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Top Birds at Sandy Hook--Spermaceti Cove area in August
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA

based on 77 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Sandy Hook--Spermaceti Cove area 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   Osprey 30.6% 87.0% 56.4%
2   Laughing Gull 31.9% 83.1% 51.2%
3   Double-crested Cormorant 41.3% 81.8% 40.5%
4   American Oystercatcher 12.3% 80.5% 68.2%
5   Great Black-backed Gull 26.9% 74.0% 47.1%
6   Herring Gull 39.5% 72.7% 33.3%
7   Barn Swallow 39.8% 71.4% 31.6%
8   Common Tern 16.3% 70.1% 53.8%
9   Mourning Dove 53.7% 68.8% 15.1%
10   Great Egret 34.5% 62.3% 27.9%
11   Royal Tern 2.1% 61.0% 58.9%
12   Great Blue Heron 30.6% 54.5% 23.9%
13   Black-bellied Plover 7.3% 54.5% 47.2%
14   Song Sparrow 35.0% 53.2% 18.3%
15   Red-winged Blackbird 28.4% 50.6% 22.2%
16   Tree Swallow 14.1% 50.6% 36.6%
17   Northern Mockingbird 36.0% 49.4% 13.3%
18   Common Yellowthroat 15.1% 45.5% 30.4%
19   Snowy Egret 22.5% 40.3% 17.8%
20   American Goldfinch 37.6% 33.8% 3.9%
21   Willet 3.6% 26.0% 22.4%
22   Gray Catbird 54.7% 24.7% 30.0%
23   European Starling 51.2% 24.7% 26.5%
24   Ring-billed Gull 31.8% 24.7% 7.1%
25   House Finch 14.9% 23.4% 8.5%
26   Semipalmated Plover 21.1% 22.1% 1.0%
27   Marsh Wren 5.6% 22.1% 16.5%
28   Ruddy Turnstone 5.5% 20.8% 15.3%
29   Eastern Towhee 7.0% 19.5% 12.5%
30   American Robin 57.3% 18.2% 39.1%
31   Forster's Tern 13.2% 18.2% 5.0%
32   Green Heron 11.9% 18.2% 6.3%
33   Carolina Wren 24.7% 15.6% 9.2%
34   Least Tern 5.1% 15.6% 10.5%
35   Yellow Warbler 20.2% 14.3% 5.9%
36   Chimney Swift 23.8% 13.0% 10.9%
37   Cedar Waxwing 16.8% 13.0% 3.8%
38   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 9.0% 13.0% 4.0%
39   Bank Swallow 3.0% 11.7% 8.6%
40   Least Sandpiper 22.0% 10.4% 11.6%
41   American Crow 14.4% 10.4% 4.0%
42   Northern Cardinal 47.8% 9.1% 38.7%
43   Common Grackle 28.3% 9.1% 19.2%
44   Black Skimmer 5.8% 9.1% 3.3%
45   Sanderling 5.3% 9.1% 3.8%
46   Clapper Rail 4.2% 7.8% 3.6%
47   Common Raven 2.8% 7.8% 5.0%
48   Brown Pelican 0.1% 7.8% 7.7%
49   Canada Goose 40.9% 6.5% 34.4%
50   Black-crowned Night-Heron 14.6% 6.5% 8.1%
51   Whimbrel 0.5% 6.5% 6.0%
52   Semipalmated Sandpiper 24.2% 5.2% 19.0%
53   Spotted Sandpiper 17.0% 5.2% 11.8%
54   Greater Yellowlegs 15.9% 5.2% 10.7%
55   Fish Crow 9.0% 5.2% 3.8%
56   Little Blue Heron 4.2% 5.2% 1.0%
57   Purple Martin 3.2% 5.2% 2.0%
58   Rock Pigeon 35.5% 3.9% 31.6%
59   Eastern Kingbird 16.8% 3.9% 12.9%
60   Short-billed Dowitcher 10.4% 3.9% 6.5%
61   American Black Duck 10.1% 3.9% 6.2%
62   Peregrine Falcon 7.6% 3.9% 3.7%
63   Great Crested Flycatcher 7.0% 3.9% 3.1%
64   Turkey Vulture 5.3% 3.9% 1.5%
65   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 2.1% 3.9% 1.8%
66   Piping Plover 1.9% 3.9% 2.0%
67   Caspian Tern 1.9% 3.9% 2.0%
68   Mallard 40.9% 2.6% 38.3%
69   Northern Flicker 26.0% 2.6% 23.4%
70   American Redstart 22.0% 2.6% 19.4%
71   Black-and-white Warbler 14.3% 2.6% 11.7%
72   White-rumped Sandpiper 4.0% 2.6% 1.4%
73   Bald Eagle 2.5% 2.6% 0.1%
74   Cooper's Hawk 2.3% 2.6% 0.3%
75   Field Sparrow 1.8% 2.6% 0.8%
76   Black Vulture 1.4% 2.6% 1.2%
77   Gull-billed Tern 1.2% 2.6% 1.4%
78   Seaside Sparrow 1.1% 2.6% 1.5%
79   Northern Harrier 0.9% 2.6% 1.7%
80   Blue Jay 35.4% 1.3% 34.1%
81   Red-bellied Woodpecker 19.4% 1.3% 18.1%
82   Northern Waterthrush 15.5% 1.3% 14.2%
83   Killdeer 14.2% 1.3% 12.9%
84   Lesser Yellowlegs 13.9% 1.3% 12.6%
85   Red-tailed Hawk 11.4% 1.3% 10.1%
86   House Wren 11.4% 1.3% 10.1%
87   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 9.1% 1.3% 7.8%
88   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 6.8% 1.3% 5.5%
89   Glossy Ibis 6.6% 1.3% 5.3%
90   Hairy Woodpecker 6.0% 1.3% 4.7%
91   Chipping Sparrow 5.2% 1.3% 3.9%
92   Willow Flycatcher 4.7% 1.3% 3.4%
93   Eastern Phoebe 3.8% 1.3% 2.5%
94   Brown Thrasher 3.1% 1.3% 1.8%
95   White-eyed Vireo 2.2% 1.3% 0.9%
96   Red Knot 1.0% 1.3% 0.3%
97   Marbled Godwit 0.7% 1.3% 0.6%
98   Common Loon 0.5% 1.3% 0.8%
99   Lesser Black-backed Gull 0.5% 1.3% 0.8%
100   Carolina Chickadee 0.0% 1.3% 1.3%