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Top Birds at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--Terrapin Point (Brooklyn) in January
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA

based on 51 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--Terrapin Point (Brooklyn) in January. 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   Canada Goose 53.4% 76.5% 23.0%
2   Brant 20.5% 74.5% 54.0%
3   Snow Goose 2.6% 72.5% 70.0%
4   Yellow-rumped Warbler 4.8% 64.7% 59.9%
5   Herring Gull 43.3% 62.7% 19.4%
6   Mallard 49.0% 58.8% 9.9%
7   Great Black-backed Gull 31.6% 56.9% 25.3%
8   Bufflehead 31.9% 54.9% 23.0%
9   American Black Duck 27.8% 51.0% 23.2%
10   Ring-billed Gull 52.0% 47.1% 5.0%
11   Song Sparrow 32.2% 45.1% 12.9%
12   Gadwall 16.7% 45.1% 28.4%
13   Ruddy Duck 16.5% 43.1% 26.6%
14   Greater Scaup 9.9% 43.1% 33.3%
15   Red-breasted Merganser 19.3% 41.2% 21.9%
16   Northern Shoveler 16.0% 41.2% 25.2%
17   Northern Cardinal 36.7% 33.3% 3.4%
18   White-throated Sparrow 42.1% 29.4% 12.7%
19   American Wigeon 6.2% 29.4% 23.2%
20   Hooded Merganser 19.5% 27.5% 8.0%
21   Horned Grebe 7.2% 27.5% 20.2%
22   Northern Mockingbird 23.6% 25.5% 1.9%
23   Mute Swan 14.4% 25.5% 11.0%
24   American Coot 11.3% 23.5% 12.2%
25   Northern Pintail 3.5% 17.6% 14.1%
26   Northern Harrier 4.2% 15.7% 11.5%
27   Snowy Owl 1.1% 15.7% 14.5%
28   Carolina Wren 15.1% 13.7% 1.4%
29   Double-crested Cormorant 13.9% 13.7% 0.1%
30   Common Goldeneye 7.0% 13.7% 6.7%
31   Northern Flicker 6.9% 11.8% 4.9%
32   Dunlin 1.7% 9.8% 8.1%
33   House Finch 13.4% 7.8% 5.6%
34   Common Loon 10.6% 7.8% 2.8%
35   American Tree Sparrow 6.6% 7.8% 1.3%
36   Bald Eagle 5.2% 7.8% 2.6%
37   Peregrine Falcon 5.2% 7.8% 2.7%
38   Green-winged Teal 4.4% 7.8% 3.4%
39   Downy Woodpecker 27.2% 5.9% 21.3%
40   American Robin 24.9% 5.9% 19.0%
41   Red-tailed Hawk 21.8% 5.9% 15.9%
42   Red-throated Loon 7.3% 5.9% 1.4%
43   Black-capped Chickadee 22.0% 3.9% 18.1%
44   American Goldfinch 13.2% 3.9% 9.3%
45   Cooper's Hawk 8.4% 3.9% 4.5%
46   Fox Sparrow 6.9% 3.9% 3.0%
47   Great Cormorant 4.8% 3.9% 0.9%
48   Sanderling 4.1% 3.9% 0.2%
49   Golden-crowned Kinglet 2.6% 3.9% 1.3%
50   Cedar Waxwing 1.7% 3.9% 2.2%
51   Glaucous Gull 0.4% 3.9% 3.5%
52   Barrow's Goldeneye 0.2% 3.9% 3.7%
53   European Starling 36.0% 2.0% 34.0%
54   Mourning Dove 29.4% 2.0% 27.4%
55   Rock Pigeon 28.8% 2.0% 26.9%
56   American Crow 18.2% 2.0% 16.2%
57   Great Blue Heron 14.7% 2.0% 12.8%
58   Hairy Woodpecker 7.8% 2.0% 5.9%
59   Lesser Scaup 5.1% 2.0% 3.1%
60   Swamp Sparrow 4.7% 2.0% 2.7%
61   Gray Catbird 2.6% 2.0% 0.6%
62   Redhead 2.4% 2.0% 0.4%
63   Red-breasted Nuthatch 1.9% 2.0% 0.0%
64   Merlin 1.9% 2.0% 0.0%
65   Eastern Towhee 1.8% 2.0% 0.1%
66   Savannah Sparrow 1.2% 2.0% 0.7%
67   Short-eared Owl 0.2% 2.0% 1.8%