Top Birds at Jacob Riis Park in May
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA
based on 42 checklists
This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Jacob Riis 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.
| Rank | Info | Pics | Species | Entire Region | This Location | Difference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | American Oystercatcher | 7.9% | 83.3% | 75.4% | |||
| 2 | Herring Gull | 23.4% | 78.6% | 55.1% | |||
| 3 | Laughing Gull | 16.9% | 71.4% | 54.6% | |||
| 4 | Great Black-backed Gull | 13.3% | 64.3% | 51.0% | |||
| 5 | European Starling | 58.4% | 54.8% | 3.7% | |||
| 6 | Double-crested Cormorant | 34.0% | 45.2% | 11.2% | |||
| 7 | Barn Swallow | 31.7% | 45.2% | 13.5% | |||
| 8 | Common Tern | 5.8% | 45.2% | 39.4% | |||
| 9 | Rock Pigeon | 35.5% | 42.9% | 7.4% | |||
| 10 | Song Sparrow | 35.5% | 40.5% | 4.9% | |||
| 11 | Northern Mockingbird | 26.7% | 40.5% | 13.7% | |||
| 12 | Ring-billed Gull | 14.3% | 40.5% | 26.2% | |||
| 13 | American Robin | 73.3% | 38.1% | 35.2% | |||
| 14 | Brant | 10.8% | 35.7% | 25.0% | |||
| 15 | Common Loon | 2.4% | 31.0% | 28.5% | |||
| 16 | Forster's Tern | 7.9% | 26.2% | 18.3% | |||
| 17 | House Sparrow | 57.0% | 23.8% | 33.2% | |||
| 18 | Northern Gannet | 0.3% | 23.8% | 23.6% | |||
| 19 | Red-winged Blackbird | 53.3% | 21.4% | 31.9% | |||
| 20 | Least Tern | 3.9% | 21.4% | 17.5% | |||
| 21 | Common Grackle | 54.9% | 19.0% | 35.9% | |||
| 22 | Sanderling | 1.6% | 19.0% | 17.4% | |||
| 23 | Killdeer | 9.3% | 16.7% | 7.4% | |||
| 24 | Gray Catbird | 66.0% | 14.3% | 51.7% | |||
| 25 | Common Yellowthroat | 47.5% | 14.3% | 33.3% | |||
| 26 | Yellow Warbler | 42.6% | 14.3% | 28.4% | |||
| 27 | White-throated Sparrow | 34.3% | 14.3% | 20.0% | |||
| 28 | Northern Cardinal | 59.0% | 11.9% | 47.1% | |||
| 29 | Mourning Dove | 53.4% | 11.9% | 41.5% | |||
| 30 | Eastern Towhee | 19.9% | 11.9% | 8.0% | |||
| 31 | American Crow | 17.6% | 11.9% | 5.7% | |||
| 32 | Black Scoter | 0.2% | 11.9% | 11.7% | |||
| 33 | House Wren | 26.7% | 9.5% | 17.2% | |||
| 34 | Great Egret | 25.4% | 9.5% | 15.9% | |||
| 35 | Tree Swallow | 22.4% | 9.5% | 12.9% | |||
| 36 | Brown-headed Cowbird | 20.8% | 9.5% | 11.3% | |||
| 37 | Eastern Kingbird | 16.8% | 9.5% | 7.3% | |||
| 38 | Cedar Waxwing | 16.8% | 9.5% | 7.3% | |||
| 39 | Boat-tailed Grackle | 5.2% | 9.5% | 4.4% | |||
| 40 | Black-bellied Plover | 3.5% | 9.5% | 6.1% | |||
| 41 | Black Skimmer | 1.7% | 9.5% | 7.9% | |||
| 42 | Red-throated Loon | 1.1% | 9.5% | 8.5% | |||
| 43 | Surf Scoter | 0.2% | 9.5% | 9.3% | |||
| 44 | Baltimore Oriole | 44.7% | 7.1% | 37.5% | |||
| 45 | Northern Parula | 35.7% | 7.1% | 28.6% | |||
| 46 | Osprey | 16.4% | 7.1% | 9.3% | |||
| 47 | House Finch | 16.0% | 7.1% | 8.9% | |||
| 48 | Ruby-crowned Kinglet | 13.2% | 7.1% | 6.1% | |||
| 49 | Piping Plover | 1.4% | 7.1% | 5.7% | |||
| 50 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | 0.2% | 7.1% | 6.9% | |||
| 51 | Sooty Shearwater | 0.0% | 7.1% | 7.1% | |||
| 52 | Blue Jay | 49.3% | 4.8% | 44.5% | |||
| 53 | Black-and-white Warbler | 39.5% | 4.8% | 34.8% | |||
| 54 | Yellow-rumped Warbler | 33.8% | 4.8% | 29.0% | |||
| 55 | Downy Woodpecker | 28.1% | 4.8% | 23.4% | |||
| 56 | Blue-headed Vireo | 14.3% | 4.8% | 9.5% | |||
| 57 | Brown Thrasher | 7.3% | 4.8% | 2.6% | |||
| 58 | Least Flycatcher | 5.9% | 4.8% | 1.2% | |||
| 59 | Willet | 5.8% | 4.8% | 1.1% | |||
| 60 | Savannah Sparrow | 5.5% | 4.8% | 0.7% | |||
| 61 | Semipalmated Plover | 4.5% | 4.8% | 0.2% | |||
| 62 | Peregrine Falcon | 2.7% | 4.8% | 2.1% | |||
| 63 | Mallard | 49.3% | 2.4% | 46.9% | |||
| 64 | Canada Goose | 45.1% | 2.4% | 42.7% | |||
| 65 | American Redstart | 40.4% | 2.4% | 38.0% | |||
| 66 | Red-bellied Woodpecker | 38.2% | 2.4% | 35.8% | |||
| 67 | Warbling Vireo | 32.2% | 2.4% | 29.8% | |||
| 68 | Chimney Swift | 29.8% | 2.4% | 27.4% | |||
| 69 | Northern Flicker | 29.1% | 2.4% | 26.7% | |||
| 70 | American Goldfinch | 28.7% | 2.4% | 26.3% | |||
| 71 | Black-throated Blue Warbler | 28.0% | 2.4% | 25.6% | |||
| 72 | Magnolia Warbler | 27.5% | 2.4% | 25.1% | |||
| 73 | Black-throated Green Warbler | 20.2% | 2.4% | 17.8% | |||
| 74 | Veery | 20.1% | 2.4% | 17.7% | |||
| 75 | Carolina Wren | 19.8% | 2.4% | 17.5% | |||
| 76 | Scarlet Tanager | 18.9% | 2.4% | 16.5% | |||
| 77 | Chipping Sparrow | 18.3% | 2.4% | 15.9% | |||
| 78 | Great Crested Flycatcher | 18.1% | 2.4% | 15.7% | |||
| 79 | Rose-breasted Grosbeak | 16.5% | 2.4% | 14.1% | |||
| 80 | Chestnut-sided Warbler | 16.3% | 2.4% | 13.9% | |||
| 81 | Blue-gray Gnatcatcher | 14.5% | 2.4% | 12.1% | |||
| 82 | Swamp Sparrow | 13.1% | 2.4% | 10.7% | |||
| 83 | Spotted Sandpiper | 12.4% | 2.4% | 10.0% | |||
| 84 | Nashville Warbler | 8.9% | 2.4% | 6.5% | |||
| 85 | Wilson's Warbler | 8.8% | 2.4% | 6.5% | |||
| 86 | Prairie Warbler | 8.5% | 2.4% | 6.1% | |||
| 87 | Least Sandpiper | 7.1% | 2.4% | 4.7% | |||
| 88 | Ruby-throated Hummingbird | 6.3% | 2.4% | 3.9% | |||
| 89 | Willow Flycatcher | 5.4% | 2.4% | 3.1% | |||
| 90 | Semipalmated Sandpiper | 4.9% | 2.4% | 2.5% | |||
| 91 | Yellow-throated Vireo | 4.6% | 2.4% | 2.2% | |||
| 92 | Worm-eating Warbler | 3.9% | 2.4% | 1.6% | |||
| 93 | Field Sparrow | 3.4% | 2.4% | 1.0% | |||
| 94 | Ruddy Duck | 3.3% | 2.4% | 0.9% | |||
| 95 | Dunlin | 2.2% | 2.4% | 0.2% | |||
| 96 | Ruddy Turnstone | 2.2% | 2.4% | 0.2% | |||
| 97 | Short-billed Dowitcher | 1.8% | 2.4% | 0.6% | |||
| 98 | Red-breasted Merganser | 1.7% | 2.4% | 0.7% | |||
| 99 | Common Nighthawk | 1.4% | 2.4% | 1.0% | |||
| 100 | Olive-sided Flycatcher | 1.3% | 2.4% | 1.1% | |||
| 101 | Bonaparte's Gull | 0.6% | 2.4% | 1.8% | |||
| 102 | White-winged Scoter | 0.1% | 2.4% | 2.3% | |||
| 103 | Black Tern | 0.1% | 2.4% | 2.3% | |||
| 104 | Clay-colored Sparrow | 0.1% | 2.4% | 2.3% | |||
| 105 | Iceland Gull | 0.1% | 2.4% | 2.3% | |||
| 106 | Little Gull | 0.0% | 2.4% | 2.3% |