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

based on 557 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--West Pond in April. 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   Osprey 19.7% 86.2% 66.5%
2   Brant 12.8% 84.2% 71.4%
3   Red-winged Blackbird 53.3% 83.3% 30.0%
4   Tree Swallow 20.3% 80.8% 60.5%
5   Canada Goose 51.8% 76.5% 24.6%
6   Ruddy Duck 10.0% 76.5% 66.5%
7   American Robin 74.8% 75.9% 1.2%
8   Northern Mockingbird 28.2% 71.8% 43.6%
9   American Herring Gull 25.0% 71.1% 46.1%
10   Mute Swan 13.9% 70.7% 56.9%
11   Double-crested Cormorant 36.6% 70.6% 34.0%
12   Mallard 52.9% 70.0% 17.1%
13   Laughing Gull 12.1% 69.3% 57.2%
14   Great Egret 20.9% 67.5% 46.6%
15   Song Sparrow 48.4% 66.6% 18.2%
16   Northern Cardinal 60.5% 63.9% 3.4%
17   Yellow-rumped Warbler 30.7% 60.9% 30.1%
18   Great Black-backed Gull 14.1% 58.3% 44.3%
19   Northern Shoveler 7.3% 55.7% 48.3%
20   American Oystercatcher 6.1% 52.4% 46.3%
21   Bufflehead 11.1% 52.1% 41.0%
22   Snowy Egret 6.3% 49.7% 43.4%
23   White-throated Sparrow 58.2% 48.8% 9.3%
24   Carolina Wren 22.8% 47.0% 24.3%
25   American Black Duck 9.8% 46.3% 36.5%
26   Red-breasted Merganser 6.8% 46.0% 39.1%
27   Boat-tailed Grackle 3.7% 45.2% 41.6%
28   Gadwall 8.2% 43.1% 34.9%
29   European Starling 56.8% 42.9% 13.9%
30   Ring-billed Gull 22.5% 40.6% 18.1%
31   Mourning Dove 52.2% 39.9% 12.3%
32   Common Grackle 48.4% 38.1% 10.3%
33   Glossy Ibis 1.8% 35.9% 34.1%
34   Eastern Towhee 22.3% 35.2% 12.9%
35   Fish Crow 15.4% 34.1% 18.7%
36   Forster's Tern 3.5% 34.1% 30.6%
37   Northern Flicker 45.3% 31.8% 13.5%
38   Barn Swallow 13.4% 27.5% 14.1%
39   Greater Yellowlegs 5.9% 25.9% 19.9%
40   Brown-headed Cowbird 21.8% 25.7% 3.8%
41   Green-winged Teal 5.4% 24.1% 18.6%
42   American Crow 19.0% 23.9% 4.9%
43   American Coot 6.4% 22.6% 16.2%
44   Brown Thrasher 5.9% 22.6% 16.7%
45   House Sparrow 54.4% 20.8% 33.6%
46   Downy Woodpecker 37.0% 20.5% 16.6%
47   Palm Warbler 27.0% 19.4% 7.6%
48   Greater Scaup 1.2% 19.4% 18.2%
49   Gray Catbird 10.8% 19.0% 8.2%
50   Great Blue Heron 10.9% 18.3% 7.4%
51   Eastern Phoebe 19.2% 17.8% 1.4%
52   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 30.1% 17.1% 13.0%
53   Dark-eyed Junco 20.3% 16.9% 3.5%
54   Killdeer 8.8% 15.8% 7.0%
55   Yellow Warbler 7.9% 15.1% 7.2%
56   American Goldfinch 27.4% 14.9% 12.5%
57   House Wren 7.9% 13.5% 5.6%
58   Snow Goose 0.4% 12.9% 12.5%
59   Golden-crowned Kinglet 11.9% 12.7% 0.8%
60   Hermit Thrush 27.3% 12.4% 14.9%
61   Lesser Scaup 1.0% 12.4% 11.4%
62   Chipping Sparrow 25.3% 11.8% 13.4%
63   Rock Pigeon 35.4% 11.7% 23.7%
64   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 15.8% 11.0% 4.8%
65   Little Blue Heron 0.7% 11.0% 10.3%
66   Swamp Sparrow 18.6% 10.8% 7.8%
67   Savannah Sparrow 7.8% 10.6% 2.8%
68   Horned Grebe 2.4% 10.6% 8.2%
69   House Finch 16.3% 10.4% 5.9%
70   Willet 1.3% 10.1% 8.8%
71   Black-bellied Plover 0.5% 9.3% 8.8%
72   Field Sparrow 8.6% 9.2% 0.5%
73   Black-capped Chickadee 20.0% 8.6% 11.4%
74   American Wigeon 1.2% 6.8% 5.6%
75   Dunlin 0.6% 6.8% 6.2%
76   Pine Warbler 14.9% 6.6% 8.3%
77   Black-crowned Night-Heron 6.9% 6.5% 0.5%
78   Northern Harrier 1.7% 6.5% 4.8%
79   Tricolored Heron 0.2% 6.5% 6.2%
80   Common Yellowthroat 4.2% 5.9% 1.7%
81   Blue-winged Teal 1.9% 5.9% 4.0%
82   Lesser Yellowlegs 1.4% 5.0% 3.7%
83   Black-and-white Warbler 12.8% 4.8% 8.0%
84   Blue Jay 52.4% 4.7% 47.7%
85   Brown Creeper 9.8% 4.7% 5.1%
86   Peregrine Falcon 2.7% 4.7% 1.9%
87   Northern Pintail 0.6% 4.7% 4.1%
88   Common Loon 5.0% 4.5% 0.6%
89   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 1.2% 4.1% 3.0%
90   Red-bellied Woodpecker 39.6% 3.9% 35.7%
91   Bald Eagle 4.2% 3.8% 0.4%
92   Turkey Vulture 12.0% 3.4% 8.6%
93   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 12.1% 3.2% 8.9%
94   Hooded Merganser 2.8% 3.1% 0.2%
95   White-breasted Nuthatch 17.0% 2.9% 14.2%
96   American Kestrel 5.4% 2.9% 2.5%
97   Blue-headed Vireo 9.5% 2.7% 6.8%
98   Pied-billed Grebe 2.8% 2.7% 0.1%
99   White-eyed Vireo 1.5% 2.7% 1.2%
100   Chimney Swift 5.9% 2.5% 3.4%
101   Merlin 1.9% 2.5% 0.6%
102   Clapper Rail 0.9% 2.5% 1.6%
103   Least Sandpiper 0.6% 2.5% 1.9%
104   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 10.3% 2.3% 8.0%
105   Common Tern 0.2% 2.3% 2.2%
106   Red-tailed Hawk 23.9% 2.2% 21.8%
107   Red-throated Loon 3.9% 2.2% 1.7%
108   Tufted Titmouse 24.3% 1.8% 22.5%
109   Wood Duck 14.4% 1.8% 12.6%
110   Belted Kingfisher 10.2% 1.8% 8.4%
111   Common Raven 4.1% 1.8% 2.3%
112   Purple Martin 0.5% 1.8% 1.3%
113   Redhead 0.2% 1.8% 1.6%
114   Northern Parula 5.9% 1.6% 4.3%
115   Cooper's Hawk 3.7% 1.4% 2.2%
116   Indigo Bunting 0.9% 1.4% 0.6%
117   Long-billed Dowitcher 0.0% 1.4% 1.4%
118   Red-breasted Nuthatch 2.4% 1.3% 1.2%
119   Spotted Sandpiper 1.6% 1.3% 0.4%
120   American Tree Sparrow 0.6% 1.3% 0.7%
121   Ruddy Turnstone 0.1% 1.3% 1.2%
122   Fox Sparrow 3.1% 1.1% 2.0%
123   Bonaparte's Gull 0.9% 1.1% 0.2%
124   Pectoral Sandpiper 0.1% 1.1% 1.0%
125   Snowy Owl 0.0% 1.1% 1.1%
126   White-faced Ibis 0.0% 1.1% 1.1%
127   Wilson's Snipe 1.7% 0.9% 0.8%
128   Solitary Sandpiper 1.0% 0.9% 0.1%
129   Sanderling 0.6% 0.9% 0.3%
130   Semipalmated Sandpiper 0.0% 0.9% 0.9%
131   Hairy Woodpecker 9.5% 0.7% 8.8%
132   Rusty Blackbird 4.3% 0.7% 3.6%
133   Ring-necked Duck 2.9% 0.7% 2.2%
134   Black-throated Green Warbler 2.6% 0.7% 1.9%
135   Purple Finch 1.8% 0.7% 1.1%
136   Great Cormorant 0.6% 0.7% 0.2%
137   Canvasback 0.2% 0.7% 0.5%
138   Cliff Swallow 0.2% 0.7% 0.5%
139   Short-billed Dowitcher 0.1% 0.7% 0.6%
140   Ovenbird 4.4% 0.5% 3.9%
141   Baltimore Oriole 4.1% 0.5% 3.5%
142   Prairie Warbler 2.7% 0.5% 2.2%
143   Wood Thrush 2.6% 0.5% 2.1%
144   Great Horned Owl 2.2% 0.5% 1.6%
145   Sharp-shinned Hawk 2.1% 0.5% 1.6%
146   Black-throated Blue Warbler 2.1% 0.5% 1.6%
147   Northern Gannet 2.0% 0.5% 1.5%
148   Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1.9% 0.5% 1.4%
149   Eastern Kingbird 1.4% 0.5% 0.9%
150   American Woodcock 0.9% 0.5% 0.4%
151   Long-tailed Duck 0.9% 0.5% 0.4%
152   Bank Swallow 0.5% 0.5% 0.1%
153   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 0.5% 0.5% 0.1%
154   Semipalmated Plover 0.1% 0.5% 0.5%
155   Winter Wren 3.9% 0.4% 3.5%
156   Blue-winged Warbler 1.9% 0.4% 1.6%
157   Orchard Oriole 1.7% 0.4% 1.3%
158   American Redstart 1.6% 0.4% 1.2%
159   Great Crested Flycatcher 1.3% 0.4% 0.9%
160   Marsh Wren 0.9% 0.4% 0.5%
161   Vesper Sparrow 0.5% 0.4% 0.1%
162   Eurasian Wigeon 0.1% 0.4% 0.3%
163   Yellow-breasted Chat 0.0% 0.4% 0.3%
164   Red Knot 0.0% 0.4% 0.3%
165   Louisiana Waterthrush 7.3% 0.2% 7.1%
166   Northern Waterthrush 5.5% 0.2% 5.3%
167   Warbling Vireo 4.4% 0.2% 4.2%
168   Cedar Waxwing 3.5% 0.2% 3.3%
169   Common Merganser 2.4% 0.2% 2.2%
170   Prothonotary Warbler 1.6% 0.2% 1.4%
171   Nashville Warbler 1.5% 0.2% 1.3%
172   Hooded Warbler 1.4% 0.2% 1.2%
173   Red-shouldered Hawk 1.2% 0.2% 1.0%
174   American Bittern 0.6% 0.2% 0.4%
175   Black Scoter 0.5% 0.2% 0.4%
176   Virginia Rail 0.5% 0.2% 0.3%
177   Blackburnian Warbler 0.4% 0.2% 0.2%
178   Eastern Meadowlark 0.4% 0.2% 0.2%
179   Lesser Black-backed Gull 0.3% 0.2% 0.1%
180   Summer Tanager 0.3% 0.2% 0.1%
181   White-winged Scoter 0.3% 0.2% 0.1%
182   Least Flycatcher 0.2% 0.2% 0.0%
183   Common Goldeneye 0.2% 0.2% 0.0%
184   Seaside Sparrow 0.1% 0.2% 0.0%
185   American Pipit 0.1% 0.2% 0.1%
186   Glaucous Gull 0.1% 0.2% 0.1%
187   Common Gallinule 0.1% 0.2% 0.1%
188   Yellow-billed Cuckoo 0.1% 0.2% 0.1%
189   Least Tern 0.0% 0.2% 0.1%