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Top Birds at Rockaway Beach--Arverne (Beach 56th-73rd St.) in May
relative to other locations within 25 miles of 40.781243, -73.966507

based on 19 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Rockaway Beach--Arverne (Beach 56th-73rd St.) in May. 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   Laughing Gull 18.1% 78.9% 60.8%
2   American Oystercatcher 7.6% 57.9% 50.3%
3   European Starling 58.3% 42.1% 16.2%
4   House Sparrow 57.5% 42.1% 15.4%
5   Rock Pigeon 36.0% 42.1% 6.2%
6   American Herring Gull 22.9% 36.8% 13.9%
7   Double-crested Cormorant 33.8% 31.6% 2.3%
8   Northern Mockingbird 27.4% 31.6% 4.2%
9   Great Black-backed Gull 12.7% 31.6% 18.9%
10   Forster's Tern 7.8% 26.3% 18.5%
11   Common Tern 5.8% 26.3% 20.5%
12   Least Tern 3.7% 21.1% 17.3%
13   Sanderling 1.6% 21.1% 19.5%
14   Piping Plover 1.3% 21.1% 19.7%
15   Purple Sandpiper 0.2% 21.1% 20.9%
16   Red-winged Blackbird 52.9% 15.8% 37.1%
17   Song Sparrow 35.5% 15.8% 19.7%
18   Barn Swallow 30.9% 15.8% 15.1%
19   Osprey 16.9% 15.8% 1.1%
20   Black Skimmer 1.6% 15.8% 14.2%
21   American Robin 73.2% 10.5% 62.6%
22   Cedar Waxwing 17.1% 10.5% 6.6%
23   Northern Cardinal 58.9% 5.3% 53.7%
24   Mourning Dove 53.8% 5.3% 48.5%
25   Mallard 47.7% 5.3% 42.4%
26   Canada Goose 44.5% 5.3% 39.2%
27   Great Egret 24.3% 5.3% 19.1%
28   American Crow 17.5% 5.3% 12.3%
29   House Finch 16.6% 5.3% 11.3%
30   Fish Crow 11.1% 5.3% 5.8%
31   Mute Swan 10.8% 5.3% 5.6%
32   Brant 10.6% 5.3% 5.4%
33   Indigo Bunting 9.4% 5.3% 4.1%
34   Killdeer 9.1% 5.3% 3.9%
35   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 5.9% 5.3% 0.6%
36   Willet 5.5% 5.3% 0.2%
37   Semipalmated Plover 4.4% 5.3% 0.9%
38   Eastern Phoebe 4.3% 5.3% 0.9%
39   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 3.7% 5.3% 1.5%
40   Common Raven 3.0% 5.3% 2.2%
41   Peregrine Falcon 2.5% 5.3% 2.7%
42   American Kestrel 2.2% 5.3% 3.1%