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

based on 1084 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge in July. 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 32.8% 83.6% 50.7%
2   Great Egret 40.1% 81.5% 41.3%
3   Glossy Ibis 8.0% 79.2% 71.2%
4   Double-crested Cormorant 44.0% 78.2% 34.2%
5   Red-winged Blackbird 51.0% 77.8% 26.8%
6   Canada Goose 38.8% 77.6% 38.7%
7   Mute Swan 12.1% 77.2% 65.1%
8   Gray Catbird 52.8% 76.4% 23.6%
9   Osprey 26.8% 75.9% 49.1%
10   Snowy Egret 23.6% 74.9% 51.3%
11   Yellow Warbler 23.8% 74.4% 50.5%
12   Mallard 38.8% 70.8% 32.0%
13   Herring Gull 41.0% 70.2% 29.2%
14   Northern Mockingbird 41.0% 67.3% 26.2%
15   Black-crowned Night-Heron 20.5% 67.2% 46.7%
16   Forster's Tern 16.2% 65.3% 49.1%
17   Barn Swallow 49.3% 63.9% 14.6%
18   American Robin 65.6% 63.1% 2.5%
19   Tree Swallow 23.0% 62.8% 39.8%
20   Song Sparrow 48.8% 61.8% 13.0%
21   European Starling 54.4% 61.7% 7.3%
22   Great Black-backed Gull 27.3% 61.3% 34.0%
23   Common Tern 21.8% 60.0% 38.1%
24   Great Blue Heron 27.1% 59.6% 32.5%
25   Lesser Yellowlegs 7.9% 55.9% 48.0%
26   Greater Yellowlegs 10.4% 55.0% 44.5%
27   Northern Cardinal 46.2% 53.3% 7.2%
28   Least Sandpiper 16.6% 53.1% 36.5%
29   Eastern Towhee 9.2% 53.0% 43.8%
30   Short-billed Dowitcher 6.9% 52.9% 45.9%
31   American Oystercatcher 15.6% 52.3% 36.7%
32   House Wren 16.6% 49.7% 33.2%
33   Cedar Waxwing 22.6% 48.2% 25.5%
34   Boat-tailed Grackle 6.5% 46.2% 39.7%
35   Semipalmated Sandpiper 12.9% 45.8% 32.9%
36   Common Yellowthroat 17.1% 45.4% 28.3%
37   Mourning Dove 51.3% 44.0% 7.3%
38   American Black Duck 7.6% 44.0% 36.4%
39   Least Tern 14.0% 43.5% 29.5%
40   House Sparrow 56.3% 43.2% 13.1%
41   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 10.8% 42.9% 32.1%
42   Willow Flycatcher 11.0% 42.5% 31.5%
43   American Goldfinch 31.6% 40.5% 8.9%
44   Spotted Sandpiper 13.7% 39.6% 25.9%
45   Ring-billed Gull 26.8% 38.2% 11.4%
46   Carolina Wren 19.4% 37.3% 17.9%
47   Fish Crow 13.4% 36.3% 23.0%
48   Killdeer 19.5% 36.0% 16.5%
49   Gadwall 4.6% 35.1% 30.6%
50   Brown Thrasher 3.8% 33.4% 29.6%
51   Black Skimmer 9.9% 33.1% 23.2%
52   Common Grackle 36.3% 30.0% 6.3%
53   Marsh Wren 12.9% 28.7% 15.8%
54   Stilt Sandpiper 1.5% 28.7% 27.2%
55   Rock Pigeon 34.4% 28.6% 5.8%
56   Semipalmated Plover 7.3% 28.3% 21.0%
57   Ruddy Duck 2.5% 24.6% 22.1%
58   American Crow 14.3% 24.5% 10.3%
59   Little Blue Heron 3.4% 23.1% 19.7%
60   Gull-billed Tern 1.7% 21.7% 20.0%
61   House Finch 16.6% 17.6% 1.0%
62   Pectoral Sandpiper 1.3% 17.5% 16.2%
63   Willet 7.0% 17.4% 10.4%
64   Brown-headed Cowbird 9.9% 15.1% 5.3%
65   Peregrine Falcon 5.3% 12.8% 7.5%
66   Wood Duck 7.5% 12.7% 5.2%
67   Bank Swallow 6.2% 12.2% 6.0%
68   Downy Woodpecker 22.8% 11.8% 11.0%
69   Hudsonian Godwit 0.4% 11.6% 11.2%
70   Tricolored Heron 0.3% 10.1% 9.8%
71   Northern Flicker 21.7% 10.1% 11.6%
72   American Redstart 2.9% 9.9% 7.0%
73   Chimney Swift 22.2% 8.4% 13.8%
74   Green Heron 9.3% 8.2% 1.1%
75   Long-billed Dowitcher 0.3% 7.5% 7.2%
76   Green-winged Teal 0.4% 7.2% 6.8%
77   White-eyed Vireo 1.7% 6.9% 5.2%
78   Greater Scaup 0.4% 6.8% 6.4%
79   Purple Martin 4.7% 6.6% 1.9%
80   Northern Waterthrush 1.2% 6.5% 5.3%
81   Western Sandpiper 0.5% 6.5% 6.0%
82   Clapper Rail 5.7% 6.4% 0.6%
83   Brant 0.9% 6.2% 5.2%
84   White-rumped Sandpiper 0.5% 6.2% 5.7%
85   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 3.7% 6.0% 2.3%
86   Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 0.3% 5.9% 5.6%
87   Great Crested Flycatcher 5.5% 5.7% 0.2%
88   Blue Jay 28.8% 5.6% 23.2%
89   Black-bellied Plover 0.8% 5.5% 4.8%
90   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 6.9% 5.4% 1.5%
91   American White Pelican 0.7% 5.2% 4.5%
92   Wilson's Phalarope 0.1% 5.1% 5.0%
93   Bonaparte's Gull 0.6% 4.6% 4.0%
94   Blue-winged Teal 0.2% 4.6% 4.4%
95   American Coot 0.4% 4.3% 4.0%
96   Ruff 0.4% 4.1% 3.6%
97   Eastern Kingbird 15.8% 3.8% 12.0%
98   Black-headed Gull 0.3% 3.6% 3.3%
99   Baltimore Oriole 8.3% 3.4% 4.9%
100   Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1.7% 3.4% 1.8%
101   Black-capped Chickadee 9.2% 3.2% 5.9%
102   Ruddy Turnstone 1.3% 3.1% 1.9%
103   Warbling Vireo 13.9% 3.0% 10.9%
104   Pied-billed Grebe 0.3% 2.7% 2.4%
105   Eastern Phoebe 2.2% 2.6% 0.4%
106   Northern Shoveler 0.1% 2.4% 2.3%
107   American Wigeon 0.1% 2.4% 2.3%
108   Black Tern 0.1% 2.4% 2.3%
109   Red-breasted Merganser 0.4% 2.3% 1.9%
110   Red-eyed Vireo 6.7% 2.1% 4.6%
111   Least Bittern 1.6% 2.1% 0.6%
112   Solitary Sandpiper 1.3% 2.1% 0.8%
113   Eastern Wood-Pewee 4.8% 2.0% 2.8%
114   Sanderling 2.6% 2.0% 0.6%
115   American Avocet 0.4% 2.0% 1.6%
116   Lesser Scaup 0.1% 1.9% 1.8%
117   Cattle Egret 0.1% 1.9% 1.9%
118   Red-tailed Hawk 9.6% 1.8% 7.8%
119   White-faced Ibis 0.1% 1.4% 1.3%
120   Purple Gallinule 0.0% 1.4% 1.3%
121   Turkey Vulture 5.2% 1.2% 4.0%
122   Acadian Flycatcher 0.3% 1.2% 0.9%
123   Sora 0.2% 1.2% 1.0%
124   Curlew Sandpiper 0.0% 1.2% 1.2%
125   Common Raven 1.6% 1.1% 0.5%
126   Red-bellied Woodpecker 15.1% 1.0% 14.0%
127   Swamp Sparrow 2.5% 1.0% 1.5%
128   Bald Eagle 1.9% 1.0% 0.9%
129   Seaside Sparrow 1.2% 1.0% 0.2%
130   Red Knot 0.2% 1.0% 0.8%
131   Chipping Sparrow 7.2% 0.9% 6.3%
132   Belted Kingfisher 3.3% 0.9% 2.4%
133   Northern Pintail 0.1% 0.9% 0.8%
134   Long-tailed Duck 0.3% 0.8% 0.6%
135   Black-billed Cuckoo 0.2% 0.8% 0.6%
136   Orchard Oriole 3.6% 0.7% 2.8%
137   Savannah Sparrow 0.9% 0.7% 0.2%
138   American Woodcock 0.2% 0.7% 0.5%
139   Indigo Bunting 6.7% 0.6% 6.0%
140   Cliff Swallow 1.3% 0.6% 0.7%
141   Merlin 0.1% 0.6% 0.6%
142   Wood Thrush 6.3% 0.6% 5.8%
143   Hairy Woodpecker 5.0% 0.6% 4.4%
144   Northern Harrier 0.2% 0.6% 0.4%
145   Snow Goose 0.2% 0.6% 0.4%
146   Dunlin 0.1% 0.6% 0.4%
147   Whooper Swan 0.0% 0.6% 0.6%
148   American Kestrel 2.2% 0.5% 1.7%
149   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 2.1% 0.5% 1.7%
150   Scarlet Tanager 1.5% 0.5% 1.0%
151   Caspian Tern 0.7% 0.5% 0.2%
152   Whimbrel 0.4% 0.5% 0.0%
153   Common Gallinule 0.4% 0.5% 0.0%
154   Hooded Merganser 0.3% 0.5% 0.2%
155   Black-and-white Warbler 0.4% 0.4% 0.0%
156   Black Scoter 0.3% 0.4% 0.0%
157   King Eider 0.0% 0.4% 0.3%
158   American Bittern 0.0% 0.4% 0.3%
159   Black-necked Stilt 0.0% 0.4% 0.3%
160   Tufted Titmouse 7.9% 0.3% 7.6%
161   White-breasted Nuthatch 7.6% 0.3% 7.3%
162   Piping Plover 3.2% 0.3% 2.9%
163   Field Sparrow 2.0% 0.3% 1.7%
164   Monk Parakeet 1.7% 0.3% 1.4%
165   Royal Tern 1.3% 0.3% 1.0%
166   Louisiana Waterthrush 0.7% 0.3% 0.5%
167   Lesser Black-backed Gull 0.5% 0.3% 0.3%
168   Bufflehead 0.1% 0.3% 0.2%
169   Saltmarsh Sparrow 3.0% 0.2% 2.9%
170   Cooper's Hawk 0.8% 0.2% 0.6%
171   Common Loon 0.8% 0.2% 0.6%
172   Eastern Meadowlark 0.0% 0.2% 0.2%
173   Baird's Sandpiper 0.0% 0.2% 0.2%
174   Rose-breasted Grosbeak 0.7% 0.1% 0.7%
175   White-throated Sparrow 0.6% 0.1% 0.5%
176   Bobolink 0.5% 0.1% 0.4%
177   Prairie Warbler 0.0% 0.1% 0.0%
178   Prothonotary Warbler 0.0% 0.1% 0.1%
179   Black Swan 0% 0.1% 0.1%