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

based on 54 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--Big Johns Pond 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   Gray Catbird 60.2% 57.4% 2.8%
2   Northern Waterthrush 15.9% 33.3% 17.4%
3   Solitary Sandpiper 3.3% 31.5% 28.2%
4   Lesser Yellowlegs 6.0% 29.6% 23.6%
5   Black-crowned Night-Heron 7.5% 27.8% 20.2%
6   American Robin 59.4% 25.9% 33.4%
7   American Goldfinch 26.4% 25.9% 0.5%
8   Eastern Phoebe 17.3% 25.9% 8.6%
9   Greater Yellowlegs 8.2% 25.9% 17.7%
10   Common Yellowthroat 44.2% 24.1% 20.2%
11   Double-crested Cormorant 30.9% 24.1% 6.8%
12   Mute Swan 10.9% 22.2% 11.3%
13   Northern Flicker 42.3% 20.4% 21.9%
14   Great Egret 18.9% 20.4% 1.4%
15   Snowy Egret 11.5% 20.4% 8.9%
16   Northern Cardinal 50.4% 18.5% 31.8%
17   Mallard 35.5% 18.5% 16.9%
18   Canada Goose 37.3% 16.7% 20.6%
19   Least Sandpiper 6.9% 16.7% 9.8%
20   Northern Mockingbird 30.9% 14.8% 16.1%
21   American Herring Gull 29.6% 14.8% 14.8%
22   Osprey 24.5% 14.8% 9.7%
23   Laughing Gull 18.7% 14.8% 3.9%
24   Semipalmated Sandpiper 7.7% 13.0% 5.3%
25   European Starling 46.6% 11.1% 35.5%
26   American Redstart 42.5% 11.1% 31.4%
27   Ring-billed Gull 24.3% 11.1% 13.2%
28   Yellow Warbler 12.1% 11.1% 1.0%
29   American Black Duck 8.0% 11.1% 3.1%
30   Yellow-rumped Warbler 7.9% 11.1% 3.3%
31   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 3.8% 11.1% 7.3%
32   Mourning Dove 52.6% 9.3% 43.3%
33   Great Blue Heron 24.6% 9.3% 15.3%
34   Common Grackle 23.8% 9.3% 14.6%
35   Eastern Wood-Pewee 18.6% 9.3% 9.3%
36   Cedar Waxwing 15.3% 9.3% 6.0%
37   Wood Duck 9.8% 9.3% 0.5%
38   Spotted Sandpiper 4.7% 9.3% 4.5%
39   Blue Jay 51.8% 7.4% 44.4%
40   Carolina Wren 27.1% 7.4% 19.7%
41   Belted Kingfisher 11.3% 7.4% 3.9%
42   Great Crested Flycatcher 5.0% 7.4% 2.4%
43   Forster's Tern 4.3% 7.4% 3.1%
44   Green-winged Teal 3.8% 7.4% 3.6%
45   Northern Shoveler 3.7% 7.4% 3.7%
46   Eastern Kingbird 2.8% 7.4% 4.6%
47   Glossy Ibis 1.0% 7.4% 6.4%
48   Willet 0.8% 7.4% 6.6%
49   Black-and-white Warbler 31.4% 5.6% 25.9%
50   Song Sparrow 27.5% 5.6% 22.0%
51   Northern Parula 26.4% 5.6% 20.8%
52   Palm Warbler 14.7% 5.6% 9.1%
53   Red-winged Blackbird 11.5% 5.6% 5.9%
54   Veery 11.3% 5.6% 5.7%
55   Brown Thrasher 7.9% 5.6% 2.3%
56   Eastern Towhee 7.2% 5.6% 1.7%
57   Semipalmated Plover 7.1% 5.6% 1.5%
58   Gadwall 4.4% 5.6% 1.2%
59   Blue-winged Teal 2.1% 5.6% 3.5%
60   Little Blue Heron 1.9% 5.6% 3.7%
61   Pied-billed Grebe 1.8% 5.6% 3.7%
62   Downy Woodpecker 31.5% 3.7% 27.8%
63   Magnolia Warbler 21.4% 3.7% 17.7%
64   American Crow 17.7% 3.7% 14.0%
65   Great Black-backed Gull 17.1% 3.7% 13.4%
66   House Wren 15.7% 3.7% 12.0%
67   House Finch 14.4% 3.7% 10.7%
68   Ovenbird 13.3% 3.7% 9.6%
69   American Oystercatcher 4.9% 3.7% 1.2%
70   Common Tern 3.7% 3.7% 0.0%
71   White-eyed Vireo 3.3% 3.7% 0.4%
72   Ruddy Duck 1.5% 3.7% 2.2%
73   American Wigeon 1.0% 3.7% 2.7%
74   Brant 0.5% 3.7% 3.2%
75   House Sparrow 45.4% 1.9% 43.5%
76   Red-eyed Vireo 24.4% 1.9% 22.6%
77   Chimney Swift 20.7% 1.9% 18.9%
78   White-throated Sparrow 11.3% 1.9% 9.4%
79   Scarlet Tanager 9.5% 1.9% 7.7%
80   Blackpoll Warbler 9.5% 1.9% 7.7%
81   Turkey Vulture 7.9% 1.9% 6.0%
82   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 7.8% 1.9% 6.0%
83   Warbling Vireo 7.5% 1.9% 5.7%
84   Green Heron 7.4% 1.9% 5.6%
85   Cooper's Hawk 7.4% 1.9% 5.6%
86   Cape May Warbler 7.3% 1.9% 5.5%
87   Chipping Sparrow 6.3% 1.9% 4.5%
88   Savannah Sparrow 6.3% 1.9% 4.4%
89   Pine Warbler 5.1% 1.9% 3.2%
90   Nashville Warbler 4.6% 1.9% 2.7%
91   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 4.3% 1.9% 2.5%
92   Barn Swallow 4.2% 1.9% 2.4%
93   Royal Tern 3.3% 1.9% 1.4%
94   Northern Harrier 3.3% 1.9% 1.4%
95   Sanderling 2.6% 1.9% 0.8%
96   Yellow-billed Cuckoo 2.5% 1.9% 0.6%
97   Golden-crowned Kinglet 1.8% 1.9% 0.1%
98   Caspian Tern 1.7% 1.9% 0.2%
99   Sora 1.1% 1.9% 0.7%
100   Olive-sided Flycatcher 1.1% 1.9% 0.8%
101   Saltmarsh Sparrow 1.1% 1.9% 0.8%
102   Western Sandpiper 0.7% 1.9% 1.1%
103   American White Pelican 0.6% 1.9% 1.2%
104   Great Horned Owl 0.4% 1.9% 1.4%
105   Black Tern 0.4% 1.9% 1.5%
106   Wilson's Snipe 0.2% 1.9% 1.6%