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

based on 857 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge in September. 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   Double-crested Cormorant 31.4% 79.3% 48.0%
2   Mute Swan 10.6% 76.7% 66.1%
3   Great Egret 19.3% 75.6% 56.3%
4   Canada Goose 37.3% 75.5% 38.2%
5   Gray Catbird 60.4% 75.3% 14.9%
6   Mallard 36.1% 74.3% 38.2%
7   Snowy Egret 11.3% 71.1% 59.7%
8   Herring Gull 30.4% 68.6% 38.2%
9   Laughing Gull 18.1% 61.6% 43.5%
10   Northern Mockingbird 31.3% 58.8% 27.6%
11   Great Black-backed Gull 18.1% 56.6% 38.5%
12   European Starling 48.3% 56.2% 7.9%
13   Great Blue Heron 24.3% 56.0% 31.7%
14   Greater Yellowlegs 8.2% 53.8% 45.5%
15   Osprey 25.1% 53.7% 28.6%
16   American Black Duck 7.4% 53.7% 46.3%
17   American Robin 60.4% 52.6% 7.8%
18   Ring-billed Gull 24.8% 51.3% 26.5%
19   Lesser Yellowlegs 5.9% 49.1% 43.3%
20   Red-winged Blackbird 11.6% 48.8% 37.1%
21   Semipalmated Sandpiper 7.4% 48.3% 40.9%
22   Northern Shoveler 3.2% 47.0% 43.8%
23   Northern Cardinal 50.4% 46.2% 4.2%
24   Common Yellowthroat 45.2% 45.5% 0.3%
25   Black-crowned Night-Heron 7.5% 42.7% 35.2%
26   Mourning Dove 53.4% 42.0% 11.4%
27   Least Sandpiper 6.8% 41.2% 34.4%
28   Gadwall 4.1% 39.8% 35.7%
29   American Redstart 43.1% 39.4% 3.6%
30   Blue-winged Teal 1.6% 39.4% 37.8%
31   Song Sparrow 28.5% 38.3% 9.7%
32   Carolina Wren 26.7% 37.0% 10.3%
33   Forster's Tern 3.7% 36.3% 32.6%
34   Short-billed Dowitcher 2.5% 36.3% 33.7%
35   Semipalmated Plover 6.7% 35.5% 28.8%
36   Cedar Waxwing 16.2% 33.8% 17.6%
37   House Sparrow 46.1% 33.3% 12.8%
38   American Goldfinch 27.7% 33.0% 5.3%
39   Yellow Warbler 12.0% 32.6% 20.6%
40   Northern Waterthrush 15.6% 31.9% 16.3%
41   Green-winged Teal 3.3% 31.3% 28.0%
42   American Oystercatcher 4.7% 29.4% 24.7%
43   Tree Swallow 6.7% 28.1% 21.4%
44   Glossy Ibis 0.6% 28.0% 27.4%
45   Rock Pigeon 36.9% 27.5% 9.4%
46   Northern Parula 27.0% 27.4% 0.5%
47   Northern Flicker 43.4% 27.3% 16.1%
48   Peregrine Falcon 7.2% 26.7% 19.6%
49   Eastern Towhee 7.5% 25.6% 18.0%
50   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 3.7% 25.2% 21.5%
51   American Wigeon 0.7% 22.6% 22.0%
52   Stilt Sandpiper 0.9% 21.9% 21.1%
53   Black-and-white Warbler 31.8% 21.8% 10.0%
54   White-rumped Sandpiper 1.1% 21.6% 20.5%
55   Boat-tailed Grackle 1.0% 21.5% 20.4%
56   Eastern Phoebe 17.9% 21.2% 3.4%
57   American Crow 17.0% 21.2% 4.3%
58   Common Tern 3.7% 20.4% 16.7%
59   House Wren 17.2% 20.2% 2.9%
60   Barn Swallow 4.5% 20.2% 15.6%
61   Ruddy Duck 1.2% 19.5% 18.3%
62   Downy Woodpecker 32.0% 19.0% 13.0%
63   Merlin 5.2% 18.8% 13.6%
64   Pectoral Sandpiper 1.8% 18.3% 16.6%
65   Common Grackle 24.1% 17.9% 6.2%
66   Palm Warbler 15.1% 17.7% 2.7%
67   Yellow-rumped Warbler 8.3% 17.6% 9.3%
68   Red-eyed Vireo 25.2% 16.9% 8.3%
69   Belted Kingfisher 12.0% 16.9% 4.9%
70   Magnolia Warbler 22.9% 16.7% 6.2%
71   Black-bellied Plover 4.3% 16.6% 12.3%
72   Little Blue Heron 2.0% 16.6% 14.6%
73   Brown Thrasher 8.6% 16.5% 7.9%
74   Pied-billed Grebe 1.6% 16.0% 14.3%
75   Western Sandpiper 0.7% 16.0% 15.3%
76   Northern Harrier 3.4% 14.9% 11.5%
77   White-eyed Vireo 3.4% 14.0% 10.6%
78   Eastern Kingbird 2.9% 13.0% 10.1%
79   Eastern Wood-Pewee 19.6% 12.7% 6.9%
80   House Finch 14.9% 12.1% 2.8%
81   Spotted Sandpiper 4.9% 11.7% 6.8%
82   Black-throated Blue Warbler 16.9% 11.4% 5.5%
83   Caspian Tern 1.4% 9.9% 8.5%
84   Red-breasted Nuthatch 7.6% 9.7% 2.1%
85   Northern Pintail 0.6% 9.7% 9.1%
86   Blue Jay 52.3% 9.6% 42.8%
87   Killdeer 7.4% 9.5% 2.0%
88   Black-throated Green Warbler 12.3% 9.1% 3.2%
89   Solitary Sandpiper 3.1% 9.0% 5.9%
90   Chimney Swift 22.6% 8.8% 13.9%
91   Hudsonian Godwit 0.4% 8.6% 8.2%
92   Prairie Warbler 4.3% 8.4% 4.1%
93   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 16.7% 8.3% 8.4%
94   Fish Crow 2.8% 8.2% 5.3%
95   Cape May Warbler 6.9% 7.7% 0.8%
96   Black-capped Chickadee 12.8% 7.4% 5.4%
97   Ovenbird 12.7% 7.1% 5.6%
98   Willet 0.9% 7.0% 6.1%
99   Blackpoll Warbler 10.4% 6.9% 3.5%
100   Wood Duck 10.0% 6.9% 3.2%
101   Savannah Sparrow 6.3% 6.5% 0.2%
102   Tricolored Heron 0.1% 6.5% 6.4%
103   Black Skimmer 1.6% 6.4% 4.8%
104   Baltimore Oriole 7.8% 6.0% 1.9%
105   American Kestrel 10.9% 5.8% 5.1%
106   Swainson's Thrush 14.9% 5.6% 9.3%
107   Pine Warbler 5.4% 5.6% 0.2%
108   Sharp-shinned Hawk 5.3% 5.6% 0.3%
109   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 4.8% 5.6% 0.8%
110   Long-billed Dowitcher 0.3% 5.6% 5.3%
111   American Avocet 0.2% 5.6% 5.4%
112   Sanderling 2.9% 5.5% 2.6%
113   Wilson's Phalarope 0.2% 5.5% 5.2%
114   Veery 11.7% 5.3% 6.4%
115   Swamp Sparrow 5.0% 5.3% 0.3%
116   Marsh Wren 3.5% 5.0% 1.5%
117   Warbling Vireo 8.2% 4.9% 3.3%
118   Ruddy Turnstone 1.3% 4.9% 3.6%
119   Sora 0.9% 4.9% 4.0%
120   Dunlin 0.6% 4.9% 4.3%
121   Brown-headed Cowbird 4.0% 4.8% 0.8%
122   Chestnut-sided Warbler 10.3% 4.6% 5.7%
123   Brant 0.5% 4.4% 4.0%
124   Cooper's Hawk 7.4% 4.3% 3.1%
125   Yellow-billed Cuckoo 2.6% 4.3% 1.7%
126   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 8.1% 4.2% 3.9%
127   Greater Scaup 0.1% 4.2% 4.1%
128   Green Heron 7.6% 4.1% 3.5%
129   Clapper Rail 1.9% 4.1% 2.2%
130   Baird's Sandpiper 0.6% 4.1% 3.5%
131   Red Knot 0.4% 4.1% 3.7%
132   American White Pelican 0.3% 4.1% 3.8%
133   White-throated Sparrow 9.6% 4.0% 5.7%
134   Great Crested Flycatcher 5.2% 4.0% 1.2%
135   Red-bellied Woodpecker 29.9% 3.7% 26.2%
136   Tennessee Warbler 6.0% 3.7% 2.3%
137   American Coot 1.0% 3.6% 2.6%
138   Least Flycatcher 3.4% 3.4% 0.0%
139   Bald Eagle 4.8% 3.2% 1.6%
140   Nashville Warbler 4.7% 3.0% 1.7%
141   Red-tailed Hawk 18.9% 2.9% 16.0%
142   Eurasian Wigeon 0.1% 2.9% 2.9%
143   Black Tern 0.4% 2.8% 2.4%
144   Marbled Godwit 0.2% 2.8% 2.6%
145   Red-necked Phalarope 0.1% 2.5% 2.3%
146   Eared Grebe 0.1% 2.3% 2.3%
147   Snow Goose 0.1% 2.3% 2.3%
148   Blackburnian Warbler 3.0% 2.1% 0.9%
149   American Golden-Plover 0.8% 2.1% 1.3%
150   Scarlet Tanager 9.8% 2.0% 7.9%
151   Bay-breasted Warbler 4.4% 2.0% 2.4%
152   Bobolink 3.2% 2.0% 1.2%
153   Lincoln's Sparrow 4.0% 1.9% 2.1%
154   Rose-breasted Grosbeak 11.7% 1.8% 9.9%
155   Turkey Vulture 8.5% 1.8% 6.7%
156   Common Raven 5.5% 1.6% 3.8%
157   Canada Warbler 4.1% 1.6% 2.5%
158   Blue-headed Vireo 3.3% 1.6% 1.7%
159   Golden-crowned Kinglet 2.2% 1.6% 0.5%
160   Lesser Scaup 0.1% 1.6% 1.6%
161   Wilson's Warbler 3.9% 1.5% 2.4%
162   Bank Swallow 0.3% 1.5% 1.2%
163   Connecticut Warbler 2.0% 1.4% 0.6%
164   Yellow-throated Vireo 0.8% 1.4% 0.6%
165   White-breasted Nuthatch 13.7% 1.3% 12.4%
166   Black-throated Gray Warbler 0.0% 1.3% 1.3%
167   Tufted Titmouse 10.1% 1.2% 8.9%
168   Common Gallinule 0.2% 1.2% 1.0%
169   Gull-billed Tern 0.0% 1.2% 1.1%
170   Royal Tern 2.9% 1.1% 1.9%
171   Olive-sided Flycatcher 1.0% 1.1% 0.0%
172   Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 1.7% 0.9% 0.8%
173   Black-billed Cuckoo 0.6% 0.9% 0.4%
174   Whimbrel 0.5% 0.9% 0.4%
175   Buff-breasted Sandpiper 0.5% 0.9% 0.4%
176   Willow Flycatcher 0.5% 0.9% 0.5%
177   Purple Martin 0.1% 0.9% 0.8%
178   Least Tern 0.2% 0.8% 0.7%
179   Black-headed Gull 0.1% 0.8% 0.8%
180   Chipping Sparrow 6.7% 0.7% 6.0%
181   Dark-eyed Junco 1.4% 0.7% 0.7%
182   Yellow-breasted Chat 0.7% 0.7% 0.0%
183   Wilson's Snipe 0.2% 0.7% 0.5%
184   Indigo Bunting 4.5% 0.6% 3.9%
185   Blue-winged Warbler 1.5% 0.6% 0.9%
186   Purple Finch 1.4% 0.6% 0.8%
187   Brown Creeper 1.3% 0.6% 0.7%
188   Hooded Merganser 0.1% 0.6% 0.5%
189   Hairy Woodpecker 8.6% 0.5% 8.1%
190   Field Sparrow 2.4% 0.5% 2.0%
191   Worm-eating Warbler 0.4% 0.5% 0.0%
192   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 0.3% 0.5% 0.2%
193   Red-breasted Merganser 0.2% 0.5% 0.3%
194   American Woodcock 0.2% 0.5% 0.3%
195   Cattle Egret 0.0% 0.5% 0.5%
196   Black Swan 0.0% 0.5% 0.5%
197   Wood Thrush 5.2% 0.4% 4.9%
198   Broad-winged Hawk 3.2% 0.4% 2.9%
199   Monk Parakeet 2.3% 0.4% 1.9%
200   Philadelphia Vireo 2.1% 0.4% 1.7%
201   Gray-cheeked Thrush 1.6% 0.4% 1.2%
202   Seaside Sparrow 0.3% 0.4% 0.0%
203   American Bittern 0.2% 0.4% 0.1%
204   Common Nighthawk 2.9% 0.2% 2.6%
205   Winter Wren 1.8% 0.2% 1.5%
206   Common Loon 0.6% 0.2% 0.3%
207   Hermit Thrush 0.5% 0.2% 0.3%
208   White-crowned Sparrow 0.4% 0.2% 0.2%
209   American Pipit 0.4% 0.2% 0.1%
210   Virginia Rail 0.3% 0.2% 0.1%
211   Cliff Swallow 0.1% 0.2% 0.1%
212   Rusty Blackbird 0.1% 0.2% 0.2%
213   Upland Sandpiper 0.0% 0.2% 0.2%
214   Yellow-throated Warbler 0.0% 0.2% 0.2%
215   Ash-throated Flycatcher 0.0% 0.2% 0.2%
216   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 3.9% 0.1% 3.8%
217   Saltmarsh Sparrow 1.1% 0.1% 1.0%
218   Clay-colored Sparrow 0.8% 0.1% 0.7%
219   Piping Plover 0.8% 0.1% 0.6%
220   Lesser Black-backed Gull 0.7% 0.1% 0.5%
221   Mourning Warbler 0.6% 0.1% 0.5%
222   Ring-necked Pheasant 0.5% 0.1% 0.3%
223   Great Cormorant 0.3% 0.1% 0.2%
224   Least Bittern 0.3% 0.1% 0.2%
225   Bonaparte's Gull 0.2% 0.1% 0.1%
226   Budgerigar 0.2% 0.1% 0.0%
227   Muscovy Duck 0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
228   Alder Flycatcher 0.1% 0.1% 0.1%
229   Louisiana Waterthrush 0.1% 0.1% 0.1%
230   Eastern Meadowlark 0.0% 0.1% 0.1%
231   Short-eared Owl 0.0% 0.1% 0.1%
232   Redhead 0.0% 0.1% 0.1%
233   Swainson's Hawk 0.0% 0.1% 0.1%
234   Whooper Swan 0.0% 0.1% 0.1%
235   White-faced Ibis 0.0% 0.1% 0.1%