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

based on 103 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond in April. 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   Ruddy Duck 10.7% 95.1% 84.4%
2   Double-crested Cormorant 36.7% 82.5% 45.8%
3   Mute Swan 15.4% 81.6% 66.2%
4   American Robin 74.8% 69.9% 4.9%
5   Red-winged Blackbird 54.7% 69.9% 15.2%
6   Northern Cardinal 60.6% 60.2% 0.4%
7   Herring Gull 26.4% 59.2% 32.8%
8   Tree Swallow 22.1% 58.3% 36.2%
9   Mallard 54.7% 57.3% 2.6%
10   Canada Goose 52.9% 55.3% 2.4%
11   Bufflehead 11.9% 54.4% 42.5%
12   Laughing Gull 11.1% 47.6% 36.5%
13   Great Black-backed Gull 15.6% 46.6% 31.0%
14   American Black Duck 10.2% 46.6% 36.4%
15   Osprey 19.2% 45.6% 26.4%
16   Northern Shoveler 8.7% 45.6% 36.9%
17   Carolina Wren 22.3% 44.7% 22.4%
18   Song Sparrow 48.8% 42.7% 6.1%
19   Fish Crow 15.6% 40.8% 25.2%
20   Gadwall 8.5% 35.0% 26.5%
21   Yellow-rumped Warbler 31.2% 34.0% 2.8%
22   White-throated Sparrow 57.1% 31.1% 26.1%
23   Great Egret 22.7% 31.1% 8.4%
24   Green-winged Teal 5.1% 31.1% 26.0%
25   Black-crowned Night-Heron 7.6% 29.1% 21.6%
26   Eastern Towhee 21.9% 28.2% 6.2%
27   Northern Mockingbird 28.3% 26.2% 2.1%
28   Ring-billed Gull 23.3% 23.3% 0.0%
29   Northern Flicker 45.2% 22.3% 22.9%
30   American Coot 7.1% 20.4% 13.3%
31   American Crow 19.4% 19.4% 0.0%
32   Barn Swallow 14.4% 19.4% 5.0%
33   Glossy Ibis 2.3% 19.4% 17.1%
34   Brant 13.8% 18.4% 4.6%
35   European Starling 56.7% 17.5% 39.3%
36   Mourning Dove 51.6% 15.5% 36.1%
37   Red-breasted Merganser 7.0% 15.5% 8.5%
38   Greater Scaup 1.4% 14.6% 13.1%
39   American Goldfinch 28.5% 13.6% 14.9%
40   Brown-headed Cowbird 23.0% 13.6% 9.4%
41   Lesser Scaup 1.1% 12.6% 11.6%
42   Forster's Tern 3.6% 11.7% 8.0%
43   Downy Woodpecker 38.0% 10.7% 27.3%
44   Eastern Phoebe 19.0% 10.7% 8.4%
45   Gray Catbird 9.1% 10.7% 1.6%
46   Common Grackle 48.9% 9.7% 39.2%
47   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 29.4% 9.7% 19.7%
48   American Wigeon 1.3% 9.7% 8.4%
49   Black-capped Chickadee 21.9% 8.7% 13.2%
50   Snowy Egret 7.2% 8.7% 1.6%
51   American Oystercatcher 7.0% 8.7% 1.7%
52   Northern Harrier 1.8% 8.7% 6.9%
53   Rock Pigeon 34.2% 7.8% 26.4%
54   Brown Thrasher 6.2% 7.8% 1.6%
55   Boat-tailed Grackle 4.1% 7.8% 3.7%
56   Hermit Thrush 25.5% 6.8% 18.7%
57   Swamp Sparrow 17.8% 6.8% 11.0%
58   Belted Kingfisher 10.2% 6.8% 3.4%
59   Little Blue Heron 0.8% 6.8% 6.0%
60   Redhead 0.2% 6.8% 6.6%
61   House Sparrow 53.2% 5.8% 47.4%
62   Dark-eyed Junco 20.2% 5.8% 14.4%
63   Yellow Warbler 7.8% 5.8% 2.0%
64   Wood Duck 14.3% 4.9% 9.5%
65   Golden-crowned Kinglet 11.8% 4.9% 6.9%
66   Great Blue Heron 11.1% 4.9% 6.3%
67   Field Sparrow 8.1% 4.9% 3.2%
68   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 1.3% 4.9% 3.6%
69   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 17.1% 3.9% 13.2%
70   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 10.9% 3.9% 7.0%
71   Pied-billed Grebe 2.8% 3.9% 1.1%
72   Marsh Wren 0.9% 3.9% 3.0%
73   Turkey Vulture 12.5% 2.9% 9.6%
74   Peregrine Falcon 2.9% 2.9% 0.0%
75   Tricolored Heron 0.3% 2.9% 2.6%
76   Palm Warbler 28.0% 1.9% 26.1%
77   House Finch 16.6% 1.9% 14.7%
78   Pine Warbler 15.7% 1.9% 13.8%
79   Hairy Woodpecker 10.0% 1.9% 8.1%
80   House Wren 7.6% 1.9% 5.7%
81   Greater Yellowlegs 6.5% 1.9% 4.5%
82   Common Raven 3.7% 1.9% 1.7%
83   Horned Grebe 2.8% 1.9% 0.9%
84   Merlin 2.0% 1.9% 0.0%
85   Blue-winged Teal 1.7% 1.9% 0.2%
86   Bank Swallow 0.6% 1.9% 1.4%
87   Snow Goose 0.5% 1.9% 1.4%
88   Blue Jay 52.6% 1.0% 51.7%
89   Red-bellied Woodpecker 39.7% 1.0% 38.8%
90   Red-tailed Hawk 24.9% 1.0% 23.9%
91   Brown Creeper 9.3% 1.0% 8.3%
92   Savannah Sparrow 7.8% 1.0% 6.9%
93   Common Loon 5.2% 1.0% 4.2%
94   Red-throated Loon 4.4% 1.0% 3.4%
95   Cooper's Hawk 3.7% 1.0% 2.7%
96   Green Heron 3.6% 1.0% 2.6%
97   Common Yellowthroat 3.5% 1.0% 2.5%
98   Hooded Merganser 2.8% 1.0% 1.8%
99   Black Vulture 2.5% 1.0% 1.6%
100   Sharp-shinned Hawk 2.5% 1.0% 1.5%
101   Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1.6% 1.0% 0.6%
102   White-eyed Vireo 1.6% 1.0% 0.6%
103   Indigo Bunting 0.9% 1.0% 0.1%
104   Dunlin 0.7% 1.0% 0.3%
105   American Tree Sparrow 0.7% 1.0% 0.3%
106   Northern Pintail 0.7% 1.0% 0.3%
107   Great Cormorant 0.6% 1.0% 0.3%
108   Black-bellied Plover 0.6% 1.0% 0.3%
109   Purple Martin 0.5% 1.0% 0.5%
110   Common Tern 0.2% 1.0% 0.8%
111   Pectoral Sandpiper 0.2% 1.0% 0.8%
112   Seaside Sparrow 0.1% 1.0% 0.8%