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

based on 908 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--West Pond in August. 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   Great Egret 32.0% 81.5% 49.5%
2   Osprey 30.0% 79.2% 49.2%
3   Northern Mockingbird 34.2% 76.7% 42.4%
4   Double-crested Cormorant 39.6% 76.3% 36.7%
5   Laughing Gull 31.7% 75.4% 43.8%
6   Gray Catbird 54.0% 74.4% 20.4%
7   Snowy Egret 20.3% 74.4% 54.2%
8   American Herring Gull 37.3% 65.9% 28.5%
9   Mallard 39.0% 65.3% 26.3%
10   Mute Swan 12.8% 65.0% 52.1%
11   European Starling 49.1% 62.3% 13.2%
12   Canada Goose 39.6% 61.8% 22.2%
13   Great Blue Heron 29.9% 55.4% 25.5%
14   American Robin 56.2% 54.0% 2.2%
15   Red-winged Blackbird 26.3% 52.2% 25.9%
16   Forster's Tern 12.6% 52.0% 39.4%
17   Yellow Warbler 18.9% 51.9% 33.0%
18   Barn Swallow 37.5% 49.6% 12.0%
19   Song Sparrow 33.5% 49.6% 16.0%
20   Great Black-backed Gull 24.9% 48.6% 23.7%
21   Northern Cardinal 48.1% 48.0% 0.1%
22   Semipalmated Sandpiper 22.4% 47.9% 25.5%
23   Semipalmated Plover 19.9% 45.8% 25.9%
24   American Black Duck 9.0% 43.1% 34.1%
25   Cedar Waxwing 15.1% 39.6% 24.5%
26   Tree Swallow 13.0% 39.5% 26.5%
27   Least Sandpiper 20.8% 38.5% 17.8%
28   Lesser Yellowlegs 12.4% 36.3% 24.0%
29   Common Tern 15.9% 33.8% 17.9%
30   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 8.4% 33.0% 24.6%
31   Boat-tailed Grackle 3.7% 33.0% 29.4%
32   Mourning Dove 53.8% 31.5% 22.3%
33   Glossy Ibis 5.6% 31.2% 25.5%
34   Black-crowned Night-Heron 12.9% 31.1% 18.1%
35   Ring-billed Gull 30.8% 30.9% 0.1%
36   American Oystercatcher 11.1% 30.4% 19.3%
37   Ruddy Duck 1.8% 30.4% 28.6%
38   Carolina Wren 25.8% 30.1% 4.3%
39   Greater Yellowlegs 14.4% 30.0% 15.5%
40   Short-billed Dowitcher 9.3% 29.7% 20.4%
41   American Goldfinch 37.0% 25.9% 11.1%
42   Peregrine Falcon 6.7% 24.8% 18.0%
43   House Sparrow 49.5% 22.8% 26.7%
44   House Wren 10.4% 21.6% 11.2%
45   Gadwall 3.4% 20.9% 17.6%
46   Common Grackle 28.2% 20.8% 7.3%
47   Eastern Towhee 6.2% 20.6% 14.4%
48   Common Yellowthroat 15.0% 19.5% 4.5%
49   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 8.8% 16.7% 8.0%
50   Black Skimmer 5.6% 16.4% 10.8%
51   Killdeer 13.4% 15.0% 1.5%
52   American Redstart 22.6% 14.2% 8.4%
53   Eastern Kingbird 15.6% 14.2% 1.4%
54   Spotted Sandpiper 15.6% 14.1% 1.5%
55   Willow Flycatcher 4.2% 13.5% 9.4%
56   Least Tern 4.8% 13.2% 8.4%
57   House Finch 14.5% 12.8% 1.7%
58   Fish Crow 8.5% 11.5% 3.0%
59   Brown Thrasher 2.5% 11.3% 8.9%
60   Black-bellied Plover 6.4% 10.1% 3.7%
61   Stilt Sandpiper 3.5% 10.0% 6.5%
62   Little Blue Heron 3.7% 9.9% 6.2%
63   White-rumped Sandpiper 3.7% 9.5% 5.8%
64   Chimney Swift 24.0% 8.9% 15.0%
65   American Crow 13.8% 8.8% 4.9%
66   American Avocet 1.0% 8.8% 7.9%
67   Rock Pigeon 36.3% 8.4% 28.0%
68   Northern Shoveler 1.1% 7.8% 6.7%
69   Downy Woodpecker 25.4% 6.9% 18.5%
70   Bank Swallow 2.8% 6.4% 3.6%
71   Northern Flicker 26.4% 6.2% 20.2%
72   Green Heron 11.0% 6.2% 4.8%
73   Black-and-white Warbler 15.1% 5.6% 9.5%
74   Baltimore Oriole 14.9% 5.3% 9.6%
75   Northern Waterthrush 15.5% 5.2% 10.4%
76   Willet 3.2% 5.2% 1.9%
77   Purple Martin 3.1% 5.2% 2.1%
78   Pied-billed Grebe 0.9% 5.1% 4.2%
79   Marsh Wren 5.1% 4.8% 0.3%
80   Wilson's Phalarope 1.2% 4.8% 3.6%
81   Great Crested Flycatcher 7.6% 4.7% 2.9%
82   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 6.2% 4.7% 1.5%
83   Green-winged Teal 1.5% 4.7% 3.2%
84   Gull-billed Tern 1.2% 4.4% 3.2%
85   Black Tern 0.7% 4.4% 3.7%
86   Marbled Godwit 0.6% 4.3% 3.7%
87   Red-necked Phalarope 0.6% 4.1% 3.5%
88   Pectoral Sandpiper 2.7% 4.0% 1.3%
89   Tricolored Heron 0.5% 4.0% 3.5%
90   Sanderling 5.2% 3.6% 1.6%
91   Blue Jay 36.5% 3.4% 33.1%
92   Brown-headed Cowbird 5.5% 3.3% 2.2%
93   Eastern Wood-Pewee 9.2% 3.2% 6.0%
94   Blue-winged Teal 1.4% 3.2% 1.8%
95   White-eyed Vireo 1.9% 2.6% 0.7%
96   Eastern Phoebe 3.8% 2.4% 1.4%
97   Cape May Warbler 1.6% 2.4% 0.8%
98   Red-eyed Vireo 9.8% 2.3% 7.5%
99   Merlin 0.5% 2.3% 1.8%
100   Clapper Rail 4.0% 2.1% 1.9%
101   Royal Tern 2.5% 2.1% 0.4%
102   Brant 0.8% 2.1% 1.3%
103   Warbling Vireo 9.8% 2.0% 7.8%
104   Lesser Scaup 0.1% 2.0% 1.8%
105   Ruddy Turnstone 5.2% 1.8% 3.4%
106   Northern Parula 2.1% 1.8% 0.3%
107   Greater Scaup 0.3% 1.8% 1.5%
108   Black-capped Chickadee 10.0% 1.7% 8.3%
109   Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1.4% 1.5% 0.1%
110   Northern Harrier 0.7% 1.5% 0.8%
111   Solitary Sandpiper 4.0% 1.3% 2.7%
112   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 1.8% 1.3% 0.4%
113   Belted Kingfisher 8.0% 1.2% 6.7%
114   Red-tailed Hawk 11.8% 1.1% 10.7%
115   Red-breasted Nuthatch 1.9% 1.1% 0.8%
116   American Coot 0.5% 1.1% 0.6%
117   Ovenbird 4.8% 1.0% 3.8%
118   Least Flycatcher 2.2% 1.0% 1.2%
119   Prairie Warbler 1.1% 1.0% 0.1%
120   American Wigeon 0.1% 1.0% 0.9%
121   Common Raven 3.5% 0.9% 2.6%
122   Bobolink 2.1% 0.9% 1.2%
123   Western Sandpiper 1.4% 0.9% 0.5%
124   Tufted Titmouse 7.9% 0.8% 7.2%
125   Chestnut-sided Warbler 5.3% 0.8% 4.5%
126   American Kestrel 3.9% 0.8% 3.1%
127   Magnolia Warbler 3.4% 0.8% 2.6%
128   Veery 3.0% 0.8% 2.2%
129   Caspian Tern 2.3% 0.8% 1.6%
130   Red Knot 0.8% 0.8% 0.1%
131   Long-billed Dowitcher 0.7% 0.8% 0.1%
132   Savannah Sparrow 0.6% 0.8% 0.2%
133   Wood Duck 9.3% 0.7% 8.7%
134   Bald Eagle 2.9% 0.7% 2.2%
135   Whimbrel 0.5% 0.7% 0.1%
136   Common Gallinule 0.2% 0.7% 0.5%
137   Canada Warbler 5.8% 0.6% 5.2%
138   Turkey Vulture 5.3% 0.6% 4.8%
139   Indigo Bunting 3.1% 0.6% 2.6%
140   Black-throated Blue Warbler 2.4% 0.6% 1.9%
141   Hudsonian Godwit 0.6% 0.6% 0.1%
142   Blue-winged Warbler 3.8% 0.4% 3.3%
143   Cooper's Hawk 2.6% 0.4% 2.1%
144   Black-throated Green Warbler 1.1% 0.4% 0.7%
145   Orchard Oriole 0.9% 0.4% 0.4%
146   American White Pelican 0.8% 0.4% 0.4%
147   Cliff Swallow 0.7% 0.4% 0.2%
148   Western Cattle-Egret 0.1% 0.4% 0.4%
149   Red-bellied Woodpecker 20.1% 0.3% 19.8%
150   Wood Thrush 2.5% 0.3% 2.2%
151   Piping Plover 2.0% 0.3% 1.7%
152   Saltmarsh Sparrow 1.7% 0.3% 1.4%
153   Swamp Sparrow 1.1% 0.3% 0.8%
154   Seaside Sparrow 0.9% 0.3% 0.5%
155   Sora 0.5% 0.3% 0.2%
156   Hooded Merganser 0.3% 0.3% 0.1%
157   Yellow-rumped Warbler 0.2% 0.3% 0.1%
158   Dunlin 0.2% 0.3% 0.1%
159   Northern Pintail 0.2% 0.3% 0.1%
160   Snow Goose 0.0% 0.3% 0.3%
161   Eastern Meadowlark 0.0% 0.3% 0.3%
162   Hairy Woodpecker 6.2% 0.2% 5.9%
163   Scarlet Tanager 1.6% 0.2% 1.4%
164   Blackburnian Warbler 1.2% 0.2% 1.0%
165   Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1.2% 0.2% 1.0%
166   Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 0.9% 0.2% 0.7%
167   Tennessee Warbler 0.9% 0.2% 0.7%
168   Olive-sided Flycatcher 0.8% 0.2% 0.5%
169   Bonaparte's Gull 0.4% 0.2% 0.1%
170   American Golden-Plover 0.1% 0.2% 0.1%
171   White-breasted Nuthatch 9.2% 0.1% 9.1%
172   Chipping Sparrow 4.9% 0.1% 4.8%
173   Field Sparrow 1.6% 0.1% 1.5%
174   Worm-eating Warbler 1.3% 0.1% 1.2%
175   Wilson's Warbler 0.6% 0.1% 0.5%
176   Baird's Sandpiper 0.6% 0.1% 0.4%
177   Broad-winged Hawk 0.5% 0.1% 0.4%
178   Mourning Warbler 0.5% 0.1% 0.4%
179   Nashville Warbler 0.4% 0.1% 0.3%
180   Black-billed Cuckoo 0.4% 0.1% 0.2%
181   Pine Warbler 0.3% 0.1% 0.2%
182   Buff-breasted Sandpiper 0.3% 0.1% 0.2%
183   Red-breasted Merganser 0.3% 0.1% 0.1%
184   Red-necked Stint 0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
185   Budgerigar 0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
186   Sharp-tailed Sandpiper 0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
187   King Eider 0.1% 0.1% 0.1%
188   Eared Grebe 0.0% 0.1% 0.1%
189   Common Goldeneye 0.0% 0.1% 0.1%