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

based on 419 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 18.9% 86.6% 67.7%
2   Brant 13.5% 83.5% 70.0%
3   Red-winged Blackbird 54.6% 83.3% 28.7%
4   Tree Swallow 21.9% 80.2% 58.3%
5   Canada Goose 52.8% 79.0% 26.2%
6   American Robin 74.8% 74.9% 0.2%
7   Ruddy Duck 10.5% 73.5% 63.0%
8   Herring Gull 26.2% 71.1% 44.9%
9   Mute Swan 15.2% 70.6% 55.5%
10   Mallard 54.6% 69.7% 15.1%
11   Double-crested Cormorant 36.6% 69.5% 32.8%
12   Northern Mockingbird 28.1% 68.5% 40.4%
13   Great Egret 22.5% 68.3% 45.7%
14   Laughing Gull 10.9% 63.7% 52.9%
15   Song Sparrow 48.7% 63.2% 14.5%
16   Northern Cardinal 60.6% 62.5% 1.9%
17   Northern Shoveler 8.5% 59.9% 51.4%
18   Great Black-backed Gull 15.5% 56.8% 41.3%
19   Yellow-rumped Warbler 31.1% 54.7% 23.6%
20   American Oystercatcher 6.8% 50.1% 43.3%
21   Snowy Egret 7.0% 49.6% 42.7%
22   Bufflehead 11.8% 48.9% 37.2%
23   Boat-tailed Grackle 3.9% 47.3% 43.3%
24   American Black Duck 10.0% 46.3% 36.3%
25   Carolina Wren 22.2% 43.9% 21.7%
26   Red-breasted Merganser 6.9% 43.2% 36.3%
27   White-throated Sparrow 57.2% 43.0% 14.2%
28   Mourning Dove 51.6% 42.2% 9.4%
29   European Starling 56.8% 41.5% 15.2%
30   Fish Crow 15.5% 41.5% 26.1%
31   Ring-billed Gull 23.3% 41.3% 18.0%
32   Gadwall 8.4% 39.9% 31.5%
33   Common Grackle 48.9% 38.9% 10.0%
34   Glossy Ibis 2.2% 37.7% 35.5%
35   Eastern Towhee 21.9% 32.2% 10.3%
36   Forster's Tern 3.5% 31.7% 28.2%
37   Brown-headed Cowbird 23.0% 27.2% 4.2%
38   American Crow 19.3% 27.2% 7.9%
39   Barn Swallow 14.3% 25.8% 11.5%
40   Northern Flicker 45.3% 25.1% 20.2%
41   Greater Yellowlegs 6.4% 25.1% 18.7%
42   House Sparrow 53.3% 22.4% 30.9%
43   American Coot 7.1% 22.2% 15.1%
44   Brown Thrasher 6.1% 21.7% 15.6%
45   Green-winged Teal 5.0% 21.7% 16.7%
46   Greater Scaup 1.3% 20.5% 19.2%
47   Downy Woodpecker 38.1% 17.2% 20.9%
48   Great Blue Heron 11.1% 17.2% 6.1%
49   Gray Catbird 9.1% 16.0% 6.9%
50   American Goldfinch 28.5% 15.8% 12.8%
51   Palm Warbler 28.1% 15.0% 13.0%
52   Eastern Phoebe 19.0% 14.3% 4.7%
53   Little Blue Heron 0.7% 14.3% 13.6%
54   Lesser Scaup 1.0% 14.1% 13.1%
55   House Finch 16.6% 13.6% 3.0%
56   Rock Pigeon 34.2% 12.9% 21.4%
57   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 29.4% 12.6% 16.8%
58   Dark-eyed Junco 20.2% 12.6% 7.6%
59   Snow Goose 0.5% 12.4% 11.9%
60   House Wren 7.6% 12.2% 4.6%
61   Chipping Sparrow 25.1% 11.0% 14.2%
62   Yellow Warbler 7.8% 11.0% 3.2%
63   Savannah Sparrow 7.8% 10.5% 2.7%
64   Willet 1.3% 10.5% 9.2%
65   Golden-crowned Kinglet 11.8% 9.8% 2.0%
66   Horned Grebe 2.8% 9.5% 6.8%
67   Black-bellied Plover 0.6% 9.5% 9.0%
68   Black-capped Chickadee 22.0% 9.1% 12.9%
69   Hermit Thrush 25.5% 8.4% 17.2%
70   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 17.1% 8.4% 8.8%
71   Tricolored Heron 0.3% 8.4% 8.1%
72   Swamp Sparrow 17.9% 7.4% 10.5%
73   Dunlin 0.7% 7.4% 6.7%
74   Killdeer 9.3% 6.7% 2.6%
75   Black-crowned Night-Heron 7.6% 6.2% 1.4%
76   Lesser Yellowlegs 1.4% 6.2% 4.8%
77   Northern Harrier 1.8% 5.7% 3.9%
78   Blue Jay 52.8% 5.5% 47.3%
79   Field Sparrow 8.1% 5.5% 2.6%
80   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 1.2% 5.3% 4.0%
81   American Wigeon 1.3% 4.8% 3.4%
82   Red-bellied Woodpecker 39.9% 4.5% 35.3%
83   Peregrine Falcon 2.9% 4.5% 1.6%
84   Blue-winged Teal 1.7% 4.1% 2.4%
85   Pine Warbler 15.8% 3.8% 12.0%
86   Turkey Vulture 12.6% 3.8% 8.7%
87   Common Yellowthroat 3.5% 3.6% 0.1%
88   Black-and-white Warbler 12.0% 2.9% 9.2%
89   Common Tern 0.2% 2.9% 2.7%
90   Common Loon 5.2% 2.6% 2.6%
91   Hooded Merganser 2.8% 2.6% 0.2%
92   Pied-billed Grebe 2.8% 2.6% 0.1%
93   Clapper Rail 0.9% 2.6% 1.7%
94   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 11.0% 2.4% 8.6%
95   American Kestrel 5.5% 2.4% 3.1%
96   White-eyed Vireo 1.6% 2.4% 0.8%
97   Least Sandpiper 0.6% 2.4% 1.8%
98   Red-tailed Hawk 24.9% 2.1% 22.8%
99   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 10.4% 2.1% 8.3%
100   Brown Creeper 9.3% 2.1% 7.2%
101   Red-throated Loon 4.4% 2.1% 2.2%
102   Northern Pintail 0.7% 2.1% 1.5%
103   Wood Duck 14.4% 1.9% 12.5%
104   Bald Eagle 3.9% 1.9% 2.0%
105   Common Raven 3.7% 1.9% 1.8%
106   Belted Kingfisher 10.2% 1.7% 8.6%
107   Blue-headed Vireo 9.6% 1.7% 7.9%
108   Merlin 2.0% 1.7% 0.3%
109   American Tree Sparrow 0.7% 1.7% 1.0%
110   Tufted Titmouse 25.9% 1.4% 24.4%
111   Red-breasted Nuthatch 2.9% 1.4% 1.5%
112   Pectoral Sandpiper 0.2% 1.4% 1.3%
113   Ruddy Turnstone 0.1% 1.4% 1.4%
114   Snowy Owl 0.0% 1.4% 1.4%
115   White-faced Ibis 0.0% 1.4% 1.4%
116   White-breasted Nuthatch 18.0% 1.2% 16.8%
117   Fox Sparrow 3.2% 1.2% 2.0%
118   Spotted Sandpiper 1.8% 1.2% 0.6%
119   Indigo Bunting 0.8% 1.2% 0.3%
120   Solitary Sandpiper 0.8% 1.2% 0.4%
121   Purple Martin 0.5% 1.2% 0.7%
122   Semipalmated Sandpiper 0.0% 1.2% 1.2%
123   Black-throated Green Warbler 2.3% 1.0% 1.4%
124   Bonaparte's Gull 0.9% 1.0% 0.0%
125   Canvasback 0.2% 1.0% 0.7%
126   Chimney Swift 5.4% 0.7% 4.7%
127   Rusty Blackbird 4.4% 0.7% 3.7%
128   Cooper's Hawk 3.7% 0.7% 3.0%
129   Wood Thrush 2.1% 0.7% 1.4%
130   Wilson's Snipe 2.0% 0.7% 1.3%
131   Purple Finch 1.9% 0.7% 1.2%
132   American Woodcock 0.7% 0.7% 0.0%
133   Long-billed Dowitcher 0.0% 0.7% 0.7%
134   Hairy Woodpecker 10.1% 0.5% 9.6%
135   Ovenbird 3.6% 0.5% 3.2%
136   Ring-necked Duck 3.0% 0.5% 2.6%
137   Great Horned Owl 2.5% 0.5% 2.0%
138   Sharp-shinned Hawk 2.5% 0.5% 2.0%
139   Black-throated Blue Warbler 1.7% 0.5% 1.2%
140   American Redstart 1.3% 0.5% 0.8%
141   Long-tailed Duck 1.0% 0.5% 0.5%
142   Sanderling 0.7% 0.5% 0.2%
143   Great Cormorant 0.6% 0.5% 0.2%
144   Cliff Swallow 0.3% 0.5% 0.2%
145   Redhead 0.2% 0.5% 0.3%
146   Eurasian Wigeon 0.1% 0.5% 0.4%
147   Short-billed Dowitcher 0.1% 0.5% 0.4%
148   Yellow-breasted Chat 0.0% 0.5% 0.4%
149   Red Knot 0.0% 0.5% 0.5%
150   Northern Waterthrush 5.2% 0.2% 4.9%
151   Cedar Waxwing 3.6% 0.2% 3.4%
152   Baltimore Oriole 2.8% 0.2% 2.6%
153   Prairie Warbler 2.7% 0.2% 2.5%
154   Blue-winged Warbler 1.8% 0.2% 1.5%
155   Prothonotary Warbler 1.7% 0.2% 1.5%
156   Orchard Oriole 1.6% 0.2% 1.3%
157   Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1.6% 0.2% 1.3%
158   Red-shouldered Hawk 1.2% 0.2% 1.0%
159   Hooded Warbler 1.2% 0.2% 1.0%
160   Eastern Kingbird 1.2% 0.2% 1.0%
161   Marsh Wren 0.9% 0.2% 0.6%
162   Bank Swallow 0.6% 0.2% 0.3%
163   American Bittern 0.5% 0.2% 0.3%
164   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 0.5% 0.2% 0.2%
165   Lesser Black-backed Gull 0.3% 0.2% 0.1%
166   Summer Tanager 0.3% 0.2% 0.1%
167   White-winged Scoter 0.3% 0.2% 0.1%
168   Common Goldeneye 0.2% 0.2% 0.0%
169   Glaucous Gull 0.1% 0.2% 0.1%
170   American Pipit 0.1% 0.2% 0.1%
171   Common Gallinule 0.1% 0.2% 0.1%
172   Semipalmated Plover 0.1% 0.2% 0.2%
173   Least Tern 0.0% 0.2% 0.2%