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

based on 441 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Governors Island (reopening Spring 2021) in August. 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   House Sparrow 48.9% 84.4% 35.5%
2   Mourning Dove 53.3% 82.3% 29.1%
3   American Herring Gull 37.4% 82.3% 44.9%
4   Double-crested Cormorant 39.9% 76.2% 36.3%
5   European Starling 49.1% 75.5% 26.4%
6   American Robin 56.1% 71.0% 14.9%
7   Common Tern 15.8% 69.6% 53.8%
8   Barn Swallow 37.5% 67.6% 30.1%
9   Rock Pigeon 35.7% 65.1% 29.4%
10   Great Black-backed Gull 25.0% 64.4% 39.4%
11   Northern Mockingbird 34.7% 61.0% 26.3%
12   Northern Cardinal 48.0% 59.4% 11.4%
13   American Goldfinch 36.7% 58.0% 21.4%
14   Song Sparrow 33.6% 52.6% 19.0%
15   Killdeer 13.2% 50.1% 36.9%
16   Laughing Gull 32.2% 47.4% 15.2%
17   Ring-billed Gull 30.7% 43.5% 12.8%
18   American Black Duck 9.2% 42.2% 33.0%
19   Canada Goose 39.9% 39.9% 0.0%
20   Brown-headed Cowbird 5.2% 39.9% 34.7%
21   Fish Crow 8.3% 39.7% 31.4%
22   Chimney Swift 23.6% 39.0% 15.4%
23   American Kestrel 3.6% 37.6% 34.1%
24   Least Sandpiper 20.9% 36.7% 15.8%
25   Gray Catbird 54.4% 36.3% 18.2%
26   Northern Flicker 26.0% 35.6% 9.6%
27   Red-tailed Hawk 11.5% 33.3% 21.9%
28   Red-winged Blackbird 26.6% 32.7% 6.0%
29   Common Grackle 28.0% 31.3% 3.3%
30   Mallard 39.5% 24.3% 15.2%
31   American Redstart 22.4% 22.9% 0.5%
32   Blue Jay 36.1% 21.3% 14.8%
33   Eastern Kingbird 15.6% 20.0% 4.4%
34   Spotted Sandpiper 15.5% 20.0% 4.4%
35   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 8.7% 19.7% 11.0%
36   Yellow Warbler 19.4% 18.4% 1.0%
37   Carolina Wren 25.9% 17.7% 8.2%
38   Black-crowned Night-Heron 13.2% 16.3% 3.2%
39   American Crow 13.7% 12.7% 1.0%
40   Semipalmated Sandpiper 22.8% 12.5% 10.3%
41   Cedar Waxwing 15.5% 11.6% 4.0%
42   Black-and-white Warbler 15.0% 10.2% 4.8%
43   Common Yellowthroat 15.1% 8.6% 6.5%
44   House Finch 14.5% 8.4% 6.1%
45   Warbling Vireo 9.7% 7.5% 2.2%
46   House Wren 10.6% 7.3% 3.4%
47   Downy Woodpecker 25.3% 6.8% 18.5%
48   Tree Swallow 13.5% 6.6% 6.9%
49   Baltimore Oriole 14.9% 5.4% 9.4%
50   Eastern Phoebe 3.8% 4.5% 0.8%
51   Least Flycatcher 2.1% 3.9% 1.7%
52   Lesser Yellowlegs 12.8% 3.6% 9.2%
53   Great Crested Flycatcher 7.6% 3.6% 4.0%
54   Ovenbird 4.7% 3.6% 1.1%
55   Eastern Wood-Pewee 9.2% 3.4% 5.8%
56   Solitary Sandpiper 4.0% 3.4% 0.6%
57   Red-eyed Vireo 9.7% 3.2% 6.5%
58   Gadwall 3.6% 3.2% 0.5%
59   Osprey 30.9% 2.9% 27.9%
60   Northern Waterthrush 15.5% 2.9% 12.5%
61   Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 0.9% 2.9% 2.0%
62   Magnolia Warbler 3.3% 2.5% 0.8%
63   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 8.9% 2.3% 6.6%
64   Chestnut-sided Warbler 5.3% 2.0% 3.2%
65   Black-throated Blue Warbler 2.4% 2.0% 0.4%
66   Northern Parula 2.1% 2.0% 0.0%
67   Peregrine Falcon 7.0% 1.8% 5.2%
68   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 6.2% 1.8% 4.4%
69   Chipping Sparrow 4.9% 1.8% 3.1%
70   Common Raven 3.4% 1.8% 1.6%
71   Veery 3.0% 1.8% 1.2%
72   Great Egret 33.0% 1.6% 31.4%
73   Red-bellied Woodpecker 19.9% 1.4% 18.6%
74   Canada Warbler 5.8% 1.4% 4.4%
75   Blue-winged Warbler 3.7% 1.4% 2.4%
76   Blackburnian Warbler 1.2% 1.4% 0.2%
77   Red-breasted Nuthatch 1.9% 1.1% 0.8%
78   Great Blue Heron 30.5% 0.9% 29.6%
79   Willow Flycatcher 4.3% 0.9% 3.4%
80   Cooper's Hawk 2.5% 0.9% 1.6%
81   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 1.8% 0.9% 0.9%
82   Scarlet Tanager 1.6% 0.9% 0.7%
83   Prairie Warbler 1.1% 0.9% 0.2%
84   Tennessee Warbler 0.9% 0.9% 0.0%
85   Pine Warbler 0.3% 0.9% 0.6%
86   Forster's Tern 13.3% 0.7% 12.6%
87   Bobolink 2.1% 0.7% 1.4%
88   Blue-winged Teal 1.5% 0.7% 0.8%
89   Swainson's Thrush 0.3% 0.7% 0.4%
90   Budgerigar 0.1% 0.7% 0.6%
91   Semipalmated Plover 20.4% 0.5% 20.0%
92   Belted Kingfisher 7.9% 0.5% 7.5%
93   Tufted Titmouse 7.9% 0.5% 7.4%
94   Turkey Vulture 5.3% 0.5% 4.8%
95   Purple Martin 3.1% 0.5% 2.7%
96   Indigo Bunting 3.1% 0.5% 2.6%
97   Wood Thrush 2.5% 0.5% 2.1%
98   Monk Parakeet 1.8% 0.5% 1.4%
99   Northern Shoveler 1.2% 0.5% 0.8%
100   White-throated Sparrow 1.0% 0.5% 0.5%
101   Black-billed Cuckoo 0.4% 0.5% 0.1%
102   Dickcissel 0.2% 0.5% 0.2%
103   Snowy Egret 21.2% 0.2% 21.0%
104   Mute Swan 13.7% 0.2% 13.5%
105   American Oystercatcher 11.5% 0.2% 11.3%
106   Green Heron 11.0% 0.2% 10.8%
107   Black-capped Chickadee 9.9% 0.2% 9.7%
108   White-breasted Nuthatch 9.1% 0.2% 8.9%
109   Sanderling 5.2% 0.2% 5.0%
110   Least Tern 5.0% 0.2% 4.8%
111   Boat-tailed Grackle 4.1% 0.2% 3.9%
112   Brown Thrasher 2.6% 0.2% 2.4%
113   Green-winged Teal 1.6% 0.2% 1.3%
114   Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1.2% 0.2% 1.0%
115   Swamp Sparrow 1.1% 0.2% 0.9%
116   Black-throated Green Warbler 1.1% 0.2% 0.9%
117   Louisiana Waterthrush 1.0% 0.2% 0.7%
118   Orchard Oriole 0.9% 0.2% 0.6%
119   Black Tern 0.8% 0.2% 0.6%
120   Olive-sided Flycatcher 0.8% 0.2% 0.5%
121   Merlin 0.5% 0.2% 0.3%
122   Hooded Warbler 0.5% 0.2% 0.3%
123   Mourning Warbler 0.5% 0.2% 0.2%
124   Bay-breasted Warbler 0.2% 0.2% 0.1%
125   European Goldfinch 0.1% 0.2% 0.1%
126   Blackpoll Warbler 0.1% 0.2% 0.1%
127   Palm Warbler 0.1% 0.2% 0.2%
128   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 0.0% 0.2% 0.2%
129   Connecticut Warbler 0.0% 0.2% 0.2%