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Top Birds at Bronx Zoo in May
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA

based on 422 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Bronx Zoo 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 Robin 73.2% 87.7% 14.4%
2   House Sparrow 56.9% 87.0% 30.1%
3   Gray Catbird 65.9% 86.5% 20.6%
4   Northern Cardinal 58.9% 84.8% 25.9%
5   Common Grackle 54.8% 83.6% 28.8%
6   Mallard 49.2% 82.2% 33.1%
7   European Starling 58.4% 76.8% 18.4%
8   Blue Jay 49.2% 75.1% 26.0%
9   Red-winged Blackbird 53.2% 73.0% 19.7%
10   Song Sparrow 35.4% 72.7% 37.4%
11   Canada Goose 45.0% 72.0% 27.0%
12   Baltimore Oriole 44.6% 71.6% 27.0%
13   Mourning Dove 53.4% 69.7% 16.3%
14   Warbling Vireo 32.0% 62.6% 30.5%
15   Red-bellied Woodpecker 38.1% 62.3% 24.2%
16   Wood Duck 9.1% 53.8% 44.6%
17   Rock Pigeon 35.4% 52.6% 17.2%
18   Chimney Swift 29.7% 47.4% 17.7%
19   Yellow Warbler 42.6% 45.0% 2.4%
20   Northern Parula 35.7% 44.1% 8.4%
21   Black-and-white Warbler 39.5% 36.5% 3.0%
22   Northern Flicker 29.1% 36.3% 7.2%
23   Brown-headed Cowbird 20.7% 34.8% 14.1%
24   American Goldfinch 28.6% 34.6% 6.0%
25   American Redstart 40.4% 34.1% 6.3%
26   White-throated Sparrow 34.3% 33.6% 0.6%
27   Downy Woodpecker 28.1% 33.2% 5.1%
28   Yellow-rumped Warbler 33.8% 32.7% 1.1%
29   Blackpoll Warbler 21.8% 32.0% 10.1%
30   Common Yellowthroat 47.6% 29.1% 18.4%
31   Northern Waterthrush 23.2% 29.1% 6.0%
32   Cedar Waxwing 16.7% 28.7% 11.9%
33   Red-eyed Vireo 22.7% 28.0% 5.2%
34   Ovenbird 32.7% 27.3% 5.5%
35   Black-throated Blue Warbler 28.0% 25.1% 2.9%
36   Great Egret 25.4% 24.2% 1.2%
37   Eastern Kingbird 16.8% 22.3% 5.5%
38   Tufted Titmouse 15.5% 21.8% 6.3%
39   Black-throated Green Warbler 20.2% 18.7% 1.5%
40   Black-crowned Night-Heron 11.6% 18.7% 7.1%
41   Magnolia Warbler 27.5% 17.5% 10.0%
42   Herring Gull 23.5% 17.5% 5.9%
43   Red-tailed Hawk 19.8% 15.4% 4.4%
44   Double-crested Cormorant 34.1% 14.9% 19.2%
45   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 12.0% 14.5% 2.4%
46   Chestnut-sided Warbler 16.3% 14.0% 2.3%
47   Great Crested Flycatcher 18.1% 13.7% 4.4%
48   Swainson's Thrush 17.8% 13.5% 4.3%
49   Wood Thrush 23.1% 13.3% 9.9%
50   Veery 20.1% 11.6% 8.5%
51   Orchard Oriole 10.2% 11.4% 1.2%
52   Fish Crow 10.9% 11.1% 0.3%
53   Barn Swallow 31.8% 10.7% 21.1%
54   Solitary Sandpiper 5.8% 10.7% 4.9%
55   American Crow 17.7% 10.4% 7.2%
56   Northern Mockingbird 26.8% 10.2% 16.6%
57   Nashville Warbler 8.9% 9.2% 0.3%
58   Rose-breasted Grosbeak 16.5% 9.0% 7.5%
59   Scarlet Tanager 18.9% 8.5% 10.4%
60   Carolina Wren 19.9% 8.3% 11.6%
61   Blue-headed Vireo 14.3% 8.3% 6.0%
62   Black-capped Chickadee 12.1% 8.3% 3.8%
63   Hairy Woodpecker 8.3% 8.1% 0.3%
64   Green Heron 9.0% 7.6% 1.4%
65   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 13.2% 7.1% 6.1%
66   House Finch 16.1% 6.6% 9.4%
67   House Wren 26.8% 6.2% 20.6%
68   White-breasted Nuthatch 10.7% 6.2% 4.6%
69   Prairie Warbler 8.5% 5.9% 2.6%
70   Spotted Sandpiper 12.4% 5.5% 7.0%
71   Canada Warbler 11.7% 5.5% 6.3%
72   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 14.5% 5.2% 9.3%
73   Blue-winged Warbler 6.7% 5.0% 1.7%
74   Eastern Wood-Pewee 11.1% 4.5% 6.6%
75   Tree Swallow 22.5% 3.8% 18.7%
76   Blackburnian Warbler 9.5% 3.8% 5.7%
77   Tennessee Warbler 3.4% 3.8% 0.4%
78   Hermit Thrush 11.1% 3.6% 7.5%
79   Turkey Vulture 9.8% 3.3% 6.5%
80   Cliff Swallow 0.8% 3.3% 2.5%
81   Eastern Towhee 19.9% 3.1% 16.8%
82   Bay-breasted Warbler 8.0% 2.8% 5.1%
83   Indigo Bunting 10.0% 2.6% 7.4%
84   Killdeer 9.3% 2.6% 6.7%
85   American Kestrel 2.2% 2.6% 0.4%
86   Great Blue Heron 9.6% 2.4% 7.2%
87   Chipping Sparrow 18.4% 2.1% 16.2%
88   Osprey 16.5% 2.1% 14.3%
89   Ring-billed Gull 14.4% 2.1% 12.2%
90   Least Sandpiper 7.1% 2.1% 5.0%
91   Belted Kingfisher 4.2% 2.1% 2.1%
92   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 6.3% 1.7% 4.7%
93   American Black Duck 5.0% 1.7% 3.4%
94   Worm-eating Warbler 3.9% 1.7% 2.3%
95   Swamp Sparrow 13.1% 1.4% 11.7%
96   Mute Swan 11.6% 1.4% 10.1%
97   Palm Warbler 5.3% 1.4% 3.9%
98   Black Vulture 2.2% 1.4% 0.8%
99   Monk Parakeet 2.0% 1.4% 0.6%
100   Rusty Blackbird 0.5% 1.4% 1.0%
101   Snowy Egret 10.0% 1.2% 8.8%
102   Mourning Warbler 1.9% 1.2% 0.7%
103   Wilson's Warbler 8.9% 0.9% 7.9%
104   Cape May Warbler 7.0% 0.9% 6.1%
105   Least Flycatcher 5.9% 0.9% 5.0%
106   Savannah Sparrow 5.5% 0.9% 4.6%
107   Yellow-throated Vireo 4.6% 0.9% 3.7%
108   Purple Finch 1.3% 0.9% 0.4%
109   Ruddy Duck 3.3% 0.7% 2.6%
110   Common Loon 2.5% 0.7% 1.7%
111   Louisiana Waterthrush 1.8% 0.7% 1.1%
112   Barred Owl 0.4% 0.7% 0.3%
113   Hooded Merganser 0.2% 0.7% 0.5%
114   White-eyed Vireo 4.3% 0.5% 3.9%
115   Hooded Warbler 4.0% 0.5% 3.5%
116   White-crowned Sparrow 3.7% 0.5% 3.2%
117   Peregrine Falcon 2.7% 0.5% 2.2%
118   Common Raven 2.5% 0.5% 2.1%
119   Summer Tanager 1.7% 0.5% 1.2%
120   Great Black-backed Gull 13.4% 0.2% 13.1%
121   Brown Thrasher 7.4% 0.2% 7.1%
122   Gadwall 7.0% 0.2% 6.8%
123   Greater Yellowlegs 5.9% 0.2% 5.7%
124   Eastern Phoebe 4.9% 0.2% 4.7%
125   Yellow-billed Cuckoo 3.5% 0.2% 3.3%
126   Bank Swallow 2.5% 0.2% 2.3%
127   Bald Eagle 2.5% 0.2% 2.3%
128   Pileated Woodpecker 2.5% 0.2% 2.2%
129   Wild Turkey 2.2% 0.2% 2.0%
130   Cooper's Hawk 2.0% 0.2% 1.8%
131   Red-breasted Merganser 1.7% 0.2% 1.4%
132   Pine Warbler 1.7% 0.2% 1.4%
133   Prothonotary Warbler 1.1% 0.2% 0.8%
134   Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 0.7% 0.2% 0.5%
135   Acadian Flycatcher 0.6% 0.2% 0.3%
136   Yellow-throated Warbler 0.3% 0.2% 0.1%
137   Northern Pintail 0.1% 0.2% 0.1%
138   Pectoral Sandpiper 0.1% 0.2% 0.1%
139   Common Goldeneye 0.0% 0.2% 0.2%