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

based on 115 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Coney Island Beach 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   Laughing Gull 31.9% 73.0% 41.1%
2   Herring Gull 39.5% 61.7% 22.3%
3   Great Black-backed Gull 26.9% 58.3% 31.3%
4   Rock Pigeon 35.4% 57.4% 22.0%
5   Ring-billed Gull 31.7% 55.7% 23.9%
6   House Sparrow 50.0% 53.9% 3.9%
7   Double-crested Cormorant 41.3% 53.0% 11.7%
8   Common Tern 16.3% 48.7% 32.4%
9   Gray-hooded Gull 0.0% 46.1% 46.1%
10   European Starling 51.2% 39.1% 12.0%
11   American Oystercatcher 12.4% 23.5% 11.1%
12   Lesser Black-backed Gull 0.4% 19.1% 18.7%
13   Barn Swallow 39.9% 14.8% 25.2%
14   Ruddy Turnstone 5.5% 13.9% 8.5%
15   Forster's Tern 13.2% 13.0% 0.1%
16   Black Skimmer 5.7% 9.6% 3.8%
17   Mourning Dove 53.8% 8.7% 45.1%
18   Fish Crow 9.0% 8.7% 0.3%
19   Northern Mockingbird 36.1% 7.8% 28.3%
20   Chimney Swift 23.9% 7.0% 16.9%
21   Great Blue Heron 30.7% 6.1% 24.6%
22   Sanderling 5.3% 6.1% 0.8%
23   Least Sandpiper 22.1% 5.2% 16.8%
24   American Kestrel 3.6% 5.2% 1.6%
25   Yellow Warbler 20.2% 4.3% 15.9%
26   Spotted Sandpiper 17.0% 4.3% 12.7%
27   Peregrine Falcon 7.6% 4.3% 3.3%
28   Least Tern 5.1% 4.3% 0.7%
29   Canada Goose 40.9% 3.5% 37.4%
30   Mallard 40.9% 2.6% 38.3%
31   Semipalmated Sandpiper 24.2% 2.6% 21.6%
32   Black-crowned Night-Heron 14.6% 2.6% 12.0%
33   Killdeer 14.2% 2.6% 11.6%
34   Brown-headed Cowbird 6.0% 2.6% 3.3%
35   Royal Tern 2.2% 2.6% 0.4%
36   Common Loon 0.5% 2.6% 2.1%
37   Wilson's Storm-Petrel 0.1% 2.6% 2.5%
38   American Robin 57.4% 1.7% 55.6%
39   American Goldfinch 37.7% 1.7% 36.0%
40   Great Egret 34.6% 1.7% 32.9%
41   Osprey 30.8% 1.7% 29.0%
42   Common Grackle 28.3% 1.7% 26.6%
43   Snowy Egret 22.6% 1.7% 20.8%
44   Eastern Kingbird 16.8% 1.7% 15.0%
45   American Crow 14.5% 1.7% 12.7%
46   Tree Swallow 14.1% 1.7% 12.4%
47   Red-winged Blackbird 28.6% 0.9% 27.7%
48   Common Yellowthroat 15.2% 0.9% 14.3%
49   American Black Duck 10.1% 0.9% 9.2%
50   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 9.0% 0.9% 8.1%
51   Clapper Rail 4.2% 0.9% 3.4%
52   Willet 3.6% 0.9% 2.8%
53   Purple Martin 3.2% 0.9% 2.3%
54   Caspian Tern 1.9% 0.9% 1.0%
55   Gull-billed Tern 1.2% 0.9% 0.3%
56   Seaside Sparrow 1.1% 0.9% 0.2%
57   Cliff Swallow 0.8% 0.9% 0.1%