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Top Birds at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond, north end in July
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York City, United States

based on 261 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond, north end in July. 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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Evidence Sampling Score
# Links Species Media Years Birders Hits Frequency Relative Rank
1   Laughing Gull 0 15 178 225 86.2% +49.8% 12 / 680
2   Canada Goose 2 16 178 224 85.8% +46.9% 8 / 789
3   Great Egret 9 15 166 215 82.4% +42.8% 15 / 714
4   Mute Swan 0 16 168 213 81.6% +69.1% 4 / 257
5   Double-crested Cormorant 0 16 167 206 78.9% +34.6% 36 / 867
6   Lesser Yellowlegs 19 14 151 202 77.4% +69.5% 1 / 152
7   Forster's Tern 6 13 156 201 77.0% +60.0% 2 / 361
8   Glossy Ibis 13 14 149 198 75.9% +67.3% 4 / 176
9   Short-billed Dowitcher 16 13 141 198 75.9% +68.2% 1 / 135
10   Least Sandpiper 7 13 148 196 75.1% +58.3% 1 / 313
11   American Herring Gull 0 14 158 195 74.7% +33.9% 37 / 815
12   Snowy Egret 3 15 158 194 74.3% +51.0% 12 / 402
13   Greater Yellowlegs 4 13 135 190 72.8% +62.4% 1 / 178
14   Red-winged Blackbird 0 13 140 187 71.6% +20.7% 76 / 852
15   Semipalmated Sandpiper 4 13 150 182 69.7% +57.1% 2 / 247
16   Gray Catbird 1 14 143 172 65.9% +14.5% 108 / 977
17   Mallard 0 14 114 163 62.5% +24.5% 63 / 730
18   Northern Yellow Warbler 1 14 126 159 60.9% +37.6% 13 / 541
19   Great Blue Heron 2 13 123 150 57.5% +29.5% 31 / 685
20   Ring-billed Gull 1 13 135 148 56.7% +29.9% 39 / 660
21   Barn Swallow 1 12 131 147 56.3% +7.7% 148 / 923
22   Great Black-backed Gull 1 14 125 143 54.8% +27.6% 74 / 577
23   Semipalmated Plover 6 14 127 136 52.1% +44.4% 3 / 186
24   Stilt Sandpiper 32 12 106 130 49.8% +48.1% 1 / 27
25   Common Tern 0 14 123 126 48.3% +25.0% 102 / 428
26   Northern Mockingbird 0 14 102 125 47.9% +6.5% 147 / 952
27   Black-crowned Night-Heron 4 13 91 125 47.9% +27.9% 21 / 525
28   American Oystercatcher 0 12 94 125 47.9% +32.0% 42 / 235
29   Eastern Towhee 2 14 101 124 47.5% +38.5% 23 / 254
30   American Robin 0 12 95 121 46.4% -17.2% 453 / 1188
31   Killdeer 3 12 103 120 46.0% +26.9% 47 / 426
32   Song Sparrow 1 13 112 116 44.4% -4.4% 259 / 892
33   American Goldfinch 0 13 95 116 44.4% +13.8% 112 / 740
34   Gull-billed Tern 28 8 91 103 39.5% +37.6% 1 / 28
35   Northern Cardinal 0 12 89 100 38.3% -8.3% 318 / 1002
36   Osprey 2 12 96 99 37.9% +8.7% 162 / 678
37   Tree Swallow 1 11 82 95 36.4% +14.1% 57 / 519
38   Common Yellowthroat 0 13 62 85 32.6% +15.3% 97 / 440
39   Least Tern 2 11 66 85 32.6% +17.9% 53 / 271
40   European Starling 0 12 69 84 32.2% -22.2% 478 / 1135
41   American Black Duck 0 12 73 84 32.2% +24.1% 11 / 290
42   Willow Flycatcher 3 11 72 82 31.4% +19.6% 39 / 297
43   Gadwall 1 11 55 81 31.0% +26.0% 7 / 134
44   House Wren 2 8 66 79 30.3% +14.1% 96 / 532
45   Rock Pigeon 0 12 74 78 29.9% -6.3% 390 / 998
46   Cedar Waxwing 0 12 84 78 29.9% +8.8% 80 / 642
47   Carolina Wren 0 10 73 78 29.9% +9.5% 142 / 723
48   Black Skimmer 3 11 61 71 27.2% +16.7% 29 / 251
49   House Sparrow 1 11 64 65 24.9% -31.9% 854 / 1232
50   Mourning Dove 0 10 50 62 23.8% -28.1% 642 / 1132
51   Pectoral Sandpiper 6 10 46 59 22.6% +21.1% 4 / 54
52   Marsh Wren 1 9 50 58 22.2% +9.5% 82 / 204
53   Hudsonian Godwit 28 4 65 58 22.2% +21.8% 1 / 6
54   Spotted Sandpiper 1 10 59 56 21.5% +8.3% 75 / 384
55   Fish Crow 0 11 62 55 21.1% +6.7% 140 / 657
56   Boat-tailed Grackle 1 7 53 52 19.9% +12.4% 37 / 150
57   White-faced Ibis 23 3 50 49 18.8% +18.6% 1 / 6
58   Long-billed Dowitcher 18 7 48 47 18.0% +17.7% 1 / 9
59   Common Grackle 0 8 41 39 14.9% -20.4% 542 / 936
60   Peregrine Falcon 2 8 46 39 14.9% +9.8% 24 / 312
61   Downy Woodpecker 0 6 29 36 13.8% -8.1% 347 / 733
62   Bonaparte's Gull 9 2 38 36 13.8% +13.2% 3 / 38
63   Black-headed Gull 13 1 39 32 12.3% +12.1% 1 / 5
64   Little Blue Heron 1 7 27 30 11.5% +7.9% 28 / 138
65   American Crow 0 8 23 28 10.7% -2.8% 270 / 728
66   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 1 10 24 26 10.0% -1.4% 121 / 249
67   Chimney Swift 0 7 23 25 9.6% -13.2% 480 / 860
68   Wood Duck 0 8 18 25 9.6% +2.0% 96 / 247
69   Northern Waterthrush 0 7 32 25 9.6% +8.1% 7 / 123
70   Willet 0 6 26 24 9.2% +2.2% 46 / 117
71   Bank Swallow 1 10 28 24 9.2% +2.9% 67 / 210
72   Green-winged Teal 0 7 25 24 9.2% +8.7% 2 / 29
73   Ruff 7 2 18 24 9.2% +8.8% 3 / 8
74   White-rumped Sandpiper 1 6 28 23 8.8% +8.3% 2 / 31
75   American White Pelican 10 2 32 21 8.0% +7.4% 3 / 14
76   Red Knot 2 3 27 21 8.0% +7.9% 1 / 16
77   Black-bellied Plover 1 7 27 20 7.7% +6.9% 5 / 51
78   Brown Thrasher 0 8 16 19 7.3% +3.3% 45 / 162
79   House Finch 0 6 12 18 6.9% -10.3% 398 / 704
80   Ruddy Duck 0 6 20 18 6.9% +4.0% 13 / 49
81   Western Sandpiper 3 5 18 18 6.9% +6.4% 2 / 19
82   Brown-headed Cowbird 0 7 21 14 5.4% -3.6% 253 / 480
83   Wilson's Phalarope 3 4 22 14 5.4% +5.2% 2 / 7
84   Northern Flicker 0 3 16 13 5.0% -15.6% 556 / 686
85   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 0 6 20 13 5.0% -1.2% 175 / 367
86   Purple Martin 1 4 16 13 5.0% -0.1% 82 / 169
87   American Avocet 5 6 17 13 5.0% +4.6% 5 / 15
88   Brant 0 2 13 12 4.6% +3.5% 25 / 69
89   Blue Jay 0 5 8 9 3.4% -24.6% 759 / 849
90   American Redstart 0 3 9 9 3.4% +0.9% 87 / 205
91   White-eyed Vireo 1 6 10 9 3.4% +1.9% 39 / 81
92   Dunlin 2 1 8 9 3.4% +3.4% 3 / 15
93   Ruddy Turnstone 1 4 9 8 3.1% +1.8% 38 / 68
94   Warbling Vireo 0 3 2 6 2.3% -10.7% 401 / 467
95   Pied-billed Grebe 0 1 15 6 2.3% +2.0% 14 / 39
96   Eastern Kingbird 0 4 5 5 1.9% -13.4% 470 / 528
97   Sanderling 0 3 5 5 1.9% -0.6% 67 / 90
98   Caspian Tern 2 2 5 5 1.9% +0.9% 32 / 74
99   American Coot 0 1 1 5 1.9% +1.5% 8 / 12
100   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 0 2 6 4 1.5% -2.1% 171 / 230
101   Bald Eagle 2 2 4 4 1.5% -0.6% 136 / 191
102   Green Heron 0 2 5 3 1.1% -7.7% 309 / 341
103   Greater Scaup 0 3 3 3 1.1% +0.5% 23 / 33
104   Northern Shoveler 0 2 6 3 1.1% +1.0% 7 / 15
105   Baltimore Oriole 0 2 3 2 0.8% -6.4% 404 / 415
106   Red-eyed Vireo 0 2 2 2 0.8% -4.8% 284 / 298
107   Great Crested Flycatcher 0 2 2 2 0.8% -4.6% 282 / 295
108   Turkey Vulture 0 2 2 2 0.8% -4.1% 383 / 403
109   Belted Kingfisher 0 1 2 2 0.8% -2.3% 260 / 275
110   Orchard Oriole 0 2 4 2 0.8% -1.9% 169 / 192
111   Swamp Sparrow 0 1 4 2 0.8% -1.7% 106 / 128
112   Eastern Phoebe 0 2 3 2 0.8% -1.1% 163 / 189
113   Solitary Sandpiper 0 2 3 2 0.8% -0.7% 126 / 150
114   Least Bittern 0 1 2 2 0.8% -0.6% 38 / 46
115   Blue-winged Teal 0 1 4 2 0.8% +0.5% 11 / 15
116   Hooded Merganser 0 2 1 2 0.8% +0.5% 27 / 39
117   Lesser Scaup 0 1 1 2 0.8% +0.6% 13 / 14
118   Black-capped Chickadee 0 1 1 1 0.4% -6.4% 351 / 354
119   Tufted Titmouse 0 1 1 1 0.4% -5.9% 344 / 348
120   Clapper Rail 0 1 2 1 0.4% -5.3% 116 / 119
121   Indigo Bunting 0 1 1 1 0.4% -4.8% 233 / 237
122   Piping Plover 0 1 1 1 0.4% -2.5% 48 / 52
123   Common Raven 0 1 1 1 0.4% -1.7% 284 / 287
124   Yellow-billed Cuckoo 0 1 1 1 0.4% -1.0% 109 / 114
125   Seaside Sparrow 0 1 1 1 0.4% -0.9% 33 / 34
126   Cliff Swallow 0 1 1 1 0.4% -0.8% 90 / 94
127   Cooper's Hawk 0 1 1 1 0.4% -0.6% 129 / 139
128   Louisiana Waterthrush 1 1 1 1 0.4% -0.2% 58 / 66
129   Tricolored Heron 0 1 1 1 0.4% -0.2% 28 / 29
130   Hudsonian Whimbrel 0 1 1 1 0.4% -0.1% 47 / 50
131   Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 0 1 1 1 0.4% -0.1% 8 / 10
132   Black Tern 0 1 1 1 0.4% +0.3% 14 / 16
133   Blue-winged Warbler 1 1 2 1 0.4% +0.3% 18 / 23
134   Curlew Sandpiper 0 1 1 1 0.4% +0.3% 3 / 3
135   Red Junglefowl 1 1 3 1 0.4% +0.4% 2 / 2