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

based on 133 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--Terrapin Point (Brooklyn) in August. 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   Laughing Gull 32.2% 60.9% 28.7%
2   Great Egret 32.7% 55.6% 22.9%
3   American Herring Gull 37.7% 51.1% 13.4%
4   Double-crested Cormorant 40.1% 50.4% 10.3%
5   Northern Mockingbird 34.8% 48.9% 14.0%
6   Snowy Egret 21.0% 48.1% 27.1%
7   Mallard 39.3% 46.6% 7.3%
8   Semipalmated Sandpiper 22.7% 45.9% 23.2%
9   Osprey 30.6% 45.1% 14.5%
10   Canada Goose 39.9% 42.9% 3.0%
11   Semipalmated Plover 20.2% 42.9% 22.6%
12   Forster's Tern 13.1% 42.9% 29.8%
13   Gray Catbird 54.3% 40.6% 13.7%
14   Mute Swan 13.5% 36.8% 23.3%
15   Least Sandpiper 21.0% 36.1% 15.1%
16   American Black Duck 9.4% 36.1% 26.7%
17   European Starling 49.3% 34.6% 14.7%
18   Great Black-backed Gull 25.2% 33.1% 7.9%
19   Common Tern 16.1% 32.3% 16.2%
20   Great Blue Heron 30.3% 31.6% 1.3%
21   Black-crowned Night-Heron 13.1% 31.6% 18.4%
22   American Avocet 1.0% 31.6% 30.6%
23   Song Sparrow 33.8% 30.8% 3.0%
24   Red-winged Blackbird 26.7% 30.1% 3.4%
25   Yellow Warbler 19.3% 29.3% 10.0%
26   Barn Swallow 37.7% 28.6% 9.2%
27   Lesser Yellowlegs 12.7% 27.8% 15.1%
28   Short-billed Dowitcher 9.6% 27.1% 17.5%
29   Tree Swallow 13.4% 26.3% 12.9%
30   Boat-tailed Grackle 4.0% 25.6% 21.5%
31   Greater Yellowlegs 14.6% 24.1% 9.4%
32   American Robin 56.2% 22.6% 33.7%
33   Eastern Towhee 6.3% 21.8% 15.5%
34   Glossy Ibis 6.0% 21.1% 15.1%
35   Ruddy Duck 2.2% 21.1% 18.8%
36   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 8.8% 20.3% 11.5%
37   Northern Cardinal 48.1% 19.5% 28.6%
38   Ring-billed Gull 30.8% 18.8% 12.0%
39   Peregrine Falcon 7.0% 17.3% 10.3%
40   Stilt Sandpiper 3.6% 17.3% 13.7%
41   Least Tern 4.9% 15.8% 10.9%
42   American Oystercatcher 11.4% 15.0% 3.6%
43   Black Skimmer 5.7% 13.5% 7.8%
44   Cedar Waxwing 15.5% 12.8% 2.7%
45   White-rumped Sandpiper 3.7% 12.8% 9.0%
46   Gull-billed Tern 1.2% 12.8% 11.6%
47   Willow Flycatcher 4.3% 12.0% 7.7%
48   Common Yellowthroat 15.1% 11.3% 3.8%
49   Gadwall 3.6% 11.3% 7.7%
50   Carolina Wren 25.9% 10.5% 15.3%
51   Killdeer 13.5% 10.5% 2.9%
52   Mourning Dove 53.6% 9.8% 43.8%
53   Black Tern 0.8% 9.0% 8.3%
54   Spotted Sandpiper 15.6% 7.5% 8.0%
55   House Wren 10.6% 7.5% 3.1%
56   Brown Thrasher 2.6% 6.8% 4.2%
57   American Goldfinch 36.9% 6.0% 30.9%
58   Pectoral Sandpiper 2.7% 6.0% 3.3%
59   Marbled Godwit 0.7% 5.3% 4.6%
60   Common Grackle 28.1% 4.5% 23.6%
61   House Finch 14.5% 4.5% 10.0%
62   Fish Crow 8.5% 4.5% 4.0%
63   Black-bellied Plover 6.5% 4.5% 2.0%
64   Purple Martin 3.1% 4.5% 1.4%
65   Bank Swallow 2.9% 4.5% 1.6%
66   Wilson's Phalarope 1.3% 4.5% 3.2%
67   American Redstart 22.5% 3.8% 18.7%
68   Willet 3.3% 3.8% 0.5%
69   Northern Shoveler 1.2% 3.8% 2.5%
70   Rock Pigeon 36.0% 3.0% 33.0%
71   Eastern Kingbird 15.6% 3.0% 12.6%
72   Green Heron 10.9% 3.0% 7.9%
73   House Sparrow 49.2% 2.3% 46.9%
74   Northern Flicker 26.1% 2.3% 23.9%
75   Chimney Swift 23.8% 2.3% 21.5%
76   American Crow 13.7% 2.3% 11.4%
77   Ruddy Turnstone 5.1% 2.3% 2.9%
78   Little Blue Heron 3.8% 2.3% 1.5%
79   Royal Tern 2.5% 2.3% 0.2%
80   Green-winged Teal 1.5% 2.3% 0.7%
81   Blue-winged Teal 1.5% 2.3% 0.8%
82   Brant 0.8% 2.3% 1.5%
83   Northern Harrier 0.7% 2.3% 1.5%
84   Lesser Scaup 0.2% 2.3% 2.1%
85   Blue Jay 36.1% 1.5% 34.6%
86   Downy Woodpecker 25.2% 1.5% 23.7%
87   Black-and-white Warbler 15.0% 1.5% 13.5%
88   Great Crested Flycatcher 7.6% 1.5% 6.1%
89   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 6.2% 1.5% 4.7%
90   Brown-headed Cowbird 5.5% 1.5% 4.0%
91   Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1.4% 1.5% 0.1%
92   Pied-billed Grebe 0.9% 1.5% 0.6%
93   Tricolored Heron 0.5% 1.5% 1.0%
94   Greater Scaup 0.3% 1.5% 1.2%
95   Black-capped Chickadee 9.9% 0.8% 9.1%
96   Wood Duck 9.2% 0.8% 8.5%
97   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 8.9% 0.8% 8.1%
98   Marsh Wren 5.1% 0.8% 4.4%
99   American Kestrel 3.8% 0.8% 3.1%
100   Bald Eagle 2.8% 0.8% 2.1%
101   Caspian Tern 2.3% 0.8% 1.5%
102   Bobolink 2.0% 0.8% 1.3%
103   White-eyed Vireo 1.9% 0.8% 1.2%
104   Cape May Warbler 1.7% 0.8% 0.9%
105   Blackburnian Warbler 1.2% 0.8% 0.4%
106   Swamp Sparrow 1.1% 0.8% 0.4%
107   Prairie Warbler 1.1% 0.8% 0.3%
108   Orchard Oriole 0.9% 0.8% 0.1%
109   American White Pelican 0.8% 0.8% 0.1%
110   Savannah Sparrow 0.6% 0.8% 0.2%
111   Whimbrel 0.6% 0.8% 0.2%
112   Common Loon 0.5% 0.8% 0.3%
113   Bonaparte's Gull 0.3% 0.8% 0.4%
114   Common Gallinule 0.2% 0.8% 0.5%
115   Blackpoll Warbler 0.1% 0.8% 0.7%