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

based on 248 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond, south end in July. 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 34.1% 81.9% 47.8%
2   Glossy Ibis 9.7% 80.6% 71.0%
3   Mute Swan 13.6% 79.4% 65.8%
4   Lesser Yellowlegs 9.0% 72.6% 63.6%
5   Great Egret 41.2% 70.2% 28.9%
6   Double-crested Cormorant 44.9% 69.8% 24.9%
7   Red-winged Blackbird 51.7% 66.9% 15.2%
8   Canada Goose 39.8% 66.9% 27.1%
9   Mallard 39.6% 66.1% 26.6%
10   Short-billed Dowitcher 7.9% 64.9% 57.0%
11   Least Sandpiper 17.4% 63.3% 45.9%
12   Barn Swallow 49.7% 62.9% 13.2%
13   Snowy Egret 25.0% 61.7% 36.7%
14   Black-crowned Night-Heron 21.6% 60.9% 39.3%
15   Greater Yellowlegs 11.5% 59.3% 47.8%
16   Forster's Tern 17.4% 57.3% 39.8%
17   Semipalmated Sandpiper 13.6% 55.2% 41.6%
18   Gray Catbird 53.5% 50.8% 2.7%
19   Tree Swallow 24.1% 50.0% 25.9%
20   Great Blue Heron 27.9% 48.8% 20.8%
21   Herring Gull 41.9% 48.0% 6.1%
22   Osprey 28.2% 45.2% 16.9%
23   Yellow Warbler 25.3% 44.0% 18.7%
24   American Robin 65.7% 43.1% 22.6%
25   Spotted Sandpiper 14.3% 42.3% 28.1%
26   Great Black-backed Gull 28.3% 41.1% 12.8%
27   European Starling 54.8% 40.7% 14.0%
28   Common Tern 22.9% 40.7% 17.8%
29   Killdeer 19.9% 39.1% 19.3%
30   American Black Duck 8.5% 36.7% 28.1%
31   Stilt Sandpiper 2.1% 33.1% 31.0%
32   Northern Cardinal 46.5% 32.7% 13.8%
33   Common Yellowthroat 17.9% 32.7% 14.8%
34   Song Sparrow 49.3% 31.9% 17.5%
35   Ring-billed Gull 27.1% 30.2% 3.1%
36   Northern Mockingbird 41.9% 29.8% 12.1%
37   Cedar Waxwing 23.4% 29.4% 6.1%
38   American Oystercatcher 16.7% 29.4% 12.8%
39   Boat-tailed Grackle 7.5% 29.4% 21.9%
40   Least Tern 14.8% 28.6% 13.9%
41   Gull-billed Tern 2.1% 27.8% 25.7%
42   Semipalmated Plover 7.8% 27.0% 19.2%
43   Carolina Wren 19.9% 26.6% 6.7%
44   Black Skimmer 10.5% 26.6% 16.1%
45   Eastern Towhee 10.4% 26.6% 16.2%
46   Fish Crow 14.0% 25.8% 11.8%
47   Gadwall 5.4% 25.0% 19.6%
48   Willow Flycatcher 11.9% 24.6% 12.7%
49   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 11.7% 23.4% 11.7%
50   Marsh Wren 13.3% 22.2% 8.9%
51   House Wren 17.5% 21.8% 4.2%
52   American Goldfinch 32.0% 20.2% 11.8%
53   Mourning Dove 51.3% 19.4% 31.9%
54   Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 0.4% 19.4% 19.0%
55   House Sparrow 56.1% 19.0% 37.2%
56   Common Grackle 36.3% 18.1% 18.1%
57   Purple Martin 4.7% 18.1% 13.5%
58   Ruddy Duck 3.1% 16.9% 13.8%
59   Peregrine Falcon 5.5% 14.1% 8.6%
60   Bank Swallow 6.3% 12.9% 6.6%
61   Pectoral Sandpiper 1.7% 12.5% 10.8%
62   American Crow 14.6% 10.5% 4.1%
63   Willet 7.3% 10.1% 2.7%
64   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 6.9% 10.1% 3.2%
65   Rock Pigeon 34.4% 8.9% 25.5%
66   Brown-headed Cowbird 10.1% 6.9% 3.2%
67   Chimney Swift 21.9% 6.5% 15.4%
68   Long-billed Dowitcher 0.4% 6.5% 6.0%
69   Brown Thrasher 4.7% 5.2% 0.5%
70   House Finch 16.7% 4.8% 11.9%
71   Hudsonian Godwit 0.7% 4.8% 4.1%
72   Wood Duck 7.7% 4.4% 3.3%
73   Little Blue Heron 4.0% 4.4% 0.4%
74   Downy Woodpecker 22.6% 4.0% 18.5%
75   Blue Jay 28.3% 3.6% 24.7%
76   Northern Flicker 21.4% 3.6% 17.8%
77   Green Heron 9.3% 3.6% 5.7%
78   Purple Gallinule 0.1% 3.6% 3.6%
79   Northern Waterthrush 1.4% 3.2% 1.8%
80   White-rumped Sandpiper 0.6% 3.2% 2.6%
81   Black-headed Gull 0.3% 3.2% 2.9%
82   Lesser Scaup 0.2% 3.2% 3.1%
83   Common Raven 1.5% 2.8% 1.3%
84   Sora 0.3% 2.8% 2.6%
85   Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1.7% 2.4% 0.7%
86   Greater Scaup 0.6% 2.4% 1.8%
87   Green-winged Teal 0.6% 2.4% 1.8%
88   Eastern Kingbird 15.5% 2.0% 13.5%
89   Bonaparte's Gull 0.7% 2.0% 1.3%
90   Ruff 0.5% 2.0% 1.5%
91   Blue-winged Teal 0.3% 2.0% 1.7%
92   Great Crested Flycatcher 5.6% 1.6% 4.0%
93   Red-bellied Woodpecker 14.7% 1.2% 13.5%
94   Turkey Vulture 5.1% 1.2% 3.9%
95   Belted Kingfisher 3.2% 1.2% 2.0%
96   American Redstart 3.1% 1.2% 1.9%
97   Solitary Sandpiper 1.4% 1.2% 0.1%
98   Ruddy Turnstone 1.3% 1.2% 0.1%
99   Cliff Swallow 1.3% 1.2% 0.1%
100   Brant 1.1% 1.2% 0.1%
101   American Coot 0.5% 1.2% 0.7%
102   Northern Shoveler 0.2% 1.2% 1.0%
103   Northern Pintail 0.2% 1.2% 1.1%
104   White-faced Ibis 0.1% 1.2% 1.1%
105   American Wigeon 0.1% 1.2% 1.1%
106   Warbling Vireo 13.7% 0.8% 12.9%
107   Red-tailed Hawk 9.4% 0.8% 8.6%
108   Clapper Rail 5.8% 0.8% 5.0%
109   Eastern Wood-Pewee 4.8% 0.8% 4.0%
110   Bald Eagle 1.9% 0.8% 1.0%
111   Caspian Tern 0.7% 0.8% 0.1%
112   Tricolored Heron 0.6% 0.8% 0.2%
113   American Avocet 0.5% 0.8% 0.3%
114   Pied-billed Grebe 0.3% 0.8% 0.5%
115   Hooded Merganser 0.3% 0.8% 0.5%
116   Merlin 0.1% 0.8% 0.7%
117   Baltimore Oriole 8.2% 0.4% 7.8%
118   White-breasted Nuthatch 7.4% 0.4% 7.0%
119   Chipping Sparrow 7.0% 0.4% 6.6%
120   Red-eyed Vireo 6.6% 0.4% 6.2%
121   Indigo Bunting 6.5% 0.4% 6.1%
122   Hairy Woodpecker 4.9% 0.4% 4.5%
123   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 3.8% 0.4% 3.4%
124   Saltmarsh Sparrow 3.0% 0.4% 2.6%
125   Sanderling 2.6% 0.4% 2.2%
126   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 2.1% 0.4% 1.7%
127   Royal Tern 1.3% 0.4% 0.9%
128   Black-bellied Plover 0.9% 0.4% 0.5%
129   Rose-breasted Grosbeak 0.7% 0.4% 0.3%
130   Louisiana Waterthrush 0.7% 0.4% 0.3%
131   Western Sandpiper 0.7% 0.4% 0.3%
132   Red-breasted Merganser 0.5% 0.4% 0.1%
133   Wilson's Phalarope 0.3% 0.4% 0.1%
134   Cattle Egret 0.1% 0.4% 0.3%