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Top Birds at Battery Park, Manhattan in May
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA

based on 441 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Battery Park, Manhattan 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   House Sparrow 56.9% 79.8% 22.9%
2   European Starling 58.3% 78.9% 20.6%
3   Rock Pigeon 35.3% 76.4% 41.1%
4   American Robin 73.3% 69.4% 3.9%
5   Gray Catbird 65.9% 66.4% 0.5%
6   White-throated Sparrow 34.2% 51.0% 16.8%
7   Common Yellowthroat 47.5% 46.7% 0.8%
8   Ovenbird 32.7% 42.6% 10.0%
9   Double-crested Cormorant 34.0% 40.4% 6.4%
10   Black-and-white Warbler 39.5% 39.9% 0.4%
11   Herring Gull 23.4% 39.7% 16.3%
12   Blue Jay 49.3% 36.1% 13.3%
13   Fish Crow 10.8% 34.2% 23.5%
14   Great Black-backed Gull 13.3% 28.3% 15.1%
15   Northern Cardinal 59.1% 27.4% 31.7%
16   Ring-billed Gull 14.3% 23.6% 9.3%
17   American Redstart 40.5% 22.2% 18.2%
18   Mallard 49.4% 20.6% 28.8%
19   Northern Parula 35.8% 20.6% 15.1%
20   Mourning Dove 53.5% 20.2% 33.4%
21   Common Grackle 55.0% 19.5% 35.5%
22   Yellow-rumped Warbler 33.9% 19.0% 14.8%
23   Eastern Towhee 19.9% 18.6% 1.3%
24   Laughing Gull 16.9% 15.4% 1.5%
25   Scarlet Tanager 18.9% 15.0% 3.9%
26   Swamp Sparrow 13.1% 14.1% 1.0%
27   Canada Goose 45.2% 13.2% 32.1%
28   Black-throated Blue Warbler 28.1% 12.7% 15.4%
29   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 0.9% 12.5% 11.5%
30   Red-bellied Woodpecker 38.3% 12.2% 26.0%
31   Chipping Sparrow 18.3% 12.2% 6.1%
32   Baltimore Oriole 44.8% 11.3% 33.5%
33   Yellow Warbler 42.8% 11.1% 31.6%
34   Northern Flicker 29.2% 11.1% 18.1%
35   Red-tailed Hawk 19.8% 11.1% 8.7%
36   Blue Grosbeak 0.7% 10.9% 10.1%
37   Veery 20.1% 10.4% 9.7%
38   Brant 10.8% 9.3% 1.5%
39   Wood Thrush 23.2% 9.1% 14.1%
40   Blackpoll Warbler 21.9% 8.6% 13.3%
41   Magnolia Warbler 27.6% 8.4% 19.2%
42   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 13.2% 8.2% 5.1%
43   Hermit Thrush 11.1% 8.2% 2.9%
44   House Wren 26.8% 7.7% 19.1%
45   American Crow 17.7% 7.7% 10.0%
46   Swainson's Thrush 17.8% 7.0% 10.8%
47   Downy Woodpecker 28.2% 6.8% 21.4%
48   Common Tern 5.8% 6.8% 1.0%
49   Indigo Bunting 10.0% 6.6% 3.5%
50   Eastern Wood-Pewee 11.1% 6.3% 4.8%
51   Black-throated Green Warbler 20.2% 6.1% 14.1%
52   Northern Mockingbird 26.8% 5.9% 20.9%
53   Rose-breasted Grosbeak 16.5% 5.9% 10.6%
54   Northern Waterthrush 23.3% 5.7% 17.6%
55   American Black Duck 5.0% 4.8% 0.3%
56   Peregrine Falcon 2.7% 4.5% 1.9%
57   Red-winged Blackbird 53.5% 4.3% 49.2%
58   Red-eyed Vireo 22.8% 4.1% 18.7%
59   Summer Tanager 1.7% 4.1% 2.4%
60   American Goldfinch 28.7% 3.9% 24.9%
61   Blue-headed Vireo 14.3% 3.9% 10.4%
62   Prairie Warbler 8.5% 3.9% 4.6%
63   Warbling Vireo 32.3% 3.6% 28.6%
64   Red-breasted Nuthatch 2.8% 3.6% 0.8%
65   Song Sparrow 35.7% 3.4% 32.3%
66   Palm Warbler 5.3% 3.4% 1.9%
67   Canada Warbler 11.7% 3.2% 8.5%
68   Chestnut-sided Warbler 16.3% 2.9% 13.4%
69   Lincoln's Sparrow 2.9% 2.9% 0.0%
70   Nashville Warbler 8.9% 2.7% 6.2%
71   Cedar Waxwing 16.8% 2.5% 14.3%
72   Gadwall 7.0% 2.5% 4.5%
73   Least Flycatcher 5.9% 2.5% 3.4%
74   Great Crested Flycatcher 18.2% 2.3% 15.9%
75   Bay-breasted Warbler 8.0% 2.3% 5.7%
76   Blackburnian Warbler 9.5% 2.0% 7.4%
77   Wild Turkey 2.2% 2.0% 0.2%
78   Red-throated Loon 1.1% 2.0% 1.0%
79   Barn Swallow 31.8% 1.8% 30.0%
80   Carolina Wren 19.9% 1.6% 18.3%
81   Osprey 16.5% 1.6% 14.9%
82   Wilson's Warbler 8.9% 1.6% 7.3%
83   Brown Thrasher 7.4% 1.6% 5.8%
84   Blue-winged Warbler 6.7% 1.6% 5.1%
85   American Kestrel 2.2% 1.6% 0.6%
86   Worm-eating Warbler 3.9% 1.4% 2.6%
87   Tennessee Warbler 3.4% 1.4% 2.0%
88   Dark-eyed Junco 0.5% 1.4% 0.9%
89   Chimney Swift 29.9% 1.1% 28.8%
90   Brown-headed Cowbird 20.9% 1.1% 19.7%
91   Eastern Phoebe 4.9% 1.1% 3.8%
92   White-crowned Sparrow 3.7% 1.1% 2.6%
93   Orchard Oriole 10.2% 0.9% 9.3%
94   Cape May Warbler 7.0% 0.9% 6.1%
95   Pine Warbler 1.7% 0.9% 0.8%
96   Purple Finch 1.3% 0.9% 0.4%
97   Eastern Kingbird 16.9% 0.7% 16.2%
98   Black-capped Chickadee 12.1% 0.7% 11.5%
99   Turkey Vulture 9.8% 0.7% 9.1%
100   Savannah Sparrow 5.5% 0.7% 4.8%
101   Common Raven 2.5% 0.7% 1.8%
102   Great Egret 25.5% 0.5% 25.1%
103   House Finch 16.1% 0.5% 15.6%
104   Tufted Titmouse 15.6% 0.5% 15.2%
105   Hairy Woodpecker 8.4% 0.5% 7.9%
106   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 6.3% 0.5% 5.9%
107   Red-breasted Merganser 1.7% 0.5% 1.2%
108   Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 0.7% 0.5% 0.3%
109   Yellow-throated Warbler 0.3% 0.5% 0.2%
110   Grasshopper Sparrow 0.1% 0.5% 0.3%
111   Tree Swallow 22.5% 0.2% 22.3%
112   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 14.5% 0.2% 14.3%
113   Spotted Sandpiper 12.4% 0.2% 12.2%
114   Black-crowned Night-Heron 11.7% 0.2% 11.5%
115   Snowy Egret 10.0% 0.2% 9.7%
116   Great Blue Heron 9.6% 0.2% 9.4%
117   Green Heron 9.0% 0.2% 8.8%
118   Yellow-throated Vireo 4.6% 0.2% 4.4%
119   Glossy Ibis 4.3% 0.2% 4.0%
120   Hooded Warbler 4.0% 0.2% 3.8%
121   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 3.9% 0.2% 3.7%
122   Field Sparrow 3.4% 0.2% 3.2%
123   Bald Eagle 2.5% 0.2% 2.3%
124   Common Loon 2.5% 0.2% 2.2%
125   Black Skimmer 1.7% 0.2% 1.4%
126   Prothonotary Warbler 1.1% 0.2% 0.8%
127   Sharp-shinned Hawk 0.8% 0.2% 0.6%
128   Acadian Flycatcher 0.6% 0.2% 0.3%
129   Winter Wren 0.4% 0.2% 0.2%
130   Red-necked Phalarope 0.1% 0.2% 0.1%
131   Whimbrel 0.1% 0.2% 0.1%
132   Arctic Tern 0.1% 0.2% 0.2%