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

based on 557 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--West Pond in April. 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   Osprey 17.5% 86.2% 68.6%
2   Brant 0% 84.2% 84.2%
3   Red-winged Blackbird 26.8% 83.3% 56.5%
4   Tree Swallow 14.5% 80.8% 66.3%
5   Canada Goose 48.6% 76.5% 27.9%
6   Ruddy Duck 2.9% 76.5% 73.6%
7   American Robin 42.0% 75.9% 34.0%
8   Northern Mockingbird 26.9% 71.8% 44.9%
9   American Herring Gull 0.5% 71.1% 70.6%
10   Mute Swan 0.4% 70.7% 70.3%
11   Double-crested Cormorant 25.8% 70.6% 44.8%
12   Mallard 29.5% 70.0% 40.5%
13   Laughing Gull 0.1% 69.3% 69.2%
14   Great Egret 2.2% 67.5% 65.3%
15   Song Sparrow 23.8% 66.6% 42.8%
16   Northern Cardinal 80.7% 63.9% 16.8%
17   Yellow-rumped Warbler 44.8% 60.9% 16.1%
18   Great Black-backed Gull 0% 58.3% 58.3%
19   Northern Shoveler 0.2% 55.7% 55.5%
20   American Oystercatcher 0.0% 52.4% 52.4%
21   Bufflehead 1.3% 52.1% 50.8%
22   Snowy Egret 0.1% 49.7% 49.6%
23   White-throated Sparrow 57.3% 48.8% 8.5%
24   Carolina Wren 71.6% 47.0% 24.5%
25   American Black Duck 0.1% 46.3% 46.2%
26   Red-breasted Merganser 0.7% 46.0% 45.3%
27   Boat-tailed Grackle 0% 45.2% 45.2%
28   Gadwall 0.1% 43.1% 43.0%
29   European Starling 19.9% 42.9% 23.0%
30   Ring-billed Gull 6.3% 40.6% 34.3%
31   Mourning Dove 45.4% 39.9% 5.5%
32   Common Grackle 25.9% 38.1% 12.1%
33   Glossy Ibis 0.0% 35.9% 35.9%
34   Eastern Towhee 44.6% 35.2% 9.4%
35   Fish Crow 37.0% 34.1% 2.9%
36   Forster's Tern 0.2% 34.1% 33.9%
37   Northern Flicker 13.1% 31.8% 18.7%
38   Barn Swallow 19.6% 27.5% 7.8%
39   Greater Yellowlegs 0.8% 25.9% 25.0%
40   Brown-headed Cowbird 38.0% 25.7% 12.4%
41   Green-winged Teal 0.3% 24.1% 23.7%
42   American Crow 56.7% 23.9% 32.9%
43   Brown Thrasher 19.9% 22.6% 2.7%
44   American Coot 0.8% 22.6% 21.8%
45   House Sparrow 2.2% 20.8% 18.7%
46   Downy Woodpecker 40.0% 20.5% 19.5%
47   Palm Warbler 7.9% 19.4% 11.5%
48   Greater Scaup 0.1% 19.4% 19.3%
49   Gray Catbird 18.3% 19.0% 0.7%
50   Great Blue Heron 44.0% 18.3% 25.6%
51   Eastern Phoebe 35.4% 17.8% 17.6%
52   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 33.0% 17.1% 16.0%
53   Dark-eyed Junco 5.1% 16.9% 11.8%
54   Killdeer 17.3% 15.8% 1.5%
55   Yellow Warbler 2.6% 15.1% 12.4%
56   American Goldfinch 47.1% 14.9% 32.2%
57   House Wren 10.2% 13.5% 3.2%
58   Snow Goose 0% 12.9% 12.9%
59   Golden-crowned Kinglet 0.8% 12.7% 12.0%
60   Hermit Thrush 8.2% 12.4% 4.2%
61   Lesser Scaup 0.7% 12.4% 11.7%
62   Chipping Sparrow 43.6% 11.8% 31.8%
63   Rock Pigeon 4.9% 11.7% 6.7%
64   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 63.5% 11.0% 52.6%
65   Little Blue Heron 0.1% 11.0% 10.8%
66   Swamp Sparrow 14.1% 10.8% 3.3%
67   Savannah Sparrow 4.1% 10.6% 6.5%
68   Horned Grebe 0.3% 10.6% 10.3%
69   House Finch 27.2% 10.4% 16.8%
70   Willet 0.0% 10.1% 10.0%
71   Black-bellied Plover 0.0% 9.3% 9.3%
72   Field Sparrow 10.7% 9.2% 1.5%
73   Black-capped Chickadee 0% 8.6% 8.6%
74   American Wigeon 0.1% 6.8% 6.7%
75   Dunlin 0.1% 6.8% 6.7%
76   Pine Warbler 45.5% 6.6% 38.8%
77   Northern Harrier 0.8% 6.5% 5.7%
78   Tricolored Heron 0.1% 6.5% 6.3%
79   Black-crowned Night-Heron 0.1% 6.5% 6.4%
80   Common Yellowthroat 33.8% 5.9% 27.9%
81   Blue-winged Teal 2.2% 5.9% 3.7%
82   Lesser Yellowlegs 1.4% 5.0% 3.7%
83   Black-and-white Warbler 15.2% 4.8% 10.3%
84   Blue Jay 48.6% 4.7% 43.9%
85   Brown Creeper 0.3% 4.7% 4.3%
86   Peregrine Falcon 0.0% 4.7% 4.6%
87   Northern Pintail 0.0% 4.7% 4.7%
88   Common Loon 0.6% 4.5% 3.9%
89   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 1.8% 4.1% 2.3%
90   Red-bellied Woodpecker 58.3% 3.9% 54.4%
91   Bald Eagle 12.4% 3.8% 8.7%
92   Turkey Vulture 42.8% 3.4% 39.3%
93   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1.2% 3.2% 2.1%
94   Hooded Merganser 2.3% 3.1% 0.8%
95   White-breasted Nuthatch 22.3% 2.9% 19.4%
96   American Kestrel 1.0% 2.9% 1.9%
97   White-eyed Vireo 39.6% 2.7% 36.9%
98   Blue-headed Vireo 4.2% 2.7% 1.5%
99   Pied-billed Grebe 2.1% 2.7% 0.6%
100   Chimney Swift 13.9% 2.5% 11.4%
101   Least Sandpiper 1.1% 2.5% 1.4%
102   Merlin 0.2% 2.5% 2.3%
103   Clapper Rail 0% 2.5% 2.5%
104   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 28.5% 2.3% 26.2%
105   Common Tern 0.0% 2.3% 2.3%
106   Red-tailed Hawk 12.5% 2.2% 10.3%
107   Red-throated Loon 0% 2.2% 2.2%
108   Tufted Titmouse 70.2% 1.8% 68.4%
109   Belted Kingfisher 18.6% 1.8% 16.8%
110   Wood Duck 13.3% 1.8% 11.5%
111   Purple Martin 7.0% 1.8% 5.2%
112   Common Raven 0.4% 1.8% 1.4%
113   Redhead 0.0% 1.8% 1.8%
114   Northern Parula 36.6% 1.6% 35.0%
115   Indigo Bunting 13.6% 1.4% 12.1%
116   Cooper's Hawk 3.8% 1.4% 2.4%
117   Long-billed Dowitcher 0% 1.4% 1.4%
118   Spotted Sandpiper 7.3% 1.3% 6.1%
119   Red-breasted Nuthatch 0.8% 1.3% 0.4%
120   Ruddy Turnstone 0% 1.3% 1.3%
121   American Tree Sparrow 0% 1.3% 1.3%
122   Bonaparte's Gull 3.6% 1.1% 2.5%
123   Pectoral Sandpiper 0.2% 1.1% 0.9%
124   Fox Sparrow 0.1% 1.1% 1.0%
125   White-faced Ibis 0% 1.1% 1.1%
126   Snowy Owl 0% 1.1% 1.1%
127   Solitary Sandpiper 5.9% 0.9% 5.0%
128   Wilson's Snipe 1.0% 0.9% 0.1%
129   Semipalmated Sandpiper 0.1% 0.9% 0.8%
130   Sanderling 0.0% 0.9% 0.9%
131   Hairy Woodpecker 10.1% 0.7% 9.4%
132   Cliff Swallow 3.5% 0.7% 2.8%
133   Rusty Blackbird 0.8% 0.7% 0.1%
134   Purple Finch 0.7% 0.7% 0.0%
135   Black-throated Green Warbler 0.6% 0.7% 0.1%
136   Ring-necked Duck 0.4% 0.7% 0.3%
137   Short-billed Dowitcher 0.1% 0.7% 0.7%
138   Canvasback 0.0% 0.7% 0.7%
139   Great Cormorant 0% 0.7% 0.7%
140   Ovenbird 18.8% 0.5% 18.3%
141   Eastern Kingbird 13.0% 0.5% 12.4%
142   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 9.1% 0.5% 8.5%
143   Wood Thrush 7.9% 0.5% 7.4%
144   Prairie Warbler 7.5% 0.5% 7.0%
145   Black-throated Blue Warbler 6.0% 0.5% 5.4%
146   Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1.4% 0.5% 0.8%
147   Sharp-shinned Hawk 1.0% 0.5% 0.5%
148   Great Horned Owl 0.8% 0.5% 0.3%
149   Baltimore Oriole 0.7% 0.5% 0.2%
150   Bank Swallow 0.3% 0.5% 0.2%
151   Semipalmated Plover 0.1% 0.5% 0.4%
152   American Woodcock 0.1% 0.5% 0.4%
153   Long-tailed Duck 0% 0.5% 0.5%
154   Northern Gannet 0% 0.5% 0.5%
155   Great Crested Flycatcher 22.4% 0.4% 22.1%
156   American Redstart 9.3% 0.4% 9.0%
157   Orchard Oriole 7.2% 0.4% 6.8%
158   Yellow-breasted Chat 3.3% 0.4% 2.9%
159   Winter Wren 1.3% 0.4% 1.0%
160   Blue-winged Warbler 1.0% 0.4% 0.7%
161   Vesper Sparrow 0.3% 0.4% 0.1%
162   Marsh Wren 0.2% 0.4% 0.1%
163   Eurasian Wigeon 0% 0.4% 0.4%
164   Red Knot 0% 0.4% 0.4%
165   Red-shouldered Hawk 33.2% 0.2% 33.0%
166   Summer Tanager 14.5% 0.2% 14.4%
167   Prothonotary Warbler 12.7% 0.2% 12.6%
168   Louisiana Waterthrush 10.5% 0.2% 10.4%
169   Hooded Warbler 9.6% 0.2% 9.4%
170   Eastern Meadowlark 6.6% 0.2% 6.4%
171   Cedar Waxwing 5.8% 0.2% 5.6%
172   Northern Waterthrush 3.3% 0.2% 3.1%
173   Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1.3% 0.2% 1.1%
174   American Bittern 1.0% 0.2% 0.9%
175   Warbling Vireo 0.2% 0.2% 0.1%
176   American Pipit 0.2% 0.2% 0.0%
177   Blackburnian Warbler 0.2% 0.2% 0.0%
178   Virginia Rail 0.1% 0.2% 0.1%
179   Lesser Black-backed Gull 0.1% 0.2% 0.1%
180   Nashville Warbler 0.0% 0.2% 0.1%
181   Common Gallinule 0.0% 0.2% 0.2%
182   Least Flycatcher 0.0% 0.2% 0.2%
183   Common Goldeneye 0.0% 0.2% 0.2%
184   Black Scoter 0% 0.2% 0.2%
185   Glaucous Gull 0% 0.2% 0.2%
186   Common Merganser 0% 0.2% 0.2%
187   Seaside Sparrow 0% 0.2% 0.2%
188   White-winged Scoter 0% 0.2% 0.2%
189   Least Tern 0% 0.2% 0.2%