Top Birds at Rockaway Beach--Arverne (Beach 56th-73rd St.) in August
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA
based on 12 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.
| Rank | Info | Pics | Species | Entire Region | This Location | Difference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Laughing Gull | 32.0% | 91.7% | 59.7% | |||
| 2 | Common Tern | 16.4% | 75.0% | 58.6% | |||
| 3 | Herring Gull | 39.5% | 66.7% | 27.2% | |||
| 4 | Great Black-backed Gull | 27.0% | 66.7% | 39.7% | |||
| 5 | American Oystercatcher | 12.4% | 66.7% | 54.3% | |||
| 6 | Double-crested Cormorant | 41.3% | 58.3% | 17.0% | |||
| 7 | Rock Pigeon | 35.4% | 58.3% | 22.9% | |||
| 8 | Ring-billed Gull | 31.8% | 50.0% | 18.2% | |||
| 9 | Sanderling | 5.3% | 50.0% | 44.7% | |||
| 10 | Semipalmated Plover | 21.1% | 41.7% | 20.6% | |||
| 11 | House Sparrow | 50.0% | 33.3% | 16.6% | |||
| 12 | Semipalmated Sandpiper | 24.2% | 33.3% | 9.2% | |||
| 13 | Osprey | 30.7% | 25.0% | 5.7% | |||
| 14 | Great Egret | 34.5% | 16.7% | 17.9% | |||
| 15 | Least Sandpiper | 22.0% | 16.7% | 5.3% | |||
| 16 | Forster's Tern | 13.2% | 16.7% | 3.5% | |||
| 17 | Mourning Dove | 53.7% | 8.3% | 45.4% | |||
| 18 | Spotted Sandpiper | 17.0% | 8.3% | 8.7% | |||
| 19 | Killdeer | 14.2% | 8.3% | 5.8% | |||
| 20 | Black Skimmer | 5.8% | 8.3% | 2.6% | |||
| 21 | Ruddy Turnstone | 5.5% | 8.3% | 2.9% | |||
| 22 | Least Tern | 5.1% | 8.3% | 3.3% | |||
| 23 | Royal Tern | 2.2% | 8.3% | 6.1% | |||
| 24 | Western Sandpiper | 1.8% | 8.3% | 6.5% |