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Top Birds at LaGuardia Airport (LGA) in May
relative to other locations within 25 miles of 40.781243, -73.966507

based on 90 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at LaGuardia Airport (LGA) 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   European Starling 58.3% 57.8% 0.5%
2   Rock Pigeon 35.9% 56.7% 20.7%
3   Great Egret 24.3% 44.4% 20.1%
4   Double-crested Cormorant 33.8% 38.9% 5.0%
5   House Sparrow 57.5% 37.8% 19.7%
6   American Herring Gull 22.9% 31.1% 8.2%
7   Brant 10.6% 30.0% 19.4%
8   Black-crowned Night-Heron 10.8% 24.4% 13.6%
9   Laughing Gull 18.1% 23.3% 5.2%
10   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 3.7% 20.0% 16.3%
11   Red-winged Blackbird 52.9% 16.7% 36.2%
12   Snowy Egret 9.4% 16.7% 7.2%
13   Mallard 47.7% 15.6% 32.1%
14   Ring-billed Gull 14.1% 15.6% 1.5%
15   Great Black-backed Gull 12.7% 15.6% 2.9%
16   Forster's Tern 7.8% 14.4% 6.6%
17   Mourning Dove 53.8% 13.3% 40.5%
18   Canada Goose 44.5% 12.2% 32.3%
19   American Crow 17.5% 11.1% 6.4%
20   Common Tern 5.8% 10.0% 4.2%
21   Osprey 16.9% 8.9% 8.0%
22   American Black Duck 5.1% 8.9% 3.8%
23   Common Grackle 54.5% 6.7% 47.9%
24   Barn Swallow 30.9% 6.7% 24.2%
25   Mute Swan 10.8% 6.7% 4.2%
26   Greater Yellowlegs 5.4% 5.6% 0.1%
27   Lesser Yellowlegs 2.5% 5.6% 3.0%
28   Song Sparrow 35.5% 4.4% 31.1%
29   Great Blue Heron 9.4% 4.4% 5.0%
30   Boat-tailed Grackle 5.1% 3.3% 1.7%
31   American Robin 73.2% 2.2% 71.0%
32   Chimney Swift 30.9% 2.2% 28.7%
33   Spotted Sandpiper 12.2% 2.2% 9.9%
34   Killdeer 9.1% 2.2% 6.9%
35   Common Loon 2.4% 2.2% 0.1%
36   Red-breasted Merganser 1.7% 2.2% 0.5%
37   Gray Catbird 65.6% 1.1% 64.5%
38   Red-tailed Hawk 18.9% 1.1% 17.8%
39   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 11.4% 1.1% 10.3%
40   Fish Crow 11.1% 1.1% 10.0%
41   American Oystercatcher 7.6% 1.1% 6.5%
42   Ruddy Duck 3.1% 1.1% 2.0%
43   Peregrine Falcon 2.5% 1.1% 1.4%
44   American Kestrel 2.2% 1.1% 1.1%
45   Red-throated Loon 0.9% 1.1% 0.2%
46   Tricolored Heron 0.4% 1.1% 0.8%
47   American Bittern 0.3% 1.1% 0.8%
48   Hooded Merganser 0.2% 1.1% 0.9%
49   Whimbrel 0.1% 1.1% 1.0%