Top Birds at Governors Island (reopening Spring 2021) in July
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York City, United States
based on 462 checklists
This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Governors Island (reopening Spring 2021) in July. 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.
| Evidence | Sampling | Score | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Links | Species | Media | Years | Birders | Hits | Frequency | Relative | Rank |
| 1 | Barn Swallow | 24 | 18 | 150 | 396 | 85.7% | +37.4% | 9 / 923 | |
| 2 | Common Tern | 42 | 18 | 149 | 393 | 85.1% | +62.2% | 5 / 428 | |
| 3 | American Herring Gull | 30 | 18 | 156 | 389 | 84.2% | +43.6% | 6 / 815 | |
| 4 | House Sparrow | 3 | 18 | 143 | 386 | 83.5% | +27.2% | 27 / 1232 | |
| 5 | Double-crested Cormorant | 6 | 18 | 151 | 371 | 80.3% | +36.2% | 20 / 867 | |
| 6 | European Starling | 3 | 18 | 124 | 342 | 74.0% | +20.0% | 38 / 1135 | |
| 7 | Red-winged Blackbird | 17 | 14 | 130 | 335 | 72.5% | +21.7% | 67 / 852 | |
| 8 | Great Black-backed Gull | 11 | 17 | 127 | 325 | 70.3% | +43.4% | 18 / 577 | |
| 9 | Song Sparrow | 7 | 15 | 119 | 322 | 69.7% | +21.1% | 70 / 892 | |
| 10 | Northern Mockingbird | 8 | 18 | 114 | 316 | 68.4% | +27.2% | 45 / 952 | |
| 11 | Laughing Gull | 16 | 17 | 127 | 313 | 67.7% | +31.4% | 81 / 680 | |
| 12 | Mourning Dove | 2 | 18 | 105 | 310 | 67.1% | +15.5% | 74 / 1132 | |
| 13 | Fish Crow | 9 | 16 | 112 | 307 | 66.5% | +52.6% | 3 / 657 | |
| 14 | American Robin | 6 | 18 | 108 | 289 | 62.6% | -0.9% | 226 / 1188 | |
| 15 | Rock Pigeon | 2 | 18 | 110 | 286 | 61.9% | +26.0% | 78 / 998 | |
| 16 | Common Grackle | 1 | 17 | 94 | 260 | 56.3% | +21.3% | 52 / 936 | |
| 17 | Killdeer | 27 | 14 | 97 | 251 | 54.3% | +35.4% | 24 / 426 | |
| 18 | Northern Cardinal | 0 | 18 | 74 | 241 | 52.2% | +5.6% | 155 / 1002 | |
| 19 | Chimney Swift | 2 | 18 | 82 | 239 | 51.7% | +29.3% | 41 / 860 | |
| 20 | American Goldfinch | 10 | 11 | 82 | 201 | 43.5% | +12.9% | 108 / 740 | |
| 21 | Mallard | 6 | 15 | 68 | 159 | 34.4% | -3.7% | 177 / 730 | |
| 22 | Brown-headed Cowbird | 15 | 18 | 42 | 145 | 31.4% | +22.6% | 9 / 480 | |
| 23 | Red-tailed Hawk | 15 | 11 | 62 | 137 | 29.7% | +20.8% | 28 / 571 | |
| 24 | Ring-billed Gull | 9 | 17 | 59 | 128 | 27.7% | +0.7% | 189 / 660 | |
| 25 | Yellow-crowned Night-Heron | 17 | 6 | 43 | 128 | 27.7% | +16.5% | 52 / 249 | |
| 26 | Cedar Waxwing | 12 | 13 | 50 | 122 | 26.4% | +5.3% | 97 / 642 | |
| 27 | Gray Catbird | 2 | 13 | 51 | 119 | 25.8% | -26.0% | 471 / 977 | |
| 28 | Canada Goose | 2 | 16 | 49 | 117 | 25.3% | -14.0% | 302 / 789 | |
| 29 | Tree Swallow | 3 | 10 | 57 | 105 | 22.7% | +0.4% | 118 / 519 | |
| 30 | Northern Flicker | 3 | 14 | 30 | 105 | 22.7% | +2.3% | 245 / 686 | |
| 31 | American Black Duck | 3 | 14 | 28 | 99 | 21.4% | +13.4% | 23 / 290 | |
| 32 | American Kestrel | 18 | 16 | 36 | 95 | 20.6% | +18.5% | 18 / 238 | |
| 33 | Eastern Kingbird | 14 | 10 | 39 | 89 | 19.3% | +4.1% | 135 / 528 | |
| 34 | Blue Jay | 0 | 12 | 40 | 83 | 18.0% | -10.1% | 462 / 849 | |
| 35 | Gadwall | 0 | 10 | 29 | 77 | 16.7% | +11.6% | 17 / 134 | |
| 36 | House Finch | 4 | 13 | 24 | 70 | 15.2% | -2.0% | 166 / 704 | |
| 37 | Least Sandpiper | 20 | 10 | 31 | 65 | 14.1% | -3.1% | 111 / 313 | |
| 38 | American Crow | 0 | 17 | 30 | 57 | 12.3% | -1.2% | 199 / 728 | |
| 39 | Spotted Sandpiper | 7 | 16 | 28 | 53 | 11.5% | -1.7% | 140 / 384 | |
| 40 | Black-crowned Night-Heron | 5 | 14 | 18 | 45 | 9.7% | -10.5% | 218 / 525 | |
| 41 | Warbling Vireo | 1 | 7 | 23 | 44 | 9.5% | -3.4% | 212 / 467 | |
| 42 | Northern Yellow Warbler | 3 | 10 | 14 | 39 | 8.4% | -15.3% | 295 / 541 | |
| 43 | Carolina Wren | 0 | 10 | 11 | 32 | 6.9% | -13.7% | 490 / 723 | |
| 44 | House Wren | 0 | 11 | 9 | 31 | 6.7% | -9.7% | 333 / 532 | |
| 45 | Downy Woodpecker | 0 | 9 | 14 | 27 | 5.8% | -16.2% | 541 / 733 | |
| 46 | Northern Rough-winged Swallow | 1 | 11 | 12 | 20 | 4.3% | -1.8% | 177 / 367 | |
| 47 | Peregrine Falcon | 2 | 9 | 10 | 18 | 3.9% | -1.3% | 129 / 312 | |
| 48 | Willow Flycatcher | 3 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 3.0% | -9.0% | 228 / 297 | |
| 49 | Great Egret | 1 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 2.8% | -37.4% | 649 / 714 | |
| 50 | Semipalmated Sandpiper | 3 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 2.4% | -10.7% | 190 / 247 | |
| 51 | Osprey | 0 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 2.2% | -27.4% | 616 / 678 | |
| 52 | Great Blue Heron | 3 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 2.2% | -26.2% | 617 / 685 | |
| 53 | Baltimore Oriole | 0 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 2.2% | -5.0% | 313 / 415 | |
| 54 | Chipping Sparrow | 0 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 2.2% | -3.8% | 236 / 329 | |
| 55 | American Redstart | 2 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 1.9% | -0.6% | 117 / 205 | |
| 56 | Eastern Phoebe | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 1.3% | -0.5% | 128 / 189 | |
| 57 | White-throated Sparrow | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1.3% | +0.5% | 35 / 61 | |
| 58 | Red-bellied Woodpecker | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1.1% | -13.2% | 500 / 531 | |
| 59 | Great Crested Flycatcher | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1.1% | -4.3% | 266 / 295 | |
| 60 | Indigo Bunting | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1.1% | -4.1% | 198 / 237 | |
| 61 | Horned Lark | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1.1% | +1.1% | 2 / 6 | |
| 62 | Common Yellowthroat | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0.9% | -16.7% | 419 / 440 | |
| 63 | Black Skimmer | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0.9% | -9.8% | 236 / 251 | |
| 64 | Brown Thrasher | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0.9% | -3.2% | 134 / 162 | |
| 65 | Wood Duck | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0.6% | -7.0% | 234 / 247 | |
| 66 | White-breasted Nuthatch | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0.6% | -5.5% | 312 / 332 | |
| 67 | Rose-breasted Grosbeak | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0.6% | +0.2% | 65 / 78 | |
| 68 | American Woodcock | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0.6% | +0.5% | 25 / 36 | |
| 69 | Forster's Tern | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0.4% | -17.0% | 360 / 361 | |
| 70 | Eastern Towhee | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0.4% | -8.8% | 252 / 254 | |
| 71 | Black-capped Chickadee | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0.4% | -6.4% | 347 / 354 | |
| 72 | Turkey Vulture | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0.4% | -4.5% | 392 / 403 | |
| 73 | Common Raven | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0.4% | -1.7% | 279 / 287 | |
| 74 | Blue-gray Gnatcatcher | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0.4% | -1.5% | 175 / 184 | |
| 75 | Solitary Sandpiper | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0.4% | -1.0% | 143 / 150 | |
| 76 | Scarlet Tanager | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.4% | -0.4% | 91 / 104 | |
| 77 | Bobolink | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0.4% | 0.0% | 52 / 59 | |
| 78 | Ovenbird | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0.4% | +0.2% | 33 / 40 | |
| 79 | Snowy Egret | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.2% | -23.6% | 401 / 402 | |
| 80 | American Oystercatcher | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.2% | -16.0% | 234 / 235 | |
| 81 | Least Tern | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.2% | -14.7% | 270 / 271 | |
| 82 | Lesser Yellowlegs | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.2% | -8.1% | 152 / 152 | |
| 83 | Semipalmated Plover | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.2% | -7.8% | 186 / 186 | |
| 84 | Red-eyed Vireo | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.2% | -5.3% | 297 / 298 | |
| 85 | Wood Thrush | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.2% | -5.0% | 232 / 234 | |
| 86 | Ruby-throated Hummingbird | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.2% | -3.4% | 228 / 230 | |
| 87 | Ruddy Duck | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.2% | -2.7% | 49 / 49 | |
| 88 | Sanderling | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.2% | -2.4% | 89 / 90 | |
| 89 | Bald Eagle | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.2% | -1.9% | 187 / 191 | |
| 90 | Pectoral Sandpiper | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0.2% | -1.4% | 54 / 54 | |
| 91 | Northern Waterthrush | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0.2% | -1.3% | 122 / 123 | |
| 92 | Ruddy Turnstone | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.2% | -1.1% | 68 / 68 | |
| 93 | Cooper's Hawk | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.2% | -0.8% | 134 / 139 | |
| 94 | Common Loon | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.2% | -0.6% | 66 / 67 | |
| 95 | Louisiana Waterthrush | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.2% | -0.4% | 61 / 66 | |
| 96 | Blue Grosbeak | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.2% | -0.1% | 31 / 32 | |
| 97 | Northern Parula | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.2% | +0.1% | 18 / 18 | |