Top Birds at Rutgers University Newark Campus in May
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA
based on 301 checklists
This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Rutgers University Newark Campus 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.
| Rank | Info | Pics | Species | Entire Region | This Location | Difference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ovenbird | 32.6% | 74.1% | 41.5% | |||
| 2 | Gray Catbird | 65.9% | 66.4% | 0.5% | |||
| 3 | House Sparrow | 56.9% | 65.1% | 8.2% | |||
| 4 | American Robin | 73.3% | 63.8% | 9.5% | |||
| 5 | Common Yellowthroat | 47.5% | 63.8% | 16.3% | |||
| 6 | Mourning Dove | 53.4% | 62.1% | 8.7% | |||
| 7 | European Starling | 58.4% | 61.1% | 2.7% | |||
| 8 | White-throated Sparrow | 34.2% | 57.8% | 23.6% | |||
| 9 | House Finch | 15.9% | 51.2% | 35.2% | |||
| 10 | Chimney Swift | 29.7% | 50.8% | 21.1% | |||
| 11 | American Goldfinch | 28.6% | 47.5% | 18.9% | |||
| 12 | Northern Cardinal | 59.1% | 44.2% | 14.9% | |||
| 13 | Black-and-white Warbler | 39.5% | 39.2% | 0.3% | |||
| 14 | Northern Waterthrush | 23.2% | 36.9% | 13.7% | |||
| 15 | Rock Pigeon | 35.5% | 36.5% | 1.1% | |||
| 16 | Swamp Sparrow | 13.0% | 32.6% | 19.6% | |||
| 17 | Northern Mockingbird | 26.7% | 32.2% | 5.5% | |||
| 18 | Black-throated Blue Warbler | 28.0% | 25.6% | 2.4% | |||
| 19 | Blue Jay | 49.3% | 22.9% | 26.4% | |||
| 20 | Northern Parula | 35.7% | 22.9% | 12.8% | |||
| 21 | Eastern Towhee | 19.9% | 22.9% | 3.1% | |||
| 22 | Magnolia Warbler | 27.5% | 22.6% | 4.9% | |||
| 23 | American Redstart | 40.4% | 21.3% | 19.2% | |||
| 24 | Common Grackle | 55.0% | 19.6% | 35.4% | |||
| 25 | Hermit Thrush | 11.0% | 18.9% | 7.9% | |||
| 26 | Cedar Waxwing | 16.8% | 18.6% | 1.8% | |||
| 27 | House Wren | 26.8% | 17.9% | 8.8% | |||
| 28 | Baltimore Oriole | 44.7% | 17.3% | 27.5% | |||
| 29 | Yellow Warbler | 42.7% | 15.9% | 26.8% | |||
| 30 | Ruby-crowned Kinglet | 13.2% | 15.6% | 2.4% | |||
| 31 | Wood Thrush | 23.1% | 15.3% | 7.8% | |||
| 32 | Veery | 20.1% | 13.6% | 6.4% | |||
| 33 | Swainson's Thrush | 17.8% | 13.6% | 4.2% | |||
| 34 | Song Sparrow | 35.6% | 11.3% | 24.3% | |||
| 35 | Eastern Wood-Pewee | 11.1% | 11.3% | 0.2% | |||
| 36 | Least Flycatcher | 5.9% | 11.3% | 5.4% | |||
| 37 | Yellow-rumped Warbler | 33.9% | 11.0% | 22.9% | |||
| 38 | Red-tailed Hawk | 19.8% | 11.0% | 8.8% | |||
| 39 | Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | 1.0% | 10.0% | 9.0% | |||
| 40 | Herring Gull | 23.5% | 9.6% | 13.8% | |||
| 41 | Fish Crow | 10.9% | 9.3% | 1.6% | |||
| 42 | Lincoln's Sparrow | 2.9% | 9.3% | 6.4% | |||
| 43 | Northern Flicker | 29.1% | 8.6% | 20.5% | |||
| 44 | Brown Thrasher | 7.3% | 8.3% | 1.0% | |||
| 45 | Blackpoll Warbler | 21.9% | 8.0% | 13.9% | |||
| 46 | Rose-breasted Grosbeak | 16.5% | 8.0% | 8.5% | |||
| 47 | Common Raven | 2.5% | 7.6% | 5.1% | |||
| 48 | Black-throated Green Warbler | 20.2% | 7.0% | 13.2% | |||
| 49 | Chipping Sparrow | 18.3% | 7.0% | 11.4% | |||
| 50 | American Kestrel | 2.2% | 6.3% | 4.1% | |||
| 51 | Ring-billed Gull | 14.3% | 6.0% | 8.4% | |||
| 52 | Scarlet Tanager | 18.9% | 4.7% | 14.3% | |||
| 53 | Chestnut-sided Warbler | 16.3% | 4.3% | 12.0% | |||
| 54 | Wilson's Warbler | 8.8% | 4.3% | 4.5% | |||
| 55 | Cape May Warbler | 7.0% | 4.3% | 2.7% | |||
| 56 | Red-winged Blackbird | 53.5% | 4.0% | 49.5% | |||
| 57 | Nashville Warbler | 8.9% | 4.0% | 4.9% | |||
| 58 | Great Crested Flycatcher | 18.1% | 3.7% | 14.5% | |||
| 59 | American Crow | 17.7% | 3.7% | 14.0% | |||
| 60 | Brown-headed Cowbird | 20.8% | 3.3% | 17.5% | |||
| 61 | Field Sparrow | 3.4% | 3.3% | 0.1% | |||
| 62 | Chuck-will's-widow | 0.5% | 3.3% | 2.9% | |||
| 63 | Canada Goose | 45.2% | 3.0% | 42.2% | |||
| 64 | Red-bellied Woodpecker | 38.3% | 3.0% | 35.3% | |||
| 65 | Worm-eating Warbler | 3.9% | 3.0% | 1.0% | |||
| 66 | Mourning Warbler | 1.9% | 3.0% | 1.1% | |||
| 67 | Warbling Vireo | 32.2% | 2.7% | 29.6% | |||
| 68 | Canada Warbler | 11.7% | 2.7% | 9.0% | |||
| 69 | Peregrine Falcon | 2.7% | 2.7% | 0.0% | |||
| 70 | Eastern Whip-poor-will | 0.2% | 2.7% | 2.5% | |||
| 71 | Eastern Kingbird | 16.9% | 2.3% | 14.6% | |||
| 72 | Marsh Wren | 4.6% | 2.3% | 2.3% | |||
| 73 | White-crowned Sparrow | 3.7% | 2.3% | 1.4% | |||
| 74 | Indigo Bunting | 10.0% | 2.0% | 8.0% | |||
| 75 | Savannah Sparrow | 5.5% | 2.0% | 3.5% | |||
| 76 | Turkey Vulture | 9.8% | 1.7% | 8.1% | |||
| 77 | Bay-breasted Warbler | 8.0% | 1.7% | 6.3% | |||
| 78 | Willow Flycatcher | 5.4% | 1.7% | 3.8% | |||
| 79 | Tennessee Warbler | 3.4% | 1.7% | 1.7% | |||
| 80 | Kentucky Warbler | 0.8% | 1.7% | 0.9% | |||
| 81 | Downy Woodpecker | 28.2% | 1.3% | 26.9% | |||
| 82 | Red-eyed Vireo | 22.8% | 1.3% | 21.5% | |||
| 83 | Blue-gray Gnatcatcher | 14.5% | 1.3% | 13.2% | |||
| 84 | Blue-headed Vireo | 14.3% | 1.3% | 13.0% | |||
| 85 | Great Blue Heron | 9.6% | 1.3% | 8.3% | |||
| 86 | Blackburnian Warbler | 9.5% | 1.3% | 8.1% | |||
| 87 | Prairie Warbler | 8.5% | 1.3% | 7.2% | |||
| 88 | Hooded Warbler | 4.0% | 1.3% | 2.7% | |||
| 89 | Red-breasted Nuthatch | 2.8% | 1.3% | 1.5% | |||
| 90 | Common Loon | 2.5% | 1.3% | 1.1% | |||
| 91 | Louisiana Waterthrush | 1.8% | 1.3% | 0.5% | |||
| 92 | Dark-eyed Junco | 0.5% | 1.3% | 0.8% | |||
| 93 | Double-crested Cormorant | 34.1% | 1.0% | 33.1% | |||
| 94 | Barn Swallow | 31.8% | 1.0% | 30.8% | |||
| 95 | Osprey | 16.5% | 1.0% | 15.5% | |||
| 96 | Tufted Titmouse | 15.6% | 1.0% | 14.6% | |||
| 97 | Palm Warbler | 5.3% | 1.0% | 4.3% | |||
| 98 | White-eyed Vireo | 4.3% | 1.0% | 3.3% | |||
| 99 | Common Nighthawk | 1.4% | 1.0% | 0.4% | |||
| 100 | Acadian Flycatcher | 0.6% | 1.0% | 0.4% | |||
| 101 | Ruby-throated Hummingbird | 6.3% | 0.7% | 5.6% | |||
| 102 | Gray-cheeked Thrush | 3.2% | 0.7% | 2.6% | |||
| 103 | Black-billed Cuckoo | 1.6% | 0.7% | 0.9% | |||
| 104 | Brown Creeper | 0.2% | 0.7% | 0.5% | |||
| 105 | Great Black-backed Gull | 13.3% | 0.3% | 13.0% | |||
| 106 | Black-capped Chickadee | 12.1% | 0.3% | 11.8% | |||
| 107 | Northern Rough-winged Swallow | 12.1% | 0.3% | 11.7% | |||
| 108 | Brant | 10.8% | 0.3% | 10.5% | |||
| 109 | White-breasted Nuthatch | 10.7% | 0.3% | 10.4% | |||
| 110 | Orchard Oriole | 10.2% | 0.3% | 9.9% | |||
| 111 | Killdeer | 9.3% | 0.3% | 9.0% | |||
| 112 | Hairy Woodpecker | 8.3% | 0.3% | 8.0% | |||
| 113 | Eastern Phoebe | 4.9% | 0.3% | 4.6% | |||
| 114 | Black Vulture | 2.2% | 0.3% | 1.9% | |||
| 115 | Cooper's Hawk | 2.0% | 0.3% | 1.7% | |||
| 116 | Summer Tanager | 1.7% | 0.3% | 1.3% | |||
| 117 | Pine Warbler | 1.7% | 0.3% | 1.3% | |||
| 118 | Purple Finch | 1.3% | 0.3% | 1.0% | |||
| 119 | Yellow-bellied Flycatcher | 0.7% | 0.3% | 0.4% | |||
| 120 | Winter Wren | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.1% | |||
| 121 | Yellow-breasted Chat | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.1% | |||
| 122 | Yellow-throated Warbler | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.0% | |||
| 123 | Golden-crowned Kinglet | 0.1% | 0.3% | 0.3% |