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Top Birds at Palisades Park IBA--State Line Lookout in May
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA

based on 149 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Palisades Park IBA--State Line Lookout 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   Turkey Vulture 9.7% 79.2% 69.5%
2   Blue Jay 49.2% 61.1% 11.8%
3   Northern Mockingbird 26.7% 51.0% 24.3%
4   American Robin 73.3% 48.3% 25.0%
5   Peregrine Falcon 2.6% 48.3% 45.7%
6   Black Vulture 2.2% 47.7% 45.5%
7   Red-bellied Woodpecker 38.2% 39.6% 1.4%
8   Northern Cardinal 59.0% 36.9% 22.1%
9   Baltimore Oriole 44.7% 28.2% 16.5%
10   Gray Catbird 66.0% 24.8% 41.2%
11   Tufted Titmouse 15.6% 22.8% 7.3%
12   Indigo Bunting 10.0% 22.1% 12.1%
13   Common Raven 2.5% 22.1% 19.7%
14   Northern Flicker 29.1% 20.1% 9.0%
15   Red-eyed Vireo 22.8% 20.1% 2.6%
16   Cedar Waxwing 16.8% 20.1% 3.4%
17   Great Crested Flycatcher 18.1% 18.8% 0.7%
18   Canada Goose 45.1% 18.1% 27.0%
19   Chipping Sparrow 18.3% 16.8% 1.5%
20   Double-crested Cormorant 34.0% 16.1% 17.9%
21   Red-tailed Hawk 19.8% 15.4% 4.3%
22   Yellow-rumped Warbler 33.8% 14.1% 19.7%
23   Ovenbird 32.7% 14.1% 18.6%
24   Northern Parula 35.7% 13.4% 22.3%
25   Scarlet Tanager 18.9% 13.4% 5.5%
26   Black-and-white Warbler 39.5% 12.8% 26.8%
27   European Starling 58.5% 12.1% 46.4%
28   Common Grackle 55.0% 12.1% 42.9%
29   American Goldfinch 28.7% 11.4% 17.3%
30   Carolina Wren 19.8% 11.4% 8.4%
31   Black-throated Green Warbler 20.2% 10.7% 9.5%
32   Bald Eagle 2.5% 10.7% 8.2%
33   American Redstart 40.4% 10.1% 30.4%
34   White-breasted Nuthatch 10.7% 10.1% 0.6%
35   Downy Woodpecker 28.2% 9.4% 18.8%
36   Osprey 16.4% 9.4% 7.0%
37   Barn Swallow 31.7% 8.1% 23.7%
38   White-throated Sparrow 34.3% 7.4% 26.9%
39   Chimney Swift 29.8% 7.4% 22.5%
40   American Crow 17.7% 7.4% 10.3%
41   Ring-billed Gull 14.3% 7.4% 6.9%
42   Eastern Phoebe 4.9% 7.4% 2.5%
43   Wild Turkey 2.2% 7.4% 5.2%
44   Mourning Dove 53.5% 6.7% 46.8%
45   Common Yellowthroat 47.6% 6.7% 40.9%
46   Blackpoll Warbler 21.9% 6.7% 15.2%
47   Black-capped Chickadee 12.1% 6.7% 5.4%
48   Pileated Woodpecker 2.5% 6.7% 4.2%
49   House Sparrow 57.0% 6.0% 51.0%
50   Red-winged Blackbird 53.4% 6.0% 47.3%
51   Magnolia Warbler 27.5% 6.0% 21.5%
52   Great Blue Heron 9.6% 6.0% 3.5%
53   Yellow Warbler 42.7% 5.4% 37.3%
54   Black-throated Blue Warbler 28.0% 5.4% 22.7%
55   Broad-winged Hawk 1.1% 5.4% 4.3%
56   Wood Thrush 23.1% 4.7% 18.4%
57   Tree Swallow 22.4% 4.7% 17.7%
58   Eastern Kingbird 16.9% 4.7% 12.2%
59   Eastern Wood-Pewee 11.1% 4.7% 6.4%
60   Hairy Woodpecker 8.3% 4.7% 3.6%
61   Eastern Towhee 19.9% 4.0% 15.9%
62   Swainson's Thrush 17.8% 4.0% 13.8%
63   Fish Crow 10.9% 4.0% 6.8%
64   Mallard 49.4% 3.4% 46.0%
65   Yellow-billed Cuckoo 3.5% 3.4% 0.2%
66   Warbling Vireo 32.2% 2.7% 29.5%
67   House Wren 26.8% 2.7% 24.1%
68   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 14.5% 2.7% 11.8%
69   Blue-headed Vireo 14.3% 2.7% 11.6%
70   Bay-breasted Warbler 8.0% 2.7% 5.3%
71   Blue-winged Warbler 6.6% 2.7% 4.0%
72   American Kestrel 2.2% 2.7% 0.5%
73   Rock Pigeon 35.5% 2.0% 33.5%
74   Herring Gull 23.5% 2.0% 21.5%
75   Rose-breasted Grosbeak 16.5% 2.0% 14.5%
76   Chestnut-sided Warbler 16.3% 2.0% 14.3%
77   Great Black-backed Gull 13.3% 2.0% 11.3%
78   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 13.2% 2.0% 11.2%
79   Hermit Thrush 11.1% 2.0% 9.1%
80   Orchard Oriole 10.2% 2.0% 8.2%
81   Yellow-throated Vireo 4.6% 2.0% 2.6%
82   Worm-eating Warbler 3.9% 2.0% 1.9%
83   Red-breasted Nuthatch 2.8% 2.0% 0.8%
84   Merlin 0.9% 2.0% 1.1%
85   Red-shouldered Hawk 0.6% 2.0% 1.4%
86   Veery 20.1% 1.3% 18.7%
87   House Finch 16.0% 1.3% 14.7%
88   Brown Thrasher 7.3% 1.3% 6.0%
89   Gadwall 7.0% 1.3% 5.6%
90   Savannah Sparrow 5.5% 1.3% 4.2%
91   Tennessee Warbler 3.4% 1.3% 2.0%
92   Gray-cheeked Thrush 3.2% 1.3% 1.9%
93   Bank Swallow 2.5% 1.3% 1.2%
94   Cooper's Hawk 2.0% 1.3% 0.6%
95   Mourning Warbler 1.9% 1.3% 0.5%
96   Eastern Bluebird 1.2% 1.3% 0.1%
97   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1.0% 1.3% 0.4%
98   Sharp-shinned Hawk 0.8% 1.3% 0.5%
99   Kentucky Warbler 0.8% 1.3% 0.6%
100   Song Sparrow 35.6% 0.7% 34.9%
101   Great Egret 25.4% 0.7% 24.8%
102   Brown-headed Cowbird 20.8% 0.7% 20.1%
103   Mute Swan 11.5% 0.7% 10.9%
104   Brant 10.8% 0.7% 10.1%
105   Blackburnian Warbler 9.5% 0.7% 8.8%
106   Nashville Warbler 8.9% 0.7% 8.3%
107   Wilson's Warbler 8.8% 0.7% 8.2%
108   Prairie Warbler 8.5% 0.7% 7.8%
109   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 6.3% 0.7% 5.6%
110   Least Flycatcher 5.9% 0.7% 5.3%
111   Lincoln's Sparrow 2.9% 0.7% 2.3%
112   Common Loon 2.5% 0.7% 1.8%
113   Black-billed Cuckoo 1.6% 0.7% 0.9%
114   Common Nighthawk 1.4% 0.7% 0.7%
115   Pine Siskin 0.4% 0.7% 0.3%
116   Barred Owl 0.4% 0.7% 0.3%
117   American Bittern 0.3% 0.7% 0.3%
118   Yellow-throated Warbler 0.3% 0.7% 0.4%
119   Brown Creeper 0.2% 0.7% 0.5%