Top Birds at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--West Pond in December
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA
based on 280 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.
| Rank | Info | Pics | Species | Entire Region | This Location | Difference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Canada Goose | 51.4% | 89.3% | 37.9% | |||
| 2 | Brant | 18.5% | 84.3% | 65.8% | |||
| 3 | Mallard | 48.1% | 79.6% | 31.5% | |||
| 4 | American Black Duck | 26.4% | 67.1% | 40.7% | |||
| 5 | Ruddy Duck | 15.3% | 64.3% | 49.0% | |||
| 6 | Herring Gull | 41.8% | 62.1% | 20.3% | |||
| 7 | Northern Mockingbird | 28.2% | 61.8% | 33.6% | |||
| 8 | Hooded Merganser | 18.6% | 56.1% | 37.5% | |||
| 9 | Bufflehead | 28.1% | 55.0% | 26.9% | |||
| 10 | Ring-billed Gull | 49.7% | 53.9% | 4.3% | |||
| 11 | Song Sparrow | 37.0% | 53.9% | 17.0% | |||
| 12 | Yellow-rumped Warbler | 6.6% | 53.6% | 47.0% | |||
| 13 | White-throated Sparrow | 48.6% | 52.9% | 4.2% | |||
| 14 | Great Black-backed Gull | 29.3% | 52.1% | 22.9% | |||
| 15 | Gadwall | 15.0% | 51.8% | 36.8% | |||
| 16 | Northern Cardinal | 40.0% | 51.1% | 11.1% | |||
| 17 | American Wigeon | 6.0% | 48.6% | 42.6% | |||
| 18 | Northern Shoveler | 14.6% | 48.2% | 33.6% | |||
| 19 | American Coot | 10.2% | 46.8% | 36.6% | |||
| 20 | Snow Goose | 1.9% | 46.4% | 44.5% | |||
| 21 | Red-breasted Merganser | 14.7% | 42.1% | 27.4% | |||
| 22 | Greater Scaup | 6.6% | 41.4% | 34.9% | |||
| 23 | Mute Swan | 13.8% | 41.1% | 27.3% | |||
| 24 | Double-crested Cormorant | 17.8% | 37.9% | 20.0% | |||
| 25 | European Starling | 38.9% | 34.3% | 4.6% | |||
| 26 | Great Blue Heron | 20.1% | 32.9% | 12.7% | |||
| 27 | Northern Harrier | 4.8% | 32.9% | 28.1% | |||
| 28 | House Finch | 16.3% | 31.1% | 14.7% | |||
| 29 | American Robin | 29.6% | 29.6% | 0.1% | |||
| 30 | Carolina Wren | 18.7% | 29.3% | 10.6% | |||
| 31 | Green-winged Teal | 5.0% | 28.9% | 23.9% | |||
| 32 | Northern Pintail | 3.1% | 27.9% | 24.7% | |||
| 33 | Horned Grebe | 5.2% | 23.6% | 18.4% | |||
| 34 | Northern Flicker | 10.9% | 22.1% | 11.3% | |||
| 35 | American Tree Sparrow | 6.4% | 21.4% | 15.1% | |||
| 36 | Mourning Dove | 36.2% | 18.6% | 17.7% | |||
| 37 | Swamp Sparrow | 7.5% | 17.9% | 10.3% | |||
| 38 | Peregrine Falcon | 5.7% | 17.9% | 12.1% | |||
| 39 | Pied-billed Grebe | 5.3% | 16.8% | 11.5% | |||
| 40 | Downy Woodpecker | 30.8% | 16.4% | 14.3% | |||
| 41 | American Crow | 20.6% | 16.4% | 4.2% | |||
| 42 | Black-capped Chickadee | 24.4% | 15.0% | 9.4% | |||
| 43 | Great Egret | 1.5% | 15.0% | 13.5% | |||
| 44 | Dark-eyed Junco | 23.3% | 14.6% | 8.7% | |||
| 45 | Lesser Scaup | 3.6% | 13.6% | 10.0% | |||
| 46 | Gray Catbird | 3.9% | 13.2% | 9.3% | |||
| 47 | American Goldfinch | 20.5% | 12.9% | 7.6% | |||
| 48 | Dunlin | 1.5% | 12.9% | 11.3% | |||
| 49 | Rock Pigeon | 30.8% | 11.8% | 19.0% | |||
| 50 | Common Goldeneye | 3.8% | 11.1% | 7.3% | |||
| 51 | Hermit Thrush | 5.5% | 10.0% | 4.5% | |||
| 52 | House Sparrow | 38.6% | 9.3% | 29.3% | |||
| 53 | Fox Sparrow | 9.8% | 8.9% | 0.8% | |||
| 54 | Ruby-crowned Kinglet | 5.6% | 8.9% | 3.3% | |||
| 55 | Cedar Waxwing | 3.6% | 8.9% | 5.3% | |||
| 56 | Greater Yellowlegs | 1.6% | 8.6% | 7.0% | |||
| 57 | Common Loon | 9.1% | 8.2% | 0.8% | |||
| 58 | Orange-crowned Warbler | 1.9% | 6.8% | 4.9% | |||
| 59 | Red-tailed Hawk | 24.7% | 6.1% | 18.6% | |||
| 60 | Red-winged Blackbird | 9.2% | 6.1% | 3.1% | |||
| 61 | Merlin | 2.3% | 6.1% | 3.8% | |||
| 62 | Cooper's Hawk | 10.8% | 5.7% | 5.1% | |||
| 63 | Eastern Towhee | 2.6% | 5.7% | 3.2% | |||
| 64 | Ring-necked Duck | 3.9% | 5.4% | 1.4% | |||
| 65 | Black-crowned Night-Heron | 1.5% | 5.4% | 3.8% | |||
| 66 | Golden-crowned Kinglet | 4.3% | 5.0% | 0.7% | |||
| 67 | Eurasian Wigeon | 0.3% | 5.0% | 4.7% | |||
| 68 | Belted Kingfisher | 9.6% | 4.6% | 4.9% | |||
| 69 | Fish Crow | 5.2% | 4.3% | 0.9% | |||
| 70 | Canvasback | 2.2% | 4.3% | 2.1% | |||
| 71 | Boat-tailed Grackle | 0.2% | 4.3% | 4.1% | |||
| 72 | Winter Wren | 5.0% | 3.9% | 1.0% | |||
| 73 | Common Raven | 4.5% | 3.9% | 0.6% | |||
| 74 | Great Cormorant | 3.8% | 3.9% | 0.2% | |||
| 75 | Sharp-shinned Hawk | 3.2% | 3.9% | 0.7% | |||
| 76 | Common Merganser | 4.9% | 3.6% | 1.3% | |||
| 77 | Savannah Sparrow | 2.1% | 3.2% | 1.1% | |||
| 78 | American Pipit | 1.0% | 3.2% | 2.2% | |||
| 79 | Field Sparrow | 1.9% | 2.9% | 1.0% | |||
| 80 | American Woodcock | 0.6% | 2.9% | 2.2% | |||
| 81 | Clapper Rail | 0.2% | 2.9% | 2.6% | |||
| 82 | Blue Jay | 40.1% | 2.5% | 37.6% | |||
| 83 | Hairy Woodpecker | 9.3% | 2.5% | 6.8% | |||
| 84 | Tree Swallow | 1.0% | 2.5% | 1.5% | |||
| 85 | Brown Thrasher | 0.5% | 2.5% | 2.0% | |||
| 86 | Tufted Titmouse | 21.4% | 2.1% | 19.3% | |||
| 87 | Snowy Owl | 1.0% | 2.1% | 1.2% | |||
| 88 | Bald Eagle | 4.8% | 1.8% | 3.1% | |||
| 89 | Killdeer | 1.8% | 1.8% | 0.1% | |||
| 90 | Redhead | 1.2% | 1.8% | 0.5% | |||
| 91 | Barrow's Goldeneye | 0.1% | 1.8% | 1.7% | |||
| 92 | Eared Grebe | 0.0% | 1.8% | 1.8% | |||
| 93 | Red-bellied Woodpecker | 28.8% | 1.4% | 27.4% | |||
| 94 | Long-tailed Duck | 6.3% | 1.4% | 4.9% | |||
| 95 | Chipping Sparrow | 1.4% | 1.4% | 0.0% | |||
| 96 | Purple Finch | 1.3% | 1.4% | 0.1% | |||
| 97 | Black-bellied Plover | 1.2% | 1.4% | 0.3% | |||
| 98 | American Bittern | 0.2% | 1.4% | 1.2% | |||
| 99 | Red-throated Loon | 6.9% | 1.1% | 5.9% | |||
| 100 | American Kestrel | 5.9% | 1.1% | 4.9% | |||
| 101 | Common Grackle | 5.5% | 1.1% | 4.5% | |||
| 102 | Horned Lark | 2.7% | 1.1% | 1.7% | |||
| 103 | Common Yellowthroat | 0.6% | 1.1% | 0.4% | |||
| 104 | Black Scoter | 2.7% | 0.7% | 1.9% | |||
| 105 | Red-breasted Nuthatch | 2.6% | 0.7% | 1.9% | |||
| 106 | Surf Scoter | 2.3% | 0.7% | 1.6% | |||
| 107 | Snow Bunting | 2.1% | 0.7% | 1.3% | |||
| 108 | Red-shouldered Hawk | 1.9% | 0.7% | 1.2% | |||
| 109 | Common Eider | 1.2% | 0.7% | 0.5% | |||
| 110 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | 0.6% | 0.7% | 0.1% | |||
| 111 | Marsh Wren | 0.4% | 0.7% | 0.4% | |||
| 112 | Lesser Yellowlegs | 0.1% | 0.7% | 0.6% | |||
| 113 | White-winged Crossbill | 0.1% | 0.7% | 0.6% | |||
| 114 | Little Blue Heron | 0.0% | 0.7% | 0.7% | |||
| 115 | White-breasted Nuthatch | 20.1% | 0.4% | 19.7% | |||
| 116 | Turkey Vulture | 5.4% | 0.4% | 5.0% | |||
| 117 | Brown Creeper | 4.2% | 0.4% | 3.8% | |||
| 118 | Sanderling | 3.2% | 0.4% | 2.8% | |||
| 119 | Northern Gannet | 3.1% | 0.4% | 2.8% | |||
| 120 | Brown-headed Cowbird | 1.8% | 0.4% | 1.4% | |||
| 121 | Pine Siskin | 1.0% | 0.4% | 0.7% | |||
| 122 | Iceland Gull | 0.6% | 0.4% | 0.2% | |||
| 123 | King Eider | 0.6% | 0.4% | 0.2% | |||
| 124 | Baltimore Oriole | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.1% | |||
| 125 | Wilson's Warbler | 0.3% | 0.4% | 0.0% | |||
| 126 | Virginia Rail | 0.2% | 0.4% | 0.2% | |||
| 127 | House Wren | 0.1% | 0.4% | 0.2% | |||
| 128 | Yellow-crowned Night-Heron | 0.1% | 0.4% | 0.2% | |||
| 129 | American White Pelican | 0.1% | 0.4% | 0.3% | |||
| 130 | American Goshawk | 0.1% | 0.4% | 0.3% | |||
| 131 | American Avocet | 0.0% | 0.4% | 0.3% | |||
| 132 | Long-billed Dowitcher | 0.0% | 0.4% | 0.3% | |||
| 133 | Seaside Sparrow | 0.0% | 0.4% | 0.3% | |||
| 134 | Nelson's Sparrow | 0.0% | 0.4% | 0.3% | |||
| 135 | Western Sandpiper | 0.0% | 0.4% | 0.4% |