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Top Birds at Ellis Island (NJ) in May
relative to other locations within 25 miles of 40.781243, -73.966507

based on 14 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Ellis Island (NJ) 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 Herring Gull 22.9% 71.4% 48.5%
2   Great Black-backed Gull 12.7% 57.1% 44.5%
3   House Sparrow 57.5% 50.0% 7.5%
4   Double-crested Cormorant 33.8% 50.0% 16.2%
5   Common Tern 5.8% 50.0% 44.2%
6   European Starling 58.3% 42.9% 15.4%
7   Ring-billed Gull 14.1% 42.9% 28.8%
8   Mallard 47.7% 35.7% 12.0%
9   Rock Pigeon 36.0% 35.7% 0.2%
10   Laughing Gull 18.1% 35.7% 17.6%
11   Brant 10.6% 35.7% 25.1%
12   Fish Crow 11.1% 28.6% 17.5%
13   American Robin 73.2% 21.4% 51.7%
14   Common Grackle 54.5% 21.4% 33.1%
15   Canada Goose 44.5% 21.4% 23.1%
16   Barn Swallow 30.9% 21.4% 9.5%
17   Gray Catbird 65.6% 14.3% 51.3%
18   Chimney Swift 30.9% 14.3% 16.6%
19   Killdeer 9.1% 14.3% 5.2%
20   Northern Cardinal 58.9% 7.1% 51.8%
21   Mourning Dove 53.8% 7.1% 46.7%
22   Red-bellied Woodpecker 37.8% 7.1% 30.6%
23   Northern Mockingbird 27.4% 7.1% 20.2%
24   House Wren 25.5% 7.1% 18.4%
25   Brown-headed Cowbird 20.0% 7.1% 12.9%
26   American Crow 17.5% 7.1% 10.4%
27   House Finch 16.6% 7.1% 9.4%
28   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 11.4% 7.1% 4.3%
29   Black-capped Chickadee 10.5% 7.1% 3.3%
30   Turkey Vulture 9.3% 7.1% 2.1%
31   Forster's Tern 7.8% 7.1% 0.7%
32   Gadwall 6.7% 7.1% 0.5%
33   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 5.9% 7.1% 1.3%
34   Bald Eagle 2.7% 7.1% 4.4%
35   American White Pelican 0.1% 7.1% 7.1%