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

based on 183 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Governors Island (reopening Spring 2021) in April. 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 Robin 74.8% 89.1% 14.3%
2   European Starling 56.6% 88.0% 31.4%
3   House Sparrow 53.1% 86.9% 33.8%
4   Song Sparrow 48.7% 86.9% 38.1%
5   Brant 13.7% 82.5% 68.8%
6   Red-winged Blackbird 54.7% 80.9% 26.2%
7   Double-crested Cormorant 36.7% 80.9% 44.2%
8   Herring Gull 26.3% 79.8% 53.5%
9   Northern Mockingbird 28.2% 78.7% 50.5%
10   Mallard 54.6% 77.6% 23.0%
11   Northern Flicker 45.1% 77.6% 32.5%
12   Common Grackle 48.8% 74.9% 26.1%
13   Mourning Dove 51.5% 73.2% 21.7%
14   Canada Goose 52.9% 72.1% 19.2%
15   Killdeer 9.2% 72.1% 62.9%
16   Northern Cardinal 60.6% 71.0% 10.4%
17   Great Black-backed Gull 15.5% 70.5% 55.0%
18   American Black Duck 10.1% 67.8% 57.7%
19   Red-tailed Hawk 24.8% 65.6% 40.8%
20   Rock Pigeon 34.1% 63.4% 29.3%
21   Fish Crow 15.5% 62.8% 47.4%
22   White-throated Sparrow 57.1% 55.2% 1.9%
23   Tree Swallow 22.1% 52.5% 30.4%
24   Ring-billed Gull 23.3% 47.5% 24.3%
25   Hermit Thrush 25.4% 45.4% 19.9%
26   Blue Jay 52.6% 43.2% 9.4%
27   Chipping Sparrow 25.0% 43.2% 18.1%
28   Laughing Gull 11.0% 43.2% 32.1%
29   Brown-headed Cowbird 23.0% 38.3% 15.3%
30   Gadwall 8.5% 37.7% 29.2%
31   American Goldfinch 28.5% 37.2% 8.7%
32   Barn Swallow 14.3% 37.2% 22.8%
33   Dark-eyed Junco 20.1% 35.0% 14.8%
34   Eastern Towhee 21.9% 34.4% 12.5%
35   Palm Warbler 28.0% 33.3% 5.3%
36   Eastern Phoebe 19.0% 33.3% 14.3%
37   Savannah Sparrow 7.8% 31.1% 23.4%
38   House Finch 16.6% 29.0% 12.4%
39   Yellow-rumped Warbler 31.2% 28.4% 2.8%
40   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 29.4% 26.8% 2.6%
41   Tufted Titmouse 25.7% 26.2% 0.5%
42   Bufflehead 11.9% 21.9% 9.9%
43   Swamp Sparrow 17.8% 19.7% 1.9%
44   Red-bellied Woodpecker 39.7% 19.1% 20.6%
45   American Kestrel 5.4% 18.6% 13.1%
46   American Crow 19.4% 18.0% 1.3%
47   Brown Thrasher 6.1% 15.8% 9.7%
48   Golden-crowned Kinglet 11.8% 14.8% 3.0%
49   Common Raven 3.6% 13.7% 10.0%
50   Brown Creeper 9.3% 12.0% 2.7%
51   Black-capped Chickadee 21.9% 11.5% 10.5%
52   Osprey 19.2% 11.5% 7.8%
53   Field Sparrow 8.1% 10.9% 2.9%
54   Carolina Wren 22.3% 10.4% 12.0%
55   White-breasted Nuthatch 17.9% 10.4% 7.5%
56   Red-throated Loon 4.3% 10.4% 6.0%
57   Pine Warbler 15.7% 9.8% 5.9%
58   Turkey Vulture 12.5% 8.2% 4.3%
59   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 10.4% 8.2% 2.2%
60   Gray Catbird 9.1% 8.2% 0.9%
61   Red-breasted Merganser 7.0% 8.2% 1.2%
62   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 17.1% 7.7% 9.4%
63   Black-crowned Night-Heron 7.6% 6.6% 1.0%
64   Black-and-white Warbler 12.0% 6.0% 6.0%
65   Yellow Warbler 7.8% 6.0% 1.8%
66   House Wren 7.6% 6.0% 1.6%
67   Spotted Sandpiper 1.7% 6.0% 4.3%
68   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 10.9% 5.5% 5.5%
69   Chimney Swift 5.4% 5.5% 0.1%
70   Great Egret 22.8% 4.9% 17.8%
71   Downy Woodpecker 38.1% 4.4% 33.7%
72   Wilson's Snipe 2.0% 4.4% 2.4%
73   Blue-headed Vireo 9.5% 3.8% 5.7%
74   Bald Eagle 3.9% 3.8% 0.1%
75   Red-breasted Nuthatch 2.9% 3.8% 0.9%
76   Great Cormorant 0.6% 3.8% 3.2%
77   Snowy Egret 7.2% 3.3% 3.9%
78   Ovenbird 3.6% 3.3% 0.3%
79   Wood Thrush 2.1% 3.3% 1.2%
80   Least Sandpiper 0.6% 3.3% 2.7%
81   Eastern Meadowlark 0.4% 3.3% 2.8%
82   American Oystercatcher 7.0% 2.7% 4.3%
83   Winter Wren 3.7% 2.7% 1.0%
84   Cooper's Hawk 3.7% 2.7% 1.0%
85   Common Yellowthroat 3.5% 2.7% 0.7%
86   Peregrine Falcon 2.9% 2.7% 0.2%
87   Black-throated Blue Warbler 1.7% 2.7% 1.1%
88   Great Blue Heron 11.2% 2.2% 9.0%
89   Common Loon 5.2% 2.2% 3.0%
90   Northern Waterthrush 5.2% 2.2% 3.0%
91   Indigo Bunting 0.8% 2.2% 1.3%
92   Purple Sandpiper 0.2% 2.2% 2.0%
93   Northern Parula 4.9% 1.6% 3.2%
94   Rusty Blackbird 4.4% 1.6% 2.7%
95   Boat-tailed Grackle 4.1% 1.6% 2.5%
96   Green Heron 3.6% 1.6% 1.9%
97   Fox Sparrow 3.2% 1.6% 1.6%
98   Black Vulture 2.5% 1.6% 0.9%
99   Glossy Ibis 2.3% 1.6% 0.7%
100   Merlin 2.0% 1.6% 0.3%
101   Purple Finch 1.9% 1.6% 0.3%
102   American Redstart 1.3% 1.6% 0.4%
103   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 1.3% 1.6% 0.4%
104   Bonaparte's Gull 0.9% 1.6% 0.7%
105   Belted Kingfisher 10.2% 1.1% 9.1%
106   Forster's Tern 3.7% 1.1% 2.6%
107   Black-throated Green Warbler 2.3% 1.1% 1.2%
108   White-eyed Vireo 1.6% 1.1% 0.5%
109   Greater Scaup 1.4% 1.1% 0.3%
110   Eastern Kingbird 1.2% 1.1% 0.1%
111   Lesser Scaup 1.1% 1.1% 0.0%
112   Great Crested Flycatcher 0.9% 1.1% 0.2%
113   Yellow-throated Vireo 0.8% 1.1% 0.3%
114   American Woodcock 0.7% 1.1% 0.4%
115   Orange-crowned Warbler 0.4% 1.1% 0.7%
116   Wood Duck 14.4% 0.5% 13.8%
117   Ruddy Duck 10.9% 0.5% 10.3%
118   Hairy Woodpecker 10.0% 0.5% 9.5%
119   Greater Yellowlegs 6.5% 0.5% 5.9%
120   Green-winged Teal 5.1% 0.5% 4.6%
121   Cedar Waxwing 3.6% 0.5% 3.1%
122   Baltimore Oriole 2.8% 0.5% 2.3%
123   Horned Grebe 2.8% 0.5% 2.3%
124   Prairie Warbler 2.7% 0.5% 2.2%
125   Northern Gannet 2.3% 0.5% 1.7%
126   Blue-winged Warbler 1.8% 0.5% 1.2%
127   Blue-winged Teal 1.7% 0.5% 1.2%
128   Orchard Oriole 1.6% 0.5% 1.0%
129   Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1.6% 0.5% 1.0%
130   Veery 1.4% 0.5% 0.9%
131   Scarlet Tanager 0.6% 0.5% 0.0%
132   Purple Martin 0.5% 0.5% 0.1%
133   Lesser Black-backed Gull 0.3% 0.5% 0.2%
134   Magnolia Warbler 0.2% 0.5% 0.3%
135   Swainson's Thrush 0.2% 0.5% 0.4%
136   Semipalmated Sandpiper 0.0% 0.5% 0.5%
137   Short-eared Owl 0.0% 0.5% 0.5%
138   Long-billed Dowitcher 0.0% 0.5% 0.5%