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Top Birds at Rockaway Beach--Beach 59th St. Jetty in September
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA

based on 8 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Rockaway Beach--Beach 59th St. Jetty in September. 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   Rock Pigeon 36.8% 100.0% 63.2%
2   Herring Gull 30.9% 100.0% 69.1%
3   Laughing Gull 18.6% 100.0% 81.4%
4   Great Black-backed Gull 18.6% 100.0% 81.4%
5   American Oystercatcher 5.0% 100.0% 95.0%
6   Ring-billed Gull 25.2% 87.5% 62.3%
7   House Sparrow 45.9% 75.0% 29.1%
8   Sanderling 2.9% 75.0% 72.1%
9   European Starling 48.4% 62.5% 14.1%
10   Double-crested Cormorant 32.0% 50.0% 18.0%
11   Semipalmated Plover 7.0% 50.0% 43.0%
12   Black Skimmer 1.6% 50.0% 48.4%
13   Semipalmated Sandpiper 7.9% 37.5% 29.6%
14   Common Tern 4.0% 37.5% 33.5%
15   Northern Mockingbird 31.6% 25.0% 6.6%
16   Black-bellied Plover 4.4% 25.0% 20.6%
17   Forster's Tern 4.1% 25.0% 20.9%
18   Royal Tern 2.9% 25.0% 22.1%
19   Fish Crow 2.9% 25.0% 22.1%
20   Ruddy Turnstone 1.3% 25.0% 23.7%
21   Lesser Black-backed Gull 0.6% 25.0% 24.4%
22   Marbled Godwit 0.3% 25.0% 24.7%
23   Mourning Dove 53.2% 12.5% 40.7%
24   Osprey 25.5% 12.5% 13.0%
25   Peregrine Falcon 7.4% 12.5% 5.1%
26   Willet 1.0% 12.5% 11.5%
27   Dunlin 0.7% 12.5% 11.8%