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Top Birds at Coney Island Pier in August
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA

based on 31 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Coney Island Pier 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 32.0% 77.4% 45.4%
2   Great Black-backed Gull 27.0% 77.4% 50.4%
3   Rock Pigeon 35.4% 74.2% 38.8%
4   Double-crested Cormorant 41.3% 71.0% 29.6%
5   Herring Gull 39.5% 67.7% 28.3%
6   Common Tern 16.4% 67.7% 51.4%
7   Ring-billed Gull 31.8% 54.8% 23.1%
8   House Sparrow 50.0% 51.6% 1.6%
9   Wilson's Storm-Petrel 0.1% 48.4% 48.3%
10   European Starling 51.1% 29.0% 22.1%
11   Barn Swallow 39.9% 25.8% 14.1%
12   Northern Mockingbird 36.0% 19.4% 16.7%
13   Black Skimmer 5.7% 19.4% 13.6%
14   Lesser Black-backed Gull 0.5% 16.1% 15.7%
15   Great Blue Heron 30.7% 12.9% 17.7%
16   Spotted Sandpiper 17.0% 12.9% 4.1%
17   American Crow 14.4% 12.9% 1.5%
18   Forster's Tern 13.2% 12.9% 0.3%
19   Common Loon 0.5% 12.9% 12.4%
20   Mourning Dove 53.7% 9.7% 44.1%
21   Chimney Swift 23.8% 9.7% 14.2%
22   American Oystercatcher 12.4% 9.7% 2.7%
23   Peregrine Falcon 7.6% 9.7% 2.1%
24   Canada Goose 40.8% 6.5% 34.4%
25   Song Sparrow 35.0% 6.5% 28.6%
26   Osprey 30.7% 6.5% 24.3%
27   Red-winged Blackbird 28.5% 6.5% 22.0%
28   Semipalmated Plover 21.1% 6.5% 14.7%
29   Yellow Warbler 20.2% 6.5% 13.8%
30   Black-crowned Night-Heron 14.6% 6.5% 8.1%
31   Fish Crow 9.0% 6.5% 2.5%
32   Royal Tern 2.2% 6.5% 4.2%
33   Gray Catbird 54.7% 3.2% 51.5%
34   Northern Cardinal 47.8% 3.2% 44.6%
35   Great Egret 34.6% 3.2% 31.3%
36   Least Sandpiper 22.0% 3.2% 18.8%
37   Cedar Waxwing 16.8% 3.2% 13.6%
38   Red-tailed Hawk 11.4% 3.2% 8.2%
39   Belted Kingfisher 8.4% 3.2% 5.2%
40   Brown-headed Cowbird 5.9% 3.2% 2.7%
41   Turkey Vulture 5.3% 3.2% 2.1%
42   Sanderling 5.3% 3.2% 2.1%
43   Chipping Sparrow 5.2% 3.2% 2.0%
44   Gray-hooded Gull 0.1% 3.2% 3.1%