Top Birds at Governors Island (reopening Spring 2021) in December
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA
based on 159 checklists
This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Governors Island (reopening Spring 2021) in December. 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 | Ring-billed Gull | 49.6% | 84.3% | 34.7% | |||
| 2 | Great Black-backed Gull | 29.2% | 83.6% | 54.4% | |||
| 3 | Herring Gull | 41.8% | 81.1% | 39.3% | |||
| 4 | Double-crested Cormorant | 17.7% | 81.1% | 63.4% | |||
| 5 | Song Sparrow | 36.9% | 80.5% | 43.6% | |||
| 6 | European Starling | 38.7% | 79.9% | 41.1% | |||
| 7 | American Black Duck | 26.5% | 77.4% | 50.9% | |||
| 8 | House Sparrow | 38.4% | 67.9% | 29.5% | |||
| 9 | Mallard | 48.3% | 64.2% | 15.9% | |||
| 10 | Red-tailed Hawk | 24.4% | 64.2% | 39.7% | |||
| 11 | Canada Goose | 51.6% | 63.5% | 12.0% | |||
| 12 | Bufflehead | 28.1% | 62.9% | 34.8% | |||
| 13 | Rock Pigeon | 30.6% | 62.3% | 31.6% | |||
| 14 | White-throated Sparrow | 48.6% | 61.0% | 12.4% | |||
| 15 | Northern Mockingbird | 28.3% | 57.2% | 28.9% | |||
| 16 | Mourning Dove | 36.1% | 56.0% | 19.9% | |||
| 17 | Northern Cardinal | 40.0% | 54.1% | 14.1% | |||
| 18 | Brant | 18.8% | 50.3% | 31.5% | |||
| 19 | Blue Jay | 39.8% | 45.3% | 5.5% | |||
| 20 | American Kestrel | 5.8% | 43.4% | 37.6% | |||
| 21 | Red-breasted Merganser | 14.8% | 41.5% | 26.7% | |||
| 22 | Dark-eyed Junco | 23.2% | 39.6% | 16.4% | |||
| 23 | American Goldfinch | 20.4% | 35.2% | 14.8% | |||
| 24 | Gadwall | 15.1% | 34.6% | 19.4% | |||
| 25 | American Crow | 20.6% | 32.1% | 11.5% | |||
| 26 | Downy Woodpecker | 30.7% | 30.2% | 0.5% | |||
| 27 | Cooper's Hawk | 10.7% | 29.6% | 18.8% | |||
| 28 | Red-bellied Woodpecker | 28.7% | 25.2% | 3.5% | |||
| 29 | Tufted Titmouse | 21.3% | 20.8% | 0.6% | |||
| 30 | Yellow-rumped Warbler | 6.8% | 19.5% | 12.7% | |||
| 31 | American Robin | 29.6% | 18.9% | 10.7% | |||
| 32 | Purple Sandpiper | 1.6% | 18.9% | 17.2% | |||
| 33 | Black-capped Chickadee | 24.3% | 18.2% | 6.1% | |||
| 34 | Fish Crow | 5.1% | 17.6% | 12.5% | |||
| 35 | Ruby-crowned Kinglet | 5.6% | 15.7% | 10.1% | |||
| 36 | Northern Flicker | 10.9% | 15.1% | 4.2% | |||
| 37 | Carolina Wren | 18.8% | 12.6% | 6.2% | |||
| 38 | House Finch | 16.4% | 11.9% | 4.5% | |||
| 39 | Great Cormorant | 3.8% | 11.9% | 8.2% | |||
| 40 | White-breasted Nuthatch | 20.0% | 10.7% | 9.3% | |||
| 41 | Chipping Sparrow | 1.4% | 9.4% | 8.0% | |||
| 42 | Red-throated Loon | 6.9% | 8.2% | 1.3% | |||
| 43 | Greater Scaup | 6.8% | 7.5% | 0.8% | |||
| 44 | Hermit Thrush | 5.5% | 6.9% | 1.4% | |||
| 45 | Bald Eagle | 4.8% | 6.9% | 2.1% | |||
| 46 | Orange-crowned Warbler | 1.9% | 6.3% | 4.4% | |||
| 47 | Swamp Sparrow | 7.6% | 5.7% | 2.0% | |||
| 48 | Eastern Towhee | 2.6% | 5.7% | 3.1% | |||
| 49 | American Pipit | 1.0% | 5.7% | 4.7% | |||
| 50 | Great Blue Heron | 20.3% | 5.0% | 15.2% | |||
| 51 | Red-winged Blackbird | 9.2% | 5.0% | 4.2% | |||
| 52 | Saltmarsh Sparrow | 0.0% | 5.0% | 5.0% | |||
| 53 | Common Raven | 4.5% | 3.8% | 0.7% | |||
| 54 | Snowy Owl | 1.0% | 3.8% | 2.8% | |||
| 55 | Northern Harrier | 5.0% | 3.1% | 1.8% | |||
| 56 | Cedar Waxwing | 3.7% | 3.1% | 0.5% | |||
| 57 | Snow Goose | 2.2% | 3.1% | 1.0% | |||
| 58 | Snow Bunting | 2.0% | 3.1% | 1.1% | |||
| 59 | Prairie Warbler | 0.0% | 3.1% | 3.1% | |||
| 60 | American Coot | 10.4% | 2.5% | 7.9% | |||
| 61 | Peregrine Falcon | 5.8% | 2.5% | 3.3% | |||
| 62 | Winter Wren | 5.0% | 2.5% | 2.4% | |||
| 63 | Great Horned Owl | 2.4% | 2.5% | 0.1% | |||
| 64 | Palm Warbler | 0.8% | 2.5% | 1.8% | |||
| 65 | American Woodcock | 0.6% | 2.5% | 1.9% | |||
| 66 | Fox Sparrow | 9.8% | 1.9% | 7.9% | |||
| 67 | Common Loon | 9.1% | 1.9% | 7.2% | |||
| 68 | American Tree Sparrow | 6.5% | 1.9% | 4.6% | |||
| 69 | Common Goldeneye | 3.9% | 1.9% | 2.0% | |||
| 70 | Northern Gannet | 3.1% | 1.9% | 1.2% | |||
| 71 | Northern Saw-whet Owl | 1.2% | 1.9% | 0.7% | |||
| 72 | Laughing Gull | 0.6% | 1.9% | 1.3% | |||
| 73 | European Goldfinch | 0.2% | 1.9% | 1.7% | |||
| 74 | Ruddy Duck | 15.6% | 1.3% | 14.4% | |||
| 75 | Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | 8.3% | 1.3% | 7.1% | |||
| 76 | Horned Grebe | 5.3% | 1.3% | 4.0% | |||
| 77 | Golden-crowned Kinglet | 4.3% | 1.3% | 3.1% | |||
| 78 | Gray Catbird | 4.0% | 1.3% | 2.7% | |||
| 79 | Sharp-shinned Hawk | 3.3% | 1.3% | 2.0% | |||
| 80 | Savannah Sparrow | 2.1% | 1.3% | 0.9% | |||
| 81 | Dunlin | 1.6% | 1.3% | 0.3% | |||
| 82 | Mute Swan | 14.0% | 0.6% | 13.4% | |||
| 83 | Hairy Woodpecker | 9.3% | 0.6% | 8.6% | |||
| 84 | Common Grackle | 5.5% | 0.6% | 4.9% | |||
| 85 | Turkey Vulture | 5.4% | 0.6% | 4.7% | |||
| 86 | Common Merganser | 4.9% | 0.6% | 4.3% | |||
| 87 | Lesser Scaup | 3.6% | 0.6% | 3.0% | |||
| 88 | White-winged Scoter | 2.1% | 0.6% | 1.4% | |||
| 89 | Rusty Blackbird | 1.9% | 0.6% | 1.3% | |||
| 90 | Field Sparrow | 1.9% | 0.6% | 1.3% | |||
| 91 | Red-shouldered Hawk | 1.9% | 0.6% | 1.2% | |||
| 92 | Killdeer | 1.9% | 0.6% | 1.2% | |||
| 93 | Brown-headed Cowbird | 1.8% | 0.6% | 1.1% | |||
| 94 | Bonaparte's Gull | 1.7% | 0.6% | 1.1% | |||
| 95 | Purple Finch | 1.3% | 0.6% | 0.7% | |||
| 96 | White-crowned Sparrow | 0.7% | 0.6% | 0.1% | |||
| 97 | Yellow-breasted Chat | 0.4% | 0.6% | 0.2% | |||
| 98 | Lincoln's Sparrow | 0.2% | 0.6% | 0.4% |