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Top Birds at Brooklyn Botanic Garden in May
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA

based on 402 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Brooklyn Botanic Garden 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 73.3% 77.4% 4.1%
2   Gray Catbird 65.9% 75.4% 9.5%
3   Northern Cardinal 59.0% 69.9% 10.9%
4   House Sparrow 56.9% 65.4% 8.5%
5   European Starling 58.4% 65.2% 6.8%
6   Song Sparrow 35.4% 62.4% 27.0%
7   Mourning Dove 53.4% 59.5% 6.1%
8   Blue Jay 49.2% 59.2% 10.0%
9   Common Grackle 54.9% 49.5% 5.4%
10   Chimney Swift 29.7% 48.8% 19.0%
11   Baltimore Oriole 44.7% 46.8% 2.1%
12   Northern Mockingbird 26.7% 45.8% 19.1%
13   Common Yellowthroat 47.5% 44.5% 3.0%
14   Black-and-white Warbler 39.5% 41.0% 1.5%
15   Mallard 49.3% 38.8% 10.5%
16   American Redstart 40.4% 35.8% 4.6%
17   Canada Goose 45.1% 35.3% 9.8%
18   Yellow-rumped Warbler 33.8% 32.8% 1.0%
19   House Wren 26.7% 32.8% 6.1%
20   Northern Parula 35.7% 32.6% 3.1%
21   Ovenbird 32.7% 31.6% 1.1%
22   White-throated Sparrow 34.3% 31.1% 3.2%
23   Magnolia Warbler 27.5% 31.1% 3.6%
24   Red-tailed Hawk 19.7% 30.6% 10.9%
25   American Goldfinch 28.6% 29.6% 1.0%
26   Rock Pigeon 35.5% 25.4% 10.1%
27   Yellow Warbler 42.7% 24.6% 18.1%
28   Black-throated Blue Warbler 28.0% 24.4% 3.6%
29   Red-bellied Woodpecker 38.2% 23.6% 14.6%
30   Downy Woodpecker 28.2% 20.9% 7.3%
31   Northern Waterthrush 23.2% 19.7% 3.6%
32   Warbling Vireo 32.2% 19.4% 12.8%
33   Blackpoll Warbler 21.9% 19.4% 2.5%
34   Eastern Kingbird 16.8% 19.2% 2.3%
35   Red-winged Blackbird 53.4% 18.7% 34.8%
36   Veery 20.1% 17.9% 2.1%
37   House Finch 16.0% 17.7% 1.6%
38   Brown-headed Cowbird 20.8% 16.9% 3.9%
39   Cedar Waxwing 16.8% 16.9% 0.1%
40   Chipping Sparrow 18.3% 16.4% 1.9%
41   Black-throated Green Warbler 20.2% 16.2% 4.0%
42   Barn Swallow 31.8% 14.7% 17.1%
43   Red-eyed Vireo 22.8% 13.9% 8.9%
44   Eastern Towhee 19.9% 12.9% 6.9%
45   Hermit Thrush 11.1% 12.7% 1.6%
46   Blue-headed Vireo 14.3% 11.2% 3.1%
47   Swainson's Thrush 17.8% 10.9% 6.8%
48   Swamp Sparrow 13.1% 10.9% 2.1%
49   Green Heron 9.0% 10.9% 2.0%
50   Prairie Warbler 8.5% 10.4% 2.0%
51   Wood Thrush 23.2% 9.7% 13.5%
52   Northern Flicker 29.2% 9.5% 19.7%
53   Great Egret 25.5% 9.2% 16.3%
54   Double-crested Cormorant 34.1% 9.0% 25.2%
55   Least Bittern 0.4% 9.0% 8.5%
56   Rose-breasted Grosbeak 16.5% 8.7% 7.8%
57   Scarlet Tanager 18.9% 8.2% 10.7%
58   Wilson's Warbler 8.8% 8.2% 0.6%
59   Chestnut-sided Warbler 16.3% 8.0% 8.3%
60   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 13.2% 8.0% 5.3%
61   Cape May Warbler 7.0% 8.0% 1.0%
62   Canada Warbler 11.7% 6.2% 5.5%
63   Orchard Oriole 10.2% 6.2% 4.0%
64   American Crow 17.7% 6.0% 11.7%
65   Eastern Wood-Pewee 11.1% 5.7% 5.4%
66   Blackburnian Warbler 9.5% 5.7% 3.7%
67   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 6.3% 5.7% 0.6%
68   Palm Warbler 5.3% 5.7% 0.4%
69   Great Crested Flycatcher 18.1% 5.5% 12.7%
70   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 14.5% 5.5% 9.0%
71   Nashville Warbler 8.9% 5.5% 3.5%
72   Bay-breasted Warbler 8.0% 5.5% 2.5%
73   Herring Gull 23.5% 5.2% 18.3%
74   Carolina Wren 19.9% 5.2% 14.7%
75   Least Flycatcher 5.9% 5.0% 1.0%
76   Turkey Vulture 9.8% 4.5% 5.3%
77   Indigo Bunting 10.0% 3.7% 6.3%
78   Savannah Sparrow 5.5% 3.5% 2.0%
79   Worm-eating Warbler 3.9% 3.5% 0.5%
80   Tree Swallow 22.5% 3.0% 19.5%
81   Spotted Sandpiper 12.4% 3.0% 9.4%
82   Osprey 16.5% 2.7% 13.7%
83   Ring-billed Gull 14.4% 2.7% 11.6%
84   Black-capped Chickadee 12.1% 2.7% 9.4%
85   Laughing Gull 16.9% 2.5% 14.4%
86   Great Blue Heron 9.6% 2.5% 7.1%
87   Lincoln's Sparrow 2.9% 2.5% 0.4%
88   White-breasted Nuthatch 10.7% 2.2% 8.5%
89   Brown Thrasher 7.4% 2.2% 5.1%
90   Eastern Phoebe 4.9% 2.2% 2.7%
91   Tufted Titmouse 15.6% 2.0% 13.6%
92   White-crowned Sparrow 3.7% 2.0% 1.7%
93   Field Sparrow 3.4% 2.0% 1.4%
94   Red-breasted Nuthatch 2.8% 2.0% 0.8%
95   Blue-winged Warbler 6.7% 1.7% 4.9%
96   Belted Kingfisher 4.2% 1.7% 2.5%
97   Peregrine Falcon 2.7% 1.7% 0.9%
98   Fish Crow 10.9% 1.5% 9.4%
99   Hairy Woodpecker 8.3% 1.5% 6.9%
100   Gray-cheeked Thrush 3.2% 1.5% 1.7%
101   Black-crowned Night-Heron 11.7% 1.2% 10.4%
102   White-eyed Vireo 4.3% 1.2% 3.1%
103   Common Loon 2.5% 1.2% 1.2%
104   Cooper's Hawk 2.0% 1.2% 0.7%
105   Hooded Warbler 4.0% 1.0% 3.0%
106   Tennessee Warbler 3.4% 1.0% 2.4%
107   American Kestrel 2.2% 1.0% 1.2%
108   Summer Tanager 1.7% 1.0% 0.7%
109   Great Black-backed Gull 13.4% 0.7% 12.6%
110   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 12.1% 0.7% 11.3%
111   Mute Swan 11.6% 0.7% 10.8%
112   Wood Duck 9.3% 0.7% 8.6%
113   Marsh Wren 4.6% 0.7% 3.9%
114   Yellow-throated Vireo 4.6% 0.7% 3.9%
115   Bald Eagle 2.5% 0.7% 1.8%
116   Louisiana Waterthrush 1.8% 0.7% 1.1%
117   Black-billed Cuckoo 1.6% 0.7% 0.8%
118   Mourning Warbler 1.9% 0.5% 1.4%
119   Pine Warbler 1.7% 0.5% 1.2%
120   Prothonotary Warbler 1.1% 0.5% 0.6%
121   Dark-eyed Junco 0.5% 0.5% 0.0%
122   European Goldfinch 0.4% 0.5% 0.1%
123   Mississippi Kite 0.1% 0.5% 0.4%
124   Philadelphia Vireo 0.1% 0.5% 0.4%
125   Solitary Sandpiper 5.8% 0.2% 5.6%
126   Willow Flycatcher 5.4% 0.2% 5.2%
127   American Black Duck 5.1% 0.2% 4.8%
128   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 3.9% 0.2% 3.7%
129   Common Raven 2.5% 0.2% 2.3%
130   Monk Parakeet 2.0% 0.2% 1.8%
131   Common Nighthawk 1.4% 0.2% 1.2%
132   Olive-sided Flycatcher 1.3% 0.2% 1.0%
133   Eastern Bluebird 1.2% 0.2% 1.0%
134   Broad-winged Hawk 1.1% 0.2% 0.9%
135   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1.0% 0.2% 0.7%
136   Merlin 0.9% 0.2% 0.7%
137   Sharp-shinned Hawk 0.8% 0.2% 0.6%
138   Blue Grosbeak 0.8% 0.2% 0.5%
139   Rusty Blackbird 0.5% 0.2% 0.2%
140   Brown Creeper 0.2% 0.2% 0.1%
141   Golden-crowned Kinglet 0.1% 0.2% 0.2%
142   Muscovy Duck 0.1% 0.2% 0.2%
143   Budgerigar 0.0% 0.2% 0.2%
144   Indian Peafowl 0.0% 0.2% 0.2%