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Top Birds at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--Terrapin Point (Brooklyn) in July
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York City, United States

based on 80 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--Terrapin Point (Brooklyn) in July. 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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Evidence Sampling Score
# Links Species Media Years Birders Hits Frequency Relative Rank
1   Laughing Gull 1 13 47 58 72.5% +35.9% 85 / 680
2   Snowy Egret 2 14 38 53 66.2% +42.7% 29 / 402
3   Great Egret 1 14 43 52 65.0% +25.2% 100 / 714
4   Double-crested Cormorant 1 11 43 51 63.7% +19.3% 122 / 867
5   American Herring Gull 1 13 36 50 62.5% +21.5% 132 / 815
6   Gray Catbird 0 14 44 48 60.0% +8.5% 199 / 977
7   Forster's Tern 2 14 36 47 58.8% +41.5% 19 / 361
8   Northern Mockingbird 1 13 38 46 57.5% +16.1% 113 / 952
9   Osprey 1 15 34 46 57.5% +28.3% 86 / 678
10   Canada Goose 0 14 32 45 56.2% +17.1% 139 / 789
11   Great Black-backed Gull 1 13 34 44 55.0% +27.7% 86 / 577
12   Song Sparrow 0 12 28 43 53.8% +5.0% 229 / 892
13   Red-winged Blackbird 0 12 28 42 52.5% +1.5% 235 / 852
14   Tree Swallow 1 12 28 40 50.0% +27.7% 30 / 519
15   Mallard 0 10 32 39 48.8% +10.7% 131 / 730
16   Black-crowned Night-Heron 2 13 28 39 48.8% +28.6% 30 / 525
17   Glossy Ibis 5 11 31 39 48.8% +39.9% 14 / 176
18   Barn Swallow 0 11 30 37 46.2% -2.4% 253 / 923
19   Common Tern 0 12 31 37 46.2% +22.8% 123 / 428
20   Eastern Towhee 4 12 29 37 46.2% +37.1% 29 / 254
21   Boat-tailed Grackle 2 11 25 36 45.0% +37.5% 16 / 150
22   Northern Yellow Warbler 2 12 29 34 42.5% +19.0% 79 / 541
23   American Robin 0 11 27 33 41.2% -22.3% 585 / 1188
24   Great Blue Heron 0 12 28 32 40.0% +11.9% 125 / 685
25   Least Tern 2 11 26 32 40.0% +25.3% 48 / 271
26   Mute Swan 1 12 24 32 40.0% +27.2% 37 / 257
27   Willow Flycatcher 2 10 23 32 40.0% +28.1% 28 / 297
28   European Starling 0 12 24 31 38.8% -15.5% 460 / 1135
29   Common Yellowthroat 0 11 21 30 37.5% +20.2% 95 / 440
30   Least Sandpiper 5 10 28 28 35.0% +17.9% 51 / 313
31   Short-billed Dowitcher 4 10 28 28 35.0% +27.0% 14 / 135
32   American Oystercatcher 1 14 23 27 33.8% +17.7% 82 / 235
33   Lesser Yellowlegs 4 7 31 26 32.5% +24.3% 12 / 152
34   American Black Duck 1 10 22 23 28.7% +20.6% 18 / 290
35   Semipalmated Sandpiper 3 11 21 22 27.5% +14.6% 45 / 247
36   Cedar Waxwing 1 9 19 20 25.0% +3.8% 153 / 642
37   Gadwall 0 9 19 20 25.0% +19.9% 13 / 134
38   House Wren 1 11 16 19 23.8% +7.5% 167 / 532
39   Greater Yellowlegs 3 7 27 19 23.8% +13.0% 32 / 178
40   Black Skimmer 1 10 16 19 23.8% +13.2% 48 / 251
41   Northern Cardinal 0 9 12 18 22.5% -24.1% 651 / 1002
42   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 1 11 18 18 22.5% +11.1% 82 / 249
43   Gull-billed Tern 5 9 19 18 22.5% +20.4% 6 / 28
44   Spotted Sandpiper 2 8 8 15 18.8% +5.6% 110 / 384
45   Semipalmated Plover 1 8 22 14 17.5% +9.5% 39 / 186
46   Mourning Dove 0 6 11 13 16.2% -35.5% 800 / 1132
47   Carolina Wren 0 6 10 13 16.2% -4.2% 345 / 723
48   Brown Thrasher 0 7 11 13 16.2% +12.3% 24 / 162
49   Killdeer 0 5 16 12 15.0% -4.3% 214 / 426
50   Ruddy Duck 5 5 20 12 15.0% +12.1% 10 / 49
51   Ring-billed Gull 0 8 8 10 12.5% -14.5% 404 / 660
52   Marsh Wren 0 6 8 9 11.2% -1.6% 116 / 204
53   Willet 0 6 5 7 8.8% +1.8% 57 / 117
54   Peregrine Falcon 2 4 7 7 8.8% +3.6% 83 / 312
55   Little Blue Heron 1 7 7 7 8.8% +5.2% 51 / 138
56   Tricolored Heron 2 5 8 7 8.8% +8.2% 3 / 29
57   Common Grackle 0 3 5 6 7.5% -27.8% 818 / 936
58   American Goldfinch 0 3 4 6 7.5% -23.3% 605 / 740
59   House Finch 0 4 8 6 7.5% -9.7% 456 / 704
60   American Avocet 3 1 13 6 7.5% +7.1% 3 / 15
61   House Sparrow 0 5 5 5 6.2% -50.4% 1187 / 1232
62   Fish Crow 0 3 3 4 5.0% -9.4% 507 / 657
63   Clapper Rail 1 2 3 4 5.0% -0.6% 70 / 119
64   Black-bellied Plover 1 3 3 3 3.8% +2.9% 20 / 51
65   Hudsonian Whimbrel 0 3 4 3 3.8% +3.3% 14 / 50
66   Red-breasted Merganser 0 3 3 3 3.8% +3.3% 15 / 34
67   Snow Goose 3 2 3 3 3.8% +3.6% 6 / 9
68   Chimney Swift 0 2 2 2 2.5% -20.3% 836 / 860
69   American Crow 0 2 2 2 2.5% -11.0% 685 / 728
70   Brown-headed Cowbird 0 2 2 2 2.5% -6.5% 433 / 480
71   Green Heron 0 1 7 2 2.5% -6.3% 288 / 341
72   Wood Duck 0 2 2 2 2.5% -5.1% 201 / 247
73   Bank Swallow 0 2 2 2 2.5% -3.9% 178 / 210
74   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 0 2 2 2 2.5% -1.1% 162 / 230
75   Ruddy Turnstone 1 2 3 2 2.5% +1.2% 47 / 68
76   Brant 0 2 2 2 2.5% +1.4% 50 / 69
77   Common Loon 1 2 2 2 2.5% +1.7% 42 / 67
78   Green-winged Teal 1 2 2 2 2.5% +2.0% 9 / 29
79   Rock Pigeon 0 1 1 1 1.2% -34.9% 996 / 998
80   Blue Jay 0 1 1 1 1.2% -26.7% 845 / 849
81   Downy Woodpecker 0 1 1 1 1.2% -20.6% 731 / 733
82   Eastern Kingbird 0 1 1 1 1.2% -14.0% 517 / 528
83   Purple Martin 0 1 1 1 1.2% -3.8% 155 / 169
84   Eastern Wood-Pewee 0 1 1 1 1.2% -2.6% 244 / 265
85   Sanderling 0 1 1 1 1.2% -1.3% 79 / 90
86   Bald Eagle 0 1 1 1 1.2% -0.9% 169 / 191
87   Pectoral Sandpiper 0 1 1 1 1.2% -0.4% 48 / 54
88   Northern Waterthrush 0 1 1 1 1.2% -0.3% 103 / 123
89   Solitary Sandpiper 0 1 1 1 1.2% -0.2% 125 / 150
90   Yellow-billed Cuckoo 0 1 2 1 1.2% -0.1% 97 / 114
91   Savannah Sparrow 0 1 1 1 1.2% +0.5% 51 / 65
92   American White Pelican 0 1 2 1 1.2% +0.6% 13 / 14
93   Black Scoter 1 1 1 1 1.2% +0.9% 22 / 26
94   Long-tailed Duck 1 1 1 1 1.2% +1.0% 15 / 20
95   Wilson's Phalarope 1 1 1 1 1.2% +1.1% 6 / 7
96   Common Eider 1 1 1 1 1.2% +1.1% 11 / 13
97   Western Cattle-Egret 0 1 1 1 1.2% +1.2% 5 / 14
98   Merlin 0 1 1 1 1.2% +1.2% 9 / 17
99   Black-necked Stilt 1 1 1 1 1.2% +1.2% 2 / 3
100   Whooper Swan 1 1 1 1 1.2% +1.2% 1 / 2