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Top Birds at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge in August
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York City, United States

based on 1709 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge 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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			Evidence			Sampling	Score
#	Links	Species	Media	Years	Birders	Hits	Frequency	Percentile
1		Laughing Gull	23	26	721	1347	78.8%	97%
2		Great Egret	28	26	720	1301	76.1%	97%
3		Double-crested Cormorant	22	26	711	1287	75.3%	95%
4		Snowy Egret	44	26	697	1278	74.8%	98%
5		Canada Goose	16	26	679	1259	73.7%	97%
6		Mute Swan	33	26	696	1252	73.3%	98%
7		Semipalmated Sandpiper	86	26	633	1235	72.3%	98%
8		Osprey	48	26	721	1224	71.6%	96%
9		American Herring Gull	8	26	651	1191	69.7%	93%
10		Least Sandpiper	84	26	605	1175	68.8%	99%
11		Mallard	15	26	654	1172	68.6%	95%
12		Semipalmated Plover	73	26	613	1165	68.2%	96%
13		Lesser Yellowlegs	89	26	589	1163	68.1%	98%
14		Gray Catbird	13	26	693	1155	67.6%	92%
15		Glossy Ibis	48	26	616	1087	63.6%	98%
16		Greater Yellowlegs	31	26	554	1073	62.8%	98%
17		European Starling	7	26	634	1058	61.9%	94%
18		Short-billed Dowitcher	81	26	528	1044	61.1%	95%
19		Forster's Tern	43	26	571	1025	60.0%	99%
20		Northern Mockingbird	14	26	655	1013	59.3%	95%
21		Great Blue Heron	15	26	589	999	58.5%	94%
22		Great Black-backed Gull	5	26	553	996	58.3%	89%
23		Red-winged Blackbird	5	26	584	992	58.0%	97%
24		Barn Swallow	7	26	580	974	57.0%	95%
25		American Robin	7	26	598	924	54.1%	82%
26		American Black Duck	6	26	519	881	51.6%	99%
27		Ring-billed Gull	3	26	475	845	49.4%	85%
28		Common Tern	14	26	492	824	48.2%	85%
29		Northern Cardinal	4	26	531	809	47.3%	82%
30		Northern Yellow Warbler	15	26	528	803	47.0%	99%
31		Black-crowned Night-Heron	20	26	487	800	46.8%	99%
32		Stilt Sandpiper	72	26	394	757	44.3%	96%
33		Song Sparrow	7	26	474	756	44.2%	86%
34		American Goldfinch	8	26	490	742	43.4%	83%
35		Mourning Dove	2	26	491	730	42.7%	73%
36		American Oystercatcher	10	26	422	727	42.5%	83%
37		White-rumped Sandpiper	75	26	388	710	41.5%	98%
38		Cedar Waxwing	14	26	501	694	40.6%	97%
39		House Sparrow	1	26	437	675	39.5%	74%
40		Northern Waterthrush	26	26	350	662	38.7%	96%
41		Tree Swallow	8	26	448	662	38.7%	94%
42		Boat-tailed Grackle	16	26	411	626	36.6%	93%
43		Carolina Wren	2	25	416	612	35.8%	87%
44		Spotted Sandpiper	24	26	379	599	35.0%	94%
45		Peregrine Falcon	32	26	414	553	32.4%	98%
46		Yellow-crowned Night-Heron	24	26	390	545	31.9%	86%
47		Rock Pigeon	0	26	334	510	29.8%	65%
48		Black-bellied Plover	5	26	264	481	28.1%	86%
49		Eastern Towhee	7	26	345	481	28.1%	91%
50		Gadwall	5	26	324	471	27.6%	99%
51		Fish Crow	4	26	310	445	26.0%	92%
52		Common Yellowthroat	5	26	307	422	24.7%	89%
53		Killdeer	8	25	282	379	22.2%	79%
54		Pectoral Sandpiper	47	26	242	378	22.1%	93%
55		Little Blue Heron	14	26	249	363	21.2%	89%
56		Eastern Kingbird	11	26	311	354	20.7%	84%
57		House Wren	14	26	286	346	20.2%	84%
58		American Crow	0	25	215	345	20.2%	87%
59		Ruddy Duck	10	22	274	334	19.5%	94%
60		Common Grackle	1	24	278	333	19.5%	67%
61		American Redstart	6	25	259	311	18.2%	74%
62		Blue-winged Teal	7	26	207	306	17.9%	98%
63		Wilson's Phalarope	47	14	177	289	16.9%	77%
64		Black Skimmer	20	26	237	279	16.3%	83%
65		Northern Shoveler	7	26	192	265	15.5%	96%
66		Least Tern	0	26	198	256	15.0%	83%
67		Green-winged Teal	2	26	173	245	14.3%	98%
68		Ruddy Turnstone	4	24	151	243	14.2%	73%
69		House Finch	2	25	231	238	13.9%	79%
70		Brown Thrasher	7	26	191	229	13.4%	94%
71		Western Sandpiper	17	24	130	220	12.9%	97%
72		Gull-billed Tern	17	22	187	220	12.9%	86%
73		Downy Woodpecker	1	25	184	205	12.0%	56%
74		Willow Flycatcher	9	23	191	197	11.5%	89%
75		Chimney Swift	0	25	191	194	11.4%	59%
76		American Avocet	37	14	140	187	10.9%	84%
77		Long-billed Dowitcher	23	23	127	182	10.6%	92%
78		Northern Flicker	2	25	160	181	10.6%	43%
79		Pied-billed Grebe	4	21	164	175	10.2%	98%
80		Green Heron	4	25	163	173	10.1%	70%
81		Willet	3	25	143	173	10.1%	76%
82		Ruby-throated Hummingbird	7	19	183	157	9.2%	74%
83		Bank Swallow	7	25	144	157	9.2%	88%
84		Marsh Wren	0	25	126	150	8.8%	67%
85		Hudsonian Godwit	31	14	100	144	8.4%	85%
86		Red-necked Phalarope	46	12	134	143	8.4%	84%
87		Solitary Sandpiper	9	25	130	136	8.0%	84%
88		Tricolored Heron	1	18	86	129	7.5%	91%
89		American White Pelican	14	7	99	128	7.5%	88%
90		Red Knot	4	19	87	120	7.0%	84%
91		Belted Kingfisher	5	22	132	118	6.9%	61%
92		Purple Martin	7	10	134	117	6.8%	72%
93		Wood Duck	0	20	79	115	6.7%	52%
94		Sanderling	0	25	115	114	6.7%	60%
95		White-eyed Vireo	5	21	107	113	6.6%	77%
96		Brown-headed Cowbird	0	20	102	112	6.6%	76%
97		Baltimore Oriole	1	24	130	107	6.3%	54%
98		Black-and-white Warbler	5	24	100	101	5.9%	52%
99		Great Crested Flycatcher	2	20	103	101	5.9%	68%
100		Marbled Godwit	14	10	80	101	5.9%	91%
101		Black Tern	17	12	77	95	5.6%	89%
102		Eastern Phoebe	7	19	87	93	5.4%	77%
103		Brant	0	13	68	87	5.1%	78%
104		Sora	18	9	81	81	4.7%	88%
105		Blue Jay	0	18	70	69	4.0%	15%
106		Greater Scaup	2	10	55	67	3.9%	95%
107		Northern Harrier	1	23	62	66	3.9%	88%
108		Eastern Wood-Pewee	1	17	72	62	3.6%	45%
109		Blue-gray Gnatcatcher	4	13	82	62	3.6%	56%
110		Caspian Tern	10	9	59	58	3.4%	68%
111		Black-capped Chickadee	1	13	54	57	3.3%	38%
112		Clapper Rail	2	17	51	57	3.3%	48%
113		Red-eyed Vireo	0	16	53	55	3.2%	39%
114		Baird's Sandpiper	2	11	35	53	3.1%	67%
115		Merlin	5	15	59	51	3.0%	96%
116		Northern Rough-winged Swallow	2	17	54	48	2.8%	80%
117		American Coot	0	9	33	46	2.7%	60%
118		Black-bellied Whistling-Duck	10	2	53	45	2.6%	33%
119		American Wigeon	1	15	40	43	2.5%	86%
120		Lesser Scaup	9	5	45	40	2.3%	73%
121		Bald Eagle	6	12	59	38	2.2%	49%
122		Cape May Warbler	4	8	40	36	2.1%	60%
123		Magnolia Warbler	0	13	36	34	2.0%	50%
124		Yellow-billed Cuckoo	0	11	43	33	1.9%	66%
125		Northern Pintail	1	15	36	33	1.9%	85%
126		Common Raven	2	8	38	31	1.8%	43%
127		Least Flycatcher	2	11	28	30	1.8%	57%
128		Black-headed Gull	9	1	37	30	1.8%	33%
129		Red-tailed Hawk	0	18	32	29	1.7%	16%
130		Bonaparte's Gull	7	5	39	29	1.7%	71%
131		Warbling Vireo	0	15	33	28	1.6%	27%
132		Swamp Sparrow	0	11	21	28	1.6%	62%
133		Cooper's Hawk	1	15	30	27	1.6%	46%
134		Hooded Merganser	5	7	30	26	1.5%	73%
135		Dunlin	0	11	27	25	1.5%	76%
136		Western Cattle-Egret	0	9	14	24	1.4%	100%
137		Yellow-rumped Warbler	3	13	28	23	1.3%	95%
138		Red-necked Stint	3	1	17	23	1.3%	67%
139		Royal Tern	4	8	30	22	1.3%	16%
140		American Golden-Plover	4	8	21	21	1.2%	80%
141		Turkey Vulture	0	13	18	20	1.2%	17%
142		Buff-breasted Sandpiper	2	4	15	20	1.2%	75%
143		Common Gallinule	0	4	15	20	1.2%	57%
144		Red-breasted Nuthatch	3	6	26	19	1.1%	42%
145		Red-bellied Woodpecker	0	8	18	17	1.0%	8%
146		Ovenbird	0	12	17	17	1.0%	22%
147		Chestnut-sided Warbler	0	8	20	16	0.9%	23%
148		Black-throated Blue Warbler	0	9	16	15	0.9%	27%
149		Prairie Warbler	2	9	20	15	0.9%	45%
150		Broad-winged Hawk	4	7	21	15	0.9%	55%
151		American Kestrel	1	12	16	14	0.8%	21%
152		Louisiana Waterthrush	4	7	12	14	0.8%	46%
153		Sharp-tailed Sandpiper	2	1	14	14	0.8%	50%
154		Blue-winged Warbler	0	8	13	13	0.8%	27%
155		Indigo Bunting	0	8	12	13	0.8%	22%
156		Bobolink	1	5	18	13	0.8%	32%
157		Hudsonian Whimbrel	1	9	14	13	0.8%	42%
158		Eared Grebe	2	2	10	13	0.8%	100%
159		Chipping Sparrow	0	9	17	12	0.7%	18%
160		Veery	1	6	14	12	0.7%	22%
161		White-faced Ibis	1	3	14	12	0.7%	0%
162		Canada Warbler	1	6	10	10	0.6%	12%
163		Least Bittern	3	4	10	10	0.6%	51%
164		Savannah Sparrow	1	6	10	10	0.6%	42%
165		Orchard Oriole	1	5	11	9	0.5%	35%
166		Snow Goose	2	1	12	9	0.5%	57%
167		Tufted Titmouse	0	7	7	8	0.5%	6%
168		Wood Thrush	0	8	8	8	0.5%	12%
169		Northern Parula	0	6	8	8	0.5%	16%
170		Seaside Sparrow	0	8	12	8	0.5%	27%
171		Wilson's Warbler	0	4	8	8	0.5%	30%
172		Black Swan	2	4	5	8	0.5%	100%
173		Saltmarsh Sparrow	2	5	7	7	0.4%	20%
174		Black-throated Green Warbler	0	6	9	7	0.4%	20%
175		Yellow-bellied Flycatcher	1	5	6	7	0.4%	22%
176		Olive-sided Flycatcher	3	4	8	7	0.4%	23%
177		White-breasted Nuthatch	0	5	7	6	0.4%	4%
178		Scarlet Tanager	0	6	7	6	0.4%	14%
179		Cliff Swallow	0	6	8	6	0.4%	18%
180		Nashville Warbler	0	5	7	6	0.4%	19%
181		Hairy Woodpecker	0	4	6	5	0.3%	3%
182		Rose-breasted Grosbeak	0	3	10	5	0.3%	13%
183		Tennessee Warbler	0	4	6	5	0.3%	15%
184		Mourning Warbler	1	3	5	5	0.3%	24%
185		Red-breasted Merganser	0	2	4	5	0.3%	29%
186		Ruff	1	2	4	5	0.3%	50%
187		Piping Plover	0	4	4	4	0.2%	4%
188		Monk Parakeet	0	3	4	4	0.2%	7%
189		Blackburnian Warbler	0	2	5	4	0.2%	6%
190		Black-billed Cuckoo	0	3	4	4	0.2%	26%
191		American Woodcock	0	2	4	4	0.2%	33%
192		Field Sparrow	0	2	3	3	0.2%	6%
193		Worm-eating Warbler	0	2	4	3	0.2%	3%
194		Palm Warbler	1	2	4	3	0.2%	53%
195		Common Loon	0	2	4	2	0.1%	2%
196		Sharp-shinned Hawk	1	2	3	2	0.1%	6%
197		Muscovy Duck	0	1	1	2	0.1%	8%
198		Wilson's Snipe	0	2	3	2	0.1%	5%
199		Acadian Flycatcher	0	2	2	2	0.1%	11%
200		King Eider	0	1	2	2	0.1%	29%
201		Common Nighthawk	0	1	1	1	0.1%	0%
202		Hooded Warbler	0	1	1	1	0.1%	0%
203		Great Horned Owl	0	1	1	1	0.1%	1%
204		White Ibis	0	1	1	1	0.1%	0%
205		Prothonotary Warbler	1	1	1	1	0.1%	0%
206		Lark Sparrow	0	1	1	1	0.1%	0%
207		Dickcissel	0	1	1	1	0.1%	0%
208		Yellow-breasted Chat	0	1	1	1	0.1%	0%
209		Blackpoll Warbler	0	1	1	1	0.1%	0%
210		Alder Flycatcher	0	1	3	1	0.1%	6%
211		Northern Gannet	0	1	1	1	0.1%	0%
212		Cockatiel	1	1	2	1	0.1%	0%
213		Whooper Swan	0	1	1	1	0.1%	0%