Top Birds at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond in August
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York City, United States
based on 971 checklists
This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond 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.
| Evidence | Sampling | Score | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Links | Species | Media | Years | Birders | Hits | Frequency | Percentile | |
| 1 | Semipalmated Sandpiper | 48 | 24 | 449 | 752 | 77.4% | 99% | ||
| 2 | Lesser Yellowlegs | 66 | 24 | 461 | 736 | 75.8% | 99% | ||
| 3 | Mute Swan | 18 | 23 | 476 | 732 | 75.4% | 99% | ||
| 4 | Laughing Gull | 7 | 23 | 452 | 706 | 72.7% | 94% | ||
| 5 | Double-crested Cormorant | 4 | 23 | 448 | 692 | 71.3% | 93% | ||
| 6 | Canada Goose | 6 | 22 | 445 | 692 | 71.3% | 96% | ||
| 7 | Least Sandpiper | 46 | 24 | 428 | 692 | 71.3% | 99% | ||
| 8 | Snowy Egret | 12 | 22 | 439 | 691 | 71.2% | 96% | ||
| 9 | Semipalmated Plover | 33 | 24 | 416 | 690 | 71.1% | 97% | ||
| 10 | Short-billed Dowitcher | 71 | 24 | 425 | 689 | 71.0% | 99% | ||
| 11 | Great Egret | 10 | 22 | 433 | 670 | 69.0% | 94% | ||
| 12 | Greater Yellowlegs | 19 | 24 | 423 | 651 | 67.0% | 98% | ||
| 13 | Mallard | 3 | 22 | 417 | 635 | 65.4% | 93% | ||
| 14 | Glossy Ibis | 36 | 23 | 421 | 614 | 63.2% | 98% | ||
| 15 | American Herring Gull | 1 | 22 | 400 | 608 | 62.6% | 89% | ||
| 16 | Forster's Tern | 19 | 23 | 364 | 569 | 58.6% | 99% | ||
| 17 | Osprey | 6 | 22 | 391 | 552 | 56.8% | 91% | ||
| 18 | Great Black-backed Gull | 5 | 23 | 339 | 506 | 52.1% | 85% | ||
| 19 | Stilt Sandpiper | 68 | 24 | 326 | 505 | 52.0% | 98% | ||
| 20 | Ring-billed Gull | 2 | 22 | 333 | 503 | 51.8% | 86% | ||
| 21 | Gray Catbird | 2 | 21 | 348 | 494 | 50.9% | 79% | ||
| 22 | Great Blue Heron | 3 | 22 | 342 | 492 | 50.7% | 90% | ||
| 23 | Red-winged Blackbird | 3 | 21 | 343 | 473 | 48.7% | 94% | ||
| 24 | Barn Swallow | 3 | 22 | 325 | 465 | 47.9% | 89% | ||
| 25 | White-rumped Sandpiper | 70 | 23 | 316 | 465 | 47.9% | 99% | ||
| 26 | American Black Duck | 0 | 22 | 311 | 441 | 45.4% | 98% | ||
| 27 | European Starling | 0 | 22 | 317 | 411 | 42.3% | 81% | ||
| 28 | Northern Waterthrush | 22 | 23 | 254 | 392 | 40.4% | 96% | ||
| 29 | Black-crowned Night-Heron | 14 | 22 | 289 | 386 | 39.8% | 98% | ||
| 30 | Common Tern | 4 | 22 | 275 | 377 | 38.8% | 78% | ||
| 31 | American Robin | 1 | 22 | 298 | 347 | 35.7% | 63% | ||
| 32 | Northern Cardinal | 0 | 21 | 271 | 330 | 34.0% | 69% | ||
| 33 | American Oystercatcher | 5 | 20 | 242 | 326 | 33.6% | 77% | ||
| 34 | Spotted Sandpiper | 8 | 23 | 218 | 315 | 32.4% | 92% | ||
| 35 | American Goldfinch | 1 | 21 | 269 | 312 | 32.1% | 70% | ||
| 36 | Pectoral Sandpiper | 42 | 24 | 248 | 307 | 31.6% | 98% | ||
| 37 | Northern Yellow Warbler | 2 | 20 | 236 | 299 | 30.8% | 93% | ||
| 38 | Gadwall | 1 | 22 | 215 | 292 | 30.1% | 100% | ||
| 39 | Song Sparrow | 0 | 22 | 216 | 287 | 29.6% | 72% | ||
| 40 | Black-bellied Plover | 5 | 24 | 191 | 284 | 29.2% | 87% | ||
| 41 | Peregrine Falcon | 13 | 23 | 217 | 277 | 28.5% | 97% | ||
| 42 | Cedar Waxwing | 1 | 22 | 239 | 262 | 27.0% | 92% | ||
| 43 | Northern Mockingbird | 0 | 19 | 213 | 258 | 26.6% | 72% | ||
| 44 | Carolina Wren | 0 | 21 | 224 | 251 | 25.8% | 75% | ||
| 45 | Killdeer | 4 | 20 | 204 | 242 | 24.9% | 82% | ||
| 46 | Tree Swallow | 1 | 22 | 184 | 225 | 23.2% | 85% | ||
| 47 | Mourning Dove | 1 | 21 | 202 | 224 | 23.1% | 42% | ||
| 48 | Boat-tailed Grackle | 1 | 21 | 181 | 224 | 23.1% | 79% | ||
| 49 | Fish Crow | 1 | 21 | 171 | 210 | 21.6% | 85% | ||
| 50 | House Sparrow | 0 | 21 | 161 | 193 | 19.9% | 38% | ||
| 51 | Rock Pigeon | 0 | 21 | 161 | 189 | 19.5% | 45% | ||
| 52 | Green-winged Teal | 0 | 20 | 135 | 187 | 19.3% | 100% | ||
| 53 | Ruddy Turnstone | 3 | 20 | 128 | 180 | 18.5% | 78% | ||
| 54 | Little Blue Heron | 9 | 20 | 117 | 180 | 18.5% | 87% | ||
| 55 | Northern Shoveler | 2 | 21 | 149 | 177 | 18.2% | 98% | ||
| 56 | Western Sandpiper | 30 | 23 | 129 | 175 | 18.0% | 100% | ||
| 57 | Blue-winged Teal | 2 | 20 | 145 | 173 | 17.8% | 97% | ||
| 58 | Eastern Towhee | 0 | 19 | 143 | 172 | 17.7% | 81% | ||
| 59 | Wilson's Phalarope | 48 | 15 | 132 | 170 | 17.5% | 85% | ||
| 60 | Common Yellowthroat | 1 | 21 | 129 | 146 | 15.0% | 79% | ||
| 61 | Black Skimmer | 5 | 18 | 110 | 142 | 14.6% | 76% | ||
| 62 | Yellow-crowned Night-Heron | 6 | 21 | 117 | 141 | 14.5% | 67% | ||
| 63 | American Avocet | 21 | 12 | 108 | 141 | 14.5% | 89% | ||
| 64 | Ruddy Duck | 5 | 16 | 113 | 138 | 14.2% | 85% | ||
| 65 | American Crow | 0 | 19 | 78 | 124 | 12.8% | 78% | ||
| 66 | Gull-billed Tern | 11 | 15 | 129 | 122 | 12.6% | 83% | ||
| 67 | Least Tern | 2 | 16 | 89 | 110 | 11.3% | 77% | ||
| 68 | Hudsonian Godwit | 37 | 11 | 122 | 110 | 11.3% | 92% | ||
| 69 | Red Knot | 6 | 16 | 72 | 105 | 10.8% | 93% | ||
| 70 | Common Grackle | 0 | 17 | 102 | 92 | 9.5% | 43% | ||
| 71 | Downy Woodpecker | 0 | 19 | 91 | 87 | 9.0% | 43% | ||
| 72 | Eastern Kingbird | 1 | 19 | 87 | 85 | 8.8% | 58% | ||
| 73 | Bank Swallow | 3 | 17 | 78 | 80 | 8.2% | 86% | ||
| 74 | American White Pelican | 14 | 5 | 77 | 80 | 8.2% | 94% | ||
| 75 | Long-billed Dowitcher | 5 | 19 | 54 | 72 | 7.4% | 75% | ||
| 76 | Red-necked Phalarope | 34 | 10 | 68 | 70 | 7.2% | 74% | ||
| 77 | American Redstart | 0 | 18 | 74 | 68 | 7.0% | 43% | ||
| 78 | Brant | 0 | 7 | 53 | 68 | 7.0% | 81% | ||
| 79 | Willow Flycatcher | 0 | 17 | 44 | 67 | 6.9% | 73% | ||
| 80 | Willet | 1 | 19 | 50 | 67 | 6.9% | 65% | ||
| 81 | Pied-billed Grebe | 3 | 12 | 54 | 66 | 6.8% | 92% | ||
| 82 | House Wren | 0 | 15 | 56 | 62 | 6.4% | 54% | ||
| 83 | Marbled Godwit | 13 | 10 | 66 | 62 | 6.4% | 94% | ||
| 84 | Purple Martin | 9 | 11 | 84 | 59 | 6.1% | 71% | ||
| 85 | Chimney Swift | 0 | 16 | 67 | 56 | 5.8% | 32% | ||
| 86 | Solitary Sandpiper | 4 | 19 | 69 | 56 | 5.8% | 76% | ||
| 87 | Dunlin | 4 | 11 | 40 | 53 | 5.5% | 100% | ||
| 88 | Northern Flicker | 0 | 16 | 56 | 52 | 5.4% | 25% | ||
| 89 | Belted Kingfisher | 0 | 13 | 46 | 51 | 5.3% | 54% | ||
| 90 | Caspian Tern | 20 | 10 | 60 | 50 | 5.1% | 76% | ||
| 91 | Black Tern | 8 | 10 | 50 | 48 | 4.9% | 83% | ||
| 92 | Wood Duck | 1 | 13 | 53 | 45 | 4.6% | 43% | ||
| 93 | Brown Thrasher | 0 | 15 | 35 | 42 | 4.3% | 70% | ||
| 94 | Sanderling | 1 | 18 | 47 | 41 | 4.2% | 49% | ||
| 95 | House Finch | 1 | 15 | 46 | 39 | 4.0% | 37% | ||
| 96 | Baird's Sandpiper | 6 | 10 | 30 | 39 | 4.0% | 77% | ||
| 97 | Eastern Phoebe | 1 | 14 | 45 | 38 | 3.9% | 67% | ||
| 98 | Bonaparte's Gull | 12 | 3 | 42 | 38 | 3.9% | 88% | ||
| 99 | Black-headed Gull | 17 | 2 | 40 | 37 | 3.8% | 67% | ||
| 100 | Green Heron | 0 | 14 | 38 | 35 | 3.6% | 41% | ||
| 101 | Black-bellied Whistling-Duck | 10 | 1 | 40 | 33 | 3.4% | 67% | ||
| 102 | Blue Jay | 0 | 12 | 32 | 32 | 3.3% | 11% | ||
| 103 | Sora | 13 | 8 | 39 | 30 | 3.1% | 77% | ||
| 104 | Red-necked Stint | 2 | 1 | 26 | 30 | 3.1% | 100% | ||
| 105 | Great Crested Flycatcher | 0 | 11 | 25 | 27 | 2.8% | 38% | ||
| 106 | Bald Eagle | 3 | 7 | 24 | 27 | 2.8% | 52% | ||
| 107 | Marsh Wren | 0 | 13 | 21 | 26 | 2.7% | 44% | ||
| 108 | Greater Scaup | 0 | 4 | 26 | 24 | 2.5% | 84% | ||
| 109 | Ruby-throated Hummingbird | 0 | 12 | 30 | 22 | 2.3% | 35% | ||
| 110 | Brown-headed Cowbird | 0 | 14 | 27 | 22 | 2.3% | 42% | ||
| 111 | Northern Harrier | 0 | 12 | 21 | 22 | 2.3% | 75% | ||
| 112 | Eastern Wood-Pewee | 1 | 12 | 29 | 21 | 2.2% | 27% | ||
| 113 | Sharp-tailed Sandpiper | 2 | 1 | 23 | 21 | 2.2% | 100% | ||
| 114 | Royal Tern | 6 | 9 | 26 | 19 | 2.0% | 24% | ||
| 115 | White-eyed Vireo | 0 | 10 | 25 | 19 | 2.0% | 51% | ||
| 116 | Merlin | 1 | 8 | 36 | 19 | 2.0% | 79% | ||
| 117 | Baltimore Oriole | 0 | 11 | 20 | 18 | 1.9% | 17% | ||
| 118 | Northern Pintail | 1 | 10 | 23 | 18 | 1.9% | 77% | ||
| 119 | American Golden-Plover | 1 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 1.8% | 100% | ||
| 120 | Black-and-white Warbler | 1 | 8 | 22 | 16 | 1.6% | 15% | ||
| 121 | Buff-breasted Sandpiper | 2 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 1.4% | 83% | ||
| 122 | American Wigeon | 2 | 9 | 16 | 14 | 1.4% | 57% | ||
| 123 | Yellow-billed Cuckoo | 0 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 1.2% | 47% | ||
| 124 | Northern Rough-winged Swallow | 0 | 5 | 16 | 11 | 1.1% | 45% | ||
| 125 | Blue-gray Gnatcatcher | 1 | 7 | 16 | 10 | 1.0% | 18% | ||
| 126 | American Coot | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 1.0% | 40% | ||
| 127 | Hooded Merganser | 3 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 1.0% | 54% | ||
| 128 | Lesser Scaup | 1 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 1.0% | 36% | ||
| 129 | Red-tailed Hawk | 0 | 5 | 18 | 9 | 0.9% | 8% | ||
| 130 | Common Raven | 0 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 0.9% | 21% | ||
| 131 | Warbling Vireo | 0 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 0.8% | 9% | ||
| 132 | Red-eyed Vireo | 0 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 0.8% | 8% | ||
| 133 | Ovenbird | 0 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 0.8% | 16% | ||
| 134 | Indigo Bunting | 0 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 0.8% | 21% | ||
| 135 | Least Flycatcher | 1 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 0.8% | 30% | ||
| 136 | Swamp Sparrow | 0 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 0.8% | 36% | ||
| 137 | Tricolored Heron | 0 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 0.8% | 30% | ||
| 138 | White-faced Ibis | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 0.8% | 50% | ||
| 139 | Bobolink | 0 | 5 | 13 | 7 | 0.7% | 26% | ||
| 140 | Least Bittern | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0.7% | 56% | ||
| 141 | Hudsonian Whimbrel | 4 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 0.7% | 36% | ||
| 142 | Red-breasted Merganser | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 0.7% | 38% | ||
| 143 | Snow Goose | 0 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 0.7% | 71% | ||
| 144 | American Kestrel | 1 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 0.6% | 11% | ||
| 145 | Cooper's Hawk | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 0.6% | 12% | ||
| 146 | Eared Grebe | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0.6% | 75% | ||
| 147 | Black-capped Chickadee | 0 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 0.5% | 6% | ||
| 148 | White-breasted Nuthatch | 0 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 0.5% | 6% | ||
| 149 | Chipping Sparrow | 0 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 0.5% | 11% | ||
| 150 | Clapper Rail | 0 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0.5% | 11% | ||
| 151 | Broad-winged Hawk | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 0.5% | 25% | ||
| 152 | Black-throated Blue Warbler | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0.4% | 8% | ||
| 153 | Louisiana Waterthrush | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0.4% | 20% | ||
| 154 | Cliff Swallow | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0.4% | 17% | ||
| 155 | Dickcissel | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 0.4% | 35% | ||
| 156 | Tufted Titmouse | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0.3% | 2% | ||
| 157 | Turkey Vulture | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0.3% | 2% | ||
| 158 | Magnolia Warbler | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0.3% | 3% | ||
| 159 | Piping Plover | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0.3% | 7% | ||
| 160 | Field Sparrow | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0.3% | 12% | ||
| 161 | Cape May Warbler | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0.3% | 6% | ||
| 162 | Savannah Sparrow | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0.3% | 14% | ||
| 163 | Whooper Swan | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0.3% | 100% | ||
| 164 | Red-bellied Woodpecker | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0.2% | 0% | ||
| 165 | Chestnut-sided Warbler | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0.2% | 1% | ||
| 166 | Veery | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0.2% | 2% | ||
| 167 | Scarlet Tanager | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.2% | 3% | ||
| 168 | Worm-eating Warbler | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0.2% | 2% | ||
| 169 | Prairie Warbler | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0.2% | 3% | ||
| 170 | Rose-breasted Grosbeak | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0.2% | 3% | ||
| 171 | White Ibis | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0.2% | 13% | ||
| 172 | Black-billed Cuckoo | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0.2% | 9% | ||
| 173 | Ruff | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0.2% | 25% | ||
| 174 | Upland Sandpiper | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0.2% | 31% | ||
| 175 | Canada Warbler | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.1% | 0% | ||
| 176 | Hairy Woodpecker | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.1% | 0% | ||
| 177 | Blue-winged Warbler | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0.1% | 1% | ||
| 178 | Wood Thrush | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.1% | 1% | ||
| 179 | Northern Parula | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.1% | 1% | ||
| 180 | Saltmarsh Sparrow | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.1% | 0% | ||
| 181 | Red-breasted Nuthatch | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.1% | 1% | ||
| 182 | Blackburnian Warbler | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.1% | 0% | ||
| 183 | Seaside Sparrow | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.1% | 0% | ||
| 184 | White-throated Sparrow | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.1% | 0% | ||
| 185 | Black-throated Green Warbler | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.1% | 2% | ||
| 186 | Tennessee Warbler | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.1% | 0% | ||
| 187 | Orchard Oriole | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.1% | 1% | ||
| 188 | Wilson's Warbler | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.1% | 0% | ||
| 189 | Great Horned Owl | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.1% | 3% | ||
| 190 | Mourning Warbler | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.1% | 2% | ||
| 191 | Yellow-rumped Warbler | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0.1% | 0% | ||
| 192 | Common Gallinule | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.1% | 0% | ||
| 193 | Sharp-shinned Hawk | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.1% | 3% | ||
| 194 | Virginia Rail | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.1% | 0% | ||
| 195 | American Woodcock | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0.1% | 11% | ||
| 196 | Western Cattle-Egret | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0.1% | 0% | ||
| 197 | Budgerigar | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.1% | 6% | ||
| 198 | Horned Lark | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.1% | 0% | ||
| 199 | Northern Gannet | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.1% | 14% | ||
| 200 | Black Swan | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.1% | 0% | ||
| 201 | Common Goldeneye | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.1% | 0% | ||
| 202 | Graylag Goose | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.1% | 0% | ||