Top Birds at Sandy Hook--Horseshoe Cove area in August
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York City, United States
based on 41 checklists
This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Sandy Hook--Horseshoe Cove area 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.
| Evidence | Sampling | Score | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Links | Species | Media | Years | Birders | Hits | Frequency | Percentile | |
| 1 | Osprey | 1 | 12 | 26 | 28 | 68.3% | 90% | ||
| 2 | Double-crested Cormorant | 1 | 13 | 26 | 27 | 65.9% | 83% | ||
| 3 | Semipalmated Plover | 8 | 9 | 24 | 26 | 63.4% | 90% | ||
| 4 | American Herring Gull | 1 | 9 | 21 | 24 | 58.5% | 77% | ||
| 5 | Laughing Gull | 0 | 8 | 22 | 23 | 56.1% | 73% | ||
| 6 | Gray Catbird | 0 | 13 | 22 | 20 | 48.8% | 66% | ||
| 7 | Great Black-backed Gull | 1 | 9 | 18 | 19 | 46.3% | 73% | ||
| 8 | Red-winged Blackbird | 1 | 9 | 18 | 18 | 43.9% | 83% | ||
| 9 | Song Sparrow | 0 | 8 | 20 | 17 | 41.5% | 73% | ||
| 10 | Mourning Dove | 0 | 9 | 18 | 16 | 39.0% | 57% | ||
| 11 | Snowy Egret | 1 | 8 | 12 | 16 | 39.0% | 75% | ||
| 12 | Great Blue Heron | 1 | 8 | 15 | 15 | 36.6% | 70% | ||
| 13 | Common Tern | 1 | 8 | 16 | 15 | 36.6% | 66% | ||
| 14 | Northern Mockingbird | 0 | 7 | 16 | 14 | 34.1% | 69% | ||
| 15 | Barn Swallow | 0 | 6 | 13 | 13 | 31.7% | 61% | ||
| 16 | American Goldfinch | 0 | 7 | 15 | 13 | 31.7% | 56% | ||
| 17 | Ring-billed Gull | 0 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 29.3% | 51% | ||
| 18 | Eastern Towhee | 0 | 7 | 13 | 12 | 29.3% | 83% | ||
| 19 | Semipalmated Sandpiper | 3 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 26.8% | 60% | ||
| 20 | American Oystercatcher | 1 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 26.8% | 60% | ||
| 21 | Spotted Sandpiper | 3 | 6 | 12 | 10 | 24.4% | 75% | ||
| 22 | House Wren | 0 | 8 | 13 | 10 | 24.4% | 79% | ||
| 23 | European Starling | 0 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 22.0% | 35% | ||
| 24 | Northern Cardinal | 0 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 22.0% | 36% | ||
| 25 | Great Egret | 1 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 22.0% | 50% | ||
| 26 | Carolina Wren | 0 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 22.0% | 55% | ||
| 27 | Clapper Rail | 1 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 22.0% | 78% | ||
| 28 | American Robin | 1 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 19.5% | 29% | ||
| 29 | Common Yellowthroat | 1 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 19.5% | 75% | ||
| 30 | House Finch | 0 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 19.5% | 76% | ||
| 31 | Cedar Waxwing | 0 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 17.1% | 69% | ||
| 32 | Green Heron | 2 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 17.1% | 70% | ||
| 33 | American Redstart | 1 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 14.6% | 49% | ||
| 34 | Belted Kingfisher | 0 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 14.6% | 67% | ||
| 35 | Tree Swallow | 0 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 12.2% | 57% | ||
| 36 | Turkey Vulture | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 12.2% | 62% | ||
| 37 | Black Vulture | 0 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 12.2% | 82% | ||
| 38 | Northern Yellow Warbler | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 9.8% | 44% | ||
| 39 | Black-and-white Warbler | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 9.8% | 45% | ||
| 40 | American Crow | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 9.8% | 44% | ||
| 41 | Least Tern | 0 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 9.8% | 55% | ||
| 42 | Royal Tern | 0 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 9.8% | 54% | ||
| 43 | Canada Goose | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7.3% | 13% | ||
| 44 | Northern Flicker | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7.3% | 16% | ||
| 45 | Chimney Swift | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 7.3% | 19% | ||
| 46 | Least Sandpiper | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 7.3% | 25% | ||
| 47 | Killdeer | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7.3% | 31% | ||
| 48 | Ruby-throated Hummingbird | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7.3% | 48% | ||
| 49 | Great Crested Flycatcher | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7.3% | 45% | ||
| 50 | Sanderling | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7.3% | 40% | ||
| 51 | Common Raven | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7.3% | 60% | ||
| 52 | White-eyed Vireo | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 7.3% | 61% | ||
| 53 | Yellow-billed Cuckoo | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7.3% | 79% | ||
| 54 | Blue Jay | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4.9% | 6% | ||
| 55 | Downy Woodpecker | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4.9% | 9% | ||
| 56 | Northern Waterthrush | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4.9% | 23% | ||
| 57 | Greater Yellowlegs | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4.9% | 26% | ||
| 58 | Baltimore Oriole | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4.9% | 18% | ||
| 59 | Forster's Tern | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4.9% | 22% | ||
| 60 | Black-crowned Night-Heron | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4.9% | 27% | ||
| 61 | Blue-gray Gnatcatcher | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4.9% | 36% | ||
| 62 | Marsh Wren | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4.9% | 38% | ||
| 63 | Brown-headed Cowbird | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4.9% | 37% | ||
| 64 | Ruddy Turnstone | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4.9% | 22% | ||
| 65 | Boat-tailed Grackle | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4.9% | 33% | ||
| 66 | Solitary Sandpiper | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4.9% | 44% | ||
| 67 | Willet | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4.9% | 33% | ||
| 68 | Eastern Phoebe | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4.9% | 48% | ||
| 69 | Piping Plover | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4.9% | 33% | ||
| 70 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4.9% | 54% | ||
| 71 | Common Grackle | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2.4% | 1% | ||
| 72 | Eastern Kingbird | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2.4% | 5% | ||
| 73 | Lesser Yellowlegs | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2.4% | 15% | ||
| 74 | Red-tailed Hawk | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2.4% | 6% | ||
| 75 | Short-billed Dowitcher | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2.4% | 15% | ||
| 76 | American Black Duck | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2.4% | 10% | ||
| 77 | Yellow-crowned Night-Heron | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2.4% | 13% | ||
| 78 | Black-capped Chickadee | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2.4% | 12% | ||
| 79 | Eastern Wood-Pewee | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2.4% | 9% | ||
| 80 | White-breasted Nuthatch | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2.4% | 10% | ||
| 81 | Tufted Titmouse | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2.4% | 11% | ||
| 82 | Chestnut-sided Warbler | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2.4% | 18% | ||
| 83 | Willow Flycatcher | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2.4% | 19% | ||
| 84 | Chipping Sparrow | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2.4% | 20% | ||
| 85 | Little Blue Heron | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2.4% | 20% | ||
| 86 | Bank Swallow | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2.4% | 20% | ||
| 87 | Brown Thrasher | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2.4% | 36% | ||
| 88 | Caspian Tern | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2.4% | 22% | ||
| 89 | Red-breasted Nuthatch | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2.4% | 31% | ||
| 90 | Field Sparrow | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2.4% | 36% | ||
| 91 | Swamp Sparrow | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2.4% | 38% | ||
| 92 | Common Nighthawk | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2.4% | 28% | ||
| 93 | Tennessee Warbler | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2.4% | 52% | ||
| 94 | Bonaparte's Gull | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2.4% | 48% | ||
| 95 | American Bittern | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2.4% | 62% | ||