Top Birds at Rockaway Beach--Rockaway Park (Beach 108th-125th St.) in August
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA
based on 13 checklists
This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Rockaway Beach--Rockaway Park (Beach 108th-125th 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 | Herring Gull | 39.5% | 92.3% | 52.8% | |||
| 2 | Laughing Gull | 32.0% | 92.3% | 60.3% | |||
| 3 | Ring-billed Gull | 31.8% | 76.9% | 45.1% | |||
| 4 | Great Black-backed Gull | 27.0% | 69.2% | 42.2% | |||
| 5 | Rock Pigeon | 35.4% | 53.8% | 18.4% | |||
| 6 | Double-crested Cormorant | 41.3% | 38.5% | 2.9% | |||
| 7 | House Sparrow | 50.0% | 30.8% | 19.2% | |||
| 8 | Common Tern | 16.4% | 30.8% | 14.4% | |||
| 9 | American Oystercatcher | 12.4% | 23.1% | 10.7% | |||
| 10 | Black Skimmer | 5.8% | 23.1% | 17.3% | |||
| 11 | Sanderling | 5.3% | 23.1% | 17.8% | |||
| 12 | Osprey | 30.7% | 15.4% | 15.3% | |||
| 13 | Forster's Tern | 13.2% | 15.4% | 2.2% | |||
| 14 | Least Tern | 5.1% | 15.4% | 10.3% | |||
| 15 | European Starling | 51.1% | 7.7% | 43.4% | |||
| 16 | Barn Swallow | 39.9% | 7.7% | 32.2% | |||
| 17 | Semipalmated Sandpiper | 24.2% | 7.7% | 16.5% | |||
| 18 | Least Sandpiper | 22.0% | 7.7% | 14.3% | |||
| 19 | Willet | 3.6% | 7.7% | 4.1% | |||
| 20 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | 0.5% | 7.7% | 7.2% |