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Top Birds at Flushing Meadows Corona Park--Meadow Lake in May
relative to other locations within 25 miles of 35.791540, -78.781117

based on 187 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Flushing Meadows Corona Park--Meadow Lake 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   Red-winged Blackbird 27.3% 88.8% 61.5%
2   Mallard 28.2% 86.6% 58.5%
3   American Robin 38.0% 85.0% 47.0%
4   Barn Swallow 30.1% 82.4% 52.3%
5   House Sparrow 3.3% 76.5% 73.2%
6   Song Sparrow 15.7% 73.8% 58.1%
7   European Starling 20.4% 71.7% 51.3%
8   Rock Pigeon 5.6% 67.9% 62.3%
9   Tree Swallow 15.2% 64.7% 49.5%
10   Killdeer 19.5% 64.2% 44.7%
11   Mourning Dove 47.8% 62.6% 14.7%
12   Ring-billed Gull 1.3% 61.5% 60.2%
13   Common Grackle 33.9% 59.4% 25.5%
14   Double-crested Cormorant 16.8% 59.4% 42.5%
15   Laughing Gull 0.2% 57.2% 57.0%
16   Brant 0% 50.8% 50.8%
17   Warbling Vireo 1.4% 49.7% 48.3%
18   Spotted Sandpiper 15.6% 47.1% 31.5%
19   Yellow Warbler 7.8% 44.9% 37.1%
20   Chimney Swift 27.5% 44.4% 16.9%
21   Osprey 16.3% 44.4% 28.0%
22   Least Sandpiper 4.9% 41.7% 36.8%
23   American Herring Gull 0.1% 35.8% 35.7%
24   Forster's Tern 0.1% 34.2% 34.2%
25   Savannah Sparrow 1.1% 32.6% 31.5%
26   Yellow-rumped Warbler 9.9% 30.5% 20.6%
27   Canada Goose 41.2% 29.4% 11.7%
28   Baltimore Oriole 1.2% 28.9% 27.7%
29   Red-tailed Hawk 12.1% 27.8% 15.7%
30   Eastern Kingbird 27.0% 23.5% 3.5%
31   Gray Catbird 28.1% 21.9% 6.2%
32   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 30.0% 18.7% 11.3%
33   Northern Cardinal 79.5% 17.6% 61.9%
34   Chipping Sparrow 38.3% 15.5% 22.8%
35   Blackpoll Warbler 7.6% 15.5% 7.9%
36   Great Egret 2.5% 15.0% 12.5%
37   Northern Mockingbird 29.9% 13.4% 16.5%
38   Solitary Sandpiper 7.7% 12.8% 5.1%
39   American Goldfinch 45.0% 11.8% 33.2%
40   Blue Jay 41.8% 11.2% 30.6%
41   Ruddy Duck 0.4% 11.2% 10.8%
42   American Crow 56.2% 10.2% 46.0%
43   Common Yellowthroat 40.3% 10.2% 30.2%
44   Black-crowned Night-Heron 0.0% 9.6% 9.6%
45   White-throated Sparrow 7.9% 9.1% 1.2%
46   Fish Crow 34.0% 8.6% 25.5%
47   Great Black-backed Gull 0% 8.6% 8.6%
48   Black-and-white Warbler 15.1% 8.0% 7.1%
49   Cedar Waxwing 14.0% 8.0% 6.0%
50   Bank Swallow 1.2% 8.0% 6.8%
51   Bald Eagle 10.5% 7.5% 3.0%
52   Orchard Oriole 15.5% 7.0% 8.5%
53   House Finch 29.3% 6.4% 22.9%
54   Mute Swan 0.3% 6.4% 6.1%
55   American Redstart 22.1% 5.9% 16.2%
56   American Coot 0.1% 5.9% 5.7%
57   Great Blue Heron 45.2% 5.3% 39.9%
58   Brown-headed Cowbird 37.1% 5.3% 31.8%
59   Northern Parula 35.3% 5.3% 30.0%
60   Palm Warbler 0.7% 5.3% 4.6%
61   Downy Woodpecker 40.3% 4.8% 35.5%
62   Northern Flicker 8.5% 4.8% 3.7%
63   Snowy Egret 0.4% 4.8% 4.4%
64   Scarlet Tanager 11.6% 4.3% 7.3%
65   Ring-necked Duck 0.1% 4.3% 4.2%
66   Green Heron 9.8% 3.7% 6.1%
67   Greater Yellowlegs 1.0% 3.7% 2.7%
68   Monk Parakeet 0% 3.7% 3.7%
69   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 57.5% 3.2% 54.3%
70   Swamp Sparrow 2.0% 3.2% 1.2%
71   Lesser Yellowlegs 1.4% 3.2% 1.8%
72   Willow Flycatcher 0.2% 3.2% 3.0%
73   Carolina Wren 70.8% 2.7% 68.2%
74   Field Sparrow 3.0% 2.7% 0.3%
75   Bobolink 2.8% 2.7% 0.1%
76   Semipalmated Sandpiper 2.4% 2.7% 0.2%
77   Black-throated Green Warbler 0.5% 2.7% 2.2%
78   Common Tern 0.2% 2.7% 2.5%
79   Least Tern 0.1% 2.7% 2.6%
80   Indigo Bunting 45.6% 2.1% 43.5%
81   House Wren 8.5% 2.1% 6.4%
82   Prairie Warbler 6.7% 2.1% 4.5%
83   Magnolia Warbler 3.3% 2.1% 1.2%
84   Cape May Warbler 0.8% 2.1% 1.4%
85   Bay-breasted Warbler 0.4% 2.1% 1.8%
86   Northern Waterthrush 6.7% 1.6% 5.1%
87   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1.3% 1.6% 0.3%
88   Wilson's Warbler 0.5% 1.6% 1.1%
89   Little Blue Heron 0.1% 1.6% 1.5%
90   Marsh Wren 0.0% 1.6% 1.6%
91   Peregrine Falcon 0.0% 1.6% 1.6%
92   Bufflehead 0% 1.6% 1.6%
93   Tufted Titmouse 65.2% 1.1% 64.1%
94   Red-eyed Vireo 51.9% 1.1% 50.8%
95   Eastern Wood-Pewee 20.8% 1.1% 19.8%
96   Ovenbird 17.6% 1.1% 16.6%
97   Brown Thrasher 16.2% 1.1% 15.1%
98   Wood Duck 12.5% 1.1% 11.4%
99   Swainson's Thrush 7.0% 1.1% 5.9%
100   Cliff Swallow 5.0% 1.1% 3.9%
101   Rose-breasted Grosbeak 2.1% 1.1% 1.0%
102   Chestnut-sided Warbler 1.2% 1.1% 0.1%
103   Hermit Thrush 0.3% 1.1% 0.7%
104   White-crowned Sparrow 0.1% 1.1% 0.9%
105   Lincoln's Sparrow 0.0% 1.1% 1.0%
106   American Black Duck 0.0% 1.1% 1.0%
107   Budgerigar 0% 1.1% 1.1%
108   Red-bellied Woodpecker 54.3% 0.5% 53.8%
109   Turkey Vulture 38.4% 0.5% 37.8%
110   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 18.1% 0.5% 17.6%
111   Black-throated Blue Warbler 12.1% 0.5% 11.6%
112   Purple Martin 10.5% 0.5% 9.9%
113   Hairy Woodpecker 8.8% 0.5% 8.3%
114   Veery 2.8% 0.5% 2.3%
115   Semipalmated Plover 2.0% 0.5% 1.4%
116   Blue-headed Vireo 1.2% 0.5% 0.6%
117   Muscovy Duck 1.0% 0.5% 0.5%
118   American Kestrel 0.6% 0.5% 0.1%
119   Canada Warbler 0.4% 0.5% 0.1%
120   Common Nighthawk 0.2% 0.5% 0.4%
121   Bonaparte's Gull 0.1% 0.5% 0.4%
122   Red-breasted Nuthatch 0.1% 0.5% 0.5%
123   Lesser Scaup 0.1% 0.5% 0.5%
124   Nashville Warbler 0.0% 0.5% 0.5%
125   Wilson's Snipe 0.0% 0.5% 0.5%
126   American Wigeon 0.0% 0.5% 0.5%
127   Green-winged Teal 0.0% 0.5% 0.5%
128   Philadelphia Vireo 0.0% 0.5% 0.5%
129   Vesper Sparrow 0% 0.5% 0.5%
130   Boat-tailed Grackle 0% 0.5% 0.5%