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

based on 269 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Great Kills Park 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   Boat-tailed Grackle 5.0% 71.4% 66.4%
2   Canada Goose 45.1% 67.3% 22.2%
3   American Robin 73.3% 66.5% 6.8%
4   Laughing Gull 16.8% 65.4% 48.7%
5   Northern Mockingbird 26.6% 63.9% 37.3%
6   Herring Gull 23.3% 63.9% 40.6%
7   European Starling 58.4% 62.5% 4.0%
8   Double-crested Cormorant 34.0% 59.9% 25.9%
9   Brant 10.6% 59.1% 48.5%
10   Gray Catbird 66.0% 57.6% 8.3%
11   Mallard 49.3% 57.6% 8.3%
12   Bank Swallow 2.4% 56.9% 54.5%
13   Red-winged Blackbird 53.3% 55.8% 2.4%
14   Song Sparrow 35.5% 55.4% 19.9%
15   American Oystercatcher 7.8% 54.3% 46.5%
16   Great Black-backed Gull 13.2% 53.9% 40.7%
17   Yellow Warbler 42.6% 53.5% 10.9%
18   Mourning Dove 53.4% 51.7% 1.7%
19   Eastern Towhee 19.8% 50.6% 30.8%
20   Brown-headed Cowbird 20.7% 49.1% 28.4%
21   Killdeer 9.2% 49.1% 39.9%
22   Northern Cardinal 59.0% 48.7% 10.3%
23   Fish Crow 10.8% 44.2% 33.5%
24   Great Egret 25.4% 42.8% 17.4%
25   Common Yellowthroat 47.5% 39.0% 8.5%
26   Ring-billed Gull 14.3% 38.3% 24.0%
27   Tree Swallow 22.4% 36.8% 14.4%
28   Barn Swallow 31.7% 35.3% 3.6%
29   Snowy Egret 9.9% 34.9% 25.1%
30   Osprey 16.4% 33.8% 17.4%
31   Spotted Sandpiper 12.3% 33.5% 21.1%
32   American Goldfinch 28.6% 33.1% 4.4%
33   Semipalmated Plover 4.5% 30.9% 26.4%
34   House Sparrow 57.0% 28.6% 28.4%
35   House Wren 26.7% 27.1% 0.4%
36   Rock Pigeon 35.5% 25.3% 10.2%
37   Common Tern 5.8% 24.9% 19.1%
38   Brown Thrasher 7.3% 23.4% 16.1%
39   Common Grackle 55.0% 23.0% 31.9%
40   Black-crowned Night-Heron 11.6% 22.7% 11.1%
41   Black-bellied Plover 3.4% 21.6% 18.1%
42   Little Blue Heron 1.2% 21.6% 20.4%
43   Ring-necked Pheasant 1.0% 21.2% 20.2%
44   Willow Flycatcher 5.4% 20.1% 14.7%
45   Carolina Wren 19.8% 19.0% 0.9%
46   Glossy Ibis 4.2% 18.2% 14.0%
47   Field Sparrow 3.4% 18.2% 14.9%
48   Warbling Vireo 32.2% 17.8% 14.4%
49   Forster's Tern 7.9% 17.8% 10.0%
50   Semipalmated Sandpiper 4.9% 17.8% 13.0%
51   Sanderling 1.6% 17.8% 16.2%
52   Ruddy Turnstone 2.2% 16.7% 14.6%
53   Least Sandpiper 7.1% 16.4% 9.3%
54   American Redstart 40.5% 15.2% 25.2%
55   Turkey Vulture 9.7% 14.5% 4.8%
56   Blue Jay 49.3% 14.1% 35.2%
57   American Crow 17.7% 14.1% 3.5%
58   Red-breasted Merganser 1.6% 14.1% 12.5%
59   White-throated Sparrow 34.3% 13.8% 20.6%
60   Northern Flicker 29.1% 12.6% 16.5%
61   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 12.0% 12.3% 0.2%
62   White-eyed Vireo 4.3% 12.3% 8.0%
63   Baltimore Oriole 44.7% 11.9% 32.8%
64   Cedar Waxwing 16.8% 9.3% 7.5%
65   House Finch 16.0% 9.3% 6.7%
66   Dunlin 2.2% 9.3% 7.1%
67   Downy Woodpecker 28.2% 8.6% 19.6%
68   Savannah Sparrow 5.5% 8.6% 3.1%
69   American Black Duck 5.0% 8.2% 3.2%
70   Common Loon 2.4% 8.2% 5.7%
71   Bonaparte's Gull 0.6% 8.2% 7.6%
72   Orchard Oriole 10.2% 7.8% 2.4%
73   Red-bellied Woodpecker 38.2% 7.4% 30.8%
74   Chimney Swift 29.9% 7.1% 22.8%
75   Willet 5.8% 6.3% 0.5%
76   Greater Scaup 0.4% 6.3% 5.9%
77   Chipping Sparrow 18.3% 5.9% 12.4%
78   Greater Yellowlegs 5.9% 5.9% 0.1%
79   American Woodcock 0.5% 5.6% 5.1%
80   Horned Grebe 0.2% 5.6% 5.4%
81   Red-tailed Hawk 19.8% 5.2% 14.6%
82   Northern Parula 35.8% 4.5% 31.3%
83   Mute Swan 11.5% 4.1% 7.4%
84   Solitary Sandpiper 5.8% 4.1% 1.7%
85   Black Skimmer 1.7% 4.1% 2.4%
86   Long-tailed Duck 0.2% 4.1% 3.9%
87   White Ibis 0% 4.1% 4.1%
88   Belted Kingfisher 4.2% 3.7% 0.5%
89   Least Tern 3.9% 3.7% 0.2%
90   Bufflehead 1.2% 3.7% 2.5%
91   Black-and-white Warbler 39.6% 3.3% 36.3%
92   Yellow-rumped Warbler 33.9% 3.3% 30.5%
93   Swamp Sparrow 13.1% 3.3% 9.7%
94   Great Blue Heron 9.6% 3.3% 6.2%
95   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 6.3% 3.3% 3.0%
96   White-crowned Sparrow 3.7% 3.3% 0.3%
97   Short-billed Dowitcher 1.8% 3.3% 1.5%
98   Red Knot 0.7% 3.3% 2.7%
99   Red-eyed Vireo 22.8% 3.0% 19.8%
100   Eastern Kingbird 16.9% 3.0% 13.9%
101   Bald Eagle 2.5% 3.0% 0.5%
102   Black-throated Blue Warbler 28.1% 2.6% 25.5%
103   Magnolia Warbler 27.6% 2.6% 25.0%
104   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 14.5% 2.6% 11.9%
105   Yellow-breasted Chat 0.4% 2.6% 2.2%
106   Ovenbird 32.8% 2.2% 30.6%
107   Wood Thrush 23.2% 2.2% 20.9%
108   Veery 20.1% 2.2% 17.9%
109   Great Crested Flycatcher 18.1% 2.2% 15.9%
110   Black-capped Chickadee 12.1% 2.2% 9.9%
111   Marsh Wren 4.6% 2.2% 2.4%
112   Snow Goose 0.2% 2.2% 2.1%
113   Common Eider 0.1% 2.2% 2.1%
114   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 13.2% 1.9% 11.4%
115   Gadwall 7.0% 1.9% 5.1%
116   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 3.9% 1.9% 2.1%
117   Black Scoter 0.2% 1.9% 1.6%
118   Blackpoll Warbler 21.9% 1.5% 20.4%
119   Black-throated Green Warbler 20.2% 1.5% 18.7%
120   Swainson's Thrush 17.8% 1.5% 16.3%
121   Eastern Wood-Pewee 11.1% 1.5% 9.7%
122   Wild Turkey 2.2% 1.5% 0.7%
123   Surf Scoter 0.2% 1.5% 1.3%
124   King Eider 0.1% 1.5% 1.4%
125   Common Goldeneye 0.0% 1.5% 1.5%
126   Northern Waterthrush 23.3% 1.1% 22.2%
127   Hermit Thrush 11.1% 1.1% 10.0%
128   Prairie Warbler 8.5% 1.1% 7.4%
129   Blue-winged Warbler 6.7% 1.1% 5.5%
130   Yellow-billed Cuckoo 3.5% 1.1% 2.4%
131   American Kestrel 2.2% 1.1% 1.1%
132   Black-billed Cuckoo 1.6% 1.1% 0.4%
133   Purple Martin 1.4% 1.1% 0.3%
134   Red-throated Loon 1.1% 1.1% 0.0%
135   Great Horned Owl 1.0% 1.1% 0.1%
136   Northern Harrier 0.6% 1.1% 0.5%
137   Whimbrel 0.1% 1.1% 1.0%
138   Scarlet Tanager 18.9% 0.7% 18.2%
139   Chestnut-sided Warbler 16.3% 0.7% 15.6%
140   Blue-headed Vireo 14.3% 0.7% 13.5%
141   Canada Warbler 11.7% 0.7% 11.0%
142   Wood Duck 9.3% 0.7% 8.6%
143   Green Heron 9.0% 0.7% 8.3%
144   Hairy Woodpecker 8.3% 0.7% 7.6%
145   Hooded Warbler 4.0% 0.7% 3.3%
146   Clapper Rail 3.4% 0.7% 2.6%
147   Olive-sided Flycatcher 1.3% 0.7% 0.5%
148   Bobolink 1.2% 0.7% 0.4%
149   Merlin 0.9% 0.7% 0.2%
150   Seaside Sparrow 0.8% 0.7% 0.0%
151   Blue-winged Teal 0.5% 0.7% 0.2%
152   Wilson's Snipe 0.2% 0.7% 0.5%
153   Hooded Merganser 0.2% 0.7% 0.5%
154   Lesser Black-backed Gull 0.2% 0.7% 0.5%
155   Lesser Scaup 0.1% 0.7% 0.6%
156   Sora 0.1% 0.7% 0.6%
157   Rose-breasted Grosbeak 16.5% 0.4% 16.1%
158   Tufted Titmouse 15.6% 0.4% 15.2%
159   Indigo Bunting 10.0% 0.4% 9.7%
160   Nashville Warbler 8.9% 0.4% 8.6%
161   Cape May Warbler 7.0% 0.4% 6.6%
162   Least Flycatcher 5.9% 0.4% 5.6%
163   Ruddy Duck 3.3% 0.4% 3.0%
164   Lesser Yellowlegs 2.7% 0.4% 2.4%
165   Peregrine Falcon 2.7% 0.4% 2.3%
166   Common Raven 2.5% 0.4% 2.2%
167   Cooper's Hawk 2.0% 0.4% 1.6%
168   Northern Shoveler 1.0% 0.4% 0.6%
169   Cliff Swallow 0.8% 0.4% 0.4%
170   Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 0.7% 0.4% 0.3%
171   Green-winged Teal 0.6% 0.4% 0.2%
172   Tricolored Heron 0.4% 0.4% 0.1%
173   White-rumped Sandpiper 0.4% 0.4% 0.0%
174   American Bittern 0.3% 0.4% 0.0%
175   Swainson's Warbler 0.2% 0.4% 0.2%
176   Purple Sandpiper 0.1% 0.4% 0.2%
177   White-winged Scoter 0.1% 0.4% 0.3%
178   Grasshopper Sparrow 0.1% 0.4% 0.3%
179   Black Tern 0.1% 0.4% 0.3%
180   Great Cormorant 0.1% 0.4% 0.3%
181   American Pipit 0.1% 0.4% 0.3%