Top Birds at Sandy Hook in September
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA
based on 1953 checklists
This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Sandy Hook in September. 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 | Gray Catbird | 60.0% | 79.1% | 19.1% | |||
| 2 | Osprey | 24.0% | 74.7% | 50.7% | |||
| 3 | Herring Gull | 29.7% | 70.0% | 40.3% | |||
| 4 | Mourning Dove | 52.7% | 69.9% | 17.2% | |||
| 5 | Eastern Towhee | 5.9% | 69.2% | 63.4% | |||
| 6 | Double-crested Cormorant | 30.9% | 68.3% | 37.4% | |||
| 7 | Great Black-backed Gull | 17.1% | 68.0% | 50.9% | |||
| 8 | Northern Mockingbird | 30.5% | 67.5% | 37.0% | |||
| 9 | Common Yellowthroat | 44.5% | 66.2% | 21.6% | |||
| 10 | American Robin | 60.2% | 64.5% | 4.3% | |||
| 11 | Tree Swallow | 5.3% | 62.9% | 57.6% | |||
| 12 | Carolina Wren | 25.9% | 58.8% | 32.9% | |||
| 13 | Canada Goose | 37.2% | 58.2% | 21.0% | |||
| 14 | Laughing Gull | 17.4% | 57.8% | 40.4% | |||
| 15 | American Redstart | 42.6% | 57.8% | 15.2% | |||
| 16 | Cedar Waxwing | 15.2% | 55.1% | 39.9% | |||
| 17 | Northern Cardinal | 50.2% | 54.6% | 4.3% | |||
| 18 | House Finch | 13.7% | 52.8% | 39.1% | |||
| 19 | European Starling | 48.3% | 52.3% | 4.0% | |||
| 20 | Red-eyed Vireo | 24.3% | 52.2% | 27.9% | |||
| 21 | Black-and-white Warbler | 31.1% | 49.8% | 18.7% | |||
| 22 | White-eyed Vireo | 2.1% | 49.7% | 47.6% | |||
| 23 | Northern Flicker | 43.0% | 49.7% | 6.7% | |||
| 24 | Song Sparrow | 28.0% | 49.2% | 21.2% | |||
| 25 | House Wren | 16.3% | 48.8% | 32.5% | |||
| 26 | Great Blue Heron | 24.0% | 48.2% | 24.3% | |||
| 27 | Great Egret | 19.2% | 46.6% | 27.4% | |||
| 28 | American Oystercatcher | 3.8% | 46.1% | 42.4% | |||
| 29 | Northern Parula | 26.4% | 45.5% | 19.1% | |||
| 30 | American Goldfinch | 27.2% | 44.8% | 17.5% | |||
| 31 | Ring-billed Gull | 24.6% | 44.6% | 20.0% | |||
| 32 | Turkey Vulture | 7.3% | 44.3% | 37.1% | |||
| 33 | Royal Tern | 1.7% | 43.8% | 42.2% | |||
| 34 | Black-bellied Plover | 3.3% | 40.7% | 37.4% | |||
| 35 | Field Sparrow | 1.2% | 40.1% | 38.9% | |||
| 36 | Eastern Phoebe | 17.2% | 40.0% | 22.7% | |||
| 37 | Downy Woodpecker | 31.6% | 38.9% | 7.3% | |||
| 38 | Snowy Egret | 11.3% | 38.7% | 27.3% | |||
| 39 | Red-winged Blackbird | 11.3% | 38.0% | 26.7% | |||
| 40 | Semipalmated Plover | 6.1% | 36.6% | 30.4% | |||
| 41 | Magnolia Warbler | 22.4% | 35.6% | 13.3% | |||
| 42 | American Crow | 16.5% | 32.5% | 15.9% | |||
| 43 | Black-throated Blue Warbler | 16.4% | 32.2% | 15.9% | |||
| 44 | Sanderling | 2.0% | 30.9% | 28.8% | |||
| 45 | Merlin | 4.6% | 30.4% | 25.8% | |||
| 46 | Eastern Wood-Pewee | 19.2% | 30.2% | 11.0% | |||
| 47 | Brown Thrasher | 8.1% | 28.9% | 20.8% | |||
| 48 | Palm Warbler | 14.7% | 28.8% | 14.1% | |||
| 49 | Belted Kingfisher | 11.5% | 28.8% | 17.2% | |||
| 50 | Rock Pigeon | 37.0% | 28.4% | 8.6% | |||
| 51 | Common Tern | 3.2% | 28.0% | 24.7% | |||
| 52 | Red-breasted Nuthatch | 7.0% | 27.8% | 20.8% | |||
| 53 | Chipping Sparrow | 6.0% | 26.6% | 20.6% | |||
| 54 | Northern Waterthrush | 15.5% | 26.1% | 10.6% | |||
| 55 | Ruby-crowned Kinglet | 7.5% | 25.3% | 17.8% | |||
| 56 | Blackpoll Warbler | 9.9% | 25.0% | 15.1% | |||
| 57 | Black-throated Green Warbler | 11.9% | 24.5% | 12.7% | |||
| 58 | Cooper's Hawk | 6.9% | 23.3% | 16.4% | |||
| 59 | Baltimore Oriole | 7.3% | 23.2% | 15.9% | |||
| 60 | Chimney Swift | 22.4% | 22.6% | 0.1% | |||
| 61 | Ovenbird | 12.3% | 22.3% | 9.9% | |||
| 62 | Swainson's Thrush | 14.6% | 22.1% | 7.5% | |||
| 63 | Peregrine Falcon | 7.0% | 20.8% | 13.8% | |||
| 64 | Cape May Warbler | 6.5% | 20.2% | 13.7% | |||
| 65 | Black-capped Chickadee | 12.5% | 20.1% | 7.6% | |||
| 66 | Semipalmated Sandpiper | 7.6% | 19.8% | 12.2% | |||
| 67 | Yellow-rumped Warbler | 8.1% | 19.6% | 11.4% | |||
| 68 | Yellow Warbler | 12.1% | 19.2% | 7.1% | |||
| 69 | Barn Swallow | 4.3% | 19.0% | 14.7% | |||
| 70 | Yellow-billed Cuckoo | 2.1% | 18.8% | 16.7% | |||
| 71 | Veery | 11.4% | 18.5% | 7.2% | |||
| 72 | Scarlet Tanager | 9.5% | 17.9% | 8.4% | |||
| 73 | House Sparrow | 46.8% | 16.8% | 29.9% | |||
| 74 | Common Raven | 5.1% | 16.7% | 11.7% | |||
| 75 | Black Vulture | 2.3% | 16.7% | 14.4% | |||
| 76 | American Kestrel | 10.7% | 16.6% | 5.9% | |||
| 77 | Red-tailed Hawk | 18.8% | 16.5% | 2.3% | |||
| 78 | Mute Swan | 11.3% | 16.1% | 4.8% | |||
| 79 | Great Crested Flycatcher | 4.9% | 15.9% | 11.1% | |||
| 80 | Chestnut-sided Warbler | 10.0% | 15.9% | 5.8% | |||
| 81 | Piping Plover | 0.3% | 15.2% | 14.9% | |||
| 82 | Least Sandpiper | 7.0% | 15.1% | 8.1% | |||
| 83 | Ruby-throated Hummingbird | 16.6% | 14.9% | 1.7% | |||
| 84 | Bobolink | 2.8% | 14.9% | 12.1% | |||
| 85 | Rose-breasted Grosbeak | 11.4% | 14.7% | 3.3% | |||
| 86 | Forster's Tern | 3.8% | 14.6% | 10.8% | |||
| 87 | Blue Jay | 52.9% | 14.5% | 38.4% | |||
| 88 | Killdeer | 7.2% | 14.2% | 6.9% | |||
| 89 | Least Flycatcher | 3.1% | 13.9% | 10.8% | |||
| 90 | Nashville Warbler | 4.4% | 13.8% | 9.4% | |||
| 91 | Northern Harrier | 3.3% | 13.6% | 10.3% | |||
| 92 | Savannah Sparrow | 6.1% | 13.6% | 7.5% | |||
| 93 | Tennessee Warbler | 5.8% | 13.4% | 7.6% | |||
| 94 | Greater Yellowlegs | 8.7% | 13.4% | 4.7% | |||
| 95 | Sharp-shinned Hawk | 5.1% | 13.0% | 7.9% | |||
| 96 | Connecticut Warbler | 1.6% | 13.0% | 11.3% | |||
| 97 | Philadelphia Vireo | 1.7% | 12.7% | 11.1% | |||
| 98 | White-throated Sparrow | 9.5% | 12.6% | 3.2% | |||
| 99 | Willet | 0.6% | 11.6% | 10.9% | |||
| 100 | Pine Warbler | 5.2% | 11.5% | 6.3% | |||
| 101 | Bay-breasted Warbler | 4.2% | 11.5% | 7.3% | |||
| 102 | Mallard | 37.4% | 11.4% | 26.0% | |||
| 103 | Ruddy Turnstone | 1.0% | 11.3% | 10.3% | |||
| 104 | Yellow-bellied Flycatcher | 1.4% | 11.2% | 9.7% | |||
| 105 | Red-bellied Woodpecker | 30.1% | 11.1% | 19.0% | |||
| 106 | Marsh Wren | 3.3% | 11.0% | 7.7% | |||
| 107 | Caspian Tern | 1.2% | 10.7% | 9.4% | |||
| 108 | Blue-gray Gnatcatcher | 4.7% | 9.8% | 5.1% | |||
| 109 | Lincoln's Sparrow | 3.8% | 9.7% | 5.9% | |||
| 110 | Dickcissel | 0.6% | 9.7% | 9.1% | |||
| 111 | American Golden-Plover | 0.6% | 9.6% | 9.0% | |||
| 112 | Black-crowned Night-Heron | 7.9% | 9.5% | 1.6% | |||
| 113 | Prairie Warbler | 4.2% | 9.4% | 5.2% | |||
| 114 | Wilson's Warbler | 3.7% | 9.3% | 5.6% | |||
| 115 | Blue-headed Vireo | 3.1% | 9.3% | 6.2% | |||
| 116 | Golden-crowned Kinglet | 1.9% | 9.3% | 7.4% | |||
| 117 | American Black Duck | 8.0% | 9.1% | 1.1% | |||
| 118 | Swamp Sparrow | 4.8% | 9.0% | 4.2% | |||
| 119 | Brown Creeper | 1.1% | 8.9% | 7.8% | |||
| 120 | Green Heron | 7.5% | 8.7% | 1.2% | |||
| 121 | Indigo Bunting | 4.3% | 8.4% | 4.1% | |||
| 122 | Eastern Kingbird | 2.8% | 8.4% | 5.6% | |||
| 123 | Blackburnian Warbler | 2.8% | 8.2% | 5.4% | |||
| 124 | Clapper Rail | 1.7% | 8.2% | 6.5% | |||
| 125 | Black Skimmer | 1.4% | 8.1% | 6.6% | |||
| 126 | Brown-headed Cowbird | 3.9% | 7.9% | 4.0% | |||
| 127 | Canada Warbler | 4.0% | 7.7% | 3.7% | |||
| 128 | Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | 3.7% | 7.2% | 3.4% | |||
| 129 | Baird's Sandpiper | 0.4% | 7.1% | 6.7% | |||
| 130 | Bald Eagle | 4.7% | 7.0% | 2.3% | |||
| 131 | Common Grackle | 24.5% | 6.9% | 17.7% | |||
| 132 | Warbling Vireo | 8.3% | 6.1% | 2.1% | |||
| 133 | Clay-colored Sparrow | 0.6% | 5.9% | 5.3% | |||
| 134 | Lesser Yellowlegs | 6.5% | 5.9% | 0.6% | |||
| 135 | Whimbrel | 0.4% | 5.8% | 5.5% | |||
| 136 | Dunlin | 0.5% | 5.8% | 5.3% | |||
| 137 | Black Tern | 0.3% | 5.8% | 5.5% | |||
| 138 | Lark Sparrow | 0.4% | 5.6% | 5.2% | |||
| 139 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | 0.5% | 5.4% | 4.9% | |||
| 140 | Buff-breasted Sandpiper | 0.4% | 5.1% | 4.8% | |||
| 141 | Green-winged Teal | 3.6% | 5.0% | 1.4% | |||
| 142 | White-rumped Sandpiper | 1.2% | 5.0% | 3.7% | |||
| 143 | White-breasted Nuthatch | 13.8% | 4.7% | 9.1% | |||
| 144 | Fish Crow | 2.8% | 4.6% | 1.7% | |||
| 145 | Wood Duck | 10.2% | 4.4% | 5.8% | |||
| 146 | Spotted Sandpiper | 5.0% | 4.1% | 0.8% | |||
| 147 | Purple Finch | 1.3% | 4.1% | 2.8% | |||
| 148 | Red Knot | 0.3% | 3.9% | 3.6% | |||
| 149 | Wood Thrush | 5.2% | 3.8% | 1.4% | |||
| 150 | Dark-eyed Junco | 1.3% | 3.8% | 2.5% | |||
| 151 | Gray-cheeked Thrush | 1.5% | 3.7% | 2.2% | |||
| 152 | Broad-winged Hawk | 3.2% | 3.6% | 0.4% | |||
| 153 | Common Nighthawk | 2.8% | 3.6% | 0.8% | |||
| 154 | Common Loon | 0.5% | 3.6% | 3.1% | |||
| 155 | Blue-winged Warbler | 1.4% | 3.5% | 2.1% | |||
| 156 | Winter Wren | 1.7% | 3.5% | 1.8% | |||
| 157 | Pectoral Sandpiper | 1.9% | 3.2% | 1.2% | |||
| 158 | Bank Swallow | 0.2% | 3.0% | 2.8% | |||
| 159 | Western Sandpiper | 0.8% | 3.0% | 2.2% | |||
| 160 | Red-breasted Merganser | 0.1% | 3.0% | 2.8% | |||
| 161 | Mourning Warbler | 0.5% | 2.9% | 2.4% | |||
| 162 | Pied-billed Grebe | 1.8% | 2.8% | 1.0% | |||
| 163 | Elegant Tern | 0.1% | 2.7% | 2.7% | |||
| 164 | Saltmarsh Sparrow | 1.0% | 2.6% | 1.6% | |||
| 165 | Yellow-throated Vireo | 0.8% | 2.6% | 1.8% | |||
| 166 | Sora | 1.0% | 2.5% | 1.6% | |||
| 167 | Tufted Titmouse | 10.2% | 2.5% | 7.7% | |||
| 168 | Solitary Sandpiper | 3.2% | 2.3% | 0.8% | |||
| 169 | Yellow-breasted Chat | 0.7% | 2.3% | 1.6% | |||
| 170 | Brant | 0.5% | 2.3% | 1.8% | |||
| 171 | Bonaparte's Gull | 0.1% | 2.2% | 2.1% | |||
| 172 | Boat-tailed Grackle | 1.3% | 2.1% | 0.8% | |||
| 173 | Black-billed Cuckoo | 0.5% | 2.0% | 1.5% | |||
| 174 | Seaside Sparrow | 0.3% | 1.9% | 1.7% | |||
| 175 | Western Kingbird | 0.1% | 1.8% | 1.7% | |||
| 176 | Lark Bunting | 0% | 1.8% | 1.8% | |||
| 177 | Gadwall | 4.6% | 1.7% | 2.9% | |||
| 178 | Cliff Swallow | 0.1% | 1.7% | 1.7% | |||
| 179 | White-crowned Sparrow | 0.4% | 1.6% | 1.3% | |||
| 180 | Least Tern | 0.1% | 1.6% | 1.5% | |||
| 181 | American Pipit | 0.3% | 1.6% | 1.2% | |||
| 182 | Hairy Woodpecker | 8.7% | 1.5% | 7.1% | |||
| 183 | Little Blue Heron | 2.2% | 1.5% | 0.6% | |||
| 184 | Red-headed Woodpecker | 0.6% | 1.5% | 1.0% | |||
| 185 | Nelson's Sparrow | 0.2% | 1.5% | 1.4% | |||
| 186 | Yellow-crowned Night-Heron | 4.1% | 1.5% | 2.6% | |||
| 187 | Willow Flycatcher | 0.4% | 1.4% | 1.0% | |||
| 188 | Blue Grosbeak | 0.4% | 1.4% | 1.0% | |||
| 189 | Marbled Godwit | 0.2% | 1.4% | 1.2% | |||
| 190 | Eastern Bluebird | 0.7% | 1.3% | 0.6% | |||
| 191 | Short-billed Dowitcher | 3.0% | 1.2% | 1.8% | |||
| 192 | Northern Rough-winged Swallow | 0.3% | 1.2% | 1.0% | |||
| 193 | Black Scoter | 0.1% | 1.2% | 1.1% | |||
| 194 | Great Cormorant | 0.3% | 1.2% | 0.9% | |||
| 195 | Northern Pintail | 0.7% | 1.1% | 0.4% | |||
| 196 | Hermit Thrush | 0.5% | 1.1% | 0.7% | |||
| 197 | Hooded Warbler | 0.9% | 1.0% | 0.1% | |||
| 198 | Blue-winged Teal | 2.1% | 0.9% | 1.2% | |||
| 199 | Great Horned Owl | 0.5% | 0.9% | 0.4% | |||
| 200 | Worm-eating Warbler | 0.4% | 0.9% | 0.4% | |||
| 201 | Purple Martin | 0.1% | 0.8% | 0.7% | |||
| 202 | American Bittern | 0.2% | 0.8% | 0.5% | |||
| 203 | Northern Gannet | 0.0% | 0.7% | 0.7% | |||
| 204 | Sandwich Tern | 0.0% | 0.7% | 0.7% | |||
| 205 | American Avocet | 0.3% | 0.7% | 0.4% | |||
| 206 | Parasitic Jaeger | 0.0% | 0.7% | 0.6% | |||
| 207 | American Woodcock | 0.1% | 0.6% | 0.5% | |||
| 208 | Wilson's Snipe | 0.2% | 0.5% | 0.3% | |||
| 209 | Surf Scoter | 0.1% | 0.5% | 0.5% | |||
| 210 | Least Bittern | 0.3% | 0.5% | 0.2% | |||
| 211 | Stilt Sandpiper | 1.2% | 0.4% | 0.7% | |||
| 212 | Hudsonian Godwit | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.1% | |||
| 213 | Eastern Whip-poor-will | 0.2% | 0.4% | 0.2% | |||
| 214 | Brown Pelican | 0.0% | 0.4% | 0.4% | |||
| 215 | Olive-sided Flycatcher | 1.1% | 0.4% | 0.7% | |||
| 216 | American Wigeon | 1.0% | 0.4% | 0.6% | |||
| 217 | Golden-winged Warbler | 0.2% | 0.3% | 0.1% | |||
| 218 | Grasshopper Sparrow | 0.1% | 0.3% | 0.2% | |||
| 219 | Northern Shoveler | 3.9% | 0.3% | 3.7% | |||
| 220 | Yellow-headed Blackbird | 0.2% | 0.3% | 0.1% | |||
| 221 | Say's Phoebe | 0.1% | 0.3% | 0.2% | |||
| 222 | Pine Siskin | 0.0% | 0.3% | 0.2% | |||
| 223 | Wilson's Storm-Petrel | 0.0% | 0.3% | 0.3% | |||
| 224 | Red-shouldered Hawk | 1.2% | 0.2% | 1.0% | |||
| 225 | Glossy Ibis | 1.0% | 0.2% | 0.8% | |||
| 226 | Long-billed Dowitcher | 0.4% | 0.2% | 0.2% | |||
| 227 | Orchard Oriole | 0.0% | 0.2% | 0.2% | |||
| 228 | White-winged Scoter | 0.0% | 0.2% | 0.2% | |||
| 229 | Brewster's Warbler (hybrid) | 0.0% | 0.2% | 0.2% | |||
| 230 | Yellow-throated Warbler | 0.0% | 0.2% | 0.2% | |||
| 231 | Kentucky Warbler | 0.0% | 0.2% | 0.2% | |||
| 232 | Gray Kingbird | 0.0% | 0.2% | 0.2% | |||
| 233 | American Coot | 1.1% | 0.2% | 0.9% | |||
| 234 | Orange-crowned Warbler | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.0% | |||
| 235 | Townsend's Warbler | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.1% | |||
| 236 | Rusty Blackbird | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.1% | |||
| 237 | Snow Goose | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.1% | |||
| 238 | Common Eider | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.1% | |||
| 239 | Gull-billed Tern | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.1% | |||
| 240 | Carolina Chickadee | 0.0% | 0.2% | 0.1% | |||
| 241 | Iceland Gull | 0% | 0.2% | 0.2% | |||
| 242 | Wood Stork | 0% | 0.2% | 0.2% | |||
| 243 | Pileated Woodpecker | 2.0% | 0.1% | 1.9% | |||
| 244 | Ruddy Duck | 1.5% | 0.1% | 1.4% | |||
| 245 | Common Gallinule | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 246 | Budgerigar | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 247 | Summer Tanager | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | |||
| 248 | Acadian Flycatcher | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | |||
| 249 | Eastern Meadowlark | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 250 | Horned Lark | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 251 | Sedge Wren | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 252 | Prothonotary Warbler | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 253 | Vesper Sparrow | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 254 | White Ibis | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 255 | Cerulean Warbler | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 256 | Lawrence's Warbler (hybrid) | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 257 | Roseate Tern | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 258 | Short-eared Owl | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 259 | Red-throated Loon | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 260 | Bicknell's Thrush | 0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 261 | Painted Bunting | 0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 262 | Wild Turkey | 1.5% | 0.1% | 1.5% | |||
| 263 | Wilson's Phalarope | 0.3% | 0.1% | 0.3% | |||
| 264 | Virginia Rail | 0.3% | 0.1% | 0.3% | |||
| 265 | Tricolored Heron | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.2% | |||
| 266 | Red Phalarope | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 267 | Red-necked Phalarope | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 268 | Greater Scaup | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 269 | Barred Owl | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | |||
| 270 | Alder Flycatcher | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | |||
| 271 | Louisiana Waterthrush | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | |||
| 272 | Ring-necked Duck | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.0% | |||
| 273 | Great Shearwater | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.0% | |||
| 274 | Cory's Shearwater | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.0% | |||
| 275 | Little Gull | 0% | 0.1% | 0.1% |