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Top Birds at Flushing Meadows Corona Park--Willow Lake in May
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA

based on 106 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Flushing Meadows Corona Park--Willow Lake 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 53.3% 91.5% 38.2%
2   Yellow Warbler 42.6% 84.9% 42.3%
3   American Robin 73.3% 79.2% 6.0%
4   Song Sparrow 35.5% 77.4% 41.9%
5   Tree Swallow 22.4% 76.4% 54.0%
6   Barn Swallow 31.7% 74.5% 42.9%
7   Gray Catbird 65.9% 73.6% 7.7%
8   Common Grackle 54.9% 72.6% 17.7%
9   Warbling Vireo 32.1% 68.9% 36.7%
10   Mourning Dove 53.4% 61.3% 7.9%
11   Mallard 49.3% 61.3% 12.0%
12   Baltimore Oriole 44.6% 60.4% 15.7%
13   Double-crested Cormorant 34.0% 60.4% 26.4%
14   Common Yellowthroat 47.5% 58.5% 11.0%
15   Northern Cardinal 59.0% 56.6% 2.4%
16   European Starling 58.4% 52.8% 5.6%
17   American Goldfinch 28.6% 41.5% 12.9%
18   Rock Pigeon 35.5% 38.7% 3.2%
19   Yellow-rumped Warbler 33.8% 38.7% 4.9%
20   Chimney Swift 29.8% 37.7% 7.9%
21   Laughing Gull 16.9% 37.7% 20.9%
22   House Sparrow 57.0% 36.8% 20.2%
23   Northern Waterthrush 23.2% 34.9% 11.7%
24   Black-crowned Night-Heron 11.6% 34.0% 22.3%
25   Northern Flicker 29.1% 33.0% 3.9%
26   Osprey 16.4% 32.1% 15.7%
27   Downy Woodpecker 28.1% 28.3% 0.2%
28   Spotted Sandpiper 12.4% 27.4% 15.0%
29   Cedar Waxwing 16.8% 24.5% 7.8%
30   Black-and-white Warbler 39.5% 22.6% 16.9%
31   Ring-billed Gull 14.3% 22.6% 8.3%
32   Killdeer 9.3% 21.7% 12.4%
33   Great Blue Heron 9.6% 20.8% 11.2%
34   Willow Flycatcher 5.4% 20.8% 15.3%
35   Blue Jay 49.3% 19.8% 29.5%
36   American Redstart 40.4% 19.8% 20.6%
37   Canada Goose 45.1% 18.9% 26.3%
38   Blackpoll Warbler 21.9% 18.9% 3.0%
39   Herring Gull 23.4% 17.9% 5.5%
40   White-throated Sparrow 34.3% 17.0% 17.3%
41   Green Heron 9.0% 17.0% 8.0%
42   Bald Eagle 2.5% 15.1% 12.6%
43   Northern Parula 35.7% 14.2% 21.6%
44   Solitary Sandpiper 5.8% 14.2% 8.4%
45   Red-tailed Hawk 19.8% 13.2% 6.6%
46   Swamp Sparrow 13.1% 13.2% 0.2%
47   House Wren 26.7% 11.3% 15.4%
48   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 12.0% 11.3% 0.7%
49   Ovenbird 32.7% 10.4% 22.4%
50   Mute Swan 11.5% 10.4% 1.1%
51   Great Egret 25.4% 9.4% 16.0%
52   Wood Duck 9.3% 9.4% 0.1%
53   Palm Warbler 5.3% 9.4% 4.1%
54   Northern Mockingbird 26.7% 8.5% 18.3%
55   Eastern Kingbird 16.9% 8.5% 8.4%
56   House Finch 16.0% 8.5% 7.5%
57   Great Black-backed Gull 13.3% 8.5% 4.8%
58   Forster's Tern 7.9% 8.5% 0.6%
59   Brown-headed Cowbird 20.8% 7.5% 13.2%
60   Rose-breasted Grosbeak 16.5% 7.5% 8.9%
61   Wilson's Warbler 8.8% 7.5% 1.3%
62   Least Sandpiper 7.1% 7.5% 0.4%
63   Carolina Wren 19.8% 6.6% 13.2%
64   American Crow 17.7% 6.6% 11.1%
65   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 14.5% 6.6% 7.9%
66   Brant 10.8% 6.6% 4.2%
67   Orchard Oriole 10.2% 6.6% 3.6%
68   Belted Kingfisher 4.2% 6.6% 2.4%
69   Magnolia Warbler 27.5% 5.7% 21.9%
70   Veery 20.1% 5.7% 14.4%
71   Red-eyed Vireo 22.8% 4.7% 18.1%
72   Scarlet Tanager 18.9% 4.7% 14.2%
73   Black-throated Green Warbler 20.2% 3.8% 16.4%
74   Chestnut-sided Warbler 16.3% 3.8% 12.5%
75   Canada Warbler 11.7% 3.8% 7.9%
76   Savannah Sparrow 5.5% 3.8% 1.7%
77   Bank Swallow 2.5% 3.8% 1.3%
78   American Woodcock 0.5% 2.8% 2.3%
79   Red-bellied Woodpecker 38.2% 1.9% 36.3%
80   Black-throated Blue Warbler 28.0% 1.9% 26.1%
81   Eastern Towhee 19.9% 1.9% 18.0%
82   Swainson's Thrush 17.8% 1.9% 15.9%
83   Blue-headed Vireo 14.3% 1.9% 12.4%
84   Turkey Vulture 9.8% 1.9% 7.9%
85   Bay-breasted Warbler 8.0% 1.9% 6.1%
86   Common Tern 5.8% 1.9% 3.9%
87   Common Raven 2.5% 1.9% 0.6%
88   Common Loon 2.4% 1.9% 0.6%
89   Wilson's Snipe 0.2% 1.9% 1.7%
90   Chipping Sparrow 18.3% 0.9% 17.4%
91   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 13.2% 0.9% 12.3%
92   Nashville Warbler 8.9% 0.9% 8.0%
93   Prairie Warbler 8.5% 0.9% 7.5%
94   Hairy Woodpecker 8.3% 0.9% 7.4%
95   Cape May Warbler 7.0% 0.9% 6.1%
96   Gadwall 7.0% 0.9% 6.0%
97   Least Flycatcher 5.9% 0.9% 5.0%
98   Marsh Wren 4.6% 0.9% 3.7%
99   Yellow-throated Vireo 4.6% 0.9% 3.7%
100   Hooded Warbler 4.0% 0.9% 3.1%
101   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 3.9% 0.9% 3.0%
102   Tennessee Warbler 3.4% 0.9% 2.4%
103   Ruddy Duck 3.3% 0.9% 2.4%
104   Lincoln's Sparrow 2.9% 0.9% 2.0%
105   Red-breasted Nuthatch 2.8% 0.9% 1.9%
106   Lesser Yellowlegs 2.7% 0.9% 1.8%
107   Peregrine Falcon 2.7% 0.9% 1.7%
108   Monk Parakeet 2.0% 0.9% 1.1%
109   Cooper's Hawk 2.0% 0.9% 1.0%
110   Pine Warbler 1.7% 0.9% 0.7%
111   Bobolink 1.2% 0.9% 0.2%