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Top Birds at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--Terrapin Point (Brooklyn) in May
relative to other locations within 25 miles of 35.791540, -78.781117

based on 155 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--Terrapin Point (Brooklyn) in May. 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   Tree Swallow 15.2% 56.8% 41.5%
2   Laughing Gull 0.2% 54.8% 54.6%
3   Red-winged Blackbird 27.3% 51.6% 24.3%
4   Canada Goose 41.2% 51.0% 9.8%
5   Yellow Warbler 7.8% 50.3% 42.5%
6   Brant 0% 49.0% 49.0%
7   Mallard 28.2% 47.7% 19.6%
8   Double-crested Cormorant 16.8% 47.1% 30.3%
9   American Herring Gull 0.1% 45.8% 45.7%
10   Northern Mockingbird 29.9% 41.9% 12.0%
11   Gray Catbird 28.1% 41.3% 13.2%
12   Glossy Ibis 0.1% 41.3% 41.1%
13   Osprey 16.3% 39.4% 23.0%
14   Forster's Tern 0.1% 38.7% 38.6%
15   Great Black-backed Gull 0% 38.7% 38.7%
16   American Oystercatcher 0% 38.7% 38.7%
17   Snowy Egret 0.4% 38.1% 37.7%
18   Gadwall 0.0% 37.4% 37.4%
19   Song Sparrow 15.7% 36.8% 21.0%
20   Great Egret 2.5% 35.5% 33.0%
21   Semipalmated Sandpiper 2.4% 35.5% 33.0%
22   Barn Swallow 30.1% 34.2% 4.1%
23   Brown Thrasher 16.2% 34.2% 18.0%
24   Ruddy Duck 0.4% 34.2% 33.8%
25   Willet 0.0% 34.2% 34.2%
26   Boat-tailed Grackle 0% 32.9% 32.9%
27   Willow Flycatcher 0.2% 32.3% 32.1%
28   Eastern Towhee 36.5% 29.0% 7.5%
29   Mute Swan 0.3% 29.0% 28.7%
30   Black-bellied Plover 0.2% 29.0% 28.9%
31   Common Yellowthroat 40.3% 27.1% 13.2%
32   American Robin 38.0% 25.8% 12.2%
33   Least Sandpiper 4.9% 24.5% 19.6%
34   Ring-billed Gull 1.3% 20.6% 19.3%
35   Dunlin 0.5% 20.6% 20.2%
36   American Black Duck 0.0% 20.6% 20.6%
37   Semipalmated Plover 2.0% 18.7% 16.8%
38   Ruddy Turnstone 0.1% 17.4% 17.4%
39   Spotted Sandpiper 15.6% 16.8% 1.2%
40   House Wren 8.5% 16.8% 8.2%
41   Northern Cardinal 79.5% 16.1% 63.4%
42   Red Knot 0% 15.5% 15.5%
43   Short-billed Dowitcher 0.1% 14.8% 14.7%
44   Common Tern 0.2% 14.2% 14.0%
45   Common Grackle 33.9% 13.5% 20.4%
46   White-rumped Sandpiper 0.7% 13.5% 12.9%
47   European Starling 20.4% 12.9% 7.5%
48   Red-necked Phalarope 0.9% 12.9% 12.0%
49   Fish Crow 34.0% 12.3% 21.7%
50   Greater Yellowlegs 1.0% 12.3% 11.2%
51   Red-breasted Merganser 0.2% 12.3% 12.1%
52   Killdeer 19.5% 11.6% 7.9%
53   Mourning Dove 47.8% 11.0% 36.9%
54   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 1.5% 10.3% 8.8%
55   Black-crowned Night-Heron 0.0% 10.3% 10.3%
56   Carolina Wren 70.8% 9.7% 61.2%
57   Great Blue Heron 45.2% 9.7% 35.5%
58   Sanderling 0.0% 8.4% 8.4%
59   American Crow 56.2% 7.7% 48.4%
60   Least Tern 0.1% 7.7% 7.7%
61   Common Eider 0% 7.1% 7.1%
62   Eastern Kingbird 27.0% 6.5% 20.6%
63   Blackpoll Warbler 7.6% 6.5% 1.2%
64   Greater Scaup 0.0% 6.5% 6.4%
65   Chimney Swift 27.5% 5.8% 21.7%
66   Yellow-rumped Warbler 9.9% 5.8% 4.1%
67   Tricolored Heron 0.1% 5.8% 5.7%
68   Little Blue Heron 0.1% 5.8% 5.7%
69   Purple Martin 10.5% 5.2% 5.3%
70   American Redstart 22.1% 4.5% 17.6%
71   Lesser Yellowlegs 1.4% 4.5% 3.1%
72   Bank Swallow 1.2% 4.5% 3.3%
73   Brown-headed Cowbird 37.1% 3.9% 33.2%
74   Black-and-white Warbler 15.1% 3.9% 11.3%
75   Rock Pigeon 5.6% 3.9% 1.7%
76   Savannah Sparrow 1.1% 3.9% 2.8%
77   Northern Shoveler 0.1% 3.9% 3.8%
78   Gull-billed Tern 0% 3.9% 3.9%
79   Northern Flicker 8.5% 3.2% 5.2%
80   Pectoral Sandpiper 0.2% 3.2% 3.0%
81   American Coot 0.1% 3.2% 3.1%
82   Green-winged Teal 0.0% 3.2% 3.2%
83   Peregrine Falcon 0.0% 3.2% 3.2%
84   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 18.1% 2.6% 15.6%
85   White-throated Sparrow 7.9% 2.6% 5.3%
86   Black-necked Stilt 0.1% 2.6% 2.5%
87   Clapper Rail 0% 2.6% 2.6%
88   American Goldfinch 45.0% 1.9% 43.1%
89   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 30.0% 1.9% 28.1%
90   Eastern Wood-Pewee 20.8% 1.9% 18.9%
91   Swamp Sparrow 2.0% 1.9% 0.0%
92   Common Loon 0.3% 1.9% 1.6%
93   Blue-winged Teal 0.3% 1.9% 1.6%
94   Marsh Wren 0.0% 1.9% 1.9%
95   Red-eyed Vireo 51.9% 1.3% 50.6%
96   Northern Parula 35.3% 1.3% 34.0%
97   Orchard Oriole 15.5% 1.3% 14.2%
98   Cedar Waxwing 14.0% 1.3% 12.7%
99   Scarlet Tanager 11.6% 1.3% 10.3%
100   Yellow-billed Cuckoo 11.6% 1.3% 10.3%
101   Yellow-throated Vireo 7.0% 1.3% 5.7%
102   Northern Waterthrush 6.7% 1.3% 5.5%
103   Veery 2.8% 1.3% 1.5%
104   Merlin 0.1% 1.3% 1.2%
105   Northern Pintail 0.0% 1.3% 1.3%
106   White-faced Ibis 0% 1.3% 1.3%
107   Red-throated Loon 0% 1.3% 1.3%
108   Snow Goose 0% 1.3% 1.3%
109   Black Skimmer 0% 1.3% 1.3%
110   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 57.5% 0.6% 56.9%
111   Great Crested Flycatcher 49.0% 0.6% 48.4%
112   Downy Woodpecker 40.3% 0.6% 39.6%
113   Chipping Sparrow 38.3% 0.6% 37.7%
114   House Finch 29.3% 0.6% 28.7%
115   Wood Duck 12.5% 0.6% 11.9%
116   Belted Kingfisher 12.1% 0.6% 11.4%
117   Bald Eagle 10.5% 0.6% 9.8%
118   Green Heron 9.8% 0.6% 9.2%
119   Swainson's Thrush 7.0% 0.6% 6.4%
120   Prairie Warbler 6.7% 0.6% 6.0%
121   House Sparrow 3.3% 0.6% 2.6%
122   Field Sparrow 3.0% 0.6% 2.3%
123   Bobolink 2.8% 0.6% 2.1%
124   Rose-breasted Grosbeak 2.1% 0.6% 1.5%
125   Hooded Merganser 1.7% 0.6% 1.1%
126   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1.3% 0.6% 0.7%
127   Chestnut-sided Warbler 1.2% 0.6% 0.6%
128   Baltimore Oriole 1.2% 0.6% 0.5%
129   Blue-headed Vireo 1.2% 0.6% 0.5%
130   Blackburnian Warbler 0.3% 0.6% 0.3%
131   Hermit Thrush 0.3% 0.6% 0.3%
132   Western Cattle-Egret 0.2% 0.6% 0.5%
133   White-crowned Sparrow 0.1% 0.6% 0.5%
134   Lesser Scaup 0.1% 0.6% 0.6%
135   Whimbrel 0.0% 0.6% 0.6%
136   Common Goldeneye 0% 0.6% 0.6%
137   Bufflehead 0% 0.6% 0.6%
138   Seaside Sparrow 0% 0.6% 0.6%
139   Saltmarsh Sparrow 0% 0.6% 0.6%
140   Fulvous Whistling-Duck 0% 0.6% 0.6%
141   King Eider 0% 0.6% 0.6%
142   Wilson's Phalarope 0% 0.6% 0.6%