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Top Birds at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--Big Johns Pond in June
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA

based on 66 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--Big Johns Pond in June. 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   Black-crowned Night-Heron 20.0% 74.2% 54.2%
2   Yellow Warbler 31.3% 66.7% 35.4%
3   Gray Catbird 55.2% 65.2% 10.0%
4   Red-winged Blackbird 55.5% 53.0% 2.4%
5   Glossy Ibis 9.0% 36.4% 27.4%
6   American Robin 69.6% 34.8% 34.8%
7   Laughing Gull 26.9% 34.8% 8.0%
8   American Goldfinch 22.1% 31.8% 9.7%
9   Carolina Wren 16.8% 28.8% 12.0%
10   Northern Cardinal 48.0% 27.3% 20.7%
11   House Wren 19.1% 27.3% 8.2%
12   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 9.6% 27.3% 17.7%
13   Cedar Waxwing 31.8% 24.2% 7.6%
14   Tree Swallow 29.2% 24.2% 4.9%
15   Least Bittern 0.8% 24.2% 23.4%
16   Common Yellowthroat 22.2% 22.7% 0.6%
17   Yellow-billed Cuckoo 2.7% 21.2% 18.5%
18   Barn Swallow 43.4% 18.2% 25.2%
19   Willow Flycatcher 13.9% 18.2% 4.3%
20   Eastern Towhee 9.9% 18.2% 8.3%
21   Mallard 45.3% 16.7% 28.7%
22   Osprey 25.9% 16.7% 9.2%
23   Snowy Egret 18.0% 15.2% 2.8%
24   Great Egret 34.5% 13.6% 20.9%
25   Fish Crow 12.8% 13.6% 0.8%
26   Common Grackle 50.3% 12.1% 38.1%
27   Mourning Dove 49.4% 12.1% 37.3%
28   American Redstart 8.9% 12.1% 3.2%
29   Green Heron 7.1% 12.1% 5.1%
30   Double-crested Cormorant 39.8% 10.6% 29.1%
31   Mute Swan 12.4% 10.6% 1.8%
32   Wood Duck 7.7% 10.6% 2.9%
33   Gadwall 7.4% 10.6% 3.2%
34   Herring Gull 35.8% 9.1% 26.7%
35   Forster's Tern 11.0% 9.1% 1.9%
36   Great Crested Flycatcher 10.1% 9.1% 1.0%
37   Northern Mockingbird 37.6% 7.6% 30.1%
38   Downy Woodpecker 18.0% 7.6% 10.4%
39   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 2.7% 7.6% 4.9%
40   European Starling 57.8% 6.1% 51.7%
41   Canada Goose 38.3% 6.1% 32.2%
42   Great Black-backed Gull 24.3% 6.1% 18.2%
43   American Oystercatcher 16.7% 6.1% 10.6%
44   Song Sparrow 44.7% 4.5% 40.1%
45   Common Tern 16.5% 4.5% 12.0%
46   Ring-billed Gull 15.6% 4.5% 11.0%
47   American Black Duck 6.3% 4.5% 1.7%
48   Acadian Flycatcher 1.2% 4.5% 3.3%
49   House Sparrow 56.2% 3.0% 53.2%
50   Chimney Swift 25.4% 3.0% 22.3%
51   Baltimore Oriole 23.9% 3.0% 20.8%
52   Warbling Vireo 23.6% 3.0% 20.5%
53   Northern Flicker 20.0% 3.0% 16.9%
54   American Crow 15.3% 3.0% 12.2%
55   Least Tern 11.4% 3.0% 8.4%
56   Great Blue Heron 11.2% 3.0% 8.1%
57   Eastern Wood-Pewee 9.6% 3.0% 6.5%
58   Boat-tailed Grackle 8.3% 3.0% 5.3%
59   Brown Thrasher 5.7% 3.0% 2.7%
60   Rock Pigeon 33.1% 1.5% 31.6%
61   Blue Jay 30.4% 1.5% 28.9%
62   Brown-headed Cowbird 14.9% 1.5% 13.4%
63   Eastern Kingbird 13.3% 1.5% 11.8%
64   Willet 12.1% 1.5% 10.6%
65   Black Skimmer 8.9% 1.5% 7.4%
66   Spotted Sandpiper 3.9% 1.5% 2.4%
67   Purple Martin 3.5% 1.5% 1.9%
68   Brant 3.0% 1.5% 1.5%
69   Little Blue Heron 2.5% 1.5% 1.0%
70   Ruddy Duck 2.0% 1.5% 0.5%
71   White-eyed Vireo 1.9% 1.5% 0.3%
72   Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1.8% 1.5% 0.3%
73   Cooper's Hawk 0.9% 1.5% 0.6%
74   Red-breasted Merganser 0.6% 1.5% 0.9%
75   American Woodcock 0.3% 1.5% 1.2%
76   White-faced Ibis 0.1% 1.5% 1.4%