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

based on 143 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Governors Island (reopening Spring 2021) in March. 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   Herring Gull 34.9% 84.6% 49.8%
2   Song Sparrow 50.7% 82.5% 31.8%
3   House Sparrow 43.9% 82.5% 38.6%
4   European Starling 46.3% 81.8% 35.6%
5   Canada Goose 56.7% 79.7% 23.0%
6   Great Black-backed Gull 23.5% 79.7% 56.2%
7   Brant 19.0% 79.0% 60.0%
8   American Black Duck 22.7% 72.7% 50.1%
9   Mallard 53.5% 72.0% 18.6%
10   American Robin 58.6% 70.6% 12.0%
11   Bufflehead 26.8% 69.9% 43.1%
12   Double-crested Cormorant 17.0% 68.5% 51.5%
13   Mourning Dove 42.6% 67.1% 24.6%
14   Killdeer 10.9% 67.1% 56.2%
15   Ring-billed Gull 42.6% 64.3% 21.7%
16   Northern Mockingbird 27.3% 62.2% 34.9%
17   Red-tailed Hawk 25.2% 62.2% 37.0%
18   Northern Cardinal 49.6% 61.5% 11.9%
19   Rock Pigeon 30.1% 61.5% 31.5%
20   Fish Crow 13.0% 58.0% 45.0%
21   Red-winged Blackbird 43.1% 55.9% 12.9%
22   Red-breasted Merganser 16.2% 53.8% 37.6%
23   Gadwall 14.0% 53.1% 39.1%
24   Common Grackle 33.6% 51.0% 17.5%
25   Dark-eyed Junco 26.4% 43.4% 16.9%
26   White-throated Sparrow 42.3% 37.8% 4.6%
27   Blue Jay 41.4% 37.1% 4.3%
28   American Crow 24.5% 30.1% 5.5%
29   Northern Flicker 14.0% 28.7% 14.7%
30   Tree Swallow 6.2% 27.3% 21.0%
31   Eastern Phoebe 13.9% 25.2% 11.2%
32   Tufted Titmouse 24.6% 24.5% 0.1%
33   Red-bellied Woodpecker 30.4% 23.1% 7.3%
34   Black-capped Chickadee 26.0% 21.7% 4.3%
35   Greater Scaup 6.2% 21.0% 14.8%
36   Great Cormorant 3.8% 18.9% 15.1%
37   House Finch 15.3% 18.2% 2.9%
38   Red-throated Loon 6.7% 18.2% 11.5%
39   Yellow-rumped Warbler 5.7% 18.2% 12.4%
40   American Kestrel 4.0% 16.8% 12.7%
41   Downy Woodpecker 31.7% 14.0% 17.7%
42   Carolina Wren 18.7% 14.0% 4.7%
43   American Woodcock 5.2% 14.0% 8.8%
44   Brown-headed Cowbird 8.3% 13.3% 4.9%
45   White-breasted Nuthatch 20.8% 12.6% 8.2%
46   American Goldfinch 15.2% 11.9% 3.3%
47   Fox Sparrow 12.0% 9.8% 2.2%
48   Cooper's Hawk 5.5% 9.8% 4.2%
49   Golden-crowned Kinglet 8.3% 8.4% 0.1%
50   Turkey Vulture 11.6% 5.6% 6.0%
51   Swamp Sparrow 4.4% 5.6% 1.2%
52   Common Raven 4.0% 4.9% 0.9%
53   Great Blue Heron 11.7% 3.5% 8.2%
54   Osprey 7.1% 3.5% 3.6%
55   Bald Eagle 4.6% 3.5% 1.1%
56   Peregrine Falcon 4.0% 3.5% 0.5%
57   Lesser Scaup 3.7% 3.5% 0.2%
58   Hermit Thrush 2.4% 3.5% 1.1%
59   Eastern Towhee 2.2% 3.5% 1.2%
60   Great Horned Owl 1.8% 3.5% 1.6%
61   American Wigeon 6.7% 2.8% 3.9%
62   Pine Warbler 3.2% 2.8% 0.4%
63   Laughing Gull 0.7% 2.8% 2.1%
64   Hooded Merganser 14.3% 2.1% 12.2%
65   American Coot 10.4% 2.1% 8.3%
66   Horned Grebe 7.5% 2.1% 5.4%
67   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2.2% 2.1% 0.1%
68   Merlin 2.0% 2.1% 0.1%
69   Wilson's Snipe 1.5% 2.1% 0.6%
70   Savannah Sparrow 1.0% 2.1% 1.1%
71   Wood Duck 11.9% 1.4% 10.5%
72   Great Egret 4.6% 1.4% 3.2%
73   Chipping Sparrow 1.7% 1.4% 0.3%
74   European Goldfinch 0.9% 1.4% 0.4%
75   Lincoln's Sparrow 0.1% 1.4% 1.3%
76   Northern Shoveler 16.9% 0.7% 16.2%
77   Green-winged Teal 7.8% 0.7% 7.1%
78   Common Loon 6.7% 0.7% 6.0%
79   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 6.6% 0.7% 5.9%
80   Brown Creeper 6.2% 0.7% 5.5%
81   Belted Kingfisher 6.1% 0.7% 5.4%
82   American Oystercatcher 5.4% 0.7% 4.7%
83   Pied-billed Grebe 5.1% 0.7% 4.4%
84   American Tree Sparrow 4.5% 0.7% 3.8%
85   Common Goldeneye 3.2% 0.7% 2.5%
86   Northern Gannet 2.9% 0.7% 2.2%
87   Red-breasted Nuthatch 1.9% 0.7% 1.2%
88   Surf Scoter 1.4% 0.7% 0.7%
89   Horned Lark 0.7% 0.7% 0.0%
90   Palm Warbler 0.6% 0.7% 0.1%
91   Lesser Black-backed Gull 0.4% 0.7% 0.3%
92   Snowy Owl 0.4% 0.7% 0.3%
93   Eastern Meadowlark 0.4% 0.7% 0.3%
94   Iceland Gull 0.3% 0.7% 0.4%
95   Glaucous Gull 0.2% 0.7% 0.5%
96   Snow Bunting 0.2% 0.7% 0.5%
97   Razorbill 0.2% 0.7% 0.5%