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Top Birds at Flushing Meadows Corona Park--Ilse Metzger Sitting Area in May
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA

based on 70 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Flushing Meadows Corona Park--Ilse Metzger Sitting Area 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   House Sparrow 56.9% 94.3% 37.3%
2   American Robin 73.3% 91.4% 18.1%
3   European Starling 58.4% 75.7% 17.3%
4   Rock Pigeon 35.4% 61.4% 26.0%
5   Northern Cardinal 59.0% 57.1% 1.9%
6   Gray Catbird 65.9% 48.6% 17.4%
7   Mourning Dove 53.4% 44.3% 9.1%
8   Baltimore Oriole 44.7% 34.3% 10.4%
9   Blue Jay 49.3% 32.9% 16.4%
10   Laughing Gull 16.9% 32.9% 16.0%
11   Chimney Swift 29.8% 24.3% 5.5%
12   Blackpoll Warbler 21.9% 18.6% 3.3%
13   White-throated Sparrow 34.3% 15.7% 18.6%
14   Northern Parula 35.7% 11.4% 24.3%
15   Red-tailed Hawk 19.8% 11.4% 8.3%
16   Yellow-rumped Warbler 33.8% 10.0% 23.8%
17   Downy Woodpecker 28.1% 10.0% 18.1%
18   American Redstart 40.4% 7.1% 33.3%
19   Black-throated Green Warbler 20.2% 7.1% 13.0%
20   Carolina Wren 19.8% 7.1% 12.7%
21   Black-and-white Warbler 39.5% 5.7% 33.8%
22   Double-crested Cormorant 34.0% 5.7% 28.3%
23   Barn Swallow 31.7% 5.7% 26.0%
24   Red-winged Blackbird 53.4% 4.3% 49.1%
25   Common Yellowthroat 47.6% 4.3% 43.3%
26   Yellow Warbler 42.7% 4.3% 38.4%
27   Ovenbird 32.7% 2.9% 29.9%
28   Warbling Vireo 32.2% 2.9% 29.3%
29   American Goldfinch 28.7% 2.9% 25.8%
30   Wood Thrush 23.1% 2.9% 20.3%
31   Cedar Waxwing 16.8% 2.9% 13.9%
32   Osprey 16.4% 2.9% 13.6%
33   Eastern Wood-Pewee 11.1% 2.9% 8.3%
34   Forster's Tern 7.9% 2.9% 5.1%
35   Savannah Sparrow 5.5% 2.9% 2.6%
36   Common Grackle 54.9% 1.4% 53.5%
37   Mallard 49.3% 1.4% 47.9%
38   Canada Goose 45.1% 1.4% 43.7%
39   Red-bellied Woodpecker 38.2% 1.4% 36.8%
40   Magnolia Warbler 27.5% 1.4% 26.1%
41   Scarlet Tanager 18.9% 1.4% 17.5%
42   Chestnut-sided Warbler 16.3% 1.4% 14.9%
43   Ring-billed Gull 14.3% 1.4% 12.9%
44   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 13.2% 1.4% 11.8%
45   Killdeer 9.3% 1.4% 7.9%
46   Bay-breasted Warbler 8.0% 1.4% 6.5%
47   Common Loon 2.4% 1.4% 1.0%