Top Birds at Governors Island (reopening Spring 2021) in January
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA
based on 199 checklists
This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Governors Island (reopening Spring 2021) in January. 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 | Great Black-backed Gull | 31.5% | 86.9% | 55.5% | |||
| 2 | Herring Gull | 43.2% | 84.4% | 41.2% | |||
| 3 | Canada Goose | 53.4% | 82.4% | 29.0% | |||
| 4 | American Black Duck | 27.7% | 82.4% | 54.7% | |||
| 5 | Ring-billed Gull | 51.9% | 81.9% | 30.0% | |||
| 6 | Double-crested Cormorant | 13.7% | 80.4% | 66.7% | |||
| 7 | Song Sparrow | 32.1% | 79.9% | 47.8% | |||
| 8 | European Starling | 35.8% | 78.9% | 43.1% | |||
| 9 | Bufflehead | 31.8% | 78.4% | 46.6% | |||
| 10 | Red-breasted Merganser | 19.1% | 71.4% | 52.2% | |||
| 11 | Brant | 20.4% | 68.8% | 48.5% | |||
| 12 | Mallard | 48.9% | 68.3% | 19.4% | |||
| 13 | Red-tailed Hawk | 21.6% | 68.3% | 46.7% | |||
| 14 | House Sparrow | 35.6% | 65.3% | 29.7% | |||
| 15 | Gadwall | 16.6% | 62.8% | 46.2% | |||
| 16 | Northern Cardinal | 36.6% | 62.3% | 25.7% | |||
| 17 | Northern Mockingbird | 23.5% | 57.3% | 33.8% | |||
| 18 | Rock Pigeon | 28.7% | 54.3% | 25.5% | |||
| 19 | White-throated Sparrow | 42.1% | 50.3% | 8.1% | |||
| 20 | Mourning Dove | 29.3% | 49.2% | 20.0% | |||
| 21 | Great Cormorant | 4.7% | 42.7% | 38.0% | |||
| 22 | Blue Jay | 33.9% | 42.2% | 8.3% | |||
| 23 | Dark-eyed Junco | 15.8% | 25.1% | 9.3% | |||
| 24 | Downy Woodpecker | 27.2% | 22.1% | 5.1% | |||
| 25 | Fish Crow | 4.9% | 21.6% | 16.7% | |||
| 26 | American Crow | 18.2% | 21.1% | 2.9% | |||
| 27 | Yellow-rumped Warbler | 4.8% | 19.6% | 14.8% | |||
| 28 | Purple Sandpiper | 1.8% | 18.6% | 16.7% | |||
| 29 | Black-capped Chickadee | 22.0% | 18.1% | 3.9% | |||
| 30 | American Kestrel | 3.8% | 18.1% | 14.3% | |||
| 31 | Bonaparte's Gull | 2.2% | 14.6% | 12.3% | |||
| 32 | Greater Scaup | 9.9% | 14.1% | 4.2% | |||
| 33 | Common Goldeneye | 7.0% | 14.1% | 7.1% | |||
| 34 | Red-bellied Woodpecker | 24.7% | 13.6% | 11.2% | |||
| 35 | American Robin | 24.9% | 12.6% | 12.3% | |||
| 36 | Carolina Wren | 15.1% | 12.1% | 3.0% | |||
| 37 | Ruby-crowned Kinglet | 2.8% | 11.6% | 8.8% | |||
| 38 | Tufted Titmouse | 19.6% | 11.1% | 8.6% | |||
| 39 | Cooper's Hawk | 8.4% | 11.1% | 2.7% | |||
| 40 | Northern Flicker | 6.9% | 10.6% | 3.6% | |||
| 41 | American Goldfinch | 13.2% | 9.5% | 3.7% | |||
| 42 | Hermit Thrush | 2.7% | 7.0% | 4.3% | |||
| 43 | White-breasted Nuthatch | 18.3% | 6.5% | 11.8% | |||
| 44 | Lesser Scaup | 5.1% | 6.5% | 1.4% | |||
| 45 | Peregrine Falcon | 5.2% | 5.5% | 0.3% | |||
| 46 | Brown-headed Cowbird | 1.2% | 5.5% | 4.3% | |||
| 47 | House Finch | 13.5% | 5.0% | 8.4% | |||
| 48 | Red-throated Loon | 7.3% | 5.0% | 2.3% | |||
| 49 | Swamp Sparrow | 4.7% | 5.0% | 0.3% | |||
| 50 | Eastern Towhee | 1.8% | 5.0% | 3.2% | |||
| 51 | Common Raven | 3.9% | 3.5% | 0.4% | |||
| 52 | Bald Eagle | 5.2% | 3.0% | 2.2% | |||
| 53 | Long-tailed Duck | 9.2% | 2.0% | 7.2% | |||
| 54 | American Tree Sparrow | 6.6% | 2.0% | 4.6% | |||
| 55 | American Wigeon | 6.2% | 2.0% | 4.2% | |||
| 56 | Iceland Gull | 1.0% | 2.0% | 1.0% | |||
| 57 | Ruddy Duck | 16.6% | 1.5% | 15.1% | |||
| 58 | Common Loon | 10.7% | 1.5% | 9.2% | |||
| 59 | Horned Grebe | 7.3% | 1.5% | 5.8% | |||
| 60 | Red-winged Blackbird | 7.2% | 1.5% | 5.7% | |||
| 61 | American Pipit | 0.7% | 1.5% | 0.8% | |||
| 62 | Hooded Merganser | 19.5% | 1.0% | 18.5% | |||
| 63 | Great Blue Heron | 14.8% | 1.0% | 13.7% | |||
| 64 | Mute Swan | 14.5% | 1.0% | 13.5% | |||
| 65 | Hairy Woodpecker | 7.9% | 1.0% | 6.8% | |||
| 66 | Fox Sparrow | 6.9% | 1.0% | 5.9% | |||
| 67 | Common Merganser | 6.7% | 1.0% | 5.7% | |||
| 68 | Northern Harrier | 4.2% | 1.0% | 3.2% | |||
| 69 | Redhead | 2.4% | 1.0% | 1.4% | |||
| 70 | Sharp-shinned Hawk | 2.3% | 1.0% | 1.3% | |||
| 71 | Killdeer | 1.7% | 1.0% | 0.7% | |||
| 72 | Dunlin | 1.7% | 1.0% | 0.7% | |||
| 73 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | 0.8% | 1.0% | 0.2% | |||
| 74 | Chipping Sparrow | 0.6% | 1.0% | 0.4% | |||
| 75 | Palm Warbler | 0.3% | 1.0% | 0.7% | |||
| 76 | Prairie Warbler | 0.0% | 1.0% | 1.0% | |||
| 77 | Winter Wren | 3.2% | 0.5% | 2.7% | |||
| 78 | Snow Goose | 2.6% | 0.5% | 2.1% | |||
| 79 | Red-breasted Nuthatch | 1.9% | 0.5% | 1.4% | |||
| 80 | Merlin | 1.9% | 0.5% | 1.4% | |||
| 81 | Great Horned Owl | 1.9% | 0.5% | 1.4% | |||
| 82 | Snow Bunting | 1.6% | 0.5% | 1.1% | |||
| 83 | Black-crowned Night-Heron | 1.5% | 0.5% | 1.0% | |||
| 84 | Red-shouldered Hawk | 1.5% | 0.5% | 1.0% | |||
| 85 | Savannah Sparrow | 1.2% | 0.5% | 0.7% | |||
| 86 | White-crowned Sparrow | 0.7% | 0.5% | 0.2% | |||
| 87 | Pine Siskin | 0.7% | 0.5% | 0.1% | |||
| 88 | European Goldfinch | 0.3% | 0.5% | 0.2% | |||
| 89 | King Eider | 0.3% | 0.5% | 0.2% |