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Top Birds at Battery Park City--South Cove and environs in May
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA

based on 81 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Battery Park City--South Cove and environs in May. 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 73.3% 85.2% 11.9%
2   Rock Pigeon 35.4% 85.2% 49.8%
3   House Sparrow 56.9% 77.8% 20.8%
4   Mourning Dove 53.4% 69.1% 15.7%
5   Gray Catbird 65.9% 66.7% 0.7%
6   European Starling 58.4% 65.4% 7.0%
7   Blue Jay 49.2% 65.4% 16.2%
8   Herring Gull 23.4% 48.1% 24.7%
9   Common Grackle 54.9% 45.7% 9.2%
10   Northern Cardinal 59.0% 43.2% 15.8%
11   White-throated Sparrow 34.3% 42.0% 7.7%
12   American Black Duck 5.0% 39.5% 34.5%
13   Mallard 49.3% 38.3% 11.0%
14   Double-crested Cormorant 34.0% 38.3% 4.2%
15   Common Yellowthroat 47.5% 37.0% 10.5%
16   Yellow-rumped Warbler 33.8% 35.8% 2.0%
17   Blackpoll Warbler 21.9% 32.1% 10.2%
18   Black-and-white Warbler 39.5% 29.6% 9.9%
19   Great Black-backed Gull 13.3% 24.7% 11.4%
20   Northern Parula 35.7% 23.5% 12.3%
21   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1.0% 19.8% 18.8%
22   Ovenbird 32.7% 18.5% 14.2%
23   Laughing Gull 16.9% 17.3% 0.4%
24   American Redstart 40.4% 14.8% 25.6%
25   Brant 10.8% 14.8% 4.1%
26   Ring-billed Gull 14.3% 13.6% 0.7%
27   Northern Mockingbird 26.7% 12.3% 14.4%
28   Cedar Waxwing 16.8% 11.1% 5.7%
29   Gadwall 7.0% 11.1% 4.1%
30   Red-breasted Nuthatch 2.8% 11.1% 8.3%
31   Eastern Wood-Pewee 11.1% 9.9% 1.2%
32   Common Tern 5.8% 9.9% 4.1%
33   Red-bellied Woodpecker 38.2% 8.6% 29.5%
34   Swamp Sparrow 13.1% 8.6% 4.4%
35   Canada Goose 45.1% 7.4% 37.7%
36   Black-throated Blue Warbler 28.0% 7.4% 20.6%
37   House Wren 26.7% 7.4% 19.3%
38   Baltimore Oriole 44.7% 6.2% 38.5%
39   Yellow Warbler 42.7% 6.2% 36.5%
40   American Crow 17.7% 6.2% 11.5%
41   Indigo Bunting 10.0% 6.2% 3.8%
42   Red-winged Blackbird 53.4% 4.9% 48.4%
43   Black-throated Green Warbler 20.2% 4.9% 15.3%
44   Carolina Wren 19.8% 4.9% 14.9%
45   Rose-breasted Grosbeak 16.5% 4.9% 11.5%
46   Blue-headed Vireo 14.3% 4.9% 9.3%
47   Warbling Vireo 32.2% 3.7% 28.5%
48   Downy Woodpecker 28.1% 3.7% 24.4%
49   Magnolia Warbler 27.5% 3.7% 23.8%
50   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 13.2% 3.7% 9.5%
51   Fish Crow 10.9% 3.7% 7.2%
52   Peregrine Falcon 2.7% 3.7% 1.0%
53   Red-throated Loon 1.1% 3.7% 2.6%
54   Barn Swallow 31.7% 2.5% 29.3%
55   American Goldfinch 28.7% 2.5% 26.2%
56   Eastern Towhee 19.9% 2.5% 17.4%
57   Red-tailed Hawk 19.8% 2.5% 17.3%
58   Chipping Sparrow 18.3% 2.5% 15.8%
59   Swainson's Thrush 17.8% 2.5% 15.3%
60   Osprey 16.4% 2.5% 14.0%
61   Chestnut-sided Warbler 16.3% 2.5% 13.8%
62   House Finch 16.0% 2.5% 13.6%
63   Black-capped Chickadee 12.1% 2.5% 9.6%
64   Canada Warbler 11.7% 2.5% 9.2%
65   Blackburnian Warbler 9.4% 2.5% 7.0%
66   Veery 20.1% 1.2% 18.8%
67   Eastern Kingbird 16.9% 1.2% 15.6%
68   Spotted Sandpiper 12.4% 1.2% 11.2%
69   Hermit Thrush 11.1% 1.2% 9.8%
70   Turkey Vulture 9.8% 1.2% 8.5%
71   Green Heron 9.0% 1.2% 7.8%
72   Nashville Warbler 8.9% 1.2% 7.7%
73   Prairie Warbler 8.5% 1.2% 7.3%
74   Hairy Woodpecker 8.3% 1.2% 7.1%
75   Brown Thrasher 7.3% 1.2% 6.1%
76   Cape May Warbler 7.0% 1.2% 5.8%
77   Worm-eating Warbler 3.9% 1.2% 2.7%
78   Bald Eagle 2.5% 1.2% 1.3%
79   American Kestrel 2.2% 1.2% 1.0%
80   Louisiana Waterthrush 1.8% 1.2% 0.6%
81   Purple Finch 1.3% 1.2% 0.1%
82   Northern Shoveler 1.0% 1.2% 0.3%
83   Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 0.7% 1.2% 0.5%