Top Birds at Rockaway Beach--Beach 59th St. Jetty in May
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA
based on 5 checklists
This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Rockaway Beach--Beach 59th St. Jetty 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 | Herring Gull | 23.4% | 80.0% | 56.6% | |||
| 2 | Laughing Gull | 16.9% | 80.0% | 63.1% | |||
| 3 | Great Black-backed Gull | 13.3% | 80.0% | 66.7% | |||
| 4 | American Oystercatcher | 7.9% | 80.0% | 72.1% | |||
| 5 | European Starling | 58.4% | 60.0% | 1.6% | |||
| 6 | House Sparrow | 57.0% | 60.0% | 3.0% | |||
| 7 | Common Tern | 5.8% | 60.0% | 54.2% | |||
| 8 | Least Tern | 3.9% | 60.0% | 56.1% | |||
| 9 | Sanderling | 1.6% | 60.0% | 58.4% | |||
| 10 | Piping Plover | 1.4% | 60.0% | 58.6% | |||
| 11 | Song Sparrow | 35.5% | 40.0% | 4.5% | |||
| 12 | Rock Pigeon | 35.5% | 40.0% | 4.5% | |||
| 13 | Ring-billed Gull | 14.3% | 40.0% | 25.7% | |||
| 14 | Willet | 5.8% | 40.0% | 34.2% | |||
| 15 | Common Loon | 2.4% | 40.0% | 37.6% | |||
| 16 | Double-crested Cormorant | 34.0% | 20.0% | 14.0% | |||
| 17 | Brant | 10.8% | 20.0% | 9.2% | |||
| 18 | Forster's Tern | 7.9% | 20.0% | 12.1% | |||
| 19 | Semipalmated Sandpiper | 4.9% | 20.0% | 15.1% | |||
| 20 | Semipalmated Plover | 4.5% | 20.0% | 15.5% | |||
| 21 | Short-billed Dowitcher | 1.8% | 20.0% | 18.2% | |||
| 22 | Northern Gannet | 0.3% | 20.0% | 19.7% | |||
| 23 | Black Scoter | 0.3% | 20.0% | 19.7% | |||
| 24 | Purple Sandpiper | 0.1% | 20.0% | 19.9% | |||
| 25 | Whimbrel | 0.1% | 20.0% | 19.9% |