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

based on 605 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 27.4% 87.1% 59.7%
2   Laughing Gull 34.5% 86.9% 52.5%
3   Double-crested Cormorant 43.4% 83.0% 39.6%
4   Gray Catbird 51.6% 82.8% 31.2%
5   Great Egret 38.3% 82.6% 44.3%
6   Yellow Warbler 23.1% 80.2% 57.1%
7   Red-winged Blackbird 49.9% 78.0% 28.1%
8   Northern Mockingbird 40.4% 77.9% 37.5%
9   Snowy Egret 22.4% 76.9% 54.4%
10   Song Sparrow 48.1% 76.2% 28.1%
11   Canada Goose 38.7% 76.0% 37.3%
12   American Herring Gull 39.5% 71.2% 31.7%
13   Mute Swan 12.3% 70.2% 57.9%
14   Mallard 37.6% 69.6% 32.0%
15   American Robin 64.1% 67.4% 3.3%
16   Glossy Ibis 8.1% 67.4% 59.3%
17   Tree Swallow 21.5% 65.5% 43.9%
18   European Starling 53.5% 64.5% 10.9%
19   Forster's Tern 16.1% 62.8% 46.7%
20   House Wren 15.9% 62.3% 46.4%
21   Northern Cardinal 47.0% 59.7% 12.6%
22   Barn Swallow 47.7% 58.5% 10.8%
23   Great Black-backed Gull 26.0% 56.2% 30.2%
24   Black-crowned Night-Heron 19.6% 55.7% 36.1%
25   Great Blue Heron 27.4% 53.2% 25.8%
26   Common Tern 21.9% 51.7% 29.9%
27   Eastern Towhee 9.1% 50.4% 41.4%
28   Boat-tailed Grackle 6.7% 49.3% 42.5%
29   Willow Flycatcher 11.0% 48.4% 37.5%
30   Cedar Waxwing 21.1% 45.8% 24.7%
31   Mourning Dove 51.1% 44.0% 7.1%
32   Common Yellowthroat 16.2% 42.8% 26.6%
33   American Black Duck 7.7% 41.7% 33.9%
34   Least Sandpiper 16.4% 39.7% 23.2%
35   American Oystercatcher 15.3% 39.5% 24.2%
36   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 10.9% 37.5% 26.6%
37   Least Tern 13.8% 36.7% 22.9%
38   Gadwall 4.8% 34.9% 30.1%
39   Short-billed Dowitcher 7.6% 33.9% 26.3%
40   Common Grackle 35.8% 32.6% 3.2%
41   Semipalmated Sandpiper 12.4% 31.9% 19.5%
42   Lesser Yellowlegs 7.9% 31.7% 23.8%
43   Ruddy Duck 2.5% 31.7% 29.2%
44   Black Skimmer 10.0% 31.2% 21.2%
45   Brown Thrasher 3.6% 30.1% 26.5%
46   House Sparrow 56.3% 29.3% 27.1%
47   Greater Yellowlegs 10.4% 29.1% 18.7%
48   American Goldfinch 31.2% 26.9% 4.2%
49   Killdeer 19.0% 26.6% 7.6%
50   Carolina Wren 20.9% 26.3% 5.4%
51   Ring-billed Gull 26.3% 24.8% 1.6%
52   Semipalmated Plover 7.5% 21.8% 14.3%
53   Fish Crow 13.8% 19.8% 6.0%
54   House Finch 16.7% 18.0% 1.3%
55   Spotted Sandpiper 13.0% 15.5% 2.5%
56   Rock Pigeon 35.7% 12.6% 23.1%
57   Marsh Wren 11.9% 12.6% 0.7%
58   Brown-headed Cowbird 9.0% 11.9% 2.9%
59   Willet 6.6% 11.9% 5.3%
60   American Crow 14.0% 11.6% 2.4%
61   Little Blue Heron 3.5% 11.6% 8.1%
62   Peregrine Falcon 5.1% 10.9% 5.9%
63   Gull-billed Tern 2.0% 10.9% 9.0%
64   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 3.5% 10.1% 6.6%
65   Bank Swallow 6.0% 7.9% 2.0%
66   Stilt Sandpiper 1.9% 7.3% 5.4%
67   Northern Flicker 21.5% 7.1% 14.4%
68   Downy Woodpecker 22.8% 6.9% 15.9%
69   Purple Martin 4.8% 6.6% 1.9%
70   Greater Scaup 0.6% 6.6% 6.0%
71   Brant 1.0% 6.0% 4.9%
72   Chimney Swift 23.0% 5.6% 17.4%
73   Clapper Rail 5.4% 5.3% 0.1%
74   Tricolored Heron 0.5% 5.0% 4.5%
75   American Redstart 2.9% 4.8% 1.8%
76   Pectoral Sandpiper 1.6% 4.8% 3.2%
77   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 6.2% 4.6% 1.6%
78   Green Heron 9.0% 4.3% 4.7%
79   White-eyed Vireo 1.6% 3.3% 1.8%
80   Great Crested Flycatcher 5.7% 3.1% 2.6%
81   Green-winged Teal 0.5% 3.1% 2.6%
82   Blue Jay 29.4% 3.0% 26.4%
83   Eastern Kingbird 15.5% 3.0% 12.6%
84   Eastern Phoebe 2.1% 2.8% 0.7%
85   American Avocet 0.4% 2.8% 2.4%
86   Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1.4% 2.5% 1.0%
87   Black-bellied Plover 0.8% 2.5% 1.7%
88   Northern Shoveler 0.1% 2.3% 2.2%
89   Snow Goose 0.1% 2.3% 2.2%
90   Baltimore Oriole 7.6% 2.1% 5.5%
91   Ruddy Turnstone 1.2% 2.0% 0.7%
92   Warbling Vireo 13.5% 1.8% 11.7%
93   Sanderling 2.5% 1.8% 0.7%
94   White-rumped Sandpiper 0.5% 1.7% 1.1%
95   Bufflehead 0.1% 1.7% 1.6%
96   Black-capped Chickadee 8.0% 1.5% 6.5%
97   Wood Duck 7.8% 1.5% 6.3%
98   Eastern Wood-Pewee 4.5% 1.5% 3.0%
99   Lesser Scaup 0.2% 1.5% 1.3%
100   Red-breasted Merganser 0.4% 1.3% 0.9%
101   Chipping Sparrow 6.7% 1.2% 5.6%
102   American White Pelican 0.7% 1.2% 0.5%
103   Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 0.4% 1.2% 0.7%
104   Whimbrel 0.4% 1.2% 0.8%
105   Blue-winged Teal 0.3% 1.2% 0.9%
106   Pied-billed Grebe 0.3% 1.2% 0.9%
107   American Wigeon 0.1% 1.2% 1.1%
108   Red-eyed Vireo 6.4% 1.0% 5.4%
109   Bald Eagle 2.1% 1.0% 1.1%
110   Long-tailed Duck 0.3% 1.0% 0.7%
111   Sora 0.2% 1.0% 0.8%
112   Wilson's Phalarope 0.2% 1.0% 0.8%
113   Red-bellied Woodpecker 15.0% 0.8% 14.2%
114   Wood Thrush 5.9% 0.8% 5.1%
115   Solitary Sandpiper 1.4% 0.8% 0.6%
116   Savannah Sparrow 0.7% 0.8% 0.1%
117   Belted Kingfisher 3.1% 0.7% 2.4%
118   Swamp Sparrow 2.1% 0.7% 1.5%
119   Field Sparrow 1.7% 0.7% 1.0%
120   Northern Waterthrush 1.5% 0.7% 0.9%
121   American Coot 0.4% 0.7% 0.2%
122   Red-necked Phalarope 0% 0.7% 0.7%
123   Tufted Titmouse 7.4% 0.5% 6.9%
124   Saltmarsh Sparrow 2.6% 0.5% 2.1%
125   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1.9% 0.5% 1.5%
126   Common Loon 0.7% 0.5% 0.2%
127   Western Cattle-Egret 0.1% 0.5% 0.4%
128   Red-tailed Hawk 9.4% 0.3% 9.1%
129   Indigo Bunting 6.0% 0.3% 5.6%
130   Orchard Oriole 3.0% 0.3% 2.6%
131   American Kestrel 2.3% 0.3% 1.9%
132   Royal Tern 1.3% 0.3% 1.0%
133   Cliff Swallow 1.2% 0.3% 0.8%
134   Caspian Tern 1.0% 0.3% 0.6%
135   Red Knot 0.2% 0.3% 0.1%
136   Northern Harrier 0.2% 0.3% 0.2%
137   Common Eider 0.2% 0.3% 0.2%
138   King Eider 0.0% 0.3% 0.3%
139   White-breasted Nuthatch 6.9% 0.2% 6.7%
140   Turkey Vulture 5.0% 0.2% 4.8%
141   Piping Plover 2.9% 0.2% 2.7%
142   Common Raven 2.2% 0.2% 2.0%
143   Least Bittern 1.3% 0.2% 1.2%
144   Scarlet Tanager 1.3% 0.2% 1.1%
145   Seaside Sparrow 1.0% 0.2% 0.8%
146   Cooper's Hawk 1.0% 0.2% 0.8%
147   Louisiana Waterthrush 0.7% 0.2% 0.6%
148   Hudsonian Godwit 0.6% 0.2% 0.4%
149   Western Sandpiper 0.5% 0.2% 0.4%
150   Bobolink 0.4% 0.2% 0.2%
151   Black-and-white Warbler 0.4% 0.2% 0.2%
152   Black Scoter 0.3% 0.2% 0.2%
153   Common Gallinule 0.3% 0.2% 0.2%
154   Hooded Merganser 0.3% 0.2% 0.1%
155   Acadian Flycatcher 0.3% 0.2% 0.1%
156   Black-billed Cuckoo 0.2% 0.2% 0.0%
157   American Woodcock 0.2% 0.2% 0.0%
158   Dunlin 0.1% 0.2% 0.1%
159   Merlin 0.1% 0.2% 0.1%
160   Eastern Meadowlark 0.0% 0.2% 0.1%
161   Magnolia Warbler 0.0% 0.2% 0.1%