Top Birds at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge in August
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA
based on 1388 checklists
This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge in August. 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 | Laughing Gull | 30.5% | 78.9% | 48.3% | |||
| 2 | Great Egret | 33.2% | 76.4% | 43.2% | |||
| 3 | Double-crested Cormorant | 40.3% | 75.6% | 35.4% | |||
| 4 | Snowy Egret | 20.9% | 75.4% | 54.5% | |||
| 5 | Canada Goose | 39.8% | 74.4% | 34.7% | |||
| 6 | Mute Swan | 12.6% | 74.1% | 61.5% | |||
| 7 | Semipalmated Sandpiper | 22.6% | 73.5% | 50.9% | |||
| 8 | Herring Gull | 38.5% | 71.4% | 32.9% | |||
| 9 | Osprey | 29.4% | 71.3% | 41.9% | |||
| 10 | Least Sandpiper | 20.5% | 70.0% | 49.4% | |||
| 11 | Semipalmated Plover | 19.6% | 69.2% | 49.6% | |||
| 12 | Mallard | 39.9% | 69.1% | 29.2% | |||
| 13 | Lesser Yellowlegs | 12.2% | 69.1% | 56.9% | |||
| 14 | Gray Catbird | 54.3% | 66.5% | 12.2% | |||
| 15 | Glossy Ibis | 4.7% | 66.1% | 61.5% | |||
| 16 | Greater Yellowlegs | 14.3% | 64.9% | 50.6% | |||
| 17 | Short-billed Dowitcher | 8.8% | 62.1% | 53.3% | |||
| 18 | Great Black-backed Gull | 25.9% | 61.3% | 35.4% | |||
| 19 | European Starling | 50.8% | 61.1% | 10.3% | |||
| 20 | Forster's Tern | 11.7% | 60.3% | 48.6% | |||
| 21 | Great Blue Heron | 29.8% | 58.4% | 28.6% | |||
| 22 | Red-winged Blackbird | 27.6% | 57.6% | 30.1% | |||
| 23 | Barn Swallow | 39.3% | 57.4% | 18.1% | |||
| 24 | Northern Mockingbird | 35.4% | 56.3% | 20.9% | |||
| 25 | American Black Duck | 8.7% | 53.1% | 44.4% | |||
| 26 | American Robin | 57.4% | 51.9% | 5.5% | |||
| 27 | Ring-billed Gull | 31.2% | 50.4% | 19.2% | |||
| 28 | Black-crowned Night-Heron | 13.4% | 50.1% | 36.7% | |||
| 29 | Common Tern | 15.4% | 49.1% | 33.7% | |||
| 30 | American Oystercatcher | 11.3% | 46.5% | 35.2% | |||
| 31 | Yellow Warbler | 19.4% | 46.0% | 26.6% | |||
| 32 | Northern Cardinal | 47.8% | 45.4% | 2.4% | |||
| 33 | Stilt Sandpiper | 2.4% | 45.0% | 42.5% | |||
| 34 | Song Sparrow | 34.7% | 43.9% | 9.2% | |||
| 35 | White-rumped Sandpiper | 2.8% | 43.9% | 41.1% | |||
| 36 | American Goldfinch | 37.5% | 42.9% | 5.5% | |||
| 37 | Mourning Dove | 54.0% | 42.8% | 11.3% | |||
| 38 | House Sparrow | 50.2% | 41.9% | 8.4% | |||
| 39 | Northern Waterthrush | 14.7% | 40.1% | 25.5% | |||
| 40 | Spotted Sandpiper | 16.3% | 39.8% | 23.6% | |||
| 41 | Cedar Waxwing | 16.1% | 38.9% | 22.8% | |||
| 42 | Boat-tailed Grackle | 3.2% | 38.3% | 35.1% | |||
| 43 | Tree Swallow | 13.4% | 37.7% | 24.3% | |||
| 44 | Carolina Wren | 24.4% | 35.1% | 10.7% | |||
| 45 | Yellow-crowned Night-Heron | 8.3% | 34.9% | 26.6% | |||
| 46 | Black-bellied Plover | 6.6% | 32.9% | 26.3% | |||
| 47 | Peregrine Falcon | 6.8% | 32.2% | 25.4% | |||
| 48 | Rock Pigeon | 35.5% | 31.3% | 4.3% | |||
| 49 | Fish Crow | 8.3% | 29.8% | 21.4% | |||
| 50 | Eastern Towhee | 6.3% | 29.5% | 23.1% | |||
| 51 | Gadwall | 3.1% | 28.1% | 25.0% | |||
| 52 | Little Blue Heron | 3.6% | 24.6% | 21.0% | |||
| 53 | Common Yellowthroat | 14.9% | 24.4% | 9.6% | |||
| 54 | Pectoral Sandpiper | 2.4% | 24.3% | 21.8% | |||
| 55 | American Crow | 14.1% | 23.3% | 9.1% | |||
| 56 | Killdeer | 13.9% | 21.8% | 7.9% | |||
| 57 | Eastern Kingbird | 16.6% | 21.2% | 4.6% | |||
| 58 | House Wren | 11.1% | 20.5% | 9.5% | |||
| 59 | Blue-winged Teal | 1.1% | 19.6% | 18.5% | |||
| 60 | Ruddy Duck | 1.8% | 18.8% | 17.0% | |||
| 61 | Wilson's Phalarope | 1.0% | 18.3% | 17.3% | |||
| 62 | Common Grackle | 28.6% | 17.7% | 10.9% | |||
| 63 | American Redstart | 22.1% | 17.1% | 5.0% | |||
| 64 | Northern Shoveler | 0.9% | 16.8% | 15.9% | |||
| 65 | Ruddy Turnstone | 5.1% | 16.6% | 11.4% | |||
| 66 | Green-winged Teal | 1.3% | 15.5% | 14.2% | |||
| 67 | Western Sandpiper | 1.4% | 15.3% | 14.0% | |||
| 68 | Least Tern | 4.8% | 15.1% | 10.3% | |||
| 69 | House Finch | 14.9% | 14.3% | 0.6% | |||
| 70 | Brown Thrasher | 2.8% | 14.3% | 11.5% | |||
| 71 | Black Skimmer | 5.5% | 13.9% | 8.4% | |||
| 72 | Gull-billed Tern | 0.8% | 12.0% | 11.2% | |||
| 73 | Green Heron | 11.9% | 11.8% | 0.1% | |||
| 74 | American Avocet | 0.9% | 11.2% | 10.4% | |||
| 75 | Downy Woodpecker | 25.7% | 11.2% | 14.5% | |||
| 76 | Willow Flycatcher | 4.5% | 11.0% | 6.5% | |||
| 77 | Willet | 3.4% | 10.8% | 7.4% | |||
| 78 | Chimney Swift | 24.2% | 10.6% | 13.7% | |||
| 79 | Bank Swallow | 2.8% | 10.3% | 7.5% | |||
| 80 | Hudsonian Godwit | 0.5% | 10.2% | 9.7% | |||
| 81 | Long-billed Dowitcher | 0.4% | 10.2% | 9.9% | |||
| 82 | Pied-billed Grebe | 0.7% | 10.1% | 9.4% | |||
| 83 | Marsh Wren | 5.5% | 9.7% | 4.2% | |||
| 84 | Northern Flicker | 26.5% | 9.1% | 17.4% | |||
| 85 | Tricolored Heron | 0.5% | 9.0% | 8.5% | |||
| 86 | Solitary Sandpiper | 3.5% | 8.6% | 5.1% | |||
| 87 | Ruby-throated Hummingbird | 9.0% | 8.1% | 0.9% | |||
| 88 | Red Knot | 0.8% | 8.1% | 7.4% | |||
| 89 | Wood Duck | 9.4% | 7.4% | 2.0% | |||
| 90 | Belted Kingfisher | 8.4% | 7.2% | 1.2% | |||
| 91 | American White Pelican | 0.7% | 6.9% | 6.2% | |||
| 92 | Brown-headed Cowbird | 5.9% | 6.8% | 0.9% | |||
| 93 | Sanderling | 5.3% | 6.8% | 1.6% | |||
| 94 | Red-necked Phalarope | 0.3% | 6.8% | 6.5% | |||
| 95 | White-eyed Vireo | 2.1% | 6.3% | 4.3% | |||
| 96 | Brant | 0.6% | 6.2% | 5.6% | |||
| 97 | Marbled Godwit | 0.6% | 6.1% | 5.5% | |||
| 98 | Black-and-white Warbler | 14.5% | 5.8% | 8.7% | |||
| 99 | Baltimore Oriole | 15.4% | 5.6% | 9.8% | |||
| 100 | Eastern Phoebe | 3.7% | 5.6% | 1.9% | |||
| 101 | Great Crested Flycatcher | 7.1% | 5.0% | 2.1% | |||
| 102 | Black Tern | 0.7% | 4.8% | 4.1% | |||
| 103 | Northern Harrier | 0.7% | 4.5% | 3.8% | |||
| 104 | Purple Martin | 3.2% | 4.2% | 1.0% | |||
| 105 | Greater Scaup | 0.2% | 4.0% | 3.9% | |||
| 106 | Baird's Sandpiper | 0.6% | 3.7% | 3.0% | |||
| 107 | Black-capped Chickadee | 11.5% | 3.6% | 7.9% | |||
| 108 | Clapper Rail | 4.3% | 3.5% | 0.8% | |||
| 109 | American Coot | 0.5% | 3.3% | 2.8% | |||
| 110 | Eastern Wood-Pewee | 9.3% | 3.2% | 6.0% | |||
| 111 | Black-bellied Whistling-Duck | 0.2% | 3.2% | 3.0% | |||
| 112 | Blue Jay | 36.4% | 3.1% | 33.3% | |||
| 113 | American Wigeon | 0.1% | 3.0% | 2.9% | |||
| 114 | Red-eyed Vireo | 9.8% | 2.8% | 7.0% | |||
| 115 | Blue-gray Gnatcatcher | 6.9% | 2.8% | 4.1% | |||
| 116 | Northern Rough-winged Swallow | 2.1% | 2.8% | 0.7% | |||
| 117 | Merlin | 0.5% | 2.8% | 2.3% | |||
| 118 | Caspian Tern | 1.8% | 2.5% | 0.7% | |||
| 119 | Lesser Scaup | 0.1% | 2.4% | 2.3% | |||
| 120 | Northern Pintail | 0.2% | 2.3% | 2.1% | |||
| 121 | Yellow-billed Cuckoo | 1.6% | 2.2% | 0.6% | |||
| 122 | Black-headed Gull | 0.2% | 2.2% | 2.0% | |||
| 123 | Bonaparte's Gull | 0.4% | 2.0% | 1.7% | |||
| 124 | Bald Eagle | 2.5% | 1.9% | 0.6% | |||
| 125 | Common Raven | 2.8% | 1.8% | 1.0% | |||
| 126 | Hooded Merganser | 0.3% | 1.8% | 1.5% | |||
| 127 | Red-tailed Hawk | 11.7% | 1.7% | 10.0% | |||
| 128 | Sora | 0.3% | 1.7% | 1.4% | |||
| 129 | Cattle Egret | 0.1% | 1.7% | 1.7% | |||
| 130 | Magnolia Warbler | 2.9% | 1.7% | 1.3% | |||
| 131 | Cooper's Hawk | 2.3% | 1.7% | 0.6% | |||
| 132 | Dunlin | 0.2% | 1.7% | 1.5% | |||
| 133 | Red-necked Stint | 0.1% | 1.7% | 1.6% | |||
| 134 | Warbling Vireo | 10.2% | 1.6% | 8.6% | |||
| 135 | Least Flycatcher | 2.1% | 1.4% | 0.6% | |||
| 136 | Swamp Sparrow | 1.1% | 1.4% | 0.3% | |||
| 137 | Common Gallinule | 0.3% | 1.4% | 1.1% | |||
| 138 | Buff-breasted Sandpiper | 0.2% | 1.4% | 1.2% | |||
| 139 | Turkey Vulture | 5.5% | 1.3% | 4.2% | |||
| 140 | Yellow-rumped Warbler | 0.2% | 1.3% | 1.1% | |||
| 141 | American Golden-Plover | 0.1% | 1.3% | 1.2% | |||
| 142 | Red-breasted Nuthatch | 2.2% | 1.1% | 1.1% | |||
| 143 | Ovenbird | 4.3% | 1.0% | 3.3% | |||
| 144 | Sharp-tailed Sandpiper | 0.1% | 1.0% | 0.9% | |||
| 145 | Black-throated Blue Warbler | 2.1% | 0.9% | 1.2% | |||
| 146 | Blue-winged Warbler | 4.0% | 0.9% | 3.1% | |||
| 147 | Cape May Warbler | 1.2% | 0.9% | 0.4% | |||
| 148 | Louisiana Waterthrush | 1.1% | 0.9% | 0.2% | |||
| 149 | Eared Grebe | 0.0% | 0.8% | 0.8% | |||
| 150 | White-faced Ibis | 0.0% | 0.8% | 0.8% | |||
| 151 | Red-bellied Woodpecker | 19.9% | 0.7% | 19.2% | |||
| 152 | Chipping Sparrow | 5.4% | 0.7% | 4.6% | |||
| 153 | Chestnut-sided Warbler | 5.2% | 0.7% | 4.5% | |||
| 154 | American Kestrel | 3.7% | 0.7% | 3.0% | |||
| 155 | Least Bittern | 1.0% | 0.7% | 0.2% | |||
| 156 | Savannah Sparrow | 0.7% | 0.7% | 0.0% | |||
| 157 | Snow Goose | 0.0% | 0.6% | 0.6% | |||
| 158 | Indigo Bunting | 3.5% | 0.6% | 2.9% | |||
| 159 | Royal Tern | 2.3% | 0.6% | 1.7% | |||
| 160 | Bobolink | 2.3% | 0.6% | 1.7% | |||
| 161 | Prairie Warbler | 1.1% | 0.6% | 0.5% | |||
| 162 | Orchard Oriole | 1.0% | 0.6% | 0.4% | |||
| 163 | Wilson's Warbler | 0.5% | 0.6% | 0.0% | |||
| 164 | Broad-winged Hawk | 0.5% | 0.6% | 0.1% | |||
| 165 | Black Swan | 0.0% | 0.6% | 0.6% | |||
| 166 | Wood Thrush | 2.6% | 0.5% | 2.1% | |||
| 167 | Saltmarsh Sparrow | 2.2% | 0.5% | 1.7% | |||
| 168 | Seaside Sparrow | 1.1% | 0.5% | 0.6% | |||
| 169 | Whimbrel | 0.6% | 0.5% | 0.0% | |||
| 170 | Canada Warbler | 5.8% | 0.4% | 5.4% | |||
| 171 | Yellow-bellied Flycatcher | 0.9% | 0.4% | 0.4% | |||
| 172 | Olive-sided Flycatcher | 0.7% | 0.4% | 0.3% | |||
| 173 | Tufted Titmouse | 8.8% | 0.4% | 8.4% | |||
| 174 | Hairy Woodpecker | 6.2% | 0.4% | 5.8% | |||
| 175 | Veery | 2.7% | 0.4% | 2.3% | |||
| 176 | Northern Parula | 1.8% | 0.4% | 1.5% | |||
| 177 | Rose-breasted Grosbeak | 1.3% | 0.4% | 0.9% | |||
| 178 | Black-throated Green Warbler | 1.1% | 0.4% | 0.7% | |||
| 179 | Cliff Swallow | 0.8% | 0.4% | 0.4% | |||
| 180 | Nashville Warbler | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.0% | |||
| 181 | Red-breasted Merganser | 0.3% | 0.4% | 0.1% | |||
| 182 | Ruff | 0.0% | 0.4% | 0.3% | |||
| 183 | White-breasted Nuthatch | 10.1% | 0.3% | 9.8% | |||
| 184 | Scarlet Tanager | 1.7% | 0.3% | 1.4% | |||
| 185 | Blackburnian Warbler | 1.0% | 0.3% | 0.8% | |||
| 186 | Tennessee Warbler | 0.8% | 0.3% | 0.5% | |||
| 187 | Black-billed Cuckoo | 0.5% | 0.3% | 0.2% | |||
| 188 | American Woodcock | 0.1% | 0.3% | 0.2% | |||
| 189 | Piping Plover | 2.0% | 0.2% | 1.8% | |||
| 190 | Field Sparrow | 1.8% | 0.2% | 1.6% | |||
| 191 | Monk Parakeet | 1.7% | 0.2% | 1.5% | |||
| 192 | Worm-eating Warbler | 1.4% | 0.2% | 1.2% | |||
| 193 | Mourning Warbler | 0.4% | 0.2% | 0.2% | |||
| 194 | Common Loon | 0.5% | 0.1% | 0.4% | |||
| 195 | Muscovy Duck | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | |||
| 196 | Wilson's Snipe | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | |||
| 197 | Palm Warbler | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 198 | King Eider | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 199 | Common Nighthawk | 1.3% | 0.1% | 1.2% | |||
| 200 | Hooded Warbler | 0.6% | 0.1% | 0.5% | |||
| 201 | Prothonotary Warbler | 0.5% | 0.1% | 0.4% | |||
| 202 | Great Horned Owl | 0.5% | 0.1% | 0.4% | |||
| 203 | White Ibis | 0.4% | 0.1% | 0.3% | |||
| 204 | Lark Sparrow | 0.3% | 0.1% | 0.2% | |||
| 205 | Dickcissel | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.2% | |||
| 206 | Yellow-breasted Chat | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 207 | Sharp-shinned Hawk | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 208 | Blackpoll Warbler | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | |||
| 209 | Acadian Flycatcher | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | |||
| 210 | Northern Gannet | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.0% | |||
| 211 | Whooper Swan | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 212 | Cockatiel | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% |