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

based on 72 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--Big Johns Pond in July. 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   Gray Catbird 53.5% 65.3% 11.8%
2   Black-crowned Night-Heron 21.8% 61.1% 39.3%
3   Yellow Warbler 25.3% 54.2% 28.8%
4   Glossy Ibis 10.1% 44.4% 34.3%
5   American Robin 65.6% 40.3% 25.3%
6   American Goldfinch 31.9% 33.3% 1.4%
7   Red-winged Blackbird 51.9% 30.6% 21.3%
8   Laughing Gull 34.4% 29.2% 5.3%
9   Double-crested Cormorant 45.1% 25.0% 20.1%
10   Cedar Waxwing 23.4% 25.0% 1.6%
11   Northern Cardinal 46.4% 22.2% 24.2%
12   Mallard 39.8% 22.2% 17.6%
13   Mourning Dove 51.1% 20.8% 30.3%
14   Great Egret 41.5% 20.8% 20.6%
15   Snowy Egret 25.2% 20.8% 4.4%
16   Mute Swan 14.1% 20.8% 6.7%
17   Eastern Towhee 10.5% 19.4% 8.9%
18   Great Blue Heron 28.1% 18.1% 10.1%
19   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 11.7% 18.1% 6.3%
20   Barn Swallow 49.8% 16.7% 33.2%
21   Canada Goose 40.1% 16.7% 23.4%
22   House Wren 17.6% 16.7% 0.9%
23   Song Sparrow 49.3% 15.3% 34.0%
24   Northern Mockingbird 41.9% 15.3% 26.6%
25   Osprey 28.4% 15.3% 13.1%
26   Tree Swallow 24.3% 15.3% 9.0%
27   Forster's Tern 17.7% 15.3% 2.5%
28   Spotted Sandpiper 14.5% 15.3% 0.8%
29   Common Tern 23.0% 13.9% 9.1%
30   Green Heron 9.3% 13.9% 4.6%
31   Common Yellowthroat 18.0% 12.5% 5.5%
32   American Oystercatcher 16.8% 11.1% 5.7%
33   European Starling 54.8% 9.7% 45.0%
34   Ring-billed Gull 27.2% 9.7% 17.5%
35   Northern Flicker 21.3% 9.7% 11.6%
36   Carolina Wren 20.0% 9.7% 10.2%
37   Least Sandpiper 17.8% 9.7% 8.1%
38   Herring Gull 42.0% 8.3% 33.7%
39   Willow Flycatcher 12.0% 8.3% 3.6%
40   Lesser Yellowlegs 9.4% 8.3% 1.1%
41   Great Crested Flycatcher 5.5% 8.3% 2.8%
42   Great Black-backed Gull 28.4% 6.9% 21.5%
43   Short-billed Dowitcher 8.4% 6.9% 1.4%
44   Common Grackle 36.2% 5.6% 30.6%
45   Killdeer 20.0% 5.6% 14.5%
46   Greater Yellowlegs 11.8% 5.6% 6.3%
47   Northern Waterthrush 1.4% 5.6% 4.2%
48   American Crow 14.6% 4.2% 10.4%
49   Semipalmated Sandpiper 13.9% 4.2% 9.8%
50   Black Skimmer 10.6% 4.2% 6.5%
51   Brown-headed Cowbird 10.0% 4.2% 5.9%
52   American Black Duck 8.8% 4.2% 4.6%
53   Brown Thrasher 4.7% 4.2% 0.6%
54   American Redstart 3.1% 4.2% 1.1%
55   Louisiana Waterthrush 0.7% 4.2% 3.5%
56   Rock Pigeon 34.3% 2.8% 31.5%
57   Blue Jay 28.2% 2.8% 25.4%
58   Least Tern 14.9% 2.8% 12.1%
59   Semipalmated Plover 8.0% 2.8% 5.2%
60   Boat-tailed Grackle 7.7% 2.8% 4.9%
61   Wood Duck 7.7% 2.8% 4.9%
62   Gadwall 5.5% 2.8% 2.7%
63   Stilt Sandpiper 2.3% 2.8% 0.5%
64   Gull-billed Tern 2.3% 2.8% 0.5%
65   White-eyed Vireo 1.8% 2.8% 0.9%
66   House Sparrow 56.0% 1.4% 54.6%
67   Downy Woodpecker 22.5% 1.4% 21.1%
68   Chimney Swift 21.8% 1.4% 20.4%
69   House Finch 16.7% 1.4% 15.3%
70   Eastern Kingbird 15.5% 1.4% 14.1%
71   Fish Crow 14.1% 1.4% 12.7%
72   Marsh Wren 13.4% 1.4% 12.0%
73   Willet 7.4% 1.4% 6.0%
74   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 6.9% 1.4% 5.5%
75   Indigo Bunting 6.5% 1.4% 5.1%
76   Clapper Rail 5.8% 1.4% 4.4%
77   Eastern Wood-Pewee 4.8% 1.4% 3.4%
78   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 3.8% 1.4% 2.4%
79   Ruddy Duck 3.2% 1.4% 1.8%
80   Sanderling 2.6% 1.4% 1.2%
81   Eastern Phoebe 2.2% 1.4% 0.8%
82   Pectoral Sandpiper 1.8% 1.4% 0.4%
83   Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1.7% 1.4% 0.3%
84   Least Bittern 1.6% 1.4% 0.2%
85   Blue-winged Teal 0.3% 1.4% 1.1%
86   American Woodcock 0.2% 1.4% 1.2%
87   Northern Harrier 0.2% 1.4% 1.2%
88   Lesser Scaup 0.2% 1.4% 1.2%