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Top Birds at Riverside Park--79th St. Boat Basin in May
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA

based on 20 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Riverside Park--79th St. Boat Basin 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   Rock Pigeon 35.4% 65.0% 29.6%
2   Mallard 49.3% 60.0% 10.7%
3   American Robin 73.3% 45.0% 28.3%
4   European Starling 58.4% 45.0% 13.4%
5   House Sparrow 57.0% 45.0% 12.0%
6   Canada Goose 45.1% 40.0% 5.1%
7   Double-crested Cormorant 34.0% 40.0% 6.0%
8   Great Black-backed Gull 13.3% 40.0% 26.7%
9   Herring Gull 23.4% 35.0% 11.6%
10   Common Grackle 54.9% 30.0% 24.9%
11   Ring-billed Gull 14.3% 30.0% 15.7%
12   Brant 10.8% 20.0% 9.2%
13   Muscovy Duck 0.0% 15.0% 15.0%
14   Red-tailed Hawk 19.8% 10.0% 9.8%
15   Laughing Gull 16.9% 10.0% 6.9%
16   Gray Catbird 65.9% 5.0% 60.9%
17   Northern Cardinal 59.0% 5.0% 54.0%
18   Mourning Dove 53.4% 5.0% 48.4%
19   Baltimore Oriole 44.7% 5.0% 39.7%
20   Barn Swallow 31.7% 5.0% 26.7%
21   Chimney Swift 29.8% 5.0% 24.8%
22   Great Egret 25.4% 5.0% 20.4%
23   Chipping Sparrow 18.3% 5.0% 13.3%
24   House Finch 16.0% 5.0% 11.0%
25   Spotted Sandpiper 12.4% 5.0% 7.4%
26   Black-crowned Night-Heron 11.7% 5.0% 6.7%
27   Red-throated Loon 1.1% 5.0% 3.9%
28   Northern Pintail 0.1% 5.0% 4.9%
29   Iceland Gull 0.1% 5.0% 4.9%