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Top Birds at Coney Island Beach in May
relative to other locations within 25 miles of 40.781243, -73.966507

based on 46 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Coney Island Beach 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.

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Rank Info Pics Species Entire Region This Location Difference
1   Laughing Gull 18.1% 89.1% 71.0%
2   Ring-billed Gull 14.1% 67.4% 53.3%
3   Double-crested Cormorant 33.8% 58.7% 24.9%
4   American Herring Gull 22.9% 58.7% 35.8%
5   Rock Pigeon 35.9% 54.3% 18.4%
6   House Sparrow 57.5% 45.7% 11.8%
7   Great Black-backed Gull 12.7% 43.5% 30.8%
8   European Starling 58.3% 37.0% 21.3%
9   Brant 10.6% 28.3% 17.6%
10   American Oystercatcher 7.6% 19.6% 12.0%
11   Common Tern 5.8% 19.6% 13.8%
12   Fish Crow 11.1% 15.2% 4.1%
13   Common Loon 2.4% 10.9% 8.5%
14   Red-throated Loon 0.9% 8.7% 7.8%
15   Purple Sandpiper 0.2% 8.7% 8.5%
16   Common Grackle 54.5% 6.5% 48.0%
17   Chimney Swift 30.9% 6.5% 24.3%
18   Surf Scoter 0.2% 6.5% 6.3%
19   Mourning Dove 53.8% 4.3% 49.5%
20   Common Yellowthroat 46.9% 4.3% 42.6%
21   Canada Goose 44.5% 4.3% 40.2%
22   Barn Swallow 30.9% 4.3% 26.6%
23   Osprey 16.9% 4.3% 12.6%
24   Forster's Tern 7.8% 4.3% 3.5%
25   Common Raven 3.0% 4.3% 1.3%
26   Black Skimmer 1.6% 4.3% 2.7%
27   Lesser Black-backed Gull 0.2% 4.3% 4.1%
28   Mallard 47.7% 2.2% 45.5%
29   American Goldfinch 27.5% 2.2% 25.4%
30   Northern Mockingbird 27.4% 2.2% 25.2%
31   House Wren 25.5% 2.2% 23.3%
32   Great Egret 24.3% 2.2% 22.2%
33   Tree Swallow 21.6% 2.2% 19.4%
34   American Crow 17.5% 2.2% 15.3%
35   Great Blue Heron 9.4% 2.2% 7.2%
36   Gadwall 6.7% 2.2% 4.5%
37   Semipalmated Plover 4.4% 2.2% 2.2%
38   Least Tern 3.7% 2.2% 1.5%
39   Clapper Rail 3.3% 2.2% 1.1%
40   Peregrine Falcon 2.5% 2.2% 0.4%
41   Red-breasted Merganser 1.7% 2.2% 0.4%
42   Sanderling 1.6% 2.2% 0.6%
43   Black Scoter 0.3% 2.2% 1.9%
44   Northern Gannet 0.2% 2.2% 1.9%
45   Long-tailed Duck 0.2% 2.2% 2.0%