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

based on 181 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.

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Rank Info Pics Species Entire Region This Location Difference
1   American Herring Gull 41.1% 80.7% 39.5%
2   Canada Goose 56.1% 80.1% 24.0%
3   American Black Duck 26.6% 78.5% 51.9%
4   Red-breasted Merganser 19.8% 78.5% 58.6%
5   Bufflehead 31.9% 77.3% 45.5%
6   Great Black-backed Gull 28.1% 76.2% 48.2%
7   Ring-billed Gull 50.6% 75.7% 25.1%
8   European Starling 38.2% 73.5% 35.3%
9   Brant 19.9% 73.5% 53.6%
10   Song Sparrow 34.2% 72.4% 38.2%
11   Double-crested Cormorant 11.8% 72.4% 60.5%
12   Mallard 49.9% 63.0% 13.1%
13   House Sparrow 40.4% 63.0% 22.6%
14   Red-tailed Hawk 22.9% 59.1% 36.2%
15   Rock Pigeon 29.0% 57.5% 28.5%
16   Great Cormorant 4.3% 55.8% 51.5%
17   Gadwall 15.4% 55.2% 39.8%
18   Northern Cardinal 40.6% 52.5% 11.9%
19   Blue Jay 35.8% 48.1% 12.3%
20   Northern Mockingbird 23.9% 44.2% 20.3%
21   White-throated Sparrow 41.6% 41.4% 0.2%
22   Mourning Dove 33.3% 39.2% 5.9%
23   American Robin 32.2% 32.0% 0.2%
24   Greater Scaup 9.5% 28.7% 19.2%
25   Fish Crow 7.3% 28.7% 21.4%
26   Dark-eyed Junco 16.2% 23.2% 7.0%
27   Red-throated Loon 7.4% 22.7% 15.3%
28   Killdeer 3.8% 22.7% 18.9%
29   American Crow 21.4% 22.1% 0.7%
30   Tufted Titmouse 20.1% 21.5% 1.4%
31   Red-winged Blackbird 18.3% 21.0% 2.6%
32   Black-capped Chickadee 22.1% 19.3% 2.7%
33   Downy Woodpecker 27.8% 18.2% 9.6%
34   Cooper's Hawk 7.7% 17.7% 10.0%
35   Common Goldeneye 6.8% 17.1% 10.3%
36   Bald Eagle 6.2% 17.1% 11.0%
37   Red-bellied Woodpecker 25.8% 15.5% 10.3%
38   Yellow-rumped Warbler 4.8% 12.7% 7.9%
39   American Wigeon 7.0% 12.2% 5.2%
40   American Kestrel 3.3% 11.6% 8.3%
41   White-breasted Nuthatch 18.2% 9.4% 8.8%
42   Lesser Scaup 4.9% 9.4% 4.5%
43   Carolina Wren 16.1% 8.8% 7.3%
44   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1.8% 8.8% 7.0%
45   Common Grackle 13.4% 7.7% 5.6%
46   Northern Flicker 6.2% 6.6% 0.4%
47   House Finch 13.8% 6.1% 7.7%
48   Peregrine Falcon 4.6% 5.5% 0.9%
49   American Goldfinch 11.4% 5.0% 6.4%
50   Common Loon 9.1% 3.9% 5.3%
51   Common Raven 4.3% 3.3% 1.0%
52   American Tree Sparrow 6.8% 2.8% 4.0%
53   Purple Sandpiper 1.1% 2.8% 1.7%
54   Horned Grebe 7.9% 2.2% 5.7%
55   Hermit Thrush 2.1% 2.2% 0.1%
56   Eastern Towhee 1.5% 2.2% 0.7%
57   Northern Shoveler 16.6% 1.7% 14.9%
58   Long-tailed Duck 7.7% 1.7% 6.0%
59   Wood Duck 6.1% 1.7% 4.5%
60   Snowy Owl 0.9% 1.7% 0.8%
61   Mute Swan 15.0% 1.1% 13.9%
62   Great Blue Heron 11.8% 1.1% 10.7%
63   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 4.8% 1.1% 3.7%
64   Swamp Sparrow 3.6% 1.1% 2.5%
65   Great Horned Owl 1.8% 1.1% 0.7%
66   Brown-headed Cowbird 1.7% 1.1% 0.6%
67   Savannah Sparrow 1.2% 1.1% 0.1%
68   Turkey Vulture 6.5% 0.6% 5.9%
69   Northern Harrier 4.3% 0.6% 3.8%
70   Pied-billed Grebe 3.8% 0.6% 3.3%
71   Brown Creeper 3.5% 0.6% 2.9%
72   Canvasback 3.4% 0.6% 2.8%
73   Black Scoter 2.7% 0.6% 2.1%
74   Golden-crowned Kinglet 2.4% 0.6% 1.9%
75   Cedar Waxwing 2.3% 0.6% 1.8%
76   Horned Lark 2.2% 0.6% 1.6%
77   Merlin 2.0% 0.6% 1.4%
78   Gray Catbird 1.7% 0.6% 1.2%
79   Rusty Blackbird 1.6% 0.6% 1.1%
80   Field Sparrow 1.1% 0.6% 0.6%
81   Iceland Gull 1.0% 0.6% 0.5%
82   Red-necked Grebe 0.9% 0.6% 0.4%
83   Lesser Black-backed Gull 0.8% 0.6% 0.3%
84   Black-headed Gull 0.6% 0.6% 0.0%
85   Cackling Goose 0.4% 0.6% 0.1%
86   Glaucous Gull 0.2% 0.6% 0.3%