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Top Birds at Floyd Bennett Field in May
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA

based on 369 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Floyd Bennett Field 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   Red-winged Blackbird 53.2% 81.8% 28.6%
2   American Robin 73.3% 78.3% 5.0%
3   Northern Mockingbird 26.6% 75.9% 49.3%
4   European Starling 58.4% 75.3% 17.0%
5   Herring Gull 23.3% 74.8% 51.5%
6   Yellow Warbler 42.5% 74.5% 32.0%
7   Laughing Gull 16.7% 72.6% 55.9%
8   Brant 10.6% 69.1% 58.5%
9   Gray Catbird 65.9% 68.0% 2.1%
10   Barn Swallow 31.6% 65.9% 34.2%
11   Northern Cardinal 59.0% 65.6% 6.6%
12   Song Sparrow 35.4% 62.9% 27.4%
13   Double-crested Cormorant 33.9% 62.3% 28.4%
14   Mourning Dove 53.4% 61.8% 8.4%
15   Canada Goose 45.1% 61.5% 16.5%
16   Eastern Towhee 19.7% 61.0% 41.3%
17   Common Yellowthroat 47.5% 59.1% 11.6%
18   Mallard 49.3% 56.9% 7.6%
19   Killdeer 9.1% 56.9% 47.8%
20   House Wren 26.6% 55.3% 28.6%
21   Great Black-backed Gull 13.2% 53.9% 40.7%
22   Brown-headed Cowbird 20.7% 52.8% 32.2%
23   Tree Swallow 22.3% 51.2% 28.9%
24   Rock Pigeon 35.4% 49.9% 14.5%
25   Black-crowned Night-Heron 11.5% 49.3% 37.8%
26   American Crow 17.5% 48.8% 31.2%
27   House Sparrow 57.0% 47.7% 9.3%
28   American Goldfinch 28.6% 47.4% 18.8%
29   Osprey 16.3% 47.4% 31.1%
30   Baltimore Oriole 44.7% 47.2% 2.5%
31   Carolina Wren 19.8% 43.1% 23.3%
32   Savannah Sparrow 5.4% 42.3% 36.9%
33   Warbling Vireo 32.1% 41.2% 9.1%
34   American Oystercatcher 7.8% 40.7% 32.8%
35   Field Sparrow 3.3% 40.4% 37.1%
36   Common Grackle 55.0% 39.8% 15.1%
37   American Redstart 40.4% 39.0% 1.4%
38   White-eyed Vireo 4.2% 35.0% 30.7%
39   Northern Flicker 29.1% 34.1% 5.1%
40   House Finch 16.0% 33.9% 17.9%
41   Forster's Tern 7.8% 33.3% 25.5%
42   Ring-billed Gull 14.3% 32.5% 18.3%
43   Chimney Swift 29.8% 30.9% 1.1%
44   Northern Parula 35.7% 30.1% 5.6%
45   Willet 5.7% 30.1% 24.3%
46   Downy Woodpecker 28.1% 29.3% 1.1%
47   Brown Thrasher 7.3% 29.0% 21.7%
48   Common Tern 5.7% 28.2% 22.5%
49   Great Egret 25.4% 27.9% 2.5%
50   Cedar Waxwing 16.8% 25.2% 8.4%
51   White-throated Sparrow 34.3% 24.4% 9.9%
52   Willow Flycatcher 5.4% 23.3% 17.9%
53   Black-and-white Warbler 39.6% 22.8% 16.8%
54   Ring-necked Pheasant 0.9% 22.0% 21.0%
55   Spotted Sandpiper 12.4% 20.6% 8.2%
56   Yellow-rumped Warbler 33.8% 20.3% 13.5%
57   Red-eyed Vireo 22.8% 20.3% 2.4%
58   Blackpoll Warbler 21.9% 19.8% 2.1%
59   Northern Waterthrush 23.2% 19.5% 3.7%
60   Great Crested Flycatcher 18.1% 19.5% 1.4%
61   Black-capped Chickadee 12.1% 19.0% 6.9%
62   Fish Crow 10.8% 19.0% 8.1%
63   Magnolia Warbler 27.5% 18.7% 8.8%
64   Ovenbird 32.8% 18.4% 14.3%
65   Blue Jay 49.4% 18.2% 31.2%
66   Red-tailed Hawk 19.8% 17.1% 2.7%
67   Eastern Kingbird 16.8% 16.3% 0.6%
68   Semipalmated Plover 4.5% 15.4% 10.9%
69   Common Loon 2.4% 14.9% 12.5%
70   Chipping Sparrow 18.3% 14.1% 4.2%
71   Black-throated Green Warbler 20.2% 13.8% 6.4%
72   Glossy Ibis 4.2% 13.8% 9.6%
73   Black-bellied Plover 3.4% 13.8% 10.4%
74   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 6.3% 13.6% 7.3%
75   Black-throated Blue Warbler 28.0% 13.3% 14.8%
76   Greater Yellowlegs 5.9% 13.3% 7.4%
77   Orchard Oriole 10.2% 13.0% 2.8%
78   American Kestrel 2.2% 13.0% 10.8%
79   American Woodcock 0.5% 12.7% 12.3%
80   Ruddy Turnstone 2.2% 12.5% 10.3%
81   Eastern Wood-Pewee 11.1% 12.2% 1.1%
82   Turkey Vulture 9.8% 12.2% 2.4%
83   Red-bellied Woodpecker 38.3% 11.9% 26.3%
84   Boat-tailed Grackle 5.1% 11.9% 6.8%
85   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 14.5% 11.7% 2.8%
86   Rose-breasted Grosbeak 16.5% 11.4% 5.1%
87   Least Tern 3.9% 11.4% 7.5%
88   Indigo Bunting 10.0% 10.8% 0.8%
89   Snowy Egret 9.9% 10.6% 0.6%
90   Mute Swan 11.5% 10.3% 1.2%
91   Swamp Sparrow 13.1% 10.0% 3.0%
92   Scarlet Tanager 18.9% 9.8% 9.2%
93   Least Sandpiper 7.1% 9.5% 2.4%
94   Semipalmated Sandpiper 4.9% 9.5% 4.6%
95   Wood Duck 9.3% 8.9% 0.4%
96   Swainson's Thrush 17.8% 8.1% 9.7%
97   American Black Duck 5.0% 8.1% 3.1%
98   Blue-headed Vireo 14.3% 7.9% 6.4%
99   Veery 20.1% 7.6% 12.5%
100   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 13.2% 7.6% 5.6%
101   Prairie Warbler 8.5% 7.6% 0.9%
102   White-crowned Sparrow 3.7% 7.6% 3.9%
103   Chestnut-sided Warbler 16.3% 7.3% 9.0%
104   Red-breasted Nuthatch 2.8% 7.3% 4.5%
105   Solitary Sandpiper 5.8% 7.0% 1.3%
106   Least Flycatcher 5.9% 6.8% 0.8%
107   Great Blue Heron 9.6% 6.5% 3.1%
108   Wood Thrush 23.2% 5.7% 17.5%
109   Yellow-billed Cuckoo 3.5% 5.7% 2.2%
110   Red-breasted Merganser 1.7% 5.7% 4.0%
111   Bay-breasted Warbler 8.0% 5.1% 2.8%
112   Lesser Yellowlegs 2.7% 5.1% 2.4%
113   Hermit Thrush 11.1% 4.9% 6.2%
114   Gadwall 7.0% 4.3% 2.6%
115   Peregrine Falcon 2.7% 4.3% 1.7%
116   Short-billed Dowitcher 1.8% 4.3% 2.5%
117   Canada Warbler 11.7% 4.1% 7.6%
118   Cape May Warbler 7.0% 3.8% 3.2%
119   Blackburnian Warbler 9.5% 3.3% 6.2%
120   Green Heron 9.0% 3.3% 5.8%
121   Lincoln's Sparrow 2.9% 3.3% 0.3%
122   Lesser Black-backed Gull 0.2% 3.3% 3.1%
123   Cooper's Hawk 2.0% 3.0% 1.0%
124   Northern Harrier 0.6% 3.0% 2.4%
125   Nashville Warbler 8.9% 2.7% 6.2%
126   Bald Eagle 2.5% 2.4% 0.1%
127   Bobolink 1.2% 2.4% 1.3%
128   Wilson's Warbler 8.9% 2.2% 6.7%
129   Yellow-throated Vireo 4.6% 2.2% 2.5%
130   Red-throated Loon 1.1% 2.2% 1.1%
131   Blue-winged Warbler 6.7% 1.9% 4.8%
132   Hooded Warbler 4.0% 1.9% 2.1%
133   Dunlin 2.2% 1.9% 0.3%
134   Black Skimmer 1.7% 1.9% 0.2%
135   Tufted Titmouse 15.6% 1.6% 14.0%
136   Tennessee Warbler 3.4% 1.6% 1.8%
137   Black-billed Cuckoo 1.6% 1.6% 0.1%
138   Little Blue Heron 1.2% 1.6% 0.4%
139   Red Knot 0.7% 1.6% 1.0%
140   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 12.1% 1.4% 10.7%
141   Eastern Phoebe 4.9% 1.4% 3.5%
142   Eastern Meadowlark 0.0% 1.4% 1.3%
143   Hairy Woodpecker 8.3% 1.1% 7.3%
144   Palm Warbler 5.3% 1.1% 4.2%
145   Marsh Wren 4.6% 1.1% 3.6%
146   Belted Kingfisher 4.2% 1.1% 3.1%
147   Gray-cheeked Thrush 3.2% 1.1% 2.1%
148   Bank Swallow 2.5% 1.1% 1.4%
149   Mourning Warbler 1.9% 1.1% 0.8%
150   Summer Tanager 1.7% 1.1% 0.6%
151   Purple Finch 1.3% 1.1% 0.2%
152   Olive-sided Flycatcher 1.3% 1.1% 0.2%
153   Merlin 0.9% 1.1% 0.2%
154   Common Raven 2.5% 0.8% 1.7%
155   Pine Warbler 1.7% 0.8% 0.9%
156   Sanderling 1.7% 0.8% 0.8%
157   Common Nighthawk 1.4% 0.8% 0.6%
158   Red-headed Woodpecker 0.8% 0.8% 0.0%
159   Bonaparte's Gull 0.6% 0.8% 0.2%
160   Green-winged Teal 0.6% 0.8% 0.2%
161   Yellow-breasted Chat 0.4% 0.8% 0.4%
162   European Goldfinch 0.4% 0.8% 0.4%
163   White-breasted Nuthatch 10.7% 0.5% 10.2%
164   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 3.9% 0.5% 3.4%
165   Great Horned Owl 1.0% 0.5% 0.5%
166   Alder Flycatcher 0.6% 0.5% 0.0%
167   Wilson's Snipe 0.2% 0.5% 0.3%
168   American Tree Sparrow 0.0% 0.5% 0.5%
169   Worm-eating Warbler 4.0% 0.3% 3.7%
170   Monk Parakeet 2.0% 0.3% 1.8%
171   Purple Martin 1.4% 0.3% 1.1%
172   Eastern Bluebird 1.2% 0.3% 0.9%
173   Broad-winged Hawk 1.1% 0.3% 0.8%
174   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1.0% 0.3% 0.7%
175   Blue Grosbeak 0.8% 0.3% 0.5%
176   Acadian Flycatcher 0.6% 0.3% 0.3%
177   Blue-winged Teal 0.5% 0.3% 0.2%
178   Dark-eyed Junco 0.5% 0.3% 0.2%
179   Rusty Blackbird 0.5% 0.3% 0.2%
180   Greater Scaup 0.4% 0.3% 0.2%
181   White-rumped Sandpiper 0.4% 0.3% 0.1%
182   Yellow-throated Warbler 0.3% 0.3% 0.0%
183   Northern Gannet 0.3% 0.3% 0.0%
184   Surf Scoter 0.2% 0.3% 0.1%
185   Pied-billed Grebe 0.2% 0.3% 0.1%
186   Cattle Egret 0.1% 0.3% 0.2%
187   Golden-crowned Kinglet 0.1% 0.3% 0.2%
188   Great Cormorant 0.1% 0.3% 0.2%
189   Iceland Gull 0.1% 0.3% 0.2%
190   American Pipit 0.1% 0.3% 0.2%
191   Royal Tern 0.0% 0.3% 0.2%
192   Vesper Sparrow 0.0% 0.3% 0.3%