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Top Birds at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond, south end in January
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA

based on 48 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond, south end in January. 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   Canada Goose 53.4% 79.2% 25.7%
2   American Black Duck 27.8% 62.5% 34.7%
3   Snow Goose 2.6% 56.2% 53.7%
4   Ruddy Duck 16.5% 52.1% 35.6%
5   Mallard 49.0% 47.9% 1.0%
6   Ring-billed Gull 52.0% 45.8% 6.2%
7   Herring Gull 43.3% 45.8% 2.5%
8   Northern Shoveler 16.0% 41.7% 25.7%
9   Mute Swan 14.4% 41.7% 27.2%
10   Hooded Merganser 19.5% 39.6% 20.1%
11   Gadwall 16.7% 37.5% 20.8%
12   Great Blue Heron 14.7% 35.4% 20.7%
13   American Wigeon 6.2% 29.2% 23.0%
14   Song Sparrow 32.2% 25.0% 7.2%
15   Great Black-backed Gull 31.6% 25.0% 6.6%
16   Northern Cardinal 36.7% 22.9% 13.8%
17   American Coot 11.4% 20.8% 9.5%
18   Tundra Swan 0.1% 20.8% 20.8%
19   Brant 20.5% 18.8% 1.8%
20   Red-breasted Merganser 19.3% 18.8% 0.5%
21   White-throated Sparrow 42.2% 16.7% 25.5%
22   Bufflehead 31.9% 16.7% 15.2%
23   Northern Mockingbird 23.6% 16.7% 7.0%
24   Carolina Wren 15.1% 16.7% 1.6%
25   Green-winged Teal 4.4% 16.7% 12.3%
26   American Robin 24.9% 12.5% 12.4%
27   American Crow 18.2% 12.5% 5.7%
28   Double-crested Cormorant 13.9% 12.5% 1.4%
29   Downy Woodpecker 27.2% 8.3% 18.8%
30   Black-capped Chickadee 22.0% 8.3% 13.7%
31   Yellow-rumped Warbler 4.9% 8.3% 3.5%
32   Gray Catbird 2.6% 8.3% 5.7%
33   European Starling 36.0% 6.2% 29.7%
34   Mourning Dove 29.4% 6.2% 23.1%
35   Red-tailed Hawk 21.8% 6.2% 15.5%
36   Greater Scaup 9.9% 6.2% 3.6%
37   Lesser Scaup 5.1% 6.2% 1.2%
38   Fish Crow 5.0% 6.2% 1.3%
39   Northern Pintail 3.6% 6.2% 2.7%
40   Canvasback 3.1% 6.2% 3.1%
41   House Sparrow 35.7% 4.2% 31.5%
42   Rock Pigeon 28.8% 4.2% 24.7%
43   American Goldfinch 13.2% 4.2% 9.1%
44   Cooper's Hawk 8.4% 4.2% 4.2%
45   Common Merganser 6.7% 4.2% 2.5%
46   American Tree Sparrow 6.6% 4.2% 2.4%
47   Common Grackle 5.1% 4.2% 1.0%
48   Swamp Sparrow 4.7% 4.2% 0.5%
49   American Kestrel 3.8% 4.2% 0.3%
50   Great Egret 0.5% 4.2% 3.7%
51   Glaucous Gull 0.4% 4.2% 3.8%
52   Eurasian Wigeon 0.4% 4.2% 3.8%
53   Blue Jay 33.9% 2.1% 31.8%
54   Dark-eyed Junco 15.9% 2.1% 13.8%
55   House Finch 13.4% 2.1% 11.4%
56   Northern Flicker 6.9% 2.1% 4.8%
57   Fox Sparrow 6.9% 2.1% 4.8%
58   Bald Eagle 5.2% 2.1% 3.1%
59   Ring-necked Duck 4.6% 2.1% 2.5%
60   Pied-billed Grebe 4.5% 2.1% 2.5%
61   Hermit Thrush 2.8% 2.1% 0.7%
62   Golden-crowned Kinglet 2.6% 2.1% 0.5%
63   Sharp-shinned Hawk 2.3% 2.1% 0.3%
64   Red-breasted Nuthatch 1.9% 2.1% 0.2%
65   Boat-tailed Grackle 0.2% 2.1% 1.8%