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Top Birds at Gravesend Bay in May
relative to other locations within 25 miles of 40.781243, -73.966507

based on 19 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Gravesend Bay in May. 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   Ring-billed Gull 14.1% 78.9% 64.9%
2   Laughing Gull 18.1% 73.7% 55.6%
3   Purple Sandpiper 0.2% 73.7% 73.5%
4   American Herring Gull 22.9% 63.2% 40.3%
5   Brant 10.6% 57.9% 47.3%
6   Rock Pigeon 35.9% 52.6% 16.7%
7   Double-crested Cormorant 33.8% 47.4% 13.5%
8   Great Black-backed Gull 12.7% 47.4% 34.7%
9   Common Loon 2.3% 47.4% 45.0%
10   House Sparrow 57.5% 42.1% 15.4%
11   European Starling 58.3% 36.8% 21.4%
12   Greater Scaup 0.4% 36.8% 36.4%
13   Mourning Dove 53.8% 31.6% 22.2%
14   Red-winged Blackbird 52.9% 26.3% 26.6%
15   Mallard 47.7% 26.3% 21.4%
16   Barn Swallow 30.9% 26.3% 4.6%
17   Canada Goose 44.5% 15.8% 28.7%
18   Red-throated Loon 0.9% 15.8% 14.9%
19   Northern Mockingbird 27.4% 10.5% 16.8%
20   American Crow 17.5% 10.5% 7.0%
21   Spotted Sandpiper 12.2% 10.5% 1.6%
22   Turkey Vulture 9.3% 10.5% 1.2%
23   American Robin 73.2% 5.3% 67.9%
24   Gray Catbird 65.6% 5.3% 60.3%
25   Northern Cardinal 58.9% 5.3% 53.7%
26   Black-and-white Warbler 37.7% 5.3% 32.5%
27   Chimney Swift 30.9% 5.3% 25.6%
28   Great Egret 24.3% 5.3% 19.1%
29   Tree Swallow 21.6% 5.3% 16.3%
30   Brown-headed Cowbird 20.0% 5.3% 14.8%
31   Osprey 16.9% 5.3% 11.6%
32   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 11.4% 5.3% 6.1%
33   Fish Crow 11.1% 5.3% 5.8%
34   Mute Swan 10.8% 5.3% 5.6%
35   Snowy Egret 9.5% 5.3% 4.2%
36   American Black Duck 5.1% 5.3% 0.1%
37   Semipalmated Plover 4.4% 5.3% 0.9%
38   Glossy Ibis 4.0% 5.3% 1.3%
39   Peregrine Falcon 2.5% 5.3% 2.7%
40   Red-breasted Merganser 1.7% 5.3% 3.5%
41   Little Blue Heron 1.1% 5.3% 4.2%
42   Bonaparte's Gull 0.6% 5.3% 4.7%
43   Black Scoter 0.3% 5.3% 5.0%
44   Northern Gannet 0.2% 5.3% 5.0%
45   Lesser Black-backed Gull 0.2% 5.3% 5.1%
46   Surf Scoter 0.2% 5.3% 5.1%
47   White-winged Scoter 0.1% 5.3% 5.2%
48   King Eider 0.1% 5.3% 5.2%