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Top Birds at Rockaway Beach (Beach 9th-149th St.) in August
relative to other locations within 25 miles of 40.781243, -73.966507

based on 18 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Rockaway Beach (Beach 9th-149th St.) 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	32.3%	83.3%	51.1%
2			American Herring Gull	37.7%	77.8%	40.0%
3			Ring-billed Gull	30.8%	77.8%	47.0%
4			Great Black-backed Gull	25.2%	66.7%	41.5%
5			Rock Pigeon	35.9%	61.1%	25.2%
6			American Oystercatcher	11.4%	44.4%	33.0%
7			Double-crested Cormorant	40.1%	38.9%	1.3%
8			Common Tern	16.1%	38.9%	22.7%
9			Sanderling	5.2%	38.9%	33.7%
10			Osprey	30.7%	27.8%	2.9%
11			Semipalmated Sandpiper	22.7%	16.7%	6.1%
12			Semipalmated Plover	20.3%	16.7%	3.6%
13			House Sparrow	49.1%	11.1%	38.0%
14			American Crow	13.7%	11.1%	2.6%
15			Ruddy Turnstone	5.1%	11.1%	6.0%
16			Least Tern	4.9%	11.1%	6.2%
17			Mourning Dove	53.5%	5.6%	47.9%
18			European Starling	49.3%	5.6%	43.8%
19			Barn Swallow	37.7%	5.6%	32.2%
20			Great Blue Heron	30.3%	5.6%	24.7%
21			Chimney Swift	23.8%	5.6%	18.2%
22			Spotted Sandpiper	15.5%	5.6%	10.0%
23			House Finch	14.4%	5.6%	8.9%
24			Killdeer	13.5%	5.6%	7.9%
25			Forster's Tern	13.2%	5.6%	7.6%
26			Red Knot	0.8%	5.6%	4.7%
27			Common Loon	0.5%	5.6%	5.1%