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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.

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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