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

based on 878 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge in June. 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   Laughing Gull 25.5% 88.4% 62.9%
2   Yellow Warbler 30.1% 86.8% 56.7%
3   Tree Swallow 27.8% 86.3% 58.5%
4   Red-winged Blackbird 54.7% 86.0% 31.3%
5   Gray Catbird 54.5% 85.4% 31.0%
6   Osprey 24.5% 85.2% 60.7%
7   Canada Goose 37.2% 81.8% 44.5%
8   Glossy Ibis 7.4% 80.2% 72.8%
9   Double-crested Cormorant 38.8% 78.4% 39.6%
10   Great Egret 33.4% 78.2% 44.8%
11   American Robin 69.4% 77.9% 8.5%
12   Mute Swan 10.9% 77.7% 66.8%
13   Mallard 44.5% 77.1% 32.6%
14   Herring Gull 34.8% 73.8% 39.0%
15   Northern Mockingbird 36.8% 72.6% 35.8%
16   Song Sparrow 44.0% 70.4% 26.4%
17   Northern Cardinal 47.5% 67.5% 20.1%
18   House Wren 17.9% 67.3% 49.4%
19   Snowy Egret 16.8% 67.3% 50.5%
20   Black-crowned Night-Heron 19.1% 65.8% 46.8%
21   Cedar Waxwing 31.0% 64.0% 33.0%
22   Eastern Towhee 8.7% 62.4% 53.8%
23   European Starling 57.6% 60.5% 2.8%
24   Great Black-backed Gull 23.4% 60.5% 37.1%
25   American Oystercatcher 15.8% 55.8% 40.0%
26   Forster's Tern 10.0% 55.5% 45.5%
27   Mourning Dove 49.2% 54.6% 5.3%
28   Common Yellowthroat 21.4% 53.6% 32.2%
29   Barn Swallow 43.1% 52.5% 9.4%
30   Willet 11.2% 50.2% 39.1%
31   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 8.7% 50.2% 41.6%
32   Gadwall 6.5% 49.0% 42.5%
33   Willow Flycatcher 13.1% 48.3% 35.2%
34   Boat-tailed Grackle 7.4% 47.8% 40.4%
35   House Sparrow 56.3% 46.7% 9.6%
36   Brown Thrasher 4.8% 45.1% 40.3%
37   American Black Duck 5.4% 43.4% 38.0%
38   Carolina Wren 16.2% 41.8% 25.6%
39   Common Tern 15.9% 41.7% 25.8%
40   Common Grackle 50.4% 40.8% 9.6%
41   American Goldfinch 21.8% 36.8% 15.0%
42   Fish Crow 12.3% 35.5% 23.3%
43   American Redstart 8.3% 35.0% 26.6%
44   Ruddy Duck 1.3% 34.3% 33.0%
45   Least Tern 10.9% 32.0% 21.1%
46   Brown-headed Cowbird 14.5% 31.8% 17.3%
47   House Finch 15.7% 28.2% 12.5%
48   Ring-billed Gull 15.4% 23.8% 8.4%
49   American Crow 15.0% 23.3% 8.3%
50   Great Blue Heron 10.9% 23.2% 12.4%
51   Rock Pigeon 33.3% 21.8% 11.6%
52   Semipalmated Sandpiper 4.3% 20.3% 16.0%
53   Black Skimmer 8.6% 19.2% 10.6%
54   Brant 2.7% 16.9% 14.2%
55   Killdeer 15.6% 15.6% 0.0%
56   Little Blue Heron 2.2% 15.6% 13.4%
57   Clapper Rail 5.7% 14.6% 8.8%
58   Great Crested Flycatcher 10.0% 14.4% 4.4%
59   Gull-billed Tern 1.6% 12.4% 10.8%
60   Green Heron 7.0% 11.3% 4.3%
61   Chimney Swift 25.6% 11.2% 14.5%
62   Marsh Wren 8.5% 10.9% 2.5%
63   Northern Flicker 20.1% 10.7% 9.4%
64   White-eyed Vireo 1.6% 10.6% 8.9%
65   Greater Yellowlegs 1.5% 10.5% 9.0%
66   Yellow-billed Cuckoo 2.6% 9.9% 7.3%
67   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 2.5% 9.9% 7.4%
68   Tricolored Heron 0.7% 8.2% 7.5%
69   Downy Woodpecker 18.2% 8.1% 10.1%
70   Wood Duck 7.7% 8.1% 0.4%
71   Northern Shoveler 0.2% 7.3% 7.0%
72   Warbling Vireo 23.9% 7.1% 16.8%
73   Purple Martin 3.4% 6.4% 3.0%
74   Eastern Wood-Pewee 9.6% 5.9% 3.7%
75   Semipalmated Plover 1.5% 5.8% 4.3%
76   Least Bittern 0.7% 5.6% 4.9%
77   Greater Scaup 0.3% 5.5% 5.2%
78   Long-tailed Duck 0.3% 5.2% 4.9%
79   White-rumped Sandpiper 0.6% 5.1% 4.5%
80   Eastern Kingbird 13.5% 5.0% 8.5%
81   Blue Jay 31.0% 4.4% 26.5%
82   Lesser Yellowlegs 0.3% 4.3% 4.0%
83   Peregrine Falcon 3.9% 4.1% 0.2%
84   Red-eyed Vireo 11.4% 3.9% 7.5%
85   Spotted Sandpiper 3.9% 3.8% 0.1%
86   Red-breasted Merganser 0.5% 3.4% 2.9%
87   Baltimore Oriole 24.3% 3.3% 21.0%
88   Dunlin 0.4% 3.3% 2.9%
89   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 9.3% 3.2% 6.1%
90   Black-capped Chickadee 7.8% 3.2% 4.7%
91   Ruddy Turnstone 1.4% 3.2% 1.8%
92   Blue-winged Teal 0.2% 3.0% 2.7%
93   White-faced Ibis 0.1% 3.0% 2.9%
94   Snow Goose 0.1% 2.5% 2.4%
95   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 3.3% 2.4% 0.9%
96   Black-headed Gull 0.1% 2.4% 2.3%
97   Eastern Phoebe 2.6% 2.3% 0.3%
98   Acadian Flycatcher 1.2% 2.2% 1.0%
99   Least Sandpiper 0.6% 2.1% 1.5%
100   Black-bellied Plover 1.3% 1.9% 0.6%
101   Lesser Scaup 0.1% 1.8% 1.7%
102   Sanderling 1.8% 1.7% 0.1%
103   Common Loon 1.2% 1.7% 0.6%
104   Short-billed Dowitcher 0.4% 1.7% 1.3%
105   Bonaparte's Gull 0.3% 1.7% 1.4%
106   American Woodcock 0.3% 1.5% 1.2%
107   Wood Thrush 9.7% 1.4% 8.3%
108   Black-billed Cuckoo 0.5% 1.4% 0.9%
109   Bank Swallow 3.7% 1.3% 2.5%
110   Wilson's Phalarope 0.1% 1.3% 1.1%
111   Indigo Bunting 6.7% 1.1% 5.5%
112   Bald Eagle 1.6% 1.1% 0.5%
113   Savannah Sparrow 0.8% 1.1% 0.3%
114   American Wigeon 0.0% 1.1% 1.1%
115   Red-tailed Hawk 11.5% 1.0% 10.5%
116   Chipping Sparrow 7.8% 1.0% 6.8%
117   Swamp Sparrow 2.3% 1.0% 1.3%
118   Blackpoll Warbler 1.6% 1.0% 0.6%
119   Common Raven 1.5% 1.0% 0.4%
120   Red-bellied Woodpecker 21.3% 0.9% 20.4%
121   Green-winged Teal 0.1% 0.9% 0.8%
122   Tufted Titmouse 9.2% 0.8% 8.4%
123   Veery 1.7% 0.8% 0.9%
124   American Coot 0.3% 0.8% 0.4%
125   Fulvous Whistling-Duck 0.0% 0.8% 0.8%
126   Turkey Vulture 6.4% 0.7% 5.8%
127   Ovenbird 1.6% 0.7% 1.0%
128   Red Knot 0.5% 0.7% 0.1%
129   Cattle Egret 0.1% 0.7% 0.6%
130   Black-necked Stilt 0.0% 0.7% 0.6%
131   Ruff 0.0% 0.7% 0.7%
132   White-winged Dove 0.0% 0.7% 0.7%
133   Field Sparrow 1.8% 0.6% 1.2%
134   Hooded Merganser 0.2% 0.6% 0.4%
135   Northern Harrier 0.1% 0.6% 0.4%
136   Red-necked Phalarope 0.0% 0.6% 0.5%
137   Hairy Woodpecker 5.7% 0.5% 5.3%
138   Scarlet Tanager 2.7% 0.5% 2.2%
139   Cooper's Hawk 1.0% 0.5% 0.5%
140   Black-and-white Warbler 0.6% 0.5% 0.1%
141   Mourning Warbler 0.6% 0.5% 0.1%
142   Great Horned Owl 0.6% 0.5% 0.1%
143   Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 0.2% 0.5% 0.2%
144   Whimbrel 0.1% 0.5% 0.4%
145   Orchard Oriole 7.1% 0.3% 6.8%
146   Belted Kingfisher 1.9% 0.3% 1.6%
147   Lesser Black-backed Gull 0.6% 0.3% 0.3%
148   Common Gallinule 0.2% 0.3% 0.2%
149   Least Flycatcher 0.2% 0.3% 0.2%
150   Summer Tanager 0.1% 0.3% 0.2%
151   Stilt Sandpiper 0.1% 0.3% 0.3%
152   Sandwich Tern 0.0% 0.3% 0.3%
153   Solitary Sandpiper 0.0% 0.3% 0.3%
154   Egyptian Goose 0% 0.3% 0.3%
155   Seaside Sparrow 1.4% 0.2% 1.1%
156   Blue-winged Warbler 1.0% 0.2% 0.8%
157   Magnolia Warbler 0.6% 0.2% 0.4%
158   Bufflehead 0.2% 0.2% 0.0%
159   Canada Warbler 0.2% 0.2% 0.0%
160   Northern Pintail 0.1% 0.2% 0.1%
161   Prairie Warbler 0.1% 0.2% 0.1%
162   Eurasian Wigeon 0% 0.2% 0.2%
163   White-breasted Nuthatch 6.8% 0.1% 6.7%
164   Saltmarsh Sparrow 2.7% 0.1% 2.6%
165   Monk Parakeet 2.3% 0.1% 2.1%
166   White-throated Sparrow 1.5% 0.1% 1.4%
167   Black Vulture 1.3% 0.1% 1.2%
168   Cliff Swallow 1.0% 0.1% 0.9%
169   Black Tern 0.5% 0.1% 0.4%
170   Virginia Rail 0.2% 0.1% 0.1%
171   European Goldfinch 0.2% 0.1% 0.1%
172   Chestnut-sided Warbler 0.2% 0.1% 0.1%
173   Black-throated Green Warbler 0.2% 0.1% 0.1%
174   Red-breasted Nuthatch 0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
175   Pied-billed Grebe 0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
176   Wilson's Warbler 0.1% 0.1% 0.1%
177   Budgerigar 0.1% 0.1% 0.1%
178   Hermit Thrush 0.0% 0.1% 0.1%