Top Birds at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--South Garden in May
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA
based on 102 checklists
This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--South Garden 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 | Yellow Warbler | 42.6% | 80.4% | 37.8% | |||
| 2 | Gray Catbird | 65.9% | 76.5% | 10.5% | |||
| 3 | Red-winged Blackbird | 53.3% | 69.6% | 16.3% | |||
| 4 | Tree Swallow | 22.4% | 66.7% | 44.3% | |||
| 5 | Laughing Gull | 16.8% | 65.7% | 48.9% | |||
| 6 | Eastern Towhee | 19.8% | 62.7% | 42.9% | |||
| 7 | American Robin | 73.3% | 61.8% | 11.5% | |||
| 8 | House Wren | 26.7% | 61.8% | 35.1% | |||
| 9 | Northern Cardinal | 59.0% | 53.9% | 5.1% | |||
| 10 | Common Yellowthroat | 47.5% | 53.9% | 6.4% | |||
| 11 | Double-crested Cormorant | 34.0% | 47.1% | 13.0% | |||
| 12 | Northern Mockingbird | 26.7% | 47.1% | 20.3% | |||
| 13 | Osprey | 16.4% | 45.1% | 28.7% | |||
| 14 | Carolina Wren | 19.8% | 40.2% | 20.4% | |||
| 15 | Song Sparrow | 35.5% | 38.2% | 2.7% | |||
| 16 | Yellow-rumped Warbler | 33.8% | 38.2% | 4.4% | |||
| 17 | Great Egret | 25.4% | 37.3% | 11.9% | |||
| 18 | American Redstart | 40.4% | 35.3% | 5.1% | |||
| 19 | Herring Gull | 23.4% | 35.3% | 11.9% | |||
| 20 | Black-and-white Warbler | 39.5% | 34.3% | 5.2% | |||
| 21 | Glossy Ibis | 4.2% | 34.3% | 30.1% | |||
| 22 | Barn Swallow | 31.7% | 33.3% | 1.6% | |||
| 23 | Canada Goose | 45.1% | 32.4% | 12.8% | |||
| 24 | Forster's Tern | 7.9% | 32.4% | 24.5% | |||
| 25 | European Starling | 58.5% | 30.4% | 28.1% | |||
| 26 | Mute Swan | 11.5% | 29.4% | 17.9% | |||
| 27 | Mourning Dove | 53.4% | 28.4% | 25.0% | |||
| 28 | Mallard | 49.3% | 26.5% | 22.8% | |||
| 29 | Northern Parula | 35.7% | 26.5% | 9.2% | |||
| 30 | White-throated Sparrow | 34.3% | 26.5% | 7.8% | |||
| 31 | Brant | 10.7% | 26.5% | 15.7% | |||
| 32 | House Sparrow | 57.0% | 25.5% | 31.5% | |||
| 33 | American Goldfinch | 28.7% | 25.5% | 3.2% | |||
| 34 | Common Grackle | 54.9% | 23.5% | 31.4% | |||
| 35 | Blackpoll Warbler | 21.9% | 21.6% | 0.3% | |||
| 36 | Black-throated Blue Warbler | 28.0% | 19.6% | 8.4% | |||
| 37 | Brown-headed Cowbird | 20.8% | 19.6% | 1.2% | |||
| 38 | Ruddy Duck | 3.3% | 19.6% | 16.3% | |||
| 39 | Scarlet Tanager | 18.9% | 18.6% | 0.3% | |||
| 40 | Great Black-backed Gull | 13.3% | 18.6% | 5.3% | |||
| 41 | Snowy Egret | 9.9% | 17.6% | 7.7% | |||
| 42 | Brown Thrasher | 7.3% | 17.6% | 10.3% | |||
| 43 | Ruby-throated Hummingbird | 6.3% | 17.6% | 11.4% | |||
| 44 | Boat-tailed Grackle | 5.2% | 17.6% | 12.5% | |||
| 45 | Magnolia Warbler | 27.5% | 16.7% | 10.8% | |||
| 46 | American Oystercatcher | 7.9% | 16.7% | 8.7% | |||
| 47 | Willet | 5.8% | 15.7% | 9.9% | |||
| 48 | Yellow-crowned Night-Heron | 3.9% | 15.7% | 11.8% | |||
| 49 | Black-throated Green Warbler | 20.2% | 13.7% | 6.5% | |||
| 50 | Red-eyed Vireo | 22.8% | 12.7% | 10.0% | |||
| 51 | American Crow | 17.7% | 12.7% | 4.9% | |||
| 52 | House Finch | 16.0% | 12.7% | 3.3% | |||
| 53 | Fish Crow | 10.9% | 12.7% | 1.9% | |||
| 54 | Willow Flycatcher | 5.4% | 12.7% | 7.3% | |||
| 55 | Black-bellied Plover | 3.5% | 12.7% | 9.3% | |||
| 56 | Eastern Kingbird | 16.8% | 11.8% | 5.1% | |||
| 57 | Chestnut-sided Warbler | 16.3% | 11.8% | 4.5% | |||
| 58 | Bay-breasted Warbler | 8.0% | 11.8% | 3.8% | |||
| 59 | Cedar Waxwing | 16.8% | 10.8% | 6.0% | |||
| 60 | Least Sandpiper | 7.1% | 10.8% | 3.7% | |||
| 61 | Rose-breasted Grosbeak | 16.5% | 9.8% | 6.7% | |||
| 62 | Blue-headed Vireo | 14.3% | 9.8% | 4.5% | |||
| 63 | Gadwall | 7.0% | 9.8% | 2.8% | |||
| 64 | Semipalmated Plover | 4.5% | 9.8% | 5.3% | |||
| 65 | Downy Woodpecker | 28.1% | 8.8% | 19.3% | |||
| 66 | White-crowned Sparrow | 3.7% | 8.8% | 5.2% | |||
| 67 | Baltimore Oriole | 44.7% | 7.8% | 36.9% | |||
| 68 | Rock Pigeon | 35.5% | 7.8% | 27.6% | |||
| 69 | Warbling Vireo | 32.2% | 7.8% | 24.3% | |||
| 70 | Chipping Sparrow | 18.3% | 7.8% | 10.5% | |||
| 71 | Swamp Sparrow | 13.1% | 7.8% | 5.2% | |||
| 72 | Semipalmated Sandpiper | 4.9% | 7.8% | 3.0% | |||
| 73 | Purple Martin | 1.4% | 7.8% | 6.4% | |||
| 74 | Chimney Swift | 29.8% | 6.9% | 23.0% | |||
| 75 | Northern Waterthrush | 23.2% | 6.9% | 16.4% | |||
| 76 | Blue-gray Gnatcatcher | 14.5% | 6.9% | 7.6% | |||
| 77 | Ring-billed Gull | 14.3% | 6.9% | 7.5% | |||
| 78 | Black-crowned Night-Heron | 11.7% | 6.9% | 4.8% | |||
| 79 | Cape May Warbler | 7.0% | 6.9% | 0.1% | |||
| 80 | Common Tern | 5.8% | 6.9% | 1.1% | |||
| 81 | American Black Duck | 5.0% | 6.9% | 1.8% | |||
| 82 | Sage Thrasher | 0.1% | 6.9% | 6.8% | |||
| 83 | Blue Jay | 49.3% | 5.9% | 43.4% | |||
| 84 | Ovenbird | 32.7% | 5.9% | 26.9% | |||
| 85 | Great Blue Heron | 9.6% | 5.9% | 3.7% | |||
| 86 | Killdeer | 9.3% | 5.9% | 3.4% | |||
| 87 | Savannah Sparrow | 5.5% | 5.9% | 0.4% | |||
| 88 | Yellow-throated Vireo | 4.6% | 5.9% | 1.3% | |||
| 89 | Clapper Rail | 3.4% | 5.9% | 2.5% | |||
| 90 | Wood Thrush | 23.1% | 4.9% | 18.2% | |||
| 91 | Veery | 20.1% | 4.9% | 15.2% | |||
| 92 | Ruby-crowned Kinglet | 13.2% | 4.9% | 8.3% | |||
| 93 | Wilson's Warbler | 8.8% | 4.9% | 3.9% | |||
| 94 | Prairie Warbler | 8.5% | 4.9% | 3.6% | |||
| 95 | Marsh Wren | 4.6% | 4.9% | 0.3% | |||
| 96 | White-eyed Vireo | 4.3% | 4.9% | 0.6% | |||
| 97 | Peregrine Falcon | 2.7% | 4.9% | 2.2% | |||
| 98 | Dunlin | 2.2% | 4.9% | 2.7% | |||
| 99 | Ruddy Turnstone | 2.2% | 4.9% | 2.7% | |||
| 100 | Red-bellied Woodpecker | 38.2% | 3.9% | 34.3% | |||
| 101 | Great Crested Flycatcher | 18.1% | 3.9% | 14.2% | |||
| 102 | Spotted Sandpiper | 12.4% | 3.9% | 8.5% | |||
| 103 | Eastern Wood-Pewee | 11.1% | 3.9% | 7.2% | |||
| 104 | Hermit Thrush | 11.1% | 3.9% | 7.2% | |||
| 105 | Turkey Vulture | 9.8% | 3.9% | 5.8% | |||
| 106 | Greater Yellowlegs | 5.9% | 3.9% | 2.0% | |||
| 107 | Lincoln's Sparrow | 2.9% | 3.9% | 1.0% | |||
| 108 | Short-billed Dowitcher | 1.8% | 3.9% | 2.1% | |||
| 109 | Northern Flicker | 29.1% | 2.9% | 26.2% | |||
| 110 | Canada Warbler | 11.7% | 2.9% | 8.7% | |||
| 111 | Palm Warbler | 5.3% | 2.9% | 2.4% | |||
| 112 | Field Sparrow | 3.4% | 2.9% | 0.5% | |||
| 113 | Lesser Yellowlegs | 2.7% | 2.9% | 0.2% | |||
| 114 | Red-breasted Merganser | 1.7% | 2.9% | 1.3% | |||
| 115 | American Coot | 0.9% | 2.9% | 2.1% | |||
| 116 | Cerulean Warbler | 0.7% | 2.9% | 2.3% | |||
| 117 | Red-tailed Hawk | 19.8% | 2.0% | 17.8% | |||
| 118 | Swainson's Thrush | 17.8% | 2.0% | 15.8% | |||
| 119 | Black-capped Chickadee | 12.1% | 2.0% | 10.1% | |||
| 120 | White-breasted Nuthatch | 10.7% | 2.0% | 8.7% | |||
| 121 | Blackburnian Warbler | 9.4% | 2.0% | 7.5% | |||
| 122 | Green Heron | 9.0% | 2.0% | 7.0% | |||
| 123 | Least Flycatcher | 5.9% | 2.0% | 4.0% | |||
| 124 | Little Blue Heron | 1.2% | 2.0% | 0.7% | |||
| 125 | Northern Shoveler | 1.0% | 2.0% | 1.0% | |||
| 126 | Red Knot | 0.7% | 2.0% | 1.3% | |||
| 127 | Tufted Titmouse | 15.6% | 1.0% | 14.6% | |||
| 128 | Northern Rough-winged Swallow | 12.0% | 1.0% | 11.1% | |||
| 129 | Orchard Oriole | 10.2% | 1.0% | 9.2% | |||
| 130 | Indigo Bunting | 10.0% | 1.0% | 9.0% | |||
| 131 | Wood Duck | 9.3% | 1.0% | 8.3% | |||
| 132 | Blue-winged Warbler | 6.6% | 1.0% | 5.7% | |||
| 133 | Solitary Sandpiper | 5.8% | 1.0% | 4.8% | |||
| 134 | Hooded Warbler | 4.0% | 1.0% | 3.0% | |||
| 135 | Least Tern | 3.9% | 1.0% | 3.0% | |||
| 136 | Yellow-billed Cuckoo | 3.5% | 1.0% | 2.5% | |||
| 137 | Gray-cheeked Thrush | 3.2% | 1.0% | 2.2% | |||
| 138 | Red-breasted Nuthatch | 2.8% | 1.0% | 1.8% | |||
| 139 | Common Raven | 2.5% | 1.0% | 1.5% | |||
| 140 | Bank Swallow | 2.5% | 1.0% | 1.5% | |||
| 141 | Mourning Warbler | 1.9% | 1.0% | 0.9% | |||
| 142 | Summer Tanager | 1.7% | 1.0% | 0.7% | |||
| 143 | Black-billed Cuckoo | 1.6% | 1.0% | 0.6% | |||
| 144 | Bufflehead | 1.2% | 1.0% | 0.2% | |||
| 145 | Northern Harrier | 0.6% | 1.0% | 0.4% | |||
| 146 | Green-winged Teal | 0.6% | 1.0% | 0.4% | |||
| 147 | Blue-winged Teal | 0.5% | 1.0% | 0.5% | |||
| 148 | Greater Scaup | 0.4% | 1.0% | 0.5% | |||
| 149 | Tricolored Heron | 0.4% | 1.0% | 0.6% | |||
| 150 | Winter Wren | 0.4% | 1.0% | 0.6% | |||
| 151 | Yellow-breasted Chat | 0.4% | 1.0% | 0.6% | |||
| 152 | American Wigeon | 0.2% | 1.0% | 0.7% | |||
| 153 | Gull-billed Tern | 0.2% | 1.0% | 0.8% |