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Top Birds at Meadowlands IBA--Mill Creek Point in May
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA

based on 109 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Meadowlands IBA--Mill Creek Point 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% 82.6% 29.3%
2   Marsh Wren 4.6% 79.8% 75.3%
3   Double-crested Cormorant 34.0% 75.2% 41.2%
4   American Robin 73.3% 74.3% 1.0%
5   Song Sparrow 35.5% 74.3% 38.8%
6   Northern Mockingbird 26.7% 71.6% 44.9%
7   Tree Swallow 22.4% 68.8% 46.4%
8   Mallard 49.3% 67.0% 17.7%
9   Forster's Tern 7.9% 56.9% 49.0%
10   Barn Swallow 31.7% 55.0% 23.4%
11   Common Grackle 54.9% 50.5% 4.5%
12   Common Yellowthroat 47.5% 50.5% 2.9%
13   Ring-billed Gull 14.3% 50.5% 36.2%
14   House Sparrow 57.0% 48.6% 8.3%
15   Herring Gull 23.4% 45.0% 21.5%
16   Savannah Sparrow 5.5% 44.0% 38.6%
17   Yellow Warbler 42.6% 39.4% 3.2%
18   Canada Goose 45.1% 36.7% 8.4%
19   European Starling 58.4% 34.9% 23.6%
20   Snowy Egret 9.9% 33.0% 23.1%
21   Great Egret 25.4% 32.1% 6.7%
22   Swamp Sparrow 13.0% 31.2% 18.2%
23   Mourning Dove 53.4% 28.4% 25.0%
24   Greater Yellowlegs 5.9% 27.5% 21.7%
25   Great Black-backed Gull 13.3% 26.6% 13.3%
26   Least Sandpiper 7.1% 23.9% 16.8%
27   Clapper Rail 3.4% 23.9% 20.5%
28   Gray Catbird 66.0% 22.0% 44.0%
29   Osprey 16.4% 22.0% 5.6%
30   White-throated Sparrow 34.3% 19.3% 15.0%
31   Yellow-rumped Warbler 33.8% 17.4% 16.4%
32   Fish Crow 10.8% 17.4% 6.6%
33   American Goldfinch 28.7% 15.6% 13.1%
34   Spotted Sandpiper 12.4% 15.6% 3.2%
35   Chimney Swift 29.8% 14.7% 15.1%
36   Bald Eagle 2.5% 13.8% 11.3%
37   Gadwall 7.0% 12.8% 5.9%
38   White-crowned Sparrow 3.7% 12.8% 9.2%
39   Northern Cardinal 59.1% 11.9% 47.1%
40   House Finch 16.0% 11.9% 4.1%
41   Killdeer 9.3% 11.9% 2.6%
42   Brown-headed Cowbird 20.8% 11.0% 9.8%
43   Red-tailed Hawk 19.8% 9.2% 10.6%
44   Willow Flycatcher 5.4% 9.2% 3.7%
45   Baltimore Oriole 44.7% 7.3% 37.4%
46   Downy Woodpecker 28.1% 7.3% 20.8%
47   Ruddy Duck 3.3% 7.3% 4.0%
48   Northern Flicker 29.1% 6.4% 22.7%
49   Carolina Wren 19.8% 6.4% 13.4%
50   Little Gull 0.0% 6.4% 6.4%
51   Warbling Vireo 32.2% 5.5% 26.7%
52   Eastern Kingbird 16.9% 5.5% 11.4%
53   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 12.0% 5.5% 6.5%
54   Orchard Oriole 10.2% 5.5% 4.7%
55   Green Heron 9.0% 5.5% 3.5%
56   Black Skimmer 1.7% 5.5% 3.8%
57   Rock Pigeon 35.5% 3.7% 31.8%
58   Chipping Sparrow 18.3% 3.7% 14.6%
59   Solitary Sandpiper 5.8% 3.7% 2.1%
60   Eastern Phoebe 4.9% 3.7% 1.2%
61   Blue Jay 49.3% 2.8% 46.6%
62   American Redstart 40.4% 2.8% 37.7%
63   American Crow 17.7% 2.8% 14.9%
64   Great Blue Heron 9.6% 2.8% 6.8%
65   Semipalmated Sandpiper 4.9% 2.8% 2.1%
66   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 3.9% 2.8% 1.2%
67   Northern Harrier 0.6% 2.8% 2.1%
68   Grasshopper Sparrow 0.1% 2.8% 2.6%
69   Black-and-white Warbler 39.5% 1.8% 37.7%
70   House Wren 26.8% 1.8% 24.9%
71   Northern Waterthrush 23.2% 1.8% 21.4%
72   Blackpoll Warbler 21.9% 1.8% 20.1%
73   Laughing Gull 16.9% 1.8% 15.1%
74   Cedar Waxwing 16.8% 1.8% 15.0%
75   Black-capped Chickadee 12.1% 1.8% 10.3%
76   Black-crowned Night-Heron 11.7% 1.8% 9.8%
77   Brown Thrasher 7.3% 1.8% 5.5%
78   Least Tern 3.9% 1.8% 2.1%
79   Lincoln's Sparrow 2.9% 1.8% 1.1%
80   Lesser Yellowlegs 2.7% 1.8% 0.9%
81   Common Raven 2.5% 1.8% 0.7%
82   Monk Parakeet 2.0% 1.8% 0.2%
83   Common Nighthawk 1.4% 1.8% 0.4%
84   Merlin 0.9% 1.8% 0.9%
85   Bonaparte's Gull 0.6% 1.8% 1.2%
86   Wilson's Snipe 0.2% 1.8% 1.6%
87   Northern Parula 35.7% 0.9% 34.8%
88   Ovenbird 32.7% 0.9% 31.8%
89   Red-eyed Vireo 22.8% 0.9% 21.9%
90   Eastern Towhee 19.9% 0.9% 19.0%
91   Great Crested Flycatcher 18.1% 0.9% 17.2%
92   Swainson's Thrush 17.8% 0.9% 16.9%
93   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 14.5% 0.9% 13.6%
94   Mute Swan 11.5% 0.9% 10.6%
95   Turkey Vulture 9.8% 0.9% 8.9%
96   American Oystercatcher 7.9% 0.9% 7.0%
97   Common Tern 5.8% 0.9% 4.9%
98   Palm Warbler 5.3% 0.9% 4.4%
99   Boat-tailed Grackle 5.2% 0.9% 4.3%
100   American Black Duck 5.0% 0.9% 4.1%
101   Semipalmated Plover 4.5% 0.9% 3.6%
102   Bank Swallow 2.5% 0.9% 1.6%
103   Cliff Swallow 0.8% 0.9% 0.1%
104   Seaside Sparrow 0.8% 0.9% 0.1%
105   Horned Grebe 0.2% 0.9% 0.7%
106   Black Tern 0.1% 0.9% 0.8%
107   Great Cormorant 0.1% 0.9% 0.8%
108   American Tree Sparrow 0.0% 0.9% 0.9%