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Top Birds at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge in March
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA

based on 624 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge in March. 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 56.5% 85.4% 28.9%
2   Brant 18.5% 83.2% 64.7%
3   Snow Goose 1.5% 78.2% 76.7%
4   Ruddy Duck 14.7% 77.6% 62.9%
5   Red-winged Blackbird 42.8% 74.8% 32.1%
6   Mallard 53.3% 73.4% 20.1%
7   Herring Gull 34.6% 72.9% 38.3%
8   Northern Shoveler 16.3% 71.2% 54.8%
9   Bufflehead 26.5% 69.4% 42.9%
10   Mute Swan 16.4% 68.9% 52.5%
11   Song Sparrow 50.6% 68.8% 18.1%
12   American Black Duck 22.3% 66.5% 44.2%
13   Northern Mockingbird 27.1% 63.0% 35.9%
14   Northern Cardinal 49.5% 61.7% 12.2%
15   Great Black-backed Gull 23.2% 61.4% 38.1%
16   American Robin 58.6% 60.6% 2.0%
17   Ring-billed Gull 42.5% 59.6% 17.1%
18   Red-breasted Merganser 15.9% 52.7% 36.8%
19   Yellow-rumped Warbler 5.3% 51.4% 46.1%
20   Carolina Wren 18.5% 42.6% 24.2%
21   White-throated Sparrow 42.3% 42.1% 0.2%
22   Double-crested Cormorant 16.9% 42.0% 25.1%
23   Gadwall 13.8% 40.5% 26.7%
24   Greater Scaup 5.9% 37.2% 31.3%
25   European Starling 46.4% 35.9% 10.5%
26   Mourning Dove 42.7% 35.7% 6.9%
27   Green-winged Teal 7.5% 34.8% 27.3%
28   Osprey 6.8% 34.8% 28.0%
29   American Crow 24.4% 34.1% 9.7%
30   House Sparrow 44.2% 28.7% 15.5%
31   Fish Crow 13.0% 28.0% 15.1%
32   American Coot 10.3% 26.3% 16.0%
33   Tree Swallow 6.1% 24.4% 18.2%
34   Boat-tailed Grackle 1.8% 23.4% 21.6%
35   Hooded Merganser 14.1% 22.3% 8.1%
36   Downy Woodpecker 31.7% 22.0% 9.8%
37   Common Grackle 33.8% 21.8% 12.0%
38   American Wigeon 6.5% 21.8% 15.3%
39   Lesser Scaup 3.5% 21.2% 17.7%
40   House Finch 15.2% 20.4% 5.1%
41   Northern Harrier 2.9% 19.9% 16.9%
42   Black-capped Chickadee 26.1% 18.9% 7.2%
43   Northern Pintail 2.4% 18.9% 16.5%
44   Horned Grebe 7.3% 18.1% 10.8%
45   Eastern Phoebe 13.9% 16.8% 2.9%
46   American Oystercatcher 5.2% 16.8% 11.6%
47   Dark-eyed Junco 26.6% 16.2% 10.4%
48   Rock Pigeon 30.3% 15.1% 15.2%
49   Northern Flicker 14.0% 14.6% 0.6%
50   American Goldfinch 15.2% 13.6% 1.5%
51   American Tree Sparrow 4.5% 13.1% 8.7%
52   Great Egret 4.5% 12.7% 8.1%
53   Common Goldeneye 3.1% 11.2% 8.1%
54   Great Blue Heron 11.7% 10.3% 1.4%
55   American Woodcock 5.1% 10.3% 5.1%
56   Gray Catbird 1.5% 9.8% 8.2%
57   Golden-crowned Kinglet 8.3% 8.8% 0.6%
58   Brown-headed Cowbird 8.4% 7.7% 0.7%
59   Great Cormorant 3.8% 7.2% 3.5%
60   Wood Duck 12.0% 6.9% 5.1%
61   Fox Sparrow 12.1% 6.2% 5.8%
62   Killdeer 11.1% 5.9% 5.2%
63   Ring-necked Duck 9.4% 5.0% 4.5%
64   Merlin 2.0% 5.0% 3.0%
65   Peregrine Falcon 4.0% 4.5% 0.5%
66   Sharp-shinned Hawk 2.3% 4.5% 2.2%
67   Blue Jay 41.7% 4.2% 37.6%
68   Common Merganser 8.7% 4.2% 4.5%
69   Red-throated Loon 6.8% 4.0% 2.8%
70   Canvasback 2.0% 4.0% 2.0%
71   Hermit Thrush 2.4% 3.8% 1.4%
72   Pied-billed Grebe 5.1% 3.7% 1.4%
73   Redhead 1.4% 3.5% 2.1%
74   Laughing Gull 0.7% 3.5% 2.8%
75   Hairy Woodpecker 8.8% 3.4% 5.5%
76   Common Loon 6.7% 3.2% 3.5%
77   Swamp Sparrow 4.4% 3.2% 1.2%
78   Eastern Towhee 2.2% 3.2% 1.0%
79   Red-tailed Hawk 25.5% 3.0% 22.5%
80   Bald Eagle 4.6% 2.6% 2.1%
81   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2.2% 2.6% 0.4%
82   Snowy Egret 0.5% 2.6% 2.1%
83   Cedar Waxwing 3.1% 2.4% 0.7%
84   Great Horned Owl 1.8% 2.4% 0.6%
85   Turkey Vulture 11.7% 2.2% 9.4%
86   Cooper's Hawk 5.6% 2.2% 3.3%
87   Red-bellied Woodpecker 30.7% 2.1% 28.6%
88   American Kestrel 4.1% 1.9% 2.2%
89   Greater Yellowlegs 1.7% 1.9% 0.2%
90   Black-crowned Night-Heron 1.6% 1.9% 0.4%
91   Field Sparrow 2.4% 1.8% 0.6%
92   Common Redpoll 0.5% 1.8% 1.2%
93   Eurasian Wigeon 0.4% 1.8% 1.4%
94   Tufted Titmouse 24.8% 1.4% 23.3%
95   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 6.6% 1.4% 5.2%
96   Brown Creeper 6.3% 1.4% 4.8%
97   Belted Kingfisher 6.1% 1.4% 4.7%
98   Long-tailed Duck 4.7% 1.4% 3.3%
99   Winter Wren 2.7% 1.1% 1.6%
100   White-breasted Nuthatch 21.0% 1.0% 20.0%
101   Rusty Blackbird 3.3% 1.0% 2.3%
102   Savannah Sparrow 1.0% 1.0% 0.0%
103   Dunlin 0.7% 1.0% 0.3%
104   Blue-winged Teal 0.5% 1.0% 0.5%
105   Snowy Owl 0.4% 1.0% 0.6%
106   Common Raven 4.0% 0.8% 3.2%
107   Red-breasted Nuthatch 1.9% 0.8% 1.1%
108   Glossy Ibis 0.1% 0.8% 0.7%
109   Pine Warbler 3.2% 0.6% 2.5%
110   Chipping Sparrow 1.7% 0.6% 1.1%
111   Ring-necked Pheasant 1.2% 0.6% 0.6%
112   American Pipit 0.2% 0.6% 0.4%
113   Barrow's Goldeneye 0.1% 0.6% 0.6%
114   Wilson's Snipe 1.5% 0.5% 1.0%
115   Sanderling 1.5% 0.5% 1.0%
116   Orange-crowned Warbler 0.2% 0.5% 0.2%
117   Little Blue Heron 0.0% 0.5% 0.5%
118   Lesser Black-backed Gull 0.4% 0.3% 0.1%
119   Eastern Meadowlark 0.4% 0.3% 0.1%
120   Iceland Gull 0.3% 0.3% 0.0%
121   Ross's Goose 0.1% 0.3% 0.3%
122   Long-billed Dowitcher 0.0% 0.3% 0.3%
123   House Wren 0.0% 0.3% 0.3%
124   Red-shouldered Hawk 2.1% 0.2% 1.9%
125   Black Scoter 1.6% 0.2% 1.4%
126   Surf Scoter 1.4% 0.2% 1.2%
127   Red-necked Grebe 1.3% 0.2% 1.1%
128   Pine Siskin 1.2% 0.2% 1.0%
129   Brown Thrasher 0.7% 0.2% 0.6%
130   Palm Warbler 0.6% 0.2% 0.4%
131   Purple Finch 0.3% 0.2% 0.1%
132   Rough-legged Hawk 0.2% 0.2% 0.0%
133   Marsh Wren 0.2% 0.2% 0.0%
134   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 0.1% 0.2% 0.1%
135   Short-eared Owl 0.1% 0.2% 0.1%
136   Purple Martin 0.0% 0.2% 0.1%