Top Birds at Rockaway Beach--Arverne (Beach 56th-73rd St.) in May
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA
based on 10 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.
| Rank | Info | Pics | Species | Entire Region | This Location | Difference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | American Oystercatcher | 7.9% | 90.0% | 82.1% | |||
| 2 | Laughing Gull | 16.9% | 80.0% | 63.1% | |||
| 3 | Double-crested Cormorant | 34.0% | 50.0% | 16.0% | |||
| 4 | Herring Gull | 23.4% | 50.0% | 26.6% | |||
| 5 | Great Black-backed Gull | 13.3% | 50.0% | 36.7% | |||
| 6 | Common Tern | 5.8% | 50.0% | 44.2% | |||
| 7 | Rock Pigeon | 35.5% | 40.0% | 4.5% | |||
| 8 | Northern Mockingbird | 26.7% | 40.0% | 13.3% | |||
| 9 | Least Tern | 3.9% | 40.0% | 36.1% | |||
| 10 | Sanderling | 1.6% | 40.0% | 38.4% | |||
| 11 | Piping Plover | 1.4% | 40.0% | 38.6% | |||
| 12 | European Starling | 58.4% | 30.0% | 28.4% | |||
| 13 | House Sparrow | 57.0% | 30.0% | 27.0% | |||
| 14 | Song Sparrow | 35.5% | 30.0% | 5.5% | |||
| 15 | Barn Swallow | 31.7% | 30.0% | 1.7% | |||
| 16 | Forster's Tern | 7.9% | 30.0% | 22.1% | |||
| 17 | Black Skimmer | 1.7% | 30.0% | 28.3% | |||
| 18 | Purple Sandpiper | 0.1% | 30.0% | 29.9% | |||
| 19 | Red-winged Blackbird | 53.3% | 20.0% | 33.3% | |||
| 20 | Osprey | 16.4% | 20.0% | 3.6% | |||
| 21 | American Robin | 73.3% | 10.0% | 63.3% | |||
| 22 | Mourning Dove | 53.4% | 10.0% | 43.4% | |||
| 23 | Cedar Waxwing | 16.8% | 10.0% | 6.8% | |||
| 24 | House Finch | 16.0% | 10.0% | 6.0% | |||
| 25 | Fish Crow | 10.9% | 10.0% | 0.9% | |||
| 26 | Killdeer | 9.3% | 10.0% | 0.7% | |||
| 27 | Willet | 5.8% | 10.0% | 4.2% | |||
| 28 | Semipalmated Plover | 4.5% | 10.0% | 5.5% | |||
| 29 | Peregrine Falcon | 2.7% | 10.0% | 7.3% |