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

based on 350 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge in December. 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 51.5% 88.0% 36.5%
2   Mallard 47.4% 78.6% 31.2%
3   Brant 18.2% 78.3% 60.1%
4   Ruddy Duck 15.0% 74.9% 59.8%
5   American Herring Gull 41.3% 67.7% 26.4%
6   American Black Duck 26.3% 66.6% 40.3%
7   Ring-billed Gull 49.1% 61.7% 12.6%
8   Northern Mockingbird 28.3% 61.1% 32.9%
9   Bufflehead 27.6% 60.3% 32.7%
10   Hooded Merganser 18.5% 59.1% 40.7%
11   Northern Shoveler 14.3% 58.0% 43.7%
12   Northern Cardinal 40.3% 57.7% 17.4%
13   Great Black-backed Gull 28.4% 57.1% 28.8%
14   Gadwall 14.9% 56.0% 41.1%
15   White-throated Sparrow 49.1% 55.1% 6.0%
16   Yellow-rumped Warbler 6.5% 54.9% 48.3%
17   Snow Goose 1.8% 54.9% 53.0%
18   Mute Swan 13.5% 53.4% 39.9%
19   Double-crested Cormorant 17.3% 52.6% 35.2%
20   Song Sparrow 37.0% 52.3% 15.3%
21   American Wigeon 5.8% 50.3% 44.5%
22   Red-breasted Merganser 14.4% 48.3% 33.8%
23   European Starling 38.7% 48.0% 9.3%
24   Great Blue Heron 19.9% 45.7% 25.8%
25   American Coot 10.0% 44.0% 34.0%
26   Greater Scaup 6.5% 40.9% 34.4%
27   Green-winged Teal 5.0% 37.4% 32.4%
28   Carolina Wren 19.1% 35.1% 16.1%
29   House Finch 16.4% 35.1% 18.7%
30   American Robin 30.2% 32.9% 2.7%
31   Northern Harrier 4.7% 32.3% 27.6%
32   Northern Pintail 3.0% 30.3% 27.3%
33   Downy Woodpecker 30.8% 27.4% 3.4%
34   American Tree Sparrow 6.1% 25.1% 19.0%
35   American Crow 20.7% 24.9% 4.1%
36   Gray Catbird 3.6% 24.6% 21.0%
37   Northern Flicker 10.8% 23.7% 12.9%
38   House Sparrow 38.9% 23.4% 15.5%
39   Mourning Dove 36.8% 23.1% 13.6%
40   Lesser Scaup 3.5% 22.3% 18.8%
41   Horned Grebe 5.0% 21.1% 16.1%
42   Rock Pigeon 31.2% 18.9% 12.3%
43   Dark-eyed Junco 24.0% 18.9% 5.2%
44   American Goldfinch 20.1% 18.6% 1.6%
45   Black-capped Chickadee 25.7% 17.7% 8.0%
46   Peregrine Falcon 5.5% 16.3% 10.7%
47   Pied-billed Grebe 5.0% 16.0% 11.0%
48   Great Egret 1.4% 15.1% 13.7%
49   Swamp Sparrow 8.0% 14.6% 6.5%
50   Cedar Waxwing 3.4% 11.7% 8.3%
51   Red-tailed Hawk 24.8% 10.9% 13.9%
52   Red-winged Blackbird 9.2% 10.6% 1.3%
53   Cooper's Hawk 11.3% 10.3% 1.0%
54   Fox Sparrow 9.9% 9.4% 0.5%
55   Canvasback 2.1% 9.4% 7.3%
56   Hermit Thrush 5.7% 8.9% 3.1%
57   Greater Yellowlegs 1.5% 8.9% 7.3%
58   Redhead 1.2% 8.9% 7.7%
59   Common Goldeneye 3.7% 8.0% 4.3%
60   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 5.7% 7.7% 2.0%
61   Dunlin 1.6% 7.1% 5.6%
62   Golden-crowned Kinglet 4.6% 6.9% 2.2%
63   Black-crowned Night-Heron 1.5% 6.0% 4.5%
64   Fish Crow 5.5% 5.7% 0.2%
65   Common Merganser 4.8% 5.7% 0.9%
66   Boat-tailed Grackle 0.2% 5.7% 5.5%
67   Common Loon 8.6% 5.4% 3.2%
68   Bald Eagle 5.0% 5.4% 0.4%
69   Ring-necked Duck 3.9% 5.4% 1.5%
70   Common Grackle 5.4% 5.1% 0.2%
71   Merlin 2.4% 4.9% 2.5%
72   Blue Jay 40.4% 4.3% 36.1%
73   Belted Kingfisher 9.4% 4.3% 5.2%
74   American Woodcock 0.6% 4.3% 3.7%
75   Common Raven 4.9% 4.0% 0.9%
76   Sharp-shinned Hawk 3.2% 4.0% 0.8%
77   Red-throated Loon 6.5% 3.7% 2.8%
78   Orange-crowned Warbler 2.0% 3.7% 1.7%
79   American Pipit 1.0% 3.7% 2.7%
80   Winter Wren 4.8% 3.4% 1.4%
81   Tree Swallow 0.8% 3.1% 2.3%
82   Red-bellied Woodpecker 29.2% 2.9% 26.3%
83   Great Cormorant 3.6% 2.9% 0.7%
84   Eastern Towhee 2.4% 2.9% 0.4%
85   Chipping Sparrow 1.4% 2.9% 1.5%
86   Hairy Woodpecker 9.3% 2.6% 6.8%
87   Purple Finch 1.4% 2.6% 1.1%
88   Eurasian Wigeon 0.4% 2.6% 2.2%
89   Savannah Sparrow 2.1% 2.3% 0.2%
90   Long-billed Dowitcher 0.0% 2.3% 2.3%
91   Eared Grebe 0.0% 2.3% 2.3%
92   Killdeer 2.1% 2.0% 0.1%
93   Clapper Rail 0.2% 2.0% 1.8%
94   American Kestrel 6.0% 1.7% 4.3%
95   Sanderling 3.3% 1.7% 1.6%
96   Horned Lark 2.6% 1.7% 0.9%
97   Field Sparrow 1.8% 1.7% 0.1%
98   Snowy Owl 1.0% 1.4% 0.5%
99   American Bittern 0.2% 1.4% 1.3%
100   Tufted Titmouse 22.4% 1.1% 21.3%
101   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 8.6% 1.1% 7.4%
102   Wood Duck 4.1% 1.1% 3.0%
103   Pine Siskin 0.9% 1.1% 0.2%
104   Laughing Gull 0.6% 1.1% 0.5%
105   Rough-legged Hawk 0.2% 1.1% 0.9%
106   Little Blue Heron 0.0% 1.1% 1.1%
107   Red-breasted Nuthatch 2.6% 0.9% 1.8%
108   Black-bellied Plover 1.2% 0.9% 0.4%
109   Marsh Wren 0.3% 0.9% 0.5%
110   Short-eared Owl 0.1% 0.9% 0.7%
111   Blue-winged Teal 0.1% 0.9% 0.8%
112   White-breasted Nuthatch 21.3% 0.6% 20.7%
113   Long-tailed Duck 6.1% 0.6% 5.6%
114   Brown Creeper 4.3% 0.6% 3.7%
115   Snow Bunting 2.0% 0.6% 1.4%
116   Red-shouldered Hawk 1.9% 0.6% 1.4%
117   Brown-headed Cowbird 1.7% 0.6% 1.1%
118   Bonaparte's Gull 1.6% 0.6% 1.0%
119   Common Yellowthroat 0.6% 0.6% 0.0%
120   Eastern Phoebe 0.5% 0.6% 0.1%
121   Brown Thrasher 0.5% 0.6% 0.1%
122   Baltimore Oriole 0.4% 0.6% 0.1%
123   House Wren 0.1% 0.6% 0.4%
124   American White Pelican 0.1% 0.6% 0.5%
125   Evening Grosbeak 0.1% 0.6% 0.5%
126   American Avocet 0.0% 0.6% 0.5%
127   Glossy Ibis 0.0% 0.6% 0.6%
128   Turkey Vulture 5.4% 0.3% 5.1%
129   Northern Gannet 2.9% 0.3% 2.7%
130   Black Scoter 2.9% 0.3% 2.7%
131   Surf Scoter 2.6% 0.3% 2.3%
132   White-winged Scoter 2.1% 0.3% 1.8%
133   Rusty Blackbird 1.9% 0.3% 1.6%
134   White-crowned Sparrow 0.7% 0.3% 0.4%
135   King Eider 0.5% 0.3% 0.3%
136   Ash-throated Flycatcher 0.5% 0.3% 0.2%
137   Red-necked Grebe 0.5% 0.3% 0.2%
138   Lapland Longspur 0.4% 0.3% 0.1%
139   Yellow-breasted Chat 0.4% 0.3% 0.1%
140   Lesser Yellowlegs 0.1% 0.3% 0.2%
141   American Goshawk 0.1% 0.3% 0.2%
142   Snowy Egret 0.1% 0.3% 0.2%
143   Tundra Swan 0.0% 0.3% 0.3%
144   Seaside Sparrow 0.0% 0.3% 0.3%
145   Least Sandpiper 0.0% 0.3% 0.3%