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Top Birds at Jamaica Bay, JoCo Marsh--Duck Creek in August
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA

based on 2 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Jamaica Bay, JoCo Marsh--Duck Creek 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   Double-crested Cormorant 41.3% 100.0% 58.7%
2   Herring Gull 39.5% 100.0% 60.5%
3   Great Egret 34.5% 100.0% 65.5%
4   Laughing Gull 32.0% 100.0% 68.0%
5   Great Blue Heron 30.6% 100.0% 69.4%
6   Red-winged Blackbird 28.5% 100.0% 71.5%
7   Semipalmated Sandpiper 24.2% 100.0% 75.8%
8   Snowy Egret 22.5% 100.0% 77.5%
9   Least Sandpiper 22.0% 100.0% 78.0%
10   Semipalmated Plover 21.1% 100.0% 78.9%
11   Spotted Sandpiper 17.0% 100.0% 83.0%
12   Greater Yellowlegs 15.8% 100.0% 84.2%
13   American Oystercatcher 12.4% 100.0% 87.6%
14   Short-billed Dowitcher 10.4% 100.0% 89.6%
15   Boat-tailed Grackle 4.3% 100.0% 95.7%
16   Clapper Rail 4.2% 100.0% 95.8%
17   Willet 3.6% 100.0% 96.4%
18   Barn Swallow 39.9% 50.0% 10.1%
19   Song Sparrow 35.0% 50.0% 15.0%
20   Osprey 30.7% 50.0% 19.3%
21   Common Tern 16.4% 50.0% 33.6%
22   Forster's Tern 13.2% 50.0% 36.8%
23   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 9.1% 50.0% 40.9%
24   Peregrine Falcon 7.6% 50.0% 42.4%
25   Ruddy Turnstone 5.5% 50.0% 44.5%