Top Birds at Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh in August
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA
based on 39 checklists
This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh 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.
| Rank | Info | Pics | Species | Entire Region | This Location | Difference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Semipalmated Plover | 21.1% | 79.5% | 58.4% | |||
| 2 | Laughing Gull | 32.0% | 71.8% | 39.8% | |||
| 3 | Herring Gull | 39.5% | 66.7% | 27.2% | |||
| 4 | Double-crested Cormorant | 41.3% | 61.5% | 20.2% | |||
| 5 | Osprey | 30.7% | 61.5% | 30.9% | |||
| 6 | Yellow-crowned Night-Heron | 9.1% | 61.5% | 52.5% | |||
| 7 | Great Egret | 34.5% | 59.0% | 24.5% | |||
| 8 | Semipalmated Sandpiper | 24.1% | 53.8% | 29.7% | |||
| 9 | Snowy Egret | 22.5% | 51.3% | 28.8% | |||
| 10 | Greater Yellowlegs | 15.8% | 48.7% | 32.9% | |||
| 11 | Boat-tailed Grackle | 4.2% | 48.7% | 44.5% | |||
| 12 | Barn Swallow | 39.9% | 46.2% | 6.3% | |||
| 13 | Great Black-backed Gull | 27.0% | 46.2% | 19.2% | |||
| 14 | American Oystercatcher | 12.4% | 43.6% | 31.2% | |||
| 15 | Black-crowned Night-Heron | 14.5% | 41.0% | 26.5% | |||
| 16 | European Starling | 51.1% | 38.5% | 12.7% | |||
| 17 | House Sparrow | 50.0% | 38.5% | 11.5% | |||
| 18 | Canada Goose | 40.8% | 38.5% | 2.3% | |||
| 19 | Black-bellied Plover | 7.4% | 35.9% | 28.5% | |||
| 20 | Common Tern | 16.4% | 33.3% | 16.9% | |||
| 21 | Northern Mockingbird | 36.0% | 30.8% | 5.3% | |||
| 22 | Red-winged Blackbird | 28.5% | 30.8% | 2.3% | |||
| 23 | Least Sandpiper | 22.0% | 30.8% | 8.8% | |||
| 24 | Short-billed Dowitcher | 10.4% | 30.8% | 20.4% | |||
| 25 | Song Sparrow | 35.0% | 28.2% | 6.8% | |||
| 26 | Ring-billed Gull | 31.8% | 28.2% | 3.6% | |||
| 27 | Forster's Tern | 13.2% | 28.2% | 15.0% | |||
| 28 | Killdeer | 14.2% | 25.6% | 11.5% | |||
| 29 | Yellow Warbler | 20.2% | 23.1% | 2.9% | |||
| 30 | Spotted Sandpiper | 17.0% | 23.1% | 6.1% | |||
| 31 | Ruddy Turnstone | 5.5% | 23.1% | 17.6% | |||
| 32 | Lesser Yellowlegs | 13.9% | 20.5% | 6.6% | |||
| 33 | Green Heron | 11.9% | 20.5% | 8.6% | |||
| 34 | Willet | 3.6% | 20.5% | 16.9% | |||
| 35 | Northern Cardinal | 47.8% | 17.9% | 29.8% | |||
| 36 | Gray Catbird | 54.7% | 15.4% | 39.3% | |||
| 37 | Great Blue Heron | 30.7% | 15.4% | 15.3% | |||
| 38 | Glossy Ibis | 6.5% | 15.4% | 8.8% | |||
| 39 | Seaside Sparrow | 1.1% | 15.4% | 14.3% | |||
| 40 | Mourning Dove | 53.7% | 12.8% | 40.9% | |||
| 41 | Rock Pigeon | 35.4% | 12.8% | 22.6% | |||
| 42 | House Finch | 14.9% | 12.8% | 2.1% | |||
| 43 | Tree Swallow | 14.1% | 12.8% | 1.3% | |||
| 44 | American Robin | 57.3% | 10.3% | 47.0% | |||
| 45 | American Crow | 14.4% | 10.3% | 4.2% | |||
| 46 | Fish Crow | 9.0% | 10.3% | 1.3% | |||
| 47 | Mallard | 40.8% | 7.7% | 33.2% | |||
| 48 | Common Yellowthroat | 15.2% | 7.7% | 7.5% | |||
| 49 | American Black Duck | 10.1% | 7.7% | 2.4% | |||
| 50 | Little Blue Heron | 4.2% | 7.7% | 3.5% | |||
| 51 | Cedar Waxwing | 16.8% | 5.1% | 11.7% | |||
| 52 | Northern Waterthrush | 15.4% | 5.1% | 10.3% | |||
| 53 | Clapper Rail | 4.2% | 5.1% | 0.9% | |||
| 54 | Bobolink | 2.2% | 5.1% | 2.9% | |||
| 55 | Saltmarsh Sparrow | 2.1% | 5.1% | 3.0% | |||
| 56 | Whimbrel | 0.5% | 5.1% | 4.6% | |||
| 57 | American Goldfinch | 37.7% | 2.6% | 35.1% | |||
| 58 | Blue Jay | 35.4% | 2.6% | 32.8% | |||
| 59 | Carolina Wren | 24.8% | 2.6% | 22.2% | |||
| 60 | Chimney Swift | 23.8% | 2.6% | 21.3% | |||
| 61 | Eastern Kingbird | 16.7% | 2.6% | 14.2% | |||
| 62 | Belted Kingfisher | 8.4% | 2.6% | 5.8% | |||
| 63 | Peregrine Falcon | 7.6% | 2.6% | 5.0% | |||
| 64 | Black Skimmer | 5.8% | 2.6% | 3.2% | |||
| 65 | Marsh Wren | 5.6% | 2.6% | 3.1% | |||
| 66 | Least Tern | 5.1% | 2.6% | 2.5% | |||
| 67 | Pectoral Sandpiper | 3.1% | 2.6% | 0.5% | |||
| 68 | Bank Swallow | 3.1% | 2.6% | 0.5% | |||
| 69 | Red Knot | 1.0% | 2.6% | 1.6% | |||
| 70 | Tricolored Heron | 0.7% | 2.6% | 1.8% |