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Top Birds at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--Big Johns Pond in July
relative to other locations within 25 miles of 40.781243, -73.966507

based on 81 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 51.9% 65.4% 13.5%
2   Black-crowned Night-Heron 20.0% 59.3% 39.2%
3   Yellow Warbler 23.8% 55.6% 31.8%
4   American Robin 64.2% 42.0% 22.2%
5   Glossy Ibis 8.8% 40.7% 31.9%
6   American Goldfinch 31.1% 37.0% 5.9%
7   Red-winged Blackbird 50.3% 34.6% 15.7%
8   Laughing Gull 35.1% 33.3% 1.8%
9   Double-crested Cormorant 43.9% 27.2% 16.8%
10   Cedar Waxwing 21.4% 25.9% 4.5%
11   Great Egret 38.9% 24.7% 14.2%
12   Mallard 38.1% 24.7% 13.4%
13   Mute Swan 13.1% 24.7% 11.6%
14   Northern Cardinal 47.2% 23.5% 23.8%
15   Mourning Dove 51.1% 22.2% 28.8%
16   Snowy Egret 23.1% 21.0% 2.1%
17   Eastern Towhee 9.6% 21.0% 11.4%
18   Barn Swallow 47.9% 18.5% 29.4%
19   Forster's Tern 16.7% 18.5% 1.8%
20   Northern Mockingbird 40.9% 17.3% 23.6%
21   Canada Goose 39.2% 17.3% 21.9%
22   Great Blue Heron 27.7% 17.3% 10.5%
23   House Wren 16.5% 17.3% 0.8%
24   Osprey 28.2% 16.0% 12.1%
25   Common Tern 22.2% 16.0% 6.2%
26   Tree Swallow 22.1% 16.0% 6.0%
27   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 11.3% 16.0% 4.8%
28   Song Sparrow 48.5% 13.6% 34.9%
29   Spotted Sandpiper 13.0% 13.6% 0.5%
30   Northern Flicker 21.3% 12.3% 9.0%
31   Carolina Wren 21.0% 12.3% 8.6%
32   Common Yellowthroat 16.6% 12.3% 4.3%
33   Green Heron 8.9% 12.3% 3.5%
34   Ring-billed Gull 26.4% 11.1% 15.2%
35   European Starling 53.7% 9.9% 43.9%
36   American Herring Gull 40.0% 9.9% 30.1%
37   American Oystercatcher 15.6% 9.9% 5.7%
38   Great Black-backed Gull 26.4% 8.6% 17.8%
39   Least Sandpiper 16.7% 8.6% 8.1%
40   Willow Flycatcher 11.4% 8.6% 2.8%
41   Lesser Yellowlegs 8.2% 7.4% 0.8%
42   Great Crested Flycatcher 5.7% 7.4% 1.8%
43   Common Grackle 35.8% 6.2% 29.6%
44   Least Tern 14.1% 6.2% 8.0%
45   Short-billed Dowitcher 7.9% 6.2% 1.8%
46   Killdeer 19.1% 4.9% 14.2%
47   Greater Yellowlegs 10.7% 4.9% 5.7%
48   American Black Duck 8.2% 4.9% 3.2%
49   American Redstart 3.0% 4.9% 2.0%
50   Northern Waterthrush 1.5% 4.9% 3.4%
51   Blue Jay 29.1% 3.7% 25.4%
52   American Crow 14.0% 3.7% 10.3%
53   Semipalmated Sandpiper 12.6% 3.7% 8.9%
54   Marsh Wren 11.9% 3.7% 8.2%
55   Black Skimmer 10.3% 3.7% 6.6%
56   Brown-headed Cowbird 9.0% 3.7% 5.3%
57   Wood Duck 7.7% 3.7% 4.0%
58   Gadwall 5.2% 3.7% 1.5%
59   Brown Thrasher 4.0% 3.7% 0.3%
60   White-eyed Vireo 1.6% 3.7% 2.1%
61   Louisiana Waterthrush 0.7% 3.7% 3.0%
62   Rock Pigeon 35.4% 2.5% 32.9%
63   Semipalmated Plover 7.7% 2.5% 5.3%
64   Boat-tailed Grackle 7.3% 2.5% 4.8%
65   Gull-billed Tern 2.1% 2.5% 0.4%
66   Stilt Sandpiper 2.0% 2.5% 0.5%
67   House Sparrow 56.1% 1.2% 54.8%
68   Chimney Swift 22.8% 1.2% 21.6%
69   Downy Woodpecker 22.6% 1.2% 21.4%
70   House Finch 16.8% 1.2% 15.5%
71   Eastern Kingbird 15.4% 1.2% 14.2%
72   Fish Crow 13.9% 1.2% 12.7%
73   Willet 6.7% 1.2% 5.5%
74   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 6.2% 1.2% 5.0%
75   Indigo Bunting 5.9% 1.2% 4.7%
76   Clapper Rail 5.4% 1.2% 4.2%
77   Eastern Wood-Pewee 4.5% 1.2% 3.2%
78   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 3.6% 1.2% 2.4%
79   Ruddy Duck 2.9% 1.2% 1.6%
80   Sanderling 2.5% 1.2% 1.2%
81   Eastern Phoebe 2.2% 1.2% 0.9%
82   Pectoral Sandpiper 1.6% 1.2% 0.4%
83   Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1.4% 1.2% 0.2%
84   Least Bittern 1.3% 1.2% 0.1%
85   Blue-winged Teal 0.3% 1.2% 1.0%
86   Lesser Scaup 0.2% 1.2% 1.0%
87   American Woodcock 0.2% 1.2% 1.1%
88   Northern Harrier 0.2% 1.2% 1.1%