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Top Birds at Randalls Island in August
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York City, United States

based on 169 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Randalls Island 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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Evidence Sampling Score
# Links Species Media Years Birders Hits Frequency Percentile
1   American Robin 0 11 43 137 81.1% 96%
2   House Sparrow 0 10 42 137 81.1% 98%
3   Northern Mockingbird 0 10 39 137 81.1% 99%
4   European Starling 0 11 40 135 79.9% 99%
5   Mourning Dove 1 11 37 132 78.1% 97%
6   Double-crested Cormorant 1 12 41 132 78.1% 94%
7   Canada Goose 1 11 39 131 77.5% 97%
8   Barn Swallow 0 10 41 130 76.9% 99%
9   American Herring Gull 0 12 38 123 72.8% 93%
10   Mallard 0 10 36 113 66.9% 90%
11   Ring-billed Gull 0 11 39 111 65.7% 93%
12   Laughing Gull 1 11 35 98 58.0% 80%
13   Gray Catbird 0 9 31 93 55.0% 79%
14   Rock Pigeon 0 9 31 93 55.0% 87%
15   Great Blue Heron 4 9 26 86 50.9% 88%
16   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 15 8 26 86 50.9% 92%
17   Great Black-backed Gull 0 10 28 85 50.3% 80%
18   Spotted Sandpiper 10 11 31 85 50.3% 97%
19   Killdeer 4 9 29 84 49.7% 93%
20   Northern Cardinal 0 9 27 83 49.1% 78%
21   Great Egret 1 9 29 76 45.0% 79%
22   American Goldfinch 2 10 26 75 44.4% 79%
23   Song Sparrow 1 10 25 75 44.4% 82%
24   Black-crowned Night-Heron 2 8 22 74 43.8% 98%
25   Common Grackle 0 10 26 73 43.2% 92%
26   Chimney Swift 0 9 21 70 41.4% 92%
27   Osprey 0 7 22 54 32.0% 69%
28   Snowy Egret 1 8 22 53 31.4% 73%
29   Fish Crow 0 5 16 53 31.4% 93%
30   Eastern Kingbird 8 11 26 52 30.8% 89%
31   House Finch 0 8 24 50 29.6% 91%
32   Downy Woodpecker 0 9 19 48 28.4% 80%
33   Belted Kingfisher 3 8 22 47 27.8% 94%
34   Red-winged Blackbird 0 9 18 42 24.9% 70%
35   Red-tailed Hawk 3 10 20 41 24.3% 88%
36   Northern Yellow Warbler 2 8 17 38 22.5% 82%
37   Brown-headed Cowbird 2 7 16 38 22.5% 94%
38   Blue Jay 0 5 16 36 21.3% 44%
39   American Crow 0 8 19 36 21.3% 86%
40   Northern Flicker 0 8 19 35 20.7% 61%
41   American Kestrel 2 10 15 35 20.7% 93%
42   Warbling Vireo 1 6 14 31 18.3% 86%
43   Northern Waterthrush 1 9 15 30 17.8% 80%
44   Carolina Wren 0 5 12 26 15.4% 51%
45   Common Yellowthroat 1 8 17 23 13.6% 70%
46   Baltimore Oriole 1 7 13 22 13.0% 68%
47   American Redstart 0 6 13 20 11.8% 51%
48   Peregrine Falcon 1 7 10 20 11.8% 82%
49   Black-and-white Warbler 2 6 12 19 11.2% 62%
50   Green Heron 4 7 11 19 11.2% 66%
51   Least Sandpiper 3 5 9 16 9.5% 42%
52   Gadwall 0 5 8 16 9.5% 79%
53   Cedar Waxwing 0 8 9 15 8.9% 58%
54   Semipalmated Sandpiper 4 7 11 12 7.1% 32%
55   Common Raven 1 6 8 12 7.1% 75%
56   Mute Swan 4 4 12 11 6.5% 43%
57   Solitary Sandpiper 0 5 6 9 5.3% 64%
58   Bobolink 4 4 9 9 5.3% 71%
59   Red-bellied Woodpecker 0 5 6 8 4.7% 20%
60   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 0 5 7 8 4.7% 51%
61   Magnolia Warbler 1 6 7 8 4.7% 64%
62   Glossy Ibis 4 1 8 7 4.1% 60%
63   Chestnut-sided Warbler 2 4 6 7 4.1% 52%
64   Ovenbird 0 5 7 7 4.1% 54%
65   Tree Swallow 0 3 8 6 3.6% 25%
66   Canada Warbler 2 6 8 6 3.6% 46%
67   Common Loon 1 2 5 6 3.6% 69%
68   Eastern Wood-Pewee 0 2 5 5 3.0% 24%
69   Bank Swallow 3 3 5 5 3.0% 43%
70   Cooper's Hawk 1 3 6 5 3.0% 50%
71   Cape May Warbler 2 4 5 5 3.0% 52%
72   Tennessee Warbler 0 3 5 5 3.0% 69%
73   Semipalmated Plover 1 3 5 4 2.4% 9%
74   Forster's Tern 3 2 6 4 2.4% 14%
75   American Black Duck 0 2 4 4 2.4% 23%
76   Turkey Vulture 0 2 2 4 2.4% 20%
77   Veery 0 2 4 4 2.4% 40%
78   Northern Parula 0 3 3 4 2.4% 49%
79   Prairie Warbler 1 3 3 4 2.4% 60%
80   White-throated Sparrow 0 2 6 4 2.4% 55%
81   Red-eyed Vireo 0 2 3 3 1.8% 12%
82   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 0 2 3 3 1.8% 15%
83   Marsh Wren 1 1 2 3 1.8% 25%
84   Chipping Sparrow 0 2 4 3 1.8% 25%
85   Bald Eagle 1 3 5 3 1.8% 26%
86   Least Flycatcher 0 2 3 3 1.8% 39%
87   Saltmarsh Sparrow 0 1 4 3 1.8% 41%
88   Blackburnian Warbler 0 2 4 3 1.8% 40%
89   Cliff Swallow 0 1 3 3 1.8% 53%
90   Lark Sparrow 2 1 4 3 1.8% 67%
91   Greater Yellowlegs 0 2 3 2 1.2% 7%
92   Lesser Yellowlegs 1 2 2 2 1.2% 11%
93   Eastern Phoebe 0 2 2 2 1.2% 15%
94   Indigo Bunting 0 1 2 2 1.2% 17%
95   Black-throated Blue Warbler 0 2 3 2 1.2% 19%
96   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 0 1 1 2 1.2% 25%
97   Mourning Warbler 1 1 3 2 1.2% 48%
98   Common Tern 1 1 1 1 0.6% 1%
99   American Oystercatcher 1 1 1 1 0.6% 2%
100   Caspian Tern 1 1 1 1 0.6% 7%
101   Green-winged Teal 1 1 3 1 0.6% 10%
102   Scarlet Tanager 0 1 1 1 0.6% 8%
103   Rose-breasted Grosbeak 0 1 2 1 0.6% 9%
104   Louisiana Waterthrush 1 1 1 1 0.6% 11%
105   Black-throated Green Warbler 0 1 3 1 0.6% 11%
106   Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 0 1 2 1 0.6% 12%
107   Orchard Oriole 0 1 1 1 0.6% 11%
108   Savannah Sparrow 0 1 1 1 0.6% 13%
109   Pine Warbler 0 1 1 1 0.6% 18%
110   Ring-necked Pheasant 0 1 1 1 0.6% 5%
111   Dickcissel 0 1 1 1 0.6% 22%
112   Bay-breasted Warbler 1 1 1 1 0.6% 27%