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Top Birds at Coney Island Beach in May
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA

based on 34 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 16.8% 94.1% 77.3%
2   Ring-billed Gull 14.3% 67.6% 53.3%
3   Herring Gull 23.4% 58.8% 35.4%
4   Double-crested Cormorant 34.0% 52.9% 18.9%
5   Great Black-backed Gull 13.3% 50.0% 36.7%
6   Rock Pigeon 35.5% 47.1% 11.6%
7   House Sparrow 57.0% 38.2% 18.7%
8   European Starling 58.4% 35.3% 23.1%
9   Brant 10.8% 23.5% 12.8%
10   American Oystercatcher 7.9% 20.6% 12.7%
11   Fish Crow 10.9% 11.8% 0.9%
12   Common Tern 5.8% 11.8% 6.0%
13   Common Loon 2.4% 8.8% 6.4%
14   Red-throated Loon 1.1% 8.8% 7.7%
15   Mourning Dove 53.4% 5.9% 47.5%
16   Common Yellowthroat 47.5% 5.9% 41.7%
17   Black Skimmer 1.7% 5.9% 4.2%
18   Surf Scoter 0.2% 5.9% 5.7%
19   Common Grackle 54.9% 2.9% 52.0%
20   Canada Goose 45.1% 2.9% 42.2%
21   Barn Swallow 31.7% 2.9% 28.8%
22   Chimney Swift 29.8% 2.9% 26.9%
23   House Wren 26.7% 2.9% 23.8%
24   Tree Swallow 22.4% 2.9% 19.5%
25   American Crow 17.7% 2.9% 14.7%
26   Osprey 16.4% 2.9% 13.5%
27   Semipalmated Plover 4.5% 2.9% 1.6%
28   Least Tern 3.9% 2.9% 1.0%
29   Clapper Rail 3.4% 2.9% 0.4%
30   Peregrine Falcon 2.7% 2.9% 0.3%
31   Common Raven 2.5% 2.9% 0.4%
32   Red-breasted Merganser 1.7% 2.9% 1.3%
33   Sanderling 1.6% 2.9% 1.3%
34   Northern Gannet 0.3% 2.9% 2.7%
35   Black Scoter 0.3% 2.9% 2.7%
36   Purple Sandpiper 0.1% 2.9% 2.8%