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Top Birds at Rockaway Beach--Edgemere (Beach 32nd-56th St.) in April
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA

based on 47 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Rockaway Beach--Edgemere (Beach 32nd-56th St.) in April. 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 Oystercatcher 7.0% 95.7% 88.8%
2   Herring Gull 26.4% 91.5% 65.1%
3   Piping Plover 0.8% 80.9% 80.1%
4   Laughing Gull 11.1% 76.6% 65.5%
5   Ring-billed Gull 23.3% 74.5% 51.2%
6   Great Black-backed Gull 15.6% 74.5% 58.9%
7   Northern Mockingbird 28.3% 70.2% 41.9%
8   Song Sparrow 48.8% 68.1% 19.3%
9   American Robin 74.8% 63.8% 11.0%
10   Red-winged Blackbird 54.7% 61.7% 7.0%
11   Sanderling 0.7% 59.6% 58.9%
12   Rock Pigeon 34.1% 55.3% 21.2%
13   Northern Cardinal 60.6% 53.2% 7.4%
14   European Starling 56.7% 51.1% 5.6%
15   Northern Gannet 2.2% 46.8% 44.6%
16   Common Loon 5.2% 44.7% 39.5%
17   Brant 13.8% 42.6% 28.7%
18   Ring-necked Pheasant 1.2% 42.6% 41.3%
19   House Sparrow 53.2% 40.4% 12.8%
20   Mourning Dove 51.6% 40.4% 11.1%
21   Double-crested Cormorant 36.8% 40.4% 3.7%
22   Killdeer 9.3% 36.2% 26.9%
23   Northern Flicker 45.2% 34.0% 11.1%
24   Mallard 54.7% 31.9% 22.8%
25   Carolina Wren 22.3% 27.7% 5.3%
26   Red-throated Loon 4.3% 27.7% 23.3%
27   Common Grackle 48.8% 25.5% 23.3%
28   Boat-tailed Grackle 4.1% 25.5% 21.4%
29   Fish Crow 15.6% 17.0% 1.4%
30   Horned Grebe 2.8% 17.0% 14.2%
31   Osprey 19.2% 14.9% 4.3%
32   Long-tailed Duck 1.0% 14.9% 13.9%
33   Black Scoter 0.5% 14.9% 14.4%
34   White-throated Sparrow 57.1% 12.8% 44.4%
35   Eastern Phoebe 19.0% 12.8% 6.3%
36   Red-breasted Merganser 7.0% 12.8% 5.7%
37   Common Raven 3.7% 10.6% 7.0%
38   Lesser Black-backed Gull 0.3% 10.6% 10.3%
39   Purple Sandpiper 0.2% 10.6% 10.5%
40   Canada Goose 52.9% 8.5% 44.4%
41   Downy Woodpecker 38.0% 8.5% 29.5%
42   Eastern Towhee 21.9% 8.5% 13.4%
43   American Crow 19.4% 8.5% 10.9%
44   Merlin 2.0% 8.5% 6.5%
45   American Goldfinch 28.5% 6.4% 22.1%
46   Brown-headed Cowbird 23.0% 6.4% 16.6%
47   House Finch 16.6% 6.4% 10.2%
48   Barn Swallow 14.4% 6.4% 8.0%
49   Forster's Tern 3.7% 6.4% 2.7%
50   Great Cormorant 0.6% 6.4% 5.8%
51   Yellow-rumped Warbler 31.2% 4.3% 27.0%
52   Great Egret 22.7% 4.3% 18.5%
53   Dark-eyed Junco 20.2% 4.3% 15.9%
54   Swamp Sparrow 17.8% 4.3% 13.6%
55   Bufflehead 11.9% 4.3% 7.7%
56   Surf Scoter 0.5% 4.3% 3.8%
57   Blue Jay 52.6% 2.1% 50.5%
58   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 29.4% 2.1% 27.3%
59   Hermit Thrush 25.5% 2.1% 23.4%
60   Chipping Sparrow 25.1% 2.1% 23.0%
61   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 17.1% 2.1% 15.0%
62   Great Blue Heron 11.1% 2.1% 9.0%
63   American Black Duck 10.2% 2.1% 8.1%
64   Northern Shoveler 8.7% 2.1% 6.6%
65   Field Sparrow 8.1% 2.1% 5.9%
66   Yellow Warbler 7.8% 2.1% 5.7%
67   Savannah Sparrow 7.8% 2.1% 5.7%
68   House Wren 7.6% 2.1% 5.5%
69   American Kestrel 5.5% 2.1% 3.3%
70   Dunlin 0.7% 2.1% 1.4%
71   White-winged Scoter 0.3% 2.1% 1.8%
72   Iceland Gull 0.2% 2.1% 1.9%
73   Common Eider 0.1% 2.1% 2.1%
74   Semipalmated Plover 0.1% 2.1% 2.1%