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Top Birds at Jamaica Bay, Yellow Bar Hassock in September
relative to other locations within 25 miles of 40.781243, -73.966507

based on 45 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Jamaica Bay, Yellow Bar Hassock in September. 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   Double-crested Cormorant 30.9% 95.6% 64.7%
2   Great Egret 18.9% 95.6% 76.7%
3   Snowy Egret 11.5% 95.6% 84.1%
4   American Herring Gull 29.5% 91.1% 61.6%
5   Laughing Gull 18.6% 86.7% 68.0%
6   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 3.8% 84.4% 80.7%
7   Great Blue Heron 24.5% 80.0% 55.5%
8   Canada Goose 37.2% 71.1% 33.9%
9   Osprey 24.5% 71.1% 46.7%
10   Least Sandpiper 6.9% 71.1% 64.2%
11   Forster's Tern 4.2% 71.1% 66.9%
12   Semipalmated Plover 7.1% 66.7% 59.6%
13   American Black Duck 8.0% 62.2% 54.3%
14   Greater Yellowlegs 8.2% 60.0% 51.8%
15   Short-billed Dowitcher 2.8% 60.0% 57.2%
16   Clapper Rail 1.8% 60.0% 58.2%
17   Semipalmated Sandpiper 7.6% 57.8% 50.1%
18   American Oystercatcher 4.9% 57.8% 52.9%
19   Great Black-backed Gull 17.1% 55.6% 38.5%
20   Black-bellied Plover 3.9% 55.6% 51.6%
21   Boat-tailed Grackle 1.2% 51.1% 49.9%
22   Willet 0.8% 42.2% 41.4%
23   Little Blue Heron 1.8% 40.0% 38.2%
24   Spotted Sandpiper 4.7% 37.8% 33.1%
25   Common Tern 3.7% 33.3% 29.6%
26   Ring-billed Gull 24.3% 31.1% 6.8%
27   Northern Harrier 3.3% 28.9% 25.6%
28   Whimbrel 0.5% 28.9% 28.4%
29   Brant 0.5% 26.7% 26.2%
30   Royal Tern 3.3% 24.4% 21.2%
31   Mallard 35.5% 20.0% 15.5%
32   Peregrine Falcon 6.9% 20.0% 13.1%
33   Lesser Yellowlegs 6.0% 20.0% 14.0%
34   Pectoral Sandpiper 1.8% 17.8% 16.0%
35   White-rumped Sandpiper 1.4% 17.8% 16.3%
36   Ruddy Turnstone 1.3% 13.3% 12.0%
37   Saltmarsh Sparrow 1.0% 13.3% 12.3%
38   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 16.3% 11.1% 5.1%
39   Barn Swallow 4.2% 11.1% 6.9%
40   Green-winged Teal 3.8% 11.1% 7.3%
41   Black-crowned Night-Heron 7.5% 8.9% 1.3%
42   Marbled Godwit 0.4% 8.9% 8.5%
43   Mute Swan 10.9% 6.7% 4.2%
44   Killdeer 6.9% 6.7% 0.3%
45   Tree Swallow 6.2% 6.7% 0.5%
46   Merlin 5.1% 6.7% 1.5%
47   Bald Eagle 4.8% 6.7% 1.9%
48   Black Skimmer 1.7% 4.4% 2.8%
49   Glossy Ibis 1.0% 4.4% 3.5%
50   American Golden-Plover 0.8% 4.4% 3.7%
51   Western Sandpiper 0.7% 4.4% 3.7%
52   Dunlin 0.6% 4.4% 3.8%
53   Seaside Sparrow 0.4% 4.4% 4.1%
54   Tricolored Heron 0.2% 4.4% 4.3%
55   European Starling 46.6% 2.2% 44.4%
56   Common Yellowthroat 44.2% 2.2% 42.0%
57   Rock Pigeon 37.0% 2.2% 34.8%
58   American Goldfinch 26.5% 2.2% 24.2%
59   Yellow Warbler 12.1% 2.2% 9.9%
60   Green Heron 7.4% 2.2% 5.2%
61   Savannah Sparrow 6.3% 2.2% 4.1%
62   Gadwall 4.4% 2.2% 2.2%
63   Sanderling 2.6% 2.2% 0.4%
64   Blue-winged Teal 2.1% 2.2% 0.1%
65   Caspian Tern 1.7% 2.2% 0.6%
66   Northern Pintail 0.7% 2.2% 1.5%
67   Black Tern 0.4% 2.2% 1.8%
68   Long-billed Dowitcher 0.4% 2.2% 1.8%
69   Bank Swallow 0.3% 2.2% 2.0%
70   Nelson's Sparrow 0.2% 2.2% 2.0%
71   American Bittern 0.2% 2.2% 2.0%
72   Red-breasted Merganser 0.2% 2.2% 2.1%
73   Least Tern 0.2% 2.2% 2.1%
74   Gull-billed Tern 0.0% 2.2% 2.2%