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

based on 890 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Brooklyn Bridge 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   American Robin 73.2% 87.0% 13.8%
2   Gray Catbird 65.8% 85.4% 19.6%
3   House Sparrow 56.7% 84.2% 27.4%
4   European Starling 58.2% 82.8% 24.6%
5   Common Grackle 54.7% 82.7% 28.0%
6   Rock Pigeon 35.1% 82.2% 47.2%
7   Double-crested Cormorant 33.7% 77.0% 43.3%
8   Mourning Dove 53.3% 72.0% 18.8%
9   Barn Swallow 31.4% 71.6% 40.2%
10   Common Yellowthroat 47.4% 64.7% 17.3%
11   White-throated Sparrow 34.1% 64.3% 30.2%
12   Mallard 49.2% 59.9% 10.7%
13   Northern Mockingbird 26.5% 59.2% 32.7%
14   Song Sparrow 35.3% 59.1% 23.8%
15   Laughing Gull 16.5% 58.2% 41.7%
16   Northern Cardinal 59.0% 58.1% 0.9%
17   Ring-billed Gull 14.0% 57.9% 43.9%
18   Red-winged Blackbird 53.3% 57.2% 3.9%
19   Ovenbird 32.6% 51.9% 19.4%
20   Brant 10.4% 50.9% 40.5%
21   House Finch 15.8% 46.2% 30.4%
22   Canada Goose 45.1% 43.3% 1.9%
23   Herring Gull 23.3% 42.9% 19.6%
24   Great Black-backed Gull 13.1% 40.2% 27.1%
25   Black-and-white Warbler 39.5% 39.1% 0.4%
26   American Black Duck 4.8% 38.5% 33.8%
27   Baltimore Oriole 44.8% 32.5% 12.3%
28   Yellow Warbler 42.7% 30.2% 12.5%
29   Northern Parula 35.8% 30.1% 5.6%
30   Chimney Swift 29.8% 27.4% 2.4%
31   Northern Waterthrush 23.2% 26.3% 3.1%
32   American Redstart 40.5% 24.7% 15.8%
33   Swamp Sparrow 13.0% 21.3% 8.4%
34   Eastern Towhee 19.9% 20.7% 0.8%
35   Common Tern 5.7% 20.0% 14.3%
36   Blackpoll Warbler 21.9% 19.7% 2.2%
37   Yellow-rumped Warbler 33.9% 18.8% 15.1%
38   Magnolia Warbler 27.6% 18.8% 8.8%
39   Blue Jay 49.5% 18.7% 30.9%
40   Chipping Sparrow 18.3% 16.7% 1.6%
41   Common Raven 2.4% 16.3% 13.9%
42   Swainson's Thrush 17.8% 15.1% 2.7%
43   Scarlet Tanager 18.9% 14.6% 4.3%
44   Black-throated Blue Warbler 28.1% 14.4% 13.7%
45   Cedar Waxwing 16.8% 13.5% 3.3%
46   Wilson's Warbler 8.8% 13.4% 4.6%
47   Savannah Sparrow 5.4% 13.4% 7.9%
48   American Crow 17.7% 12.9% 4.8%
49   American Goldfinch 28.8% 12.8% 16.0%
50   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 13.2% 12.4% 0.8%
51   Wood Thrush 23.2% 10.8% 12.4%
52   Northern Flicker 29.2% 10.6% 18.7%
53   Veery 20.1% 9.7% 10.5%
54   House Wren 26.9% 9.4% 17.4%
55   Gadwall 7.0% 9.4% 2.5%
56   Black-throated Green Warbler 20.3% 9.2% 11.1%
57   Hermit Thrush 11.1% 9.0% 2.1%
58   Prairie Warbler 8.5% 9.0% 0.5%
59   Blue-headed Vireo 14.3% 8.1% 6.2%
60   Eastern Wood-Pewee 11.1% 8.0% 3.2%
61   Canada Warbler 11.7% 7.8% 4.0%
62   Warbling Vireo 32.4% 7.3% 25.1%
63   Least Flycatcher 5.9% 7.1% 1.2%
64   Red-bellied Woodpecker 38.4% 6.6% 31.8%
65   Red-eyed Vireo 22.9% 6.5% 16.4%
66   Rose-breasted Grosbeak 16.5% 6.3% 10.2%
67   Orchard Oriole 10.2% 6.2% 4.1%
68   Chestnut-sided Warbler 16.4% 6.1% 10.3%
69   Indigo Bunting 10.0% 6.0% 4.1%
70   Lincoln's Sparrow 2.9% 5.6% 2.7%
71   Spotted Sandpiper 12.4% 5.5% 6.9%
72   White-crowned Sparrow 3.7% 5.4% 1.7%
73   Field Sparrow 3.4% 5.1% 1.7%
74   Black-crowned Night-Heron 11.7% 4.8% 6.9%
75   Green Heron 9.0% 4.8% 4.2%
76   Great Crested Flycatcher 18.2% 4.7% 13.5%
77   Fish Crow 10.9% 4.5% 6.4%
78   Nashville Warbler 9.0% 4.5% 4.5%
79   Brown Thrasher 7.4% 4.4% 3.0%
80   Palm Warbler 5.3% 4.4% 0.9%
81   Great Egret 25.6% 3.7% 21.9%
82   Peregrine Falcon 2.7% 3.3% 0.6%
83   Marsh Wren 4.6% 3.0% 1.6%
84   Downy Woodpecker 28.3% 2.8% 25.5%
85   Osprey 16.5% 2.7% 13.8%
86   Eastern Kingbird 17.0% 2.4% 14.6%
87   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 14.6% 2.4% 12.2%
88   Blackburnian Warbler 9.5% 2.4% 7.1%
89   Worm-eating Warbler 4.0% 2.4% 1.6%
90   Bay-breasted Warbler 8.0% 2.0% 6.0%
91   Blue-winged Warbler 6.7% 2.0% 4.7%
92   Mourning Warbler 1.9% 2.0% 0.1%
93   Carolina Wren 20.0% 1.8% 18.2%
94   Red-tailed Hawk 19.9% 1.8% 18.1%
95   Red-breasted Nuthatch 2.8% 1.5% 1.3%
96   Kentucky Warbler 0.8% 1.5% 0.7%
97   Tree Swallow 22.6% 1.3% 21.2%
98   American Kestrel 2.2% 1.3% 0.9%
99   Summer Tanager 1.7% 1.3% 0.3%
100   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1.0% 1.3% 0.4%
101   Dark-eyed Junco 0.5% 1.3% 0.9%
102   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 6.3% 1.2% 5.1%
103   Willow Flycatcher 5.5% 1.2% 4.2%
104   Snowy Egret 10.0% 1.0% 9.0%
105   Chuck-will's-widow 0.5% 1.0% 0.5%
106   Brown-headed Cowbird 20.9% 0.9% 20.0%
107   Great Blue Heron 9.6% 0.9% 8.7%
108   Cape May Warbler 7.0% 0.9% 6.1%
109   Tufted Titmouse 15.7% 0.8% 14.9%
110   Common Loon 2.5% 0.8% 1.7%
111   Yellow-billed Cuckoo 3.5% 0.7% 2.9%
112   Eastern Phoebe 4.9% 0.6% 4.4%
113   Yellow-throated Vireo 4.7% 0.6% 4.1%
114   Hooded Warbler 4.0% 0.6% 3.5%
115   Tennessee Warbler 3.4% 0.6% 2.8%
116   Black-billed Cuckoo 1.6% 0.6% 1.0%
117   Purple Finch 1.3% 0.6% 0.8%
118   Red-throated Loon 1.1% 0.6% 0.5%
119   Killdeer 9.4% 0.4% 8.9%
120   Turkey Vulture 9.8% 0.3% 9.5%
121   Merlin 0.9% 0.3% 0.6%
122   Black-capped Chickadee 12.2% 0.2% 12.0%
123   Glossy Ibis 4.3% 0.2% 4.1%
124   Gray-cheeked Thrush 3.2% 0.2% 3.0%
125   Pine Warbler 1.7% 0.2% 1.5%
126   Olive-sided Flycatcher 1.3% 0.2% 1.1%
127   Bufflehead 1.2% 0.2% 1.0%
128   Prothonotary Warbler 1.1% 0.2% 0.9%
129   Red-headed Woodpecker 0.8% 0.2% 0.6%
130   Winter Wren 0.4% 0.2% 0.2%
131   Orange-crowned Warbler 0.2% 0.2% 0.0%
132   Mute Swan 11.6% 0.1% 11.5%
133   Forster's Tern 8.0% 0.1% 7.9%
134   White-eyed Vireo 4.3% 0.1% 4.2%
135   Belted Kingfisher 4.2% 0.1% 4.1%
136   Bank Swallow 2.5% 0.1% 2.4%
137   Bald Eagle 2.5% 0.1% 2.4%
138   Red-breasted Merganser 1.7% 0.1% 1.6%
139   Common Nighthawk 1.4% 0.1% 1.3%
140   Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 0.7% 0.1% 0.6%
141   Acadian Flycatcher 0.6% 0.1% 0.4%