Top Birds at Jamaica Bay, Little Egg Marsh in August
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA
based on 15 checklists
This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Jamaica Bay, Little Egg Marsh 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.
| Rank | Info | Pics | Species | Entire Region | This Location | Difference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Great Black-backed Gull | 27.0% | 100.0% | 73.0% | |||
| 2 | American Oystercatcher | 12.4% | 93.3% | 81.0% | |||
| 3 | Herring Gull | 39.5% | 80.0% | 40.5% | |||
| 4 | Ruddy Turnstone | 5.5% | 80.0% | 74.5% | |||
| 5 | Osprey | 30.7% | 73.3% | 42.7% | |||
| 6 | Short-billed Dowitcher | 10.4% | 73.3% | 63.0% | |||
| 7 | Semipalmated Plover | 21.1% | 66.7% | 45.6% | |||
| 8 | Laughing Gull | 32.0% | 60.0% | 28.0% | |||
| 9 | Semipalmated Sandpiper | 24.1% | 60.0% | 35.9% | |||
| 10 | Snowy Egret | 22.5% | 53.3% | 30.8% | |||
| 11 | Black-bellied Plover | 7.4% | 53.3% | 45.9% | |||
| 12 | Double-crested Cormorant | 41.3% | 46.7% | 5.3% | |||
| 13 | Great Egret | 34.5% | 46.7% | 12.1% | |||
| 14 | Red-winged Blackbird | 28.5% | 46.7% | 18.2% | |||
| 15 | Spotted Sandpiper | 17.0% | 40.0% | 23.0% | |||
| 16 | Common Tern | 16.4% | 40.0% | 23.6% | |||
| 17 | Willet | 3.6% | 40.0% | 36.4% | |||
| 18 | Least Sandpiper | 22.0% | 33.3% | 11.3% | |||
| 19 | Yellow-crowned Night-Heron | 9.1% | 33.3% | 24.2% | |||
| 20 | Barn Swallow | 39.9% | 26.7% | 13.2% | |||
| 21 | Song Sparrow | 35.0% | 26.7% | 8.4% | |||
| 22 | American Black Duck | 10.0% | 26.7% | 16.6% | |||
| 23 | Boat-tailed Grackle | 4.3% | 26.7% | 22.4% | |||
| 24 | Whimbrel | 0.5% | 26.7% | 26.1% | |||
| 25 | Ring-billed Gull | 31.8% | 20.0% | 11.8% | |||
| 26 | Greater Yellowlegs | 15.9% | 20.0% | 4.1% | |||
| 27 | Forster's Tern | 13.2% | 20.0% | 6.8% | |||
| 28 | Fish Crow | 9.0% | 20.0% | 11.0% | |||
| 29 | Mallard | 40.8% | 13.3% | 27.5% | |||
| 30 | Canada Goose | 40.8% | 13.3% | 27.5% | |||
| 31 | Black-crowned Night-Heron | 14.5% | 13.3% | 1.2% | |||
| 32 | Glossy Ibis | 6.5% | 13.3% | 6.8% | |||
| 33 | Least Tern | 5.1% | 13.3% | 8.3% | |||
| 34 | Clapper Rail | 4.2% | 13.3% | 9.1% | |||
| 35 | Northern Harrier | 0.9% | 13.3% | 12.5% | |||
| 36 | European Starling | 51.1% | 6.7% | 44.5% | |||
| 37 | Great Blue Heron | 30.6% | 6.7% | 24.0% | |||
| 38 | Lesser Yellowlegs | 13.9% | 6.7% | 7.2% | |||
| 39 | Peregrine Falcon | 7.6% | 6.7% | 0.9% | |||
| 40 | Black Skimmer | 5.8% | 6.7% | 0.9% | |||
| 41 | Sanderling | 5.3% | 6.7% | 1.4% | |||
| 42 | Seaside Sparrow | 1.1% | 6.7% | 5.6% | |||
| 43 | Red Knot | 1.0% | 6.7% | 5.7% | |||
| 44 | Brant | 0.8% | 6.7% | 5.9% | |||
| 45 | Marbled Godwit | 0.7% | 6.7% | 5.9% |