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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.

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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%