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Top Birds at Governors Island (reopening Spring 2021) in January
relative to other locations within 25 miles of 40.781243, -73.966507

based on 240 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.

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Rank Info Pics Species Entire Region This Location Difference
1   Great Black-backed Gull 30.7% 85.4% 54.7%
2   American Herring Gull 43.0% 84.6% 41.6%
3   Canada Goose 53.5% 83.8% 30.3%
4   Ring-billed Gull 51.7% 81.7% 30.0%
5   American Black Duck 27.6% 81.2% 53.6%
6   Double-crested Cormorant 13.7% 80.8% 67.1%
7   Song Sparrow 32.1% 79.6% 47.4%
8   European Starling 35.6% 77.5% 41.9%
9   Bufflehead 31.4% 76.2% 44.8%
10   Brant 20.0% 71.2% 51.3%
11   Red-breasted Merganser 18.9% 70.8% 51.9%
12   Mallard 48.2% 66.7% 18.5%
13   House Sparrow 35.9% 63.7% 27.8%
14   Red-tailed Hawk 21.9% 62.5% 40.6%
15   Gadwall 16.7% 61.3% 44.6%
16   Northern Cardinal 36.9% 60.8% 23.9%
17   Rock Pigeon 29.1% 54.6% 25.5%
18   Northern Mockingbird 23.6% 54.6% 31.0%
19   White-throated Sparrow 42.7% 50.4% 7.7%
20   Blue Jay 34.0% 45.8% 11.8%
21   Mourning Dove 29.6% 42.9% 13.3%
22   Great Cormorant 4.5% 42.1% 37.6%
23   American Crow 18.5% 25.0% 6.5%
24   Dark-eyed Junco 16.1% 25.0% 8.9%
25   Black-capped Chickadee 22.8% 24.6% 1.8%
26   Downy Woodpecker 27.2% 21.7% 5.5%
27   Fish Crow 5.1% 20.4% 15.3%
28   Red-bellied Woodpecker 24.9% 17.5% 7.4%
29   Tufted Titmouse 20.3% 16.2% 4.1%
30   Yellow-rumped Warbler 4.9% 16.2% 11.3%
31   American Kestrel 3.8% 15.8% 12.0%
32   Purple Sandpiper 1.9% 15.4% 13.6%
33   Cooper's Hawk 8.7% 15.0% 6.3%
34   American Robin 25.5% 12.9% 12.6%
35   Greater Scaup 9.8% 12.5% 2.7%
36   Common Goldeneye 6.7% 12.1% 5.4%
37   Bonaparte's Gull 2.1% 12.1% 10.0%
38   Carolina Wren 15.3% 10.4% 4.9%
39   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2.8% 10.0% 7.2%
40   White-breasted Nuthatch 19.0% 8.8% 10.3%
41   Northern Flicker 6.9% 8.8% 1.9%
42   American Goldfinch 13.0% 8.3% 4.6%
43   Lesser Scaup 5.1% 8.3% 3.2%
44   Swamp Sparrow 4.9% 5.8% 0.9%
45   Hermit Thrush 2.7% 5.8% 3.1%
46   Long-tailed Duck 9.0% 5.0% 4.0%
47   Peregrine Falcon 5.2% 5.0% 0.2%
48   House Finch 13.4% 4.6% 8.8%
49   Brown-headed Cowbird 1.2% 4.6% 3.4%
50   Red-throated Loon 6.9% 4.2% 2.7%
51   Eastern Towhee 1.7% 4.2% 2.5%
52   Bald Eagle 5.4% 3.8% 1.6%
53   Common Raven 4.3% 3.3% 0.9%
54   American Tree Sparrow 6.3% 2.9% 3.4%
55   American Wigeon 6.0% 2.9% 3.1%
56   Red-winged Blackbird 7.3% 1.7% 5.6%
57   Iceland Gull 1.0% 1.7% 0.6%
58   Ruddy Duck 16.7% 1.2% 15.4%
59   Mute Swan 14.2% 1.2% 13.0%
60   Common Loon 10.2% 1.2% 9.0%
61   Hairy Woodpecker 7.8% 1.2% 6.6%
62   Horned Grebe 6.9% 1.2% 5.7%
63   Sharp-shinned Hawk 2.3% 1.2% 1.0%
64   American Pipit 0.6% 1.2% 0.6%
65   Hooded Merganser 19.7% 0.8% 18.9%
66   Great Blue Heron 14.7% 0.8% 13.9%
67   Fox Sparrow 7.2% 0.8% 6.4%
68   Common Merganser 6.9% 0.8% 6.1%
69   Northern Harrier 4.2% 0.8% 3.4%
70   Winter Wren 3.2% 0.8% 2.3%
71   Redhead 2.3% 0.8% 1.5%
72   Merlin 1.9% 0.8% 1.1%
73   Killdeer 1.8% 0.8% 1.0%
74   Dunlin 1.7% 0.8% 0.9%
75   Lesser Black-backed Gull 0.9% 0.8% 0.1%
76   Chipping Sparrow 0.7% 0.8% 0.1%
77   Palm Warbler 0.3% 0.8% 0.5%
78   Prairie Warbler 0.0% 0.8% 0.8%
79   Northern Shoveler 15.8% 0.4% 15.4%
80   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 5.8% 0.4% 5.4%
81   Wood Duck 4.6% 0.4% 4.2%
82   Snow Goose 2.9% 0.4% 2.5%
83   Red-breasted Nuthatch 1.9% 0.4% 1.5%
84   Great Horned Owl 1.9% 0.4% 1.5%
85   Snow Bunting 1.6% 0.4% 1.2%
86   Red-shouldered Hawk 1.5% 0.4% 1.1%
87   Black-crowned Night-Heron 1.4% 0.4% 1.0%
88   Savannah Sparrow 1.2% 0.4% 0.8%
89   Snowy Owl 1.1% 0.4% 0.7%
90   Pine Siskin 0.6% 0.4% 0.2%
91   White-crowned Sparrow 0.6% 0.4% 0.2%
92   King Eider 0.3% 0.4% 0.2%
93   European Goldfinch 0.3% 0.4% 0.2%