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

based on 395 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Governors Island (reopening Spring 2021) in June. 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   Barn Swallow 42.9% 87.8% 45.0%
2   House Sparrow 55.8% 84.6% 28.7%
3   European Starling 57.4% 83.5% 26.1%
4   Common Tern 15.8% 82.8% 67.0%
5   Double-crested Cormorant 39.3% 81.0% 41.7%
6   Herring Gull 35.3% 80.8% 45.5%
7   Red-winged Blackbird 55.2% 76.2% 21.0%
8   Common Grackle 50.0% 71.9% 21.9%
9   Great Black-backed Gull 23.7% 71.1% 47.4%
10   American Robin 69.6% 69.9% 0.3%
11   Fish Crow 12.2% 68.4% 56.1%
12   Song Sparrow 44.4% 66.3% 21.9%
13   Mourning Dove 49.2% 64.6% 15.4%
14   Chimney Swift 24.9% 64.6% 39.7%
15   Tree Swallow 28.8% 62.5% 33.7%
16   Northern Mockingbird 37.3% 62.3% 24.9%
17   Mallard 45.1% 61.5% 16.4%
18   Rock Pigeon 32.8% 56.2% 23.4%
19   Laughing Gull 26.6% 54.7% 28.1%
20   Killdeer 15.3% 52.4% 37.1%
21   American Black Duck 5.9% 46.1% 40.2%
22   Northern Cardinal 48.0% 41.5% 6.5%
23   Gadwall 7.1% 38.0% 30.8%
24   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 9.4% 32.7% 23.3%
25   Canada Goose 38.3% 28.4% 10.0%
26   Cedar Waxwing 31.9% 26.6% 5.3%
27   Eastern Kingbird 13.1% 26.6% 13.4%
28   Northern Flicker 19.9% 25.3% 5.5%
29   Red-tailed Hawk 11.1% 24.6% 13.4%
30   Gray Catbird 55.5% 21.3% 34.3%
31   Warbling Vireo 23.6% 19.0% 4.6%
32   Ring-billed Gull 15.5% 19.0% 3.5%
33   American Goldfinch 22.2% 17.2% 4.9%
34   House Finch 16.0% 14.9% 1.1%
35   Brown-headed Cowbird 14.9% 13.4% 1.5%
36   Blue Jay 30.6% 12.7% 17.9%
37   American Crow 15.3% 12.7% 2.6%
38   Yellow Warbler 31.6% 12.2% 19.4%
39   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 9.1% 12.2% 3.0%
40   House Wren 19.2% 9.1% 10.1%
41   Peregrine Falcon 3.9% 5.1% 1.2%
42   Great Crested Flycatcher 10.1% 4.8% 5.3%
43   Black-crowned Night-Heron 20.3% 4.6% 15.7%
44   Eastern Wood-Pewee 9.6% 4.1% 5.6%
45   American Redstart 9.0% 3.8% 5.2%
46   Carolina Wren 16.9% 3.3% 13.7%
47   Chipping Sparrow 7.7% 3.3% 4.4%
48   Blackpoll Warbler 1.6% 3.3% 1.7%
49   Red-eyed Vireo 11.3% 3.0% 8.3%
50   Common Yellowthroat 22.4% 2.8% 19.6%
51   Osprey 26.1% 2.5% 23.6%
52   Red-bellied Woodpecker 21.0% 2.5% 18.5%
53   Brant 3.0% 2.5% 0.5%
54   American Kestrel 1.0% 2.5% 1.5%
55   Baltimore Oriole 24.0% 2.3% 21.8%
56   Eastern Phoebe 2.6% 2.3% 0.3%
57   Willow Flycatcher 14.1% 2.0% 12.0%
58   Common Raven 1.4% 1.8% 0.3%
59   Magnolia Warbler 0.6% 1.3% 0.7%
60   American Oystercatcher 16.8% 1.0% 15.8%
61   Indigo Bunting 6.6% 1.0% 5.6%
62   Northern Parula 0.6% 1.0% 0.4%
63   Swainson's Thrush 0.4% 1.0% 0.6%
64   Great Egret 34.8% 0.8% 34.1%
65   Least Tern 11.5% 0.8% 10.8%
66   Black Skimmer 8.9% 0.8% 8.2%
67   Spotted Sandpiper 3.9% 0.8% 3.2%
68   Budgerigar 0.0% 0.8% 0.7%
69   Great Blue Heron 11.3% 0.5% 10.8%
70   Forster's Tern 11.1% 0.5% 10.6%
71   Wood Thrush 9.6% 0.5% 9.1%
72   Orchard Oriole 7.0% 0.5% 6.5%
73   Turkey Vulture 6.4% 0.5% 5.9%
74   Brown Thrasher 5.8% 0.5% 5.3%
75   Semipalmated Sandpiper 4.7% 0.5% 4.2%
76   Ovenbird 1.6% 0.5% 1.1%
77   White-throated Sparrow 1.5% 0.5% 1.0%
78   Cooper's Hawk 0.9% 0.5% 0.4%
79   Black-billed Cuckoo 0.5% 0.5% 0.0%
80   Downy Woodpecker 18.1% 0.3% 17.9%
81   Eastern Towhee 10.0% 0.3% 9.7%
82   Tufted Titmouse 9.1% 0.3% 8.8%
83   Wood Duck 7.7% 0.3% 7.5%
84   Ruddy Duck 2.1% 0.3% 1.8%
85   Field Sparrow 1.8% 0.3% 1.5%
86   Veery 1.7% 0.3% 1.5%
87   Semipalmated Plover 1.6% 0.3% 1.4%
88   Black Vulture 1.3% 0.3% 1.0%
89   Common Loon 1.2% 0.3% 0.9%
90   Surf Scoter 0.7% 0.3% 0.4%
91   Canada Warbler 0.2% 0.3% 0.0%
92   Chestnut-sided Warbler 0.2% 0.3% 0.1%
93   Blackburnian Warbler 0.1% 0.3% 0.1%
94   Prairie Warbler 0.1% 0.3% 0.1%
95   Bobolink 0.1% 0.3% 0.2%
96   Yellow-rumped Warbler 0.0% 0.3% 0.2%
97   Diamond Dove 0% 0.3% 0.3%