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Top Birds at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--West Pond in May
relative to other locations within 25 miles of 35.791540, -78.781117

based on 1026 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--West Pond in May. 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   Yellow Warbler 7.8% 83.4% 75.6%
2   Tree Swallow 15.2% 83.2% 68.0%
3   Laughing Gull 0.2% 81.0% 80.8%
4   Red-winged Blackbird 27.3% 79.8% 52.6%
5   Gray Catbird 28.1% 78.8% 50.6%
6   Osprey 16.3% 77.3% 60.9%
7   Great Egret 2.5% 71.1% 68.5%
8   Double-crested Cormorant 16.8% 71.0% 54.1%
9   Mallard 28.2% 70.8% 42.6%
10   Canada Goose 41.2% 70.4% 29.2%
11   Brant 0% 69.3% 69.3%
12   American Robin 38.0% 68.5% 30.5%
13   Northern Mockingbird 29.9% 67.8% 37.9%
14   Song Sparrow 15.7% 66.7% 50.9%
15   Glossy Ibis 0.1% 66.4% 66.2%
16   American Herring Gull 0.1% 65.2% 65.1%
17   Eastern Towhee 36.5% 63.5% 27.0%
18   Mute Swan 0.3% 63.0% 62.7%
19   Northern Cardinal 79.5% 61.3% 18.2%
20   Common Yellowthroat 40.3% 60.7% 20.4%
21   Ruddy Duck 0.4% 60.4% 60.0%
22   House Wren 8.5% 59.3% 50.7%
23   Great Black-backed Gull 0% 56.8% 56.8%
24   Snowy Egret 0.4% 56.4% 56.1%
25   Forster's Tern 0.1% 54.8% 54.7%
26   Barn Swallow 30.1% 54.1% 24.0%
27   American Oystercatcher 0% 51.7% 51.7%
28   Gadwall 0.0% 48.7% 48.7%
29   Boat-tailed Grackle 0% 48.2% 48.2%
30   American Redstart 22.1% 44.2% 22.1%
31   European Starling 20.4% 44.2% 23.8%
32   Carolina Wren 70.8% 42.2% 28.6%
33   Willet 0.0% 41.9% 41.9%
34   Common Grackle 33.9% 40.4% 6.5%
35   Mourning Dove 47.8% 39.5% 8.4%
36   Brown Thrasher 16.2% 37.1% 21.0%
37   Black-bellied Plover 0.2% 34.6% 34.4%
38   Yellow-rumped Warbler 9.9% 34.3% 24.4%
39   Semipalmated Sandpiper 2.4% 33.8% 31.4%
40   American Black Duck 0.0% 31.6% 31.6%
41   Least Sandpiper 4.9% 31.4% 26.4%
42   Blackpoll Warbler 7.6% 30.4% 22.8%
43   Ring-billed Gull 1.3% 30.1% 28.8%
44   Willow Flycatcher 0.2% 28.8% 28.7%
45   Black-and-white Warbler 15.1% 27.8% 12.6%
46   House Sparrow 3.3% 27.8% 24.5%
47   Northern Parula 35.3% 27.5% 7.8%
48   Semipalmated Plover 2.0% 25.0% 23.0%
49   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 1.5% 24.5% 22.9%
50   Fish Crow 34.0% 23.6% 10.4%
51   American Goldfinch 45.0% 22.9% 22.1%
52   Brown-headed Cowbird 37.1% 22.9% 14.2%
53   Magnolia Warbler 3.3% 21.7% 18.4%
54   Common Tern 0.2% 21.7% 21.5%
55   Chimney Swift 27.5% 21.2% 6.3%
56   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 18.1% 21.0% 2.8%
57   Greater Yellowlegs 1.0% 19.7% 18.7%
58   Spotted Sandpiper 15.6% 19.3% 3.7%
59   White-throated Sparrow 7.9% 18.3% 10.4%
60   Killdeer 19.5% 18.2% 1.3%
61   Black-crowned Night-Heron 0.0% 17.8% 17.8%
62   American Crow 56.2% 17.6% 38.5%
63   Dunlin 0.5% 17.6% 17.2%
64   Great Blue Heron 45.2% 16.8% 28.4%
65   Ruddy Turnstone 0.1% 16.5% 16.4%
66   House Finch 29.3% 16.4% 13.0%
67   Black-throated Green Warbler 0.5% 16.1% 15.6%
68   Red-breasted Merganser 0.2% 16.1% 15.9%
69   Cedar Waxwing 14.0% 15.8% 1.8%
70   Eastern Kingbird 27.0% 14.8% 12.2%
71   Clapper Rail 0% 14.7% 14.7%
72   Northern Flicker 8.5% 14.5% 6.0%
73   Red-eyed Vireo 51.9% 14.3% 37.6%
74   Baltimore Oriole 1.2% 13.7% 12.6%
75   Bay-breasted Warbler 0.4% 13.1% 12.7%
76   Rock Pigeon 5.6% 13.0% 7.4%
77   Scarlet Tanager 11.6% 12.9% 1.3%
78   Black-throated Blue Warbler 12.1% 12.8% 0.7%
79   Great Crested Flycatcher 49.0% 12.5% 36.5%
80   Chestnut-sided Warbler 1.2% 12.2% 11.0%
81   Purple Martin 10.5% 12.1% 1.6%
82   White-eyed Vireo 34.8% 11.7% 23.1%
83   Short-billed Dowitcher 0.1% 10.8% 10.7%
84   Rose-breasted Grosbeak 2.1% 9.7% 7.6%
85   Downy Woodpecker 40.3% 9.5% 30.8%
86   Lesser Yellowlegs 1.4% 9.5% 8.1%
87   Greater Scaup 0.0% 9.5% 9.4%
88   Red Knot 0% 9.5% 9.5%
89   Blue Jay 41.8% 8.9% 33.0%
90   Little Blue Heron 0.1% 8.9% 8.8%
91   Blackburnian Warbler 0.3% 8.7% 8.3%
92   Least Tern 0.1% 8.7% 8.6%
93   Eastern Wood-Pewee 20.8% 8.4% 12.4%
94   Bufflehead 0% 8.1% 8.1%
95   Blue-headed Vireo 1.2% 7.6% 6.4%
96   Northern Shoveler 0.1% 7.3% 7.2%
97   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 57.5% 7.1% 50.4%
98   Chipping Sparrow 38.3% 6.6% 31.7%
99   Prairie Warbler 6.7% 6.6% 0.0%
100   Warbling Vireo 1.4% 6.6% 5.2%
101   Savannah Sparrow 1.1% 6.3% 5.2%
102   Ovenbird 17.6% 6.2% 11.4%
103   Marsh Wren 0.0% 6.1% 6.1%
104   American Coot 0.1% 5.9% 5.8%
105   Peregrine Falcon 0.0% 5.8% 5.8%
106   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 30.0% 5.7% 24.4%
107   Swamp Sparrow 2.0% 5.7% 3.7%
108   Red-bellied Woodpecker 54.3% 5.6% 48.8%
109   Bank Swallow 1.2% 5.3% 4.1%
110   Sanderling 0.0% 5.2% 5.1%
111   Yellow-billed Cuckoo 11.6% 5.1% 6.5%
112   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1.3% 5.1% 3.8%
113   Green-winged Teal 0.0% 5.1% 5.1%
114   Cape May Warbler 0.8% 4.8% 4.0%
115   White-rumped Sandpiper 0.7% 4.6% 3.9%
116   Tricolored Heron 0.1% 4.5% 4.4%
117   Black-capped Chickadee 0% 4.4% 4.4%
118   Northern Waterthrush 6.7% 4.3% 2.5%
119   Swainson's Thrush 7.0% 3.8% 3.2%
120   White-crowned Sparrow 0.1% 3.6% 3.5%
121   Veery 2.8% 3.5% 0.7%
122   Red-headed Woodpecker 10.4% 3.1% 7.2%
123   Canada Warbler 0.4% 3.0% 2.6%
124   Red-breasted Nuthatch 0.1% 3.0% 2.9%
125   Snow Goose 0% 3.0% 3.0%
126   Solitary Sandpiper 7.7% 2.8% 4.9%
127   Field Sparrow 3.0% 2.8% 0.2%
128   Wilson's Warbler 0.5% 2.7% 2.2%
129   Common Loon 0.3% 2.7% 2.4%
130   Blue-winged Teal 0.3% 2.7% 2.4%
131   Nashville Warbler 0.0% 2.7% 2.7%
132   Red-necked Phalarope 0.9% 2.6% 1.7%
133   Hermit Thrush 0.3% 2.6% 2.3%
134   Palm Warbler 0.7% 2.5% 1.8%
135   Northern Harrier 0.3% 2.3% 2.0%
136   Lesser Scaup 0.1% 2.3% 2.3%
137   Common Eider 0% 2.3% 2.3%
138   Turkey Vulture 38.4% 2.2% 36.1%
139   Orchard Oriole 15.5% 2.1% 13.3%
140   Wood Duck 12.5% 2.1% 10.4%
141   Black-billed Cuckoo 0.2% 2.1% 2.0%
142   Black Skimmer 0% 2.0% 2.0%
143   Wood Thrush 13.0% 1.9% 11.1%
144   Red-tailed Hawk 12.1% 1.9% 10.2%
145   Eastern Phoebe 34.2% 1.9% 32.3%
146   American Wigeon 0.0% 1.9% 1.8%
147   White-faced Ibis 0% 1.9% 1.9%
148   Blue-winged Warbler 0.2% 1.7% 1.4%
149   Least Flycatcher 0.0% 1.7% 1.6%
150   Fulvous Whistling-Duck 0% 1.7% 1.7%
151   Indigo Bunting 45.6% 1.6% 44.1%
152   Cliff Swallow 5.0% 1.6% 3.5%
153   Green Heron 9.8% 1.5% 8.4%
154   Merlin 0.1% 1.5% 1.3%
155   Tufted Titmouse 65.2% 1.4% 63.8%
156   Yellow-throated Vireo 7.0% 1.4% 5.6%
157   Gull-billed Tern 0% 1.4% 1.4%
158   Bald Eagle 10.5% 1.3% 9.2%
159   Common Nighthawk 0.2% 1.3% 1.1%
160   Belted Kingfisher 12.1% 1.2% 10.9%
161   Lincoln's Sparrow 0.0% 1.2% 1.1%
162   Wilson's Phalarope 0% 1.1% 1.1%
163   White-breasted Nuthatch 23.1% 0.9% 22.3%
164   American Kestrel 0.6% 0.9% 0.3%
165   Tennessee Warbler 0.1% 0.8% 0.7%
166   Seaside Sparrow 0% 0.8% 0.8%
167   Yellow-breasted Chat 11.1% 0.7% 10.4%
168   Hairy Woodpecker 8.8% 0.7% 8.1%
169   Bobolink 2.8% 0.7% 2.1%
170   Pied-billed Grebe 0.1% 0.7% 0.6%
171   Northern Pintail 0.0% 0.7% 0.7%
172   Cooper's Hawk 2.7% 0.6% 2.2%
173   Hooded Merganser 1.7% 0.6% 1.1%
174   Worm-eating Warbler 1.0% 0.6% 0.4%
175   American Woodcock 0.1% 0.6% 0.5%
176   Eurasian Wigeon 0% 0.6% 0.6%
177   Pectoral Sandpiper 0.2% 0.5% 0.3%
178   Black-necked Stilt 0.1% 0.5% 0.4%
179   Mourning Warbler 0.0% 0.5% 0.5%
180   Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 0.0% 0.5% 0.5%
181   Sage Thrasher 0% 0.5% 0.5%
182   Pine Warbler 41.6% 0.4% 41.3%
183   Summer Tanager 37.8% 0.4% 37.4%
184   Hooded Warbler 10.5% 0.4% 10.1%
185   Bonaparte's Gull 0.1% 0.4% 0.3%
186   Purple Finch 0.0% 0.4% 0.4%
187   Long-tailed Duck 0% 0.4% 0.4%
188   Sharp-shinned Hawk 0.3% 0.3% 0.0%
189   Ring-necked Duck 0.1% 0.3% 0.2%
190   Horned Grebe 0.1% 0.3% 0.2%
191   Common Gallinule 0.0% 0.3% 0.2%
192   Piping Plover 0.0% 0.3% 0.3%
193   White-winged Scoter 0% 0.3% 0.3%
194   Blue Grosbeak 23.8% 0.2% 23.6%
195   Prothonotary Warbler 15.9% 0.2% 15.7%
196   Eastern Meadowlark 8.2% 0.2% 8.0%
197   Least Bittern 0.3% 0.2% 0.1%
198   Common Raven 0.2% 0.2% 0.0%
199   Olive-sided Flycatcher 0.2% 0.2% 0.0%
200   Sora 0.1% 0.2% 0.1%
201   Philadelphia Vireo 0.0% 0.2% 0.2%
202   Red-throated Loon 0% 0.2% 0.2%
203   Saltmarsh Sparrow 0% 0.2% 0.2%
204   King Eider 0% 0.2% 0.2%
205   Acadian Flycatcher 25.7% 0.1% 25.6%
206   Kentucky Warbler 2.9% 0.1% 2.8%
207   Grasshopper Sparrow 2.7% 0.1% 2.6%
208   Caspian Tern 0.7% 0.1% 0.6%
209   Gray-cheeked Thrush 0.5% 0.1% 0.4%
210   Black Tern 0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
211   Dark-eyed Junco 0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
212   Whimbrel 0.0% 0.1% 0.0%
213   Cerulean Warbler 0.0% 0.1% 0.1%
214   Virginia Rail 0.0% 0.1% 0.1%
215   Vesper Sparrow 0% 0.1% 0.1%
216   Evening Grosbeak 0% 0.1% 0.1%
217   Red-necked Grebe 0% 0.1% 0.1%
218   Black Scoter 0% 0.1% 0.1%
219   Monk Parakeet 0% 0.1% 0.1%
220   Sandhill Crane 0% 0.1% 0.1%
221   Great Cormorant 0% 0.1% 0.1%
222   Bar-tailed Godwit 0% 0.1% 0.1%