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Top Birds at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond, south end in September
relative to other locations within 25 miles of 40.781243, -73.966507

based on 349 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond, south end in September. 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   Mute Swan 10 18 222 269 77.1% 98%
2   Double-crested Cormorant 2 17 216 268 76.8% 95%
3   Canada Goose 1 17 218 265 75.9% 97%
4   Snowy Egret 11 18 207 251 71.9% 96%
5   Lesser Yellowlegs 30 16 199 248 71.1% 99%
6   Mallard 1 18 191 243 69.6% 93%
7   Great Egret 8 18 193 233 66.8% 93%
8   Laughing Gull 5 17 181 229 65.6% 94%
9   Greater Yellowlegs 12 17 180 224 64.2% 99%
10   Semipalmated Sandpiper 16 17 171 211 60.5% 99%
11   Least Sandpiper 15 16 163 193 55.3% 99%
12   Ring-billed Gull 2 17 159 185 53.0% 86%
13   Short-billed Dowitcher 14 16 165 179 51.3% 98%
14   American Herring Gull 0 16 154 177 50.7% 81%
15   Great Blue Heron 0 17 154 164 47.0% 89%
16   Semipalmated Plover 12 15 133 157 45.0% 95%
17   Red-winged Blackbird 0 15 130 153 43.8% 98%
18   American Black Duck 0 18 121 145 41.5% 96%
19   Gray Catbird 0 16 141 144 41.3% 65%
20   Blue-winged Teal 6 14 112 144 41.3% 99%
21   Northern Shoveler 4 16 120 141 40.4% 96%
22   Osprey 1 15 133 139 39.8% 84%
23   Gadwall 2 15 105 131 37.5% 97%
24   Northern Waterthrush 6 14 108 116 33.2% 95%
25   Forster's Tern 7 12 116 112 32.1% 93%
26   Glossy Ibis 3 13 113 109 31.2% 96%
27   European Starling 0 13 105 108 30.9% 65%
28   Green-winged Teal 0 14 80 106 30.4% 94%
29   Black-crowned Night-Heron 5 15 100 102 29.2% 91%
30   Common Yellowthroat 1 14 96 100 28.7% 70%
31   Pied-billed Grebe 5 9 96 100 28.7% 98%
32   Sora 45 7 106 98 28.1% 96%
33   White-rumped Sandpiper 14 14 90 97 27.8% 97%
34   American Robin 0 14 85 87 24.9% 47%
35   Pectoral Sandpiper 23 13 80 87 24.9% 96%
36   Great Black-backed Gull 0 16 77 84 24.1% 63%
37   Northern Mockingbird 0 13 84 79 22.6% 61%
38   American Wigeon 1 11 85 79 22.6% 97%
39   Carolina Wren 0 13 80 75 21.5% 62%
40   Peregrine Falcon 3 12 71 74 21.2% 94%
41   Stilt Sandpiper 19 13 78 74 21.2% 93%
42   Northern Cardinal 0 11 81 73 20.9% 45%
43   Song Sparrow 0 14 72 67 19.2% 58%
44   American White Pelican 22 5 77 63 18.1% 83%
45   Killdeer 1 10 55 57 16.3% 79%
46   Belted Kingfisher 0 11 53 53 15.2% 72%
47   Mourning Dove 0 13 41 49 14.0% 30%
48   Hudsonian Godwit 31 8 62 49 14.0% 88%
49   Barn Swallow 0 10 54 48 13.8% 90%
50   Cedar Waxwing 0 10 51 47 13.5% 75%
51   American Goldfinch 0 12 59 46 13.2% 54%
52   House Sparrow 0 12 39 44 12.6% 32%
53   Tree Swallow 0 11 50 43 12.3% 79%
54   Boat-tailed Grackle 2 11 47 43 12.3% 70%
55   Ruddy Duck 0 9 44 41 11.7% 89%
56   Western Sandpiper 3 11 35 40 11.5% 94%
57   Northern Flicker 0 9 38 35 10.0% 32%
58   Caspian Tern 7 9 37 35 10.0% 85%
59   Rock Pigeon 0 10 32 32 9.2% 27%
60   Common Grackle 0 9 38 32 9.2% 43%
61   American Oystercatcher 0 12 39 31 8.9% 47%
62   Merlin 2 6 41 30 8.6% 85%
63   American Redstart 0 12 41 28 8.0% 29%
64   Northern Harrier 1 8 24 27 7.7% 77%
65   Marbled Godwit 13 5 29 24 6.9% 86%
66   Northern Pintail 2 11 20 23 6.6% 90%
67   Northern Yellow Warbler 0 8 27 21 6.0% 61%
68   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 1 12 17 21 6.0% 46%
69   Common Tern 0 11 18 21 6.0% 50%
70   Downy Woodpecker 0 10 22 20 5.7% 25%
71   Spotted Sandpiper 0 7 22 20 5.7% 63%
72   Black-bellied Plover 2 10 18 20 5.7% 51%
73   Dunlin 3 6 18 19 5.4% 81%
74   Long-billed Dowitcher 4 9 19 19 5.4% 81%
75   Swamp Sparrow 0 6 18 18 5.2% 63%
76   Blue Jay 0 5 16 17 4.9% 11%
77   American Crow 0 9 13 17 4.9% 31%
78   Northern Parula 0 4 18 16 4.6% 26%
79   Eastern Phoebe 1 9 17 16 4.6% 31%
80   Wood Duck 0 4 15 16 4.6% 46%
81   Red Knot 3 3 18 16 4.6% 66%
82   Marsh Wren 0 5 12 14 4.0% 64%
83   Palm Warbler 0 7 13 13 3.7% 32%
84   Black Skimmer 3 7 16 13 3.7% 45%
85   Little Blue Heron 0 8 11 12 3.4% 50%
86   Willet 2 6 11 12 3.4% 58%
87   Bald Eagle 3 7 17 11 3.2% 46%
88   Eastern Kingbird 0 8 18 11 3.2% 62%
89   Yellow-rumped Warbler 0 7 11 10 2.9% 35%
90   Solitary Sandpiper 0 5 12 10 2.9% 52%
91   Black Tern 3 2 10 10 2.9% 79%
92   Eurasian Wigeon 3 2 10 10 2.9% 50%
93   Cooper's Hawk 0 5 6 9 2.6% 35%
94   Eastern Towhee 0 7 14 9 2.6% 45%
95   American Avocet 2 3 8 9 2.6% 56%
96   Wilson's Phalarope 4 6 11 9 2.6% 53%
97   Chimney Swift 0 6 9 8 2.3% 14%
98   House Wren 0 4 9 8 2.3% 17%
99   White-throated Sparrow 0 5 9 8 2.3% 21%
100   Green Heron 0 6 7 8 2.3% 24%
101   Savannah Sparrow 1 4 9 8 2.3% 30%
102   Sanderling 1 5 8 8 2.3% 38%
103   Red-necked Phalarope 2 2 12 8 2.3% 86%
104   Black-and-white Warbler 0 4 6 7 2.0% 7%
105   Eastern Wood-Pewee 0 5 6 7 2.0% 12%
106   Royal Tern 0 4 6 7 2.0% 9%
107   Fish Crow 0 5 7 7 2.0% 34%
108   Greater Scaup 0 2 9 7 2.0% 72%
109   Lesser Scaup 0 2 12 7 2.0% 46%
110   American Kestrel 0 5 7 6 1.7% 15%
111   American Coot 0 5 6 6 1.7% 68%
112   American Golden-Plover 1 3 8 6 1.7% 55%
113   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 0 5 18 5 1.4% 12%
114   Common Raven 0 3 6 5 1.4% 17%
115   Brown-headed Cowbird 0 3 5 5 1.4% 24%
116   Wilson's Snipe 1 2 6 5 1.4% 74%
117   Brown Thrasher 0 4 5 4 1.1% 14%
118   Baird's Sandpiper 2 4 4 4 1.1% 28%
119   Red-eyed Vireo 0 3 3 3 0.9% 2%
120   Red-tailed Hawk 0 2 3 3 0.9% 2%
121   House Finch 0 2 2 3 0.9% 2%
122   Swainson's Thrush 0 3 3 3 0.9% 6%
123   Blackpoll Warbler 0 3 3 3 0.9% 5%
124   Red-breasted Nuthatch 0 2 4 3 0.9% 7%
125   Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 3 3 3 0.9% 14%
126   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 0 3 3 3 0.9% 13%
127   Clapper Rail 0 3 3 3 0.9% 15%
128   Cliff Swallow 0 3 6 3 0.9% 56%
129   Black-headed Gull 1 1 3 3 0.9% 0%
130   Gull-billed Tern 0 2 3 3 0.9% 62%
131   Red-bellied Woodpecker 0 2 2 2 0.6% 1%
132   Magnolia Warbler 0 2 2 2 0.6% 0%
133   Black-throated Blue Warbler 0 2 6 2 0.6% 1%
134   Black-capped Chickadee 0 1 1 2 0.6% 4%
135   Scarlet Tanager 0 2 3 2 0.6% 3%
136   Turkey Vulture 0 2 2 2 0.6% 3%
137   Warbling Vireo 0 2 2 2 0.6% 6%
138   Lincoln's Sparrow 0 1 2 2 0.6% 7%
139   Brant 1 2 2 2 0.6% 21%
140   Hermit Thrush 0 2 2 2 0.6% 35%
141   Buff-breasted Sandpiper 0 2 2 2 0.6% 17%
142   Seaside Sparrow 0 1 2 2 0.6% 19%
143   Bank Swallow 0 2 2 2 0.6% 34%
144   Ovenbird 0 1 1 1 0.3% 0%
145   Veery 0 1 1 1 0.3% 1%
146   Black-throated Green Warbler 0 1 1 1 0.3% 0%
147   Great Crested Flycatcher 0 1 1 1 0.3% 2%
148   Nashville Warbler 0 1 2 1 0.3% 1%
149   Prairie Warbler 0 1 1 1 0.3% 0%
150   Indigo Bunting 0 1 1 1 0.3% 1%
151   Blue-headed Vireo 0 1 1 1 0.3% 1%
152   White-eyed Vireo 0 1 1 1 0.3% 4%
153   Least Flycatcher 0 1 1 1 0.3% 0%
154   Common Nighthawk 0 1 2 1 0.3% 2%
155   Philadelphia Vireo 0 1 1 1 0.3% 2%
156   Golden-crowned Kinglet 0 1 1 1 0.3% 1%
157   Ruddy Turnstone 1 1 2 1 0.3% 5%
158   Dark-eyed Junco 0 1 1 1 0.3% 4%
159   Purple Finch 0 1 1 1 0.3% 3%
160   Lesser Black-backed Gull 0 1 1 1 0.3% 8%
161   Hudsonian Whimbrel 0 1 2 1 0.3% 4%
162   Common Loon 0 1 1 1 0.3% 9%
163   American Pipit 0 1 1 1 0.3% 7%
164   Great Cormorant 0 1 1 1 0.3% 6%
165   Virginia Rail 1 1 1 1 0.3% 12%
166   Common Gallinule 0 1 2 1 0.3% 17%
167   Hooded Merganser 0 1 2 1 0.3% 16%
168   Bonaparte's Gull 0 1 1 1 0.3% 15%
169   Snow Goose 0 1 2 1 0.3% 30%
170   Horned Lark 0 1 1 1 0.3% 33%
171   Western Cattle-Egret 0 1 1 1 0.3% 29%
172   Ash-throated Flycatcher 0 1 1 1 0.3% 0%