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Top Birds at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--West Pond in November
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA

based on 399 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--West Pond in November. 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   Brant 17.9% 86.0% 68.0%
2   Canada Goose 44.9% 80.2% 35.3%
3   Mallard 46.3% 75.4% 29.1%
4   Ruddy Duck 16.2% 73.9% 57.7%
5   American Wigeon 5.8% 61.9% 56.1%
6   Double-crested Cormorant 27.8% 61.4% 33.6%
7   Yellow-rumped Warbler 19.3% 61.4% 42.1%
8   Herring Gull 38.8% 60.7% 21.8%
9   Northern Shoveler 15.0% 60.4% 45.4%
10   Gadwall 13.5% 59.9% 46.4%
11   Bufflehead 21.5% 59.4% 37.9%
12   Northern Mockingbird 30.4% 57.6% 27.2%
13   American Black Duck 22.4% 54.9% 32.5%
14   Great Black-backed Gull 25.8% 53.9% 28.1%
15   White-throated Sparrow 56.2% 53.6% 2.5%
16   American Coot 10.8% 52.4% 41.5%
17   Ring-billed Gull 42.8% 51.4% 8.6%
18   Song Sparrow 45.0% 50.9% 5.9%
19   Great Egret 5.2% 48.9% 43.7%
20   Mute Swan 13.1% 47.9% 34.7%
21   Hooded Merganser 13.9% 47.6% 33.7%
22   Greater Scaup 2.5% 42.6% 40.1%
23   Great Blue Heron 21.5% 42.4% 20.8%
24   European Starling 40.3% 40.4% 0.1%
25   Green-winged Teal 7.5% 38.8% 31.3%
26   Northern Cardinal 40.1% 33.6% 6.5%
27   Pied-billed Grebe 6.8% 31.8% 25.1%
28   American Robin 43.9% 29.1% 14.9%
29   Northern Harrier 6.0% 29.1% 23.1%
30   Dark-eyed Junco 37.2% 27.8% 9.4%
31   Greater Yellowlegs 5.2% 27.1% 21.9%
32   Northern Pintail 3.1% 25.8% 22.7%
33   Carolina Wren 19.3% 25.1% 5.7%
34   Lesser Scaup 2.0% 23.3% 21.3%
35   American Goldfinch 28.7% 22.6% 6.2%
36   Peregrine Falcon 6.9% 22.6% 15.7%
37   Red-breasted Merganser 6.5% 22.6% 16.1%
38   Horned Grebe 3.2% 21.3% 18.1%
39   Laughing Gull 7.4% 20.6% 13.1%
40   House Finch 18.4% 19.5% 1.2%
41   Gray Catbird 6.7% 18.0% 11.4%
42   Northern Flicker 17.6% 17.5% 0.0%
43   American Crow 22.1% 17.0% 5.1%
44   Mourning Dove 38.8% 16.8% 22.0%
45   Downy Woodpecker 29.9% 16.8% 13.1%
46   Golden-crowned Kinglet 14.4% 16.3% 1.9%
47   Black-capped Chickadee 27.1% 15.3% 11.8%
48   Dunlin 2.7% 14.8% 12.0%
49   Swamp Sparrow 15.5% 14.5% 1.0%
50   Snow Goose 1.0% 14.3% 13.3%
51   Cedar Waxwing 10.3% 12.8% 2.5%
52   House Sparrow 40.4% 11.5% 28.9%
53   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 17.4% 11.0% 6.3%
54   Red-winged Blackbird 17.4% 9.5% 7.8%
55   Hermit Thrush 19.3% 9.3% 10.0%
56   Cooper's Hawk 12.7% 8.8% 4.0%
57   Rock Pigeon 31.5% 8.5% 23.0%
58   Merlin 4.2% 8.3% 4.0%
59   Eurasian Wigeon 0.5% 8.3% 7.8%
60   Sharp-shinned Hawk 6.2% 7.5% 1.3%
61   Black-crowned Night-Heron 2.2% 6.0% 3.8%
62   Purple Finch 6.5% 5.5% 0.9%
63   Snowy Egret 0.7% 5.5% 4.8%
64   Common Grackle 13.7% 5.3% 8.4%
65   Eastern Phoebe 5.5% 5.3% 0.2%
66   Redhead 0.6% 5.3% 4.7%
67   Red-tailed Hawk 26.6% 5.0% 21.6%
68   Blue Jay 45.8% 4.5% 41.3%
69   Black-bellied Plover 2.4% 4.5% 2.1%
70   Belted Kingfisher 10.8% 4.3% 6.5%
71   Tree Swallow 1.9% 4.3% 2.4%
72   Common Loon 6.8% 3.8% 3.1%
73   Pine Siskin 4.7% 3.8% 0.9%
74   Fish Crow 4.3% 3.8% 0.5%
75   Ring-necked Duck 3.3% 3.8% 0.5%
76   Chipping Sparrow 7.6% 3.5% 4.1%
77   American Tree Sparrow 3.0% 3.5% 0.5%
78   Common Merganser 1.8% 3.5% 1.7%
79   Savannah Sparrow 6.0% 3.3% 2.7%
80   Field Sparrow 4.4% 3.3% 1.2%
81   Wood Duck 7.5% 2.8% 4.7%
82   Winter Wren 7.1% 2.8% 4.3%
83   Bald Eagle 5.1% 2.8% 2.3%
84   Killdeer 3.0% 2.8% 0.3%
85   Brown-headed Cowbird 3.8% 2.5% 1.3%
86   American Pipit 2.9% 2.5% 0.4%
87   Brown Creeper 5.7% 2.3% 3.4%
88   Common Goldeneye 0.6% 2.3% 1.6%
89   Fox Sparrow 9.3% 2.0% 7.2%
90   American Kestrel 7.9% 2.0% 5.9%
91   Sanderling 2.7% 2.0% 0.6%
92   Boat-tailed Grackle 0.3% 2.0% 1.7%
93   Red-bellied Woodpecker 31.7% 1.8% 29.9%
94   American Oystercatcher 0.9% 1.8% 0.8%
95   Blue-winged Teal 0.3% 1.8% 1.5%
96   Long-billed Dowitcher 0.2% 1.8% 1.5%
97   Eared Grebe 0.2% 1.8% 1.6%
98   White-breasted Nuthatch 19.3% 1.5% 17.8%
99   Common Raven 5.4% 1.5% 3.9%
100   Palm Warbler 4.2% 1.5% 2.7%
101   Eastern Towhee 4.1% 1.5% 2.6%
102   Great Cormorant 2.4% 1.5% 0.9%
103   Common Yellowthroat 2.1% 1.5% 0.6%
104   Snow Bunting 1.9% 1.5% 0.4%
105   American Bittern 0.4% 1.5% 1.1%
106   Tufted Titmouse 22.3% 1.3% 21.0%
107   White-crowned Sparrow 2.5% 1.3% 1.3%
108   Orange-crowned Warbler 1.7% 1.3% 0.4%
109   Lesser Yellowlegs 0.4% 1.3% 0.9%
110   Red-breasted Nuthatch 3.7% 1.0% 2.7%
111   Clapper Rail 0.3% 1.0% 0.7%
112   Tundra Swan 0.1% 1.0% 0.9%
113   Little Blue Heron 0.0% 1.0% 1.0%
114   Hairy Woodpecker 8.2% 0.8% 7.5%
115   Long-tailed Duck 1.9% 0.8% 1.1%
116   Osprey 1.5% 0.8% 0.7%
117   Blue-headed Vireo 1.1% 0.8% 0.4%
118   Lesser Black-backed Gull 0.8% 0.8% 0.1%
119   Red-throated Loon 4.9% 0.5% 4.4%
120   Eastern Bluebird 4.2% 0.5% 3.7%
121   Black Scoter 2.6% 0.5% 2.1%
122   Horned Lark 2.0% 0.5% 1.5%
123   Bonaparte's Gull 1.2% 0.5% 0.7%
124   Common Eider 1.0% 0.5% 0.5%
125   Pine Warbler 0.6% 0.5% 0.1%
126   Vesper Sparrow 0.5% 0.5% 0.0%
127   Canvasback 0.5% 0.5% 0.0%
128   Wilson's Snipe 0.3% 0.5% 0.2%
129   Painted Bunting 0.2% 0.5% 0.3%
130   Black-headed Gull 0.1% 0.5% 0.4%
131   American White Pelican 0.1% 0.5% 0.4%
132   Least Sandpiper 0.0% 0.5% 0.5%
133   Ross's Goose 0.0% 0.5% 0.5%
134   Turkey Vulture 9.0% 0.3% 8.8%
135   Red-shouldered Hawk 3.4% 0.3% 3.2%
136   Rusty Blackbird 2.9% 0.3% 2.7%
137   White-winged Scoter 1.9% 0.3% 1.7%
138   American Woodcock 1.5% 0.3% 1.3%
139   Ash-throated Flycatcher 0.7% 0.3% 0.5%
140   Lincoln's Sparrow 0.7% 0.3% 0.4%
141   Brown Thrasher 0.7% 0.3% 0.4%
142   Eastern Meadowlark 0.6% 0.3% 0.4%
143   Red Crossbill 0.3% 0.3% 0.1%
144   Semipalmated Plover 0.2% 0.3% 0.1%
145   Pectoral Sandpiper 0.1% 0.3% 0.2%
146   White-rumped Sandpiper 0.1% 0.3% 0.2%
147   Yellow Warbler 0.0% 0.3% 0.2%
148   Stilt Sandpiper 0.0% 0.3% 0.2%
149   Short-billed Dowitcher 0.0% 0.3% 0.2%
150   Whimbrel 0% 0.3% 0.3%