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

based on 60 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Jamaica Bay, Ruffle Bar in August. 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   American Oystercatcher 11.3% 96.7% 85.3%
2   Double-crested Cormorant 40.1% 91.7% 51.6%
3   Osprey 30.6% 90.0% 59.4%
4   American Herring Gull 37.7% 86.7% 49.0%
5   Semipalmated Plover 20.2% 86.7% 66.4%
6   Semipalmated Sandpiper 22.7% 81.7% 59.0%
7   Least Sandpiper 21.0% 80.0% 59.0%
8   Great Egret 32.7% 76.7% 44.0%
9   Laughing Gull 32.2% 76.7% 44.4%
10   Great Black-backed Gull 25.2% 73.3% 48.2%
11   Snowy Egret 21.0% 73.3% 52.3%
12   Common Tern 16.1% 73.3% 57.2%
13   Barn Swallow 37.7% 61.7% 24.0%
14   Least Tern 4.9% 60.0% 55.1%
15   Red-winged Blackbird 26.7% 56.7% 30.0%
16   Spotted Sandpiper 15.5% 56.7% 41.2%
17   Ruddy Turnstone 5.1% 56.7% 51.6%
18   Forster's Tern 13.1% 53.3% 40.2%
19   Short-billed Dowitcher 9.6% 53.3% 43.8%
20   Greater Yellowlegs 14.6% 51.7% 37.0%
21   Eastern Towhee 6.3% 45.0% 38.7%
22   Black-bellied Plover 6.5% 43.3% 36.9%
23   Song Sparrow 33.8% 41.7% 7.9%
24   Ring-billed Gull 30.8% 41.7% 10.9%
25   Brant 0.7% 38.3% 37.6%
26   Clapper Rail 4.0% 36.7% 32.7%
27   European Starling 49.3% 35.0% 14.3%
28   Boat-tailed Grackle 4.1% 35.0% 30.9%
29   Black Skimmer 5.7% 33.3% 27.6%
30   Gray Catbird 54.3% 31.7% 22.7%
31   Great Blue Heron 30.3% 30.0% 0.3%
32   Tree Swallow 13.4% 30.0% 16.6%
33   Canada Goose 39.9% 28.3% 11.6%
34   Royal Tern 2.5% 28.3% 25.9%
35   Sanderling 5.2% 25.0% 19.8%
36   American Black Duck 9.4% 23.3% 13.9%
37   Marsh Wren 5.1% 23.3% 18.2%
38   Seaside Sparrow 0.8% 23.3% 22.5%
39   Carolina Wren 25.8% 21.7% 4.2%
40   Yellow Warbler 19.3% 21.7% 2.3%
41   Peregrine Falcon 7.0% 20.0% 13.0%
42   American Goldfinch 36.8% 18.3% 18.5%
43   Common Yellowthroat 15.1% 18.3% 3.3%
44   Lesser Yellowlegs 12.7% 18.3% 5.6%
45   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 8.8% 16.7% 7.9%
46   Bank Swallow 2.9% 16.7% 13.8%
47   Willow Flycatcher 4.3% 15.0% 10.7%
48   Willet 3.3% 15.0% 11.7%
49   Gull-billed Tern 1.2% 13.3% 12.1%
50   Killdeer 13.5% 11.7% 1.8%
51   Whimbrel 0.5% 11.7% 11.1%
52   House Wren 10.6% 10.0% 0.6%
53   Glossy Ibis 6.0% 10.0% 4.0%
54   Northern Harrier 0.7% 10.0% 9.3%
55   Northern Cardinal 48.1% 8.3% 39.8%
56   American Robin 56.2% 6.7% 49.5%
57   Downy Woodpecker 25.2% 6.7% 18.5%
58   Mourning Dove 53.5% 5.0% 48.5%
59   House Finch 14.5% 5.0% 9.5%
60   Little Blue Heron 3.8% 5.0% 1.2%
61   White-rumped Sandpiper 3.8% 5.0% 1.2%
62   Caspian Tern 2.3% 5.0% 2.7%
63   Marbled Godwit 0.7% 5.0% 4.3%
64   Mallard 39.4% 3.3% 36.1%
65   Northern Mockingbird 34.9% 3.3% 31.6%
66   Cedar Waxwing 15.5% 3.3% 12.2%
67   Black-crowned Night-Heron 13.2% 3.3% 9.9%
68   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 8.9% 3.3% 5.5%
69   Fish Crow 8.5% 3.3% 5.2%
70   Bobolink 2.0% 3.3% 1.3%
71   Red Knot 0.8% 3.3% 2.5%
72   House Sparrow 49.1% 1.7% 47.5%
73   Rock Pigeon 35.9% 1.7% 34.3%
74   Northern Flicker 26.1% 1.7% 24.5%
75   American Redstart 22.5% 1.7% 20.8%
76   Eastern Kingbird 15.6% 1.7% 14.0%
77   Northern Waterthrush 15.4% 1.7% 13.7%
78   Baltimore Oriole 14.8% 1.7% 13.1%
79   American Crow 13.7% 1.7% 12.0%
80   Great Crested Flycatcher 7.6% 1.7% 5.9%
81   Eastern Phoebe 3.8% 1.7% 2.1%
82   Purple Martin 3.1% 1.7% 1.5%
83   Cooper's Hawk 2.5% 1.7% 0.9%
84   Least Flycatcher 2.1% 1.7% 0.5%
85   Saltmarsh Sparrow 1.7% 1.7% 0.1%
86   Green-winged Teal 1.5% 1.7% 0.1%
87   Red-shouldered Hawk 0.7% 1.7% 0.9%
88   Savannah Sparrow 0.6% 1.7% 1.1%
89   Baird's Sandpiper 0.6% 1.7% 1.1%