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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 345 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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Rank Info Pics Species Entire Region This Location Difference
1   Mute Swan 10.6% 77.1% 66.5%
2   Double-crested Cormorant 30.7% 76.8% 46.1%
3   Canada Goose 37.1% 76.2% 39.1%
4   Snowy Egret 11.3% 72.2% 60.9%
5   Lesser Yellowlegs 5.7% 71.6% 65.9%
6   Mallard 35.3% 69.9% 34.5%
7   Great Egret 18.7% 66.7% 47.9%
8   Laughing Gull 18.5% 65.5% 47.0%
9   Greater Yellowlegs 8.0% 64.3% 56.3%
10   Semipalmated Sandpiper 7.4% 60.6% 53.1%
11   Least Sandpiper 6.7% 55.7% 48.9%
12   Ring-billed Gull 24.2% 53.0% 28.8%
13   Short-billed Dowitcher 2.7% 51.3% 48.6%
14   American Herring Gull 29.5% 50.7% 21.2%
15   Great Blue Heron 24.5% 47.0% 22.5%
16   Semipalmated Plover 6.9% 45.2% 38.3%
17   Red-winged Blackbird 11.3% 44.1% 32.7%
18   American Black Duck 7.9% 41.7% 33.9%
19   Blue-winged Teal 1.9% 41.7% 39.8%
20   Gray Catbird 60.3% 41.2% 19.1%
21   Northern Shoveler 3.6% 40.6% 37.0%
22   Osprey 24.4% 39.7% 15.3%
23   Gadwall 4.3% 38.0% 33.7%
24   Northern Waterthrush 15.9% 33.3% 17.4%
25   Forster's Tern 4.1% 32.2% 28.0%
26   European Starling 46.7% 31.3% 15.4%
27   Glossy Ibis 0.8% 31.0% 30.2%
28   Green-winged Teal 3.7% 30.4% 26.7%
29   Black-crowned Night-Heron 7.5% 29.3% 21.8%
30   Common Yellowthroat 44.3% 28.7% 15.6%
31   Pied-billed Grebe 1.7% 28.4% 26.7%
32   White-rumped Sandpiper 1.3% 28.1% 26.8%
33   Sora 1.0% 28.1% 27.1%
34   Pectoral Sandpiper 1.7% 25.2% 23.5%
35   American Robin 59.5% 24.9% 34.6%
36   Great Black-backed Gull 17.1% 24.3% 7.3%
37   Northern Mockingbird 31.0% 22.6% 8.4%
38   American Wigeon 0.9% 22.6% 21.7%
39   Peregrine Falcon 6.8% 21.4% 14.6%
40   Stilt Sandpiper 1.0% 21.4% 20.4%
41   Carolina Wren 27.1% 21.2% 5.9%
42   Northern Cardinal 50.5% 20.9% 29.6%
43   Song Sparrow 27.5% 19.1% 8.4%
44   American White Pelican 0.5% 18.3% 17.7%
45   Killdeer 6.9% 16.5% 9.6%
46   Belted Kingfisher 11.3% 15.1% 3.8%
47   Mourning Dove 52.7% 14.2% 38.5%
48   Hudsonian Godwit 0.4% 13.9% 13.5%
49   Cedar Waxwing 15.3% 13.6% 1.6%
50   Barn Swallow 4.2% 13.6% 9.4%
51   American Goldfinch 26.5% 13.3% 13.2%
52   House Sparrow 45.5% 12.8% 32.7%
53   Tree Swallow 6.1% 12.5% 6.3%
54   Boat-tailed Grackle 1.2% 12.5% 11.2%
55   Ruddy Duck 1.4% 11.6% 10.2%
56   Western Sandpiper 0.7% 11.6% 10.9%
57   Northern Flicker 42.4% 10.1% 32.2%
58   Caspian Tern 1.6% 10.1% 8.5%
59   Common Grackle 23.9% 9.3% 14.6%
60   Rock Pigeon 37.1% 9.0% 28.1%
61   American Oystercatcher 4.9% 9.0% 4.1%
62   Merlin 5.1% 8.7% 3.6%
63   American Redstart 42.6% 7.5% 35.1%
64   Northern Harrier 3.3% 7.5% 4.3%
65   Marbled Godwit 0.3% 7.0% 6.6%
66   Northern Pintail 0.7% 6.7% 6.0%
67   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 3.8% 6.1% 2.3%
68   Common Tern 3.7% 6.1% 2.4%
69   Downy Woodpecker 31.6% 5.8% 25.8%
70   Yellow Warbler 12.2% 5.8% 6.4%
71   Spotted Sandpiper 4.7% 5.8% 1.1%
72   Black-bellied Plover 4.0% 5.8% 1.8%
73   Dunlin 0.6% 5.5% 4.9%
74   Long-billed Dowitcher 0.4% 5.5% 5.1%
75   Swamp Sparrow 5.2% 5.2% 0.0%
76   Blue Jay 52.0% 4.9% 47.1%
77   American Crow 17.7% 4.9% 12.8%
78   Eastern Phoebe 17.3% 4.6% 12.7%
79   Wood Duck 9.8% 4.6% 5.2%
80   Red Knot 0.4% 4.6% 4.2%
81   Northern Parula 26.4% 4.3% 22.1%
82   Marsh Wren 3.3% 4.1% 0.7%
83   Palm Warbler 14.7% 3.8% 10.9%
84   Black Skimmer 1.7% 3.8% 2.1%
85   Little Blue Heron 1.9% 3.5% 1.6%
86   Willet 0.8% 3.5% 2.6%
87   Bald Eagle 4.8% 3.2% 1.6%
88   Eastern Kingbird 2.8% 3.2% 0.4%
89   Yellow-rumped Warbler 7.9% 2.9% 5.0%
90   Solitary Sandpiper 3.3% 2.9% 0.4%
91   Black Tern 0.4% 2.9% 2.5%
92   Eurasian Wigeon 0.1% 2.9% 2.8%
93   Cooper's Hawk 7.4% 2.6% 4.8%
94   Eastern Towhee 7.2% 2.6% 4.6%
95   American Avocet 0.5% 2.6% 2.1%
96   Wilson's Phalarope 0.3% 2.6% 2.3%
97   Chimney Swift 20.8% 2.3% 18.4%
98   House Wren 15.8% 2.3% 13.4%
99   White-throated Sparrow 11.3% 2.3% 9.0%
100   Green Heron 7.5% 2.3% 5.1%
101   Savannah Sparrow 6.3% 2.3% 4.0%
102   Sanderling 2.6% 2.3% 0.3%
103   Red-necked Phalarope 0.1% 2.3% 2.2%
104   Black-and-white Warbler 31.5% 2.0% 29.5%
105   Eastern Wood-Pewee 18.6% 2.0% 16.6%
106   Fish Crow 2.9% 2.0% 0.9%
107   Greater Scaup 0.2% 2.0% 1.9%
108   Lesser Scaup 0.1% 2.0% 1.9%
109   American Kestrel 10.6% 1.7% 8.9%
110   Royal Tern 3.3% 1.7% 1.6%
111   American Coot 0.8% 1.7% 0.9%
112   American Golden-Plover 0.8% 1.7% 1.0%
113   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 16.3% 1.4% 14.9%
114   Common Raven 6.1% 1.4% 4.6%
115   Brown-headed Cowbird 3.8% 1.4% 2.4%
116   Wilson's Snipe 0.2% 1.4% 1.2%
117   Brown Thrasher 7.9% 1.2% 6.8%
118   Baird's Sandpiper 0.6% 1.2% 0.6%
119   Red-eyed Vireo 24.5% 0.9% 23.7%
120   Red-tailed Hawk 18.4% 0.9% 17.5%
121   House Finch 14.5% 0.9% 13.6%
122   Swainson's Thrush 14.0% 0.9% 13.1%
123   Blackpoll Warbler 9.6% 0.9% 8.7%
124   Red-breasted Nuthatch 7.6% 0.9% 6.7%
125   Sharp-shinned Hawk 4.7% 0.9% 3.8%
126   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 4.3% 0.9% 3.5%
127   Clapper Rail 1.8% 0.9% 0.9%
128   Cliff Swallow 0.1% 0.9% 0.8%
129   Black-headed Gull 0.0% 0.9% 0.8%
130   Gull-billed Tern 0.0% 0.9% 0.8%
131   Red-bellied Woodpecker 30.8% 0.6% 30.2%
132   Magnolia Warbler 21.4% 0.6% 20.9%
133   Black-throated Blue Warbler 16.8% 0.6% 16.2%
134   Black-capped Chickadee 11.3% 0.6% 10.7%
135   Scarlet Tanager 9.6% 0.6% 9.0%
136   Turkey Vulture 7.9% 0.6% 7.3%
137   Warbling Vireo 7.6% 0.6% 7.0%
138   Lincoln's Sparrow 3.7% 0.6% 3.1%
139   Brant 0.5% 0.6% 0.1%
140   Hermit Thrush 0.5% 0.6% 0.1%
141   Buff-breasted Sandpiper 0.4% 0.6% 0.1%
142   Seaside Sparrow 0.4% 0.6% 0.2%
143   Bank Swallow 0.3% 0.6% 0.3%
144   Ovenbird 13.4% 0.3% 13.1%
145   Veery 11.3% 0.3% 11.0%
146   Black-throated Green Warbler 11.2% 0.3% 10.9%
147   Great Crested Flycatcher 5.1% 0.3% 4.8%
148   Nashville Warbler 4.6% 0.3% 4.3%
149   Prairie Warbler 4.2% 0.3% 3.9%
150   Indigo Bunting 4.0% 0.3% 3.7%
151   Blue-headed Vireo 3.3% 0.3% 3.0%
152   White-eyed Vireo 3.3% 0.3% 3.0%
153   Least Flycatcher 3.1% 0.3% 2.8%
154   Common Nighthawk 2.8% 0.3% 2.6%
155   Philadelphia Vireo 2.0% 0.3% 1.8%
156   Golden-crowned Kinglet 1.8% 0.3% 1.5%
157   Ruddy Turnstone 1.3% 0.3% 1.0%
158   Dark-eyed Junco 1.3% 0.3% 1.0%
159   Purple Finch 1.1% 0.3% 0.8%
160   Lesser Black-backed Gull 0.7% 0.3% 0.4%
161   Whimbrel 0.5% 0.3% 0.2%
162   Common Loon 0.5% 0.3% 0.2%
163   American Pipit 0.4% 0.3% 0.1%
164   Great Cormorant 0.3% 0.3% 0.0%
165   Virginia Rail 0.3% 0.3% 0.0%
166   Common Gallinule 0.2% 0.3% 0.1%
167   Hooded Merganser 0.2% 0.3% 0.1%
168   Bonaparte's Gull 0.2% 0.3% 0.1%
169   Snow Goose 0.1% 0.3% 0.2%
170   Horned Lark 0.0% 0.3% 0.3%
171   Western Cattle-Egret 0.0% 0.3% 0.3%
172   Ash-throated Flycatcher 0.0% 0.3% 0.3%