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Top Birds at Rockaway Beach--Arverne (Beach 56th-73rd St.) in August
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York City, United States

based on 27 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Rockaway Beach--Arverne (Beach 56th-73rd St.) 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   Laughing Gull 0 8 14 25 92.6% 96%
2   American Herring Gull 0 7 12 22 81.5% 91%
3   Great Black-backed Gull 0 8 9 20 74.1% 89%
4   Ring-billed Gull 0 7 12 19 70.4% 88%
5   American Oystercatcher 0 8 10 19 70.4% 91%
6   Common Tern 0 7 11 17 63.0% 85%
7   Rock Pigeon 0 7 10 16 59.3% 80%
8   Semipalmated Sandpiper 0 5 6 15 55.6% 83%
9   Sanderling 0 6 7 15 55.6% 92%
10   Semipalmated Plover 0 5 7 14 51.9% 79%
11   Double-crested Cormorant 0 6 10 13 48.1% 68%
12   Osprey 0 5 5 10 37.0% 65%
13   Ruddy Turnstone 0 3 4 8 29.6% 76%
14   House Sparrow 0 6 5 7 25.9% 31%
15   Least Tern 0 3 4 6 22.2% 79%
16   Lesser Black-backed Gull 3 1 2 4 14.8% 81%
17   European Starling 0 2 2 3 11.1% 11%
18   Barn Swallow 0 1 1 3 11.1% 20%
19   Least Sandpiper 0 3 3 3 11.1% 34%
20   Spotted Sandpiper 0 2 2 3 11.1% 41%
21   Forster's Tern 0 3 4 3 11.1% 43%
22   Black Skimmer 0 2 4 3 11.1% 44%
23   Royal Tern 0 2 2 3 11.1% 53%
24   Black Scoter 0 1 2 3 11.1% 73%
25   Northern Mockingbird 0 1 2 2 7.4% 13%
26   Great Egret 0 2 2 2 7.4% 18%
27   House Finch 0 1 2 2 7.4% 27%
28   Killdeer 0 2 2 2 7.4% 26%
29   Black-bellied Plover 0 1 2 2 7.4% 43%
30   Piping Plover 1 1 2 2 7.4% 40%
31   Mourning Dove 0 1 1 1 3.7% 0%
32   Northern Cardinal 0 1 1 1 3.7% 2%
33   Song Sparrow 0 1 1 1 3.7% 3%
34   Common Grackle 0 1 1 1 3.7% 2%
35   Red-winged Blackbird 0 1 1 1 3.7% 5%
36   Northern Yellow Warbler 0 1 1 1 3.7% 6%
37   Common Yellowthroat 0 1 1 1 3.7% 7%
38   Tree Swallow 0 1 1 1 3.7% 9%
39   Black-crowned Night-Heron 0 1 1 1 3.7% 13%
40   American Black Duck 0 1 1 1 3.7% 16%
41   Common Raven 0 1 1 1 3.7% 27%
42   Western Sandpiper 0 1 1 1 3.7% 36%
43   Red Knot 0 1 1 1 3.7% 43%
44   Dunlin 0 1 1 1 3.7% 71%