Top Birds at Sandy Hook--Spermaceti Cove area in July
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York City, United States
based on 93 checklists
This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Sandy Hook--Spermaceti Cove area in July. 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 | Relative | Rank |
| 1 | Osprey | 10 | 11 | 52 | 77 | 82.8% | +53.6% | 17 / 678 | |
| 2 | Laughing Gull | 5 | 10 | 49 | 76 | 81.7% | +45.2% | 43 / 680 | |
| 3 | Double-crested Cormorant | 5 | 11 | 46 | 73 | 78.5% | +34.1% | 55 / 867 | |
| 4 | Common Tern | 8 | 9 | 48 | 73 | 78.5% | +55.2% | 23 / 428 | |
| 5 | Barn Swallow | 3 | 11 | 49 | 72 | 77.4% | +28.8% | 51 / 923 | |
| 6 | Northern Mockingbird | 6 | 11 | 44 | 68 | 73.1% | +31.7% | 47 / 952 | |
| 7 | Red-winged Blackbird | 5 | 11 | 43 | 67 | 72.0% | +21.1% | 95 / 852 | |
| 8 | Song Sparrow | 4 | 10 | 48 | 67 | 72.0% | +23.3% | 95 / 892 | |
| 9 | American Oystercatcher | 9 | 11 | 44 | 63 | 67.7% | +51.8% | 26 / 235 | |
| 10 | American Herring Gull | 5 | 9 | 37 | 62 | 66.7% | +25.7% | 102 / 815 | |
| 11 | Mourning Dove | 5 | 11 | 40 | 61 | 65.6% | +13.9% | 118 / 1132 | |
| 12 | Great Egret | 5 | 10 | 40 | 58 | 62.4% | +22.6% | 105 / 714 | |
| 13 | Great Black-backed Gull | 1 | 9 | 40 | 55 | 59.1% | +31.8% | 73 / 577 | |
| 14 | Common Yellowthroat | 3 | 9 | 36 | 48 | 51.6% | +34.3% | 38 / 440 | |
| 15 | Marsh Wren | 4 | 10 | 35 | 45 | 48.4% | +35.6% | 37 / 204 | |
| 16 | Great Blue Heron | 5 | 11 | 32 | 43 | 46.2% | +18.2% | 85 / 685 | |
| 17 | Least Tern | 2 | 11 | 29 | 42 | 45.2% | +30.4% | 27 / 271 | |
| 18 | Royal Tern | 2 | 6 | 29 | 40 | 43.0% | +41.6% | 2 / 87 | |
| 19 | American Robin | 2 | 9 | 27 | 39 | 41.9% | -21.6% | 568 / 1188 | |
| 20 | Ring-billed Gull | 1 | 9 | 20 | 31 | 33.3% | +6.4% | 184 / 660 | |
| 21 | House Finch | 0 | 7 | 27 | 31 | 33.3% | +16.2% | 58 / 704 | |
| 22 | Eastern Towhee | 2 | 8 | 22 | 29 | 31.2% | +22.0% | 48 / 254 | |
| 23 | Snowy Egret | 5 | 7 | 22 | 27 | 29.0% | +5.4% | 120 / 402 | |
| 24 | Common Grackle | 1 | 9 | 20 | 26 | 28.0% | -7.3% | 374 / 936 | |
| 25 | European Starling | 2 | 7 | 20 | 25 | 26.9% | -27.4% | 671 / 1135 | |
| 26 | Cedar Waxwing | 3 | 7 | 20 | 25 | 26.9% | +5.7% | 138 / 642 | |
| 27 | Tree Swallow | 1 | 9 | 15 | 22 | 23.7% | +1.3% | 142 / 519 | |
| 28 | House Wren | 0 | 8 | 18 | 22 | 23.7% | +7.4% | 160 / 532 | |
| 29 | Gray Catbird | 1 | 9 | 17 | 21 | 22.6% | -29.0% | 601 / 977 | |
| 30 | American Goldfinch | 0 | 8 | 19 | 21 | 22.6% | -8.1% | 341 / 740 | |
| 31 | Brown Pelican | 5 | 2 | 17 | 20 | 21.5% | +21.0% | 6 / 45 | |
| 32 | Green Heron | 3 | 4 | 14 | 19 | 20.4% | +11.7% | 63 / 341 | |
| 33 | Carolina Wren | 0 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 17.2% | -3.3% | 331 / 723 | |
| 34 | Fish Crow | 3 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 17.2% | +2.8% | 203 / 657 | |
| 35 | Black Skimmer | 4 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 16.1% | +5.6% | 68 / 251 | |
| 36 | Canada Goose | 1 | 6 | 14 | 13 | 14.0% | -25.3% | 533 / 789 | |
| 37 | Willet | 1 | 6 | 12 | 13 | 14.0% | +7.0% | 39 / 117 | |
| 38 | Northern Yellow Warbler | 2 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 10.8% | -12.8% | 310 / 541 | |
| 39 | Forster's Tern | 0 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 10.8% | -6.6% | 208 / 361 | |
| 40 | Field Sparrow | 0 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 10.8% | +8.9% | 28 / 91 | |
| 41 | Black-crowned Night-Heron | 2 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 9.7% | -10.5% | 263 / 525 | |
| 42 | American Redstart | 1 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8.6% | +6.1% | 47 / 205 | |
| 43 | Northern Cardinal | 0 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7.5% | -39.1% | 885 / 1002 | |
| 44 | Purple Martin | 0 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 7.5% | +2.5% | 71 / 169 | |
| 45 | Turkey Vulture | 0 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7.5% | +2.6% | 183 / 403 | |
| 46 | American Avocet | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 7.5% | +7.1% | 2 / 15 | |
| 47 | Spotted Sandpiper | 0 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6.5% | -6.8% | 245 / 384 | |
| 48 | Short-billed Dowitcher | 0 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 6.5% | -1.6% | 58 / 135 | |
| 49 | Boat-tailed Grackle | 2 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 6.5% | -1.2% | 94 / 150 | |
| 50 | Black-capped Chickadee | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6.5% | -0.3% | 205 / 354 | |
| 51 | Bank Swallow | 0 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 6.5% | +0.1% | 107 / 210 | |
| 52 | Ruddy Turnstone | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6.5% | +5.1% | 24 / 68 | |
| 53 | Caspian Tern | 0 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 6.5% | +5.4% | 16 / 74 | |
| 54 | Blue Jay | 0 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5.4% | -22.6% | 739 / 849 | |
| 55 | Greater Yellowlegs | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 5.4% | -5.4% | 105 / 178 | |
| 56 | Semipalmated Plover | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5.4% | -2.6% | 120 / 186 | |
| 57 | Clapper Rail | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5.4% | -0.3% | 66 / 119 | |
| 58 | Black-bellied Plover | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 5.4% | +4.5% | 13 / 51 | |
| 59 | Downy Woodpecker | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4.3% | -17.6% | 651 / 733 | |
| 60 | Least Sandpiper | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4.3% | -12.8% | 236 / 313 | |
| 61 | American Crow | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4.3% | -9.2% | 588 / 728 | |
| 62 | Semipalmated Sandpiper | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4.3% | -8.7% | 178 / 247 | |
| 63 | Ruby-throated Hummingbird | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4.3% | +0.7% | 115 / 230 | |
| 64 | Piping Plover | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4.3% | +1.4% | 36 / 52 | |
| 65 | Sanderling | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4.3% | +1.7% | 51 / 90 | |
| 66 | Common Raven | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4.3% | +2.2% | 139 / 287 | |
| 67 | House Sparrow | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3.2% | -53.5% | 1224 / 1232 | |
| 68 | Northern Flicker | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3.2% | -17.3% | 641 / 686 | |
| 69 | Killdeer | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3.2% | -16.1% | 375 / 426 | |
| 70 | Northern Rough-winged Swallow | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3.2% | -2.9% | 272 / 367 | |
| 71 | Great Crested Flycatcher | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3.2% | -2.1% | 236 / 295 | |
| 72 | Eastern Phoebe | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3.2% | +1.4% | 106 / 189 | |
| 73 | Mallard | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2.2% | -36.0% | 711 / 730 | |
| 74 | Rock Pigeon | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2.2% | -34.0% | 982 / 998 | |
| 75 | Willow Flycatcher | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2.2% | -9.8% | 272 / 297 | |
| 76 | Glossy Ibis | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2.2% | -6.8% | 143 / 176 | |
| 77 | Chipping Sparrow | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2.2% | -3.8% | 268 / 329 | |
| 78 | Bald Eagle | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2.2% | 0.0% | 137 / 191 | |
| 79 | White-eyed Vireo | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2.2% | +0.6% | 60 / 81 | |
| 80 | Brant | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2.2% | +1.0% | 54 / 69 | |
| 81 | Bonaparte's Gull | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2.2% | +1.5% | 24 / 38 | |
| 82 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2.2% | +1.6% | 34 / 47 | |
| 83 | White-winged Scoter | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2.2% | +2.1% | 6 / 12 | |
| 84 | Chimney Swift | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.1% | -21.7% | 859 / 860 | |
| 85 | Eastern Kingbird | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.1% | -14.2% | 521 / 528 | |
| 86 | American Black Duck | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.1% | -7.1% | 281 / 290 | |
| 87 | Tufted Titmouse | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.1% | -5.2% | 330 / 348 | |
| 88 | Red-eyed Vireo | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.1% | -4.4% | 287 / 298 | |
| 89 | Hairy Woodpecker | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.1% | -3.3% | 292 / 312 | |
| 90 | Brown Thrasher | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.1% | -2.9% | 143 / 162 | |
| 91 | Little Blue Heron | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.1% | -2.5% | 124 / 138 | |
| 92 | Northern Waterthrush | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.1% | -0.4% | 108 / 123 | |
| 93 | Black Vulture | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.1% | 0.0% | 127 / 141 | |
| 94 | Hudsonian Whimbrel | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.1% | +0.6% | 39 / 50 | |
| 95 | Red-breasted Merganser | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.1% | +0.6% | 28 / 34 | |
| 96 | Northern Gannet | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.1% | +1.1% | 5 / 6 | |