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Top Birds at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--South Garden in August
relative to other locations within 25 miles of 40.781243, -73.966507

based on 77 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--South Garden 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   Gray Catbird 54.3% 67.5% 13.2%
2   American Robin 56.2% 61.0% 4.9%
3   Northern Mockingbird 34.8% 57.1% 22.3%
4   Laughing Gull 32.3% 46.8% 14.5%
5   Osprey 30.7% 44.2% 13.5%
6   Mourning Dove 53.5% 40.3% 13.2%
7   Northern Cardinal 48.1% 40.3% 7.8%
8   Cedar Waxwing 15.5% 40.3% 24.8%
9   European Starling 49.3% 37.7% 11.6%
10   Yellow Warbler 19.3% 37.7% 18.3%
11   Great Egret 32.7% 36.4% 3.6%
12   Carolina Wren 25.8% 36.4% 10.5%
13   Double-crested Cormorant 40.2% 33.8% 6.4%
14   American Goldfinch 36.8% 32.5% 4.3%
15   Canada Goose 39.9% 29.9% 10.0%
16   Barn Swallow 37.7% 29.9% 7.9%
17   American Redstart 22.4% 29.9% 7.4%
18   American Herring Gull 37.8% 28.6% 9.2%
19   Mute Swan 13.6% 28.6% 15.0%
20   Red-winged Blackbird 26.7% 26.0% 0.7%
21   Song Sparrow 33.8% 24.7% 9.1%
22   Great Blue Heron 30.3% 24.7% 5.6%
23   Snowy Egret 21.1% 24.7% 3.6%
24   Tree Swallow 13.4% 24.7% 11.3%
25   Mallard 39.4% 23.4% 16.0%
26   Common Yellowthroat 15.1% 23.4% 8.3%
27   Forster's Tern 13.2% 20.8% 7.6%
28   Great Black-backed Gull 25.2% 19.5% 5.8%
29   Downy Woodpecker 25.2% 19.5% 5.7%
30   Eastern Kingbird 15.6% 19.5% 3.9%
31   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 8.9% 19.5% 10.6%
32   House Sparrow 49.1% 18.2% 31.0%
33   Common Grackle 28.1% 18.2% 9.9%
34   Semipalmated Plover 20.3% 18.2% 2.1%
35   House Wren 10.6% 18.2% 7.6%
36   Least Sandpiper 21.0% 16.9% 4.2%
37   Chimney Swift 23.8% 15.6% 8.2%
38   American Black Duck 9.4% 15.6% 6.1%
39   Peregrine Falcon 7.0% 15.6% 8.6%
40   Eastern Towhee 6.4% 15.6% 9.2%
41   Semipalmated Sandpiper 22.8% 14.3% 8.5%
42   Lesser Yellowlegs 12.7% 14.3% 1.6%
43   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 8.8% 14.3% 5.5%
44   Northern Flicker 26.1% 13.0% 13.1%
45   Common Tern 16.1% 13.0% 3.2%
46   Black-and-white Warbler 15.0% 13.0% 2.0%
47   Glossy Ibis 6.0% 13.0% 7.0%
48   Boat-tailed Grackle 4.1% 13.0% 8.9%
49   Gadwall 3.6% 13.0% 9.4%
50   Ring-billed Gull 30.8% 11.7% 19.2%
51   Baltimore Oriole 14.8% 11.7% 3.1%
52   House Finch 14.4% 11.7% 2.8%
53   Brown Thrasher 2.6% 11.7% 9.1%
54   Northern Waterthrush 15.4% 10.4% 5.0%
55   Black-crowned Night-Heron 13.2% 10.4% 2.8%
56   Short-billed Dowitcher 9.6% 10.4% 0.8%
57   Willow Flycatcher 4.3% 10.4% 6.1%
58   Cape May Warbler 1.6% 10.4% 8.8%
59   Great Crested Flycatcher 7.6% 9.1% 1.5%
60   Greater Yellowlegs 14.7% 7.8% 6.9%
61   Fish Crow 8.5% 7.8% 0.7%
62   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 6.2% 7.8% 1.6%
63   Black Skimmer 5.7% 7.8% 2.0%
64   White-rumped Sandpiper 3.7% 7.8% 4.0%
65   Purple Martin 3.1% 7.8% 4.7%
66   Ruddy Duck 2.2% 7.8% 5.5%
67   White-eyed Vireo 1.9% 7.8% 5.9%
68   Rock Pigeon 36.0% 6.5% 29.5%
69   American Crow 13.7% 6.5% 7.2%
70   Red-eyed Vireo 9.7% 6.5% 3.2%
71   Stilt Sandpiper 3.6% 6.5% 2.9%
72   Magnolia Warbler 3.3% 6.5% 3.2%
73   Red-breasted Nuthatch 1.9% 6.5% 4.6%
74   Killdeer 13.5% 5.2% 8.3%
75   American Oystercatcher 11.4% 5.2% 6.2%
76   Eastern Wood-Pewee 9.1% 5.2% 3.9%
77   Least Tern 4.9% 5.2% 0.3%
78   Black-throated Blue Warbler 2.4% 5.2% 2.8%
79   Northern Shoveler 1.2% 5.2% 4.0%
80   Red-necked Phalarope 0.7% 5.2% 4.5%
81   Black-capped Chickadee 9.9% 3.9% 6.0%
82   Black-bellied Plover 6.5% 3.9% 2.6%
83   Chestnut-sided Warbler 5.2% 3.9% 1.3%
84   Eastern Phoebe 3.8% 3.9% 0.1%
85   Veery 3.0% 3.9% 0.9%
86   Bank Swallow 2.9% 3.9% 1.0%
87   Least Flycatcher 2.1% 3.9% 1.8%
88   Northern Parula 2.1% 3.9% 1.8%
89   Green-winged Teal 1.5% 3.9% 2.4%
90   Olive-sided Flycatcher 0.8% 3.9% 3.1%
91   Marbled Godwit 0.7% 3.9% 3.2%
92   Blue Jay 36.1% 2.6% 33.5%
93   Spotted Sandpiper 15.6% 2.6% 13.0%
94   Warbling Vireo 9.7% 2.6% 7.1%
95   Sanderling 5.2% 2.6% 2.6%
96   Ovenbird 4.7% 2.6% 2.1%
97   Little Blue Heron 3.8% 2.6% 1.2%
98   Common Raven 3.4% 2.6% 0.8%
99   Pectoral Sandpiper 2.7% 2.6% 0.1%
100   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 1.8% 2.6% 0.8%
101   Blue-winged Teal 1.5% 2.6% 1.1%
102   Wilson's Phalarope 1.3% 2.6% 1.3%
103   Black-throated Green Warbler 1.1% 2.6% 1.5%
104   Pied-billed Grebe 0.9% 2.6% 1.7%
105   Red-tailed Hawk 11.6% 1.3% 10.3%
106   Green Heron 10.9% 1.3% 9.6%
107   Brown-headed Cowbird 5.5% 1.3% 4.2%
108   Ruddy Turnstone 5.1% 1.3% 3.8%
109   Clapper Rail 4.0% 1.3% 2.7%
110   Solitary Sandpiper 4.0% 1.3% 2.7%
111   Willet 3.3% 1.3% 2.0%
112   Cooper's Hawk 2.5% 1.3% 1.2%
113   Caspian Tern 2.3% 1.3% 1.0%
114   Bobolink 2.0% 1.3% 0.7%
115   American Avocet 1.1% 1.3% 0.2%
116   Prairie Warbler 1.1% 1.3% 0.2%
117   Louisiana Waterthrush 1.0% 1.3% 0.3%
118   Tennessee Warbler 0.9% 1.3% 0.4%
119   Savannah Sparrow 0.6% 1.3% 0.7%
120   Broad-winged Hawk 0.5% 1.3% 0.8%
121   Mourning Warbler 0.5% 1.3% 0.8%
122   Black-billed Cuckoo 0.4% 1.3% 0.9%
123   Bonaparte's Gull 0.3% 1.3% 0.9%
124   Greater Scaup 0.3% 1.3% 1.0%
125   Buff-breasted Sandpiper 0.3% 1.3% 1.0%
126   Yellow-rumped Warbler 0.2% 1.3% 1.1%
127   Dunlin 0.2% 1.3% 1.1%
128   Eared Grebe 0.0% 1.3% 1.3%
129   Black Swan 0.0% 1.3% 1.3%
130   Western Kingbird 0.0% 1.3% 1.3%