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Top Birds at Meadowlands IBA--Mill Creek Marsh in August
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York City, United States

based on 318 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Meadowlands IBA--Mill Creek Marsh 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   Snowy Egret 22 20 127 285 89.6% 100%
2   Northern Mockingbird 4 20 116 274 86.2% 100%
3   Mallard 5 20 117 273 85.8% 99%
4   Semipalmated Sandpiper 30 20 124 269 84.6% 99%
5   Ring-billed Gull 5 20 97 250 78.6% 98%
6   Song Sparrow 4 20 105 243 76.4% 99%
7   Marsh Wren 14 19 107 240 75.5% 100%
8   Mourning Dove 4 20 96 239 75.2% 97%
9   European Starling 3 19 105 236 74.2% 97%
10   Gray Catbird 3 20 107 228 71.7% 93%
11   Red-winged Blackbird 3 20 102 228 71.7% 99%
12   House Sparrow 3 19 99 204 64.2% 91%
13   American Robin 3 20 94 203 63.8% 87%
14   Great Egret 7 20 89 203 63.8% 91%
15   Greater Yellowlegs 14 19 83 189 59.4% 97%
16   Northern Cardinal 1 20 85 179 56.3% 87%
17   American Herring Gull 5 19 91 177 55.7% 84%
18   Barn Swallow 1 20 74 167 52.5% 91%
19   Double-crested Cormorant 3 18 77 164 51.6% 81%
20   American Goldfinch 1 20 75 161 50.6% 87%
21   Northern Yellow Warbler 2 19 66 159 50.0% 99%
22   Least Sandpiper 10 20 71 153 48.1% 92%
23   Canada Goose 3 20 63 144 45.3% 82%
24   Great Blue Heron 7 18 72 138 43.4% 85%
25   Lesser Yellowlegs 3 17 47 89 28.0% 87%
26   Common Grackle 2 16 50 87 27.4% 78%
27   Downy Woodpecker 2 18 51 87 27.4% 80%
28   Rock Pigeon 1 18 38 84 26.4% 59%
29   Northern Flicker 0 17 38 69 21.7% 64%
30   Semipalmated Plover 3 18 32 64 20.1% 59%
31   House Finch 3 15 40 63 19.8% 83%
32   Forster's Tern 0 14 27 60 18.9% 77%
33   Chimney Swift 0 16 25 58 18.2% 67%
34   Common Yellowthroat 2 17 43 57 17.9% 80%
35   Osprey 2 15 26 51 16.0% 50%
36   Willow Flycatcher 3 17 28 50 15.7% 92%
37   Laughing Gull 2 10 37 49 15.4% 36%
38   Carolina Wren 2 9 36 48 15.1% 53%
39   Baltimore Oriole 4 14 31 48 15.1% 75%
40   Peregrine Falcon 4 17 19 44 13.8% 91%
41   Cedar Waxwing 1 15 28 43 13.5% 75%
42   Spotted Sandpiper 1 17 29 35 11.0% 59%
43   Green Heron 1 11 17 34 10.7% 67%
44   American Black Duck 2 14 27 34 10.7% 82%
45   Warbling Vireo 0 10 23 32 10.1% 68%
46   Eastern Kingbird 0 13 21 31 9.7% 57%
47   Tree Swallow 0 14 21 31 9.7% 65%
48   Fish Crow 0 10 22 30 9.4% 68%
49   House Wren 1 15 24 28 8.8% 60%
50   American Crow 1 11 21 25 7.9% 53%
51   Indigo Bunting 2 14 15 25 7.9% 77%
52   American Avocet 15 1 24 25 7.9% 68%
53   Brown-headed Cowbird 0 13 12 24 7.5% 74%
54   Great Black-backed Gull 1 12 16 23 7.2% 26%
55   Belted Kingfisher 1 9 18 19 6.0% 52%
56   Blue Jay 0 7 14 16 5.0% 15%
57   Killdeer 0 10 13 16 5.0% 37%
58   Black-crowned Night-Heron 1 10 11 16 5.0% 48%
59   Western Sandpiper 8 8 11 16 5.0% 80%
60   Green-winged Teal 4 9 9 15 4.7% 82%
61   Northern Waterthrush 2 8 8 14 4.4% 40%
62   Short-billed Dowitcher 0 8 6 14 4.4% 54%
63   Bobolink 4 6 10 12 3.8% 65%
64   Savannah Sparrow 1 8 10 12 3.8% 84%
65   Red-tailed Hawk 0 10 8 11 3.5% 25%
66   Monk Parakeet 1 5 8 11 3.5% 45%
67   Orchard Oriole 0 6 11 11 3.5% 85%
68   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 0 8 9 10 3.1% 37%
69   Gadwall 1 7 5 10 3.1% 58%
70   Black-and-white Warbler 0 7 9 9 2.8% 21%
71   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 0 6 10 9 2.8% 40%
72   Swamp Sparrow 0 9 8 9 2.8% 70%
73   Solitary Sandpiper 1 5 9 8 2.5% 43%
74   White-rumped Sandpiper 3 5 6 8 2.5% 56%
75   Northern Harrier 1 4 3 8 2.5% 72%
76   Red-bellied Woodpecker 0 4 7 6 1.9% 11%
77   American Kestrel 1 3 5 6 1.9% 33%
78   Eastern Phoebe 0 4 6 6 1.9% 36%
79   Least Flycatcher 0 5 6 6 1.9% 47%
80   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 3 4 4 5 1.6% 18%
81   Little Blue Heron 0 4 4 5 1.6% 26%
82   Bald Eagle 0 2 5 5 1.6% 27%
83   Caspian Tern 0 3 4 5 1.6% 34%
84   Tufted Titmouse 0 4 4 4 1.3% 12%
85   Hairy Woodpecker 1 3 4 4 1.3% 14%
86   Stilt Sandpiper 1 4 4 4 1.3% 36%
87   Pectoral Sandpiper 1 4 3 4 1.3% 29%
88   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 0 4 4 4 1.3% 36%
89   Field Sparrow 0 1 3 4 1.3% 40%
90   American Redstart 0 3 3 3 0.9% 3%
91   Eastern Wood-Pewee 0 3 3 3 0.9% 5%
92   Eastern Towhee 0 3 3 3 0.9% 17%
93   Northern Shoveler 1 3 2 3 0.9% 36%
94   Cliff Swallow 0 3 3 3 0.9% 34%
95   Nashville Warbler 0 3 3 3 0.9% 44%
96   Dickcissel 1 2 3 3 0.9% 45%
97   Common Tern 0 1 1 2 0.6% 3%
98   Red-eyed Vireo 0 2 2 2 0.6% 3%
99   Black-capped Chickadee 0 2 2 2 0.6% 4%
100   White-breasted Nuthatch 0 1 3 2 0.6% 4%
101   Glossy Ibis 0 2 3 2 0.6% 11%
102   Turkey Vulture 0 2 2 2 0.6% 3%
103   Ovenbird 0 2 2 2 0.6% 4%
104   Chipping Sparrow 0 2 2 2 0.6% 7%
105   Common Raven 0 2 2 2 0.6% 4%
106   Purple Martin 0 2 2 2 0.6% 8%
107   Bank Swallow 0 2 2 2 0.6% 4%
108   Brown Thrasher 0 2 2 2 0.6% 17%
109   Cooper's Hawk 1 2 2 2 0.6% 5%
110   Hudsonian Whimbrel 2 2 1 2 0.6% 13%
111   Great Crested Flycatcher 1 1 1 1 0.3% 0%
112   Least Tern 0 1 1 1 0.3% 2%
113   Clapper Rail 0 1 1 1 0.3% 0%
114   Magnolia Warbler 0 1 2 1 0.3% 1%
115   Veery 0 1 1 1 0.3% 2%
116   Saltmarsh Sparrow 0 1 1 1 0.3% 7%
117   Yellow-billed Cuckoo 0 1 2 1 0.3% 2%
118   Prairie Warbler 0 1 1 1 0.3% 2%
119   Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 0 1 1 1 0.3% 4%
120   Pied-billed Grebe 0 1 1 1 0.3% 5%
121   Least Bittern 0 1 1 1 0.3% 12%
122   Sora 1 1 1 1 0.3% 0%
123   Baird's Sandpiper 1 1 1 1 0.3% 7%
124   Lark Sparrow 1 1 1 1 0.3% 10%
125   Wilson's Snipe 0 1 1 1 0.3% 35%