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Top Birds at Jamaica Bay, Elder's Point Marsh (West) in August
relative to other locations within 25 miles of 40.781243, -73.966507

based on 16 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Jamaica Bay, Elder's Point Marsh (West) 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.

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Rank Info Pics Species Entire Region This Location Difference
1   Double-crested Cormorant 40.1% 93.8% 53.6%
2   American Herring Gull 37.7% 87.5% 49.8%
3   Laughing Gull 32.3% 87.5% 55.2%
4   Snowy Egret 21.0% 87.5% 66.5%
5   American Oystercatcher 11.4% 87.5% 76.1%
6   Great Egret 32.7% 81.2% 48.5%
7   Great Blue Heron 30.3% 75.0% 44.7%
8   Forster's Tern 13.2% 75.0% 61.8%
9   Semipalmated Sandpiper 22.7% 68.8% 46.0%
10   Least Sandpiper 21.0% 68.8% 47.7%
11   Brant 0.8% 68.8% 68.0%
12   Red-winged Blackbird 26.7% 62.5% 35.8%
13   Great Black-backed Gull 25.2% 62.5% 37.3%
14   Semipalmated Plover 20.3% 62.5% 42.2%
15   Short-billed Dowitcher 9.6% 56.2% 46.7%
16   Ruddy Turnstone 5.1% 50.0% 44.9%
17   Clapper Rail 4.0% 50.0% 46.0%
18   Common Tern 16.1% 43.8% 27.6%
19   Greater Yellowlegs 14.6% 43.8% 29.1%
20   Ring-billed Gull 30.8% 37.5% 6.7%
21   Osprey 30.7% 31.2% 0.6%
22   Black-bellied Plover 6.5% 31.2% 24.8%
23   Boat-tailed Grackle 4.1% 31.2% 27.2%
24   Mallard 39.4% 25.0% 14.4%
25   Barn Swallow 37.7% 25.0% 12.7%
26   American Black Duck 9.4% 25.0% 15.6%
27   Canada Goose 39.9% 18.8% 21.1%
28   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 8.8% 18.8% 10.0%
29   Black-crowned Night-Heron 13.2% 12.5% 0.7%
30   Lesser Yellowlegs 12.7% 12.5% 0.2%
31   Least Tern 4.9% 12.5% 7.6%
32   Willet 3.3% 12.5% 9.2%
33   Royal Tern 2.5% 12.5% 10.0%
34   Saltmarsh Sparrow 1.7% 12.5% 10.8%
35   Gray Catbird 54.3% 6.2% 48.1%
36   Northern Mockingbird 34.9% 6.2% 28.6%
37   Song Sparrow 33.8% 6.2% 27.5%
38   Carolina Wren 25.8% 6.2% 19.6%
39   Spotted Sandpiper 15.5% 6.2% 9.3%
40   Tree Swallow 13.4% 6.2% 7.2%
41   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 8.9% 6.2% 2.6%
42   Fish Crow 8.5% 6.2% 2.3%
43   Peregrine Falcon 7.0% 6.2% 0.8%
44   Black Skimmer 5.7% 6.2% 0.5%
45   Sanderling 5.2% 6.2% 1.1%
46   Little Blue Heron 3.8% 6.2% 2.5%
47   White-rumped Sandpiper 3.8% 6.2% 2.5%
48   Caspian Tern 2.3% 6.2% 4.0%
49   Seaside Sparrow 0.9% 6.2% 5.4%
50   American White Pelican 0.8% 6.2% 5.4%
51   Marbled Godwit 0.7% 6.2% 5.6%