Top Birds at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--West Pond in August
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA
based on 582 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.
| Rank | Info | Pics | Species | Entire Region | This Location | Difference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Great Egret | 33.9% | 81.8% | 47.9% | |||
| 2 | Osprey | 30.1% | 79.2% | 49.1% | |||
| 3 | Laughing Gull | 31.5% | 75.4% | 44.0% | |||
| 4 | Double-crested Cormorant | 40.9% | 74.1% | 33.1% | |||
| 5 | Gray Catbird | 54.4% | 73.5% | 19.1% | |||
| 6 | Snowy Egret | 21.9% | 72.9% | 51.0% | |||
| 7 | Northern Mockingbird | 35.6% | 72.3% | 36.8% | |||
| 8 | Herring Gull | 39.1% | 68.0% | 28.9% | |||
| 9 | Mallard | 40.5% | 62.9% | 22.4% | |||
| 10 | European Starling | 51.0% | 62.5% | 11.6% | |||
| 11 | Canada Goose | 40.5% | 62.4% | 21.8% | |||
| 12 | Mute Swan | 13.8% | 62.0% | 48.2% | |||
| 13 | Forster's Tern | 12.7% | 54.3% | 41.6% | |||
| 14 | American Robin | 57.3% | 51.9% | 5.4% | |||
| 15 | Great Black-backed Gull | 26.7% | 51.9% | 25.2% | |||
| 16 | Great Blue Heron | 30.4% | 50.9% | 20.5% | |||
| 17 | Barn Swallow | 39.7% | 50.5% | 10.8% | |||
| 18 | Song Sparrow | 34.8% | 48.6% | 13.8% | |||
| 19 | Red-winged Blackbird | 28.2% | 48.6% | 20.4% | |||
| 20 | Yellow Warbler | 19.9% | 47.3% | 27.4% | |||
| 21 | Northern Cardinal | 47.8% | 45.7% | 2.1% | |||
| 22 | Semipalmated Sandpiper | 23.9% | 43.6% | 19.7% | |||
| 23 | American Black Duck | 9.6% | 43.0% | 33.3% | |||
| 24 | Semipalmated Plover | 20.8% | 41.4% | 20.6% | |||
| 25 | Glossy Ibis | 6.2% | 35.9% | 29.7% | |||
| 26 | Tree Swallow | 13.8% | 35.7% | 21.9% | |||
| 27 | American Oystercatcher | 12.1% | 34.9% | 22.8% | |||
| 28 | Yellow-crowned Night-Heron | 8.8% | 34.2% | 25.4% | |||
| 29 | Cedar Waxwing | 16.6% | 34.0% | 17.4% | |||
| 30 | Black-crowned Night-Heron | 14.3% | 33.7% | 19.4% | |||
| 31 | Mourning Dove | 54.0% | 33.0% | 21.0% | |||
| 32 | Least Sandpiper | 21.9% | 33.0% | 11.1% | |||
| 33 | Lesser Yellowlegs | 13.7% | 32.5% | 18.8% | |||
| 34 | Common Tern | 16.2% | 32.0% | 15.7% | |||
| 35 | Boat-tailed Grackle | 3.9% | 31.8% | 27.9% | |||
| 36 | Ring-billed Gull | 31.8% | 28.5% | 3.3% | |||
| 37 | Ruddy Duck | 2.0% | 28.0% | 26.0% | |||
| 38 | Carolina Wren | 24.7% | 27.7% | 3.0% | |||
| 39 | Greater Yellowlegs | 15.7% | 27.0% | 11.3% | |||
| 40 | House Sparrow | 50.3% | 24.4% | 25.9% | |||
| 41 | House Wren | 11.2% | 24.4% | 13.2% | |||
| 42 | Eastern Towhee | 6.8% | 23.7% | 16.9% | |||
| 43 | American Goldfinch | 37.8% | 23.5% | 14.3% | |||
| 44 | Short-billed Dowitcher | 10.2% | 23.4% | 13.2% | |||
| 45 | Peregrine Falcon | 7.4% | 22.3% | 14.9% | |||
| 46 | Gadwall | 3.7% | 21.1% | 17.5% | |||
| 47 | Common Grackle | 28.4% | 17.2% | 11.2% | |||
| 48 | Common Yellowthroat | 15.1% | 17.0% | 1.9% | |||
| 49 | Eastern Kingbird | 16.7% | 16.0% | 0.8% | |||
| 50 | Spotted Sandpiper | 17.0% | 14.9% | 2.1% | |||
| 51 | Fish Crow | 8.9% | 14.3% | 5.3% | |||
| 52 | Ruby-throated Hummingbird | 8.9% | 14.3% | 5.4% | |||
| 53 | House Finch | 14.9% | 13.6% | 1.4% | |||
| 54 | Little Blue Heron | 4.1% | 13.4% | 9.3% | |||
| 55 | Brown Thrasher | 3.0% | 13.4% | 10.4% | |||
| 56 | Willow Flycatcher | 4.6% | 12.5% | 7.9% | |||
| 57 | American Crow | 14.4% | 12.2% | 2.2% | |||
| 58 | Black Skimmer | 5.7% | 10.8% | 5.1% | |||
| 59 | American Redstart | 22.1% | 10.7% | 11.5% | |||
| 60 | Black-bellied Plover | 7.4% | 10.5% | 3.1% | |||
| 61 | Least Tern | 5.0% | 10.1% | 5.1% | |||
| 62 | Rock Pigeon | 35.7% | 10.0% | 25.8% | |||
| 63 | Killdeer | 14.2% | 9.5% | 4.8% | |||
| 64 | Chimney Swift | 24.0% | 8.1% | 16.0% | |||
| 65 | Green Heron | 11.9% | 8.1% | 3.9% | |||
| 66 | Downy Woodpecker | 25.5% | 7.2% | 18.3% | |||
| 67 | Marsh Wren | 5.6% | 6.7% | 1.1% | |||
| 68 | Pied-billed Grebe | 0.9% | 6.7% | 5.8% | |||
| 69 | Stilt Sandpiper | 3.7% | 6.5% | 2.9% | |||
| 70 | Northern Shoveler | 1.3% | 6.4% | 5.1% | |||
| 71 | Willet | 3.6% | 6.0% | 2.4% | |||
| 72 | White-rumped Sandpiper | 4.0% | 5.8% | 1.8% | |||
| 73 | Tricolored Heron | 0.7% | 5.5% | 4.8% | |||
| 74 | Bank Swallow | 3.0% | 5.3% | 2.3% | |||
| 75 | Green-winged Teal | 1.7% | 5.3% | 3.6% | |||
| 76 | Wilson's Phalarope | 1.5% | 5.2% | 3.7% | |||
| 77 | Baltimore Oriole | 15.3% | 5.0% | 10.3% | |||
| 78 | Blue-gray Gnatcatcher | 6.8% | 5.0% | 1.8% | |||
| 79 | Northern Waterthrush | 15.6% | 4.8% | 10.8% | |||
| 80 | Red-necked Phalarope | 0.5% | 4.6% | 4.2% | |||
| 81 | Black-and-white Warbler | 14.4% | 4.1% | 10.3% | |||
| 82 | Sanderling | 5.3% | 4.1% | 1.2% | |||
| 83 | Pectoral Sandpiper | 3.1% | 4.1% | 1.0% | |||
| 84 | Northern Flicker | 26.2% | 4.0% | 22.3% | |||
| 85 | Purple Martin | 3.2% | 4.0% | 0.8% | |||
| 86 | Great Crested Flycatcher | 7.1% | 3.4% | 3.6% | |||
| 87 | Eastern Wood-Pewee | 9.2% | 3.3% | 5.9% | |||
| 88 | American Avocet | 1.2% | 3.3% | 2.1% | |||
| 89 | Brown-headed Cowbird | 6.0% | 3.1% | 2.9% | |||
| 90 | Eastern Phoebe | 3.8% | 3.1% | 0.7% | |||
| 91 | Gull-billed Tern | 1.2% | 3.1% | 1.9% | |||
| 92 | Brant | 0.8% | 3.1% | 2.3% | |||
| 93 | Blue-winged Teal | 1.7% | 2.9% | 1.2% | |||
| 94 | Lesser Scaup | 0.2% | 2.9% | 2.8% | |||
| 95 | Blue Jay | 35.8% | 2.7% | 33.0% | |||
| 96 | White-eyed Vireo | 2.2% | 2.6% | 0.4% | |||
| 97 | Clapper Rail | 4.3% | 2.4% | 1.9% | |||
| 98 | Ruddy Turnstone | 5.5% | 2.2% | 3.3% | |||
| 99 | Merlin | 0.5% | 2.2% | 1.7% | |||
| 100 | Black-capped Chickadee | 11.4% | 2.1% | 9.3% | |||
| 101 | Solitary Sandpiper | 3.7% | 2.1% | 1.6% | |||
| 102 | Yellow-billed Cuckoo | 1.6% | 1.9% | 0.3% | |||
| 103 | Belted Kingfisher | 8.5% | 1.7% | 6.7% | |||
| 104 | Marbled Godwit | 0.7% | 1.7% | 1.0% | |||
| 105 | American Coot | 0.6% | 1.7% | 1.1% | |||
| 106 | Warbling Vireo | 10.1% | 1.5% | 8.5% | |||
| 107 | Red-tailed Hawk | 11.6% | 1.4% | 10.2% | |||
| 108 | Northern Rough-winged Swallow | 2.1% | 1.4% | 0.7% | |||
| 109 | Western Sandpiper | 1.8% | 1.4% | 0.4% | |||
| 110 | Common Raven | 2.8% | 1.2% | 1.6% | |||
| 111 | Cape May Warbler | 1.2% | 1.2% | 0.0% | |||
| 112 | Northern Harrier | 0.9% | 1.2% | 0.3% | |||
| 113 | American Wigeon | 0.2% | 1.2% | 1.0% | |||
| 114 | Savannah Sparrow | 0.7% | 1.0% | 0.3% | |||
| 115 | Common Gallinule | 0.3% | 1.0% | 0.8% | |||
| 116 | Red-eyed Vireo | 9.7% | 0.9% | 8.9% | |||
| 117 | Red-breasted Nuthatch | 2.1% | 0.9% | 1.3% | |||
| 118 | Prairie Warbler | 1.1% | 0.9% | 0.2% | |||
| 119 | Hudsonian Godwit | 0.8% | 0.9% | 0.0% | |||
| 120 | Tufted Titmouse | 8.6% | 0.7% | 7.9% | |||
| 121 | Turkey Vulture | 5.4% | 0.7% | 4.7% | |||
| 122 | Indigo Bunting | 3.4% | 0.7% | 2.7% | |||
| 123 | Magnolia Warbler | 2.9% | 0.7% | 2.2% | |||
| 124 | Royal Tern | 2.3% | 0.7% | 1.6% | |||
| 125 | Bobolink | 2.3% | 0.7% | 1.6% | |||
| 126 | Black-throated Blue Warbler | 2.1% | 0.7% | 1.4% | |||
| 127 | Northern Parula | 1.8% | 0.7% | 1.1% | |||
| 128 | Red Knot | 1.0% | 0.7% | 0.3% | |||
| 129 | Orchard Oriole | 1.0% | 0.7% | 0.3% | |||
| 130 | Long-billed Dowitcher | 0.7% | 0.7% | 0.0% | |||
| 131 | Greater Scaup | 0.3% | 0.7% | 0.4% | |||
| 132 | Cattle Egret | 0.1% | 0.7% | 0.6% | |||
| 133 | Wood Duck | 9.4% | 0.5% | 8.9% | |||
| 134 | Ovenbird | 4.3% | 0.5% | 3.8% | |||
| 135 | American Kestrel | 3.6% | 0.5% | 3.1% | |||
| 136 | Veery | 2.6% | 0.5% | 2.1% | |||
| 137 | Bald Eagle | 2.5% | 0.5% | 2.0% | |||
| 138 | Saltmarsh Sparrow | 2.1% | 0.5% | 1.6% | |||
| 139 | Least Flycatcher | 2.1% | 0.5% | 1.5% | |||
| 140 | Piping Plover | 2.0% | 0.5% | 1.4% | |||
| 141 | American White Pelican | 0.9% | 0.5% | 0.4% | |||
| 142 | Black Tern | 0.8% | 0.5% | 0.3% | |||
| 143 | Northern Pintail | 0.2% | 0.5% | 0.3% | |||
| 144 | Dunlin | 0.2% | 0.5% | 0.3% | |||
| 145 | Snow Goose | 0.1% | 0.5% | 0.5% | |||
| 146 | Canada Warbler | 5.7% | 0.3% | 5.4% | |||
| 147 | Blue-winged Warbler | 3.9% | 0.3% | 3.6% | |||
| 148 | Cooper's Hawk | 2.3% | 0.3% | 2.0% | |||
| 149 | Caspian Tern | 1.9% | 0.3% | 1.5% | |||
| 150 | Field Sparrow | 1.8% | 0.3% | 1.5% | |||
| 151 | Scarlet Tanager | 1.7% | 0.3% | 1.3% | |||
| 152 | Olive-sided Flycatcher | 0.7% | 0.3% | 0.4% | |||
| 153 | Whimbrel | 0.6% | 0.3% | 0.2% | |||
| 154 | Sora | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.0% | |||
| 155 | Hooded Merganser | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.0% | |||
| 156 | Yellow-rumped Warbler | 0.2% | 0.3% | 0.1% | |||
| 157 | American Golden-Plover | 0.1% | 0.3% | 0.2% | |||
| 158 | Eastern Meadowlark | 0.0% | 0.3% | 0.3% | |||
| 159 | Red-bellied Woodpecker | 19.6% | 0.2% | 19.4% | |||
| 160 | Hairy Woodpecker | 6.1% | 0.2% | 5.9% | |||
| 161 | Rose-breasted Grosbeak | 1.3% | 0.2% | 1.1% | |||
| 162 | Swamp Sparrow | 1.1% | 0.2% | 1.0% | |||
| 163 | Seaside Sparrow | 1.1% | 0.2% | 0.9% | |||
| 164 | Black-throated Green Warbler | 1.1% | 0.2% | 0.9% | |||
| 165 | Yellow-bellied Flycatcher | 0.9% | 0.2% | 0.7% | |||
| 166 | Cliff Swallow | 0.8% | 0.2% | 0.6% | |||
| 167 | Tennessee Warbler | 0.8% | 0.2% | 0.6% | |||
| 168 | Baird's Sandpiper | 0.7% | 0.2% | 0.6% | |||
| 169 | Black-billed Cuckoo | 0.5% | 0.2% | 0.3% | |||
| 170 | Bonaparte's Gull | 0.4% | 0.2% | 0.2% | |||
| 171 | Nashville Warbler | 0.4% | 0.2% | 0.2% | |||
| 172 | Red-breasted Merganser | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.1% | |||
| 173 | Buff-breasted Sandpiper | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.1% | |||
| 174 | Red-necked Stint | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.0% | |||
| 175 | Sharp-tailed Sandpiper | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.1% | |||
| 176 | Budgerigar | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.1% | |||
| 177 | King Eider | 0.0% | 0.2% | 0.1% | |||
| 178 | Eared Grebe | 0.0% | 0.2% | 0.1% | |||
| 179 | Ring-necked Duck | 0.0% | 0.2% | 0.2% | |||
| 180 | Common Goldeneye | 0.0% | 0.2% | 0.2% |