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

based on 633 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Governors Island (reopening Spring 2021) in October. 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   Mourning Dove 45.3% 84.4% 39.0%
2   Song Sparrow 54.7% 80.6% 25.8%
3   European Starling 45.6% 77.9% 32.3%
4   House Sparrow 46.5% 77.3% 30.7%
5   White-throated Sparrow 58.5% 77.1% 18.6%
6   Northern Flicker 37.8% 75.5% 37.7%
7   Palm Warbler 30.0% 74.6% 44.6%
8   Yellow-rumped Warbler 49.5% 71.7% 22.2%
9   American Kestrel 12.1% 69.4% 57.2%
10   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 44.9% 68.7% 23.8%
11   Blue Jay 56.6% 67.8% 11.2%
12   Northern Mockingbird 36.1% 64.5% 28.4%
13   Red-tailed Hawk 22.8% 63.3% 40.6%
14   Double-crested Cormorant 30.7% 62.1% 31.3%
15   Eastern Phoebe 36.0% 61.8% 25.7%
16   American Herring Gull 31.5% 61.5% 29.9%
17   American Robin 57.7% 59.7% 2.1%
18   Golden-crowned Kinglet 29.5% 56.6% 27.0%
19   Great Black-backed Gull 17.6% 52.9% 35.3%
20   Ring-billed Gull 29.5% 51.5% 22.0%
21   Rock Pigeon 35.5% 50.7% 15.2%
22   Northern Cardinal 45.1% 47.2% 2.1%
23   Savannah Sparrow 18.5% 46.8% 28.3%
24   Dark-eyed Junco 26.4% 45.0% 18.6%
25   Swamp Sparrow 32.8% 43.9% 11.1%
26   American Goldfinch 23.2% 40.3% 17.1%
27   Gray Catbird 37.3% 39.8% 2.5%
28   Chipping Sparrow 20.4% 38.9% 18.5%
29   Hermit Thrush 24.2% 34.9% 10.7%
30   Red-bellied Woodpecker 35.8% 32.1% 3.7%
31   Common Yellowthroat 25.4% 31.1% 5.8%
32   American Black Duck 13.3% 29.2% 15.9%
33   Eastern Towhee 20.4% 28.0% 7.5%
34   Brown-headed Cowbird 5.4% 26.5% 21.2%
35   American Crow 23.4% 24.5% 1.1%
36   Canada Goose 40.7% 23.9% 16.8%
37   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 22.5% 23.1% 0.5%
38   Carolina Wren 23.2% 22.6% 0.6%
39   Brown Creeper 11.1% 21.3% 10.2%
40   Laughing Gull 13.4% 20.9% 7.5%
41   Blackpoll Warbler 9.7% 20.7% 11.0%
42   Field Sparrow 11.2% 19.4% 8.2%
43   Tufted Titmouse 20.3% 19.1% 1.2%
44   Mallard 38.4% 19.0% 19.4%
45   Downy Woodpecker 30.1% 18.8% 11.3%
46   House Wren 8.8% 17.7% 8.9%
47   Cooper's Hawk 14.8% 17.4% 2.6%
48   Blue-headed Vireo 11.4% 17.1% 5.7%
49   Black-throated Blue Warbler 12.0% 16.7% 4.7%
50   Eastern Meadowlark 1.6% 16.7% 15.2%
51   Winter Wren 10.6% 16.3% 5.7%
52   White-crowned Sparrow 10.2% 15.2% 5.0%
53   White-breasted Nuthatch 21.7% 14.1% 7.6%
54   Swainson's Thrush 7.2% 13.7% 6.5%
55   House Finch 18.1% 13.0% 5.1%
56   Pine Warbler 6.3% 12.3% 6.1%
57   Killdeer 6.0% 11.7% 5.7%
58   Northern Parula 10.7% 11.5% 0.9%
59   Black-and-white Warbler 9.0% 11.2% 2.2%
60   Lincoln's Sparrow 6.3% 10.6% 4.3%
61   Red-breasted Nuthatch 7.8% 9.5% 1.7%
62   Black-capped Chickadee 18.1% 9.2% 9.0%
63   Brant 9.0% 8.8% 0.2%
64   Magnolia Warbler 7.0% 8.8% 1.8%
65   Cedar Waxwing 9.7% 8.4% 1.3%
66   American Redstart 7.7% 8.2% 0.5%
67   Common Grackle 22.0% 7.3% 14.7%
68   Eastern Wood-Pewee 4.2% 7.3% 3.0%
69   Vesper Sparrow 2.1% 6.8% 4.7%
70   Red-winged Blackbird 15.7% 6.5% 9.2%
71   Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1.5% 6.5% 5.0%
72   Merlin 7.4% 6.2% 1.2%
73   Indigo Bunting 4.5% 6.2% 1.7%
74   Great Blue Heron 22.3% 5.8% 16.5%
75   Black-throated Green Warbler 5.2% 5.5% 0.3%
76   Bobolink 0.5% 5.2% 4.7%
77   Belted Kingfisher 12.8% 4.9% 7.9%
78   Nashville Warbler 3.6% 4.9% 1.3%
79   Red-eyed Vireo 5.6% 4.7% 0.8%
80   Osprey 11.8% 4.6% 7.2%
81   Peregrine Falcon 7.6% 4.4% 3.1%
82   Pine Siskin 3.9% 4.3% 0.3%
83   Fish Crow 2.7% 4.3% 1.6%
84   Ovenbird 5.5% 3.9% 1.6%
85   Brown Thrasher 5.1% 3.9% 1.2%
86   Scarlet Tanager 3.6% 3.9% 0.4%
87   Western Kingbird 0.2% 3.9% 3.8%
88   American Pipit 2.4% 3.8% 1.4%
89   Common Raven 6.3% 3.5% 2.8%
90   Tennessee Warbler 2.3% 3.5% 1.1%
91   Purple Finch 6.7% 3.3% 3.4%
92   Black-crowned Night-Heron 4.1% 3.2% 0.9%
93   Bald Eagle 5.6% 3.0% 2.6%
94   Cape May Warbler 2.5% 3.0% 0.5%
95   Chimney Swift 7.7% 2.8% 4.8%
96   Gray-cheeked Thrush 1.1% 2.8% 1.7%
97   Sharp-shinned Hawk 9.5% 2.7% 6.8%
98   Yellow Warbler 1.0% 2.7% 1.6%
99   Dickcissel 0.9% 2.7% 1.8%
100   Rusty Blackbird 1.4% 2.4% 1.0%
101   Northern Harrier 5.6% 2.1% 3.6%
102   Eastern Bluebird 1.9% 2.1% 0.2%
103   Wood Thrush 1.8% 2.1% 0.2%
104   Spotted Sandpiper 0.8% 2.1% 1.3%
105   Blue Grosbeak 0.6% 2.1% 1.4%
106   Forster's Tern 2.4% 1.9% 0.5%
107   Baltimore Oriole 1.2% 1.9% 0.7%
108   Turkey Vulture 9.8% 1.7% 8.0%
109   Marsh Wren 2.2% 1.7% 0.5%
110   Rose-breasted Grosbeak 2.0% 1.7% 0.3%
111   Orange-crowned Warbler 1.0% 1.6% 0.6%
112   American Woodcock 0.9% 1.6% 0.6%
113   Budgerigar 0.1% 1.6% 1.5%
114   Blackburnian Warbler 0.3% 1.4% 1.1%
115   Semipalmated Sandpiper 1.2% 1.3% 0.0%
116   Tree Swallow 5.1% 1.1% 4.0%
117   Gadwall 8.0% 0.9% 7.1%
118   Hairy Woodpecker 7.8% 0.9% 6.9%
119   Veery 0.3% 0.9% 0.6%
120   Wilson's Snipe 0.8% 0.8% 0.0%
121   Chestnut-sided Warbler 0.7% 0.8% 0.1%
122   Least Sandpiper 0.7% 0.8% 0.1%
123   Fox Sparrow 0.7% 0.8% 0.1%
124   Northern Waterthrush 2.6% 0.6% 1.9%
125   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 1.5% 0.6% 0.8%
126   Great Cormorant 1.1% 0.6% 0.5%
127   Prairie Warbler 0.5% 0.6% 0.1%
128   Mourning Warbler 0.1% 0.6% 0.5%
129   Monk Parakeet 2.6% 0.5% 2.2%
130   Common Loon 2.1% 0.5% 1.7%
131   Semipalmated Plover 1.4% 0.5% 0.9%
132   Clay-colored Sparrow 0.9% 0.5% 0.4%
133   Common Nighthawk 0.8% 0.5% 0.3%
134   Red-headed Woodpecker 0.7% 0.5% 0.2%
135   Bay-breasted Warbler 0.5% 0.5% 0.0%
136   Philadelphia Vireo 0.3% 0.5% 0.2%
137   Least Flycatcher 0.2% 0.5% 0.2%
138   Great Crested Flycatcher 0.1% 0.5% 0.4%
139   Nelson's Sparrow 2.0% 0.3% 1.7%
140   Red-shouldered Hawk 2.0% 0.3% 1.7%
141   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1.1% 0.3% 0.8%
142   Wilson's Warbler 0.5% 0.3% 0.2%
143   Barn Swallow 0.2% 0.3% 0.1%
144   Black-billed Cuckoo 0.2% 0.3% 0.1%
145   Warbling Vireo 0.1% 0.3% 0.3%
146   European Goldfinch 0.1% 0.3% 0.3%
147   Short-eared Owl 0.1% 0.3% 0.3%
148   Great Egret 14.0% 0.2% 13.9%
149   Wood Duck 10.0% 0.2% 9.8%
150   Green-winged Teal 6.5% 0.2% 6.3%
151   American Coot 4.0% 0.2% 3.8%
152   Pied-billed Grebe 3.6% 0.2% 3.5%
153   Northern Pintail 1.7% 0.2% 1.6%
154   Saltmarsh Sparrow 1.4% 0.2% 1.2%
155   Yellow-breasted Chat 0.7% 0.2% 0.6%
156   Boat-tailed Grackle 0.7% 0.2% 0.5%
157   Broad-winged Hawk 0.7% 0.2% 0.5%
158   Canada Warbler 0.1% 0.2% 0.1%
159   Orchard Oriole 0.0% 0.2% 0.2%
160   Kentucky Warbler 0% 0.2% 0.2%