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

based on 658 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge in October. 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   Canada Goose 40.2% 80.7% 40.5%
2   Double-crested Cormorant 30.6% 80.2% 49.7%
3   Yellow-rumped Warbler 49.5% 78.9% 29.4%
4   Great Egret 13.4% 78.3% 64.9%
5   Mallard 37.9% 75.2% 37.3%
6   Mute Swan 10.1% 68.1% 58.0%
7   Northern Mockingbird 36.1% 64.6% 28.5%
8   Song Sparrow 54.9% 64.3% 9.4%
9   Ruddy Duck 7.4% 63.5% 56.2%
10   Brant 8.6% 63.2% 54.6%
11   American Herring Gull 31.5% 62.9% 31.4%
12   Northern Shoveler 8.3% 60.2% 51.8%
13   American Black Duck 13.0% 58.1% 45.0%
14   Snowy Egret 4.9% 57.9% 53.0%
15   Eastern Phoebe 36.1% 56.2% 20.1%
16   American Wigeon 2.4% 55.8% 53.3%
17   Gadwall 7.5% 55.3% 47.8%
18   Great Blue Heron 21.9% 53.8% 31.9%
19   White-throated Sparrow 58.7% 52.7% 6.0%
20   Gray Catbird 37.2% 52.7% 15.5%
21   Ring-billed Gull 29.5% 52.7% 23.2%
22   Great Black-backed Gull 17.6% 50.6% 33.0%
23   European Starling 45.8% 50.3% 4.5%
24   Greater Yellowlegs 6.6% 49.5% 42.9%
25   Northern Flicker 38.1% 48.6% 10.6%
26   American Robin 57.8% 48.5% 9.3%
27   Green-winged Teal 6.1% 45.0% 38.9%
28   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 45.1% 44.4% 0.8%
29   Northern Cardinal 45.2% 40.6% 4.6%
30   Laughing Gull 13.2% 40.4% 27.2%
31   Golden-crowned Kinglet 29.6% 39.7% 10.0%
32   Swamp Sparrow 32.8% 37.7% 4.8%
33   Carolina Wren 23.1% 35.0% 11.9%
34   Red-winged Blackbird 15.5% 34.0% 18.6%
35   American Coot 3.7% 33.7% 30.1%
36   Mourning Dove 45.8% 30.5% 15.2%
37   Black-crowned Night-Heron 3.9% 29.8% 25.9%
38   Northern Harrier 5.4% 29.0% 23.6%
39   Pied-billed Grebe 3.4% 28.4% 25.0%
40   Palm Warbler 30.4% 28.3% 2.1%
41   Peregrine Falcon 7.4% 28.0% 20.6%
42   Dark-eyed Junco 26.6% 27.5% 0.9%
43   Common Yellowthroat 25.4% 27.1% 1.7%
44   House Sparrow 46.9% 24.9% 22.0%
45   American Crow 23.4% 24.2% 0.8%
46   Merlin 7.2% 23.6% 16.3%
47   Rock Pigeon 35.8% 23.3% 12.5%
48   Lesser Yellowlegs 2.3% 23.3% 21.0%
49   Northern Pintail 1.6% 23.3% 21.7%
50   Downy Woodpecker 30.1% 22.3% 7.7%
51   Eastern Towhee 20.5% 22.3% 1.9%
52   Blue-winged Teal 0.8% 22.2% 21.4%
53   Sharp-shinned Hawk 9.3% 21.9% 12.6%
54   Greater Scaup 0.4% 19.8% 19.4%
55   Belted Kingfisher 12.7% 19.3% 6.6%
56   American Goldfinch 23.3% 18.7% 4.6%
57   Snow Goose 0.4% 18.7% 18.3%
58   Osprey 11.7% 18.5% 6.9%
59   Dunlin 2.3% 18.1% 15.8%
60   Savannah Sparrow 18.7% 17.5% 1.3%
61   Tree Swallow 5.0% 16.9% 11.9%
62   Bufflehead 1.3% 15.8% 14.5%
63   Cooper's Hawk 14.8% 14.7% 0.1%
64   Black-bellied Plover 3.8% 14.6% 10.8%
65   House Finch 18.1% 14.4% 3.6%
66   Hermit Thrush 24.4% 13.7% 10.7%
67   Cedar Waxwing 9.6% 13.2% 3.6%
68   American Oystercatcher 2.0% 12.8% 10.8%
69   White-crowned Sparrow 10.2% 12.3% 2.1%
70   Boat-tailed Grackle 0.6% 12.3% 11.7%
71   Common Grackle 21.9% 12.0% 9.9%
72   Semipalmated Sandpiper 1.2% 11.9% 10.7%
73   Blue Jay 57.1% 11.6% 45.5%
74   Northern Parula 10.7% 11.6% 0.9%
75   Chipping Sparrow 20.6% 11.2% 9.3%
76   Lesser Scaup 0.3% 10.2% 9.9%
77   Black-capped Chickadee 18.1% 10.0% 8.1%
78   American Kestrel 12.6% 9.6% 3.0%
79   Red-breasted Nuthatch 7.8% 9.6% 1.8%
80   Forster's Tern 2.3% 9.3% 7.0%
81   Brown Creeper 11.2% 9.0% 2.2%
82   Pectoral Sandpiper 0.9% 8.5% 7.6%
83   Killdeer 6.0% 8.4% 2.4%
84   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 1.4% 8.1% 6.7%
85   Hooded Merganser 1.1% 8.1% 6.9%
86   Short-billed Dowitcher 0.5% 8.1% 7.6%
87   Little Blue Heron 0.4% 7.9% 7.5%
88   Pine Warbler 6.3% 7.8% 1.4%
89   Blue-headed Vireo 11.4% 7.6% 3.8%
90   Fish Crow 2.7% 7.3% 4.6%
91   Wood Duck 9.9% 7.0% 3.0%
92   House Wren 8.9% 7.0% 1.9%
93   Field Sparrow 11.3% 6.8% 4.5%
94   Blackpoll Warbler 9.8% 6.8% 3.0%
95   Black-throated Green Warbler 5.2% 6.7% 1.5%
96   American Avocet 0.3% 6.2% 6.0%
97   Brown Thrasher 5.1% 6.1% 1.0%
98   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 22.7% 5.9% 16.8%
99   Black-throated Blue Warbler 12.1% 5.9% 6.2%
100   Black-and-white Warbler 9.1% 5.8% 3.3%
101   Pine Siskin 3.9% 5.8% 1.8%
102   Bald Eagle 5.5% 5.6% 0.1%
103   Caspian Tern 0.4% 5.5% 5.1%
104   Eurasian Wigeon 0.2% 5.5% 5.3%
105   Least Sandpiper 0.6% 5.3% 4.7%
106   Purple Finch 6.7% 5.2% 1.5%
107   American Redstart 7.7% 5.0% 2.7%
108   Semipalmated Plover 1.3% 5.0% 3.7%
109   Magnolia Warbler 7.1% 4.9% 2.2%
110   Lincoln's Sparrow 6.4% 4.6% 1.8%
111   Red-breasted Merganser 0.6% 4.6% 4.0%
112   Northern Waterthrush 2.5% 4.4% 1.9%
113   American White Pelican 0.2% 4.4% 4.2%
114   Hudsonian Godwit 0.2% 4.3% 4.1%
115   Red-bellied Woodpecker 36.0% 4.1% 31.9%
116   Red-tailed Hawk 23.3% 4.1% 19.2%
117   Horned Grebe 0.2% 4.0% 3.7%
118   White-rumped Sandpiper 0.4% 3.8% 3.4%
119   Eastern Wood-Pewee 4.3% 3.6% 0.6%
120   Winter Wren 10.7% 3.5% 7.2%
121   Ring-necked Duck 0.5% 3.5% 3.0%
122   Glossy Ibis 0.1% 3.3% 3.3%
123   Red-eyed Vireo 5.6% 3.2% 2.4%
124   Stilt Sandpiper 0.3% 3.0% 2.8%
125   Long-billed Dowitcher 0.3% 2.9% 2.6%
126   Willet 0.1% 2.9% 2.8%
127   Brown-headed Cowbird 5.6% 2.6% 3.0%
128   Redhead 0.1% 2.6% 2.5%
129   Eared Grebe 0.1% 2.6% 2.5%
130   White-breasted Nuthatch 21.8% 2.4% 19.4%
131   Common Raven 6.3% 2.4% 3.8%
132   Marsh Wren 2.2% 2.3% 0.1%
133   Tundra Swan 0.0% 2.3% 2.3%
134   Tufted Titmouse 20.4% 2.1% 18.3%
135   American Pipit 2.4% 2.1% 0.3%
136   American Golden-Plover 0.7% 2.1% 1.5%
137   Marbled Godwit 0.1% 2.1% 2.0%
138   Great Cormorant 1.1% 2.0% 0.9%
139   Sora 0.5% 2.0% 1.5%
140   Chimney Swift 7.7% 1.8% 5.9%
141   Sanderling 1.6% 1.8% 0.3%
142   Yellow Warbler 1.1% 1.8% 0.8%
143   Tricolored Heron 0.0% 1.8% 1.8%
144   Cape May Warbler 2.5% 1.7% 0.9%
145   Saltmarsh Sparrow 1.4% 1.7% 0.3%
146   Ruddy Turnstone 0.4% 1.7% 1.3%
147   Hairy Woodpecker 7.8% 1.5% 6.3%
148   Nashville Warbler 3.6% 1.5% 2.1%
149   Clapper Rail 1.0% 1.5% 0.5%
150   Black Skimmer 0.6% 1.5% 0.9%
151   Red Knot 0.3% 1.5% 1.2%
152   Black-headed Gull 0.0% 1.5% 1.5%
153   Swainson's Thrush 7.3% 1.4% 6.0%
154   Nelson's Sparrow 2.0% 1.4% 0.6%
155   Royal Tern 3.3% 1.2% 2.1%
156   Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1.5% 1.2% 0.3%
157   Spotted Sandpiper 0.8% 1.2% 0.4%
158   Fox Sparrow 0.7% 1.2% 0.6%
159   Indigo Bunting 4.5% 1.1% 3.4%
160   Clay-colored Sparrow 0.9% 1.1% 0.2%
161   Solitary Sandpiper 0.7% 1.1% 0.4%
162   Common Tern 0.4% 1.1% 0.6%
163   Bonaparte's Gull 0.4% 1.1% 0.7%
164   American Bittern 0.3% 1.1% 0.7%
165   Ovenbird 5.5% 0.9% 4.6%
166   Common Loon 2.1% 0.9% 1.2%
167   Rusty Blackbird 1.4% 0.9% 0.5%
168   Barn Swallow 0.2% 0.9% 0.7%
169   Western Sandpiper 0.1% 0.9% 0.8%
170   Turkey Vulture 9.8% 0.8% 9.0%
171   Great Horned Owl 0.6% 0.8% 0.2%
172   White-eyed Vireo 0.3% 0.8% 0.5%
173   Wilson's Phalarope 0.0% 0.8% 0.7%
174   Ross's Goose 0.0% 0.8% 0.7%
175   Vesper Sparrow 2.2% 0.6% 1.6%
176   Baltimore Oriole 1.2% 0.6% 0.6%
177   Orange-crowned Warbler 1.0% 0.6% 0.4%
178   Chestnut-sided Warbler 0.7% 0.6% 0.1%
179   Prairie Warbler 0.5% 0.6% 0.1%
180   Common Gallinule 0.1% 0.6% 0.5%
181   Red-necked Phalarope 0.0% 0.6% 0.6%
182   Scarlet Tanager 3.6% 0.5% 3.2%
183   Tennessee Warbler 2.4% 0.5% 1.9%
184   Eastern Meadowlark 1.7% 0.5% 1.3%
185   Green Heron 1.2% 0.5% 0.7%
186   Gray-cheeked Thrush 1.1% 0.5% 0.7%
187   American Woodcock 0.9% 0.5% 0.5%
188   Wilson's Snipe 0.8% 0.5% 0.3%
189   Seaside Sparrow 0.3% 0.5% 0.2%
190   Black Swan 0.0% 0.5% 0.4%
191   Monk Parakeet 2.6% 0.3% 2.3%
192   Red-shouldered Hawk 2.0% 0.3% 1.7%
193   Wood Thrush 1.8% 0.3% 1.5%
194   Dickcissel 0.9% 0.3% 0.6%
195   Surf Scoter 0.8% 0.3% 0.5%
196   Red-throated Loon 0.7% 0.3% 0.4%
197   Broad-winged Hawk 0.7% 0.3% 0.4%
198   Bay-breasted Warbler 0.5% 0.3% 0.2%
199   Blackburnian Warbler 0.3% 0.3% 0.0%
200   Hooded Warbler 0.3% 0.3% 0.0%
201   Least Flycatcher 0.2% 0.3% 0.1%
202   Western Cattle-Egret 0.1% 0.3% 0.2%
203   Eastern Kingbird 0.0% 0.3% 0.3%
204   Eastern Bluebird 1.9% 0.2% 1.7%
205   Ring-necked Pheasant 0.5% 0.2% 0.4%
206   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 0.3% 0.2% 0.1%
207   Connecticut Warbler 0.3% 0.2% 0.1%
208   Philadelphia Vireo 0.3% 0.2% 0.1%
209   Virginia Rail 0.2% 0.2% 0.0%
210   Budgerigar 0.1% 0.2% 0.0%
211   Canada Warbler 0.1% 0.2% 0.1%
212   Warbling Vireo 0.1% 0.2% 0.1%
213   Baird's Sandpiper 0.0% 0.2% 0.1%
214   Canvasback 0.0% 0.2% 0.1%
215   Whooper Swan 0% 0.2% 0.2%