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

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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Rank Info Pics Species Entire Region This Location Difference
1   Laughing Gull 32.3% 92.6% 60.3%
2   American Herring Gull 37.7% 81.5% 43.8%
3   Great Black-backed Gull 25.2% 74.1% 48.9%
4   Ring-billed Gull 30.8% 70.4% 39.6%
5   American Oystercatcher 11.4% 70.4% 59.0%
6   Common Tern 16.1% 63.0% 46.8%
7   Rock Pigeon 35.9% 59.3% 23.4%
8   Semipalmated Sandpiper 22.7% 55.6% 32.8%
9   Sanderling 5.2% 55.6% 50.4%
10   Semipalmated Plover 20.3% 51.9% 31.6%
11   Double-crested Cormorant 40.1% 48.1% 8.0%
12   Osprey 30.7% 37.0% 6.4%
13   Ruddy Turnstone 5.1% 29.6% 24.5%
14   House Sparrow 49.1% 25.9% 23.2%
15   Least Tern 4.9% 22.2% 17.3%
16   Lesser Black-backed Gull 0.5% 14.8% 14.3%
17   European Starling 49.3% 11.1% 38.2%
18   Barn Swallow 37.7% 11.1% 26.6%
19   Least Sandpiper 21.0% 11.1% 9.9%
20   Spotted Sandpiper 15.5% 11.1% 4.4%
21   Forster's Tern 13.2% 11.1% 2.1%
22   Black Skimmer 5.7% 11.1% 5.4%
23   Royal Tern 2.5% 11.1% 8.6%
24   Black Scoter 0.3% 11.1% 10.8%
25   Northern Mockingbird 34.9% 7.4% 27.5%
26   Great Egret 32.8% 7.4% 25.4%
27   House Finch 14.4% 7.4% 7.0%
28   Killdeer 13.5% 7.4% 6.0%
29   Black-bellied Plover 6.5% 7.4% 0.9%
30   Piping Plover 2.0% 7.4% 5.4%
31   Mourning Dove 53.5% 3.7% 49.8%
32   Northern Cardinal 48.1% 3.7% 44.4%
33   Song Sparrow 33.8% 3.7% 30.1%
34   Common Grackle 28.1% 3.7% 24.4%
35   Red-winged Blackbird 26.7% 3.7% 23.0%
36   Yellow Warbler 19.4% 3.7% 15.6%
37   Common Yellowthroat 15.1% 3.7% 11.4%
38   Tree Swallow 13.4% 3.7% 9.7%
39   Black-crowned Night-Heron 13.2% 3.7% 9.5%
40   American Black Duck 9.4% 3.7% 5.7%
41   Common Raven 3.4% 3.7% 0.3%
42   Western Sandpiper 1.4% 3.7% 2.3%
43   Red Knot 0.8% 3.7% 2.9%
44   Dunlin 0.2% 3.7% 3.5%