Top Birds in May
within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA
based on 113040 checklists in 1805 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.
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Rank | Info | Species | Chart | Peak | April | May | Change | |
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1 | American Robin |
|
74.8% | 73.3% | 1.5% | |||
2 | Gray Catbird |
|
9.1% | 65.9% | 56.8% | |||
3 | Northern Cardinal |
|
60.6% | 59.0% | 1.6% | |||
4 | European Starling |
|
56.7% | 58.4% | 1.7% | |||
5 | House Sparrow |
|
53.2% | 57.0% | 3.8% | |||
6 | Common Grackle |
|
48.8% | 54.9% | 6.1% | |||
7 | Mourning Dove |
|
51.6% | 53.4% | 1.8% | |||
8 | Red-winged Blackbird |
|
54.7% | 53.3% | 1.4% | |||
9 | Mallard |
|
54.7% | 49.3% | 5.4% | |||
10 | Blue Jay |
|
52.6% | 49.3% | 3.3% | |||
11 | Common Yellowthroat |
|
3.5% | 47.5% | 44.1% | |||
12 | Canada Goose |
|
52.9% | 45.1% | 7.8% | |||
13 | Baltimore Oriole |
|
2.8% | 44.7% | 41.8% | |||
14 | Yellow Warbler |
|
7.8% | 42.6% | 34.8% | |||
15 | American Redstart |
|
1.3% | 40.4% | 39.1% | |||
16 | Black-and-white Warbler |
|
12.0% | 39.5% | 27.5% | |||
17 | Red-bellied Woodpecker |
|
39.7% | 38.2% | 1.5% | |||
18 | Northern Parula |
|
4.8% | 35.7% | 30.9% | |||
19 | Song Sparrow |
|
48.8% | 35.5% | 13.3% | |||
20 | Rock Pigeon |
|
34.1% | 35.5% | 1.3% | |||
21 | White-throated Sparrow |
|
57.1% | 34.3% | 22.8% | |||
22 | Double-crested Cormorant |
|
36.8% | 34.0% | 2.7% | |||
23 | Yellow-rumped Warbler |
|
31.2% | 33.8% | 2.6% | |||
24 | Ovenbird |
|
3.6% | 32.7% | 29.1% | |||
25 | Warbling Vireo |
|
3.4% | 32.2% | 28.8% | |||
26 | Barn Swallow |
|
14.4% | 31.7% | 17.3% | |||
27 | Chimney Swift |
|
5.4% | 29.8% | 24.4% | |||
28 | Northern Flicker |
|
45.2% | 29.1% | 16.1% | |||
29 | American Goldfinch |
|
28.5% | 28.7% | 0.2% | |||
30 | Downy Woodpecker |
|
38.0% | 28.1% | 9.9% | |||
31 | Black-throated Blue Warbler |
|
1.7% | 28.0% | 26.3% | |||
32 | Magnolia Warbler |
|
0.2% | 27.5% | 27.3% | |||
33 | House Wren |
|
7.6% | 26.7% | 19.1% | |||
34 | Northern Mockingbird |
|
28.3% | 26.7% | 1.6% | |||
35 | Great Egret |
|
22.7% | 25.4% | 2.7% | |||
36 | Herring Gull |
|
26.4% | 23.4% | 3.0% | |||
37 | Northern Waterthrush |
|
5.2% | 23.2% | 18.1% | |||
38 | Wood Thrush |
|
2.1% | 23.1% | 21.0% | |||
39 | Red-eyed Vireo |
|
0.4% | 22.8% | 22.4% | |||
40 | Tree Swallow |
|
22.1% | 22.4% | 0.3% | |||
41 | Blackpoll Warbler |
|
0.2% | 21.9% | 21.7% | |||
42 | Brown-headed Cowbird |
|
23.0% | 20.8% | 2.2% | |||
43 | Black-throated Green Warbler |
|
2.3% | 20.2% | 17.9% | |||
44 | Veery |
|
1.4% | 20.1% | 18.6% | |||
45 | Eastern Towhee |
|
21.9% | 19.9% | 2.1% | |||
46 | Carolina Wren |
|
22.3% | 19.8% | 2.5% | |||
47 | Red-tailed Hawk |
|
24.8% | 19.8% | 5.1% | |||
48 | Scarlet Tanager |
|
0.6% | 18.9% | 18.3% | |||
49 | Chipping Sparrow |
|
25.1% | 18.3% | 6.8% | |||
50 | Great Crested Flycatcher |
|
0.9% | 18.1% | 17.2% | |||
51 | Swainson's Thrush |
|
0.2% | 17.8% | 17.6% | |||
52 | American Crow |
|
19.4% | 17.6% | 1.7% | |||
53 | Laughing Gull |
|
11.1% | 16.9% | 5.8% | |||
54 | Eastern Kingbird |
|
1.2% | 16.8% | 15.7% | |||
55 | Cedar Waxwing |
|
3.6% | 16.8% | 13.2% | |||
56 | Rose-breasted Grosbeak |
|
1.6% | 16.5% | 14.9% | |||
57 | Osprey |
|
19.2% | 16.4% | 2.8% | |||
58 | Chestnut-sided Warbler |
|
0.4% | 16.3% | 15.9% | |||
59 | House Finch |
|
16.6% | 16.0% | 0.6% | |||
60 | Tufted Titmouse |
|
25.7% | 15.6% | 10.2% | |||
61 | Blue-gray Gnatcatcher |
|
17.1% | 14.5% | 2.6% | |||
62 | Ring-billed Gull |
|
23.3% | 14.3% | 9.0% | |||
63 | Blue-headed Vireo |
|
9.5% | 14.3% | 4.7% | |||
64 | Great Black-backed Gull |
|
15.6% | 13.3% | 2.3% | |||
65 | Ruby-crowned Kinglet |
|
29.4% | 13.2% | 16.2% | |||
66 | Swamp Sparrow |
|
17.8% | 13.1% | 4.8% | |||
67 | Spotted Sandpiper |
|
1.8% | 12.4% | 10.6% | |||
68 | Black-capped Chickadee |
|
21.9% | 12.1% | 9.8% | |||
69 | Northern Rough-winged Swallow |
|
10.9% | 12.0% | 1.1% | |||
70 | Canada Warbler |
|
0.1% | 11.7% | 11.6% | |||
71 | Black-crowned Night-Heron |
|
7.6% | 11.7% | 4.1% | |||
72 | Mute Swan |
|
15.4% | 11.5% | 3.9% | |||
73 | Eastern Wood-Pewee |
|
0.0% | 11.1% | 11.1% | |||
74 | Hermit Thrush |
|
25.5% | 11.1% | 14.4% | |||
75 | Fish Crow |
|
15.6% | 10.9% | 4.7% | |||
76 | Brant |
|
13.8% | 10.8% | 3.1% | |||
77 | White-breasted Nuthatch |
|
17.9% | 10.7% | 7.2% | |||
78 | Orchard Oriole |
|
1.6% | 10.2% | 8.6% | |||
79 | Indigo Bunting |
|
0.9% | 10.0% | 9.2% | |||
80 | Snowy Egret |
|
7.2% | 9.9% | 2.8% | |||
81 | Turkey Vulture |
|
12.5% | 9.8% | 2.8% | |||
82 | Great Blue Heron |
|
11.1% | 9.6% | 1.6% | |||
83 | Blackburnian Warbler |
|
0.5% | 9.4% | 9.0% | |||
84 | Wood Duck |
|
14.3% | 9.3% | 5.0% | |||
85 | Killdeer |
|
9.3% | 9.3% | 0.0% | |||
86 | Green Heron |
|
3.6% | 9.0% | 5.4% | |||
87 | Nashville Warbler |
|
0.8% | 8.9% | 8.1% | |||
88 | Wilson's Warbler |
|
0.0% | 8.8% | 8.8% | |||
89 | Prairie Warbler |
|
2.7% | 8.5% | 5.8% | |||
90 | Hairy Woodpecker |
|
10.0% | 8.3% | 1.7% | |||
91 | Bay-breasted Warbler |
|
0.0% | 8.0% | 8.0% | |||
92 | American Oystercatcher |
|
7.0% | 7.9% | 0.9% | |||
93 | Forster's Tern |
|
3.7% | 7.9% | 4.3% | |||
94 | Brown Thrasher |
|
6.2% | 7.3% | 1.2% | |||
95 | Least Sandpiper |
|
0.6% | 7.1% | 6.5% | |||
96 | Cape May Warbler |
|
0.2% | 7.0% | 6.8% | |||
97 | Gadwall |
|
8.5% | 7.0% | 1.6% | |||
98 | Blue-winged Warbler |
|
1.8% | 6.6% | 4.9% | |||
99 | Ruby-throated Hummingbird |
|
0.5% | 6.3% | 5.8% | |||
100 | Least Flycatcher |
|
0.1% | 5.9% | 5.8% | |||
101 | Greater Yellowlegs |
|
6.4% | 5.9% | 0.6% | |||
102 | Willet |
|
1.4% | 5.8% | 4.4% | |||
103 | Common Tern |
|
0.2% | 5.8% | 5.6% | |||
104 | Solitary Sandpiper |
|
0.8% | 5.8% | 5.0% | |||
105 | Savannah Sparrow |
|
7.8% | 5.5% | 2.3% | |||
106 | Willow Flycatcher |
|
0.0% | 5.4% | 5.4% | |||
107 | Palm Warbler |
|
28.0% | 5.3% | 22.7% | |||
108 | Boat-tailed Grackle |
|
4.1% | 5.2% | 1.0% | |||
109 | American Black Duck |
|
10.2% | 5.0% | 5.2% | |||
110 | Eastern Phoebe |
|
19.0% | 4.9% | 14.1% | |||
111 | Semipalmated Sandpiper |
|
0.0% | 4.9% | 4.8% | |||
112 | Marsh Wren |
|
0.9% | 4.6% | 3.7% | |||
113 | Yellow-throated Vireo |
|
0.8% | 4.6% | 3.8% | |||
114 | Semipalmated Plover |
|
0.1% | 4.5% | 4.5% | |||
115 | White-eyed Vireo |
|
1.6% | 4.3% | 2.7% | |||
116 | Glossy Ibis |
|
2.3% | 4.2% | 1.9% | |||
117 | Belted Kingfisher |
|
10.2% | 4.2% | 6.0% | |||
118 | Hooded Warbler |
|
1.2% | 4.0% | 2.8% | |||
119 | Worm-eating Warbler |
|
0.9% | 3.9% | 3.0% | |||
120 | Least Tern |
|
0.0% | 3.9% | 3.9% | |||
121 | Yellow-crowned Night-Heron |
|
1.3% | 3.9% | 2.6% | |||
122 | White-crowned Sparrow |
|
0.9% | 3.7% | 2.7% | |||
123 | Yellow-billed Cuckoo |
|
0.1% | 3.5% | 3.5% | |||
124 | Black-bellied Plover |
|
0.6% | 3.5% | 2.8% | |||
125 | Field Sparrow |
|
8.1% | 3.4% | 4.7% | |||
126 | Tennessee Warbler |
|
0.1% | 3.4% | 3.3% | |||
127 | Clapper Rail |
|
0.9% | 3.4% | 2.4% | |||
128 | Ruddy Duck |
|
10.8% | 3.3% | 7.5% | |||
129 | Gray-cheeked Thrush |
|
0% | 3.2% | 3.2% | |||
130 | Lincoln's Sparrow |
|
0.1% | 2.9% | 2.8% | |||
131 | Red-breasted Nuthatch |
|
2.9% | 2.8% | 0.1% | |||
132 | Lesser Yellowlegs |
|
1.4% | 2.7% | 1.3% | |||
133 | Peregrine Falcon |
|
2.9% | 2.7% | 0.3% | |||
134 | Common Raven |
|
3.7% | 2.5% | 1.1% | |||
135 | Bank Swallow |
|
0.6% | 2.5% | 2.0% | |||
136 | Bald Eagle |
|
3.9% | 2.5% | 1.4% | |||
137 | Pileated Woodpecker |
|
2.3% | 2.5% | 0.1% | |||
138 | Common Loon |
|
5.2% | 2.4% | 2.8% | |||
139 | Black Vulture |
|
2.5% | 2.2% | 0.3% | |||
140 | Dunlin |
|
0.7% | 2.2% | 1.5% | |||
141 | Wild Turkey |
|
2.4% | 2.2% | 0.2% | |||
142 | American Kestrel |
|
5.5% | 2.2% | 3.3% | |||
143 | Ruddy Turnstone |
|
0.1% | 2.2% | 2.1% | |||
144 | Monk Parakeet |
|
2.5% | 2.0% | 0.4% | |||
145 | Cooper's Hawk |
|
3.7% | 2.0% | 1.7% | |||
146 | Mourning Warbler |
|
0% | 1.9% | 1.9% | |||
147 | Louisiana Waterthrush |
|
7.0% | 1.8% | 5.2% | |||
148 | Short-billed Dowitcher |
|
0.1% | 1.8% | 1.7% | |||
149 | Red-breasted Merganser |
|
7.0% | 1.7% | 5.3% | |||
150 | Summer Tanager |
|
0.3% | 1.7% | 1.4% | |||
151 | Pine Warbler |
|
15.7% | 1.7% | 14.1% | |||
152 | Black Skimmer |
|
0.0% | 1.7% | 1.6% | |||
153 | Sanderling |
|
0.7% | 1.6% | 0.9% | |||
154 | Black-billed Cuckoo |
|
0.0% | 1.6% | 1.5% | |||
155 | Piping Plover |
|
0.8% | 1.4% | 0.6% | |||
156 | Common Nighthawk |
|
0.0% | 1.4% | 1.4% | |||
157 | Purple Martin |
|
0.5% | 1.4% | 0.9% | |||
158 | Purple Finch |
|
1.9% | 1.3% | 0.6% | |||
159 | Olive-sided Flycatcher |
|
0.0% | 1.3% | 1.3% | |||
160 | Little Blue Heron |
|
0.8% | 1.2% | 0.4% | |||
161 | Eastern Bluebird |
|
1.3% | 1.2% | 0.1% | |||
162 | Bobolink |
|
0.0% | 1.2% | 1.2% | |||
163 | Bufflehead |
|
11.9% | 1.2% | 10.8% | |||
164 | Broad-winged Hawk |
|
1.4% | 1.1% | 0.3% | |||
165 | Red-throated Loon |
|
4.4% | 1.1% | 3.3% | |||
166 | Prothonotary Warbler |
|
1.7% | 1.1% | 0.6% | |||
167 | Ring-necked Pheasant |
|
1.2% | 1.0% | 0.2% | |||
168 | Great Horned Owl |
|
2.5% | 1.0% | 1.5% | |||
169 | Yellow-bellied Sapsucker |
|
10.4% | 1.0% | 9.4% | |||
170 | Northern Shoveler |
|
8.7% | 1.0% | 7.7% | |||
171 | Merlin |
|
2.0% | 0.9% | 1.1% | |||
172 | American Coot |
|
7.1% | 0.9% | 6.3% | |||
173 | Sharp-shinned Hawk |
|
2.5% | 0.8% | 1.6% | |||
174 | Red-headed Woodpecker |
|
0.6% | 0.8% | 0.2% | |||
175 | Cliff Swallow |
|
0.3% | 0.8% | 0.5% | |||
176 | Blue Grosbeak |
|
0.3% | 0.8% | 0.5% | |||
177 | Seaside Sparrow |
|
0.1% | 0.8% | 0.6% | |||
178 | Kentucky Warbler |
|
0.3% | 0.8% | 0.5% | |||
179 | Saltmarsh Sparrow |
|
0.2% | 0.8% | 0.6% | |||
180 | Yellow-bellied Flycatcher |
|
0% | 0.7% | 0.7% | |||
181 | Red Knot |
|
0.0% | 0.7% | 0.7% | |||
182 | Cerulean Warbler |
|
0.1% | 0.7% | 0.6% | |||
183 | Northern Harrier |
|
1.8% | 0.6% | 1.2% | |||
184 | Bonaparte's Gull |
|
0.9% | 0.6% | 0.3% | |||
185 | Red-shouldered Hawk |
|
1.2% | 0.6% | 0.6% | |||
186 | Green-winged Teal |
|
5.1% | 0.6% | 4.5% | |||
187 | Alder Flycatcher |
|
0% | 0.6% | 0.6% | |||
188 | Acadian Flycatcher |
|
0.0% | 0.6% | 0.5% | |||
189 | Blue-winged Teal |
|
1.7% | 0.5% | 1.2% | |||
190 | Dark-eyed Junco |
|
20.2% | 0.5% | 19.7% | |||
191 | American Woodcock |
|
0.7% | 0.5% | 0.2% | |||
192 | Chuck-will's-widow |
|
0.2% | 0.5% | 0.3% | |||
193 | Rusty Blackbird |
|
4.3% | 0.5% | 3.9% | |||
194 | Least Bittern |
|
0.4% | 0.5% | 0.1% | |||
195 | Greater Scaup |
|
1.4% | 0.4% | 1.0% | |||
196 | Common Merganser |
|
2.6% | 0.4% | 2.2% | |||
197 | Tricolored Heron |
|
0.3% | 0.4% | 0.1% | |||
198 | Winter Wren |
|
3.7% | 0.4% | 3.3% | |||
199 | Yellow-breasted Chat |
|
0.0% | 0.4% | 0.4% | |||
200 | Pine Siskin |
|
0.8% | 0.4% | 0.4% | |||
201 | Barred Owl |
|
0.7% | 0.4% | 0.3% | |||
202 | White-rumped Sandpiper |
|
0.0% | 0.4% | 0.4% | |||
203 | Bicknell's Thrush |
|
0% | 0.4% | 0.4% | |||
204 | European Goldfinch |
|
0.7% | 0.4% | 0.3% | |||
205 | American Bittern |
|
0.5% | 0.3% | 0.2% | |||
206 | Virginia Rail |
|
0.3% | 0.3% | 0.0% | |||
207 | Yellow-throated Warbler |
|
1.7% | 0.3% | 1.4% | |||
208 | Evening Grosbeak |
|
0.4% | 0.3% | 0.1% | |||
209 | Northern Gannet |
|
2.3% | 0.3% | 2.0% | |||
210 | Black Scoter |
|
0.5% | 0.3% | 0.3% | |||
211 | American Wigeon |
|
1.3% | 0.2% | 1.1% | |||
212 | Wilson's Phalarope |
|
0.0% | 0.2% | 0.2% | |||
213 | Long-tailed Duck |
|
1.0% | 0.2% | 0.8% | |||
214 | Wilson's Snipe |
|
2.0% | 0.2% | 1.7% | |||
215 | Gull-billed Tern |
|
0.0% | 0.2% | 0.2% | |||
216 | Hooded Merganser |
|
2.8% | 0.2% | 2.6% | |||
217 | Caspian Tern |
|
0.1% | 0.2% | 0.1% | |||
218 | Orange-crowned Warbler |
|
0.4% | 0.2% | 0.2% | |||
219 | Eastern Screech-Owl |
|
0.5% | 0.2% | 0.3% | |||
220 | Lesser Black-backed Gull |
|
0.3% | 0.2% | 0.1% | |||
221 | Horned Grebe |
|
2.8% | 0.2% | 2.6% | |||
222 | Surf Scoter |
|
0.5% | 0.2% | 0.3% | |||
223 | Kirtland's Warbler |
|
0% | 0.2% | 0.2% | |||
224 | Eastern Whip-poor-will |
|
0.1% | 0.2% | 0.1% | |||
225 | Brown Creeper |
|