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.
| 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% |