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

based on 315 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--West Pond in December. 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 51.6% 89.2% 37.7%
2   Brant 18.2% 84.1% 65.9%
3   Mallard 47.4% 79.0% 31.7%
4   American Black Duck 26.3% 66.7% 40.4%
5   Ruddy Duck 15.1% 64.1% 49.0%
6   American Herring Gull 41.3% 63.5% 22.2%
7   Northern Mockingbird 28.3% 62.5% 34.2%
8   Yellow-rumped Warbler 6.6% 56.2% 49.6%
9   Ring-billed Gull 49.2% 54.9% 5.7%
10   Song Sparrow 37.0% 54.9% 17.9%
11   Bufflehead 27.7% 54.3% 26.6%
12   Hooded Merganser 18.5% 54.3% 35.8%
13   Gadwall 14.9% 54.3% 39.4%
14   White-throated Sparrow 49.1% 53.3% 4.2%
15   Northern Cardinal 40.4% 52.4% 12.0%
16   Great Black-backed Gull 28.4% 51.4% 23.0%
17   American Wigeon 5.8% 51.4% 45.6%
18   Northern Shoveler 14.3% 50.2% 35.8%
19   Snow Goose 1.9% 46.0% 44.1%
20   American Coot 10.0% 44.8% 34.7%
21   Red-breasted Merganser 14.5% 42.2% 27.7%
22   Greater Scaup 6.5% 39.4% 32.9%
23   Mute Swan 13.6% 37.8% 24.2%
24   Double-crested Cormorant 17.5% 36.2% 18.7%
25   European Starling 38.8% 33.7% 5.2%
26   Northern Harrier 4.7% 33.0% 28.3%
27   Great Blue Heron 20.0% 31.7% 11.8%
28   Northern Pintail 3.0% 31.7% 28.7%
29   Green-winged Teal 5.1% 30.5% 25.4%
30   American Robin 30.2% 29.5% 0.7%
31   House Finch 16.5% 28.9% 12.4%
32   Carolina Wren 19.1% 28.3% 9.2%
33   Northern Flicker 10.8% 24.4% 13.7%
34   Horned Grebe 5.0% 21.9% 16.9%
35   American Tree Sparrow 6.2% 21.3% 15.1%
36   Mourning Dove 36.8% 19.4% 17.4%
37   Peregrine Falcon 5.5% 18.4% 12.9%
38   Swamp Sparrow 8.0% 17.8% 9.7%
39   Downy Woodpecker 30.9% 16.5% 14.4%
40   American Crow 20.8% 15.6% 5.2%
41   Pied-billed Grebe 5.0% 15.2% 10.3%
42   American Goldfinch 20.2% 14.9% 5.2%
43   Dark-eyed Junco 24.0% 14.0% 10.1%
44   Great Egret 1.4% 14.0% 12.5%
45   Black-capped Chickadee 25.7% 13.7% 12.1%
46   Dunlin 1.6% 13.7% 12.1%
47   Lesser Scaup 3.5% 13.0% 9.5%
48   Gray Catbird 3.7% 12.7% 9.0%
49   Rock Pigeon 31.2% 11.4% 19.8%
50   Common Goldeneye 3.6% 10.5% 6.8%
51   Hermit Thrush 5.7% 9.2% 3.5%
52   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 5.7% 8.9% 3.2%
53   Greater Yellowlegs 1.5% 8.9% 7.3%
54   Fox Sparrow 9.9% 8.6% 1.4%
55   House Sparrow 39.0% 8.3% 30.8%
56   Cedar Waxwing 3.4% 8.3% 4.9%
57   Common Loon 8.6% 7.3% 1.3%
58   Cooper's Hawk 11.3% 6.3% 4.9%
59   Red-winged Blackbird 9.3% 6.0% 3.2%
60   Merlin 2.3% 6.0% 3.7%
61   Red-tailed Hawk 24.8% 5.7% 19.1%
62   Orange-crowned Warbler 2.0% 5.7% 3.7%
63   Ring-necked Duck 3.9% 5.4% 1.5%
64   Eurasian Wigeon 0.4% 5.4% 5.0%
65   Eastern Towhee 2.4% 5.1% 2.7%
66   Golden-crowned Kinglet 4.7% 4.8% 0.1%
67   Black-crowned Night-Heron 1.5% 4.8% 3.3%
68   Boat-tailed Grackle 0.2% 4.1% 3.9%
69   Belted Kingfisher 9.4% 3.8% 5.6%
70   Fish Crow 5.5% 3.8% 1.7%
71   Canvasback 2.1% 3.8% 1.7%
72   Common Raven 4.9% 3.5% 1.5%
73   Winter Wren 4.8% 3.5% 1.3%
74   Great Cormorant 3.6% 3.5% 0.1%
75   Sharp-shinned Hawk 3.2% 3.5% 0.3%
76   Savannah Sparrow 2.1% 3.5% 1.4%
77   American Pipit 1.0% 3.5% 2.5%
78   Common Merganser 4.8% 3.2% 1.6%
79   American Woodcock 0.6% 2.9% 2.3%
80   Blue Jay 40.4% 2.5% 37.8%
81   Hairy Woodpecker 9.3% 2.5% 6.8%
82   Field Sparrow 1.8% 2.5% 0.7%
83   Clapper Rail 0.2% 2.5% 2.3%
84   Tufted Titmouse 22.4% 2.2% 20.2%
85   Bald Eagle 5.1% 2.2% 2.8%
86   Brown Thrasher 0.4% 2.2% 1.8%
87   Snowy Owl 0.9% 1.9% 1.0%
88   Tree Swallow 0.9% 1.9% 1.0%
89   Red-bellied Woodpecker 29.2% 1.6% 27.6%
90   Common Grackle 5.4% 1.6% 3.8%
91   Killdeer 2.1% 1.6% 0.5%
92   Purple Finch 1.4% 1.6% 0.2%
93   Redhead 1.2% 1.6% 0.4%
94   Barrow's Goldeneye 0.1% 1.6% 1.5%
95   Eared Grebe 0.0% 1.6% 1.6%
96   Long-tailed Duck 6.1% 1.3% 4.9%
97   Chipping Sparrow 1.4% 1.3% 0.1%
98   Black-bellied Plover 1.2% 1.3% 0.1%
99   American Bittern 0.2% 1.3% 1.1%
100   Red-throated Loon 6.5% 1.0% 5.6%
101   American Kestrel 6.0% 1.0% 5.0%
102   Horned Lark 2.6% 1.0% 1.7%
103   Common Yellowthroat 0.6% 1.0% 0.3%
104   Black Scoter 2.9% 0.6% 2.3%
105   Red-breasted Nuthatch 2.6% 0.6% 2.0%
106   Surf Scoter 2.6% 0.6% 1.9%
107   Snow Bunting 2.0% 0.6% 1.4%
108   Red-shouldered Hawk 1.9% 0.6% 1.3%
109   Common Eider 1.3% 0.6% 0.7%
110   Lesser Black-backed Gull 0.7% 0.6% 0.0%
111   Marsh Wren 0.3% 0.6% 0.3%
112   White-winged Crossbill 0.1% 0.6% 0.5%
113   Lesser Yellowlegs 0.1% 0.6% 0.5%
114   Little Blue Heron 0.0% 0.6% 0.6%
115   White-breasted Nuthatch 21.3% 0.3% 20.9%
116   Turkey Vulture 5.4% 0.3% 5.0%
117   Brown Creeper 4.3% 0.3% 4.0%
118   Wood Duck 4.1% 0.3% 3.8%
119   Sanderling 3.3% 0.3% 3.0%
120   Northern Gannet 2.9% 0.3% 2.6%
121   Brown-headed Cowbird 1.7% 0.3% 1.4%
122   Pine Siskin 0.9% 0.3% 0.6%
123   King Eider 0.5% 0.3% 0.2%
124   Iceland Gull 0.5% 0.3% 0.2%
125   Baltimore Oriole 0.4% 0.3% 0.1%
126   Wilson's Warbler 0.4% 0.3% 0.0%
127   Virginia Rail 0.2% 0.3% 0.1%
128   House Wren 0.1% 0.3% 0.2%
129   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 0.1% 0.3% 0.2%
130   American White Pelican 0.1% 0.3% 0.2%
131   American Goshawk 0.1% 0.3% 0.3%
132   American Avocet 0.0% 0.3% 0.3%
133   Long-billed Dowitcher 0.0% 0.3% 0.3%
134   Seaside Sparrow 0.0% 0.3% 0.3%
135   Nelson's Sparrow 0.0% 0.3% 0.3%
136   Western Sandpiper 0.0% 0.3% 0.3%