Top Birds at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--West Pond in July
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York City, United States
based on 602 checklists
This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--West Pond in July. 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.
| Evidence | Sampling | Score | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Links | Species | Media | Years | Birders | Hits | Frequency | Relative | Rank |
| 1 | Laughing Gull | 12 | 24 | 416 | 523 | 86.9% | +50.9% | 8 / 680 | |
| 2 | Osprey | 26 | 25 | 420 | 523 | 86.9% | +58.4% | 5 / 678 | |
| 3 | Double-crested Cormorant | 8 | 24 | 402 | 500 | 83.1% | +39.1% | 15 / 867 | |
| 4 | Gray Catbird | 5 | 24 | 397 | 499 | 82.9% | +31.8% | 19 / 977 | |
| 5 | Great Egret | 11 | 25 | 403 | 498 | 82.7% | +43.5% | 8 / 714 | |
| 6 | Northern Yellow Warbler | 17 | 24 | 392 | 481 | 79.9% | +57.1% | 1 / 541 | |
| 7 | Red-winged Blackbird | 7 | 23 | 380 | 470 | 78.1% | +27.4% | 31 / 852 | |
| 8 | Northern Mockingbird | 15 | 23 | 380 | 468 | 77.7% | +36.7% | 12 / 952 | |
| 9 | Snowy Egret | 18 | 25 | 376 | 464 | 77.1% | +54.1% | 5 / 402 | |
| 10 | Song Sparrow | 15 | 24 | 375 | 458 | 76.1% | +27.6% | 36 / 892 | |
| 11 | Canada Goose | 6 | 24 | 369 | 458 | 76.1% | +37.3% | 28 / 789 | |
| 12 | American Herring Gull | 3 | 24 | 353 | 428 | 71.1% | +30.4% | 49 / 815 | |
| 13 | Mute Swan | 15 | 22 | 348 | 421 | 69.9% | +57.8% | 8 / 257 | |
| 14 | Mallard | 12 | 23 | 356 | 417 | 69.3% | +31.6% | 27 / 730 | |
| 15 | Glossy Ibis | 18 | 24 | 320 | 407 | 67.6% | +59.5% | 5 / 176 | |
| 16 | American Robin | 3 | 23 | 325 | 406 | 67.4% | +4.0% | 171 / 1188 | |
| 17 | Tree Swallow | 11 | 24 | 337 | 395 | 65.6% | +43.8% | 6 / 519 | |
| 18 | European Starling | 3 | 24 | 327 | 387 | 64.3% | +10.2% | 91 / 1135 | |
| 19 | Forster's Tern | 23 | 24 | 320 | 378 | 62.8% | +46.1% | 10 / 361 | |
| 20 | House Wren | 17 | 21 | 308 | 374 | 62.1% | +46.4% | 13 / 532 | |
| 21 | Northern Cardinal | 5 | 25 | 318 | 358 | 59.5% | +13.0% | 102 / 1002 | |
| 22 | Barn Swallow | 5 | 23 | 303 | 352 | 58.5% | +9.9% | 119 / 923 | |
| 23 | Great Black-backed Gull | 3 | 24 | 302 | 336 | 55.8% | +28.8% | 59 / 577 | |
| 24 | Black-crowned Night-Heron | 16 | 25 | 290 | 335 | 55.6% | +35.9% | 11 / 525 | |
| 25 | Great Blue Heron | 3 | 22 | 302 | 318 | 52.8% | +25.0% | 36 / 685 | |
| 26 | Common Tern | 4 | 23 | 282 | 310 | 51.5% | +28.4% | 79 / 428 | |
| 27 | Eastern Towhee | 13 | 25 | 269 | 304 | 50.5% | +41.8% | 17 / 254 | |
| 28 | Boat-tailed Grackle | 20 | 22 | 270 | 296 | 49.2% | +42.1% | 10 / 150 | |
| 29 | Willow Flycatcher | 23 | 23 | 281 | 290 | 48.2% | +36.7% | 8 / 297 | |
| 30 | Cedar Waxwing | 9 | 21 | 260 | 276 | 45.8% | +25.0% | 18 / 642 | |
| 31 | Mourning Dove | 2 | 23 | 260 | 264 | 43.9% | -8.0% | 262 / 1132 | |
| 32 | Common Yellowthroat | 1 | 22 | 224 | 260 | 43.2% | +26.1% | 46 / 440 | |
| 33 | American Black Duck | 2 | 23 | 233 | 249 | 41.4% | +33.6% | 6 / 290 | |
| 34 | Least Sandpiper | 12 | 19 | 238 | 239 | 39.7% | +22.9% | 28 / 313 | |
| 35 | American Oystercatcher | 4 | 24 | 204 | 239 | 39.7% | +24.0% | 52 / 235 | |
| 36 | Yellow-crowned Night-Heron | 13 | 24 | 226 | 227 | 37.7% | +26.7% | 32 / 249 | |
| 37 | Least Tern | 7 | 24 | 205 | 221 | 36.7% | +22.2% | 42 / 271 | |
| 38 | Gadwall | 8 | 16 | 195 | 207 | 34.4% | +29.6% | 3 / 134 | |
| 39 | Short-billed Dowitcher | 19 | 21 | 200 | 204 | 33.9% | +26.1% | 13 / 135 | |
| 40 | Common Grackle | 1 | 23 | 181 | 194 | 32.2% | -3.0% | 223 / 936 | |
| 41 | Semipalmated Sandpiper | 7 | 21 | 202 | 192 | 31.9% | +19.2% | 19 / 247 | |
| 42 | Lesser Yellowlegs | 11 | 23 | 188 | 190 | 31.6% | +23.6% | 8 / 152 | |
| 43 | Ruddy Duck | 11 | 12 | 204 | 190 | 31.6% | +29.1% | 2 / 49 | |
| 44 | Black Skimmer | 16 | 22 | 177 | 189 | 31.4% | +21.1% | 21 / 251 | |
| 45 | Brown Thrasher | 3 | 25 | 161 | 182 | 30.2% | +26.6% | 8 / 162 | |
| 46 | House Sparrow | 0 | 21 | 181 | 175 | 29.1% | -27.9% | 633 / 1232 | |
| 47 | Greater Yellowlegs | 6 | 21 | 174 | 175 | 29.1% | +18.6% | 18 / 178 | |
| 48 | American Goldfinch | 2 | 21 | 183 | 164 | 27.2% | -3.5% | 228 / 740 | |
| 49 | Killdeer | 4 | 15 | 170 | 160 | 26.6% | +7.4% | 108 / 426 | |
| 50 | Carolina Wren | 2 | 17 | 173 | 159 | 26.4% | +6.0% | 153 / 723 | |
| 51 | Ring-billed Gull | 1 | 19 | 152 | 148 | 24.6% | -2.4% | 210 / 660 | |
| 52 | Semipalmated Plover | 4 | 18 | 147 | 132 | 21.9% | +14.1% | 21 / 186 | |
| 53 | Fish Crow | 2 | 21 | 105 | 119 | 19.8% | +5.5% | 139 / 657 | |
| 54 | House Finch | 1 | 14 | 104 | 109 | 18.1% | +1.0% | 134 / 704 | |
| 55 | Spotted Sandpiper | 2 | 19 | 104 | 93 | 15.4% | +2.3% | 100 / 384 | |
| 56 | Marsh Wren | 2 | 20 | 72 | 76 | 12.6% | -0.2% | 99 / 204 | |
| 57 | Rock Pigeon | 0 | 20 | 72 | 73 | 12.1% | -24.3% | 664 / 998 | |
| 58 | Willet | 0 | 20 | 93 | 72 | 12.0% | +5.1% | 33 / 117 | |
| 59 | Brown-headed Cowbird | 1 | 18 | 73 | 70 | 11.6% | +2.7% | 107 / 480 | |
| 60 | Little Blue Heron | 3 | 22 | 68 | 70 | 11.6% | +8.1% | 26 / 138 | |
| 61 | American Crow | 0 | 20 | 63 | 68 | 11.3% | -2.2% | 228 / 728 | |
| 62 | Peregrine Falcon | 5 | 13 | 66 | 66 | 11.0% | +5.9% | 41 / 312 | |
| 63 | Gull-billed Tern | 11 | 15 | 67 | 65 | 10.8% | +8.8% | 8 / 28 | |
| 64 | Ruby-throated Hummingbird | 0 | 11 | 82 | 59 | 9.8% | +6.3% | 33 / 230 | |
| 65 | Bank Swallow | 2 | 14 | 63 | 48 | 8.0% | +1.6% | 73 / 210 | |
| 66 | Stilt Sandpiper | 1 | 7 | 33 | 44 | 7.3% | +5.4% | 5 / 27 | |
| 67 | Downy Woodpecker | 1 | 13 | 67 | 42 | 7.0% | -15.1% | 492 / 733 | |
| 68 | Northern Flicker | 0 | 12 | 45 | 42 | 7.0% | -13.6% | 476 / 686 | |
| 69 | Purple Martin | 3 | 6 | 48 | 39 | 6.5% | +1.5% | 67 / 169 | |
| 70 | Greater Scaup | 1 | 7 | 50 | 39 | 6.5% | +5.9% | 7 / 33 | |
| 71 | Brant | 0 | 8 | 51 | 36 | 6.0% | +4.9% | 16 / 69 | |
| 72 | Chimney Swift | 0 | 9 | 34 | 34 | 5.6% | -17.3% | 599 / 860 | |
| 73 | Clapper Rail | 1 | 13 | 39 | 32 | 5.3% | -0.3% | 55 / 119 | |
| 74 | Tricolored Heron | 1 | 16 | 31 | 31 | 5.1% | +4.6% | 4 / 29 | |
| 75 | American Redstart | 3 | 12 | 24 | 29 | 4.8% | +2.3% | 58 / 205 | |
| 76 | Northern Rough-winged Swallow | 1 | 11 | 32 | 28 | 4.7% | -1.5% | 160 / 367 | |
| 77 | Pectoral Sandpiper | 1 | 8 | 30 | 27 | 4.5% | +2.9% | 14 / 54 | |
| 78 | Green Heron | 1 | 13 | 30 | 26 | 4.3% | -4.5% | 175 / 341 | |
| 79 | White-eyed Vireo | 1 | 12 | 17 | 20 | 3.3% | +1.8% | 36 / 81 | |
| 80 | Great Crested Flycatcher | 1 | 11 | 21 | 19 | 3.2% | -2.2% | 194 / 295 | |
| 81 | Blue Jay | 0 | 10 | 22 | 18 | 3.0% | -25.3% | 757 / 849 | |
| 82 | Green-winged Teal | 1 | 6 | 25 | 18 | 3.0% | +2.5% | 5 / 29 | |
| 83 | Eastern Kingbird | 0 | 13 | 17 | 17 | 2.8% | -12.6% | 413 / 528 | |
| 84 | Eastern Phoebe | 0 | 12 | 18 | 17 | 2.8% | +1.0% | 86 / 189 | |
| 85 | American Avocet | 4 | 2 | 20 | 16 | 2.7% | +2.3% | 6 / 15 | |
| 86 | Yellow-billed Cuckoo | 1 | 8 | 17 | 15 | 2.5% | +1.1% | 45 / 114 | |
| 87 | Black-bellied Plover | 0 | 9 | 20 | 15 | 2.5% | +1.7% | 19 / 51 | |
| 88 | Snow Goose | 5 | 2 | 13 | 14 | 2.3% | +2.2% | 5 / 9 | |
| 89 | Baltimore Oriole | 0 | 10 | 16 | 13 | 2.2% | -5.0% | 309 / 415 | |
| 90 | Northern Shoveler | 0 | 8 | 14 | 13 | 2.2% | +2.0% | 4 / 15 | |
| 91 | Ruddy Turnstone | 0 | 7 | 14 | 12 | 2.0% | +0.7% | 43 / 68 | |
| 92 | Warbling Vireo | 0 | 8 | 14 | 11 | 1.8% | -11.2% | 403 / 467 | |
| 93 | Sanderling | 0 | 7 | 14 | 11 | 1.8% | -0.7% | 59 / 90 | |
| 94 | White-rumped Sandpiper | 1 | 6 | 13 | 10 | 1.7% | +1.1% | 10 / 31 | |
| 95 | Bufflehead | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 1.7% | +1.6% | 2 / 15 | |
| 96 | Wood Duck | 1 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 1.5% | -6.2% | 196 / 247 | |
| 97 | Black-capped Chickadee | 0 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 1.5% | -5.4% | 291 / 354 | |
| 98 | Eastern Wood-Pewee | 1 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 1.5% | -2.4% | 202 / 265 | |
| 99 | Lesser Scaup | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 1.5% | +1.3% | 7 / 14 | |
| 100 | Red-breasted Merganser | 1 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 1.3% | +0.9% | 17 / 34 | |
| 101 | Chipping Sparrow | 0 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 1.2% | -4.9% | 273 / 329 | |
| 102 | American White Pelican | 3 | 1 | 26 | 7 | 1.2% | +0.5% | 11 / 14 | |
| 103 | Hudsonian Whimbrel | 2 | 6 | 27 | 7 | 1.2% | +0.7% | 22 / 50 | |
| 104 | Black-bellied Whistling-Duck | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 1.2% | +0.7% | 6 / 10 | |
| 105 | Blue-winged Teal | 0 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 1.2% | +0.9% | 6 / 15 | |
| 106 | Pied-billed Grebe | 0 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 1.2% | +0.9% | 20 / 39 | |
| 107 | American Wigeon | 0 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 1.2% | +1.1% | 3 / 6 | |
| 108 | Red-eyed Vireo | 0 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 1.0% | -4.6% | 263 / 298 | |
| 109 | Bald Eagle | 0 | 2 | 22 | 6 | 1.0% | -1.1% | 149 / 191 | |
| 110 | Long-tailed Duck | 4 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1.0% | +0.7% | 9 / 20 | |
| 111 | Sora | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 1.0% | +0.8% | 9 / 14 | |
| 112 | Wilson's Phalarope | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 1.0% | +0.8% | 4 / 7 | |
| 113 | Red-bellied Woodpecker | 0 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0.8% | -13.5% | 506 / 531 | |
| 114 | Wood Thrush | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0.8% | -4.4% | 211 / 234 | |
| 115 | Solitary Sandpiper | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0.8% | -0.6% | 109 / 150 | |
| 116 | Savannah Sparrow | 0 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0.8% | +0.1% | 43 / 65 | |
| 117 | Belted Kingfisher | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0.7% | -2.4% | 257 / 275 | |
| 118 | Swamp Sparrow | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0.7% | -1.8% | 101 / 128 | |
| 119 | Field Sparrow | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0.7% | -1.2% | 77 / 91 | |
| 120 | Northern Waterthrush | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0.7% | -0.9% | 100 / 123 | |
| 121 | Red-necked Phalarope | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0.7% | +0.7% | 1 / 1 | |
| 122 | Tufted Titmouse | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0.5% | -5.8% | 334 / 348 | |
| 123 | Saltmarsh Sparrow | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0.5% | -2.2% | 28 / 34 | |
| 124 | Blue-gray Gnatcatcher | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0.5% | -1.4% | 169 / 184 | |
| 125 | Common Loon | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0.5% | -0.3% | 59 / 67 | |
| 126 | American Coot | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0.5% | +0.1% | 11 / 12 | |
| 127 | Western Cattle-Egret | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0.5% | +0.4% | 6 / 14 | |
| 128 | Red-tailed Hawk | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0.3% | -8.9% | 569 / 571 | |
| 129 | Indigo Bunting | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0.3% | -4.9% | 231 / 237 | |
| 130 | Orchard Oriole | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0.3% | -2.4% | 188 / 192 | |
| 131 | American Kestrel | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0.3% | -2.0% | 231 / 238 | |
| 132 | Royal Tern | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0.3% | -1.2% | 83 / 87 | |
| 133 | Cliff Swallow | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0.3% | -0.8% | 87 / 94 | |
| 134 | Caspian Tern | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0.3% | -0.7% | 68 / 74 | |
| 135 | Red Knot | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0.3% | +0.1% | 16 / 16 | |
| 136 | Northern Harrier | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0.3% | +0.2% | 24 / 28 | |
| 137 | Common Eider | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0.3% | +0.2% | 13 / 13 | |
| 138 | King Eider | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.3% | +0.3% | 5 / 5 | |
| 139 | White-breasted Nuthatch | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.2% | -6.0% | 331 / 332 | |
| 140 | Turkey Vulture | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.2% | -4.8% | 403 / 403 | |
| 141 | Piping Plover | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.2% | -2.7% | 52 / 52 | |
| 142 | Common Raven | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.2% | -2.0% | 287 / 287 | |
| 143 | Least Bittern | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0.2% | -1.2% | 46 / 46 | |
| 144 | Seaside Sparrow | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.2% | -1.1% | 34 / 34 | |
| 145 | Cooper's Hawk | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.2% | -0.9% | 136 / 139 | |
| 146 | Scarlet Tanager | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.2% | -0.7% | 104 / 104 | |
| 147 | Louisiana Waterthrush | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.2% | -0.4% | 63 / 66 | |
| 148 | Hudsonian Godwit | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.2% | -0.4% | 6 / 6 | |
| 149 | Western Sandpiper | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.2% | -0.4% | 19 / 19 | |
| 150 | Black-and-white Warbler | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.2% | -0.3% | 63 / 63 | |
| 151 | Bobolink | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0.2% | -0.2% | 58 / 59 | |
| 152 | Black Scoter | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.2% | -0.2% | 26 / 26 | |
| 153 | Common Gallinule | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.2% | -0.2% | 21 / 22 | |
| 154 | Hooded Merganser | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0.2% | -0.1% | 38 / 39 | |
| 155 | Acadian Flycatcher | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0.2% | -0.1% | 16 / 17 | |
| 156 | Black-billed Cuckoo | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.2% | 0.0% | 31 / 33 | |
| 157 | American Woodcock | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.2% | 0.0% | 33 / 36 | |
| 158 | Dunlin | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.2% | 0.0% | 15 / 15 | |
| 159 | Merlin | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.2% | +0.1% | 15 / 17 | |
| 160 | Eastern Meadowlark | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.2% | +0.1% | 11 / 12 | |
| 161 | Magnolia Warbler | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.2% | +0.1% | 6 / 6 | |