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Top Birds at Jamaica Bay, Ruffle Bar in April
relative to other locations within 25 miles of 40.781243, -73.966507

based on 5 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Jamaica Bay, Ruffle Bar 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   Red-winged Blackbird 53.4% 100.0% 46.6%
2   Canada Goose 52.0% 100.0% 48.0%
3   Song Sparrow 48.5% 100.0% 51.5%
4   Osprey 20.0% 100.0% 80.0%
5   Brant 13.1% 100.0% 86.9%
6   Laughing Gull 12.4% 100.0% 87.6%
7   Double-crested Cormorant 36.7% 80.0% 43.3%
8   American Herring Gull 25.2% 80.0% 54.8%
9   Tree Swallow 20.6% 80.0% 59.4%
10   Great Black-backed Gull 14.3% 80.0% 65.7%
11   American Black Duck 10.0% 80.0% 70.0%
12   Red-breasted Merganser 7.0% 80.0% 73.0%
13   American Oystercatcher 6.3% 80.0% 73.7%
14   Greater Yellowlegs 6.0% 80.0% 74.0%
15   Boat-tailed Grackle 3.9% 80.0% 76.1%
16   Forster's Tern 3.7% 80.0% 76.3%
17   Dunlin 0.6% 80.0% 79.4%
18   Black-bellied Plover 0.5% 80.0% 79.5%
19   Mallard 53.0% 60.0% 7.0%
20   Ring-billed Gull 22.5% 60.0% 37.5%
21   Eastern Towhee 22.3% 60.0% 37.7%
22   Great Egret 21.1% 60.0% 38.9%
23   Gadwall 8.3% 60.0% 51.7%
24   Snowy Egret 6.5% 60.0% 53.5%
25   Willet 1.3% 60.0% 58.7%
26   Yellow-rumped Warbler 30.9% 40.0% 9.1%
27   Carolina Wren 22.9% 40.0% 17.1%
28   Fish Crow 15.5% 40.0% 24.5%
29   Bufflehead 11.3% 40.0% 28.7%
30   Common Loon 5.0% 40.0% 35.0%
31   Horned Grebe 2.4% 40.0% 37.6%
32   Clapper Rail 0.9% 40.0% 39.1%
33   Little Blue Heron 0.7% 40.0% 39.3%
34   Northern Cardinal 60.5% 20.0% 40.5%
35   European Starling 56.8% 20.0% 36.8%
36   Eastern Phoebe 19.2% 20.0% 0.8%
37   Barn Swallow 13.4% 20.0% 6.6%
38   Great Blue Heron 11.0% 20.0% 9.0%
39   Gray Catbird 10.9% 20.0% 9.1%
40   Brown Thrasher 6.0% 20.0% 14.0%
41   Green-winged Teal 5.5% 20.0% 14.5%
42   Red-throated Loon 3.8% 20.0% 16.2%
43   Peregrine Falcon 2.7% 20.0% 17.3%
44   Sharp-shinned Hawk 2.1% 20.0% 17.9%
45   American Wigeon 1.2% 20.0% 18.8%
46   Sanderling 0.6% 20.0% 19.4%
47   Ruddy Turnstone 0.1% 20.0% 19.9%
48   Common Eider 0.1% 20.0% 19.9%