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Top Birds at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge in April
relative to other locations within 25 miles of 35.791540, -78.781117

based on 926 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge in April. 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   Red-winged Blackbird 26.8% 81.0% 54.2%
2   Osprey 17.5% 80.3% 62.8%
3   Brant 0% 78.7% 78.7%
4   Tree Swallow 14.5% 76.3% 61.9%
5   American Robin 42.0% 76.0% 34.1%
6   Ruddy Duck 2.9% 75.2% 72.3%
7   Canada Goose 48.6% 74.1% 25.5%
8   Double-crested Cormorant 25.8% 72.2% 46.5%
9   Mute Swan 0.4% 71.2% 70.7%
10   Northern Mockingbird 26.9% 68.8% 41.9%
11   American Herring Gull 0.5% 68.5% 68.0%
12   Great Egret 2.2% 68.4% 66.1%
13   Mallard 29.5% 68.3% 38.7%
14   Song Sparrow 23.8% 67.6% 43.8%
15   Northern Cardinal 80.7% 66.6% 14.1%
16   Laughing Gull 0.1% 66.2% 66.1%
17   Yellow-rumped Warbler 44.8% 62.0% 17.2%
18   Great Black-backed Gull 0% 60.2% 60.2%
19   White-throated Sparrow 57.3% 56.4% 1.0%
20   Northern Shoveler 0.2% 56.0% 55.9%
21   Bufflehead 1.3% 51.8% 50.5%
22   European Starling 19.9% 51.6% 31.7%
23   Snowy Egret 0.1% 51.6% 51.5%
24   Carolina Wren 71.6% 50.4% 21.1%
25   American Oystercatcher 0.0% 49.4% 49.3%
26   American Black Duck 0.1% 48.6% 48.5%
27   Ring-billed Gull 6.3% 46.2% 39.9%
28   Boat-tailed Grackle 0% 44.8% 44.8%
29   Glossy Ibis 0.0% 44.5% 44.5%
30   Eastern Towhee 44.6% 44.3% 0.3%
31   Mourning Dove 45.4% 44.1% 1.3%
32   Fish Crow 37.0% 44.0% 7.0%
33   Gadwall 0.1% 42.4% 42.3%
34   Red-breasted Merganser 0.7% 41.0% 40.3%
35   Brown-headed Cowbird 38.0% 39.1% 1.1%
36   Northern Flicker 13.1% 34.9% 21.8%
37   House Sparrow 2.2% 34.2% 32.1%
38   Green-winged Teal 0.3% 32.9% 32.6%
39   Forster's Tern 0.2% 32.4% 32.2%
40   Common Grackle 25.9% 32.3% 6.4%
41   American Crow 56.7% 31.3% 25.4%
42   Barn Swallow 19.6% 31.3% 11.7%
43   Downy Woodpecker 40.0% 28.7% 11.3%
44   Greater Scaup 0.1% 26.3% 26.3%
45   Gray Catbird 18.3% 25.9% 7.6%
46   Brown Thrasher 19.9% 24.2% 4.3%
47   American Goldfinch 47.1% 23.7% 23.5%
48   House Wren 10.2% 22.8% 12.6%
49   Greater Yellowlegs 0.8% 22.8% 22.0%
50   American Coot 0.8% 22.6% 21.7%
51   Rock Pigeon 4.9% 22.0% 17.1%
52   Yellow Warbler 2.6% 22.0% 19.4%
53   Dark-eyed Junco 5.1% 21.7% 16.6%
54   Black-crowned Night-Heron 0.1% 21.4% 21.3%
55   Palm Warbler 7.9% 20.8% 13.0%
56   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 33.0% 19.7% 13.4%
57   Eastern Phoebe 35.4% 17.8% 17.6%
58   Great Blue Heron 44.0% 17.5% 26.5%
59   House Finch 27.2% 17.1% 10.2%
60   Little Blue Heron 0.1% 17.1% 17.0%
61   Hermit Thrush 8.2% 17.0% 8.7%
62   Chipping Sparrow 43.6% 16.0% 27.7%
63   Lesser Scaup 0.7% 14.6% 13.9%
64   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 63.5% 14.5% 49.0%
65   Savannah Sparrow 4.1% 13.5% 9.4%
66   Swamp Sparrow 14.1% 13.0% 1.1%
67   Snow Goose 0% 12.7% 12.7%
68   Horned Grebe 0.3% 12.6% 12.3%
69   Golden-crowned Kinglet 0.8% 12.5% 11.7%
70   Willet 0.0% 11.3% 11.3%
71   Tricolored Heron 0.1% 10.4% 10.2%
72   Black-capped Chickadee 0% 10.4% 10.4%
73   Field Sparrow 10.7% 9.5% 1.2%
74   Killdeer 17.3% 9.0% 8.3%
75   American Wigeon 0.1% 9.0% 8.8%
76   Northern Harrier 0.8% 8.9% 8.1%
77   Blue-winged Teal 2.2% 8.7% 6.6%
78   Black-bellied Plover 0.0% 8.5% 8.5%
79   Common Yellowthroat 33.8% 8.3% 25.5%
80   Blue Jay 48.6% 8.1% 40.5%
81   Dunlin 0.1% 8.0% 7.9%
82   Black-and-white Warbler 15.2% 7.3% 7.8%
83   Pine Warbler 45.5% 6.4% 39.1%
84   Red-bellied Woodpecker 58.3% 6.3% 52.1%
85   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 1.8% 5.9% 4.1%
86   Belted Kingfisher 18.6% 5.6% 13.0%
87   Common Loon 0.6% 5.2% 4.5%
88   Hooded Merganser 2.3% 5.1% 2.8%
89   Lesser Yellowlegs 1.4% 5.0% 3.6%
90   Turkey Vulture 42.8% 4.8% 38.0%
91   White-eyed Vireo 39.6% 4.8% 34.8%
92   Blue-headed Vireo 4.2% 4.6% 0.5%
93   Wood Duck 13.3% 4.5% 8.8%
94   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 28.5% 4.2% 24.3%
95   Peregrine Falcon 0.0% 4.1% 4.1%
96   Tufted Titmouse 70.2% 3.9% 66.3%
97   Red-throated Loon 0% 3.7% 3.7%
98   Pied-billed Grebe 2.1% 3.6% 1.5%
99   Brown Creeper 0.3% 3.6% 3.2%
100   Clapper Rail 0% 3.5% 3.5%
101   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1.2% 3.3% 2.2%
102   Northern Parula 36.6% 3.2% 33.4%
103   Merlin 0.2% 3.2% 3.0%
104   Northern Pintail 0.0% 3.2% 3.2%
105   Common Tern 0.0% 3.1% 3.1%
106   American Tree Sparrow 0% 3.0% 3.0%
107   Chimney Swift 13.9% 2.9% 11.0%
108   Bald Eagle 12.4% 2.9% 9.5%
109   Redhead 0.0% 2.9% 2.9%
110   Least Sandpiper 1.1% 2.7% 1.6%
111   Great Horned Owl 0.8% 2.7% 1.9%
112   White-breasted Nuthatch 22.3% 2.6% 19.7%
113   American Kestrel 1.0% 2.6% 1.6%
114   Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1.4% 2.4% 1.0%
115   Hairy Woodpecker 10.1% 2.2% 8.0%
116   Great Cormorant 0% 2.2% 2.2%
117   Marsh Wren 0.2% 1.9% 1.7%
118   American Woodcock 0.1% 1.9% 1.8%
119   Purple Martin 7.0% 1.8% 5.2%
120   Red-breasted Nuthatch 0.8% 1.8% 1.0%
121   Eastern Kingbird 13.0% 1.7% 11.2%
122   Red-tailed Hawk 12.5% 1.7% 10.8%
123   Ring-necked Duck 0.4% 1.7% 1.3%
124   Canvasback 0.0% 1.7% 1.7%
125   Bank Swallow 0.3% 1.6% 1.3%
126   Winter Wren 1.3% 1.5% 0.2%
127   Black-throated Green Warbler 0.6% 1.5% 0.9%
128   Ovenbird 18.8% 1.4% 17.4%
129   Prairie Warbler 7.5% 1.4% 6.1%
130   Green Heron 6.4% 1.4% 5.0%
131   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 9.1% 1.3% 7.8%
132   Cooper's Hawk 3.8% 1.2% 2.6%
133   Baltimore Oriole 0.7% 1.2% 0.5%
134   Fox Sparrow 0.1% 1.2% 1.1%
135   American Redstart 9.3% 1.1% 8.2%
136   Yellow-throated Vireo 6.4% 1.1% 5.3%
137   Northern Waterthrush 3.3% 1.1% 2.2%
138   Sharp-shinned Hawk 1.0% 1.1% 0.1%
139   Blue-winged Warbler 1.0% 1.1% 0.1%
140   Rusty Blackbird 0.8% 1.1% 0.3%
141   Pectoral Sandpiper 0.2% 1.1% 0.9%
142   Short-billed Dowitcher 0.1% 1.1% 1.0%
143   Great Crested Flycatcher 22.4% 1.0% 21.4%
144   Cliff Swallow 3.5% 1.0% 2.6%
145   Yellow-breasted Chat 3.3% 1.0% 2.3%
146   Common Goldeneye 0.0% 1.0% 1.0%
147   White-faced Ibis 0% 1.0% 1.0%
148   Indigo Bunting 13.6% 0.9% 12.7%
149   Black-throated Blue Warbler 6.0% 0.9% 5.1%
150   White-crowned Sparrow 0.4% 0.9% 0.4%
151   Wood Thrush 7.9% 0.8% 7.2%
152   Warbling Vireo 0.2% 0.8% 0.5%
153   Long-tailed Duck 0% 0.8% 0.8%
154   Eurasian Wigeon 0% 0.8% 0.8%
155   Spotted Sandpiper 7.3% 0.6% 6.7%
156   Bonaparte's Gull 3.6% 0.6% 3.0%
157   Long-billed Dowitcher 0% 0.6% 0.6%
158   Wilson's Snipe 1.0% 0.5% 0.4%
159   Common Raven 0.4% 0.5% 0.1%
160   Vesper Sparrow 0.3% 0.5% 0.3%
161   Lesser Black-backed Gull 0.1% 0.5% 0.4%
162   Nashville Warbler 0.0% 0.5% 0.5%
163   Solitary Sandpiper 5.9% 0.4% 5.5%
164   Northern Gannet 0% 0.4% 0.4%
165   Black Vulture 20.4% 0.3% 20.1%
166   Scarlet Tanager 4.5% 0.3% 4.1%
167   Semipalmated Plover 0.1% 0.3% 0.2%
168   Sanderling 0.0% 0.3% 0.3%
169   Common Merganser 0% 0.3% 0.3%
170   Louisiana Waterthrush 10.5% 0.2% 10.3%
171   Cedar Waxwing 5.8% 0.2% 5.6%
172   Pine Siskin 3.2% 0.2% 3.0%
173   Worm-eating Warbler 2.2% 0.2% 2.0%
174   Veery 1.3% 0.2% 1.0%
175   American Bittern 1.0% 0.2% 0.8%
176   Purple Finch 0.7% 0.2% 0.5%
177   American Pipit 0.2% 0.2% 0.0%
178   Semipalmated Sandpiper 0.1% 0.2% 0.2%
179   Ruddy Turnstone 0% 0.2% 0.2%
180   Seaside Sparrow 0% 0.2% 0.2%
181   Red-eyed Vireo 31.6% 0.1% 31.5%
182   Prothonotary Warbler 12.7% 0.1% 12.6%
183   Eastern Meadowlark 6.6% 0.1% 6.5%
184   Orange-crowned Warbler 0.3% 0.1% 0.2%
185   Blackpoll Warbler 0.2% 0.1% 0.1%
186   Blackburnian Warbler 0.2% 0.1% 0.0%
187   Virginia Rail 0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
188   Common Gallinule 0.0% 0.1% 0.1%
189   Red-necked Grebe 0.0% 0.1% 0.1%
190   Monk Parakeet 0% 0.1% 0.1%
191   Saltmarsh Sparrow 0% 0.1% 0.1%
192   Piping Plover 0% 0.1% 0.1%
193   Black Scoter 0% 0.1% 0.1%
194   White-winged Scoter 0% 0.1% 0.1%
195   Red-necked Phalarope 0% 0.1% 0.1%
196   Red Knot 0% 0.1% 0.1%