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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.

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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%