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

based on 63 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 32.0% 63.5% 31.5%
2   Great Egret 34.5% 60.3% 25.8%
3   Double-crested Cormorant 41.3% 57.1% 15.8%
4   Semipalmated Sandpiper 24.1% 57.1% 33.0%
5   Herring Gull 39.5% 55.6% 16.1%
6   Northern Mockingbird 36.0% 55.6% 19.6%
7   Mallard 40.8% 54.0% 13.2%
8   Osprey 30.7% 50.8% 20.1%
9   Forster's Tern 13.1% 50.8% 37.7%
10   Semipalmated Plover 21.1% 49.2% 28.1%
11   Canada Goose 40.8% 47.6% 6.8%
12   Gray Catbird 54.7% 44.4% 10.2%
13   Great Black-backed Gull 27.0% 44.4% 17.5%
14   Song Sparrow 35.0% 42.9% 7.9%
15   Snowy Egret 22.5% 42.9% 20.4%
16   Mute Swan 14.4% 42.9% 28.4%
17   Least Sandpiper 22.0% 41.3% 19.3%
18   European Starling 51.1% 38.1% 13.0%
19   Great Blue Heron 30.6% 38.1% 7.5%
20   Common Tern 16.4% 38.1% 21.7%
21   Black-crowned Night-Heron 14.5% 38.1% 23.6%
22   American Black Duck 10.0% 38.1% 28.1%
23   Yellow Warbler 20.2% 36.5% 16.3%
24   Lesser Yellowlegs 13.9% 34.9% 21.0%
25   Barn Swallow 39.9% 33.3% 6.6%
26   Red-winged Blackbird 28.5% 33.3% 4.9%
27   Tree Swallow 14.1% 31.7% 17.7%
28   Eastern Towhee 7.0% 31.7% 24.7%
29   Short-billed Dowitcher 10.4% 30.2% 19.8%
30   Boat-tailed Grackle 4.2% 30.2% 25.9%
31   Ruddy Duck 2.3% 28.6% 26.2%
32   American Robin 57.3% 25.4% 31.9%
33   Northern Cardinal 47.8% 25.4% 22.4%
34   Glossy Ibis 6.5% 25.4% 18.9%
35   Greater Yellowlegs 15.8% 22.2% 6.4%
36   Ring-billed Gull 31.8% 20.6% 11.2%
37   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 9.1% 20.6% 11.5%
38   Willow Flycatcher 4.7% 20.6% 16.0%
39   Peregrine Falcon 7.6% 17.5% 9.9%
40   American Oystercatcher 12.4% 15.9% 3.5%
41   Gadwall 3.9% 15.9% 12.0%
42   American Avocet 1.2% 15.9% 14.7%
43   Carolina Wren 24.7% 14.3% 10.5%
44   Killdeer 14.2% 14.3% 0.1%
45   White-rumped Sandpiper 4.0% 14.3% 10.3%
46   Gull-billed Tern 1.2% 14.3% 13.1%
47   House Wren 11.4% 12.7% 1.3%
48   Pectoral Sandpiper 3.1% 12.7% 9.6%
49   Spotted Sandpiper 17.0% 11.1% 5.9%
50   Cedar Waxwing 16.8% 11.1% 5.7%
51   Fish Crow 9.0% 11.1% 2.1%
52   Mourning Dove 53.8% 9.5% 44.2%
53   Black-bellied Plover 7.4% 9.5% 2.1%
54   Brown Thrasher 3.1% 9.5% 6.4%
55   American Goldfinch 37.7% 7.9% 29.7%
56   Common Yellowthroat 15.2% 7.9% 7.2%
57   Least Tern 5.1% 7.9% 2.9%
58   House Finch 14.9% 6.3% 8.6%
59   Black Skimmer 5.8% 6.3% 0.6%
60   Willet 3.6% 6.3% 2.7%
61   Blue Jay 35.4% 4.8% 30.6%
62   Green Heron 11.9% 4.8% 7.1%
63   Stilt Sandpiper 3.7% 4.8% 1.1%
64   Bank Swallow 3.1% 4.8% 1.7%
65   Lesser Scaup 0.2% 4.8% 4.6%
66   Rock Pigeon 35.5% 3.2% 32.3%
67   Eastern Kingbird 16.8% 3.2% 13.6%
68   American Crow 14.4% 3.2% 11.3%
69   Little Blue Heron 4.2% 3.2% 1.1%
70   Purple Martin 3.2% 3.2% 0.0%
71   Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1.6% 3.2% 1.6%
72   Wilson's Phalarope 1.5% 3.2% 1.7%
73   Pied-billed Grebe 1.0% 3.2% 2.2%
74   Northern Harrier 0.9% 3.2% 2.3%
75   Marbled Godwit 0.7% 3.2% 2.4%
76   Tricolored Heron 0.7% 3.2% 2.5%
77   House Sparrow 50.0% 1.6% 48.5%
78   Common Grackle 28.3% 1.6% 26.7%
79   Northern Flicker 26.0% 1.6% 24.4%
80   Chimney Swift 23.9% 1.6% 22.3%
81   American Redstart 22.0% 1.6% 20.4%
82   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 9.0% 1.6% 7.4%
83   Great Crested Flycatcher 7.0% 1.6% 5.5%
84   Marsh Wren 5.6% 1.6% 4.1%
85   Ruddy Turnstone 5.5% 1.6% 3.9%
86   Sanderling 5.3% 1.6% 3.7%
87   Bald Eagle 2.5% 1.6% 0.9%
88   Green-winged Teal 1.7% 1.6% 0.2%
89   Blue-winged Teal 1.7% 1.6% 0.1%
90   Northern Shoveler 1.3% 1.6% 0.2%
91   Orchard Oriole 1.0% 1.6% 0.6%
92   American White Pelican 0.9% 1.6% 0.7%
93   Brant 0.8% 1.6% 0.8%
94   Savannah Sparrow 0.7% 1.6% 0.9%
95   Whimbrel 0.5% 1.6% 1.0%
96   Common Loon 0.5% 1.6% 1.1%
97   Greater Scaup 0.3% 1.6% 1.3%
98   Common Gallinule 0.3% 1.6% 1.3%