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

based on 34 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--Terrapin Point (Brooklyn) in September. 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   Double-crested Cormorant 32.0% 55.9% 23.9%
2   Mallard 36.6% 50.0% 13.4%
3   Herring Gull 30.9% 50.0% 19.1%
4   Great Egret 20.0% 50.0% 30.0%
5   Laughing Gull 18.6% 50.0% 31.4%
6   Gray Catbird 60.6% 47.1% 13.5%
7   Mute Swan 11.4% 47.1% 35.6%
8   Northern Mockingbird 31.6% 44.1% 12.5%
9   American Black Duck 8.0% 44.1% 36.1%
10   Canada Goose 37.8% 41.2% 3.4%
11   Great Black-backed Gull 18.6% 41.2% 22.6%
12   Snowy Egret 12.1% 41.2% 29.1%
13   Northern Shoveler 3.8% 41.2% 37.4%
14   European Starling 48.4% 38.2% 10.2%
15   Gadwall 4.5% 38.2% 33.7%
16   Forster's Tern 4.1% 38.2% 34.1%
17   Greater Yellowlegs 8.8% 35.3% 26.5%
18   Black-crowned Night-Heron 8.0% 35.3% 27.3%
19   Lesser Yellowlegs 6.4% 32.4% 25.9%
20   Ring-billed Gull 25.2% 29.4% 4.2%
21   Semipalmated Plover 7.0% 26.5% 19.4%
22   Ruddy Duck 1.4% 26.5% 25.0%
23   Eared Grebe 0.1% 26.5% 26.4%
24   Great Blue Heron 24.7% 23.5% 1.2%
25   Pied-billed Grebe 1.8% 23.5% 21.7%
26   Common Yellowthroat 45.2% 20.6% 24.6%
27   Carolina Wren 26.9% 20.6% 6.3%
28   Semipalmated Sandpiper 7.9% 20.6% 12.7%
29   Least Sandpiper 7.2% 20.6% 13.4%
30   Osprey 25.5% 17.6% 7.8%
31   Eastern Towhee 7.8% 17.6% 9.9%
32   American Oystercatcher 5.0% 17.6% 12.6%
33   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 4.0% 17.6% 13.7%
34   Common Tern 4.0% 17.6% 13.7%
35   Green-winged Teal 3.7% 17.6% 14.0%
36   Northern Cardinal 50.4% 14.7% 35.7%
37   Peregrine Falcon 7.4% 14.7% 7.3%
38   American Wigeon 0.9% 14.7% 13.8%
39   Lesser Scaup 0.1% 14.7% 14.6%
40   Yellow Warbler 12.3% 11.8% 0.5%
41   Red-winged Blackbird 12.1% 11.8% 0.4%
42   Merlin 5.4% 11.8% 6.4%
43   Spotted Sandpiper 5.0% 11.8% 6.8%
44   Black-bellied Plover 4.4% 11.8% 7.3%
45   Short-billed Dowitcher 3.0% 11.8% 8.8%
46   Blue-winged Teal 2.1% 11.8% 9.7%
47   Black Skimmer 1.6% 11.8% 10.1%
48   Boat-tailed Grackle 1.3% 11.8% 10.5%
49   Hudsonian Godwit 0.5% 11.8% 11.3%
50   Song Sparrow 28.7% 8.8% 19.8%
51   Cedar Waxwing 16.4% 8.8% 7.6%
52   Brown Thrasher 8.7% 8.8% 0.1%
53   White-rumped Sandpiper 1.3% 8.8% 7.5%
54   American Robin 60.3% 5.9% 54.5%
55   Mourning Dove 53.3% 5.9% 47.4%
56   American Redstart 43.0% 5.9% 37.1%
57   Northern Parula 27.0% 5.9% 21.1%
58   Eastern Phoebe 17.9% 5.9% 12.0%
59   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 16.6% 5.9% 10.7%
60   Palm Warbler 15.1% 5.9% 9.2%
61   Belted Kingfisher 12.1% 5.9% 6.2%
62   Swamp Sparrow 5.0% 5.9% 0.9%
63   Barn Swallow 4.7% 5.9% 1.1%
64   Bobolink 3.2% 5.9% 2.7%
65   Caspian Tern 1.5% 5.9% 4.4%
66   Stilt Sandpiper 1.1% 5.9% 4.8%
67   Western Sandpiper 0.9% 5.9% 5.0%
68   American Goldfinch 27.8% 2.9% 24.8%
69   Red-eyed Vireo 25.1% 2.9% 22.2%
70   Common Grackle 24.0% 2.9% 21.1%
71   Red-tailed Hawk 18.7% 2.9% 15.8%
72   House Wren 17.3% 2.9% 14.3%
73   House Finch 14.9% 2.9% 11.9%
74   Hairy Woodpecker 8.5% 2.9% 5.5%
75   Yellow-rumped Warbler 8.5% 2.9% 5.5%
76   Killdeer 7.5% 2.9% 4.5%
77   Tree Swallow 7.0% 2.9% 4.1%
78   Cape May Warbler 6.9% 2.9% 4.0%
79   Savannah Sparrow 6.3% 2.9% 3.4%
80   Brown-headed Cowbird 4.0% 2.9% 1.1%
81   Northern Harrier 3.6% 2.9% 0.6%
82   White-eyed Vireo 3.5% 2.9% 0.6%
83   Solitary Sandpiper 3.1% 2.9% 0.2%
84   Eastern Kingbird 3.0% 2.9% 0.1%
85   Royal Tern 2.9% 2.9% 0.0%
86   Fish Crow 2.9% 2.9% 0.0%
87   Connecticut Warbler 2.0% 2.9% 1.0%
88   Pectoral Sandpiper 2.0% 2.9% 1.0%
89   Gray-cheeked Thrush 1.5% 2.9% 1.4%
90   Glossy Ibis 1.0% 2.9% 2.0%
91   Northern Pintail 0.8% 2.9% 2.2%
92   Whimbrel 0.5% 2.9% 2.4%
93   Brant 0.5% 2.9% 2.4%
94   Long-billed Dowitcher 0.4% 2.9% 2.6%
95   American Avocet 0.3% 2.9% 2.6%
96   Bank Swallow 0.3% 2.9% 2.6%
97   Greater Scaup 0.1% 2.9% 2.8%
98   Eurasian Wigeon 0.1% 2.9% 2.8%
99   Ash-throated Flycatcher 0.0% 2.9% 2.9%