Top Birds at LaGuardia Airport (LGA) in May
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA
based on 48 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.
| Rank | Info | Pics | Species | Entire Region | This Location | Difference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rock Pigeon | 35.4% | 54.2% | 18.7% | |||
| 2 | European Starling | 58.4% | 52.1% | 6.3% | |||
| 3 | Great Egret | 25.4% | 50.0% | 24.6% | |||
| 4 | Double-crested Cormorant | 34.0% | 33.3% | 0.7% | |||
| 5 | Herring Gull | 23.4% | 31.2% | 7.8% | |||
| 6 | House Sparrow | 57.0% | 29.2% | 27.8% | |||
| 7 | Brant | 10.8% | 27.1% | 16.3% | |||
| 8 | Laughing Gull | 16.9% | 22.9% | 6.0% | |||
| 9 | Ring-billed Gull | 14.3% | 22.9% | 8.6% | |||
| 10 | Black-crowned Night-Heron | 11.6% | 18.8% | 7.1% | |||
| 11 | Snowy Egret | 9.9% | 18.8% | 8.8% | |||
| 12 | Forster's Tern | 7.9% | 16.7% | 8.8% | |||
| 13 | Mallard | 49.3% | 14.6% | 34.7% | |||
| 14 | Canada Goose | 45.1% | 14.6% | 30.5% | |||
| 15 | American Crow | 17.6% | 14.6% | 3.1% | |||
| 16 | Great Black-backed Gull | 13.3% | 14.6% | 1.3% | |||
| 17 | Mourning Dove | 53.4% | 12.5% | 40.9% | |||
| 18 | Mute Swan | 11.5% | 12.5% | 1.0% | |||
| 19 | Common Tern | 5.8% | 12.5% | 6.7% | |||
| 20 | Yellow-crowned Night-Heron | 3.9% | 12.5% | 8.6% | |||
| 21 | Red-winged Blackbird | 53.3% | 8.3% | 45.0% | |||
| 22 | Osprey | 16.4% | 8.3% | 8.1% | |||
| 23 | Great Blue Heron | 9.6% | 8.3% | 1.2% | |||
| 24 | Barn Swallow | 31.7% | 6.2% | 25.5% | |||
| 25 | Greater Yellowlegs | 5.9% | 6.2% | 0.4% | |||
| 26 | Boat-tailed Grackle | 5.2% | 6.2% | 1.1% | |||
| 27 | American Black Duck | 5.0% | 6.2% | 1.2% | |||
| 28 | Lesser Yellowlegs | 2.7% | 6.2% | 3.5% | |||
| 29 | American Robin | 73.3% | 4.2% | 69.2% | |||
| 30 | Song Sparrow | 35.5% | 4.2% | 31.4% | |||
| 31 | Gray Catbird | 66.0% | 2.1% | 63.9% | |||
| 32 | Chimney Swift | 29.8% | 2.1% | 27.7% | |||
| 33 | Red-tailed Hawk | 19.8% | 2.1% | 17.7% | |||
| 34 | Spotted Sandpiper | 12.4% | 2.1% | 10.3% | |||
| 35 | Common Loon | 2.4% | 2.1% | 0.4% | |||
| 36 | Red-breasted Merganser | 1.7% | 2.1% | 0.4% | |||
| 37 | Red-throated Loon | 1.1% | 2.1% | 1.0% | |||
| 38 | American Bittern | 0.3% | 2.1% | 1.8% | |||
| 39 | Hooded Merganser | 0.2% | 2.1% | 1.9% | |||
| 40 | Whimbrel | 0.1% | 2.1% | 2.0% |