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

based on 37 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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Rank Info Pics Species Entire Region This Location Difference
1   Double-crested Cormorant 41.3% 45.9% 4.6%
2   Rock Pigeon 35.4% 43.2% 7.8%
3   Great Egret 34.5% 40.5% 6.0%
4   Laughing Gull 32.0% 37.8% 5.8%
5   European Starling 51.1% 35.1% 16.0%
6   Great Blue Heron 30.6% 32.4% 1.8%
7   Ring-billed Gull 31.8% 29.7% 2.1%
8   Herring Gull 39.5% 27.0% 12.5%
9   House Sparrow 50.0% 21.6% 28.4%
10   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 9.1% 21.6% 12.5%
11   Mourning Dove 53.7% 16.2% 37.5%
12   Osprey 30.7% 16.2% 14.5%
13   Canada Goose 40.8% 13.5% 27.3%
14   Common Tern 16.4% 10.8% 5.6%
15   American Crow 14.4% 10.8% 3.6%
16   Black-crowned Night-Heron 14.5% 8.1% 6.4%
17   Mute Swan 14.5% 8.1% 6.3%
18   Mallard 40.8% 5.4% 35.4%
19   Barn Swallow 39.9% 5.4% 34.5%
20   Great Black-backed Gull 27.0% 5.4% 21.6%
21   Snowy Egret 22.5% 5.4% 17.1%
22   Forster's Tern 13.2% 5.4% 7.8%
23   Gadwall 3.9% 5.4% 1.5%
24   American Robin 57.3% 2.7% 54.6%
25   Northern Cardinal 47.8% 2.7% 45.1%
26   Semipalmated Sandpiper 24.2% 2.7% 21.5%
27   Least Sandpiper 22.0% 2.7% 19.3%
28   Semipalmated Plover 21.1% 2.7% 18.4%
29   Greater Yellowlegs 15.9% 2.7% 13.2%
30   Killdeer 14.2% 2.7% 11.5%
31   Lesser Yellowlegs 13.9% 2.7% 11.2%
32   Green Heron 11.9% 2.7% 9.2%
33   Short-billed Dowitcher 10.4% 2.7% 7.7%
34   American Black Duck 10.1% 2.7% 7.4%
35   Fish Crow 9.0% 2.7% 6.3%
36   Peregrine Falcon 7.6% 2.7% 4.9%
37   Least Tern 5.1% 2.7% 2.4%
38   Little Blue Heron 4.2% 2.7% 1.5%