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

based on 441 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--West Pond in July. 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 27.6% 86.2% 58.5%
2   Laughing Gull 33.8% 84.6% 50.8%
3   Great Egret 40.9% 82.1% 41.2%
4   Double-crested Cormorant 44.6% 81.9% 37.2%
5   Gray Catbird 53.2% 80.5% 27.3%
6   Canada Goose 39.6% 78.0% 38.5%
7   Glossy Ibis 9.3% 76.2% 66.9%
8   Yellow Warbler 24.8% 76.0% 51.2%
9   Red-winged Blackbird 51.5% 74.8% 23.3%
10   Snowy Egret 24.6% 74.4% 49.8%
11   Song Sparrow 48.9% 73.7% 24.8%
12   Northern Mockingbird 41.4% 73.7% 32.3%
13   Herring Gull 41.6% 70.1% 28.5%
14   Tree Swallow 23.7% 66.9% 43.2%
15   Mute Swan 13.4% 66.9% 53.5%
16   Mallard 39.4% 66.0% 26.6%
17   American Robin 65.6% 64.4% 1.2%
18   European Starling 54.5% 63.3% 8.7%
19   House Wren 17.0% 61.5% 44.4%
20   Forster's Tern 17.2% 57.4% 40.1%
21   Barn Swallow 49.7% 57.1% 7.5%
22   Northern Cardinal 46.3% 54.9% 8.6%
23   Great Black-backed Gull 28.0% 54.9% 26.8%
24   Common Tern 22.6% 54.0% 31.3%
25   Eastern Towhee 10.0% 53.5% 43.5%
26   Black-crowned Night-Heron 21.5% 53.3% 31.8%
27   Great Blue Heron 27.9% 46.7% 18.9%
28   Cedar Waxwing 23.1% 44.7% 21.5%
29   Boat-tailed Grackle 7.2% 44.7% 37.4%
30   Common Yellowthroat 17.7% 42.6% 24.9%
31   Mourning Dove 51.2% 42.2% 9.0%
32   American Oystercatcher 16.4% 41.7% 25.3%
33   Willow Flycatcher 11.6% 40.8% 29.2%
34   American Black Duck 8.4% 38.1% 29.7%
35   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 11.4% 37.2% 25.8%
36   Brown Thrasher 4.4% 34.7% 30.3%
37   Least Sandpiper 17.6% 31.7% 14.2%
38   Common Grackle 36.2% 31.3% 4.9%
39   Least Tern 14.7% 30.8% 16.2%
40   Semipalmated Sandpiper 13.7% 30.6% 16.9%
41   Lesser Yellowlegs 9.1% 29.9% 20.8%
42   House Sparrow 56.2% 29.5% 26.7%
43   Short-billed Dowitcher 8.1% 29.5% 21.4%
44   Gadwall 5.2% 28.3% 23.1%
45   Black Skimmer 10.4% 27.4% 17.0%
46   Ring-billed Gull 27.2% 25.2% 2.0%
47   American Goldfinch 32.0% 24.5% 7.5%
48   Fish Crow 14.0% 24.0% 10.1%
49   Greater Yellowlegs 11.7% 23.8% 12.1%
50   Ruddy Duck 2.9% 23.8% 20.9%
51   Carolina Wren 19.9% 21.1% 1.2%
52   Killdeer 20.0% 20.6% 0.6%
53   House Finch 16.6% 20.4% 3.8%
54   Spotted Sandpiper 14.4% 17.9% 3.5%
55   Semipalmated Plover 7.8% 16.8% 8.9%
56   Rock Pigeon 34.5% 14.3% 20.2%
57   American Crow 14.6% 14.1% 0.5%
58   Marsh Wren 13.3% 13.6% 0.3%
59   Little Blue Heron 3.9% 13.6% 9.7%
60   Willet 7.3% 11.6% 4.3%
61   Gull-billed Tern 2.2% 11.6% 9.4%
62   Brown-headed Cowbird 10.0% 11.1% 1.1%
63   Bank Swallow 6.3% 9.5% 3.2%
64   Peregrine Falcon 5.5% 9.3% 3.8%
65   Stilt Sandpiper 2.3% 7.7% 5.5%
66   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 3.7% 7.5% 3.8%
67   Tricolored Heron 0.6% 6.3% 5.8%
68   Chimney Swift 22.0% 5.9% 16.1%
69   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 6.9% 5.9% 1.0%
70   Green Heron 9.3% 5.7% 3.7%
71   Clapper Rail 5.8% 5.7% 0.1%
72   Northern Flicker 21.5% 5.4% 16.1%
73   Downy Woodpecker 22.7% 5.2% 17.4%
74   Greater Scaup 0.6% 5.2% 4.7%
75   Pectoral Sandpiper 1.7% 5.0% 3.2%
76   American Redstart 3.1% 4.5% 1.5%
77   Great Crested Flycatcher 5.6% 3.6% 1.9%
78   Purple Martin 4.8% 3.6% 1.1%
79   Brant 1.1% 3.6% 2.6%
80   Eastern Kingbird 15.6% 3.4% 12.2%
81   Eastern Phoebe 2.2% 3.4% 1.2%
82   White-eyed Vireo 1.8% 3.4% 1.6%
83   Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1.7% 3.2% 1.5%
84   American Avocet 0.4% 2.7% 2.3%
85   Snow Goose 0.2% 2.7% 2.6%
86   Northern Shoveler 0.1% 2.7% 2.6%
87   Blue Jay 28.4% 2.5% 25.9%
88   Baltimore Oriole 8.2% 2.3% 6.0%
89   Black-bellied Plover 0.9% 2.3% 1.4%
90   Green-winged Teal 0.6% 2.0% 1.5%
91   Sanderling 2.6% 1.8% 0.8%
92   Red-breasted Merganser 0.4% 1.8% 1.4%
93   Lesser Scaup 0.2% 1.8% 1.7%
94   Wood Duck 7.7% 1.6% 6.2%
95   Eastern Wood-Pewee 4.8% 1.6% 3.2%
96   Ruddy Turnstone 1.3% 1.6% 0.3%
97   White-rumped Sandpiper 0.6% 1.6% 0.9%
98   Pied-billed Grebe 0.3% 1.6% 1.3%
99   Black-capped Chickadee 9.1% 1.4% 7.7%
100   Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 0.5% 1.4% 0.9%
101   Long-tailed Duck 0.3% 1.4% 1.1%
102   Wilson's Phalarope 0.2% 1.4% 1.1%
103   American Wigeon 0.1% 1.4% 1.2%
104   Warbling Vireo 13.7% 1.1% 12.6%
105   Chipping Sparrow 7.1% 1.1% 5.9%
106   Red-bellied Woodpecker 14.8% 0.9% 13.9%
107   Red-eyed Vireo 6.6% 0.9% 5.7%
108   Field Sparrow 1.9% 0.9% 1.0%
109   Northern Waterthrush 1.4% 0.9% 0.5%
110   Savannah Sparrow 0.9% 0.9% 0.0%
111   Whimbrel 0.4% 0.9% 0.5%
112   Red-necked Phalarope 0% 0.9% 0.9%
113   Tufted Titmouse 7.7% 0.7% 7.0%
114   Wood Thrush 6.2% 0.7% 5.5%
115   Saltmarsh Sparrow 3.0% 0.7% 2.3%
116   Solitary Sandpiper 1.4% 0.7% 0.7%
117   American Coot 0.5% 0.7% 0.2%
118   Blue-winged Teal 0.3% 0.7% 0.4%
119   Cattle Egret 0.1% 0.7% 0.6%
120   Red-tailed Hawk 9.5% 0.5% 9.0%
121   Belted Kingfisher 3.3% 0.5% 2.8%
122   Swamp Sparrow 2.5% 0.5% 2.0%
123   American Kestrel 2.2% 0.5% 1.7%
124   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 2.1% 0.5% 1.7%
125   Cliff Swallow 1.3% 0.5% 0.8%
126   Common Loon 0.7% 0.5% 0.3%
127   Caspian Tern 0.7% 0.5% 0.2%
128   Northern Harrier 0.2% 0.5% 0.2%
129   King Eider 0.0% 0.5% 0.4%
130   White-breasted Nuthatch 7.4% 0.2% 7.2%
131   Indigo Bunting 6.6% 0.2% 6.3%
132   Turkey Vulture 5.1% 0.2% 4.9%
133   Orchard Oriole 3.5% 0.2% 3.3%
134   Bald Eagle 1.9% 0.2% 1.6%
135   Least Bittern 1.6% 0.2% 1.4%
136   Common Raven 1.6% 0.2% 1.3%
137   Scarlet Tanager 1.5% 0.2% 1.3%
138   Royal Tern 1.3% 0.2% 1.1%
139   Seaside Sparrow 1.2% 0.2% 1.0%
140   Cooper's Hawk 0.8% 0.2% 0.6%
141   Hudsonian Godwit 0.8% 0.2% 0.6%
142   Louisiana Waterthrush 0.7% 0.2% 0.5%
143   Bobolink 0.5% 0.2% 0.3%
144   Common Gallinule 0.4% 0.2% 0.2%
145   Black-and-white Warbler 0.4% 0.2% 0.2%
146   Black Scoter 0.4% 0.2% 0.1%
147   Acadian Flycatcher 0.3% 0.2% 0.1%
148   Hooded Merganser 0.3% 0.2% 0.1%
149   Sora 0.3% 0.2% 0.0%
150   American Woodcock 0.2% 0.2% 0.0%
151   Black-billed Cuckoo 0.2% 0.2% 0.0%
152   Bufflehead 0.1% 0.2% 0.1%
153   Merlin 0.1% 0.2% 0.1%