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

based on 129 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 32.2% 76.0% 43.8%
2   American Herring Gull 37.7% 62.8% 25.1%
3   Rock Pigeon 35.9% 58.9% 23.0%
4   Ring-billed Gull 30.8% 58.9% 28.2%
5   Great Black-backed Gull 25.2% 58.9% 33.8%
6   House Sparrow 49.1% 54.3% 5.2%
7   Double-crested Cormorant 40.1% 53.5% 13.4%
8   Common Tern 16.1% 49.6% 33.5%
9   Gray-hooded Gull 0.0% 41.9% 41.9%
10   European Starling 49.3% 38.8% 10.6%
11   American Oystercatcher 11.4% 22.5% 11.1%
12   Lesser Black-backed Gull 0.5% 18.6% 18.1%
13   Barn Swallow 37.8% 15.5% 22.3%
14   Forster's Tern 13.2% 15.5% 2.3%
15   Ruddy Turnstone 5.1% 14.7% 9.6%
16   Black Skimmer 5.7% 10.9% 5.1%
17   Mourning Dove 53.5% 10.1% 43.5%
18   Northern Mockingbird 34.9% 9.3% 25.6%
19   Sanderling 5.2% 8.5% 3.3%
20   Fish Crow 8.5% 7.8% 0.8%
21   Great Blue Heron 30.3% 6.2% 24.1%
22   Chimney Swift 23.8% 5.4% 18.4%
23   Least Tern 4.9% 5.4% 0.5%
24   American Kestrel 3.8% 5.4% 1.6%
25   Least Sandpiper 21.1% 4.7% 16.4%
26   Royal Tern 2.5% 4.7% 2.2%
27   Osprey 30.7% 3.9% 26.9%
28   Yellow Warbler 19.4% 3.9% 15.5%
29   Spotted Sandpiper 15.6% 3.9% 11.7%
30   Peregrine Falcon 7.0% 3.9% 3.1%
31   Semipalmated Sandpiper 22.8% 3.1% 19.7%
32   Semipalmated Plover 20.3% 3.1% 17.2%
33   Canada Goose 40.0% 2.3% 37.6%
34   Mallard 39.4% 2.3% 37.1%
35   Great Egret 32.8% 2.3% 30.5%
36   American Crow 13.7% 2.3% 11.4%
37   Killdeer 13.5% 2.3% 11.1%
38   Tree Swallow 13.4% 2.3% 11.1%
39   Black-crowned Night-Heron 13.2% 2.3% 10.9%
40   Brown-headed Cowbird 5.5% 2.3% 3.1%
41   Wilson's Storm-Petrel 0.1% 2.3% 2.2%
42   American Robin 56.3% 1.6% 54.7%
43   American Goldfinch 36.9% 1.6% 35.3%
44   Common Grackle 28.1% 1.6% 26.6%
45   Snowy Egret 21.1% 1.6% 19.5%
46   Eastern Kingbird 15.6% 1.6% 14.1%
47   Common Loon 0.5% 1.6% 1.1%
48   Northern Cardinal 48.2% 0.8% 47.4%
49   Red-winged Blackbird 26.7% 0.8% 26.0%
50   Common Yellowthroat 15.1% 0.8% 14.3%
51   American Black Duck 9.5% 0.8% 8.7%
52   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 8.9% 0.8% 8.1%
53   Clapper Rail 4.0% 0.8% 3.2%
54   Willet 3.3% 0.8% 2.5%
55   Purple Martin 3.1% 0.8% 2.4%
56   Bald Eagle 2.8% 0.8% 2.1%
57   Caspian Tern 2.3% 0.8% 1.5%
58   Gull-billed Tern 1.2% 0.8% 0.5%
59   Seaside Sparrow 0.9% 0.8% 0.1%
60   Cliff Swallow 0.7% 0.8% 0.1%