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

based on 86 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond in February. 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 55.6% 83.7% 28.1%
2   Ruddy Duck 15.4% 80.2% 64.9%
3   Mute Swan 15.3% 79.1% 63.8%
4   American Black Duck 27.2% 61.6% 34.4%
5   Herring Gull 42.3% 50.0% 7.7%
6   Bufflehead 32.2% 44.2% 12.0%
7   Northern Shoveler 16.4% 40.7% 24.3%
8   Double-crested Cormorant 11.5% 40.7% 29.2%
9   Mallard 50.4% 39.5% 10.8%
10   Snow Goose 2.6% 36.0% 33.5%
11   Ring-billed Gull 51.5% 34.9% 16.6%
12   Northern Cardinal 40.1% 34.9% 5.2%
13   Great Black-backed Gull 30.3% 31.4% 1.0%
14   Yellow-rumped Warbler 4.9% 30.2% 25.3%
15   Red-breasted Merganser 20.1% 29.1% 9.0%
16   White-throated Sparrow 40.3% 27.9% 12.4%
17   Hooded Merganser 19.4% 27.9% 8.5%
18   American Wigeon 7.4% 26.7% 19.3%
19   American Robin 30.1% 23.3% 6.8%
20   Gadwall 15.7% 23.3% 7.5%
21   Song Sparrow 34.6% 22.1% 12.5%
22   Red-winged Blackbird 18.8% 22.1% 3.3%
23   Carolina Wren 15.5% 19.8% 4.3%
24   Northern Mockingbird 23.9% 18.6% 5.3%
25   American Coot 10.6% 18.6% 8.0%
26   Greater Scaup 9.8% 18.6% 8.8%
27   Brant 20.8% 15.1% 5.7%
28   Great Blue Heron 11.4% 15.1% 3.7%
29   American Crow 21.0% 14.0% 7.1%
30   Lesser Scaup 4.8% 11.6% 6.8%
31   Gray Catbird 1.8% 11.6% 9.9%
32   Downy Woodpecker 27.7% 10.5% 17.3%
33   Common Merganser 8.8% 10.5% 1.7%
34   Green-winged Teal 4.9% 10.5% 5.6%
35   Canvasback 3.6% 10.5% 6.9%
36   European Starling 38.5% 9.3% 29.2%
37   American Tree Sparrow 7.7% 9.3% 1.6%
38   Northern Pintail 3.7% 9.3% 5.6%
39   House Sparrow 39.5% 8.1% 31.3%
40   Northern Harrier 4.9% 8.1% 3.3%
41   Black-capped Chickadee 23.4% 7.0% 16.5%
42   Red-tailed Hawk 23.3% 7.0% 16.3%
43   Great Cormorant 4.9% 7.0% 2.1%
44   Mourning Dove 32.1% 5.8% 26.3%
45   Rock Pigeon 28.4% 5.8% 22.5%
46   Cooper's Hawk 7.5% 5.8% 1.7%
47   Pied-billed Grebe 3.8% 5.8% 2.0%
48   Northern Flicker 6.3% 4.7% 1.7%
49   Cedar Waxwing 2.2% 4.7% 2.4%
50   Blue Jay 35.2% 3.5% 31.7%
51   Fish Crow 6.9% 3.5% 3.4%
52   Ring-necked Duck 5.7% 3.5% 2.2%
53   Eurasian Wigeon 0.5% 3.5% 3.0%
54   Dark-eyed Junco 16.4% 2.3% 14.1%
55   House Finch 13.7% 2.3% 11.4%
56   Common Grackle 13.5% 2.3% 11.2%
57   Long-tailed Duck 7.8% 2.3% 5.5%
58   Red-throated Loon 7.6% 2.3% 5.3%
59   Fox Sparrow 7.3% 2.3% 5.0%
60   Common Goldeneye 7.3% 2.3% 5.0%
61   Peregrine Falcon 5.0% 2.3% 2.7%
62   Tufted Titmouse 21.1% 1.2% 20.0%
63   American Goldfinch 12.3% 1.2% 11.1%
64   Horned Grebe 8.3% 1.2% 7.2%
65   Bald Eagle 5.8% 1.2% 4.7%
66   Wood Duck 5.4% 1.2% 4.3%
67   Sharp-shinned Hawk 2.2% 1.2% 1.0%
68   Merlin 2.1% 1.2% 0.9%
69   Hermit Thrush 2.0% 1.2% 0.9%
70   Golden-crowned Kinglet 1.9% 1.2% 0.8%
71   Rough-legged Hawk 0.8% 1.2% 0.4%
72   Tundra Swan 0.2% 1.2% 1.0%
73   Yellow-breasted Chat 0.0% 1.2% 1.1%