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Top Birds at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond in December
relative to other locations within 25 miles of 40.781243, -73.966507

based on 103 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond in December. 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 51.7% 79.6% 27.9%
2   Ruddy Duck 15.3% 77.7% 62.4%
3   American Herring Gull 41.4% 53.4% 12.0%
4   American Black Duck 26.5% 53.4% 26.9%
5   Mallard 47.6% 50.5% 2.9%
6   Northern Cardinal 40.4% 46.6% 6.2%
7   Great Blue Heron 20.0% 43.7% 23.7%
8   Ring-billed Gull 49.2% 42.7% 6.5%
9   Hooded Merganser 18.7% 42.7% 24.0%
10   Double-crested Cormorant 17.5% 42.7% 25.2%
11   Snow Goose 2.1% 42.7% 40.6%
12   White-throated Sparrow 49.2% 41.7% 7.4%
13   Red-breasted Merganser 14.6% 41.7% 27.1%
14   Northern Shoveler 14.5% 41.7% 27.3%
15   American Wigeon 6.0% 37.9% 31.9%
16   Great Black-backed Gull 28.5% 36.9% 8.4%
17   Mute Swan 13.7% 34.0% 20.3%
18   American Coot 10.2% 34.0% 23.8%
19   Northern Mockingbird 28.5% 33.0% 4.5%
20   Gadwall 15.1% 33.0% 17.9%
21   Greater Scaup 6.6% 33.0% 26.4%
22   Bufflehead 27.8% 30.1% 2.3%
23   Carolina Wren 19.1% 28.2% 9.0%
24   Song Sparrow 37.1% 27.2% 9.9%
25   European Starling 38.8% 22.3% 16.5%
26   American Robin 30.2% 21.4% 8.8%
27   Brant 18.5% 21.4% 2.8%
28   Northern Harrier 4.8% 21.4% 16.6%
29   Downy Woodpecker 30.8% 19.4% 11.4%
30   Yellow-rumped Warbler 6.8% 19.4% 12.6%
31   American Goldfinch 20.1% 18.4% 1.7%
32   Northern Flicker 10.8% 18.4% 7.6%
33   Green-winged Teal 5.2% 18.4% 13.3%
34   Lesser Scaup 3.6% 18.4% 14.9%
35   Gray Catbird 3.7% 14.6% 10.8%
36   Canvasback 2.1% 12.6% 10.5%
37   American Crow 20.8% 11.7% 9.1%
38   Mourning Dove 36.7% 10.7% 26.0%
39   Rock Pigeon 31.2% 10.7% 20.5%
40   Cooper's Hawk 11.3% 10.7% 0.6%
41   Northern Pintail 3.2% 10.7% 7.5%
42   Red-tailed Hawk 24.7% 9.7% 15.0%
43   Swamp Sparrow 8.1% 9.7% 1.6%
44   American Tree Sparrow 6.2% 9.7% 3.5%
45   Boat-tailed Grackle 0.2% 9.7% 9.5%
46   Dark-eyed Junco 24.0% 8.7% 15.3%
47   Hermit Thrush 5.8% 8.7% 3.0%
48   Pied-billed Grebe 5.0% 8.7% 3.7%
49   House Finch 16.5% 7.8% 8.8%
50   Golden-crowned Kinglet 4.7% 7.8% 3.1%
51   Redhead 1.2% 7.8% 6.6%
52   Black-capped Chickadee 25.7% 6.8% 18.9%
53   Fox Sparrow 9.9% 6.8% 3.1%
54   Fish Crow 5.5% 6.8% 1.3%
55   Great Egret 1.5% 6.8% 5.3%
56   Red-winged Blackbird 9.2% 5.8% 3.4%
57   Bald Eagle 5.0% 5.8% 0.8%
58   Cedar Waxwing 3.4% 5.8% 2.4%
59   Hairy Woodpecker 9.3% 4.9% 4.4%
60   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 5.7% 4.9% 0.9%
61   Common Merganser 4.8% 4.9% 0.1%
62   Greater Yellowlegs 1.6% 4.9% 3.3%
63   Peregrine Falcon 5.6% 3.9% 1.7%
64   Winter Wren 4.8% 3.9% 0.9%
65   Sharp-shinned Hawk 3.2% 3.9% 0.7%
66   Red-bellied Woodpecker 29.1% 2.9% 26.1%
67   Common Grackle 5.4% 2.9% 2.5%
68   Dunlin 1.6% 2.9% 1.3%
69   Rough-legged Hawk 0.2% 2.9% 2.7%
70   Blue-winged Teal 0.1% 2.9% 2.8%
71   Eared Grebe 0.0% 2.9% 2.9%
72   House Sparrow 38.9% 1.9% 37.0%
73   Belted Kingfisher 9.4% 1.9% 7.5%
74   Common Loon 8.6% 1.9% 6.7%
75   Horned Grebe 5.1% 1.9% 3.2%
76   Common Raven 4.9% 1.9% 3.0%
77   Ring-necked Duck 3.9% 1.9% 2.0%
78   Common Goldeneye 3.7% 1.9% 1.7%
79   Great Cormorant 3.6% 1.9% 1.6%
80   Eastern Towhee 2.4% 1.9% 0.5%
81   Merlin 2.4% 1.9% 0.4%
82   Red-shouldered Hawk 1.9% 1.9% 0.0%
83   Black-crowned Night-Heron 1.5% 1.9% 0.4%
84   Purple Finch 1.4% 1.9% 0.5%
85   American Pipit 1.0% 1.9% 0.9%
86   American Woodcock 0.6% 1.9% 1.3%
87   Eurasian Wigeon 0.4% 1.9% 1.6%
88   American Bittern 0.2% 1.9% 1.8%
89   Long-billed Dowitcher 0.0% 1.9% 1.9%
90   Blue Jay 40.2% 1.0% 39.3%
91   Red-throated Loon 6.5% 1.0% 5.6%
92   Wood Duck 4.1% 1.0% 3.2%
93   Great Horned Owl 2.2% 1.0% 1.3%
94   Snow Bunting 2.0% 1.0% 1.0%
95   Field Sparrow 1.8% 1.0% 0.9%
96   Chipping Sparrow 1.4% 1.0% 0.4%
97   Snowy Owl 1.0% 1.0% 0.0%
98   Pine Siskin 0.9% 1.0% 0.0%
99   Tree Swallow 0.9% 1.0% 0.1%
100   Ring-necked Pheasant 0.6% 1.0% 0.4%
101   Iceland Gull 0.5% 1.0% 0.5%
102   Brown Thrasher 0.5% 1.0% 0.5%
103   Marsh Wren 0.3% 1.0% 0.6%
104   Common Redpoll 0.2% 1.0% 0.7%
105   House Wren 0.1% 1.0% 0.8%
106   American White Pelican 0.1% 1.0% 0.9%
107   Glossy Ibis 0.0% 1.0% 1.0%