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

based on 265 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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Rank Info Pics Species Entire Region This Location Difference
1   Snowy Egret 22.1% 88.7% 66.5%
2   Northern Mockingbird 35.7% 86.4% 50.7%
3   Mallard 40.6% 86.0% 45.5%
4   Semipalmated Sandpiper 23.8% 84.5% 60.7%
5   Ring-billed Gull 31.5% 79.2% 47.7%
6   Mourning Dove 53.6% 76.2% 22.7%
7   European Starling 51.0% 75.1% 24.1%
8   Song Sparrow 34.8% 74.7% 39.9%
9   Marsh Wren 5.2% 73.2% 68.0%
10   Red-winged Blackbird 28.2% 72.5% 44.2%
11   Gray Catbird 54.6% 70.2% 15.6%
12   Greater Yellowlegs 15.5% 70.2% 54.7%
13   House Sparrow 49.9% 63.8% 13.9%
14   Great Egret 34.4% 63.8% 29.4%
15   American Robin 57.2% 60.8% 3.5%
16   Herring Gull 39.4% 56.6% 17.2%
17   Yellow Warbler 20.0% 56.2% 36.2%
18   Barn Swallow 39.8% 54.3% 14.5%
19   Northern Cardinal 47.7% 52.8% 5.1%
20   Canada Goose 40.7% 51.3% 10.6%
21   Least Sandpiper 21.8% 51.3% 29.5%
22   Double-crested Cormorant 41.3% 49.1% 7.8%
23   American Goldfinch 37.6% 49.1% 11.5%
24   Great Blue Heron 30.6% 40.4% 9.8%
25   Lesser Yellowlegs 13.8% 32.5% 18.6%
26   Common Grackle 28.2% 28.7% 0.4%
27   Rock Pigeon 35.4% 28.3% 7.1%
28   Downy Woodpecker 25.2% 24.2% 1.1%
29   Forster's Tern 13.1% 22.6% 9.5%
30   Semipalmated Plover 21.1% 22.3% 1.2%
31   Northern Flicker 26.0% 21.1% 4.9%
32   Chimney Swift 23.9% 18.9% 5.0%
33   Osprey 30.8% 17.0% 13.8%
34   House Finch 14.9% 17.0% 2.1%
35   Common Yellowthroat 15.1% 16.6% 1.5%
36   Baltimore Oriole 15.1% 15.1% 0.0%
37   Willow Flycatcher 4.6% 15.1% 10.5%
38   Peregrine Falcon 7.6% 14.3% 6.8%
39   Cedar Waxwing 16.8% 13.2% 3.6%
40   Green Heron 11.9% 12.5% 0.6%
41   Laughing Gull 32.1% 12.1% 20.1%
42   Spotted Sandpiper 17.0% 12.1% 4.9%
43   Tree Swallow 14.1% 11.7% 2.4%
44   Carolina Wren 24.8% 11.3% 13.5%
45   American Black Duck 10.0% 10.6% 0.5%
46   Eastern Kingbird 16.8% 10.2% 6.6%
47   Fish Crow 9.0% 9.4% 0.5%
48   American Avocet 1.1% 9.4% 8.3%
49   Indigo Bunting 3.4% 9.1% 5.7%
50   Warbling Vireo 10.0% 8.7% 1.3%
51   Great Black-backed Gull 27.1% 8.3% 18.8%
52   American Crow 14.5% 8.3% 6.2%
53   House Wren 11.4% 8.3% 3.1%
54   Brown-headed Cowbird 5.9% 8.3% 2.4%
55   Western Sandpiper 1.8% 6.0% 4.3%
56   Northern Waterthrush 15.5% 5.3% 10.2%
57   Black-crowned Night-Heron 14.6% 4.9% 9.7%
58   Short-billed Dowitcher 10.4% 4.9% 5.5%
59   Killdeer 14.2% 4.5% 9.7%
60   Savannah Sparrow 0.7% 4.5% 3.8%
61   Blue Jay 35.5% 4.2% 31.4%
62   Red-tailed Hawk 11.5% 4.2% 7.3%
63   Bobolink 2.2% 4.2% 1.9%
64   Green-winged Teal 1.7% 4.2% 2.4%
65   Orchard Oriole 0.9% 4.2% 3.2%
66   Belted Kingfisher 8.4% 3.8% 4.6%
67   Gadwall 3.9% 3.4% 0.5%
68   Monk Parakeet 1.6% 3.4% 1.8%
69   Swamp Sparrow 1.1% 3.0% 1.9%
70   Northern Harrier 0.9% 3.0% 2.2%
71   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 9.0% 2.6% 6.4%
72   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 6.8% 2.6% 4.2%
73   White-rumped Sandpiper 4.0% 2.6% 1.4%
74   Solitary Sandpiper 3.7% 2.6% 1.0%
75   Black-and-white Warbler 14.3% 2.3% 12.1%
76   Eastern Phoebe 3.8% 2.3% 1.5%
77   American Kestrel 3.6% 2.3% 1.3%
78   Red-bellied Woodpecker 19.4% 1.9% 17.5%
79   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 9.2% 1.9% 7.3%
80   Little Blue Heron 4.3% 1.9% 2.4%
81   Least Flycatcher 2.0% 1.9% 0.2%
82   Caspian Tern 1.9% 1.9% 0.0%
83   Hairy Woodpecker 6.0% 1.5% 4.5%
84   Pectoral Sandpiper 3.1% 1.5% 1.6%
85   Field Sparrow 1.8% 1.5% 0.3%
86   Eastern Wood-Pewee 9.1% 1.1% 8.0%
87   Tufted Titmouse 8.6% 1.1% 7.4%
88   Stilt Sandpiper 3.7% 1.1% 2.6%
89   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 2.1% 1.1% 1.0%
90   Northern Shoveler 1.4% 1.1% 0.2%
91   Cliff Swallow 0.8% 1.1% 0.4%
92   Nashville Warbler 0.4% 1.1% 0.8%
93   Common Tern 16.5% 0.8% 15.8%
94   White-breasted Nuthatch 9.8% 0.8% 9.1%
95   Red-eyed Vireo 9.7% 0.8% 8.9%
96   Eastern Towhee 7.1% 0.8% 6.3%
97   Turkey Vulture 5.4% 0.8% 4.6%
98   Chipping Sparrow 5.2% 0.8% 4.5%
99   Ovenbird 4.3% 0.8% 3.5%
100   Brown Thrasher 3.2% 0.8% 2.4%
101   Bank Swallow 3.1% 0.8% 2.3%
102   Bald Eagle 2.5% 0.8% 1.7%
103   Cooper's Hawk 2.3% 0.8% 1.5%
104   Whimbrel 0.5% 0.8% 0.2%
105   American Redstart 22.1% 0.4% 21.7%
106   Black-capped Chickadee 11.3% 0.4% 10.9%
107   Great Crested Flycatcher 7.1% 0.4% 6.7%
108   Glossy Ibis 6.6% 0.4% 6.2%
109   Least Tern 5.1% 0.4% 4.7%
110   Clapper Rail 4.3% 0.4% 3.9%
111   Purple Martin 3.2% 0.4% 2.8%
112   Common Raven 2.8% 0.4% 2.4%
113   Veery 2.6% 0.4% 2.3%
114   Saltmarsh Sparrow 2.1% 0.4% 1.7%
115   Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1.6% 0.4% 1.2%
116   Prairie Warbler 1.1% 0.4% 0.7%
117   Pied-billed Grebe 1.0% 0.4% 0.6%
118   Least Bittern 1.0% 0.4% 0.6%
119   Dickcissel 0.2% 0.4% 0.1%
120   Wilson's Snipe 0.1% 0.4% 0.3%