Top Birds at Sheepshead Bay in May
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA
based on 27 checklists
This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Sheepshead Bay 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 | Mute Swan | 11.5% | 88.9% | 77.4% | |||
| 2 | Rock Pigeon | 35.4% | 63.0% | 27.5% | |||
| 3 | Laughing Gull | 16.9% | 63.0% | 46.1% | |||
| 4 | Double-crested Cormorant | 34.0% | 59.3% | 25.2% | |||
| 5 | Herring Gull | 23.4% | 59.3% | 35.8% | |||
| 6 | Mallard | 49.3% | 51.9% | 2.6% | |||
| 7 | European Starling | 58.4% | 44.4% | 14.0% | |||
| 8 | House Sparrow | 57.0% | 44.4% | 12.5% | |||
| 9 | Ring-billed Gull | 14.3% | 44.4% | 30.1% | |||
| 10 | Canada Goose | 45.1% | 40.7% | 4.4% | |||
| 11 | Barn Swallow | 31.7% | 37.0% | 5.3% | |||
| 12 | Great Black-backed Gull | 13.3% | 33.3% | 20.0% | |||
| 13 | Great Egret | 25.4% | 14.8% | 10.6% | |||
| 14 | Fish Crow | 10.9% | 14.8% | 4.0% | |||
| 15 | Brant | 10.8% | 14.8% | 4.1% | |||
| 16 | Common Grackle | 54.9% | 11.1% | 43.8% | |||
| 17 | Chimney Swift | 29.8% | 11.1% | 18.7% | |||
| 18 | Common Tern | 5.8% | 11.1% | 5.3% | |||
| 19 | Northern Cardinal | 59.0% | 7.4% | 51.6% | |||
| 20 | Mourning Dove | 53.4% | 7.4% | 46.0% | |||
| 21 | Northern Mockingbird | 26.7% | 7.4% | 19.3% | |||
| 22 | American Black Duck | 5.0% | 7.4% | 2.4% | |||
| 23 | Black Skimmer | 1.7% | 7.4% | 5.7% | |||
| 24 | Red-winged Blackbird | 53.3% | 3.7% | 49.6% | |||
| 25 | Song Sparrow | 35.5% | 3.7% | 31.8% | |||
| 26 | Tree Swallow | 22.4% | 3.7% | 18.7% | |||
| 27 | Osprey | 16.4% | 3.7% | 12.7% | |||
| 28 | Northern Rough-winged Swallow | 12.0% | 3.7% | 8.3% | |||
| 29 | Black-crowned Night-Heron | 11.7% | 3.7% | 7.9% | |||
| 30 | Snowy Egret | 9.9% | 3.7% | 6.2% | |||
| 31 | American Oystercatcher | 7.9% | 3.7% | 4.2% | |||
| 32 | Forster's Tern | 7.9% | 3.7% | 4.2% | |||
| 33 | Gadwall | 7.0% | 3.7% | 3.3% | |||
| 34 | Willet | 5.8% | 3.7% | 2.1% | |||
| 35 | Boat-tailed Grackle | 5.2% | 3.7% | 1.5% | |||
| 36 | Glossy Ibis | 4.2% | 3.7% | 0.5% | |||
| 37 | Least Tern | 3.9% | 3.7% | 0.2% | |||
| 38 | Yellow-crowned Night-Heron | 3.9% | 3.7% | 0.2% | |||
| 39 | Peregrine Falcon | 2.7% | 3.7% | 1.0% | |||
| 40 | Bank Swallow | 2.5% | 3.7% | 1.2% | |||
| 41 | Common Loon | 2.4% | 3.7% | 1.3% | |||
| 42 | Ruddy Turnstone | 2.2% | 3.7% | 1.5% | |||
| 43 | Monk Parakeet | 2.0% | 3.7% | 1.7% | |||
| 44 | Sanderling | 1.6% | 3.7% | 2.1% | |||
| 45 | Greater Scaup | 0.4% | 3.7% | 3.3% | |||
| 46 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | 0.2% | 3.7% | 3.5% | |||
| 47 | Iceland Gull | 0.1% | 3.7% | 3.7% |