Top Birds at Jamaica Bay, Elder's Point Marsh (West) in August
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA
based on 5 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.
| Rank | Info | Pics | Species | Entire Region | This Location | Difference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Double-crested Cormorant | 41.3% | 100.0% | 58.7% | |||
| 2 | Herring Gull | 39.5% | 80.0% | 40.5% | |||
| 3 | Great Egret | 34.5% | 80.0% | 45.5% | |||
| 4 | Laughing Gull | 32.0% | 80.0% | 48.0% | |||
| 5 | Great Black-backed Gull | 27.0% | 80.0% | 53.0% | |||
| 6 | Snowy Egret | 22.5% | 80.0% | 57.5% | |||
| 7 | Forster's Tern | 13.2% | 80.0% | 66.8% | |||
| 8 | American Oystercatcher | 12.4% | 80.0% | 67.6% | |||
| 9 | Brant | 0.8% | 80.0% | 79.2% | |||
| 10 | Semipalmated Sandpiper | 24.2% | 60.0% | 35.8% | |||
| 11 | Mallard | 40.8% | 40.0% | 0.8% | |||
| 12 | Osprey | 30.7% | 40.0% | 9.3% | |||
| 13 | Great Blue Heron | 30.6% | 40.0% | 9.4% | |||
| 14 | Red-winged Blackbird | 28.5% | 40.0% | 11.5% | |||
| 15 | Least Sandpiper | 22.0% | 40.0% | 18.0% | |||
| 16 | Semipalmated Plover | 21.1% | 40.0% | 18.9% | |||
| 17 | Common Tern | 16.4% | 40.0% | 23.6% | |||
| 18 | American Black Duck | 10.0% | 40.0% | 30.0% | |||
| 19 | Clapper Rail | 4.2% | 40.0% | 35.8% | |||
| 20 | Gray Catbird | 54.7% | 20.0% | 34.7% | |||
| 21 | Barn Swallow | 39.9% | 20.0% | 19.9% | |||
| 22 | Northern Mockingbird | 36.0% | 20.0% | 16.0% | |||
| 23 | Song Sparrow | 35.0% | 20.0% | 15.0% | |||
| 24 | Spotted Sandpiper | 17.0% | 20.0% | 3.0% | |||
| 25 | Black-crowned Night-Heron | 14.5% | 20.0% | 5.5% | |||
| 26 | Lesser Yellowlegs | 13.9% | 20.0% | 6.1% | |||
| 27 | Short-billed Dowitcher | 10.4% | 20.0% | 9.6% | |||
| 28 | Yellow-crowned Night-Heron | 9.1% | 20.0% | 10.9% | |||
| 29 | Fish Crow | 9.0% | 20.0% | 11.0% | |||
| 30 | Black-bellied Plover | 7.4% | 20.0% | 12.6% | |||
| 31 | Ruddy Turnstone | 5.5% | 20.0% | 14.5% | |||
| 32 | Boat-tailed Grackle | 4.3% | 20.0% | 15.7% | |||
| 33 | Little Blue Heron | 4.2% | 20.0% | 15.8% | |||
| 34 | White-rumped Sandpiper | 4.0% | 20.0% | 16.0% | |||
| 35 | Willet | 3.6% | 20.0% | 16.4% | |||
| 36 | Marbled Godwit | 0.7% | 20.0% | 19.3% |