Bird Finder

Top Birds in May
within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA

based on 96685 checklists in 1698 hotspots

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist during the month of May. The change in probability from the previous month is also shown, to highlight which birds are coming and going. Rows with significant changes (< 0.5x or > 2x) are highlighted in red or green. Species that peak in May are indicated with a star. This is based on historical data from eBird, and does not include recently submitted checklists.

Rank Info Species Chart Peak April May Change Relative
1   American Robin
74.7% 73.2% 1.5% 1.0x
2   Gray Catbird
9.6% 66.2% 56.6% 6.9x
3   Northern Cardinal
60.4% 58.8% 1.6% 1.0x
4   European Starling
56.6% 58.5% 1.9% 1.0x
5   House Sparrow
52.7% 56.6% 3.9% 1.1x
6   Common Grackle
49.3% 54.9% 5.6% 1.1x
7   Red-winged Blackbird
55.1% 53.7% 1.4% 1.0x
8   Mourning Dove
51.1% 53.0% 1.8% 1.0x
9   Mallard
55.2% 49.9% 5.3% 0.9x
10   Blue Jay
52.0% 49.0% 3.0% 0.9x
11   Common Yellowthroat
3.7% 48.0% 44.3% 12.9x
12   Canada Goose
53.4% 45.5% 8.0% 0.9x
13   Baltimore Oriole
3.0% 44.9% 41.9% 14.9x
14   Yellow Warbler
8.0% 43.3% 35.3% 5.4x
15   American Redstart
1.4% 40.5% 39.0% 28.1x
16   Black-and-white Warbler
12.8% 39.4% 26.6% 3.1x
17   Red-bellied Woodpecker
39.3% 37.9% 1.5% 1.0x
18   Northern Parula
5.1% 35.7% 30.7% 7.1x
19   Song Sparrow
48.8% 35.7% 13.1% 0.7x
20   Rock Pigeon
33.9% 35.1% 1.2% 1.0x
21   Double-crested Cormorant
37.0% 34.1% 2.9% 0.9x
22   Yellow-rumped Warbler
31.5% 33.6% 2.1% 1.1x
23   White-throated Sparrow
56.6% 33.2% 23.4% 0.6x
24   Barn Swallow
15.2% 32.4% 17.2% 2.1x
25   Warbling Vireo
3.7% 32.3% 28.6% 8.8x
26   Ovenbird
3.9% 32.3% 28.4% 8.4x
27   Chimney Swift
5.7% 29.4% 23.7% 5.2x
28   Northern Flicker
45.2% 29.4% 15.8% 0.7x
29   American Goldfinch
29.1% 28.6% 0.5% 1.0x
30   Downy Woodpecker
38.6% 28.6% 10.0% 0.7x
31   Black-throated Blue Warbler
1.9% 28.4% 26.5% 15.1x
32   Magnolia Warbler
0.3% 27.5% 27.3% 95.7x
33   House Wren
7.7% 27.0% 19.3% 3.5x
34   Northern Mockingbird
28.5% 26.7% 1.7% 0.9x
35   Great Egret
23.3% 25.9% 2.6% 1.1x
36   Herring Gull
26.7% 23.9% 2.8% 0.9x
37   Wood Thrush
2.3% 23.6% 21.2% 10.1x
38   Tree Swallow
23.4% 23.1% 0.3% 1.0x
39   Northern Waterthrush
5.3% 22.7% 17.5% 4.3x
40   Red-eyed Vireo
0.4% 22.4% 21.9% 52.0x
41   Blackpoll Warbler
0.2% 21.8% 21.6% 99.3x
42   Brown-headed Cowbird
23.8% 21.7% 2.1% 0.9x
43   Eastern Towhee
21.7% 20.4% 1.3% 0.9x
44   Black-throated Green Warbler
2.5% 20.1% 17.5% 7.9x
45   Veery
1.6% 19.8% 18.2% 12.2x
46   Red-tailed Hawk
24.7% 19.6% 5.0% 0.8x
47   Carolina Wren
21.5% 19.0% 2.5% 0.9x
48   Chipping Sparrow
24.8% 18.4% 6.4% 0.7x
49   Scarlet Tanager
0.7% 18.4% 17.7% 28.2x
50   Great Crested Flycatcher
1.0% 18.2% 17.3% 18.6x
51   Cedar Waxwing
4.1% 18.0% 13.9% 4.4x
52   American Crow
19.7% 17.6% 2.1% 0.9x
53   Swainson's Thrush
0.2% 17.6% 17.4% 81.1x
54   Eastern Kingbird
1.4% 17.4% 16.1% 12.9x
55   Rose-breasted Grosbeak
1.7% 16.7% 15.0% 9.9x
56   Laughing Gull
10.5% 16.5% 6.0% 1.6x
57   Osprey
18.9% 16.3% 2.6% 0.9x
58   House Finch
16.8% 16.2% 0.6% 1.0x
59   Chestnut-sided Warbler
0.4% 16.1% 15.6% 36.3x
60   Tufted Titmouse
24.4% 15.7% 8.8% 0.6x
61   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
17.8% 15.4% 2.4% 0.9x
62   Ring-billed Gull
23.5% 14.6% 8.9% 0.6x
63   Blue-headed Vireo
9.9% 14.1% 4.2% 1.4x
64   Great Black-backed Gull
16.0% 13.8% 2.2% 0.9x
65   Ruby-crowned Kinglet
29.2% 13.4% 15.7% 0.5x
66   Swamp Sparrow
17.6% 13.1% 4.5% 0.7x
67   Black-capped Chickadee
22.0% 12.9% 9.0% 0.6x
68   Spotted Sandpiper
1.9% 12.7% 10.8% 6.6x
69   Northern Rough-winged Swallow
11.5% 12.3% 0.8% 1.1x
70   Black-crowned Night-Heron
8.2% 12.1% 3.9% 1.5x
71   Canada Warbler
0.1% 11.8% 11.7% 194.0x
72   Mute Swan
15.7% 11.6% 4.1% 0.7x
73   Eastern Wood-Pewee
0.0% 11.3% 11.3% 548.2x
74   Brant
14.0% 11.3% 2.7% 0.8x
75   White-breasted Nuthatch
17.8% 11.3% 6.5% 0.6x
76   Hermit Thrush
25.7% 11.2% 14.5% 0.4x
77   Fish Crow
15.4% 10.7% 4.7% 0.7x
78   Orchard Oriole
1.7% 10.6% 8.9% 6.3x
79   Indigo Bunting
1.0% 10.3% 9.3% 10.6x
80   Snowy Egret
7.4% 10.3% 2.9% 1.4x
81   Turkey Vulture
12.8% 9.8% 3.0% 0.8x
82   Killdeer
9.4% 9.5% 0.1% 1.0x
83   Blackburnian Warbler
0.5% 9.5% 9.0% 18.2x
84   Wood Duck
14.0% 9.3% 4.7% 0.7x
85   Great Blue Heron
11.3% 9.3% 2.0% 0.8x
86   Green Heron
3.8% 9.2% 5.5% 2.4x
87   Nashville Warbler
0.9% 9.1% 8.2% 9.8x
88   Wilson's Warbler
0.0% 8.9% 8.9% 238.2x
89   Prairie Warbler
3.1% 8.7% 5.7% 2.9x
90   Hairy Woodpecker
10.1% 8.3% 1.7% 0.8x
91   Forster's Tern
3.6% 8.2% 4.6% 2.3x
92   American Oystercatcher
7.2% 8.2% 1.0% 1.1x
93   Brown Thrasher
6.3% 7.8% 1.4% 1.2x
94   Least Sandpiper
0.6% 7.4% 6.8% 11.7x
95   Bay-breasted Warbler
0.0% 7.3% 7.2% 432.2x
96   Cape May Warbler
0.2% 7.0% 6.7% 29.4x
97   Gadwall
8.5% 6.8% 1.7% 0.8x
98   Blue-winged Warbler
1.8% 6.8% 5.0% 3.8x
99   Ruby-throated Hummingbird
0.5% 6.4% 5.8% 11.8x
100   Least Flycatcher
0.1% 6.3% 6.1% 56.4x
101   Greater Yellowlegs
6.6% 6.1% 0.5% 0.9x
102   Willet
1.4% 6.0% 4.6% 4.4x
103   Common Tern
0.2% 5.9% 5.7% 30.0x
104   Solitary Sandpiper
0.8% 5.9% 5.1% 7.1x
105   Willow Flycatcher
0.0% 5.6% 5.6% 1088.3x
106   Savannah Sparrow
7.5% 5.5% 2.0% 0.7x
107   Palm Warbler
28.0% 5.5% 22.5% 0.2x
108   Boat-tailed Grackle
4.2% 5.3% 1.1% 1.3x
109   Eastern Phoebe
19.8% 5.1% 14.7% 0.3x
110   American Black Duck
10.4% 5.1% 5.2% 0.5x
111   Semipalmated Sandpiper
0.1% 5.1% 5.1% 101.3x
112   Marsh Wren
0.9% 4.9% 4.0% 5.4x
113   Semipalmated Plover
0.1% 4.8% 4.7% 67.1x
114   Yellow-throated Vireo
0.9% 4.6% 3.7% 5.2x
115   White-eyed Vireo
1.7% 4.5% 2.9% 2.7x
116   Glossy Ibis
2.5% 4.4% 1.9% 1.8x
117   Belted Kingfisher
10.7% 4.2% 6.4% 0.4x
118   Worm-eating Warbler
1.1% 4.2% 3.1% 3.9x
119   Least Tern
0.0% 4.1% 4.1% 109.9x
120   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
1.3% 4.1% 2.7% 3.0x
121   Hooded Warbler
1.1% 4.0% 2.9% 3.6x
122   White-crowned Sparrow
1.0% 3.9% 2.9% 3.9x
123   Yellow-billed Cuckoo
0.1% 3.8% 3.8% 59.5x
124   Black-bellied Plover
0.6% 3.6% 3.0% 6.1x
125   Clapper Rail
0.9% 3.5% 2.6% 3.8x
126   Field Sparrow
8.1% 3.5% 4.6% 0.4x
127   Ruddy Duck
11.0% 3.4% 7.6% 0.3x
128   Gray-cheeked Thrush
0% 3.1% 3.1% ∞
129   Tennessee Warbler
0.1% 3.1% 3.0% 49.3x
130   Lincoln's Sparrow
0.2% 3.0% 2.8% 18.5x
131   Peregrine Falcon
3.0% 2.8% 0.2% 0.9x
132   Lesser Yellowlegs
1.5% 2.8% 1.3% 1.9x
133   Bank Swallow
0.6% 2.7% 2.0% 4.3x
134   Common Loon
5.5% 2.7% 2.8% 0.5x
135   Red-breasted Nuthatch
2.7% 2.5% 0.1% 0.9x
136   Pileated Woodpecker
2.3% 2.5% 0.1% 1.1x
137   crow sp.
2.7% 2.4% 0.3% 0.9x
138   Bald Eagle
3.7% 2.4% 1.3% 0.6x
139   Common Raven
3.4% 2.4% 1.1% 0.7x
140   Dunlin
0.7% 2.4% 1.7% 3.4x
141   Wild Turkey
2.5% 2.3% 0.2% 0.9x
142   Ruddy Turnstone
0.1% 2.3% 2.2% 26.8x
143   Black Vulture
2.6% 2.3% 0.3% 0.9x
144   American Kestrel
5.6% 2.3% 3.4% 0.4x
145   Mourning Warbler
0% 2.1% 2.1% ∞
146   Monk Parakeet
2.4% 2.0% 0.4% 0.8x
147   Short-billed Dowitcher
0.1% 2.0% 1.8% 15.4x
148   Louisiana Waterthrush
7.0% 1.9% 5.0% 0.3x
149   Cooper's Hawk
3.7% 1.9% 1.8% 0.5x
150   Red-breasted Merganser
7.4% 1.8% 5.6% 0.2x
151   Empidonax sp.
0.0% 1.8% 1.8% 108.5x
152   Pine Warbler
16.2% 1.7% 14.4% 0.1x
153   Black Skimmer
0.0% 1.7% 1.7% 46.0x
154   Black-billed Cuckoo
0.1% 1.7% 1.7% 33.9x
155   Sanderling
0.7% 1.7% 1.0% 2.4x
156   gull sp.
2.3% 1.6% 0.7% 0.7x
157   Summer Tanager
0.3% 1.6% 1.3% 5.8x
158   Piping Plover
0.9% 1.5% 0.6% 1.7x
159   Common Nighthawk
0.0% 1.4% 1.4% 123.9x
160   Olive-sided Flycatcher
0.0% 1.4% 1.4% 524.3x
161   Little Blue Heron
0.8% 1.3% 0.5% 1.6x
162   Bobolink
0.0% 1.3% 1.3% 45.4x
163   Purple Martin
0.4% 1.3% 0.8% 2.8x
164   Red-throated Loon
4.9% 1.3% 3.6% 0.3x
165   Bufflehead
12.3% 1.3% 11.1% 0.1x
166   Purple Finch
1.7% 1.2% 0.5% 0.7x
167   Prothonotary Warbler
1.8% 1.2% 0.6% 0.7x
168   Eastern Bluebird
1.3% 1.2% 0.1% 0.9x
169   warbler sp. (Parulidae sp.)
0.4% 1.1% 0.7% 2.6x
170   Ring-necked Pheasant
1.4% 1.1% 0.2% 0.8x
171   Broad-winged Hawk
1.5% 1.1% 0.4% 0.8x
172   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
10.7% 1.0% 9.7% 0.1x
173   Northern Shoveler
9.2% 1.0% 8.2% 0.1x
174   Great Horned Owl
2.4% 1.0% 1.4% 0.4x
175   Merlin
2.0% 1.0% 1.1% 0.5x
176   American Coot
7.2% 0.9% 6.4% 0.1x
177   Sharp-shinned Hawk
2.7% 0.9% 1.8% 0.3x
178   Seaside Sparrow
0.2% 0.8% 0.7% 5.3x
179   Red-headed Woodpecker
0.7% 0.8% 0.1% 1.2x
180   Kentucky Warbler
0.3% 0.8% 0.5% 2.6x
181   Saltmarsh Sparrow
0.2% 0.8% 0.6% 4.5x
182   Cliff Swallow
0.3% 0.8% 0.5% 2.8x
183   Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
0% 0.8% 0.8% ∞
184   Blue Grosbeak
0.3% 0.8% 0.5% 2.6x
185   Red Knot
0.0% 0.7% 0.7% 35.2x
186   Bonaparte's Gull
1.0% 0.7% 0.3% 0.7x
187   swallow sp.
0.6% 0.7% 0.1% 1.1x
188   Northern Harrier
2.0% 0.6% 1.4% 0.3x
189   Cerulean Warbler
0.1% 0.6% 0.6% 7.5x
190   Acadian Flycatcher
0.0% 0.6% 0.6% 237.5x
191   Green-winged Teal
5.3% 0.6% 4.6% 0.1x
192   Alder Flycatcher
0% 0.6% 0.6% ∞
193   Red-shouldered Hawk
1.2% 0.6% 0.6% 0.5x
194   peep sp.
0.1% 0.6% 0.5% 7.3x
195   Catharus sp.
0.0% 0.6% 0.5% 12.7x
196   Mallard x American Black Duck (hybrid)
0.9% 0.6% 0.3% 0.6x
197   Blue-winged Teal
1.7% 0.5% 1.1% 0.3x
198   Alder/Willow Flycatcher (Traill's Flycatcher)
0% 0.5% 0.5% ∞
199   Chuck-will's-widow
0.2% 0.5% 0.3% 2.3x
200   Larus sp.
0.6% 0.5% 0.1% 0.8x
201   Least Bittern
0.4% 0.5% 0.1% 1.3x
202   Rusty Blackbird
4.2% 0.5% 3.7% 0.1x
203   Tricolored Heron
0.4% 0.5% 0.1% 1.4x
204   Greater Scaup
1.5% 0.5% 1.1% 0.3x
205   American Woodcock
0.7% 0.5% 0.3% 0.6x
206   Winter Wren
3.8% 0.5% 3.3% 0.1x
207   passerine sp.
0.3% 0.5% 0.1% 1.5x
208   Pine Siskin
0.9% 0.5% 0.4% 0.5x
209   Yellow-breasted Chat
0.0% 0.5% 0.4% 10.3x
210   Common Merganser
2.8% 0.4% 2.4% 0.2x
211   Dark-eyed Junco
19.4% 0.4% 18.9% 0.0x
212   Barred Owl
0.8% 0.4% 0.3% 0.6x
213   European Goldfinch
0.7% 0.4% 0.2% 0.6x
214   White-rumped Sandpiper
0% 0.4% 0.4% ∞
215   Bicknell's Thrush
0% 0.4% 0.4% ∞
216   American Bittern
0.4% 0.4% 0.1% 0.8x
217   Gray-cheeked/Bicknell's Thrush
0.0% 0.3% 0.3% 262.8x
218   new world sparrow sp.
0.3% 0.3% 0.0% 0.9x
219   Northern Gannet
2.3% 0.3% 2.1% 0.1x
220   American Wigeon
1.5% 0.3% 1.2% 0.2x
221   Louisiana/Northern Waterthrush
0.2% 0.3% 0.1% 1.4x
222   Yellow-throated Warbler
1.8% 0.3% 1.5% 0.2x
223   Virginia Rail
0.4% 0.3% 0.1% 0.8x
224   Black Scoter
0.5% 0.3% 0.3% 0.5x
225   Long-tailed Duck