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Top Birds at Governors Island (reopening Spring 2021) in October
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA

based on 551 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 45.4% 84.8% 39.3%
2   Song Sparrow 55.0% 80.0% 25.0%
3   European Starling 46.3% 79.7% 33.3%
4   House Sparrow 46.6% 77.5% 30.9%
5   White-throated Sparrow 57.5% 76.4% 18.9%
6   Northern Flicker 38.2% 75.9% 37.6%
7   Palm Warbler 30.6% 74.8% 44.2%
8   Yellow-rumped Warbler 50.3% 72.1% 21.8%
9   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 45.4% 69.9% 24.5%
10   American Kestrel 12.5% 68.2% 55.8%
11   Northern Mockingbird 36.0% 65.9% 29.9%
12   Blue Jay 56.2% 65.5% 9.4%
13   Red-tailed Hawk 22.2% 65.0% 42.8%
14   Double-crested Cormorant 31.7% 63.5% 31.8%
15   Herring Gull 32.4% 63.2% 30.7%
16   Eastern Phoebe 36.2% 62.6% 26.4%
17   American Robin 57.5% 60.3% 2.7%
18   Great Black-backed Gull 18.6% 55.9% 37.3%
19   Golden-crowned Kinglet 28.7% 55.0% 26.3%
20   Ring-billed Gull 30.2% 51.0% 20.8%
21   Rock Pigeon 35.4% 49.2% 13.8%
22   Northern Cardinal 44.5% 46.8% 2.4%
23   Savannah Sparrow 19.2% 44.6% 25.4%
24   Dark-eyed Junco 25.8% 43.7% 17.9%
25   Gray Catbird 38.4% 41.2% 2.8%
26   Swamp Sparrow 32.7% 39.4% 6.6%
27   American Goldfinch 23.7% 39.2% 15.5%
28   Chipping Sparrow 20.6% 37.9% 17.3%
29   Hermit Thrush 23.5% 34.8% 11.4%
30   American Black Duck 13.2% 31.6% 18.4%
31   Common Yellowthroat 26.3% 30.9% 4.6%
32   Red-bellied Woodpecker 35.0% 29.2% 5.8%
33   Eastern Towhee 20.9% 27.6% 6.7%
34   Brown-headed Cowbird 5.6% 27.2% 21.6%
35   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 22.7% 24.3% 1.6%
36   Canada Goose 41.0% 23.4% 17.5%
37   Carolina Wren 22.2% 23.4% 1.2%
38   Brown Creeper 10.6% 21.1% 10.5%
39   American Crow 23.4% 20.9% 2.5%
40   Blackpoll Warbler 10.1% 20.9% 10.8%
41   Laughing Gull 13.7% 20.7% 7.0%
42   Mallard 38.8% 20.3% 18.4%
43   Downy Woodpecker 29.7% 18.3% 11.3%
44   House Wren 9.1% 18.1% 9.0%
45   Field Sparrow 11.4% 17.6% 6.2%
46   Eastern Meadowlark 1.7% 17.6% 15.9%
47   Blue-headed Vireo 11.1% 17.4% 6.3%
48   Black-throated Blue Warbler 12.0% 16.9% 4.9%
49   Tufted Titmouse 19.0% 16.7% 2.3%
50   White-crowned Sparrow 11.2% 16.5% 5.3%
51   Cooper's Hawk 14.5% 15.4% 0.9%
52   Winter Wren 9.9% 15.2% 5.3%
53   Swainson's Thrush 7.4% 15.2% 7.8%
54   White-breasted Nuthatch 20.3% 13.2% 7.0%
55   Pine Warbler 6.5% 13.2% 6.7%
56   Killdeer 6.1% 12.5% 6.4%
57   Black-and-white Warbler 9.4% 12.0% 2.6%
58   Northern Parula 11.0% 11.8% 0.8%
59   House Finch 18.0% 11.3% 6.8%
60   Red-breasted Nuthatch 7.9% 10.7% 2.8%
61   Magnolia Warbler 7.6% 10.0% 2.4%
62   Lincoln's Sparrow 6.8% 9.8% 3.0%
63   Black-capped Chickadee 18.4% 9.6% 8.8%
64   Brant 9.6% 9.4% 0.1%
65   Cedar Waxwing 10.1% 8.2% 2.0%
66   American Redstart 7.9% 8.0% 0.1%
67   Eastern Wood-Pewee 4.4% 8.0% 3.6%
68   Vesper Sparrow 2.3% 7.3% 5.0%
69   Merlin 7.5% 6.5% 0.9%
70   Indigo Bunting 4.7% 6.5% 1.8%
71   Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1.3% 6.5% 5.3%
72   Great Blue Heron 22.0% 6.4% 15.6%
73   Black-throated Green Warbler 5.6% 6.4% 0.7%
74   Red-winged Blackbird 15.9% 6.0% 9.9%
75   Common Grackle 21.3% 5.8% 15.5%
76   Nashville Warbler 3.6% 5.3% 1.7%
77   Red-eyed Vireo 5.7% 4.7% 1.0%
78   Pine Siskin 4.5% 4.7% 0.2%
79   Belted Kingfisher 13.1% 4.5% 8.6%
80   Osprey 12.6% 4.5% 8.0%
81   Western Kingbird 0.2% 4.5% 4.3%
82   Peregrine Falcon 7.9% 4.4% 3.5%
83   Ovenbird 5.4% 4.4% 1.1%
84   Brown Thrasher 5.4% 4.2% 1.3%
85   Common Raven 5.8% 4.0% 1.8%
86   Scarlet Tanager 3.5% 4.0% 0.5%
87   Fish Crow 2.6% 3.6% 1.0%
88   Tennessee Warbler 2.5% 3.6% 1.1%
89   Black-crowned Night-Heron 4.3% 3.4% 0.8%
90   Cape May Warbler 2.7% 3.4% 0.8%
91   Bobolink 0.6% 3.4% 2.9%
92   Chimney Swift 8.5% 3.3% 5.3%
93   Gray-cheeked Thrush 1.1% 3.1% 1.9%
94   Dickcissel 0.9% 3.1% 2.2%
95   Sharp-shinned Hawk 10.0% 2.9% 7.1%
96   Bald Eagle 5.4% 2.9% 2.5%
97   Purple Finch 7.0% 2.7% 4.3%
98   Yellow Warbler 1.1% 2.7% 1.6%
99   Rusty Blackbird 1.4% 2.5% 1.1%
100   American Pipit 2.4% 2.4% 0.1%
101   Wood Thrush 1.8% 2.4% 0.5%
102   Blue Grosbeak 0.7% 2.4% 1.6%
103   Northern Harrier 5.9% 2.2% 3.7%
104   Eastern Bluebird 1.9% 2.2% 0.3%
105   Baltimore Oriole 1.1% 2.2% 1.0%
106   Spotted Sandpiper 0.8% 2.2% 1.3%
107   Forster's Tern 2.5% 2.0% 0.5%
108   Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1.9% 1.8% 0.1%
109   Budgerigar 0.1% 1.8% 1.7%
110   Orange-crowned Warbler 1.0% 1.6% 0.7%
111   Marsh Wren 2.3% 1.5% 0.8%
112   Semipalmated Sandpiper 1.2% 1.5% 0.2%
113   Blackburnian Warbler 0.3% 1.5% 1.1%
114   Turkey Vulture 9.7% 1.3% 8.4%
115   Tree Swallow 5.7% 1.3% 4.4%
116   Gadwall 8.1% 1.1% 7.0%
117   American Woodcock 0.9% 1.1% 0.2%
118   Veery 0.4% 1.1% 0.7%
119   Hairy Woodpecker 7.8% 0.9% 6.9%
120   Wilson's Snipe 0.8% 0.9% 0.1%
121   Chestnut-sided Warbler 0.8% 0.9% 0.2%
122   Least Sandpiper 0.7% 0.9% 0.2%
123   Fox Sparrow 0.6% 0.9% 0.3%
124   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 1.5% 0.7% 0.8%
125   Great Cormorant 1.2% 0.7% 0.4%
126   Prairie Warbler 0.5% 0.7% 0.2%
127   Mourning Warbler 0.1% 0.7% 0.6%
128   Monk Parakeet 2.3% 0.5% 1.8%
129   Common Loon 2.3% 0.5% 1.7%
130   Semipalmated Plover 1.4% 0.5% 0.8%
131   Bay-breasted Warbler 0.5% 0.5% 0.0%
132   Philadelphia Vireo 0.3% 0.5% 0.3%
133   Great Crested Flycatcher 0.1% 0.5% 0.5%
134   Northern Waterthrush 2.5% 0.4% 2.1%
135   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1.2% 0.4% 0.8%
136   Common Nighthawk 0.9% 0.4% 0.5%
137   Clay-colored Sparrow 0.9% 0.4% 0.5%
138   Wilson's Warbler 0.6% 0.4% 0.2%
139   Least Flycatcher 0.3% 0.4% 0.1%
140   Barn Swallow 0.2% 0.4% 0.1%
141   Black-billed Cuckoo 0.2% 0.4% 0.2%
142   European Goldfinch 0.1% 0.4% 0.3%
143   Warbling Vireo 0.1% 0.4% 0.3%
144   Short-eared Owl 0.1% 0.4% 0.3%
145   American Coot 4.3% 0.2% 4.1%
146   Pied-billed Grebe 4.0% 0.2% 3.8%
147   Nelson's Sparrow 2.1% 0.2% 1.9%
148   Red-shouldered Hawk 2.0% 0.2% 1.8%
149   Northern Pintail 1.7% 0.2% 1.5%
150   Saltmarsh Sparrow 1.5% 0.2% 1.3%
151   Yellow-breasted Chat 0.8% 0.2% 0.6%
152   Boat-tailed Grackle 0.7% 0.2% 0.5%
153   Broad-winged Hawk 0.7% 0.2% 0.5%
154   Red-headed Woodpecker 0.7% 0.2% 0.5%
155   Canada Warbler 0.1% 0.2% 0.1%
156   Orchard Oriole 0.0% 0.2% 0.2%
157   Kentucky Warbler 0% 0.2% 0.2%