Top Birds at Nickerson Beach in August
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York City, United States
based on 193 checklists
This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Nickerson 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.
| Evidence | Sampling | Score | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Links | Species | Media | Years | Birders | Hits | Frequency | Percentile | |
| 1 | Black Skimmer | 45 | 17 | 123 | 179 | 92.7% | 100% | ||
| 2 | Common Tern | 32 | 15 | 110 | 170 | 88.1% | 100% | ||
| 3 | American Oystercatcher | 37 | 15 | 111 | 161 | 83.4% | 98% | ||
| 4 | Laughing Gull | 10 | 15 | 105 | 155 | 80.3% | 96% | ||
| 5 | Great Black-backed Gull | 14 | 15 | 102 | 155 | 80.3% | 98% | ||
| 6 | American Herring Gull | 5 | 15 | 96 | 146 | 75.6% | 94% | ||
| 7 | Sanderling | 22 | 16 | 104 | 145 | 75.1% | 98% | ||
| 8 | Ring-billed Gull | 7 | 16 | 94 | 134 | 69.4% | 95% | ||
| 9 | Osprey | 5 | 15 | 82 | 117 | 60.6% | 90% | ||
| 10 | Semipalmated Sandpiper | 8 | 15 | 76 | 99 | 51.3% | 88% | ||
| 11 | Double-crested Cormorant | 0 | 13 | 74 | 92 | 47.7% | 76% | ||
| 12 | Semipalmated Plover | 11 | 15 | 63 | 90 | 46.6% | 84% | ||
| 13 | House Sparrow | 0 | 14 | 73 | 85 | 44.0% | 74% | ||
| 14 | Ruddy Turnstone | 13 | 13 | 61 | 85 | 44.0% | 88% | ||
| 15 | Canada Goose | 1 | 13 | 57 | 78 | 40.4% | 75% | ||
| 16 | Barn Swallow | 0 | 14 | 63 | 77 | 39.9% | 81% | ||
| 17 | European Starling | 0 | 13 | 63 | 71 | 36.8% | 69% | ||
| 18 | Northern Mockingbird | 2 | 14 | 61 | 68 | 35.2% | 76% | ||
| 19 | Piping Plover | 14 | 13 | 43 | 67 | 34.7% | 88% | ||
| 20 | Killdeer | 5 | 13 | 48 | 65 | 33.7% | 85% | ||
| 21 | Least Tern | 5 | 12 | 42 | 63 | 32.6% | 97% | ||
| 22 | Song Sparrow | 1 | 12 | 54 | 58 | 30.1% | 68% | ||
| 23 | Least Sandpiper | 1 | 14 | 42 | 53 | 27.5% | 76% | ||
| 24 | Mourning Dove | 0 | 13 | 54 | 51 | 26.4% | 48% | ||
| 25 | House Finch | 0 | 11 | 45 | 47 | 24.4% | 87% | ||
| 26 | Red-winged Blackbird | 0 | 11 | 43 | 45 | 23.3% | 67% | ||
| 27 | Rock Pigeon | 0 | 13 | 40 | 40 | 20.7% | 43% | ||
| 28 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | 4 | 11 | 26 | 35 | 18.1% | 92% | ||
| 29 | Mallard | 1 | 13 | 33 | 33 | 17.1% | 48% | ||
| 30 | Tree Swallow | 0 | 13 | 31 | 30 | 15.5% | 73% | ||
| 31 | American Robin | 0 | 10 | 29 | 29 | 15.0% | 30% | ||
| 32 | Peregrine Falcon | 4 | 11 | 25 | 28 | 14.5% | 90% | ||
| 33 | Black-bellied Plover | 2 | 10 | 24 | 25 | 13.0% | 69% | ||
| 34 | Forster's Tern | 1 | 11 | 28 | 21 | 10.9% | 58% | ||
| 35 | Royal Tern | 3 | 8 | 20 | 21 | 10.9% | 73% | ||
| 36 | Red Knot | 3 | 10 | 14 | 20 | 10.4% | 89% | ||
| 37 | Lesser Yellowlegs | 2 | 9 | 20 | 19 | 9.8% | 60% | ||
| 38 | Boat-tailed Grackle | 4 | 7 | 16 | 16 | 8.3% | 59% | ||
| 39 | Great Egret | 0 | 10 | 17 | 15 | 7.8% | 30% | ||
| 40 | Short-billed Dowitcher | 0 | 7 | 19 | 15 | 7.8% | 64% | ||
| 41 | Willet | 1 | 7 | 12 | 15 | 7.8% | 64% | ||
| 42 | Northern Cardinal | 0 | 10 | 15 | 14 | 7.3% | 14% | ||
| 43 | American Crow | 0 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 6.7% | 44% | ||
| 44 | Gray Catbird | 0 | 9 | 14 | 12 | 6.2% | 11% | ||
| 45 | White-rumped Sandpiper | 0 | 6 | 13 | 11 | 5.7% | 74% | ||
| 46 | Northern Yellow Warbler | 0 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 5.2% | 32% | ||
| 47 | Greater Yellowlegs | 1 | 4 | 14 | 10 | 5.2% | 39% | ||
| 48 | Common Grackle | 0 | 5 | 12 | 8 | 4.1% | 14% | ||
| 49 | Gull-billed Tern | 1 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 4.1% | 58% | ||
| 50 | Roseate Tern | 2 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 4.1% | 100% | ||
| 51 | American Goldfinch | 0 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 3.6% | 10% | ||
| 52 | Pectoral Sandpiper | 1 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 3.6% | 61% | ||
| 53 | Spotted Sandpiper | 0 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 3.1% | 17% | ||
| 54 | Eastern Kingbird | 0 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 3.1% | 18% | ||
| 55 | Glossy Ibis | 0 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 3.1% | 51% | ||
| 56 | Brown-headed Cowbird | 2 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 3.1% | 39% | ||
| 57 | American Black Duck | 0 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 2.6% | 27% | ||
| 58 | Eastern Towhee | 0 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 2.6% | 38% | ||
| 59 | Bank Swallow | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 2.6% | 40% | ||
| 60 | Black Scoter | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2.6% | 50% | ||
| 61 | Great Blue Heron | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2.1% | 6% | ||
| 62 | Carolina Wren | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2.1% | 6% | ||
| 63 | Black-crowned Night-Heron | 1 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 2.1% | 18% | ||
| 64 | Yellow-crowned Night-Heron | 0 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2.1% | 21% | ||
| 65 | Snowy Egret | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1.6% | 8% | ||
| 66 | Northern Waterthrush | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1.6% | 9% | ||
| 67 | Cedar Waxwing | 0 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1.6% | 5% | ||
| 68 | Fish Crow | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1.6% | 12% | ||
| 69 | Willow Flycatcher | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1.6% | 21% | ||
| 70 | Solitary Sandpiper | 0 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 1.6% | 17% | ||
| 71 | Western Sandpiper | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1.6% | 25% | ||
| 72 | Hudsonian Whimbrel | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1.6% | 45% | ||
| 73 | Common Eider | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1.6% | 36% | ||
| 74 | Yellow-headed Blackbird | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1.6% | 67% | ||
| 75 | Common Yellowthroat | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1.0% | 2% | ||
| 76 | Ruby-throated Hummingbird | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1.0% | 5% | ||
| 77 | Monk Parakeet | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1.0% | 20% | ||
| 78 | Black Tern | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1.0% | 27% | ||
| 79 | Marbled Godwit | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1.0% | 24% | ||
| 80 | Dunlin | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1.0% | 47% | ||
| 81 | Horned Lark | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1.0% | 60% | ||
| 82 | Chimney Swift | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.5% | 0% | ||
| 83 | Red-tailed Hawk | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.5% | 1% | ||
| 84 | Green Heron | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0.5% | 1% | ||
| 85 | Marsh Wren | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.5% | 3% | ||
| 86 | Little Blue Heron | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.5% | 3% | ||
| 87 | Stilt Sandpiper | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.5% | 7% | ||
| 88 | Common Raven | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.5% | 2% | ||
| 89 | Purple Martin | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.5% | 3% | ||
| 90 | Least Flycatcher | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.5% | 4% | ||
| 91 | Saltmarsh Sparrow | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0.5% | 11% | ||
| 92 | Northern Harrier | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.5% | 8% | ||
| 93 | Cliff Swallow | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.5% | 10% | ||
| 94 | Baird's Sandpiper | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.5% | 20% | ||
| 95 | Merlin | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0.5% | 16% | ||
| 96 | Common Loon | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.5% | 9% | ||
| 97 | Bonaparte's Gull | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0.5% | 10% | ||
| 98 | American Golden-Plover | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.5% | 33% | ||
| 99 | Surf Scoter | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.5% | 18% | ||
| 100 | Northern Gannet | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0.5% | 43% | ||