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Top Birds at Governors Island (reopening Spring 2021) in May
relative to other locations within 25 miles of 35.791540, -78.781117

based on 750 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Governors Island (reopening Spring 2021) 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   Barn Swallow 30.1% 86.3% 56.2%
2   Red-winged Blackbird 27.3% 83.7% 56.5%
3   European Starling 20.4% 83.7% 63.3%
4   House Sparrow 3.3% 83.1% 79.8%
5   American Robin 38.0% 80.0% 42.0%
6   Song Sparrow 15.7% 78.7% 62.9%
7   Double-crested Cormorant 16.8% 77.5% 60.6%
8   American Herring Gull 0.1% 76.3% 76.2%
9   Common Grackle 33.9% 75.5% 41.6%
10   Northern Mockingbird 29.9% 71.9% 42.0%
11   Mallard 28.2% 69.7% 41.6%
12   Tree Swallow 15.2% 66.7% 51.4%
13   Mourning Dove 47.8% 66.1% 18.3%
14   Laughing Gull 0.2% 65.9% 65.7%
15   Great Black-backed Gull 0% 63.2% 63.2%
16   Common Tern 0.2% 62.8% 62.6%
17   Killdeer 19.5% 62.7% 43.2%
18   Fish Crow 34.0% 61.9% 27.9%
19   American Black Duck 0.0% 61.5% 61.4%
20   Chimney Swift 27.5% 60.7% 33.2%
21   Brant 0% 59.9% 59.9%
22   Canada Goose 41.2% 58.1% 17.0%
23   Rock Pigeon 5.6% 55.6% 50.0%
24   Northern Cardinal 79.5% 55.1% 24.5%
25   Gray Catbird 28.1% 52.8% 24.7%
26   Red-tailed Hawk 12.1% 47.2% 35.1%
27   Gadwall 0.0% 44.1% 44.1%
28   Yellow Warbler 7.8% 44.0% 36.2%
29   American Goldfinch 45.0% 42.4% 2.6%
30   Northern Flicker 8.5% 39.7% 31.3%
31   Common Yellowthroat 40.3% 39.2% 1.1%
32   Blue Jay 41.8% 37.2% 4.6%
33   Ring-billed Gull 1.3% 36.4% 35.1%
34   White-throated Sparrow 7.9% 33.2% 25.3%
35   American Redstart 22.1% 29.1% 6.9%
36   Northern Parula 35.3% 28.7% 6.7%
37   House Finch 29.3% 26.8% 2.5%
38   Warbling Vireo 1.4% 25.6% 24.2%
39   Brown-headed Cowbird 37.1% 25.5% 11.6%
40   Ovenbird 17.6% 24.1% 6.5%
41   Blackpoll Warbler 7.6% 23.6% 16.0%
42   Spotted Sandpiper 15.6% 23.3% 7.7%
43   Red-bellied Woodpecker 54.3% 22.3% 32.0%
44   Black-and-white Warbler 15.1% 22.1% 7.0%
45   Yellow-rumped Warbler 9.9% 20.7% 10.8%
46   Swainson's Thrush 7.0% 19.2% 12.2%
47   Cedar Waxwing 14.0% 19.1% 5.0%
48   Eastern Kingbird 27.0% 18.9% 8.1%
49   Baltimore Oriole 1.2% 18.9% 17.8%
50   Chipping Sparrow 38.3% 18.3% 20.1%
51   Magnolia Warbler 3.3% 17.2% 13.9%
52   Savannah Sparrow 1.1% 16.5% 15.4%
53   American Crow 56.2% 15.5% 40.7%
54   Veery 2.8% 15.3% 12.5%
55   Eastern Wood-Pewee 20.8% 14.9% 5.9%
56   Eastern Towhee 36.5% 14.8% 21.7%
57   Black-throated Blue Warbler 12.1% 13.7% 1.6%
58   House Wren 8.5% 12.8% 4.3%
59   Red-eyed Vireo 51.9% 11.9% 40.0%
60   Wood Thrush 13.0% 11.2% 1.8%
61   Scarlet Tanager 11.6% 11.1% 0.5%
62   Least Sandpiper 4.9% 9.6% 4.7%
63   Osprey 16.3% 9.3% 7.0%
64   Swamp Sparrow 2.0% 8.9% 7.0%
65   Hermit Thrush 0.3% 8.9% 8.6%
66   Carolina Wren 70.8% 8.7% 62.2%
67   Great Crested Flycatcher 49.0% 8.3% 40.7%
68   Rose-breasted Grosbeak 2.1% 8.0% 5.9%
69   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 30.0% 7.6% 22.4%
70   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1.3% 7.5% 6.2%
71   Bobolink 2.8% 6.7% 3.9%
72   Indigo Bunting 45.6% 6.5% 39.1%
73   Prairie Warbler 6.7% 6.0% 0.7%
74   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 1.5% 6.0% 4.5%
75   American Kestrel 0.6% 6.0% 5.4%
76   Chestnut-sided Warbler 1.2% 5.9% 4.7%
77   White-crowned Sparrow 0.1% 5.6% 5.5%
78   Black-throated Green Warbler 0.5% 5.5% 5.0%
79   Blue-headed Vireo 1.2% 5.3% 4.2%
80   Black-crowned Night-Heron 0.0% 5.3% 5.3%
81   Purple Sandpiper 0% 5.1% 5.1%
82   Canada Warbler 0.4% 4.8% 4.4%
83   Least Flycatcher 0.0% 4.7% 4.6%
84   Bay-breasted Warbler 0.4% 4.4% 4.0%
85   Common Raven 0.2% 4.4% 4.2%
86   Northern Waterthrush 6.7% 4.1% 2.6%
87   Great Egret 2.5% 4.1% 1.6%
88   Palm Warbler 0.7% 4.1% 3.4%
89   Peregrine Falcon 0.0% 4.0% 4.0%
90   Willow Flycatcher 0.2% 3.9% 3.7%
91   Downy Woodpecker 40.3% 3.7% 36.6%
92   Lincoln's Sparrow 0.0% 3.6% 3.6%
93   Green Heron 9.8% 3.3% 6.5%
94   Brown Thrasher 16.2% 3.1% 13.1%
95   Orchard Oriole 15.5% 3.1% 12.4%
96   Cape May Warbler 0.8% 3.1% 2.3%
97   Seaside Sparrow 0% 3.1% 3.1%
98   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 57.5% 2.5% 55.0%
99   Eastern Phoebe 34.2% 2.5% 31.7%
100   Wilson's Warbler 0.5% 2.5% 2.0%
101   Kentucky Warbler 2.9% 2.3% 0.6%
102   Red-breasted Nuthatch 0.1% 2.3% 2.2%
103   Tufted Titmouse 65.2% 2.0% 63.2%
104   Red-throated Loon 0% 2.0% 2.0%
105   American Woodcock 0.1% 1.9% 1.8%
106   American White Pelican 0.1% 1.9% 1.8%
107   Common Loon 0.3% 1.7% 1.4%
108   Red-breasted Merganser 0.2% 1.7% 1.5%
109   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 18.1% 1.6% 16.5%
110   Solitary Sandpiper 7.7% 1.6% 6.1%
111   Blackburnian Warbler 0.3% 1.6% 1.3%
112   Tennessee Warbler 0.1% 1.5% 1.4%
113   Great Blue Heron 45.2% 1.3% 43.9%
114   Blue Grosbeak 23.8% 1.3% 22.5%
115   Field Sparrow 3.0% 1.3% 1.7%
116   Gray-cheeked Thrush 0.5% 1.3% 0.8%
117   Glossy Ibis 0.1% 1.3% 1.2%
118   Wood Duck 12.5% 1.2% 11.3%
119   Bald Eagle 10.5% 1.2% 9.3%
120   Semipalmated Sandpiper 2.4% 1.2% 1.2%
121   Nashville Warbler 0.0% 1.2% 1.2%
122   Summer Tanager 37.8% 1.1% 36.7%
123   Black-capped Chickadee 0% 1.1% 1.1%
124   White-breasted Nuthatch 23.1% 0.9% 22.2%
125   Yellow-billed Cuckoo 11.6% 0.9% 10.6%
126   Blue-winged Teal 0.3% 0.9% 0.6%
127   Turkey Vulture 38.4% 0.8% 37.6%
128   Yellow-throated Vireo 7.0% 0.8% 6.2%
129   Blue-winged Warbler 0.2% 0.8% 0.6%
130   Dark-eyed Junco 0.1% 0.8% 0.7%
131   American Oystercatcher 0% 0.8% 0.8%
132   Greater Yellowlegs 1.0% 0.7% 0.4%
133   Olive-sided Flycatcher 0.2% 0.7% 0.5%
134   Alder Flycatcher 0.1% 0.7% 0.5%
135   Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 0.0% 0.7% 0.7%
136   White-eyed Vireo 34.8% 0.5% 34.3%
137   Hooded Warbler 10.5% 0.5% 9.9%
138   Lesser Yellowlegs 1.4% 0.5% 0.8%
139   American Coot 0.1% 0.5% 0.4%
140   Bonaparte's Gull 0.1% 0.5% 0.4%
141   Common Nighthawk 0.2% 0.4% 0.2%
142   Short-billed Dowitcher 0.1% 0.4% 0.3%
143   Mourning Warbler 0.0% 0.4% 0.4%
144   Golden-crowned Kinglet 0.0% 0.4% 0.4%
145   Boat-tailed Grackle 0% 0.4% 0.4%
146   Pine Warbler 41.6% 0.3% 41.4%
147   Red-headed Woodpecker 10.4% 0.3% 10.1%
148   Eastern Whip-poor-will 0.4% 0.3% 0.2%
149   Snowy Egret 0.4% 0.3% 0.1%
150   Northern Harrier 0.3% 0.3% 0.0%
151   Mute Swan 0.3% 0.3% 0.0%
152   Merlin 0.1% 0.3% 0.2%
153   Ruddy Turnstone 0.1% 0.3% 0.2%
154   Forster's Tern 0.1% 0.3% 0.2%
155   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 0% 0.3% 0.3%
156   Monk Parakeet 0% 0.3% 0.3%
157   Red-shouldered Hawk 31.9% 0.1% 31.8%
158   Acadian Flycatcher 25.7% 0.1% 25.6%
159   Black Vulture 20.5% 0.1% 20.3%
160   Belted Kingfisher 12.1% 0.1% 12.0%
161   Purple Martin 10.5% 0.1% 10.3%
162   Hairy Woodpecker 8.8% 0.1% 8.7%
163   Eastern Meadowlark 8.2% 0.1% 8.1%
164   Louisiana Waterthrush 7.0% 0.1% 6.9%
165   Cliff Swallow 5.0% 0.1% 4.9%
166   Cooper's Hawk 2.7% 0.1% 2.6%
167   Bank Swallow 1.2% 0.1% 1.1%
168   Broad-winged Hawk 0.8% 0.1% 0.7%
169   Pine Siskin 0.6% 0.1% 0.5%
170   Ruddy Duck 0.4% 0.1% 0.3%
171   Western Cattle-Egret 0.2% 0.1% 0.1%
172   Black-billed Cuckoo 0.2% 0.1% 0.1%
173   Black-bellied Plover 0.2% 0.1% 0.0%
174   Black Tern 0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
175   Purple Finch 0.0% 0.1% 0.1%
176   Marsh Wren 0.0% 0.1% 0.1%
177   Evening Grosbeak 0% 0.1% 0.1%
178   Glaucous Gull 0% 0.1% 0.1%
179   Black Skimmer 0% 0.1% 0.1%
180   White-winged Scoter 0% 0.1% 0.1%
181   Little Gull 0% 0.1% 0.1%
182   Gray Parrot 0% 0.1% 0.1%