Top Birds at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge in October
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA
based on 600 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.
| Rank | Info | Pics | Species | Entire Region | This Location | Difference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Double-crested Cormorant | 31.5% | 80.8% | 49.3% | |||
| 2 | Canada Goose | 40.5% | 80.7% | 40.2% | |||
| 3 | Yellow-rumped Warbler | 50.2% | 79.8% | 29.7% | |||
| 4 | Great Egret | 13.6% | 78.8% | 65.2% | |||
| 5 | Mallard | 38.3% | 76.0% | 37.7% | |||
| 6 | Mute Swan | 10.3% | 70.2% | 59.9% | |||
| 7 | Northern Mockingbird | 36.0% | 65.3% | 29.3% | |||
| 8 | Song Sparrow | 55.1% | 64.7% | 9.5% | |||
| 9 | Brant | 9.1% | 64.5% | 55.4% | |||
| 10 | Ruddy Duck | 7.7% | 64.2% | 56.5% | |||
| 11 | Herring Gull | 32.4% | 63.7% | 31.3% | |||
| 12 | Northern Shoveler | 8.3% | 60.8% | 52.6% | |||
| 13 | American Black Duck | 12.9% | 59.5% | 46.6% | |||
| 14 | Eastern Phoebe | 36.2% | 58.0% | 21.8% | |||
| 15 | Snowy Egret | 5.0% | 57.7% | 52.7% | |||
| 16 | Great Blue Heron | 21.5% | 56.7% | 35.1% | |||
| 17 | American Wigeon | 2.5% | 56.5% | 54.0% | |||
| 18 | Gadwall | 7.6% | 56.0% | 48.4% | |||
| 19 | Gray Catbird | 38.3% | 55.2% | 16.9% | |||
| 20 | Ring-billed Gull | 30.2% | 53.8% | 23.6% | |||
| 21 | White-throated Sparrow | 57.7% | 52.8% | 4.9% | |||
| 22 | European Starling | 46.5% | 52.7% | 6.1% | |||
| 23 | Great Black-backed Gull | 18.6% | 52.3% | 33.7% | |||
| 24 | American Robin | 57.6% | 50.3% | 7.3% | |||
| 25 | Greater Yellowlegs | 6.9% | 49.7% | 42.8% | |||
| 26 | Northern Flicker | 38.5% | 48.8% | 10.4% | |||
| 27 | Ruby-crowned Kinglet | 45.6% | 47.2% | 1.6% | |||
| 28 | Green-winged Teal | 5.6% | 44.7% | 39.1% | |||
| 29 | Golden-crowned Kinglet | 28.8% | 41.3% | 12.6% | |||
| 30 | Laughing Gull | 13.5% | 41.0% | 27.5% | |||
| 31 | Northern Cardinal | 44.5% | 40.8% | 3.7% | |||
| 32 | Swamp Sparrow | 32.7% | 38.2% | 5.4% | |||
| 33 | Red-winged Blackbird | 15.6% | 34.8% | 19.2% | |||
| 34 | American Coot | 4.0% | 34.8% | 30.9% | |||
| 35 | Carolina Wren | 22.1% | 34.7% | 12.5% | |||
| 36 | Mourning Dove | 45.9% | 31.5% | 14.4% | |||
| 37 | Black-crowned Night-Heron | 4.0% | 31.5% | 27.5% | |||
| 38 | Pied-billed Grebe | 3.7% | 29.3% | 25.6% | |||
| 39 | Northern Harrier | 5.7% | 28.8% | 23.2% | |||
| 40 | Palm Warbler | 31.0% | 28.7% | 2.3% | |||
| 41 | Peregrine Falcon | 7.6% | 28.5% | 20.9% | |||
| 42 | Dark-eyed Junco | 26.0% | 27.8% | 1.9% | |||
| 43 | Common Yellowthroat | 26.3% | 27.3% | 1.0% | |||
| 44 | House Sparrow | 47.0% | 25.8% | 21.2% | |||
| 45 | American Crow | 23.3% | 25.8% | 2.5% | |||
| 46 | Merlin | 7.3% | 24.5% | 17.2% | |||
| 47 | Rock Pigeon | 35.6% | 23.5% | 12.1% | |||
| 48 | Eastern Towhee | 20.9% | 23.5% | 2.6% | |||
| 49 | Lesser Yellowlegs | 2.3% | 23.3% | 21.0% | |||
| 50 | Blue-winged Teal | 0.8% | 23.2% | 22.4% | |||
| 51 | Downy Woodpecker | 29.6% | 22.8% | 6.8% | |||
| 52 | Sharp-shinned Hawk | 9.8% | 22.7% | 12.9% | |||
| 53 | Northern Pintail | 1.5% | 22.7% | 21.2% | |||
| 54 | Belted Kingfisher | 13.0% | 20.2% | 7.2% | |||
| 55 | Greater Scaup | 0.4% | 20.2% | 19.8% | |||
| 56 | Snow Goose | 0.4% | 20.0% | 19.6% | |||
| 57 | Osprey | 12.4% | 19.5% | 7.1% | |||
| 58 | American Goldfinch | 23.9% | 19.0% | 4.9% | |||
| 59 | Tree Swallow | 5.6% | 18.5% | 12.9% | |||
| 60 | Dunlin | 2.4% | 18.2% | 15.8% | |||
| 61 | Savannah Sparrow | 19.4% | 18.0% | 1.4% | |||
| 62 | Bufflehead | 1.4% | 16.5% | 15.1% | |||
| 63 | House Finch | 18.0% | 15.3% | 2.7% | |||
| 64 | Cooper's Hawk | 14.6% | 14.3% | 0.2% | |||
| 65 | Cedar Waxwing | 10.1% | 14.2% | 4.1% | |||
| 66 | Black-bellied Plover | 4.0% | 13.8% | 9.9% | |||
| 67 | Hermit Thrush | 23.7% | 13.3% | 10.3% | |||
| 68 | White-crowned Sparrow | 11.2% | 12.8% | 1.6% | |||
| 69 | Boat-tailed Grackle | 0.6% | 12.7% | 12.1% | |||
| 70 | Common Grackle | 21.2% | 12.5% | 8.7% | |||
| 71 | American Oystercatcher | 2.0% | 12.5% | 10.5% | |||
| 72 | Northern Parula | 11.0% | 12.3% | 1.3% | |||
| 73 | Chipping Sparrow | 20.9% | 12.2% | 8.7% | |||
| 74 | Blue Jay | 56.6% | 11.3% | 45.3% | |||
| 75 | Semipalmated Sandpiper | 1.1% | 10.8% | 9.7% | |||
| 76 | Black-capped Chickadee | 18.4% | 10.7% | 7.7% | |||
| 77 | Lesser Scaup | 0.3% | 10.5% | 10.2% | |||
| 78 | Red-breasted Nuthatch | 7.9% | 10.2% | 2.3% | |||
| 79 | Brown Creeper | 10.7% | 9.8% | 0.8% | |||
| 80 | American Kestrel | 12.9% | 9.7% | 3.3% | |||
| 81 | Little Blue Heron | 0.4% | 8.8% | 8.4% | |||
| 82 | Forster's Tern | 2.4% | 8.7% | 6.3% | |||
| 83 | Hooded Merganser | 1.1% | 8.7% | 7.6% | |||
| 84 | Short-billed Dowitcher | 0.5% | 8.7% | 8.2% | |||
| 85 | Pine Warbler | 6.6% | 8.5% | 1.9% | |||
| 86 | Yellow-crowned Night-Heron | 1.4% | 8.3% | 6.9% | |||
| 87 | Pectoral Sandpiper | 0.9% | 8.2% | 7.2% | |||
| 88 | Fish Crow | 2.5% | 8.0% | 5.5% | |||
| 89 | Blue-headed Vireo | 11.2% | 7.8% | 3.4% | |||
| 90 | Field Sparrow | 11.5% | 7.5% | 4.0% | |||
| 91 | Wood Duck | 9.9% | 7.5% | 2.4% | |||
| 92 | Blackpoll Warbler | 10.2% | 7.2% | 3.1% | |||
| 93 | House Wren | 9.2% | 7.2% | 2.1% | |||
| 94 | Black-throated Green Warbler | 5.6% | 7.2% | 1.6% | |||
| 95 | Brown Thrasher | 5.4% | 6.5% | 1.1% | |||
| 96 | Pine Siskin | 4.5% | 6.5% | 2.0% | |||
| 97 | Black-throated Blue Warbler | 12.1% | 6.3% | 5.7% | |||
| 98 | Black-and-white Warbler | 9.5% | 6.3% | 3.1% | |||
| 99 | Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | 22.9% | 6.0% | 16.9% | |||
| 100 | Killdeer | 6.1% | 6.0% | 0.1% | |||
| 101 | Eurasian Wigeon | 0.2% | 5.8% | 5.6% | |||
| 102 | Purple Finch | 7.0% | 5.7% | 1.3% | |||
| 103 | American Redstart | 7.9% | 5.3% | 2.6% | |||
| 104 | Magnolia Warbler | 7.6% | 5.3% | 2.3% | |||
| 105 | American Avocet | 0.2% | 5.3% | 5.1% | |||
| 106 | Lincoln's Sparrow | 6.8% | 4.8% | 2.0% | |||
| 107 | Bald Eagle | 5.4% | 4.8% | 0.5% | |||
| 108 | Red-breasted Merganser | 0.6% | 4.8% | 4.3% | |||
| 109 | Least Sandpiper | 0.7% | 4.7% | 4.0% | |||
| 110 | Hudsonian Godwit | 0.2% | 4.7% | 4.4% | |||
| 111 | Red-bellied Woodpecker | 35.3% | 4.5% | 30.8% | |||
| 112 | Northern Waterthrush | 2.4% | 4.5% | 2.1% | |||
| 113 | Caspian Tern | 0.4% | 4.5% | 4.1% | |||
| 114 | Red-tailed Hawk | 22.7% | 4.3% | 18.4% | |||
| 115 | Horned Grebe | 0.3% | 4.2% | 3.9% | |||
| 116 | Semipalmated Plover | 1.3% | 4.0% | 2.7% | |||
| 117 | Winter Wren | 10.0% | 3.8% | 6.2% | |||
| 118 | Eastern Wood-Pewee | 4.4% | 3.8% | 0.6% | |||
| 119 | Glossy Ibis | 0.1% | 3.7% | 3.6% | |||
| 120 | Ring-necked Duck | 0.5% | 3.5% | 3.0% | |||
| 121 | Red-eyed Vireo | 5.7% | 3.3% | 2.4% | |||
| 122 | White-rumped Sandpiper | 0.4% | 3.3% | 2.9% | |||
| 123 | American White Pelican | 0.1% | 3.3% | 3.2% | |||
| 124 | Long-billed Dowitcher | 0.3% | 3.2% | 2.9% | |||
| 125 | Willet | 0.1% | 3.0% | 2.9% | |||
| 126 | Brown-headed Cowbird | 5.8% | 2.8% | 3.0% | |||
| 127 | Eared Grebe | 0.1% | 2.8% | 2.8% | |||
| 128 | Redhead | 0.1% | 2.7% | 2.6% | |||
| 129 | White-breasted Nuthatch | 20.4% | 2.5% | 17.9% | |||
| 130 | Stilt Sandpiper | 0.3% | 2.5% | 2.2% | |||
| 131 | Tundra Swan | 0.0% | 2.5% | 2.5% | |||
| 132 | Tufted Titmouse | 19.1% | 2.3% | 16.8% | |||
| 133 | Common Raven | 5.8% | 2.3% | 3.5% | |||
| 134 | Marsh Wren | 2.3% | 2.2% | 0.1% | |||
| 135 | Great Cormorant | 1.2% | 2.2% | 1.0% | |||
| 136 | Sora | 0.5% | 2.2% | 1.7% | |||
| 137 | American Pipit | 2.4% | 2.0% | 0.4% | |||
| 138 | Yellow Warbler | 1.2% | 2.0% | 0.8% | |||
| 139 | Tricolored Heron | 0.0% | 2.0% | 2.0% | |||
| 140 | Chimney Swift | 8.6% | 1.8% | 6.7% | |||
| 141 | Cape May Warbler | 2.7% | 1.8% | 0.9% | |||
| 142 | Sanderling | 1.7% | 1.8% | 0.1% | |||
| 143 | Ruddy Turnstone | 0.4% | 1.8% | 1.4% | |||
| 144 | Nashville Warbler | 3.6% | 1.7% | 1.9% | |||
| 145 | Red Knot | 0.3% | 1.7% | 1.3% | |||
| 146 | Black-headed Gull | 0.0% | 1.7% | 1.6% | |||
| 147 | Hairy Woodpecker | 7.8% | 1.5% | 6.3% | |||
| 148 | Swainson's Thrush | 7.6% | 1.5% | 6.1% | |||
| 149 | Saltmarsh Sparrow | 1.5% | 1.5% | 0.0% | |||
| 150 | Marbled Godwit | 0.0% | 1.5% | 1.5% | |||
| 151 | Nelson's Sparrow | 2.1% | 1.3% | 0.8% | |||
| 152 | Yellow-billed Cuckoo | 1.3% | 1.3% | 0.0% | |||
| 153 | Spotted Sandpiper | 0.9% | 1.3% | 0.5% | |||
| 154 | Fox Sparrow | 0.6% | 1.2% | 0.6% | |||
| 155 | Common Tern | 0.5% | 1.2% | 0.7% | |||
| 156 | Bonaparte's Gull | 0.4% | 1.2% | 0.8% | |||
| 157 | American Bittern | 0.3% | 1.2% | 0.9% | |||
| 158 | Ovenbird | 5.5% | 1.0% | 4.5% | |||
| 159 | Indigo Bunting | 4.8% | 1.0% | 3.8% | |||
| 160 | Clapper Rail | 1.0% | 1.0% | 0.0% | |||
| 161 | Clay-colored Sparrow | 0.9% | 1.0% | 0.1% | |||
| 162 | Solitary Sandpiper | 0.7% | 1.0% | 0.3% | |||
| 163 | American Golden-Plover | 0.6% | 1.0% | 0.4% | |||
| 164 | Barn Swallow | 0.2% | 1.0% | 0.8% | |||
| 165 | Western Sandpiper | 0.1% | 1.0% | 0.9% | |||
| 166 | Common Loon | 2.3% | 0.8% | 1.5% | |||
| 167 | Rusty Blackbird | 1.4% | 0.8% | 0.6% | |||
| 168 | Great Horned Owl | 0.6% | 0.8% | 0.2% | |||
| 169 | Black Skimmer | 0.6% | 0.8% | 0.3% | |||
| 170 | Wilson's Phalarope | 0.0% | 0.8% | 0.8% | |||
| 171 | Ross's Goose | 0.0% | 0.8% | 0.8% | |||
| 172 | Turkey Vulture | 9.7% | 0.7% | 9.0% | |||
| 173 | Royal Tern | 3.4% | 0.7% | 2.8% | |||
| 174 | Vesper Sparrow | 2.4% | 0.7% | 1.7% | |||
| 175 | Orange-crowned Warbler | 1.0% | 0.7% | 0.3% | |||
| 176 | Chestnut-sided Warbler | 0.8% | 0.7% | 0.1% | |||
| 177 | Prairie Warbler | 0.5% | 0.7% | 0.1% | |||
| 178 | White-eyed Vireo | 0.3% | 0.7% | 0.4% | |||
| 179 | Common Gallinule | 0.2% | 0.7% | 0.5% | |||
| 180 | Scarlet Tanager | 3.5% | 0.5% | 3.0% | |||
| 181 | Tennessee Warbler | 2.5% | 0.5% | 2.0% | |||
| 182 | Eastern Meadowlark | 1.8% | 0.5% | 1.3% | |||
| 183 | Gray-cheeked Thrush | 1.2% | 0.5% | 0.7% | |||
| 184 | Baltimore Oriole | 1.2% | 0.5% | 0.7% | |||
| 185 | Green Heron | 1.1% | 0.5% | 0.6% | |||
| 186 | American Woodcock | 0.9% | 0.5% | 0.4% | |||
| 187 | Seaside Sparrow | 0.3% | 0.5% | 0.2% | |||
| 188 | Black Swan | 0.0% | 0.5% | 0.5% | |||
| 189 | Red-necked Phalarope | 0.0% | 0.5% | 0.5% | |||
| 190 | Monk Parakeet | 2.3% | 0.3% | 2.0% | |||
| 191 | Red-shouldered Hawk | 2.0% | 0.3% | 1.6% | |||
| 192 | Wood Thrush | 1.8% | 0.3% | 1.5% | |||
| 193 | Dickcissel | 0.9% | 0.3% | 0.6% | |||
| 194 | Wilson's Snipe | 0.8% | 0.3% | 0.5% | |||
| 195 | Red-throated Loon | 0.7% | 0.3% | 0.4% | |||
| 196 | Broad-winged Hawk | 0.7% | 0.3% | 0.4% | |||
| 197 | Bay-breasted Warbler | 0.5% | 0.3% | 0.2% | |||
| 198 | Blackburnian Warbler | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.0% | |||
| 199 | Least Flycatcher | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.1% | |||
| 200 | Hooded Warbler | 0.2% | 0.3% | 0.1% | |||
| 201 | Cattle Egret | 0.1% | 0.3% | 0.2% | |||
| 202 | Eastern Kingbird | 0.0% | 0.3% | 0.3% | |||
| 203 | Eastern Bluebird | 1.9% | 0.2% | 1.7% | |||
| 204 | Ring-necked Pheasant | 0.6% | 0.2% | 0.4% | |||
| 205 | Blue-gray Gnatcatcher | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.1% | |||
| 206 | Philadelphia Vireo | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.1% | |||
| 207 | Virginia Rail | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.0% | |||
| 208 | Budgerigar | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.0% | |||
| 209 | Canada Warbler | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.1% | |||
| 210 | Warbling Vireo | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.1% | |||
| 211 | Baird's Sandpiper | 0.0% | 0.2% | 0.1% | |||
| 212 | Canvasback | 0.0% | 0.2% | 0.2% | |||
| 213 | Whooper Swan | 0% | 0.2% | 0.2% |