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Top Birds at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--Terrapin Point (Brooklyn) in October
relative to other locations within 25 miles of 40.781243, -73.966507

based on 12 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--Terrapin Point (Brooklyn) in October. 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 40.5% 58.3% 17.8%
2   Mallard 38.2% 58.3% 20.1%
3   Song Sparrow 54.9% 50.0% 4.9%
4   Yellow-rumped Warbler 49.7% 50.0% 0.3%
5   Double-crested Cormorant 31.0% 50.0% 19.0%
6   Great Egret 13.9% 50.0% 36.1%
7   American Herring Gull 31.8% 41.7% 9.9%
8   American Black Duck 13.4% 41.7% 28.3%
9   Brant 9.0% 41.7% 32.6%
10   Northern Shoveler 8.8% 41.7% 32.9%
11   Gadwall 7.9% 41.7% 33.7%
12   Ruddy Duck 7.8% 41.7% 33.8%
13   Northern Pintail 1.7% 41.7% 39.9%
14   Northern Mockingbird 36.3% 33.3% 3.0%
15   Ring-billed Gull 29.7% 33.3% 3.7%
16   Great Black-backed Gull 17.9% 33.3% 15.5%
17   Laughing Gull 13.5% 33.3% 19.9%
18   Greater Yellowlegs 7.0% 33.3% 26.3%
19   Green-winged Teal 6.4% 33.3% 26.9%
20   American Coot 3.9% 33.3% 29.4%
21   Pied-billed Grebe 3.6% 33.3% 29.7%
22   American Wigeon 2.9% 33.3% 30.5%
23   White-throated Sparrow 58.7% 25.0% 33.7%
24   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 45.1% 25.0% 20.1%
25   Northern Flicker 38.1% 25.0% 13.1%
26   Carolina Wren 23.2% 25.0% 1.8%
27   Great Blue Heron 22.2% 25.0% 2.8%
28   Cooper's Hawk 14.8% 25.0% 10.2%
29   Greater Scaup 0.5% 25.0% 24.5%
30   Eastern Phoebe 36.3% 16.7% 19.6%
31   Swamp Sparrow 32.9% 16.7% 16.2%
32   Golden-crowned Kinglet 29.7% 16.7% 13.1%
33   Dark-eyed Junco 26.6% 16.7% 9.9%
34   American Goldfinch 23.3% 16.7% 6.6%
35   Mute Swan 10.6% 16.7% 6.1%
36   Sharp-shinned Hawk 9.4% 16.7% 7.2%
37   Merlin 7.4% 16.7% 9.3%
38   Northern Harrier 5.6% 16.7% 11.1%
39   Snowy Egret 5.3% 16.7% 11.3%
40   Black-bellied Plover 3.9% 16.7% 12.8%
41   American Oystercatcher 2.1% 16.7% 14.6%
42   Hooded Merganser 1.2% 16.7% 15.5%
43   Red-breasted Merganser 0.6% 16.7% 16.1%
44   Common Gallinule 0.1% 16.7% 16.5%
45   Ross's Goose 0.0% 16.7% 16.6%
46   American Robin 57.7% 8.3% 49.4%
47   Blue Jay 56.7% 8.3% 48.4%
48   European Starling 45.8% 8.3% 37.5%
49   Mourning Dove 45.6% 8.3% 37.3%
50   Northern Cardinal 45.1% 8.3% 36.8%
51   Gray Catbird 37.3% 8.3% 29.0%
52   Downy Woodpecker 30.0% 8.3% 21.7%
53   American Crow 23.4% 8.3% 15.0%
54   Chipping Sparrow 20.5% 8.3% 12.2%
55   Savannah Sparrow 18.7% 8.3% 10.4%
56   Osprey 11.7% 8.3% 3.4%
57   Blue-headed Vireo 11.4% 8.3% 3.1%
58   Wood Duck 9.9% 8.3% 1.6%
59   Peregrine Falcon 7.5% 8.3% 0.8%
60   Brown Thrasher 5.1% 8.3% 3.2%
61   Pine Siskin 3.9% 8.3% 4.4%
62   Dunlin 2.4% 8.3% 5.9%
63   Common Loon 2.1% 8.3% 6.2%
64   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 1.5% 8.3% 6.9%
65   Bufflehead 1.4% 8.3% 6.9%
66   Blue-winged Teal 1.0% 8.3% 7.3%
67   Pectoral Sandpiper 0.9% 8.3% 7.4%
68   Least Sandpiper 0.7% 8.3% 7.7%
69   Snow Goose 0.6% 8.3% 7.8%
70   White-winged Scoter 0.5% 8.3% 7.9%
71   Sora 0.5% 8.3% 7.9%
72   Little Blue Heron 0.5% 8.3% 7.9%
73   White-rumped Sandpiper 0.4% 8.3% 7.9%
74   Lesser Scaup 0.4% 8.3% 8.0%
75   Seaside Sparrow 0.3% 8.3% 8.0%
76   Eared Grebe 0.1% 8.3% 8.3%
77   Tundra Swan 0.0% 8.3% 8.3%