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Top Birds at LaGuardia Airport (LGA) in August
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York City, United States

based on 59 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at LaGuardia Airport (LGA) 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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Evidence Sampling Score
# Links Species Media Years Birders Hits Frequency Percentile
1   Rock Pigeon 0 6 33 31 52.5% 80%
2   Double-crested Cormorant 0 6 27 28 47.5% 72%
3   Laughing Gull 0 6 24 24 40.7% 59%
4   Great Egret 1 5 21 22 37.3% 69%
5   European Starling 0 7 20 19 32.2% 58%
6   House Sparrow 0 6 19 18 30.5% 42%
7   American Herring Gull 0 5 19 18 30.5% 50%
8   Ring-billed Gull 0 6 19 18 30.5% 54%
9   Great Blue Heron 0 3 16 16 27.1% 58%
10   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 1 4 12 12 20.3% 66%
11   Mourning Dove 0 6 12 11 18.6% 26%
12   Black-crowned Night-Heron 1 4 9 9 15.3% 70%
13   Osprey 0 3 8 8 13.6% 37%
14   Canada Goose 0 5 7 7 11.9% 27%
15   Forster's Tern 0 3 7 7 11.9% 51%
16   Snowy Egret 0 4 6 6 10.2% 39%
17   Mallard 0 4 5 5 8.5% 23%
18   Common Tern 0 3 5 5 8.5% 25%
19   American Crow 0 4 6 5 8.5% 43%
20   Barn Swallow 0 3 4 4 6.8% 14%
21   Great Black-backed Gull 0 3 4 4 6.8% 18%
22   Mute Swan 2 3 4 4 6.8% 36%
23   Semipalmated Sandpiper 1 2 3 3 5.1% 19%
24   Chimney Swift 0 1 2 2 3.4% 5%
25   Semipalmated Plover 0 2 2 2 3.4% 9%
26   Greater Yellowlegs 1 2 2 2 3.4% 19%
27   Killdeer 0 2 2 2 3.4% 12%
28   Peregrine Falcon 0 2 2 2 3.4% 31%
29   Gadwall 0 2 2 2 3.4% 44%
30   American Robin 0 1 1 1 1.7% 0%
31   Northern Cardinal 0 1 1 1 1.7% 1%
32   Northern Mockingbird 0 1 1 1 1.7% 1%
33   Common Grackle 0 1 1 1 1.7% 0%
34   Least Sandpiper 0 1 1 1 1.7% 3%
35   Lesser Yellowlegs 0 1 1 1 1.7% 9%
36   Green Heron 0 1 1 1 1.7% 5%
37   Short-billed Dowitcher 0 1 1 1 1.7% 9%
38   American Black Duck 0 1 1 1 1.7% 5%
39   Fish Crow 0 1 1 1 1.7% 5%
40   Sanderling 0 1 1 1 1.7% 10%
41   Least Tern 0 1 1 1 1.7% 9%
42   Solitary Sandpiper 0 1 1 1 1.7% 10%
43   American Kestrel 0 1 1 1 1.7% 11%
44   Little Blue Heron 0 1 1 1 1.7% 11%