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Top Birds at Jamaica Bay, JoCo Marsh--JoCo Creek in August
relative to other locations within 25 miles of 40.781243, -73.966507

based on 4 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   Great Egret 32.7% 100.0% 67.3%
2   Laughing Gull 32.3% 100.0% 67.7%
3   Osprey 30.7% 100.0% 69.3%
4   Snowy Egret 21.1% 100.0% 78.9%
5   Least Sandpiper 21.0% 100.0% 79.0%
6   Common Tern 16.1% 100.0% 83.9%
7   American Oystercatcher 11.4% 100.0% 88.6%
8   Willet 3.3% 100.0% 96.7%
9   Double-crested Cormorant 40.1% 75.0% 34.9%
10   American Herring Gull 37.7% 75.0% 37.3%
11   Great Blue Heron 30.3% 75.0% 44.7%
12   Semipalmated Plover 20.3% 75.0% 54.7%
13   Greater Yellowlegs 14.7% 75.0% 60.3%
14   Forster's Tern 13.2% 75.0% 61.8%
15   Short-billed Dowitcher 9.6% 75.0% 65.4%
16   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 8.8% 75.0% 66.2%
17   Glossy Ibis 6.0% 75.0% 69.0%
18   Boat-tailed Grackle 4.1% 75.0% 70.9%
19   Clapper Rail 4.0% 75.0% 71.0%
20   Red-winged Blackbird 26.7% 50.0% 23.3%
21   Great Black-backed Gull 25.2% 50.0% 24.8%
22   Semipalmated Sandpiper 22.7% 50.0% 27.3%
23   Peregrine Falcon 7.0% 50.0% 43.0%
24   Ruddy Turnstone 5.1% 50.0% 44.9%
25   Barn Swallow 37.7% 25.0% 12.7%
26   Rock Pigeon 35.9% 25.0% 10.9%
27   Song Sparrow 33.8% 25.0% 8.8%
28   Chimney Swift 23.8% 25.0% 1.2%
29   Spotted Sandpiper 15.5% 25.0% 9.5%
30   Tree Swallow 13.4% 25.0% 11.6%
31   American Black Duck 9.4% 25.0% 15.6%
32   Belted Kingfisher 7.9% 25.0% 17.1%
33   Black-bellied Plover 6.5% 25.0% 18.5%
34   Black Skimmer 5.7% 25.0% 19.3%
35   American Kestrel 3.8% 25.0% 21.2%
36   Little Blue Heron 3.8% 25.0% 21.2%
37   Gull-billed Tern 1.2% 25.0% 23.8%