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

based on 462 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   Barn Swallow 47.5% 85.7% 38.3%
2   Common Tern 21.6% 85.1% 63.5%
3   American Herring Gull 39.5% 84.2% 44.7%
4   House Sparrow 55.7% 83.5% 27.9%
5   Double-crested Cormorant 43.6% 80.3% 36.7%
6   European Starling 53.5% 74.0% 20.6%
7   Red-winged Blackbird 50.0% 72.5% 22.5%
8   Great Black-backed Gull 26.0% 70.1% 44.2%
9   Song Sparrow 48.2% 69.7% 21.5%
10   Northern Mockingbird 40.6% 68.4% 27.8%
11   Laughing Gull 34.8% 67.7% 32.9%
12   Mourning Dove 50.8% 67.1% 16.3%
13   Fish Crow 13.4% 66.5% 53.1%
14   American Robin 64.2% 62.6% 1.6%
15   Rock Pigeon 35.1% 61.9% 26.8%
16   Common Grackle 35.5% 56.3% 20.8%
17   Killdeer 18.7% 54.3% 35.6%
18   Northern Cardinal 47.1% 52.2% 5.0%
19   Chimney Swift 22.5% 51.7% 29.2%
20   American Goldfinch 31.0% 43.5% 12.5%
21   Mallard 38.1% 34.4% 3.7%
22   Brown-headed Cowbird 8.8% 31.4% 22.6%
23   Red-tailed Hawk 9.1% 29.7% 20.5%
24   Ring-billed Gull 26.3% 27.7% 1.4%
25   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 11.1% 27.7% 16.6%
26   Cedar Waxwing 21.3% 26.4% 5.1%
27   Gray Catbird 52.2% 25.8% 26.5%
28   Canada Goose 39.3% 25.3% 14.0%
29   Tree Swallow 22.1% 22.7% 0.7%
30   Northern Flicker 21.3% 22.7% 1.5%
31   American Black Duck 8.0% 21.4% 13.4%
32   American Kestrel 2.1% 20.6% 18.5%
33   Eastern Kingbird 15.3% 19.3% 3.9%
34   Blue Jay 29.1% 18.0% 11.2%
35   Gadwall 5.0% 16.7% 11.6%
36   House Finch 16.7% 15.2% 1.6%
37   Least Sandpiper 16.8% 14.1% 2.7%
38   American Crow 14.0% 12.3% 1.6%
39   Spotted Sandpiper 13.1% 11.5% 1.6%
40   Black-crowned Night-Heron 20.2% 9.7% 10.5%
41   Warbling Vireo 13.4% 9.5% 3.9%
42   Yellow Warbler 24.0% 8.4% 15.5%
43   Carolina Wren 21.1% 6.9% 14.2%
44   House Wren 16.6% 6.7% 9.9%
45   Downy Woodpecker 22.8% 5.8% 16.9%
46   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 6.2% 4.3% 1.9%
47   Peregrine Falcon 5.1% 3.9% 1.2%
48   Willow Flycatcher 11.5% 3.0% 8.5%
49   Great Egret 39.2% 2.8% 36.4%
50   Semipalmated Sandpiper 12.7% 2.4% 10.4%
51   Osprey 28.4% 2.2% 26.2%
52   Great Blue Heron 28.0% 2.2% 25.8%
53   Baltimore Oriole 7.6% 2.2% 5.4%
54   Chipping Sparrow 6.7% 2.2% 4.5%
55   American Redstart 3.0% 1.9% 1.0%
56   Eastern Phoebe 2.2% 1.3% 0.9%
57   White-throated Sparrow 0.8% 1.3% 0.5%
58   Red-bellied Woodpecker 15.0% 1.1% 13.9%
59   Indigo Bunting 5.9% 1.1% 4.9%
60   Great Crested Flycatcher 5.7% 1.1% 4.6%
61   Horned Lark 0.0% 1.1% 1.1%
62   Common Yellowthroat 16.7% 0.9% 15.9%
63   Black Skimmer 10.4% 0.9% 9.5%
64   Brown Thrasher 4.0% 0.9% 3.1%
65   Wood Duck 7.8% 0.6% 7.1%
66   White-breasted Nuthatch 6.9% 0.6% 6.2%
67   Rose-breasted Grosbeak 0.6% 0.6% 0.0%
68   American Woodcock 0.2% 0.6% 0.5%
69   Forster's Tern 16.9% 0.4% 16.4%
70   Eastern Towhee 9.7% 0.4% 9.2%
71   Black-capped Chickadee 8.0% 0.4% 7.6%
72   Turkey Vulture 4.9% 0.4% 4.5%
73   Common Raven 2.2% 0.4% 1.7%
74   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1.9% 0.4% 1.5%
75   Solitary Sandpiper 1.4% 0.4% 0.9%
76   Scarlet Tanager 1.3% 0.4% 0.9%
77   Bobolink 0.4% 0.4% 0.0%
78   Ovenbird 0.2% 0.4% 0.2%
79   Snowy Egret 23.4% 0.2% 23.1%
80   American Oystercatcher 15.8% 0.2% 15.5%
81   Least Tern 14.3% 0.2% 14.0%
82   Lesser Yellowlegs 8.3% 0.2% 8.1%
83   Semipalmated Plover 7.8% 0.2% 7.6%
84   Red-eyed Vireo 6.4% 0.2% 6.1%
85   Wood Thrush 5.9% 0.2% 5.7%
86   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 3.6% 0.2% 3.4%
87   Ruddy Duck 2.9% 0.2% 2.7%
88   Sanderling 2.5% 0.2% 2.3%
89   Bald Eagle 2.1% 0.2% 1.9%
90   Pectoral Sandpiper 1.6% 0.2% 1.4%
91   Northern Waterthrush 1.6% 0.2% 1.3%
92   Ruddy Turnstone 1.3% 0.2% 1.0%
93   Cooper's Hawk 1.0% 0.2% 0.8%
94   Common Loon 0.7% 0.2% 0.5%
95   Louisiana Waterthrush 0.7% 0.2% 0.5%
96   Blue Grosbeak 0.3% 0.2% 0.1%
97   Northern Parula 0.1% 0.2% 0.1%