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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, NY, USA

based on 177 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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Rank Info Pics Species Entire Region This Location Difference
1   Laughing Gull 34.2% 85.3% 51.2%
2   Canada Goose 39.8% 84.2% 44.4%
3   Great Egret 41.2% 82.5% 41.3%
4   Mute Swan 13.8% 81.9% 68.2%
5   Short-billed Dowitcher 8.0% 81.4% 73.4%
6   Lesser Yellowlegs 9.0% 80.2% 71.2%
7   Double-crested Cormorant 44.9% 79.7% 34.8%
8   Glossy Ibis 9.8% 78.5% 68.7%
9   Snowy Egret 25.0% 78.0% 53.0%
10   Greater Yellowlegs 11.5% 76.8% 65.3%
11   Least Sandpiper 17.5% 75.7% 58.2%
12   Forster's Tern 17.4% 74.6% 57.1%
13   Semipalmated Sandpiper 13.6% 74.6% 61.0%
14   Herring Gull 41.8% 74.0% 32.2%
15   Red-winged Blackbird 51.7% 73.4% 21.7%
16   Great Blue Heron 27.9% 63.8% 35.9%
17   Gray Catbird 53.5% 61.6% 8.1%
18   Mallard 39.7% 59.3% 19.7%
19   Great Black-backed Gull 28.2% 58.2% 30.0%
20   Yellow Warbler 25.2% 58.2% 33.0%
21   Ring-billed Gull 27.0% 57.6% 30.6%
22   Semipalmated Plover 7.7% 55.9% 48.2%
23   Barn Swallow 49.7% 53.7% 3.9%
24   Stilt Sandpiper 2.1% 51.4% 49.3%
25   American Oystercatcher 16.6% 50.8% 34.3%
26   Northern Mockingbird 41.8% 45.2% 3.4%
27   Black-crowned Night-Heron 21.8% 45.2% 23.4%
28   Common Tern 22.9% 44.6% 21.7%
29   Osprey 28.3% 44.1% 15.8%
30   Eastern Towhee 10.4% 41.8% 31.5%
31   Killdeer 19.9% 40.7% 20.8%
32   Song Sparrow 49.3% 39.0% 10.3%
33   American Goldfinch 31.9% 39.0% 7.1%
34   American Robin 65.7% 36.2% 29.5%
35   Tree Swallow 24.2% 35.6% 11.4%
36   Northern Cardinal 46.5% 33.3% 13.1%
37   American Black Duck 8.6% 32.2% 23.6%
38   Hudsonian Godwit 0.6% 32.2% 31.6%
39   Common Yellowthroat 17.9% 31.6% 13.7%
40   European Starling 54.8% 31.1% 23.7%
41   Willow Flycatcher 11.9% 31.1% 19.2%
42   Gull-billed Tern 2.1% 30.5% 28.4%
43   Least Tern 14.8% 29.9% 15.2%
44   Black Skimmer 10.5% 29.4% 18.9%
45   Cedar Waxwing 23.4% 28.2% 4.9%
46   Pectoral Sandpiper 1.7% 28.2% 26.6%
47   Marsh Wren 13.3% 27.7% 14.4%
48   Spotted Sandpiper 14.4% 26.6% 12.1%
49   Rock Pigeon 34.2% 26.0% 8.3%
50   Fish Crow 14.0% 26.0% 12.0%
51   Carolina Wren 19.9% 25.4% 5.5%
52   House Sparrow 56.0% 24.9% 31.2%
53   Gadwall 5.4% 23.2% 17.8%
54   House Wren 17.6% 22.0% 4.5%
55   Bonaparte's Gull 0.6% 20.3% 19.7%
56   Mourning Dove 51.2% 18.6% 32.6%
57   Black-headed Gull 0.3% 18.1% 17.8%
58   Boat-tailed Grackle 7.7% 16.4% 8.7%
59   Peregrine Falcon 5.5% 15.3% 9.8%
60   Long-billed Dowitcher 0.4% 14.7% 14.3%
61   American Crow 14.6% 14.1% 0.5%
62   Little Blue Heron 4.0% 14.1% 10.2%
63   Ruff 0.5% 13.6% 13.1%
64   Wood Duck 7.6% 13.0% 5.4%
65   Northern Waterthrush 1.3% 12.4% 11.1%
66   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 11.8% 11.9% 0.1%
67   Willet 7.3% 11.9% 4.5%
68   White-rumped Sandpiper 0.6% 11.9% 11.3%
69   Red Knot 0.2% 11.9% 11.7%
70   Common Grackle 36.3% 11.3% 25.0%
71   Bank Swallow 6.3% 11.3% 5.0%
72   Green-winged Teal 0.5% 10.7% 10.2%
73   Chimney Swift 21.8% 10.2% 11.7%
74   Western Sandpiper 0.6% 10.2% 9.5%
75   White-faced Ibis 0.1% 9.6% 9.5%
76   Brown Thrasher 4.7% 9.0% 4.3%
77   Black-bellied Plover 0.9% 8.5% 7.6%
78   Downy Woodpecker 22.5% 7.9% 14.6%
79   Wilson's Phalarope 0.2% 7.9% 7.7%
80   Ruddy Duck 3.2% 6.8% 3.6%
81   Brant 1.1% 6.8% 5.7%
82   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 6.9% 6.2% 0.7%
83   House Finch 16.7% 5.6% 11.1%
84   Dunlin 0.1% 5.1% 5.0%
85   American Avocet 0.4% 4.5% 4.1%
86   Blue Jay 28.2% 4.0% 24.3%
87   Brown-headed Cowbird 10.1% 3.4% 6.7%
88   Purple Martin 4.8% 3.4% 1.4%
89   White-eyed Vireo 1.8% 3.4% 1.5%
90   Pied-billed Grebe 0.3% 3.4% 3.1%
91   Northern Flicker 21.4% 2.8% 18.6%
92   American Redstart 3.1% 2.8% 0.3%
93   Ruddy Turnstone 1.3% 2.8% 1.5%
94   American Coot 0.5% 2.8% 2.3%
95   Eastern Kingbird 15.5% 2.3% 13.3%
96   Warbling Vireo 13.6% 2.3% 11.4%
97   Sanderling 2.6% 2.3% 0.3%
98   American White Pelican 0.8% 2.3% 1.5%
99   Caspian Tern 0.7% 2.3% 1.6%
100   Green Heron 9.3% 1.7% 7.6%
101   Bald Eagle 1.8% 1.7% 0.1%
102   Baltimore Oriole 8.2% 1.1% 7.1%
103   Red-eyed Vireo 6.6% 1.1% 5.4%
104   Turkey Vulture 5.1% 1.1% 4.0%
105   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 3.8% 1.1% 2.6%
106   Belted Kingfisher 3.2% 1.1% 2.1%
107   Swamp Sparrow 2.4% 1.1% 1.3%
108   Least Bittern 1.6% 1.1% 0.5%
109   Hooded Merganser 0.3% 1.1% 0.8%
110   Black-capped Chickadee 9.0% 0.6% 8.5%
111   Tufted Titmouse 7.7% 0.6% 7.1%
112   Indigo Bunting 6.5% 0.6% 6.0%
113   Clapper Rail 5.8% 0.6% 5.2%
114   Great Crested Flycatcher 5.6% 0.6% 5.0%
115   Orchard Oriole 3.5% 0.6% 2.9%
116   Piping Plover 3.1% 0.6% 2.5%
117   Eastern Phoebe 2.2% 0.6% 1.6%
118   Common Raven 1.6% 0.6% 1.0%
119   Solitary Sandpiper 1.4% 0.6% 0.8%
120   Cliff Swallow 1.3% 0.6% 0.7%
121   Seaside Sparrow 1.2% 0.6% 0.7%
122   Cooper's Hawk 0.8% 0.6% 0.2%
123   Louisiana Waterthrush 0.7% 0.6% 0.2%
124   Tricolored Heron 0.6% 0.6% 0.1%
125   Greater Scaup 0.6% 0.6% 0.1%
126   Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 0.5% 0.6% 0.1%
127   Whimbrel 0.4% 0.6% 0.1%
128   Northern Shoveler 0.2% 0.6% 0.4%
129   Black Tern 0.1% 0.6% 0.4%
130   Curlew Sandpiper 0.1% 0.6% 0.5%