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Top Birds at Upper New York Bay (Manhattan) in May
relative to other locations within 25 miles of 40.781243, -73.966507

based on 32 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Upper New York Bay (Manhattan) 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 Herring Gull 22.9% 78.1% 55.2%
2   Common Tern 5.8% 71.9% 66.1%
3   Double-crested Cormorant 33.8% 62.5% 28.7%
4   Laughing Gull 18.1% 53.1% 35.0%
5   Great Black-backed Gull 12.7% 50.0% 37.3%
6   Ring-billed Gull 14.1% 40.6% 26.5%
7   American White Pelican 0.1% 37.5% 37.4%
8   Rock Pigeon 36.0% 28.1% 7.8%
9   House Sparrow 57.5% 25.0% 32.5%
10   Canada Goose 44.5% 18.8% 25.8%
11   Brant 10.6% 18.8% 8.1%
12   European Starling 58.3% 15.6% 42.6%
13   American Black Duck 5.1% 12.5% 7.4%
14   Common Grackle 54.5% 9.4% 45.1%
15   Mallard 47.7% 9.4% 38.3%
16   Barn Swallow 30.9% 9.4% 21.5%
17   American Robin 73.2% 6.2% 66.9%
18   Chimney Swift 30.9% 6.2% 24.6%
19   Great Egret 24.3% 6.2% 18.1%
20   American Crow 17.5% 6.2% 11.3%
21   Mourning Dove 53.8% 3.1% 50.7%
22   Red-winged Blackbird 52.9% 3.1% 49.7%
23   American Redstart 39.3% 3.1% 36.1%
24   Eastern Towhee 18.5% 3.1% 15.3%
25   Osprey 16.9% 3.1% 13.8%
26   Black-crowned Night-Heron 10.8% 3.1% 7.7%
27   Snowy Egret 9.5% 3.1% 6.3%
28   Great Blue Heron 9.4% 3.1% 6.3%
29   Forster's Tern 7.8% 3.1% 4.7%
30   Common Loon 2.4% 3.1% 0.8%
31   Wild Turkey 2.1% 3.1% 1.1%
32   Bonaparte's Gull 0.6% 3.1% 2.5%