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

based on 361 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--West Pond in October. 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 40.3% 77.8% 37.5%
2   Great Egret 13.6% 77.8% 64.2%
3   Yellow-rumped Warbler 49.6% 77.0% 27.4%
4   Double-crested Cormorant 30.8% 76.2% 45.4%
5   Mallard 38.0% 75.1% 37.0%
6   Brant 8.8% 64.5% 55.8%
7   Song Sparrow 54.9% 62.6% 7.7%
8   Northern Mockingbird 36.2% 62.3% 26.1%
9   American Herring Gull 31.6% 59.6% 27.9%
10   Ruddy Duck 7.6% 57.3% 49.7%
11   Mute Swan 10.4% 56.5% 46.2%
12   Gray Catbird 37.3% 49.6% 12.3%
13   Snowy Egret 5.1% 49.0% 43.9%
14   American Black Duck 13.3% 47.4% 34.1%
15   Ring-billed Gull 29.6% 46.8% 17.2%
16   Northern Shoveler 8.6% 46.0% 37.4%
17   White-throated Sparrow 58.7% 43.8% 15.0%
18   Gadwall 7.8% 41.6% 33.8%
19   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 45.1% 40.7% 4.4%
20   Eastern Phoebe 36.2% 40.4% 4.2%
21   Great Blue Heron 22.1% 39.6% 17.5%
22   Great Black-backed Gull 17.8% 39.1% 21.3%
23   European Starling 45.9% 38.8% 7.1%
24   Laughing Gull 13.3% 37.7% 24.3%
25   Northern Flicker 38.2% 35.5% 2.7%
26   American Robin 57.8% 34.9% 22.9%
27   American Wigeon 2.7% 34.6% 31.9%
28   Northern Cardinal 45.2% 32.7% 12.5%
29   Golden-crowned Kinglet 29.7% 30.5% 0.7%
30   Greater Yellowlegs 6.9% 30.2% 23.3%
31   Carolina Wren 23.1% 28.5% 5.4%
32   Merlin 7.3% 27.4% 20.1%
33   Red-winged Blackbird 15.6% 26.6% 11.0%
34   Peregrine Falcon 7.5% 25.5% 18.0%
35   American Coot 3.8% 24.9% 21.1%
36   Swamp Sparrow 32.9% 23.3% 9.7%
37   Mourning Dove 45.7% 22.4% 23.3%
38   Pied-billed Grebe 3.5% 22.4% 18.9%
39   Dark-eyed Junco 26.6% 21.3% 5.3%
40   Green-winged Teal 6.4% 19.7% 13.3%
41   Northern Harrier 5.5% 18.8% 13.3%
42   Palm Warbler 30.4% 18.3% 12.1%
43   Savannah Sparrow 18.7% 16.9% 1.8%
44   Common Yellowthroat 25.4% 15.0% 10.5%
45   American Crow 23.4% 14.1% 9.3%
46   Eastern Towhee 20.5% 13.9% 6.7%
47   Northern Pintail 1.7% 13.6% 11.9%
48   American Goldfinch 23.3% 13.3% 10.0%
49   Sharp-shinned Hawk 9.4% 13.0% 3.6%
50   Black-crowned Night-Heron 4.1% 13.0% 9.0%
51   Cooper's Hawk 14.8% 12.7% 2.1%
52   Downy Woodpecker 30.1% 12.5% 17.6%
53   Belted Kingfisher 12.7% 12.5% 0.3%
54   Greater Scaup 0.5% 11.9% 11.4%
55   Bufflehead 1.4% 11.6% 10.2%
56   House Finch 18.1% 11.4% 6.7%
57   House Sparrow 46.9% 11.1% 35.8%
58   Field Sparrow 11.3% 10.8% 0.5%
59   Tree Swallow 5.1% 10.8% 5.7%
60   Rock Pigeon 35.8% 9.4% 26.4%
61   Hermit Thrush 24.3% 9.4% 14.9%
62   Osprey 11.7% 9.4% 2.3%
63   Northern Parula 10.7% 8.6% 2.1%
64   Black-bellied Plover 3.9% 8.6% 4.7%
65   Blue Jay 56.9% 8.3% 48.6%
66   Cedar Waxwing 9.7% 8.0% 1.6%
67   American Kestrel 12.6% 7.8% 4.9%
68   White-crowned Sparrow 10.2% 7.8% 2.5%
69   Black-capped Chickadee 18.1% 7.5% 10.6%
70   Lesser Yellowlegs 2.4% 7.5% 5.1%
71   Chipping Sparrow 20.6% 7.2% 13.4%
72   Red-breasted Nuthatch 7.8% 7.2% 0.6%
73   Pine Warbler 6.3% 7.2% 0.9%
74   Snow Goose 0.5% 7.2% 6.7%
75   Blue-headed Vireo 11.4% 6.9% 4.5%
76   Lesser Scaup 0.3% 6.6% 6.3%
77   House Wren 8.9% 6.4% 2.6%
78   American Oystercatcher 2.1% 6.4% 4.3%
79   Brown Creeper 11.2% 6.1% 5.1%
80   Dunlin 2.4% 5.8% 3.4%
81   Common Grackle 21.9% 5.5% 16.4%
82   Hooded Merganser 1.2% 5.5% 4.4%
83   Black-throated Blue Warbler 12.1% 5.3% 6.8%
84   Killdeer 6.0% 5.3% 0.8%
85   Bald Eagle 5.5% 5.3% 0.3%
86   Blackpoll Warbler 9.8% 4.7% 5.1%
87   Forster's Tern 2.4% 4.7% 2.4%
88   Blue-winged Teal 1.0% 4.7% 3.7%
89   Red-tailed Hawk 23.2% 4.4% 18.7%
90   Magnolia Warbler 7.1% 4.4% 2.6%
91   Black-throated Green Warbler 5.2% 4.4% 0.8%
92   Boat-tailed Grackle 0.7% 4.4% 3.8%
93   Red-bellied Woodpecker 35.9% 4.2% 31.7%
94   Red-breasted Merganser 0.6% 4.2% 3.6%
95   Pine Siskin 4.0% 3.9% 0.1%
96   Black-and-white Warbler 9.1% 3.6% 5.5%
97   Brown Thrasher 5.1% 3.3% 1.8%
98   Little Blue Heron 0.4% 3.3% 2.9%
99   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 1.4% 3.0% 1.6%
100   Semipalmated Plover 1.4% 3.0% 1.7%
101   Winter Wren 10.7% 2.8% 7.9%
102   American Redstart 7.7% 2.8% 5.0%
103   Lincoln's Sparrow 6.4% 2.8% 3.6%
104   Clapper Rail 1.0% 2.8% 1.8%
105   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 22.6% 2.5% 20.1%
106   White-breasted Nuthatch 21.7% 2.5% 19.2%
107   Purple Finch 6.7% 2.5% 4.2%
108   Red-eyed Vireo 5.6% 2.5% 3.1%
109   Cape May Warbler 2.5% 2.5% 0.0%
110   Pectoral Sandpiper 0.9% 2.5% 1.6%
111   Glossy Ibis 0.1% 2.5% 2.4%
112   Royal Tern 3.3% 2.2% 1.1%
113   Fish Crow 2.7% 2.2% 0.5%
114   Tufted Titmouse 20.4% 1.9% 18.4%
115   Eastern Wood-Pewee 4.3% 1.9% 2.3%
116   Great Cormorant 1.1% 1.9% 0.8%
117   White-rumped Sandpiper 0.4% 1.9% 1.5%
118   Wood Duck 10.0% 1.7% 8.3%
119   Semipalmated Sandpiper 1.2% 1.7% 0.4%
120   Yellow Warbler 1.1% 1.7% 0.6%
121   Ring-necked Duck 0.5% 1.7% 1.1%
122   Turkey Vulture 9.7% 1.4% 8.3%
123   Common Raven 6.3% 1.4% 4.9%
124   Chestnut-sided Warbler 0.7% 1.4% 0.7%
125   Bonaparte's Gull 0.4% 1.4% 1.0%
126   Black-headed Gull 0.0% 1.4% 1.4%
127   Ross's Goose 0.0% 1.4% 1.4%
128   Chimney Swift 7.7% 1.1% 6.6%
129   Swainson's Thrush 7.3% 1.1% 6.2%
130   Nashville Warbler 3.6% 1.1% 2.5%
131   Vesper Sparrow 2.2% 1.1% 1.1%
132   Common Loon 2.1% 1.1% 1.0%
133   Rose-breasted Grosbeak 2.0% 1.1% 0.9%
134   Saltmarsh Sparrow 1.4% 1.1% 0.3%
135   Surf Scoter 0.7% 1.1% 0.4%
136   Horned Grebe 0.3% 1.1% 0.8%
137   Eurasian Wigeon 0.2% 1.1% 0.9%
138   Willet 0.1% 1.1% 1.0%
139   Indigo Bunting 4.5% 0.8% 3.7%
140   Nelson's Sparrow 2.0% 0.8% 1.2%
141   Sanderling 1.6% 0.8% 0.7%
142   Lesser Black-backed Gull 0.8% 0.8% 0.1%
143   Red-throated Loon 0.7% 0.8% 0.2%
144   Short-billed Dowitcher 0.6% 0.8% 0.3%
145   Prairie Warbler 0.5% 0.8% 0.3%
146   Common Tern 0.4% 0.8% 0.4%
147   American Bittern 0.3% 0.8% 0.5%
148   American Avocet 0.3% 0.8% 0.5%
149   Barn Swallow 0.2% 0.8% 0.6%
150   American White Pelican 0.2% 0.8% 0.6%
151   Ovenbird 5.5% 0.6% 5.0%
152   Northern Waterthrush 2.6% 0.6% 2.0%
153   American Pipit 2.4% 0.6% 1.9%
154   Red-shouldered Hawk 2.0% 0.6% 1.4%
155   Wood Thrush 1.8% 0.6% 1.3%
156   Gray-cheeked Thrush 1.1% 0.6% 0.6%
157   Clay-colored Sparrow 0.9% 0.6% 0.3%
158   Spotted Sandpiper 0.8% 0.6% 0.2%
159   Least Sandpiper 0.7% 0.6% 0.1%
160   Stilt Sandpiper 0.3% 0.6% 0.2%
161   White-eyed Vireo 0.3% 0.6% 0.3%
162   Connecticut Warbler 0.3% 0.6% 0.3%
163   Least Flycatcher 0.2% 0.6% 0.3%
164   Hudsonian Godwit 0.2% 0.6% 0.3%
165   Tricolored Heron 0.1% 0.6% 0.5%
166   Hairy Woodpecker 7.8% 0.3% 7.5%
167   Brown-headed Cowbird 5.6% 0.3% 5.3%
168   Scarlet Tanager 3.6% 0.3% 3.3%
169   Monk Parakeet 2.6% 0.3% 2.3%
170   Eastern Bluebird 1.9% 0.3% 1.6%
171   Green Heron 1.2% 0.3% 0.9%
172   Dickcissel 0.9% 0.3% 0.6%
173   Common Nighthawk 0.8% 0.3% 0.5%
174   American Golden-Plover 0.7% 0.3% 0.4%
175   Bobolink 0.6% 0.3% 0.3%
176   Caspian Tern 0.5% 0.3% 0.2%
177   Grasshopper Sparrow 0.4% 0.3% 0.2%
178   Veery 0.4% 0.3% 0.1%
179   Long-billed Dowitcher 0.3% 0.3% 0.1%
180   Western Kingbird 0.2% 0.3% 0.1%
181   Common Gallinule 0.1% 0.3% 0.1%
182   Redhead 0.1% 0.3% 0.2%
183   Western Sandpiper 0.1% 0.3% 0.2%
184   Canada Warbler 0.1% 0.3% 0.2%
185   Tundra Swan 0.0% 0.3% 0.3%
186   Canvasback 0.0% 0.3% 0.3%
187   Common Goldeneye 0% 0.3% 0.3%