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

based on 379 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Governors Island (reopening Spring 2021) in July. 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   Common Tern 22.3% 85.5% 63.2%
2   Barn Swallow 49.4% 84.7% 35.3%
3   Herring Gull 41.5% 84.2% 42.7%
4   House Sparrow 55.6% 82.6% 27.0%
5   Double-crested Cormorant 44.7% 79.7% 35.0%
6   European Starling 54.5% 71.2% 16.8%
7   Great Black-backed Gull 27.9% 70.4% 42.5%
8   Red-winged Blackbird 51.6% 69.4% 17.8%
9   Laughing Gull 34.1% 66.0% 31.9%
10   Fish Crow 13.5% 65.4% 51.9%
11   Northern Mockingbird 41.6% 64.9% 23.3%
12   Song Sparrow 49.0% 64.6% 15.6%
13   Mourning Dove 50.9% 62.8% 11.9%
14   Rock Pigeon 33.9% 60.2% 26.2%
15   American Robin 65.6% 57.8% 7.8%
16   Common Grackle 35.9% 53.0% 17.1%
17   Northern Cardinal 46.3% 50.4% 4.1%
18   Chimney Swift 21.5% 50.4% 28.9%
19   Killdeer 19.7% 49.9% 30.2%
20   Mallard 39.8% 36.7% 3.1%
21   American Goldfinch 31.9% 35.6% 3.7%
22   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 11.5% 33.8% 22.3%
23   Brown-headed Cowbird 9.8% 32.2% 22.4%
24   Ring-billed Gull 27.1% 28.0% 0.8%
25   Canada Goose 40.2% 27.7% 12.5%
26   Red-tailed Hawk 9.2% 27.2% 18.0%
27   Tree Swallow 24.3% 25.3% 1.1%
28   Cedar Waxwing 23.4% 25.3% 2.0%
29   American Black Duck 8.6% 23.2% 14.6%
30   Eastern Kingbird 15.4% 22.7% 7.3%
31   Northern Flicker 21.3% 20.1% 1.3%
32   American Kestrel 2.0% 18.7% 16.8%
33   Gray Catbird 53.9% 17.9% 35.9%
34   Gadwall 5.4% 16.4% 11.0%
35   American Crow 14.6% 14.2% 0.3%
36   Least Sandpiper 17.8% 13.7% 4.1%
37   Blue Jay 28.3% 13.2% 15.1%
38   House Finch 16.7% 12.1% 4.6%
39   Spotted Sandpiper 14.5% 11.3% 3.2%
40   Black-crowned Night-Heron 22.0% 10.6% 11.5%
41   Warbling Vireo 13.6% 8.7% 4.9%
42   Yellow Warbler 25.6% 7.1% 18.5%
43   Carolina Wren 20.1% 7.1% 13.0%
44   House Wren 17.7% 7.1% 10.6%
45   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 6.9% 5.3% 1.6%
46   Peregrine Falcon 5.6% 4.2% 1.3%
47   Downy Woodpecker 22.6% 3.4% 19.2%
48   Great Egret 41.8% 3.2% 38.7%
49   Semipalmated Sandpiper 14.0% 2.9% 11.1%
50   Chipping Sparrow 7.0% 2.6% 4.4%
51   Great Blue Heron 28.4% 2.1% 26.3%
52   Baltimore Oriole 8.2% 2.1% 6.1%
53   Osprey 28.6% 1.8% 26.8%
54   American Redstart 3.1% 1.6% 1.5%
55   Red-bellied Woodpecker 14.8% 1.3% 13.5%
56   Willow Flycatcher 12.1% 1.3% 10.8%
57   Indigo Bunting 6.5% 1.3% 5.2%
58   White-throated Sparrow 0.6% 1.3% 0.8%
59   Horned Lark 0.0% 1.3% 1.3%
60   Black Skimmer 10.7% 1.1% 9.7%
61   Brown Thrasher 4.8% 1.1% 3.7%
62   Eastern Phoebe 2.2% 1.1% 1.1%
63   Wood Duck 7.7% 0.8% 7.0%
64   White-breasted Nuthatch 7.4% 0.8% 6.6%
65   Rose-breasted Grosbeak 0.7% 0.8% 0.1%
66   Common Yellowthroat 18.2% 0.5% 17.7%
67   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 2.1% 0.5% 1.6%
68   Common Raven 1.6% 0.5% 1.0%
69   Scarlet Tanager 1.5% 0.5% 1.0%
70   Solitary Sandpiper 1.4% 0.5% 0.8%
71   Bobolink 0.5% 0.5% 0.0%
72   Forster's Tern 17.9% 0.3% 17.7%
73   American Oystercatcher 16.9% 0.3% 16.7%
74   Least Tern 15.0% 0.3% 14.8%
75   Eastern Towhee 10.6% 0.3% 10.4%
76   Lesser Yellowlegs 9.5% 0.3% 9.2%
77   Black-capped Chickadee 9.1% 0.3% 8.8%
78   Semipalmated Plover 8.0% 0.3% 7.8%
79   Wood Thrush 6.2% 0.3% 5.9%
80   Great Crested Flycatcher 5.6% 0.3% 5.3%
81   Turkey Vulture 5.1% 0.3% 4.9%
82   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 3.8% 0.3% 3.5%
83   Ruddy Duck 3.2% 0.3% 3.0%
84   Sanderling 2.6% 0.3% 2.3%
85   Pectoral Sandpiper 1.8% 0.3% 1.5%
86   Northern Waterthrush 1.4% 0.3% 1.1%
87   Ruddy Turnstone 1.3% 0.3% 1.1%
88   Cooper's Hawk 0.8% 0.3% 0.5%
89   Common Loon 0.7% 0.3% 0.5%
90   Louisiana Waterthrush 0.7% 0.3% 0.5%
91   Blue Grosbeak 0.4% 0.3% 0.1%