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Top Birds at Jamaica Bay, Stony Creek Marsh in October
relative to other locations within 25 miles of 40.781243, -73.966507

based on 7 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Jamaica Bay, Stony Creek Marsh in October. 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   American Herring Gull 31.8% 100.0% 68.2%
2   Double-crested Cormorant 31.0% 100.0% 69.0%
3   Great Egret 13.9% 85.7% 71.8%
4   American Black Duck 13.4% 85.7% 72.3%
5   Brant 9.0% 85.7% 76.7%
6   Greater Yellowlegs 7.0% 71.4% 64.4%
7   Great Black-backed Gull 17.9% 57.1% 39.3%
8   Laughing Gull 13.5% 57.1% 43.7%
9   American Oystercatcher 2.1% 57.1% 55.1%
10   Snowy Egret 5.3% 42.9% 37.5%
11   Black-bellied Plover 3.9% 42.9% 39.0%
12   Great Blue Heron 22.2% 28.6% 6.4%
13   Gadwall 7.9% 28.6% 20.6%
14   Northern Harrier 5.6% 28.6% 23.0%
15   Royal Tern 3.3% 28.6% 25.3%
16   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 1.4% 28.6% 27.1%
17   Canada Goose 40.5% 14.3% 26.2%
18   Mallard 38.2% 14.3% 23.9%
19   Ring-billed Gull 29.7% 14.3% 15.4%
20   American Kestrel 12.6% 14.3% 1.7%
21   Mute Swan 10.6% 14.3% 3.7%
22   Sharp-shinned Hawk 9.4% 14.3% 4.9%
23   Dunlin 2.4% 14.3% 11.8%
24   American Pipit 2.4% 14.3% 11.9%
25   Forster's Tern 2.4% 14.3% 11.9%
26   Greater Scaup 0.5% 14.3% 13.7%
27   Horned Grebe 0.3% 14.3% 14.0%
28   Whimbrel 0.1% 14.3% 14.2%