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Top Birds at Flushing Meadows Corona Park--Meadow Lake in August
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA

based on 58 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Flushing Meadows Corona Park--Meadow Lake 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.

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Rank Info Pics Species Entire Region This Location Difference
1   Mallard 40.8% 77.6% 36.8%
2   Double-crested Cormorant 41.3% 75.9% 34.6%
3   Red-winged Blackbird 28.4% 74.1% 45.7%
4   Laughing Gull 32.0% 70.7% 38.7%
5   Canada Goose 40.8% 67.2% 26.5%
6   Rock Pigeon 35.4% 65.5% 30.1%
7   Song Sparrow 35.0% 63.8% 28.8%
8   Great Blue Heron 30.6% 62.1% 31.5%
9   House Sparrow 50.0% 60.3% 10.4%
10   Mourning Dove 53.7% 58.6% 4.9%
11   European Starling 51.1% 58.6% 7.5%
12   Ring-billed Gull 31.8% 56.9% 25.1%
13   Barn Swallow 39.9% 55.2% 15.3%
14   Forster's Tern 13.1% 55.2% 42.0%
15   Least Sandpiper 22.0% 50.0% 28.0%
16   American Robin 57.3% 37.9% 19.3%
17   Osprey 30.7% 37.9% 7.2%
18   Herring Gull 39.5% 36.2% 3.3%
19   Northern Mockingbird 36.0% 34.5% 1.5%
20   Spotted Sandpiper 17.0% 32.8% 15.8%
21   Eastern Kingbird 16.7% 32.8% 16.0%
22   Killdeer 14.1% 29.3% 15.2%
23   Lesser Yellowlegs 13.9% 29.3% 15.4%
24   American Goldfinch 37.7% 25.9% 11.8%
25   Great Egret 34.5% 24.1% 10.4%
26   Common Grackle 28.2% 24.1% 4.1%
27   Chimney Swift 23.8% 22.4% 1.4%
28   Yellow Warbler 20.2% 20.7% 0.5%
29   Cedar Waxwing 16.8% 17.2% 0.4%
30   Mute Swan 14.5% 15.5% 1.1%
31   Blue Jay 35.4% 13.8% 21.6%
32   American Black Duck 10.0% 13.8% 3.7%
33   Semipalmated Sandpiper 24.2% 12.1% 12.1%
34   Red-tailed Hawk 11.4% 12.1% 0.6%
35   Gray Catbird 54.7% 10.3% 44.4%
36   Northern Cardinal 47.8% 10.3% 37.5%
37   Warbling Vireo 10.0% 10.3% 0.4%
38   Brown-headed Cowbird 5.9% 10.3% 4.4%
39   Great Black-backed Gull 27.0% 8.6% 18.4%
40   Common Tern 16.4% 8.6% 7.8%
41   Northern Waterthrush 15.4% 8.6% 6.8%
42   Downy Woodpecker 25.3% 6.9% 18.4%
43   Tree Swallow 14.1% 6.9% 7.2%
44   Green Heron 11.9% 6.9% 5.0%
45   Solitary Sandpiper 3.7% 6.9% 3.2%
46   American Redstart 22.0% 5.2% 16.8%
47   Black-crowned Night-Heron 14.6% 5.2% 9.4%
48   American Crow 14.4% 5.2% 9.3%
49   Greater Yellowlegs 15.9% 3.4% 12.4%
50   Baltimore Oriole 15.2% 3.4% 11.7%
51   House Finch 14.9% 3.4% 11.5%
52   Least Tern 5.1% 3.4% 1.6%
53   Pied-billed Grebe 1.0% 3.4% 2.5%
54   Brant 0.8% 3.4% 2.7%
55   Carolina Wren 24.8% 1.7% 23.0%
56   Semipalmated Plover 21.1% 1.7% 19.4%
57   Red-bellied Woodpecker 19.3% 1.7% 17.6%
58   Common Yellowthroat 15.2% 1.7% 13.4%
59   Black-and-white Warbler 14.3% 1.7% 12.6%
60   House Wren 11.4% 1.7% 9.7%
61   Black-capped Chickadee 11.2% 1.7% 9.5%
62   Short-billed Dowitcher 10.4% 1.7% 8.7%
63   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 9.1% 1.7% 7.4%
64   Fish Crow 9.0% 1.7% 7.3%
65   Belted Kingfisher 8.4% 1.7% 6.7%
66   Glossy Ibis 6.6% 1.7% 4.8%
67   Marsh Wren 5.6% 1.7% 3.9%
68   Willow Flycatcher 4.7% 1.7% 3.0%
69   Little Blue Heron 4.2% 1.7% 2.5%
70   Gadwall 3.9% 1.7% 2.2%
71   Stilt Sandpiper 3.7% 1.7% 2.0%
72   Pectoral Sandpiper 3.1% 1.7% 1.4%
73   Seaside Sparrow 1.1% 1.7% 0.6%
74   Olive-sided Flycatcher 0.7% 1.7% 1.0%
75   Lark Sparrow 0.3% 1.7% 1.4%