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Top Birds at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond, north end in August
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA

based on 316 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond, north end 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   Semipalmated Sandpiper 23.7% 88.9% 65.2%
2   Laughing Gull 31.6% 85.8% 54.1%
3   Lesser Yellowlegs 13.4% 85.4% 72.0%
4   Short-billed Dowitcher 9.9% 82.6% 72.7%
5   Canada Goose 40.5% 81.0% 40.5%
6   Mute Swan 14.0% 79.7% 65.7%
7   Least Sandpiper 21.6% 79.1% 57.5%
8   Snowy Egret 22.1% 78.8% 56.7%
9   Semipalmated Plover 20.7% 78.2% 57.5%
10   Great Egret 34.2% 77.5% 43.3%
11   Greater Yellowlegs 15.4% 76.6% 61.2%
12   Double-crested Cormorant 41.1% 74.4% 33.3%
13   Herring Gull 39.3% 73.4% 34.1%
14   Ring-billed Gull 31.5% 67.7% 36.2%
15   Forster's Tern 12.8% 67.1% 54.3%
16   Glossy Ibis 6.1% 66.8% 60.6%
17   Stilt Sandpiper 3.3% 66.1% 62.9%
18   Great Black-backed Gull 26.8% 64.2% 37.5%
19   Mallard 40.7% 60.8% 20.1%
20   White-rumped Sandpiper 3.7% 55.7% 52.0%
21   Great Blue Heron 30.5% 52.2% 21.7%
22   Gray Catbird 54.7% 51.9% 2.8%
23   Red-winged Blackbird 28.3% 51.9% 23.6%
24   Osprey 30.5% 51.3% 20.7%
25   Northern Waterthrush 15.2% 47.8% 32.6%
26   Black-bellied Plover 7.1% 44.9% 37.8%
27   Barn Swallow 39.9% 43.4% 3.5%
28   American Oystercatcher 12.2% 43.4% 31.2%
29   Common Tern 16.2% 41.1% 24.9%
30   American Black Duck 9.9% 36.4% 26.5%
31   Pectoral Sandpiper 2.9% 36.4% 33.5%
32   European Starling 51.2% 35.4% 15.8%
33   American Goldfinch 37.7% 35.4% 2.2%
34   Killdeer 14.0% 33.9% 19.8%
35   Northern Cardinal 47.9% 31.6% 16.2%
36   Peregrine Falcon 7.4% 31.3% 23.9%
37   Hudsonian Godwit 0.6% 31.0% 30.4%
38   Northern Mockingbird 36.1% 29.1% 7.0%
39   Black-crowned Night-Heron 14.4% 28.5% 14.0%
40   Ruddy Turnstone 5.3% 28.5% 23.2%
41   Wilson's Phalarope 1.3% 27.5% 26.2%
42   Yellow Warbler 20.2% 26.9% 6.7%
43   American Robin 57.4% 26.3% 31.2%
44   Carolina Wren 24.7% 25.9% 1.2%
45   Eastern Towhee 6.9% 25.9% 19.0%
46   Rock Pigeon 35.5% 25.3% 10.2%
47   Fish Crow 8.9% 25.0% 16.1%
48   Boat-tailed Grackle 4.1% 24.4% 20.2%
49   Song Sparrow 35.1% 24.1% 11.0%
50   American Avocet 1.0% 23.4% 22.4%
51   Cedar Waxwing 16.8% 22.8% 6.0%
52   Black Skimmer 5.6% 22.2% 16.5%
53   Western Sandpiper 1.7% 20.3% 18.6%
54   Gadwall 3.8% 19.9% 16.1%
55   House Sparrow 50.2% 19.3% 30.9%
56   Mourning Dove 53.9% 19.0% 35.0%
57   Spotted Sandpiper 17.0% 19.0% 2.0%
58   Tree Swallow 14.1% 18.7% 4.6%
59   Green-winged Teal 1.6% 17.7% 16.1%
60   Blue-winged Teal 1.6% 17.1% 15.5%
61   Gull-billed Tern 1.1% 16.1% 15.1%
62   Little Blue Heron 4.2% 15.8% 11.7%
63   Common Yellowthroat 15.1% 15.5% 0.4%
64   Red Knot 0.9% 13.3% 12.4%
65   Marbled Godwit 0.7% 12.3% 11.7%
66   American Crow 14.4% 12.0% 2.4%
67   Black-headed Gull 0.2% 12.0% 11.9%
68   Long-billed Dowitcher 0.6% 10.8% 10.2%
69   Northern Shoveler 1.3% 10.4% 9.2%
70   Bonaparte's Gull 0.4% 9.2% 8.8%
71   Marsh Wren 5.6% 7.9% 2.3%
72   Common Grackle 28.4% 7.6% 20.8%
73   House Wren 11.4% 7.6% 3.8%
74   Least Tern 5.1% 7.6% 2.5%
75   Brown Thrasher 3.1% 7.3% 4.2%
76   Downy Woodpecker 25.4% 7.0% 18.4%
77   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 9.1% 7.0% 2.2%
78   Willet 3.6% 6.6% 3.0%
79   Chimney Swift 24.0% 6.3% 17.6%
80   House Finch 15.0% 6.3% 8.7%
81   Eastern Kingbird 16.8% 6.0% 10.8%
82   Bank Swallow 3.0% 6.0% 3.0%
83   Pied-billed Grebe 0.9% 5.7% 4.8%
84   Willow Flycatcher 4.7% 5.4% 0.7%
85   Caspian Tern 1.8% 5.4% 3.5%
86   Hooded Merganser 0.3% 4.7% 4.5%
87   Wood Duck 9.4% 4.1% 5.2%
88   Red-necked Phalarope 0.5% 4.1% 3.6%
89   Dunlin 0.2% 4.1% 3.9%
90   American Redstart 22.1% 3.8% 18.3%
91   Green Heron 12.0% 3.2% 8.8%
92   Bald Eagle 2.5% 3.2% 0.7%
93   Brant 0.8% 3.2% 2.4%
94   Ruddy Duck 2.4% 2.8% 0.5%
95   American White Pelican 0.9% 2.8% 2.0%
96   Black Tern 0.8% 2.8% 2.1%
97   Baird's Sandpiper 0.7% 2.8% 2.1%
98   Sanderling 5.3% 2.5% 2.8%
99   Purple Martin 3.2% 2.5% 0.7%
100   Northern Harrier 0.9% 2.5% 1.7%
101   Merlin 0.5% 2.5% 2.0%
102   American Wigeon 0.2% 2.5% 2.4%
103   Brown-headed Cowbird 6.0% 2.2% 3.8%
104   Red-necked Stint 0.1% 2.2% 2.1%
105   Blue Jay 35.6% 1.9% 33.7%
106   Baltimore Oriole 15.2% 1.9% 13.3%
107   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 9.0% 1.9% 7.1%
108   Royal Tern 2.2% 1.9% 0.3%
109   Sharp-tailed Sandpiper 0.1% 1.9% 1.8%
110   Northern Flicker 26.1% 1.6% 24.5%
111   Eastern Phoebe 3.8% 1.6% 2.2%
112   Prairie Warbler 1.1% 1.6% 0.5%
113   Tricolored Heron 0.7% 1.6% 0.9%
114   Sora 0.3% 1.6% 1.2%
115   American Golden-Plover 0.1% 1.6% 1.5%
116   Ovenbird 4.3% 1.3% 3.0%
117   Solitary Sandpiper 3.7% 1.3% 2.4%
118   Bobolink 2.2% 1.3% 1.0%
119   White-eyed Vireo 2.2% 1.3% 0.9%
120   Whimbrel 0.5% 1.3% 0.7%
121   Northern Pintail 0.2% 1.3% 1.0%
122   Black-and-white Warbler 14.4% 0.9% 13.4%
123   Warbling Vireo 10.0% 0.9% 9.1%
124   Great Crested Flycatcher 7.1% 0.9% 6.1%
125   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 6.8% 0.9% 5.9%
126   Turkey Vulture 5.4% 0.9% 4.4%
127   Chipping Sparrow 5.2% 0.9% 4.3%
128   Indigo Bunting 3.4% 0.9% 2.5%
129   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 2.1% 0.9% 1.1%
130   Orchard Oriole 1.0% 0.9% 0.0%
131   American Coot 0.6% 0.9% 0.3%
132   Buff-breasted Sandpiper 0.2% 0.9% 0.7%
133   Cattle Egret 0.1% 0.9% 0.9%
134   Red-tailed Hawk 11.5% 0.6% 10.9%
135   Black-capped Chickadee 11.3% 0.6% 10.7%
136   Red-eyed Vireo 9.7% 0.6% 9.0%
137   Belted Kingfisher 8.4% 0.6% 7.8%
138   Clapper Rail 4.3% 0.6% 3.6%
139   American Kestrel 3.6% 0.6% 3.0%
140   Magnolia Warbler 2.9% 0.6% 2.3%
141   Cooper's Hawk 2.3% 0.6% 1.6%
142   Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1.6% 0.6% 1.0%
143   Seaside Sparrow 1.1% 0.6% 0.4%
144   Black-billed Cuckoo 0.5% 0.6% 0.2%
145   Greater Scaup 0.3% 0.6% 0.3%
146   White-breasted Nuthatch 9.8% 0.3% 9.5%
147   Eastern Wood-Pewee 9.2% 0.3% 8.8%
148   Common Raven 2.8% 0.3% 2.5%
149   Saltmarsh Sparrow 2.1% 0.3% 1.8%
150   Least Flycatcher 2.1% 0.3% 1.7%
151   Northern Parula 1.8% 0.3% 1.5%
152   Monk Parakeet 1.6% 0.3% 1.3%
153   Cape May Warbler 1.2% 0.3% 0.9%
154   Swamp Sparrow 1.1% 0.3% 0.8%
155   Louisiana Waterthrush 1.1% 0.3% 0.8%
156   Blackburnian Warbler 1.0% 0.3% 0.7%
157   Cliff Swallow 0.8% 0.3% 0.5%
158   Tennessee Warbler 0.8% 0.3% 0.4%
159   Savannah Sparrow 0.7% 0.3% 0.4%
160   Common Loon 0.5% 0.3% 0.2%
161   Broad-winged Hawk 0.5% 0.3% 0.2%
162   Mourning Warbler 0.4% 0.3% 0.1%
163   Yellow-rumped Warbler 0.2% 0.3% 0.1%
164   Lesser Scaup 0.2% 0.3% 0.1%
165   American Woodcock 0.1% 0.3% 0.2%
166   Budgerigar 0.1% 0.3% 0.2%
167   Palm Warbler 0.1% 0.3% 0.3%
168   Ruff 0.1% 0.3% 0.3%