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Top Birds at Sheepshead Bay in May
relative to other locations within 25 miles of 40.781243, -73.966507

based on 32 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.

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Rank Info Pics Species Entire Region This Location Difference
1   Mute Swan 10.8% 81.2% 70.4%
2   Rock Pigeon 35.9% 62.5% 26.6%
3   American Herring Gull 22.9% 56.2% 33.4%
4   Laughing Gull 18.1% 56.2% 38.1%
5   Double-crested Cormorant 33.8% 53.1% 19.3%
6   House Sparrow 57.5% 46.9% 10.6%
7   Mallard 47.7% 46.9% 0.8%
8   European Starling 58.3% 43.8% 14.5%
9   Ring-billed Gull 14.1% 40.6% 26.5%
10   Canada Goose 44.5% 37.5% 7.0%
11   Barn Swallow 30.9% 34.4% 3.5%
12   Great Black-backed Gull 12.7% 28.1% 15.4%
13   Common Grackle 54.5% 15.6% 38.9%
14   Chimney Swift 30.9% 12.5% 18.4%
15   Great Egret 24.3% 12.5% 11.8%
16   Fish Crow 11.1% 12.5% 1.4%
17   Brant 10.6% 12.5% 1.9%
18   Common Tern 5.8% 9.4% 3.6%
19   Black Skimmer 1.6% 9.4% 7.8%
20   Northern Cardinal 58.9% 6.2% 52.7%
21   Mourning Dove 53.8% 6.2% 47.6%
22   Northern Mockingbird 27.4% 6.2% 21.1%
23   American Black Duck 5.1% 6.2% 1.1%
24   American Robin 73.2% 3.1% 70.1%
25   Red-winged Blackbird 52.9% 3.1% 49.7%
26   Song Sparrow 35.5% 3.1% 32.4%
27   White-throated Sparrow 33.6% 3.1% 30.5%
28   Tree Swallow 21.6% 3.1% 18.5%
29   American Crow 17.5% 3.1% 14.4%
30   Osprey 16.9% 3.1% 13.8%
31   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 11.4% 3.1% 8.3%
32   Black-crowned Night-Heron 10.8% 3.1% 7.7%
33   Snowy Egret 9.5% 3.1% 6.3%
34   Forster's Tern 7.8% 3.1% 4.7%
35   American Oystercatcher 7.6% 3.1% 4.5%
36   Gadwall 6.7% 3.1% 3.5%
37   Willet 5.5% 3.1% 2.4%
38   Boat-tailed Grackle 5.1% 3.1% 1.9%
39   Glossy Ibis 4.0% 3.1% 0.8%
40   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 3.7% 3.1% 0.6%
41   Least Tern 3.7% 3.1% 0.6%
42   Peregrine Falcon 2.5% 3.1% 0.6%
43   Bank Swallow 2.4% 3.1% 0.7%
44   Common Loon 2.4% 3.1% 0.8%
45   Monk Parakeet 2.2% 3.1% 0.9%
46   Ruddy Turnstone 2.2% 3.1% 1.0%
47   Sanderling 1.6% 3.1% 1.5%
48   Greater Scaup 0.4% 3.1% 2.7%
49   Lesser Black-backed Gull 0.2% 3.1% 2.9%
50   Iceland Gull 0.0% 3.1% 3.1%