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Top Birds at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--West Pond in January
relative to other locations within 25 miles of 40.781243, -73.966507

based on 379 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--West Pond in January. 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   Canada Goose 53.4% 86.8% 33.4%
2   Brant 19.9% 77.3% 57.4%
3   Mallard 48.1% 72.3% 24.2%
4   American Black Duck 27.6% 64.1% 36.5%
5   American Herring Gull 43.1% 63.9% 20.8%
6   Northern Mockingbird 23.5% 62.8% 39.3%
7   Snow Goose 2.6% 61.7% 59.1%
8   Yellow-rumped Warbler 4.7% 56.7% 52.0%
9   Bufflehead 31.5% 55.7% 24.2%
10   Great Black-backed Gull 30.7% 54.9% 24.2%
11   Ruddy Duck 16.4% 53.8% 37.4%
12   Ring-billed Gull 51.8% 51.7% 0.0%
13   White-throated Sparrow 42.7% 49.9% 7.2%
14   Northern Cardinal 36.9% 49.9% 12.9%
15   Song Sparrow 32.2% 49.6% 17.4%
16   Northern Shoveler 15.6% 46.7% 31.1%
17   Gadwall 16.7% 44.1% 27.4%
18   American Wigeon 5.9% 38.8% 32.9%
19   Mute Swan 14.1% 37.7% 23.6%
20   Red-breasted Merganser 19.0% 36.9% 18.0%
21   American Coot 11.2% 36.7% 25.5%
22   Hooded Merganser 19.6% 34.3% 14.7%
23   American Robin 25.4% 31.7% 6.2%
24   Greater Scaup 9.7% 30.9% 21.2%
25   Northern Pintail 3.3% 29.6% 26.3%
26   Double-crested Cormorant 13.9% 24.5% 10.7%
27   European Starling 35.8% 24.3% 11.5%
28   Northern Harrier 4.1% 24.3% 20.2%
29   American Tree Sparrow 6.2% 22.4% 16.2%
30   Carolina Wren 15.3% 20.3% 5.0%
31   House Finch 13.3% 19.8% 6.5%
32   Horned Grebe 6.9% 16.4% 9.5%
33   Green-winged Teal 4.3% 15.3% 11.0%
34   Downy Woodpecker 27.2% 14.8% 12.5%
35   Black-capped Chickadee 22.8% 14.5% 8.3%
36   Northern Flicker 6.8% 12.9% 6.1%
37   Great Blue Heron 14.7% 12.7% 2.0%
38   Mourning Dove 29.8% 11.6% 18.1%
39   American Crow 18.6% 10.8% 7.8%
40   Common Goldeneye 6.7% 9.2% 2.5%
41   Gray Catbird 2.4% 8.7% 6.3%
42   American Goldfinch 13.0% 8.4% 4.5%
43   House Sparrow 36.1% 8.2% 27.9%
44   Lesser Scaup 5.1% 7.9% 2.8%
45   Snowy Owl 1.1% 7.4% 6.3%
46   Dark-eyed Junco 16.2% 6.6% 9.6%
47   Peregrine Falcon 5.2% 6.6% 1.4%
48   Rock Pigeon 29.3% 6.3% 22.9%
49   Cooper's Hawk 8.8% 6.3% 2.4%
50   Swamp Sparrow 4.9% 6.3% 1.4%
51   Common Loon 10.2% 5.0% 5.2%
52   Pied-billed Grebe 4.2% 5.0% 0.8%
53   Cedar Waxwing 1.6% 5.0% 3.4%
54   Red-tailed Hawk 22.1% 4.7% 17.4%
55   Fox Sparrow 7.2% 4.5% 2.7%
56   Hermit Thrush 2.7% 4.5% 1.8%
57   Bald Eagle 5.4% 4.2% 1.1%
58   Ring-necked Duck 4.8% 4.0% 0.8%
59   Great Cormorant 4.6% 3.4% 1.2%
60   Black-crowned Night-Heron 1.4% 3.4% 2.0%
61   Dunlin 1.7% 3.2% 1.4%
62   Greater Yellowlegs 0.9% 3.2% 2.3%
63   Eurasian Wigeon 0.3% 3.2% 2.8%
64   Hairy Woodpecker 7.8% 2.9% 4.9%
65   Canvasback 3.0% 2.9% 0.1%
66   Merlin 1.9% 2.9% 1.0%
67   Golden-crowned Kinglet 2.8% 2.6% 0.1%
68   Boat-tailed Grackle 0.2% 2.4% 2.2%
69   Red-winged Blackbird 7.3% 2.1% 5.2%
70   Sharp-shinned Hawk 2.3% 2.1% 0.1%
71   Blue Jay 34.2% 1.8% 32.4%
72   Common Merganser 6.9% 1.8% 5.1%
73   Fish Crow 5.2% 1.8% 3.4%
74   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2.8% 1.8% 1.0%
75   Redhead 2.3% 1.8% 0.5%
76   Red-throated Loon 6.9% 1.6% 5.3%
77   Long-tailed Duck 9.0% 1.3% 7.7%
78   Great Egret 0.4% 1.3% 0.9%
79   Tufted Titmouse 20.4% 1.1% 19.4%
80   Common Grackle 5.1% 1.1% 4.0%
81   Chipping Sparrow 0.7% 1.1% 0.3%
82   Tree Swallow 0.7% 1.1% 0.4%
83   Short-eared Owl 0.1% 1.1% 0.9%
84   Red-bellied Woodpecker 25.0% 0.8% 24.2%
85   White-breasted Nuthatch 19.1% 0.8% 18.3%
86   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 5.8% 0.8% 5.0%
87   Red-breasted Nuthatch 1.9% 0.8% 1.2%
88   American Woodcock 0.3% 0.8% 0.5%
89   Barrow's Goldeneye 0.2% 0.8% 0.6%
90   Eared Grebe 0.1% 0.8% 0.7%
91   Belted Kingfisher 6.7% 0.5% 6.2%
92   Common Raven 4.3% 0.5% 3.7%
93   Sanderling 4.2% 0.5% 3.6%
94   American Kestrel 3.9% 0.5% 3.3%
95   Black Scoter 3.2% 0.5% 2.7%
96   Horned Lark 2.2% 0.5% 1.7%
97   Bonaparte's Gull 2.1% 0.5% 1.6%
98   Savannah Sparrow 1.2% 0.5% 0.7%
99   Field Sparrow 1.2% 0.5% 0.7%
100   Orange-crowned Warbler 1.0% 0.5% 0.4%
101   American Pipit 0.6% 0.5% 0.1%
102   Wood Duck 4.6% 0.3% 4.4%
103   Brown Creeper 3.7% 0.3% 3.4%
104   Winter Wren 3.2% 0.3% 2.9%
105   White-winged Scoter 2.1% 0.3% 1.8%
106   Great Horned Owl 1.9% 0.3% 1.6%
107   Eastern Towhee 1.7% 0.3% 1.5%
108   Snow Bunting 1.6% 0.3% 1.3%
109   Black-bellied Plover 1.0% 0.3% 0.8%
110   Northern Saw-whet Owl 0.7% 0.3% 0.4%
111   Pine Siskin 0.6% 0.3% 0.3%
112   Glaucous Gull 0.4% 0.3% 0.1%
113   Marsh Wren 0.2% 0.3% 0.1%
114   Blue-winged Teal 0.1% 0.3% 0.1%
115   Clapper Rail 0.1% 0.3% 0.2%
116   Tundra Swan 0.1% 0.3% 0.2%
117   American Bittern 0.1% 0.3% 0.2%
118   Ross's Goose 0.1% 0.3% 0.2%