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

based on 386 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--West Pond in February. 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 56.0% 88.6% 32.6%
2   Brant 19.7% 82.4% 62.7%
3   Mallard 49.8% 72.8% 23.0%
4   Snow Goose 2.0% 72.0% 70.0%
5   American Herring Gull 41.1% 71.2% 30.2%
6   Ruddy Duck 15.4% 71.2% 55.8%
7   American Black Duck 26.5% 67.9% 41.4%
8   Bufflehead 31.8% 63.0% 31.2%
9   Northern Mockingbird 23.7% 61.7% 37.9%
10   Northern Shoveler 16.2% 58.8% 42.6%
11   Yellow-rumped Warbler 4.5% 56.7% 52.2%
12   Song Sparrow 34.2% 54.7% 20.5%
13   Great Black-backed Gull 28.0% 54.4% 26.4%
14   Ring-billed Gull 50.6% 52.6% 2.0%
15   Northern Cardinal 40.5% 52.3% 11.8%
16   Red-breasted Merganser 19.8% 49.2% 29.4%
17   White-throated Sparrow 41.6% 49.0% 7.4%
18   Gadwall 15.4% 44.3% 28.9%
19   Mute Swan 14.8% 44.3% 29.5%
20   Hooded Merganser 19.7% 37.3% 17.6%
21   American Robin 32.2% 35.5% 3.3%
22   Red-winged Blackbird 18.3% 32.4% 14.1%
23   Greater Scaup 9.5% 30.6% 21.1%
24   American Wigeon 6.8% 30.3% 23.5%
25   Northern Pintail 3.3% 28.8% 25.5%
26   Double-crested Cormorant 11.9% 28.0% 16.1%
27   American Coot 10.6% 26.2% 15.6%
28   Green-winged Teal 4.8% 23.6% 18.8%
29   European Starling 38.4% 23.3% 15.1%
30   Carolina Wren 16.0% 23.3% 7.3%
31   House Finch 13.8% 19.4% 5.7%
32   Common Goldeneye 6.8% 18.7% 11.9%
33   Horned Grebe 7.9% 16.3% 8.5%
34   Northern Harrier 4.2% 16.1% 11.8%
35   American Crow 21.4% 15.5% 5.8%
36   American Tree Sparrow 6.7% 15.5% 8.8%
37   Downy Woodpecker 27.9% 15.3% 12.6%
38   Mourning Dove 33.4% 13.2% 20.2%
39   House Sparrow 40.6% 11.4% 29.2%
40   Black-capped Chickadee 22.1% 11.4% 10.7%
41   Northern Flicker 6.2% 11.4% 5.2%
42   American Goldfinch 11.4% 8.3% 3.1%
43   Lesser Scaup 4.9% 8.3% 3.4%
44   Rock Pigeon 29.2% 8.0% 21.2%
45   Gray Catbird 1.7% 7.8% 6.1%
46   Dark-eyed Junco 16.2% 7.5% 8.7%
47   Red-throated Loon 7.4% 7.0% 0.4%
48   Peregrine Falcon 4.6% 7.0% 2.4%
49   Cedar Waxwing 2.3% 6.7% 4.5%
50   Fish Crow 7.4% 6.2% 1.2%
51   Barrow's Goldeneye 0.2% 6.2% 6.0%
52   Common Loon 9.1% 6.0% 3.2%
53   Fox Sparrow 7.3% 5.4% 1.8%
54   Bald Eagle 6.2% 5.4% 0.8%
55   Great Blue Heron 11.8% 5.2% 6.6%
56   Hermit Thrush 2.1% 4.9% 2.8%
57   Common Merganser 9.5% 4.4% 5.1%
58   Snowy Owl 0.9% 4.4% 3.5%
59   Red-tailed Hawk 23.2% 4.1% 19.0%
60   Merlin 1.9% 3.9% 1.9%
61   Tree Swallow 0.6% 3.9% 3.3%
62   Boat-tailed Grackle 0.4% 3.6% 3.3%
63   Cooper's Hawk 7.7% 3.4% 4.4%
64   Swamp Sparrow 3.6% 3.1% 0.5%
65   Great Cormorant 4.5% 2.8% 1.6%
66   Golden-crowned Kinglet 2.4% 2.6% 0.2%
67   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1.8% 2.6% 0.8%
68   Pied-billed Grebe 3.8% 2.3% 1.5%
69   Canvasback 3.4% 2.3% 1.1%
70   American Woodcock 1.0% 2.3% 1.3%
71   Eurasian Wigeon 0.4% 2.1% 1.7%
72   Tundra Swan 0.1% 2.1% 1.9%
73   Blue Jay 36.1% 1.8% 34.3%
74   Common Grackle 13.4% 1.8% 11.6%
75   Long-tailed Duck 7.7% 1.8% 5.9%
76   Dunlin 1.1% 1.8% 0.7%
77   Wood Duck 6.2% 1.6% 4.6%
78   Sharp-shinned Hawk 2.0% 1.6% 0.4%
79   Great Horned Owl 1.8% 1.6% 0.2%
80   Savannah Sparrow 1.2% 1.6% 0.4%
81   Field Sparrow 1.1% 1.6% 0.4%
82   Killdeer 3.8% 1.3% 2.5%
83   Black-crowned Night-Heron 0.9% 1.3% 0.4%
84   Tufted Titmouse 20.2% 1.0% 19.2%
85   Eastern Towhee 1.5% 1.0% 0.5%
86   White-breasted Nuthatch 18.3% 0.8% 17.5%
87   Ring-necked Duck 6.0% 0.8% 5.2%
88   Common Raven 4.3% 0.8% 3.5%
89   Black-bellied Plover 0.6% 0.8% 0.1%
90   Common Redpoll 0.3% 0.8% 0.4%
91   American Pipit 0.3% 0.8% 0.5%
92   American Bittern 0.1% 0.8% 0.7%
93   Hairy Woodpecker 7.7% 0.5% 7.2%
94   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 4.8% 0.5% 4.3%
95   Sanderling 2.7% 0.5% 2.2%
96   Winter Wren 2.3% 0.5% 1.7%
97   Redhead 2.2% 0.5% 1.6%
98   Red-breasted Nuthatch 1.6% 0.5% 1.1%
99   Rough-legged Hawk 0.6% 0.5% 0.1%
100   Great Egret 0.2% 0.5% 0.3%
101   Eared Grebe 0.1% 0.5% 0.4%
102   Red-bellied Woodpecker 25.9% 0.3% 25.6%
103   Turkey Vulture 6.5% 0.3% 6.2%
104   Horned Lark 2.2% 0.3% 1.9%
105   Red-shouldered Hawk 1.8% 0.3% 1.5%
106   White-winged Scoter 1.5% 0.3% 1.2%
107   Lesser Black-backed Gull 0.9% 0.3% 0.6%
108   Orange-crowned Warbler 0.5% 0.3% 0.2%
109   American Oystercatcher 0.2% 0.3% 0.1%
110   Virginia Rail 0.1% 0.3% 0.1%
111   Ross's Goose 0.1% 0.3% 0.2%