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Top Birds at Rockaway Beach--Rockaway Park (Beach 108th-125th St.) in August
relative to other locations within 25 miles of 40.781243, -73.966507

based on 16 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.

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Rank Info Pics Species Entire Region This Location Difference
1   American Herring Gull 37.7% 87.5% 49.8%
2   Laughing Gull 32.3% 87.5% 55.2%
3   Ring-billed Gull 30.8% 75.0% 44.2%
4   Great Black-backed Gull 25.2% 68.8% 43.5%
5   Rock Pigeon 35.9% 56.2% 20.3%
6   Double-crested Cormorant 40.1% 43.8% 3.6%
7   Common Tern 16.1% 37.5% 21.4%
8   House Sparrow 49.1% 31.2% 17.9%
9   Sanderling 5.2% 31.2% 26.1%
10   Osprey 30.7% 25.0% 5.7%
11   American Oystercatcher 11.4% 25.0% 13.6%
12   Forster's Tern 13.2% 18.8% 5.6%
13   Black Skimmer 5.7% 18.8% 13.0%
14   Semipalmated Sandpiper 22.8% 12.5% 10.3%
15   Least Sandpiper 21.0% 12.5% 8.5%
16   Semipalmated Plover 20.3% 12.5% 7.8%
17   Least Tern 4.9% 12.5% 7.6%
18   Lesser Black-backed Gull 0.6% 12.5% 11.9%
19   European Starling 49.3% 6.2% 43.1%
20   Barn Swallow 37.7% 6.2% 31.5%
21   Ruddy Turnstone 5.1% 6.2% 1.1%
22   Willet 3.3% 6.2% 3.0%
23   Royal Tern 2.5% 6.2% 3.8%