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Top Birds at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond, south end in August
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York City, United States

based on 650 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond, south end 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   Semipalmated Sandpiper 60 20 471 568 87.4% 99%
2   Lesser Yellowlegs 62 19 477 568 87.4% 100%
3   Laughing Gull 10 19 473 560 86.2% 99%
4   Canada Goose 6 20 470 552 84.9% 100%
5   Mute Swan 18 20 469 538 82.8% 100%
6   Least Sandpiper 48 20 443 524 80.6% 100%
7   Double-crested Cormorant 5 18 459 521 80.2% 97%
8   Short-billed Dowitcher 67 20 435 508 78.2% 99%
9   Semipalmated Plover 37 20 431 496 76.3% 98%
10   Snowy Egret 18 18 435 495 76.2% 98%
11   Glossy Ibis 44 19 451 491 75.5% 100%
12   Great Egret 6 19 431 480 73.8% 96%
13   Mallard 3 17 412 470 72.3% 96%
14   Greater Yellowlegs 28 19 395 442 68.0% 99%
15   Barn Swallow 2 17 376 391 60.2% 95%
16   Osprey 10 18 381 380 58.5% 91%
17   Forster's Tern 22 18 370 379 58.3% 98%
18   American Herring Gull 2 16 337 347 53.4% 84%
19   Red-winged Blackbird 2 15 334 342 52.6% 95%
20   Great Blue Heron 3 19 297 314 48.3% 89%
21   Stilt Sandpiper 53 18 282 296 45.5% 95%
22   European Starling 1 16 280 294 45.2% 84%
23   Ring-billed Gull 1 16 266 276 42.5% 78%
24   White-rumped Sandpiper 49 18 286 272 41.8% 97%
25   American Black Duck 1 16 282 264 40.6% 98%
26   Northern Waterthrush 9 16 241 240 36.9% 95%
27   Black-crowned Night-Heron 7 17 242 239 36.8% 96%
28   Gray Catbird 2 16 243 231 35.5% 62%
29   Northern Cardinal 0 15 237 207 31.8% 65%
30   Tree Swallow 1 14 224 196 30.2% 90%
31   Common Tern 8 16 217 189 29.1% 68%
32   Peregrine Falcon 15 13 205 189 29.1% 97%
33   Great Black-backed Gull 3 15 190 178 27.4% 63%
34   Killdeer 3 10 191 178 27.4% 84%
35   Cedar Waxwing 2 14 224 166 25.5% 91%
36   American Robin 0 15 181 165 25.4% 51%
37   American Goldfinch 0 16 193 161 24.8% 64%
38   Spotted Sandpiper 6 18 144 157 24.2% 86%
39   Northern Mockingbird 0 16 166 150 23.1% 63%
40   Boat-tailed Grackle 4 17 158 143 22.0% 78%
41   Gadwall 2 14 169 140 21.5% 95%
42   Song Sparrow 0 13 140 136 20.9% 58%
43   Carolina Wren 0 14 154 136 20.9% 64%
44   Pectoral Sandpiper 31 12 156 133 20.5% 91%
45   Mourning Dove 0 16 150 125 19.2% 37%
46   Northern Yellow Warbler 0 15 147 116 17.8% 79%
47   Black Skimmer 10 12 129 104 16.0% 79%
48   Wilson's Phalarope 35 7 123 103 15.8% 69%
49   House Sparrow 0 15 114 96 14.8% 31%
50   Red-necked Phalarope 35 4 104 96 14.8% 95%
51   Gull-billed Tern 16 6 127 92 14.2% 89%
52   Blue-winged Teal 2 14 103 91 14.0% 93%
53   Fish Crow 0 14 103 89 13.7% 78%
54   Purple Martin 7 7 140 86 13.2% 86%
55   American Oystercatcher 4 10 98 84 12.9% 52%
56   Common Grackle 0 13 93 83 12.8% 53%
57   Common Yellowthroat 1 12 72 77 11.8% 72%
58   Sora 21 3 99 74 11.4% 100%
59   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 10 16 76 73 11.2% 59%
60   Little Blue Heron 7 14 87 69 10.6% 77%
61   Green-winged Teal 1 14 75 69 10.6% 94%
62   Rock Pigeon 1 14 75 67 10.3% 26%
63   Northern Shoveler 0 13 75 65 10.0% 93%
64   Least Tern 0 13 95 64 9.8% 70%
65   Pied-billed Grebe 0 7 75 63 9.7% 97%
66   Bank Swallow 1 9 52 57 8.8% 86%
67   Eastern Kingbird 2 13 77 56 8.6% 57%
68   Long-billed Dowitcher 13 7 69 56 8.6% 83%
69   Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 8 1 64 56 8.6% 100%
70   Downy Woodpecker 0 11 64 54 8.3% 42%
71   Ruddy Duck 1 8 70 53 8.2% 82%
72   Western Sandpiper 5 11 56 49 7.5% 89%
73   Chimney Swift 0 11 49 48 7.4% 40%
74   Eastern Towhee 0 9 69 43 6.6% 63%
75   American Crow 0 15 43 38 5.8% 46%
76   American White Pelican 4 2 61 37 5.7% 71%
77   Black-bellied Plover 2 16 53 35 5.4% 54%
78   Black Tern 4 5 42 35 5.4% 86%
79   Belted Kingfisher 0 11 54 33 5.1% 51%
80   Sanderling 1 9 34 33 5.1% 55%
81   Wood Duck 0 11 52 31 4.8% 42%
82   House Wren 0 11 28 29 4.5% 40%
83   American Redstart 0 8 33 28 4.3% 31%
84   Greater Scaup 1 3 36 28 4.3% 89%
85   Solitary Sandpiper 2 9 26 27 4.2% 64%
86   Willet 2 9 40 23 3.5% 48%
87   Northern Flicker 0 7 30 22 3.4% 15%
88   House Finch 0 9 16 22 3.4% 30%
89   Willow Flycatcher 2 9 26 20 3.1% 51%
90   Green Heron 1 10 31 19 2.9% 34%
91   Marsh Wren 0 7 25 19 2.9% 45%
92   Bald Eagle 2 5 29 19 2.9% 51%
93   Lesser Scaup 1 3 26 17 2.6% 64%
94   Ruddy Turnstone 0 11 23 16 2.5% 24%
95   Caspian Tern 6 5 18 16 2.5% 51%
96   Hudsonian Godwit 3 3 16 16 2.5% 77%
97   Northern Harrier 3 4 24 14 2.2% 73%
98   Marbled Godwit 6 3 14 14 2.2% 50%
99   Brown-headed Cowbird 0 7 13 13 2.0% 32%
100   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 0 3 12 13 2.0% 64%
101   Northern Pintail 0 5 23 13 2.0% 69%
102   Eastern Wood-Pewee 0 6 13 12 1.8% 22%
103   Hooded Merganser 0 2 17 11 1.7% 65%
104   Blue Jay 0 5 13 10 1.5% 4%
105   Baltimore Oriole 0 3 11 10 1.5% 10%
106   Eastern Phoebe 2 3 11 10 1.5% 35%
107   Great Crested Flycatcher 0 4 13 9 1.4% 16%
108   American Avocet 0 3 17 9 1.4% 37%
109   Black-and-white Warbler 1 4 14 8 1.2% 9%
110   Common Raven 0 3 9 8 1.2% 26%
111   Brown Thrasher 0 6 8 8 1.2% 43%
112   Merlin 1 4 10 8 1.2% 59%
113   American Wigeon 0 6 7 8 1.2% 43%
114   Red-tailed Hawk 0 3 17 7 1.1% 9%
115   Royal Tern 0 4 6 7 1.1% 10%
116   Cliff Swallow 0 3 7 7 1.1% 49%
117   Broad-winged Hawk 1 1 9 7 1.1% 54%
118   Dunlin 1 5 11 7 1.1% 59%
119   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 0 4 8 6 0.9% 11%
120   Red Knot 2 3 6 6 0.9% 27%
121   Brant 0 2 10 6 0.9% 24%
122   Bonaparte's Gull 3 3 6 6 0.9% 46%
123   Warbling Vireo 0 4 5 5 0.8% 5%
124   Least Bittern 2 2 8 5 0.8% 53%
125   Black-headed Gull 2 1 5 5 0.8% 0%
126   Red-bellied Woodpecker 0 2 4 4 0.6% 3%
127   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1 4 4 4 0.6% 5%
128   Tricolored Heron 1 2 5 4 0.6% 22%
129   Hairy Woodpecker 0 3 9 3 0.5% 4%
130   Turkey Vulture 0 3 7 3 0.5% 3%
131   Ovenbird 0 2 3 3 0.5% 3%
132   Cooper's Hawk 1 3 3 3 0.5% 3%
133   Bobolink 0 3 8 3 0.5% 8%
134   Cape May Warbler 1 2 3 3 0.5% 12%
135   Yellow-billed Cuckoo 0 3 4 3 0.5% 8%
136   Hudsonian Whimbrel 1 2 7 3 0.5% 9%
137   Snow Goose 0 1 3 3 0.5% 43%
138   Upland Sandpiper 0 1 4 3 0.5% 69%
139   Red-eyed Vireo 0 2 2 2 0.3% 1%
140   Black-capped Chickadee 0 2 2 2 0.3% 2%
141   Clapper Rail 0 1 2 2 0.3% 3%
142   Magnolia Warbler 0 2 2 2 0.3% 2%
143   Least Flycatcher 0 2 3 2 0.3% 4%
144   Piping Plover 0 2 2 2 0.3% 2%
145   White-eyed Vireo 0 2 2 2 0.3% 2%
146   Swamp Sparrow 0 2 2 2 0.3% 10%
147   Louisiana Waterthrush 0 1 2 2 0.3% 7%
148   Baird's Sandpiper 0 2 2 2 0.3% 17%
149   Buff-breasted Sandpiper 2 1 10 2 0.3% 8%
150   Yellow-rumped Warbler 0 1 2 2 0.3% 26%
151   Muscovy Duck 0 2 3 2 0.3% 17%
152   Tufted Titmouse 0 1 1 1 0.2% 0%
153   Canada Warbler 0 1 1 1 0.2% 1%
154   Chestnut-sided Warbler 0 1 1 1 0.2% 0%
155   Chipping Sparrow 0 1 1 1 0.2% 0%
156   American Kestrel 0 1 1 1 0.2% 0%
157   Blue-winged Warbler 0 1 1 1 0.2% 2%
158   Indigo Bunting 0 1 1 1 0.2% 0%
159   Wood Thrush 0 1 1 1 0.2% 1%
160   Saltmarsh Sparrow 0 1 1 1 0.2% 2%
161   Red-breasted Nuthatch 1 1 1 1 0.2% 1%
162   Monk Parakeet 0 1 2 1 0.2% 1%
163   Rose-breasted Grosbeak 0 1 2 1 0.2% 0%
164   Common Loon 0 1 1 1 0.2% 0%
165   Pine Warbler 0 1 1 1 0.2% 1%
166   Yellow-throated Vireo 0 1 1 1 0.2% 7%
167   Common Gallinule 0 1 1 1 0.2% 7%
168   American Woodcock 0 1 1 1 0.2% 15%
169   Sharp-tailed Sandpiper 0 1 1 1 0.2% 25%
170   Eared Grebe 0 1 1 1 0.2% 25%
171   Brown Creeper 0 1 1 1 0.2% 0%