Top Birds at Governors Island (reopening Spring 2021) in February
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA
based on 102 checklists
This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Governors Island (reopening Spring 2021) in February. 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 | 30.2% | 76.5% | 46.2% | |||
| 2 | Herring Gull | 42.2% | 73.5% | 31.3% | |||
| 3 | American Black Duck | 27.2% | 69.6% | 42.4% | |||
| 4 | Bufflehead | 32.1% | 68.6% | 36.5% | |||
| 5 | Canada Goose | 55.6% | 67.6% | 12.0% | |||
| 6 | Ring-billed Gull | 51.5% | 66.7% | 15.2% | |||
| 7 | Red-breasted Merganser | 20.0% | 66.7% | 46.7% | |||
| 8 | Song Sparrow | 34.5% | 65.7% | 31.2% | |||
| 9 | European Starling | 38.4% | 63.7% | 25.3% | |||
| 10 | Brant | 20.7% | 60.8% | 40.1% | |||
| 11 | Mallard | 50.3% | 58.8% | 8.5% | |||
| 12 | Double-crested Cormorant | 11.4% | 58.8% | 47.4% | |||
| 13 | Red-tailed Hawk | 23.2% | 57.8% | 34.6% | |||
| 14 | House Sparrow | 39.4% | 52.9% | 13.6% | |||
| 15 | Gadwall | 15.7% | 52.9% | 37.3% | |||
| 16 | Northern Cardinal | 40.0% | 48.0% | 8.0% | |||
| 17 | Mourning Dove | 32.0% | 45.1% | 13.1% | |||
| 18 | Rock Pigeon | 28.3% | 45.1% | 16.8% | |||
| 19 | Great Cormorant | 4.8% | 45.1% | 40.3% | |||
| 20 | Northern Mockingbird | 23.8% | 41.2% | 17.3% | |||
| 21 | White-throated Sparrow | 40.3% | 39.2% | 1.1% | |||
| 22 | Blue Jay | 35.2% | 33.3% | 1.8% | |||
| 23 | American Robin | 30.0% | 31.4% | 1.3% | |||
| 24 | Red-winged Blackbird | 18.8% | 24.5% | 5.7% | |||
| 25 | Dark-eyed Junco | 16.4% | 22.5% | 6.2% | |||
| 26 | Fish Crow | 6.9% | 20.6% | 13.7% | |||
| 27 | Black-capped Chickadee | 23.4% | 19.6% | 3.8% | |||
| 28 | Red-throated Loon | 7.6% | 19.6% | 12.0% | |||
| 29 | Killdeer | 3.9% | 19.6% | 15.7% | |||
| 30 | Downy Woodpecker | 27.7% | 15.7% | 12.1% | |||
| 31 | Greater Scaup | 9.8% | 15.7% | 5.9% | |||
| 32 | Yellow-rumped Warbler | 5.0% | 15.7% | 10.7% | |||
| 33 | Tufted Titmouse | 21.1% | 14.7% | 6.4% | |||
| 34 | American Crow | 21.0% | 14.7% | 6.3% | |||
| 35 | Cooper's Hawk | 7.5% | 14.7% | 7.2% | |||
| 36 | American Kestrel | 3.4% | 13.7% | 10.3% | |||
| 37 | Red-bellied Woodpecker | 24.7% | 10.8% | 13.9% | |||
| 38 | White-breasted Nuthatch | 18.6% | 8.8% | 9.7% | |||
| 39 | Carolina Wren | 15.5% | 8.8% | 6.7% | |||
| 40 | Common Grackle | 13.5% | 7.8% | 5.7% | |||
| 41 | Common Goldeneye | 7.3% | 5.9% | 1.4% | |||
| 42 | Bald Eagle | 5.8% | 5.9% | 0.0% | |||
| 43 | House Finch | 13.7% | 3.9% | 9.8% | |||
| 44 | American Tree Sparrow | 7.7% | 3.9% | 3.8% | |||
| 45 | Hermit Thrush | 2.0% | 3.9% | 1.9% | |||
| 46 | Ruby-crowned Kinglet | 1.4% | 3.9% | 2.5% | |||
| 47 | American Goldfinch | 12.3% | 2.9% | 9.3% | |||
| 48 | Northern Flicker | 6.3% | 2.9% | 3.4% | |||
| 49 | Wood Duck | 5.4% | 2.9% | 2.5% | |||
| 50 | Peregrine Falcon | 5.0% | 2.9% | 2.1% | |||
| 51 | Great Blue Heron | 11.4% | 2.0% | 9.5% | |||
| 52 | Common Loon | 9.1% | 2.0% | 7.2% | |||
| 53 | Horned Grebe | 8.3% | 2.0% | 6.4% | |||
| 54 | American Wigeon | 7.5% | 2.0% | 5.5% | |||
| 55 | Common Raven | 3.5% | 2.0% | 1.6% | |||
| 56 | Swamp Sparrow | 3.4% | 2.0% | 1.4% | |||
| 57 | Eastern Towhee | 1.6% | 2.0% | 0.4% | |||
| 58 | Savannah Sparrow | 1.3% | 2.0% | 0.7% | |||
| 59 | Snowy Owl | 1.1% | 2.0% | 0.8% | |||
| 60 | Northern Shoveler | 16.5% | 1.0% | 15.5% | |||
| 61 | Mute Swan | 15.5% | 1.0% | 14.5% | |||
| 62 | Long-tailed Duck | 7.8% | 1.0% | 6.9% | |||
| 63 | Turkey Vulture | 6.4% | 1.0% | 5.4% | |||
| 64 | Northern Harrier | 4.9% | 1.0% | 3.9% | |||
| 65 | Lesser Scaup | 4.8% | 1.0% | 3.8% | |||
| 66 | Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | 4.2% | 1.0% | 3.2% | |||
| 67 | Brown Creeper | 3.7% | 1.0% | 2.7% | |||
| 68 | Canvasback | 3.6% | 1.0% | 2.6% | |||
| 69 | Black Scoter | 2.4% | 1.0% | 1.4% | |||
| 70 | Brown-headed Cowbird | 2.0% | 1.0% | 1.0% | |||
| 71 | Gray Catbird | 1.8% | 1.0% | 0.8% | |||
| 72 | Rusty Blackbird | 1.7% | 1.0% | 0.7% | |||
| 73 | Field Sparrow | 1.2% | 1.0% | 0.2% | |||
| 74 | Iceland Gull | 1.2% | 1.0% | 0.2% | |||
| 75 | Red-necked Grebe | 1.1% | 1.0% | 0.1% | |||
| 76 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | 0.9% | 1.0% | 0.0% | |||
| 77 | Black-headed Gull | 0.6% | 1.0% | 0.4% | |||
| 78 | Cackling Goose | 0.4% | 1.0% | 0.5% | |||
| 79 | Glaucous Gull | 0.3% | 1.0% | 0.7% |