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

based on 291 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 74.7% 89.0% 14.3%
2   European Starling 56.7% 88.7% 32.0%
3   House Sparrow 54.2% 87.6% 33.5%
4   Song Sparrow 48.4% 86.6% 38.2%
5   Red-winged Blackbird 53.4% 81.4% 28.1%
6   Double-crested Cormorant 36.6% 81.4% 44.8%
7   Brant 12.9% 81.1% 68.2%
8   American Herring Gull 25.1% 78.4% 53.2%
9   Northern Flicker 45.2% 78.0% 32.8%
10   Common Grackle 48.3% 75.6% 27.3%
11   Northern Mockingbird 28.3% 75.6% 47.3%
12   Mallard 53.0% 74.6% 21.6%
13   Northern Cardinal 60.5% 72.9% 12.4%
14   Killdeer 8.7% 72.5% 63.8%
15   Mourning Dove 52.1% 71.5% 19.4%
16   Canada Goose 51.9% 69.8% 17.9%
17   American Black Duck 9.8% 66.0% 56.2%
18   Great Black-backed Gull 14.2% 65.3% 51.1%
19   Rock Pigeon 35.2% 63.2% 28.0%
20   Fish Crow 15.4% 61.9% 46.4%
21   Red-tailed Hawk 23.8% 58.4% 34.7%
22   White-throated Sparrow 58.1% 57.4% 0.7%
23   Laughing Gull 12.3% 54.0% 41.7%
24   Tree Swallow 20.5% 53.6% 33.1%
25   Blue Jay 52.1% 51.9% 0.3%
26   Chipping Sparrow 25.1% 47.8% 22.6%
27   Ring-billed Gull 22.5% 47.8% 25.3%
28   Hermit Thrush 27.1% 47.4% 20.3%
29   Barn Swallow 13.4% 42.3% 28.9%
30   Brown-headed Cowbird 21.8% 41.9% 20.1%
31   American Goldfinch 27.3% 40.9% 13.6%
32   Eastern Towhee 22.3% 39.9% 17.6%
33   Gadwall 8.3% 37.1% 28.9%
34   House Finch 16.2% 35.4% 19.2%
35   Savannah Sparrow 7.7% 35.4% 27.7%
36   Palm Warbler 26.9% 33.7% 6.8%
37   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 30.0% 32.3% 2.3%
38   Dark-eyed Junco 20.3% 31.6% 11.3%
39   Eastern Phoebe 19.2% 28.9% 9.7%
40   Yellow-rumped Warbler 30.9% 25.1% 5.8%
41   Tufted Titmouse 24.2% 25.1% 0.9%
42   American Kestrel 5.3% 24.4% 19.1%
43   Red-bellied Woodpecker 39.5% 23.4% 16.1%
44   American Crow 19.0% 21.6% 2.7%
45   Swamp Sparrow 18.5% 20.6% 2.1%
46   Red-breasted Merganser 7.0% 17.9% 10.9%
47   Bufflehead 11.3% 17.2% 5.9%
48   Osprey 20.0% 14.8% 5.2%
49   Field Sparrow 8.6% 14.8% 6.2%
50   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 12.1% 14.1% 2.0%
51   Golden-crowned Kinglet 11.9% 13.7% 1.8%
52   Gray Catbird 10.9% 12.4% 1.5%
53   Common Raven 4.0% 12.4% 8.3%
54   Brown Thrasher 6.0% 12.0% 6.1%
55   Carolina Wren 22.9% 10.7% 12.2%
56   Brown Creeper 9.8% 10.7% 0.9%
57   Chimney Swift 5.9% 10.7% 4.7%
58   Red-throated Loon 3.8% 10.7% 6.8%
59   White-breasted Nuthatch 17.0% 10.0% 7.0%
60   Black-and-white Warbler 12.8% 8.9% 3.9%
61   Black-capped Chickadee 20.0% 8.6% 11.4%
62   Pine Warbler 14.9% 8.6% 6.3%
63   Downy Woodpecker 37.0% 8.2% 28.8%
64   Blue-headed Vireo 9.5% 7.6% 1.9%
65   Yellow Warbler 7.9% 7.6% 0.4%
66   Spotted Sandpiper 1.6% 7.2% 5.6%
67   House Wren 7.9% 6.2% 1.7%
68   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 15.8% 5.8% 9.9%
69   Turkey Vulture 12.0% 5.8% 6.1%
70   Ovenbird 4.4% 5.8% 1.5%
71   Wilson's Snipe 1.7% 5.8% 4.1%
72   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 10.3% 5.2% 5.1%
73   Bald Eagle 4.2% 4.8% 0.6%
74   Pileated Woodpecker 2.4% 4.8% 2.4%
75   Black-crowned Night-Heron 6.9% 4.5% 2.4%
76   Wood Thrush 2.6% 4.5% 1.8%
77   Northern Parula 5.9% 4.1% 1.8%
78   Common Yellowthroat 4.2% 4.1% 0.1%
79   Great Crested Flycatcher 1.3% 4.1% 2.8%
80   Eastern Meadowlark 0.4% 4.1% 3.7%
81   Great Egret 21.1% 3.4% 17.7%
82   Cooper's Hawk 3.6% 3.4% 0.2%
83   Red-breasted Nuthatch 2.4% 3.1% 0.7%
84   Belted Kingfisher 10.2% 2.7% 7.4%
85   Northern Waterthrush 5.5% 2.7% 2.7%
86   Common Loon 5.0% 2.7% 2.3%
87   Warbling Vireo 4.4% 2.7% 1.6%
88   Peregrine Falcon 2.7% 2.7% 0.0%
89   Great Cormorant 0.6% 2.7% 2.2%
90   Purple Sandpiper 0.2% 2.7% 2.6%
91   Snowy Egret 6.5% 2.4% 4.1%
92   Black-throated Blue Warbler 2.1% 2.4% 0.3%
93   Least Sandpiper 0.6% 2.4% 1.8%
94   Great Blue Heron 11.0% 2.1% 8.9%
95   American Oystercatcher 6.4% 2.1% 4.3%
96   Winter Wren 3.9% 2.1% 1.8%
97   Purple Finch 1.8% 2.1% 0.2%
98   Orchard Oriole 1.7% 2.1% 0.4%
99   American Redstart 1.6% 2.1% 0.5%
100   American Woodcock 0.9% 2.1% 1.2%
101   Common Tern 0.2% 2.1% 1.9%
102   Rusty Blackbird 4.3% 1.7% 2.6%
103   Green Heron 3.8% 1.7% 2.1%
104   Black-throated Green Warbler 2.6% 1.7% 0.8%
105   White-eyed Vireo 1.5% 1.7% 0.2%
106   Indigo Bunting 0.9% 1.7% 0.8%
107   Black Vulture 2.4% 1.4% 1.0%
108   Glossy Ibis 2.0% 1.4% 0.6%
109   Merlin 1.9% 1.4% 0.5%
110   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 1.2% 1.4% 0.2%
111   Baltimore Oriole 4.1% 1.0% 3.0%
112   Boat-tailed Grackle 3.9% 1.0% 2.8%
113   Cedar Waxwing 3.4% 1.0% 2.4%
114   Fox Sparrow 3.1% 1.0% 2.1%
115   Prairie Warbler 2.7% 1.0% 1.7%
116   Bonaparte's Gull 0.9% 1.0% 0.1%
117   Swainson's Thrush 0.2% 1.0% 0.8%
118   Greater Yellowlegs 6.1% 0.7% 5.4%
119   Forster's Tern 3.7% 0.7% 3.0%
120   Blue-winged Warbler 1.9% 0.7% 1.2%
121   Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1.9% 0.7% 1.2%
122   Veery 1.6% 0.7% 0.9%
123   Eastern Kingbird 1.4% 0.7% 0.7%
124   Greater Scaup 1.3% 0.7% 0.6%
125   Lesser Scaup 1.1% 0.7% 0.4%
126   White-crowned Sparrow 0.9% 0.7% 0.2%
127   Yellow-throated Vireo 0.8% 0.7% 0.1%
128   Purple Martin 0.6% 0.7% 0.1%
129   Orange-crowned Warbler 0.4% 0.7% 0.3%
130   Magnolia Warbler 0.4% 0.7% 0.3%
131   Semipalmated Sandpiper 0.0% 0.7% 0.7%
132   Wood Duck 14.4% 0.3% 14.1%
133   Mute Swan 14.2% 0.3% 13.8%
134   Ruddy Duck 10.4% 0.3% 10.0%
135   Hairy Woodpecker 9.5% 0.3% 9.1%
136   Louisiana Waterthrush 7.3% 0.3% 6.9%
137   Green-winged Teal 5.5% 0.3% 5.2%
138   Horned Grebe 2.4% 0.3% 2.1%
139   Northern Gannet 2.0% 0.3% 1.7%
140   Blue-winged Teal 1.9% 0.3% 1.6%
141   Nashville Warbler 1.5% 0.3% 1.2%
142   Willet 1.3% 0.3% 1.0%
143   Long-tailed Duck 0.9% 0.3% 0.5%
144   Scarlet Tanager 0.9% 0.3% 0.5%
145   Vesper Sparrow 0.5% 0.3% 0.1%
146   Bank Swallow 0.5% 0.3% 0.1%
147   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 0.5% 0.3% 0.1%
148   Blackburnian Warbler 0.4% 0.3% 0.1%
149   Chestnut-sided Warbler 0.4% 0.3% 0.1%
150   Cape May Warbler 0.3% 0.3% 0.0%
151   Lesser Black-backed Gull 0.3% 0.3% 0.0%
152   Least Flycatcher 0.2% 0.3% 0.2%
153   Iceland Gull 0.2% 0.3% 0.2%
154   Yellow-billed Cuckoo 0.1% 0.3% 0.3%
155   Bay-breasted Warbler 0.0% 0.3% 0.3%
156   Short-eared Owl 0.0% 0.3% 0.3%
157   Swallow-tailed Kite 0.0% 0.3% 0.3%
158   Long-billed Dowitcher 0.0% 0.3% 0.3%