Top Birds at Jamaica Bay, Stony Creek Marsh in August
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York City, United States
based on 18 checklists
This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Jamaica Bay, Stony Creek Marsh in August. 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.
| Evidence | Sampling | Score | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Links | Species | Media | Years | Birders | Hits | Frequency | Percentile | |
| 1 | Short-billed Dowitcher | 0 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 88.9% | 97% | ||
| 2 | Yellow-crowned Night-Heron | 0 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 88.9% | 96% | ||
| 3 | Laughing Gull | 0 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 83.3% | 88% | ||
| 4 | Double-crested Cormorant | 0 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 77.8% | 85% | ||
| 5 | American Herring Gull | 0 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 77.8% | 86% | ||
| 6 | American Oystercatcher | 0 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 77.8% | 92% | ||
| 7 | Great Egret | 0 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 72.2% | 86% | ||
| 8 | Greater Yellowlegs | 0 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 72.2% | 95% | ||
| 9 | Ruddy Turnstone | 0 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 72.2% | 95% | ||
| 10 | Osprey | 0 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 61.1% | 80% | ||
| 11 | Snowy Egret | 0 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 61.1% | 84% | ||
| 12 | Semipalmated Plover | 0 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 61.1% | 84% | ||
| 13 | Willet | 0 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 61.1% | 98% | ||
| 14 | Hudsonian Whimbrel | 4 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 61.1% | 99% | ||
| 15 | Semipalmated Sandpiper | 0 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 55.6% | 81% | ||
| 16 | Common Tern | 0 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 55.6% | 76% | ||
| 17 | Least Sandpiper | 0 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 50.0% | 83% | ||
| 18 | Black-bellied Plover | 0 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 50.0% | 88% | ||
| 19 | Boat-tailed Grackle | 1 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 50.0% | 86% | ||
| 20 | Spotted Sandpiper | 0 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 44.4% | 89% | ||
| 21 | Forster's Tern | 0 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 44.4% | 89% | ||
| 22 | Great Black-backed Gull | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 27.8% | 46% | ||
| 23 | Barn Swallow | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 22.2% | 37% | ||
| 24 | Clapper Rail | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 22.2% | 73% | ||
| 25 | Great Blue Heron | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 16.7% | 28% | ||
| 26 | American Black Duck | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 16.7% | 75% | ||
| 27 | Glossy Ibis | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 16.7% | 77% | ||
| 28 | Little Blue Heron | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 16.7% | 66% | ||
| 29 | Tree Swallow | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11.1% | 41% | ||
| 30 | Black-crowned Night-Heron | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11.1% | 47% | ||
| 31 | Gull-billed Tern | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11.1% | 67% | ||
| 32 | Brant | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11.1% | 72% | ||
| 33 | Northern Yellow Warbler | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5.6% | 11% | ||
| 34 | Lesser Yellowlegs | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5.6% | 24% | ||
| 35 | Peregrine Falcon | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5.6% | 32% | ||
| 36 | Black Skimmer | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5.6% | 18% | ||
| 37 | Least Tern | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5.6% | 26% | ||
| 38 | Royal Tern | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5.6% | 19% | ||
| 39 | Green-winged Teal | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5.6% | 57% | ||
| 40 | Red-breasted Merganser | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5.6% | 57% | ||