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

based on 3 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Jamaica Bay, JoCo Marsh--JoCo 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   Herring Gull 39.5% 100.0% 60.5%
2   Great Egret 34.5% 100.0% 65.5%
3   Laughing Gull 32.0% 100.0% 68.0%
4   Osprey 30.7% 100.0% 69.3%
5   Snowy Egret 22.5% 100.0% 77.5%
6   Least Sandpiper 22.0% 100.0% 78.0%
7   Semipalmated Plover 21.1% 100.0% 78.9%
8   Common Tern 16.4% 100.0% 83.6%
9   Greater Yellowlegs 15.8% 100.0% 84.2%
10   Forster's Tern 13.2% 100.0% 86.8%
11   American Oystercatcher 12.4% 100.0% 87.6%
12   Short-billed Dowitcher 10.4% 100.0% 89.6%
13   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 9.1% 100.0% 90.9%
14   Glossy Ibis 6.5% 100.0% 93.5%
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   Double-crested Cormorant 41.3% 66.7% 25.3%
19   Great Blue Heron 30.6% 66.7% 36.0%
20   Red-winged Blackbird 28.5% 66.7% 38.2%
21   Great Black-backed Gull 27.0% 66.7% 39.7%
22   Semipalmated Sandpiper 24.2% 66.7% 42.5%
23   Ruddy Turnstone 5.5% 66.7% 61.2%
24   Spotted Sandpiper 17.0% 33.3% 16.3%
25   American Black Duck 10.0% 33.3% 23.3%
26   Peregrine Falcon 7.6% 33.3% 25.7%
27   Black-bellied Plover 7.4% 33.3% 25.9%
28   Black Skimmer 5.8% 33.3% 27.6%
29   Little Blue Heron 4.2% 33.3% 29.1%
30   Gull-billed Tern 1.2% 33.3% 32.2%