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Top Birds at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond in January
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA

based on 116 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond in January. 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   Canada Goose 53.4% 75.0% 21.6%
2   Ruddy Duck 16.5% 67.2% 50.8%
3   American Black Duck 27.8% 59.5% 31.7%
4   Herring Gull 43.3% 56.9% 13.6%
5   Ring-billed Gull 52.0% 50.0% 2.0%
6   Mallard 49.0% 50.0% 1.0%
7   Mute Swan 14.4% 50.0% 35.6%
8   Northern Shoveler 15.9% 46.6% 30.6%
9   Snow Goose 2.5% 46.6% 44.0%
10   Great Black-backed Gull 31.6% 44.0% 12.4%
11   Red-breasted Merganser 19.3% 42.2% 23.0%
12   Northern Cardinal 36.7% 37.1% 0.4%
13   Hooded Merganser 19.5% 36.2% 16.7%
14   Double-crested Cormorant 13.8% 32.8% 18.9%
15   Bufflehead 31.9% 30.2% 1.7%
16   Gadwall 16.7% 29.3% 12.6%
17   American Wigeon 6.2% 29.3% 23.1%
18   Great Blue Heron 14.7% 26.7% 12.0%
19   Northern Mockingbird 23.6% 23.3% 0.3%
20   White-throated Sparrow 42.2% 21.6% 20.6%
21   Brant 20.5% 20.7% 0.2%
22   Greater Scaup 9.9% 20.7% 10.8%
23   Yellow-rumped Warbler 4.8% 20.7% 15.8%
24   American Coot 11.3% 19.8% 8.5%
25   Song Sparrow 32.2% 19.0% 13.3%
26   American Robin 24.9% 18.1% 6.8%
27   Carolina Wren 15.1% 18.1% 3.0%
28   Lesser Scaup 5.1% 14.7% 9.6%
29   European Starling 36.0% 13.8% 22.2%
30   Green-winged Teal 4.4% 13.8% 9.4%
31   Northern Harrier 4.2% 12.9% 8.7%
32   Canvasback 3.1% 12.9% 9.8%
33   Downy Woodpecker 27.2% 12.1% 15.1%
34   American Crow 18.2% 12.1% 6.1%
35   Gray Catbird 2.6% 12.1% 9.5%
36   Northern Flicker 6.9% 9.5% 2.6%
37   Redhead 2.4% 9.5% 7.1%
38   Rock Pigeon 28.9% 8.6% 20.2%
39   Northern Pintail 3.5% 8.6% 5.1%
40   Tundra Swan 0.1% 8.6% 8.6%
41   Common Merganser 6.7% 7.8% 1.1%
42   American Goldfinch 13.2% 6.9% 6.3%
43   American Tree Sparrow 6.6% 6.9% 0.3%
44   Eurasian Wigeon 0.4% 6.9% 6.5%
45   Mourning Dove 29.4% 6.0% 23.4%
46   Fish Crow 5.0% 6.0% 1.0%
47   House Sparrow 35.7% 5.2% 30.5%
48   Red-tailed Hawk 21.8% 5.2% 16.6%
49   Common Grackle 5.1% 5.2% 0.0%
50   Great Cormorant 4.8% 5.2% 0.3%
51   Cooper's Hawk 8.4% 4.3% 4.1%
52   Pied-billed Grebe 4.5% 4.3% 0.2%
53   Glaucous Gull 0.4% 4.3% 3.9%
54   Black-capped Chickadee 22.0% 3.4% 18.6%
55   House Finch 13.5% 3.4% 10.0%
56   Red-winged Blackbird 7.2% 3.4% 3.8%
57   Swamp Sparrow 4.7% 3.4% 1.2%
58   Common Raven 3.9% 3.4% 0.4%
59   Blue Jay 33.9% 2.6% 31.4%
60   Ring-necked Duck 4.6% 2.6% 2.0%
61   American White Pelican 0.0% 2.6% 2.6%
62   Hairy Woodpecker 7.8% 1.7% 6.1%
63   Bald Eagle 5.2% 1.7% 3.5%
64   Peregrine Falcon 5.2% 1.7% 3.5%
65   Golden-crowned Kinglet 2.6% 1.7% 0.9%
66   Sharp-shinned Hawk 2.3% 1.7% 0.6%
67   Cedar Waxwing 1.7% 1.7% 0.0%
68   White-breasted Nuthatch 18.3% 0.9% 17.4%
69   Fox Sparrow 6.9% 0.9% 6.0%
70   Brown Creeper 3.7% 0.9% 2.9%
71   Greater Yellowlegs 0.8% 0.9% 0.0%
72   Tree Swallow 0.7% 0.9% 0.1%
73   Common Redpoll 0.5% 0.9% 0.3%
74   Boat-tailed Grackle 0.2% 0.9% 0.6%
75   Yellow-breasted Chat 0.2% 0.9% 0.7%