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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 40.781243, -73.966507

based on 648 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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Rank Info Pics Species Entire Region This Location Difference
1   Lesser Yellowlegs 12.0% 87.5% 75.5%
2   Semipalmated Sandpiper 22.1% 87.3% 65.3%
3   Laughing Gull 31.7% 86.1% 54.4%
4   Canada Goose 39.4% 85.0% 45.6%
5   Mute Swan 12.9% 82.7% 69.9%
6   Least Sandpiper 20.4% 80.6% 60.1%
7   Double-crested Cormorant 39.7% 80.1% 40.4%
8   Short-billed Dowitcher 8.9% 78.2% 69.4%
9   Snowy Egret 20.5% 76.2% 55.8%
10   Semipalmated Plover 19.7% 76.2% 56.5%
11   Glossy Ibis 5.3% 75.6% 70.4%
12   Great Egret 32.3% 73.9% 41.6%
13   Mallard 39.0% 72.4% 33.4%
14   Greater Yellowlegs 14.1% 68.1% 54.0%
15   Barn Swallow 37.5% 60.2% 22.7%
16   Osprey 30.4% 58.5% 28.1%
17   Forster's Tern 12.7% 58.2% 45.5%
18   American Herring Gull 37.6% 53.5% 16.0%
19   Red-winged Blackbird 26.4% 52.8% 26.4%
20   Great Blue Heron 30.1% 48.5% 18.4%
21   Stilt Sandpiper 3.2% 45.8% 42.6%
22   European Starling 49.3% 45.2% 4.1%
23   Ring-billed Gull 30.7% 42.6% 11.9%
24   White-rumped Sandpiper 3.4% 42.1% 38.8%
25   American Black Duck 9.1% 40.7% 31.6%
26   Northern Waterthrush 15.2% 37.2% 22.0%
27   Black-crowned Night-Heron 12.9% 36.7% 23.8%
28   Gray Catbird 54.5% 35.6% 18.9%
29   Northern Cardinal 48.2% 31.8% 16.5%
30   Tree Swallow 13.2% 30.2% 17.0%
31   Common Tern 16.0% 29.2% 13.2%
32   Peregrine Falcon 6.8% 29.2% 22.4%
33   Great Black-backed Gull 25.2% 27.5% 2.3%
34   Killdeer 13.3% 27.5% 14.2%
35   Cedar Waxwing 15.4% 25.6% 10.2%
36   American Robin 56.5% 25.5% 31.0%
37   American Goldfinch 36.9% 24.8% 12.1%
38   Spotted Sandpiper 15.5% 24.2% 8.8%
39   Northern Mockingbird 35.0% 23.1% 11.8%
40   Boat-tailed Grackle 3.9% 22.1% 18.2%
41   Gadwall 3.4% 21.6% 18.2%
42   Song Sparrow 33.9% 21.0% 12.9%
43   Carolina Wren 25.9% 21.0% 4.9%
44   Pectoral Sandpiper 2.5% 20.7% 18.2%
45   Mourning Dove 53.8% 19.1% 34.7%
46   Yellow Warbler 19.4% 17.9% 1.5%
47   Black Skimmer 5.6% 16.0% 10.4%
48   Wilson's Phalarope 1.1% 15.9% 14.8%
49   House Sparrow 49.5% 14.8% 34.6%
50   Red-necked Phalarope 0.5% 14.8% 14.3%
51   Gull-billed Tern 1.1% 14.4% 13.2%
52   Blue-winged Teal 1.3% 14.0% 12.7%
53   Fish Crow 8.5% 13.7% 5.3%
54   Purple Martin 3.0% 13.3% 10.3%
55   American Oystercatcher 11.4% 13.0% 1.6%
56   Common Grackle 28.2% 12.8% 15.4%
57   Common Yellowthroat 15.1% 11.9% 3.2%
58   Sora 0.4% 11.6% 11.1%
59   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 8.8% 11.3% 2.5%
60   Little Blue Heron 3.7% 10.8% 7.1%
61   Green-winged Teal 1.4% 10.6% 9.2%
62   Rock Pigeon 36.2% 10.3% 25.8%
63   Northern Shoveler 1.1% 10.0% 8.9%
64   Least Tern 4.9% 9.9% 5.0%
65   Pied-billed Grebe 0.8% 9.7% 8.9%
66   Bank Swallow 2.8% 8.8% 6.0%
67   Eastern Kingbird 15.7% 8.6% 7.0%
68   Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 0.1% 8.6% 8.5%
69   Long-billed Dowitcher 0.6% 8.5% 7.9%
70   Downy Woodpecker 25.4% 8.3% 17.0%
71   Ruddy Duck 2.2% 8.2% 6.0%
72   Western Sandpiper 1.3% 7.6% 6.2%
73   Chimney Swift 23.9% 7.4% 16.5%
74   Eastern Towhee 6.4% 6.6% 0.3%
75   American Crow 13.8% 5.9% 7.9%
76   American White Pelican 0.8% 5.7% 4.9%
77   Black Tern 0.7% 5.6% 4.8%
78   Black-bellied Plover 6.5% 5.4% 1.1%
79   Belted Kingfisher 7.9% 5.1% 2.8%
80   Sanderling 5.2% 5.1% 0.1%
81   Wood Duck 9.3% 4.8% 4.5%
82   House Wren 10.7% 4.5% 6.2%
83   American Redstart 22.6% 4.3% 18.3%
84   Solitary Sandpiper 4.0% 4.3% 0.4%
85   Greater Scaup 0.2% 4.3% 4.1%
86   Willet 3.3% 3.5% 0.3%
87   Northern Flicker 26.3% 3.4% 22.9%
88   House Finch 14.6% 3.4% 11.2%
89   Willow Flycatcher 4.3% 3.1% 1.2%
90   Green Heron 11.0% 2.9% 8.1%
91   Marsh Wren 5.1% 2.9% 2.2%
92   Bald Eagle 2.8% 2.9% 0.1%
93   Lesser Scaup 0.1% 2.6% 2.5%
94   Ruddy Turnstone 5.1% 2.5% 2.7%
95   Caspian Tern 2.3% 2.5% 0.2%
96   Hudsonian Godwit 0.6% 2.5% 1.9%
97   Northern Harrier 0.7% 2.2% 1.4%
98   Marbled Godwit 0.7% 2.2% 1.5%
99   Brown-headed Cowbird 5.5% 2.0% 3.5%
100   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 1.8% 2.0% 0.3%
101   Northern Pintail 0.2% 2.0% 1.8%
102   Eastern Wood-Pewee 9.2% 1.9% 7.3%
103   Hooded Merganser 0.3% 1.7% 1.4%
104   Blue Jay 36.4% 1.5% 34.8%
105   Baltimore Oriole 14.9% 1.5% 13.4%
106   Eastern Phoebe 3.8% 1.5% 2.2%
107   Great Crested Flycatcher 7.6% 1.4% 6.2%
108   American Avocet 1.1% 1.4% 0.3%
109   Black-and-white Warbler 15.1% 1.2% 13.9%
110   Common Raven 3.5% 1.2% 2.2%
111   Brown Thrasher 2.6% 1.2% 1.4%
112   Merlin 0.5% 1.2% 0.8%
113   American Wigeon 0.1% 1.2% 1.1%
114   Red-tailed Hawk 11.7% 1.1% 10.7%
115   Royal Tern 2.5% 1.1% 1.4%
116   Cliff Swallow 0.7% 1.1% 0.4%
117   Broad-winged Hawk 0.5% 1.1% 0.6%
118   Dunlin 0.2% 1.1% 0.9%
119   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 8.9% 0.9% 8.0%
120   Red Knot 0.8% 0.9% 0.1%
121   Brant 0.8% 0.9% 0.1%
122   Bonaparte's Gull 0.3% 0.9% 0.6%
123   Warbling Vireo 9.8% 0.8% 9.0%
124   Least Bittern 0.8% 0.8% 0.0%
125   Black-headed Gull 0.2% 0.8% 0.6%
126   Red-bellied Woodpecker 20.0% 0.6% 19.4%
127   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 6.2% 0.6% 5.6%
128   Tricolored Heron 0.6% 0.6% 0.1%
129   Hairy Woodpecker 6.1% 0.5% 5.7%
130   Turkey Vulture 5.3% 0.5% 4.8%
131   Ovenbird 4.8% 0.5% 4.3%
132   Cooper's Hawk 2.5% 0.5% 2.1%
133   Bobolink 2.1% 0.5% 1.6%
134   Piping Plover 2.0% 0.5% 1.5%
135   Cape May Warbler 1.7% 0.5% 1.2%
136   Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1.4% 0.5% 1.0%
137   Whimbrel 0.6% 0.5% 0.1%
138   Snow Goose 0.0% 0.5% 0.4%
139   Upland Sandpiper 0.0% 0.5% 0.4%
140   Black-capped Chickadee 10.0% 0.3% 9.7%
141   Red-eyed Vireo 9.8% 0.3% 9.5%
142   Clapper Rail 4.0% 0.3% 3.7%
143   Magnolia Warbler 3.3% 0.3% 3.0%
144   Least Flycatcher 2.2% 0.3% 1.9%
145   White-eyed Vireo 1.9% 0.3% 1.6%
146   Swamp Sparrow 1.1% 0.3% 0.8%
147   Louisiana Waterthrush 1.0% 0.3% 0.7%
148   Baird's Sandpiper 0.6% 0.3% 0.2%
149   Buff-breasted Sandpiper 0.3% 0.3% 0.0%
150   Yellow-rumped Warbler 0.2% 0.3% 0.1%
151   Muscovy Duck 0.1% 0.3% 0.2%
152   Tufted Titmouse 7.9% 0.2% 7.7%
153   Canada Warbler 5.8% 0.2% 5.6%
154   Chestnut-sided Warbler 5.3% 0.2% 5.1%
155   Chipping Sparrow 4.9% 0.2% 4.8%
156   American Kestrel 3.9% 0.2% 3.7%
157   Blue-winged Warbler 3.7% 0.2% 3.6%
158   Indigo Bunting 3.1% 0.2% 3.0%
159   Wood Thrush 2.5% 0.2% 2.4%
160   Red-breasted Nuthatch 1.9% 0.2% 1.8%
161   Monk Parakeet 1.9% 0.2% 1.7%
162   Saltmarsh Sparrow 1.7% 0.2% 1.6%
163   Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1.2% 0.2% 1.0%
164   Common Loon 0.5% 0.2% 0.3%
165   Yellow-throated Vireo 0.4% 0.2% 0.2%
166   Pine Warbler 0.3% 0.2% 0.2%
167   Common Gallinule 0.2% 0.2% 0.1%
168   American Woodcock 0.1% 0.2% 0.0%
169   Sharp-tailed Sandpiper 0.1% 0.2% 0.1%
170   Eared Grebe 0.0% 0.2% 0.1%
171   Brown Creeper 0.0% 0.2% 0.1%