8% | 2.3% | |||
| 137 | Lark Sparrow | 0.3% | 2.8% | 2.5% | |||
| 138 | Worm-eating Warbler | 1.3% | 2.6% | 1.3% | |||
| 139 | Orchard Oriole | 0.9% | 2.6% | 1.7% | |||
| 140 | Brant | 0.8% | 2.6% | 1.9% | |||
| 141 | Red-bellied Woodpecker | 19.6% | 2.5% | 17.1% | |||
| 142 | Tennessee Warbler | 0.7% | 2.5% | 1.8% | |||
| 143 | Seaside Sparrow | 1.1% | 2.3% | 1.3% | |||
| 144 | Yellow-breasted Chat | 0.2% | 2.3% | 2.2% | |||
| 145 | Yellow-crowned Night-Heron | 9.2% | 2.2% | 7.0% | |||
| 146 | Stilt Sandpiper | 3.7% | 2.2% | 1.5% | |||
| 147 | Wilson's Warbler | 0.5% | 2.2% | 1.7% | |||
| 148 | Common Loon | 0.5% | 2.2% | 1.7% | |||
| 149 | White Ibis | 0.3% | 2.2% | 1.9% | |||
| 150 | Sora | 0.3% | 2.2% | 1.9% | |||
| 151 | Green-winged Teal | 1.7% | 2.1% | 0.3% | |||
| 152 | Common Nighthawk | 1.3% | 2.1% | 0.8% | |||
| 153 | Scarlet Tanager | 1.7% | 1.9% | 0.3% | |||
| 154 | Least Bittern | 0.9% | 1.9% | 1.0% | |||
| 155 | Tufted Titmouse | 8.6% | 1.8% | 6.8% | |||
| 156 | American Kestrel | 3.6% | 1.8% | 1.8% | |||
| 157 | Wood Thrush | 2.5% | 1.8% | 0.7% | |||
| 158 | Louisiana Waterthrush | 1.1% | 1.8% | 0.7% | |||
| 159 | Great Horned Owl | 0.4% | 1.7% | 1.2% | |||
| 160 | Bonaparte's Gull | 0.4% | 1.7% | 1.3% | |||
| 161 | Wilson's Storm-Petrel | 0.1% | 1.7% | 1.5% | |||
| 162 | Saltmarsh Sparrow | 2.1% | 1.5% | 0.6% | |||
| 163 | Blue-winged Teal | 1.7% | 1.5% | 0.2% | |||
| 164 | Little Blue Heron | 4.3% | 1.4% | 2.9% | |||
| 165 | Rose-breasted Grosbeak | 1.3% | 1.4% | 0.1% | |||
| 166 | Marbled Godwit | 0.7% | 1.2% | 0.5% | |||
| 167 | Savannah Sparrow | 0.7% | 1.2% | 0.5% | |||
| 168 | Yellow-rumped Warbler | 0.2% | 1.2% | 1.0% | |||
| 169 | American Woodcock | 0.1% | 1.2% | 1.1% | |||
| 170 | Surf Scoter | 0.1% | 1.2% | 1.2% | |||
| 171 | White-breasted Nuthatch | 9.9% | 1.1% | 8.8% | |||
| 172 | Buff-breasted Sandpiper | 0.2% | 1.1% | 0.9% | |||
| 173 | Swamp Sparrow | 1.1% | 1.0% | 0.2% | |||
| 174 | Pied-billed Grebe | 1.0% | 1.0% | 0.0% | |||
| 175 | Prothonotary Warbler | 0.5% | 1.0% | 0.5% | |||
| 176 | Yellow-throated Vireo | 0.4% | 1.0% | 0.6% | |||
| 177 | Sharp-shinned Hawk | 0.1% | 1.0% | 0.8% | |||
| 178 | Bay-breasted Warbler | 0.1% | 1.0% | 0.8% | |||
| 179 | Hairy Woodpecker | 6.1% | 0.8% | 5.3% | |||
| 180 | Red-shouldered Hawk | 0.6% | 0.8% | 0.2% | |||
| 181 | Black Scoter | 0.4% | 0.8% | 0.5% | |||
| 182 | Swainson's Thrush | 0.3% | 0.8% | 0.5% | |||
| 183 | Golden-winged Warbler | 0.2% | 0.8% | 0.6% | |||
| 184 | Dunlin | 0.2% | 0.8% | 0.6% | |||
| 185 | Nashville Warbler | 0.4% | 0.7% | 0.3% | |||
| 186 | American Golden-Plover | 0.1% | 0.7% | 0.6% | |||
| 187 | Roseate Tern | 0.0% | 0.7% | 0.7% | |||
| 188 | Northern Gannet | 0.0% | 0.7% | 0.7% | |||
| 189 | Olive-sided Flycatcher | 0.7% | 0.6% | 0.2% | |||
| 190 | Eastern Bluebird | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.0% | |||
| 191 | Hooded Warbler | 0.5% | 0.6% | 0.0% | |||
| 192 | Pine Warbler | 0.3% | 0.6% | 0.2% | |||
| 193 | Wilson's Snipe | 0.1% | 0.6% | 0.5% | |||
| 194 | Common Eider | 0.1% | 0.6% | 0.5% | |||
| 195 | Kentucky Warbler | 0.0% | 0.6% | 0.5% | |||
| 196 | White-throated Sparrow | 0.8% | 0.4% | 0.4% | |||
| 197 | Tricolored Heron | 0.7% | 0.4% | 0.3% | |||
| 198 | Virginia Rail | 0.1% | 0.4% | 0.3% | |||
| 199 | Philadelphia Vireo | 0.1% | 0.4% | 0.3% | |||
| 200 | Blackpoll Warbler | 0.1% | 0.4% | 0.3% | |||
| 201 | Acadian Flycatcher | 0.1% | 0.4% | 0.3% | |||
| 202 | Alder Flycatcher | 0.1% | 0.4% | 0.3% | |||
| 203 | Blue-headed Vireo | 0.1% | 0.4% | 0.4% | |||
| 204 | Cerulean Warbler | 0.0% | 0.4% | 0.4% | |||
| 205 | Yellow-throated Warbler | 0.0% | 0.4% | 0.4% | |||
| 206 | Sandwich Tern | 0.0% | 0.4% | 0.4% | |||
| 207 | Ruddy Duck | 2.4% | 0.3% | 2.1% | |||
| 208 | Wilson's Phalarope | 1.5% | 0.3% | 1.2% | |||
| 209 | American Avocet | 1.2% | 0.3% | 0.9% | |||
| 210 | American Bittern | 0.0% | 0.3% | 0.2% | |||
| 211 | Brewster's Warbler (hybrid) | 0.0% | 0.3% | 0.3% | |||
| 212 | Clay-colored Sparrow | 0.0% | 0.3% | 0.3% | |||
| 213 | Summer Tanager | 0.0% | 0.3% | 0.3% | |||
| 214 | Western Kingbird | 0.0% | 0.3% | 0.3% | |||
| 215 | Northern Shoveler | 1.4% | 0.1% | 1.2% | |||
| 216 | Long-billed Dowitcher | 0.7% | 0.1% | 0.5% | |||
| 217 | Palm Warbler | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 218 | White-winged Scoter | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 219 | King Eider | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 220 | Upland Sandpiper | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 221 | Eastern Meadowlark | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 222 | Carolina Chickadee | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 223 | Horned Lark | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 224 | Eastern Whip-poor-will | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 225 | Great Shearwater | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 226 | White-winged Dove | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 227 | Sabine's Gull | 0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 228 | Black-necked Stilt | 0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 229 | Little Gull | 0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 230 | Elegant Tern | 0% | 0.1% | 0.1% |