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

based on 121 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond, south end in October. 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 40.8% 72.7% 32.0%
2   Northern Shoveler 8.6% 72.7% 64.1%
3   Double-crested Cormorant 31.9% 71.9% 40.0%
4   Mute Swan 10.7% 70.2% 59.5%
5   Great Egret 14.1% 68.6% 54.5%
6   Mallard 38.5% 67.8% 29.2%
7   American Wigeon 2.9% 59.5% 56.6%
8   Ruddy Duck 8.1% 57.9% 49.8%
9   Greater Yellowlegs 7.2% 57.0% 49.9%
10   Herring Gull 32.7% 54.5% 21.9%
11   Snowy Egret 5.4% 54.5% 49.2%
12   Ring-billed Gull 30.4% 53.7% 23.3%
13   Great Blue Heron 21.8% 52.1% 30.3%
14   Laughing Gull 13.7% 52.1% 38.4%
15   Gadwall 8.0% 52.1% 44.1%
16   American Black Duck 13.3% 51.2% 38.0%
17   Green-winged Teal 5.9% 50.4% 44.5%
18   Lesser Yellowlegs 2.5% 43.8% 41.3%
19   Black-crowned Night-Heron 4.2% 42.1% 37.9%
20   Yellow-rumped Warbler 50.5% 41.3% 9.1%
21   Song Sparrow 55.2% 38.8% 16.4%
22   Swamp Sparrow 32.8% 36.4% 3.6%
23   Gray Catbird 38.5% 35.5% 2.9%
24   Blue-winged Teal 0.9% 33.1% 32.2%
25   Great Black-backed Gull 18.9% 29.8% 10.9%
26   White-throated Sparrow 57.8% 28.1% 29.7%
27   Dunlin 2.5% 26.4% 24.0%
28   European Starling 46.6% 24.8% 21.8%
29   Common Yellowthroat 26.3% 24.8% 1.5%
30   Red-winged Blackbird 15.8% 24.8% 9.0%
31   American Coot 4.2% 24.8% 20.6%
32   American Robin 57.6% 24.0% 33.7%
33   Carolina Wren 22.2% 24.0% 1.7%
34   Eastern Phoebe 36.4% 23.1% 13.3%
35   Snow Goose 0.6% 23.1% 22.6%
36   Short-billed Dowitcher 0.5% 23.1% 22.6%
37   Pectoral Sandpiper 1.0% 22.3% 21.4%
38   Northern Mockingbird 36.3% 21.5% 14.8%
39   Northern Harrier 5.8% 21.5% 15.7%
40   Northern Pintail 1.6% 21.5% 19.9%
41   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 45.7% 20.7% 25.0%
42   Belted Kingfisher 13.0% 20.7% 7.6%
43   Brant 9.5% 19.8% 10.3%
44   Semipalmated Sandpiper 1.2% 19.8% 18.7%
45   Northern Flicker 38.6% 18.2% 20.4%
46   Peregrine Falcon 7.8% 17.4% 9.5%
47   Northern Cardinal 44.5% 16.5% 28.0%
48   Pied-billed Grebe 3.9% 16.5% 12.6%
49   Tree Swallow 5.7% 15.7% 10.0%
50   Osprey 12.5% 14.9% 2.4%
51   Stilt Sandpiper 0.3% 14.9% 14.6%
52   Mourning Dove 45.8% 14.0% 31.8%
53   Golden-crowned Kinglet 28.9% 14.0% 14.8%
54   Palm Warbler 31.0% 13.2% 17.8%
55   White-rumped Sandpiper 0.4% 13.2% 12.8%
56   Hudsonian Godwit 0.2% 13.2% 13.0%
57   Eastern Towhee 21.0% 12.4% 8.6%
58   Common Grackle 21.2% 11.6% 9.6%
59   Least Sandpiper 0.7% 11.6% 10.9%
60   House Sparrow 46.9% 10.7% 36.1%
61   Merlin 7.4% 10.7% 3.3%
62   Boat-tailed Grackle 0.7% 10.7% 10.1%
63   Rock Pigeon 35.6% 9.9% 25.6%
64   Savannah Sparrow 19.4% 9.9% 9.5%
65   Wood Duck 9.9% 9.9% 0.1%
66   Downy Woodpecker 29.6% 9.1% 20.5%
67   Dark-eyed Junco 26.0% 8.3% 17.7%
68   Killdeer 6.1% 8.3% 2.1%
69   Northern Waterthrush 2.4% 8.3% 5.8%
70   Semipalmated Plover 1.3% 8.3% 6.9%
71   Greater Scaup 0.6% 8.3% 7.7%
72   Long-billed Dowitcher 0.3% 8.3% 7.9%
73   Glossy Ibis 0.1% 8.3% 8.2%
74   Cedar Waxwing 10.1% 7.4% 2.7%
75   Green Heron 1.1% 7.4% 6.4%
76   American Crow 23.4% 6.6% 16.8%
77   Chimney Swift 8.5% 6.6% 1.9%
78   Black-bellied Plover 4.0% 6.6% 2.6%
79   Bufflehead 1.6% 6.6% 5.0%
80   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 22.7% 5.8% 16.9%
81   Forster's Tern 2.4% 5.8% 3.3%
82   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 1.5% 5.8% 4.3%
83   Lesser Scaup 0.4% 5.8% 5.4%
84   Willet 0.1% 5.8% 5.7%
85   Little Blue Heron 0.5% 5.0% 4.5%
86   Caspian Tern 0.4% 5.0% 4.6%
87   Eurasian Wigeon 0.2% 5.0% 4.7%
88   American White Pelican 0.2% 5.0% 4.8%
89   Blue Jay 56.3% 4.1% 52.2%
90   American Goldfinch 23.9% 4.1% 19.7%
91   Cooper's Hawk 14.6% 4.1% 10.4%
92   White-crowned Sparrow 11.2% 4.1% 7.1%
93   Black-and-white Warbler 9.5% 4.1% 5.3%
94   Fish Crow 2.6% 4.1% 1.5%
95   Hooded Merganser 1.1% 4.1% 3.0%
96   Spotted Sandpiper 0.9% 4.1% 3.3%
97   Bonaparte's Gull 0.4% 4.1% 3.7%
98   American Avocet 0.3% 4.1% 3.9%
99   Hermit Thrush 23.6% 3.3% 20.3%
100   Black-capped Chickadee 18.4% 3.3% 15.0%
101   House Finch 18.0% 3.3% 14.7%
102   Field Sparrow 11.5% 3.3% 8.2%
103   Blackpoll Warbler 10.2% 3.3% 6.9%
104   American Redstart 7.9% 3.3% 4.6%
105   Brown Thrasher 5.4% 3.3% 2.1%
106   American Pipit 2.4% 3.3% 0.9%
107   Solitary Sandpiper 0.7% 3.3% 2.6%
108   Sora 0.5% 3.3% 2.8%
109   Redhead 0.1% 3.3% 3.2%
110   Western Sandpiper 0.1% 3.3% 3.2%
111   Chipping Sparrow 20.8% 2.5% 18.3%
112   Northern Parula 11.0% 2.5% 8.5%
113   Brown Creeper 10.7% 2.5% 8.2%
114   Red-eyed Vireo 5.7% 2.5% 3.2%
115   Black-throated Green Warbler 5.6% 2.5% 3.1%
116   Bald Eagle 5.4% 2.5% 2.9%
117   Black Skimmer 0.6% 2.5% 1.9%
118   Ring-necked Duck 0.6% 2.5% 1.9%
119   Wilson's Phalarope 0.0% 2.5% 2.4%
120   Marbled Godwit 0.0% 2.5% 2.4%
121   Red-bellied Woodpecker 35.1% 1.7% 33.4%
122   American Kestrel 12.9% 1.7% 11.3%
123   Black-throated Blue Warbler 12.0% 1.7% 10.4%
124   Winter Wren 10.0% 1.7% 8.3%
125   Sharp-shinned Hawk 9.9% 1.7% 8.3%
126   House Wren 9.2% 1.7% 7.6%
127   Magnolia Warbler 7.6% 1.7% 6.0%
128   Brown-headed Cowbird 5.8% 1.7% 4.1%
129   Common Raven 5.8% 1.7% 4.1%
130   Indigo Bunting 4.8% 1.7% 3.1%
131   Pine Siskin 4.5% 1.7% 2.9%
132   Eastern Wood-Pewee 4.4% 1.7% 2.7%
133   Marsh Wren 2.3% 1.7% 0.6%
134   American Oystercatcher 2.0% 1.7% 0.4%
135   Red Knot 0.3% 1.7% 1.3%
136   Red-tailed Hawk 22.6% 0.8% 21.7%
137   White-breasted Nuthatch 20.3% 0.8% 19.4%
138   Blue-headed Vireo 11.2% 0.8% 10.3%
139   Purple Finch 7.0% 0.8% 6.1%
140   Tennessee Warbler 2.5% 0.8% 1.7%
141   Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1.3% 0.8% 0.5%
142   Yellow Warbler 1.2% 0.8% 0.3%
143   Clapper Rail 1.0% 0.8% 0.2%
144   American Woodcock 0.9% 0.8% 0.1%
145   American Golden-Plover 0.6% 0.8% 0.2%
146   Red-breasted Merganser 0.6% 0.8% 0.2%
147   Barn Swallow 0.2% 0.8% 0.6%
148   Tricolored Heron 0.1% 0.8% 0.8%
149   Black-headed Gull 0.0% 0.8% 0.8%
150   Ross's Goose 0.0% 0.8% 0.8%