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

based on 532 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--West Pond in September. 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 18.5% 82.7% 64.2%
2   Double-crested Cormorant 30.6% 79.9% 49.3%
3   Gray Catbird 60.1% 76.3% 16.2%
4   Northern Mockingbird 30.7% 75.9% 45.3%
5   Snowy Egret 11.1% 73.7% 62.6%
6   Mallard 35.2% 72.0% 36.8%
7   Canada Goose 37.0% 70.7% 33.6%
8   Mute Swan 10.5% 69.4% 58.8%
9   American Herring Gull 29.4% 64.5% 35.1%
10   Laughing Gull 18.4% 58.3% 39.8%
11   Osprey 24.3% 53.4% 29.1%
12   Great Blue Heron 24.4% 51.7% 27.3%
13   American Black Duck 7.7% 49.8% 42.1%
14   European Starling 46.6% 47.9% 1.3%
15   Northern Cardinal 50.4% 44.4% 6.0%
16   Northern Shoveler 3.5% 44.4% 40.9%
17   Great Black-backed Gull 16.9% 41.7% 24.8%
18   American Robin 59.5% 41.4% 18.1%
19   Ring-billed Gull 24.2% 40.0% 15.8%
20   Common Yellowthroat 44.2% 38.7% 5.5%
21   Gadwall 4.2% 36.7% 32.5%
22   Greater Yellowlegs 8.1% 35.9% 27.8%
23   Song Sparrow 27.5% 34.8% 7.3%
24   Mourning Dove 52.7% 32.9% 19.8%
25   Yellow Warbler 12.0% 32.0% 19.9%
26   Ruddy Duck 1.3% 30.3% 29.0%
27   Red-winged Blackbird 11.3% 29.3% 18.0%
28   Carolina Wren 27.0% 28.4% 1.3%
29   Forster's Tern 4.1% 27.4% 23.3%
30   American Redstart 42.6% 27.1% 15.5%
31   Lesser Yellowlegs 5.9% 27.1% 21.2%
32   Black-crowned Night-Heron 7.4% 26.9% 19.4%
33   Peregrine Falcon 6.8% 24.2% 17.5%
34   Semipalmated Sandpiper 7.6% 23.5% 15.9%
35   Cedar Waxwing 15.2% 23.3% 8.1%
36   American Goldfinch 26.5% 23.1% 3.3%
37   Semipalmated Plover 7.0% 21.4% 14.4%
38   Tree Swallow 6.1% 20.9% 14.8%
39   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 3.7% 20.9% 17.1%
40   Palm Warbler 14.6% 20.5% 5.9%
41   Northern Parula 26.4% 20.3% 6.1%
42   Merlin 5.0% 20.3% 15.3%
43   Green-winged Teal 3.7% 19.5% 15.8%
44   Northern Flicker 42.4% 19.4% 23.0%
45   Eastern Towhee 7.2% 19.0% 11.8%
46   American Oystercatcher 4.9% 18.2% 13.4%
47   House Sparrow 45.5% 16.9% 28.6%
48   Least Sandpiper 6.8% 16.4% 9.5%
49   Yellow-rumped Warbler 7.8% 16.0% 8.2%
50   Short-billed Dowitcher 2.8% 15.8% 13.0%
51   Blue-winged Teal 2.0% 15.2% 13.2%
52   American Wigeon 0.9% 15.0% 14.1%
53   Barn Swallow 4.2% 14.1% 9.9%
54   Pied-billed Grebe 1.7% 13.7% 12.0%
55   Eastern Phoebe 17.3% 12.8% 4.5%
56   Boat-tailed Grackle 1.2% 12.8% 11.6%
57   Eared Grebe 0.1% 12.6% 12.5%
58   Black-and-white Warbler 31.5% 12.4% 19.1%
59   Rock Pigeon 37.1% 12.2% 24.9%
60   Common Grackle 23.9% 12.0% 11.9%
61   House Wren 15.7% 11.8% 3.9%
62   Northern Harrier 3.2% 11.8% 8.6%
63   Downy Woodpecker 31.6% 11.3% 20.3%
64   Common Tern 3.7% 10.9% 7.2%
65   Red-eyed Vireo 24.5% 10.7% 13.8%
66   Northern Pintail 0.7% 10.5% 9.9%
67   American Crow 17.7% 10.3% 7.4%
68   Magnolia Warbler 21.4% 10.0% 11.5%
69   Black-bellied Plover 3.9% 10.0% 6.0%
70   Eastern Wood-Pewee 18.6% 9.8% 8.9%
71   Brown Thrasher 7.9% 9.8% 1.9%
72   Glossy Ibis 0.9% 9.8% 8.9%
73   Savannah Sparrow 6.3% 9.6% 3.3%
74   Royal Tern 3.3% 9.6% 6.3%
75   House Finch 14.4% 9.2% 5.2%
76   White-rumped Sandpiper 1.4% 9.0% 7.6%
77   Pectoral Sandpiper 1.8% 8.6% 6.9%
78   Northern Waterthrush 16.0% 8.5% 7.5%
79   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 16.3% 7.9% 8.4%
80   Killdeer 6.9% 7.7% 0.8%
81   Cape May Warbler 7.3% 7.3% 0.0%
82   Little Blue Heron 1.8% 7.0% 5.1%
83   Greater Scaup 0.1% 7.0% 6.8%
84   Prairie Warbler 4.1% 6.8% 2.6%
85   Black Skimmer 1.6% 6.8% 5.1%
86   Red-breasted Nuthatch 7.6% 6.2% 1.4%
87   White-eyed Vireo 3.3% 6.0% 2.7%
88   Brant 0.5% 6.0% 5.5%
89   Blue Jay 52.1% 5.8% 46.3%
90   Belted Kingfisher 11.4% 5.8% 5.5%
91   Black-throated Green Warbler 11.2% 5.8% 5.3%
92   Spotted Sandpiper 4.7% 5.8% 1.1%
93   Chimney Swift 20.8% 5.6% 15.1%
94   Eastern Kingbird 2.8% 5.6% 2.8%
95   Stilt Sandpiper 1.1% 5.3% 4.2%
96   Black-throated Blue Warbler 16.8% 4.9% 11.9%
97   White-throated Sparrow 11.3% 4.9% 6.4%
98   American Coot 0.8% 4.9% 4.1%
99   Pine Warbler 5.1% 4.3% 0.8%
100   Baltimore Oriole 7.3% 4.1% 3.2%
101   American Kestrel 10.6% 3.9% 6.7%
102   Hudsonian Godwit 0.5% 3.9% 3.5%
103   Blackpoll Warbler 9.6% 3.8% 5.8%
104   Swamp Sparrow 5.2% 3.8% 1.5%
105   Cooper's Hawk 7.4% 3.4% 4.1%
106   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 4.3% 3.4% 0.9%
107   Clapper Rail 1.8% 3.4% 1.6%
108   Lesser Scaup 0.1% 3.4% 3.3%
109   Black-capped Chickadee 11.3% 3.2% 8.1%
110   Sharp-shinned Hawk 4.7% 3.2% 1.5%
111   Caspian Tern 1.6% 3.0% 1.4%
112   Tricolored Heron 0.1% 3.0% 2.9%
113   Green Heron 7.5% 2.8% 4.7%
114   American Avocet 0.5% 2.8% 2.4%
115   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 7.9% 2.6% 5.2%
116   Great Crested Flycatcher 5.1% 2.6% 2.4%
117   Blackburnian Warbler 2.7% 2.3% 0.5%
118   Sanderling 2.6% 2.3% 0.4%
119   Yellow-billed Cuckoo 2.5% 2.3% 0.2%
120   Willet 0.8% 2.3% 1.4%
121   Swainson's Thrush 14.0% 2.1% 11.9%
122   Nashville Warbler 4.6% 2.1% 2.5%
123   Wilson's Phalarope 0.3% 2.1% 1.8%
124   Least Flycatcher 3.1% 1.9% 1.2%
125   Veery 11.3% 1.7% 9.6%
126   Rose-breasted Grosbeak 11.0% 1.7% 9.3%
127   Solitary Sandpiper 3.3% 1.7% 1.6%
128   Bobolink 2.9% 1.7% 1.2%
129   Western Sandpiper 0.7% 1.7% 1.0%
130   Warbling Vireo 7.6% 1.5% 6.1%
131   Wilson's Warbler 3.6% 1.5% 2.1%
132   Marsh Wren 3.4% 1.5% 1.9%
133   Fish Crow 2.9% 1.5% 1.4%
134   Saltmarsh Sparrow 1.1% 1.5% 0.5%
135   Long-billed Dowitcher 0.4% 1.5% 1.1%
136   Red-necked Phalarope 0.1% 1.5% 1.4%
137   Red-bellied Woodpecker 30.8% 1.3% 29.5%
138   Chestnut-sided Warbler 9.6% 1.3% 8.3%
139   Scarlet Tanager 9.6% 1.3% 8.3%
140   Tennessee Warbler 6.1% 1.3% 4.8%
141   Common Raven 6.1% 1.3% 4.8%
142   Brown-headed Cowbird 3.8% 1.3% 2.5%
143   Sora 1.1% 1.3% 0.2%
144   Dunlin 0.6% 1.3% 0.7%
145   Ovenbird 13.4% 1.1% 12.3%
146   Wood Duck 9.8% 1.1% 8.7%
147   Bald Eagle 4.8% 1.1% 3.6%
148   Blue-headed Vireo 3.3% 1.1% 2.2%
149   American Golden-Plover 0.8% 1.1% 0.3%
150   Ring-necked Duck 0.1% 1.1% 1.1%
151   Black-throated Gray Warbler 0.0% 1.1% 1.1%
152   Red-tailed Hawk 18.4% 0.9% 17.5%
153   Wood Thrush 5.3% 0.9% 4.4%
154   Lincoln's Sparrow 3.7% 0.9% 2.8%
155   Dickcissel 0.8% 0.9% 0.1%
156   Common Loon 0.5% 0.9% 0.5%
157   Seaside Sparrow 0.4% 0.9% 0.6%
158   Bank Swallow 0.3% 0.9% 0.7%
159   Turkey Vulture 7.9% 0.8% 7.2%
160   Brown Creeper 1.3% 0.8% 0.6%
161   Snow Goose 0.1% 0.8% 0.7%
162   White-breasted Nuthatch 12.6% 0.6% 12.1%
163   Chipping Sparrow 6.3% 0.6% 5.8%
164   Bay-breasted Warbler 4.3% 0.6% 3.7%
165   Indigo Bunting 4.0% 0.6% 3.4%
166   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 3.5% 0.6% 2.9%
167   Philadelphia Vireo 2.0% 0.6% 1.5%
168   Connecticut Warbler 2.0% 0.6% 1.4%
169   Winter Wren 1.6% 0.6% 1.0%
170   Olive-sided Flycatcher 1.1% 0.6% 0.5%
171   American Pipit 0.4% 0.6% 0.2%
172   Willow Flycatcher 0.4% 0.6% 0.2%
173   Black Tern 0.4% 0.6% 0.2%
174   Purple Martin 0.1% 0.6% 0.5%
175   Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 1.6% 0.4% 1.2%
176   Yellow-breasted Chat 1.0% 0.4% 0.6%
177   American White Pelican 0.6% 0.4% 0.2%
178   Hermit Thrush 0.5% 0.4% 0.1%
179   Marbled Godwit 0.4% 0.4% 0.0%
180   Red-breasted Merganser 0.2% 0.4% 0.2%
181   Least Tern 0.2% 0.4% 0.2%
182   White Ibis 0.0% 0.4% 0.3%
183   Ash-throated Flycatcher 0.0% 0.4% 0.4%
184   Tufted Titmouse 9.1% 0.2% 8.9%
185   Canada Warbler 3.7% 0.2% 3.5%
186   Black Vulture 2.6% 0.2% 2.4%
187   Golden-crowned Kinglet 1.8% 0.2% 1.6%
188   Ruddy Turnstone 1.3% 0.2% 1.1%
189   Blue-winged Warbler 1.3% 0.2% 1.1%
190   Dark-eyed Junco 1.3% 0.2% 1.1%
191   Yellow-throated Vireo 0.7% 0.2% 0.6%
192   Lesser Black-backed Gull 0.7% 0.2% 0.5%
193   Baird's Sandpiper 0.6% 0.2% 0.4%
194   Whimbrel 0.5% 0.2% 0.3%
195   Red Knot 0.5% 0.2% 0.3%
196   White-crowned Sparrow 0.3% 0.2% 0.2%
197   Wilson's Snipe 0.2% 0.2% 0.0%
198   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 0.2% 0.2% 0.0%
199   Bonaparte's Gull 0.2% 0.2% 0.0%
200   Horned Lark 0.0% 0.2% 0.2%
201   Western Cattle-Egret 0.0% 0.2% 0.2%
202   Horned Grebe 0.0% 0.2% 0.2%