Top Birds at Nickerson Beach in August
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA
based on 158 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.
| Rank | Info | Pics | Species | Entire Region | This Location | Difference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Black Skimmer | 5.5% | 91.8% | 86.3% | |||
| 2 | Common Tern | 16.2% | 88.0% | 71.8% | |||
| 3 | American Oystercatcher | 12.1% | 84.8% | 72.7% | |||
| 4 | Laughing Gull | 31.8% | 80.4% | 48.5% | |||
| 5 | Great Black-backed Gull | 26.8% | 79.7% | 52.9% | |||
| 6 | Herring Gull | 39.4% | 77.2% | 37.8% | |||
| 7 | Sanderling | 5.1% | 74.1% | 69.0% | |||
| 8 | Ring-billed Gull | 31.7% | 71.5% | 39.9% | |||
| 9 | Osprey | 30.6% | 60.1% | 29.5% | |||
| 10 | House Sparrow | 50.0% | 51.3% | 1.3% | |||
| 11 | Semipalmated Sandpiper | 24.1% | 51.3% | 27.2% | |||
| 12 | Semipalmated Plover | 21.0% | 49.4% | 28.4% | |||
| 13 | Double-crested Cormorant | 41.3% | 48.7% | 7.4% | |||
| 14 | Ruddy Turnstone | 5.3% | 44.3% | 39.0% | |||
| 15 | Barn Swallow | 39.9% | 41.1% | 1.3% | |||
| 16 | Piping Plover | 1.8% | 40.5% | 38.7% | |||
| 17 | European Starling | 51.2% | 39.9% | 11.3% | |||
| 18 | Canada Goose | 40.8% | 37.3% | 3.5% | |||
| 19 | Northern Mockingbird | 36.0% | 37.3% | 1.3% | |||
| 20 | Killdeer | 14.1% | 35.4% | 21.4% | |||
| 21 | Song Sparrow | 35.0% | 34.8% | 0.2% | |||
| 22 | Least Tern | 5.0% | 34.2% | 29.2% | |||
| 23 | Least Sandpiper | 22.0% | 29.1% | 7.1% | |||
| 24 | Mourning Dove | 53.8% | 25.3% | 28.5% | |||
| 25 | House Finch | 14.9% | 25.3% | 10.4% | |||
| 26 | Red-winged Blackbird | 28.5% | 24.1% | 4.4% | |||
| 27 | Rock Pigeon | 35.5% | 22.8% | 12.7% | |||
| 28 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | 0.4% | 18.4% | 17.9% | |||
| 29 | Mallard | 40.9% | 17.7% | 23.2% | |||
| 30 | Peregrine Falcon | 7.6% | 16.5% | 8.9% | |||
| 31 | American Robin | 57.4% | 15.2% | 42.2% | |||
| 32 | Tree Swallow | 14.1% | 13.9% | 0.2% | |||
| 33 | Red Knot | 0.9% | 12.7% | 11.7% | |||
| 34 | Black-bellied Plover | 7.4% | 12.0% | 4.6% | |||
| 35 | Lesser Yellowlegs | 13.9% | 11.4% | 2.5% | |||
| 36 | Royal Tern | 2.2% | 10.8% | 8.5% | |||
| 37 | Short-billed Dowitcher | 10.4% | 9.5% | 0.9% | |||
| 38 | Forster's Tern | 13.2% | 8.9% | 4.3% | |||
| 39 | Boat-tailed Grackle | 4.3% | 8.9% | 4.6% | |||
| 40 | Willet | 3.6% | 8.9% | 5.3% | |||
| 41 | American Crow | 14.4% | 8.2% | 6.2% | |||
| 42 | Great Egret | 34.6% | 7.6% | 27.0% | |||
| 43 | Northern Cardinal | 47.9% | 7.0% | 40.9% | |||
| 44 | Yellow Warbler | 20.3% | 6.3% | 13.9% | |||
| 45 | Gray Catbird | 54.8% | 5.7% | 49.1% | |||
| 46 | Greater Yellowlegs | 15.9% | 5.7% | 10.2% | |||
| 47 | Common Grackle | 28.3% | 5.1% | 23.3% | |||
| 48 | White-rumped Sandpiper | 4.0% | 5.1% | 1.1% | |||
| 49 | Gull-billed Tern | 1.2% | 5.1% | 3.9% | |||
| 50 | Pectoral Sandpiper | 3.1% | 4.4% | 1.3% | |||
| 51 | American Goldfinch | 37.8% | 3.8% | 34.0% | |||
| 52 | Glossy Ibis | 6.6% | 3.8% | 2.8% | |||
| 53 | Spotted Sandpiper | 17.0% | 3.2% | 13.9% | |||
| 54 | Eastern Kingbird | 16.8% | 3.2% | 13.6% | |||
| 55 | Brown-headed Cowbird | 6.0% | 3.2% | 2.8% | |||
| 56 | Black Scoter | 0.4% | 3.2% | 2.8% | |||
| 57 | American Black Duck | 10.1% | 2.5% | 7.5% | |||
| 58 | Bank Swallow | 3.1% | 2.5% | 0.5% | |||
| 59 | Great Blue Heron | 30.7% | 1.9% | 28.8% | |||
| 60 | Carolina Wren | 24.8% | 1.9% | 22.9% | |||
| 61 | Snowy Egret | 22.6% | 1.9% | 20.7% | |||
| 62 | Northern Waterthrush | 15.5% | 1.9% | 13.6% | |||
| 63 | Black-crowned Night-Heron | 14.6% | 1.9% | 12.7% | |||
| 64 | Yellow-crowned Night-Heron | 9.1% | 1.9% | 7.3% | |||
| 65 | Fish Crow | 9.0% | 1.9% | 7.1% | |||
| 66 | Willow Flycatcher | 4.7% | 1.9% | 2.8% | |||
| 67 | Solitary Sandpiper | 3.7% | 1.9% | 1.8% | |||
| 68 | Western Sandpiper | 1.8% | 1.9% | 0.1% | |||
| 69 | Whimbrel | 0.5% | 1.9% | 1.4% | |||
| 70 | Common Eider | 0.1% | 1.9% | 1.8% | |||
| 71 | Roseate Tern | 0.0% | 1.9% | 1.9% | |||
| 72 | Yellow-headed Blackbird | 0.0% | 1.9% | 1.9% | |||
| 73 | Cedar Waxwing | 16.9% | 1.3% | 15.6% | |||
| 74 | Ruby-throated Hummingbird | 9.0% | 1.3% | 7.7% | |||
| 75 | Eastern Towhee | 7.1% | 1.3% | 5.8% | |||
| 76 | Horned Lark | 0.0% | 1.3% | 1.3% | |||
| 77 | Chimney Swift | 23.9% | 0.6% | 23.3% | |||
| 78 | Red-tailed Hawk | 11.5% | 0.6% | 10.8% | |||
| 79 | Marsh Wren | 5.7% | 0.6% | 5.0% | |||
| 80 | Little Blue Heron | 4.3% | 0.6% | 3.6% | |||
| 81 | Stilt Sandpiper | 3.7% | 0.6% | 3.1% | |||
| 82 | Common Raven | 2.8% | 0.6% | 2.2% | |||
| 83 | Saltmarsh Sparrow | 2.1% | 0.6% | 1.5% | |||
| 84 | Least Flycatcher | 2.0% | 0.6% | 1.4% | |||
| 85 | Monk Parakeet | 1.6% | 0.6% | 1.0% | |||
| 86 | Northern Harrier | 0.9% | 0.6% | 0.2% | |||
| 87 | Black Tern | 0.8% | 0.6% | 0.2% | |||
| 88 | Cliff Swallow | 0.8% | 0.6% | 0.1% | |||
| 89 | Marbled Godwit | 0.7% | 0.6% | 0.1% | |||
| 90 | Merlin | 0.5% | 0.6% | 0.1% | |||
| 91 | Common Loon | 0.5% | 0.6% | 0.1% | |||
| 92 | Bonaparte's Gull | 0.4% | 0.6% | 0.2% | |||
| 93 | Dunlin | 0.2% | 0.6% | 0.4% | |||
| 94 | American Golden-Plover | 0.1% | 0.6% | 0.5% | |||
| 95 | Surf Scoter | 0.1% | 0.6% | 0.5% | |||
| 96 | Northern Gannet | 0.0% | 0.6% | 0.6% |