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Top Birds at Flushing Meadows Corona Park--Meadow Lake in May
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA

based on 146 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 53.3% 90.4% 37.1%
2   Mallard 49.2% 88.4% 39.1%
3   American Robin 73.3% 87.0% 13.7%
4   Barn Swallow 31.6% 84.2% 52.6%
5   House Sparrow 56.9% 76.0% 19.1%
6   Song Sparrow 35.5% 75.3% 39.9%
7   European Starling 58.4% 73.3% 14.9%
8   Double-crested Cormorant 34.0% 71.9% 37.9%
9   Rock Pigeon 35.4% 67.1% 31.7%
10   Killdeer 9.2% 65.1% 55.8%
11   Tree Swallow 22.4% 64.4% 42.0%
12   Ring-billed Gull 14.3% 63.0% 48.8%
13   Mourning Dove 53.4% 60.3% 6.9%
14   Common Grackle 54.9% 56.8% 1.9%
15   Laughing Gull 16.8% 54.1% 37.3%
16   Brant 10.7% 52.1% 41.3%
17   Osprey 16.4% 47.3% 30.9%
18   Chimney Swift 29.8% 44.5% 14.7%
19   Spotted Sandpiper 12.3% 43.8% 31.5%
20   Yellow Warbler 42.6% 42.5% 0.2%
21   Warbling Vireo 32.2% 39.7% 7.6%
22   Least Sandpiper 7.1% 37.7% 30.6%
23   Forster's Tern 7.9% 36.3% 28.4%
24   Savannah Sparrow 5.5% 35.6% 30.2%
25   Yellow-rumped Warbler 33.8% 34.9% 1.1%
26   Herring Gull 23.4% 34.9% 11.5%
27   Canada Goose 45.1% 31.5% 13.6%
28   Baltimore Oriole 44.7% 28.8% 15.9%
29   Red-tailed Hawk 19.8% 28.8% 9.0%
30   Eastern Kingbird 16.8% 19.9% 3.0%
31   Gray Catbird 66.0% 19.2% 46.8%
32   Chipping Sparrow 18.3% 18.5% 0.2%
33   Northern Cardinal 59.1% 17.8% 41.3%
34   Great Egret 25.4% 17.8% 7.6%
35   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 12.0% 14.4% 2.4%
36   Blue Jay 49.3% 12.3% 37.0%
37   American Goldfinch 28.7% 12.3% 16.3%
38   Blackpoll Warbler 21.9% 11.6% 10.3%
39   Solitary Sandpiper 5.8% 11.6% 5.9%
40   Common Yellowthroat 47.6% 11.0% 36.6%
41   Northern Mockingbird 26.8% 11.0% 15.8%
42   Black-crowned Night-Heron 11.7% 11.0% 0.7%
43   Black-and-white Warbler 39.6% 9.6% 30.0%
44   Bald Eagle 2.5% 9.6% 7.1%
45   White-throated Sparrow 34.3% 8.9% 25.4%
46   Great Black-backed Gull 13.3% 8.9% 4.4%
47   Mute Swan 11.5% 7.5% 4.0%
48   Fish Crow 10.9% 7.5% 3.3%
49   Palm Warbler 5.3% 7.5% 2.2%
50   Bank Swallow 2.5% 7.5% 5.0%
51   American Crow 17.7% 6.8% 10.8%
52   Cedar Waxwing 16.8% 6.8% 9.9%
53   Great Blue Heron 9.6% 6.8% 2.7%
54   Ruddy Duck 3.3% 6.8% 3.5%
55   Orchard Oriole 10.2% 6.2% 4.0%
56   American Coot 0.9% 6.2% 5.3%
57   American Redstart 40.4% 5.5% 35.0%
58   Northern Parula 35.7% 5.5% 30.3%
59   Northern Flicker 29.1% 5.5% 23.6%
60   Scarlet Tanager 18.9% 5.5% 13.4%
61   Snowy Egret 9.9% 5.5% 4.5%
62   Ring-necked Duck 0.1% 5.5% 5.4%
63   Downy Woodpecker 28.2% 4.8% 23.4%
64   Greater Yellowlegs 5.9% 4.8% 1.1%
65   Brown-headed Cowbird 20.8% 4.1% 16.7%
66   House Finch 16.0% 4.1% 11.9%
67   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 14.5% 4.1% 10.4%
68   Prairie Warbler 8.5% 4.1% 4.4%
69   Common Tern 5.8% 4.1% 1.7%
70   Lesser Yellowlegs 2.7% 4.1% 1.4%
71   Black-throated Green Warbler 20.2% 3.4% 16.8%
72   Green Heron 9.0% 3.4% 5.6%
73   Least Tern 3.9% 3.4% 0.5%
74   Field Sparrow 3.4% 3.4% 0.0%
75   Bobolink 1.2% 3.4% 2.2%
76   Magnolia Warbler 27.5% 2.7% 24.8%
77   Swamp Sparrow 13.1% 2.7% 10.3%
78   Indigo Bunting 10.0% 2.7% 7.3%
79   Bay-breasted Warbler 8.0% 2.7% 5.2%
80   Cape May Warbler 7.0% 2.7% 4.3%
81   Monk Parakeet 2.0% 2.7% 0.7%
82   House Wren 26.8% 2.1% 24.7%
83   Carolina Wren 19.9% 2.1% 17.8%
84   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 13.2% 2.1% 11.2%
85   Peregrine Falcon 2.7% 2.1% 0.6%
86   Little Blue Heron 1.2% 2.1% 0.8%
87   Bufflehead 1.2% 2.1% 0.9%
88   Northern Waterthrush 23.2% 1.4% 21.9%
89   Red-eyed Vireo 22.8% 1.4% 21.4%
90   Swainson's Thrush 17.8% 1.4% 16.4%
91   Rose-breasted Grosbeak 16.5% 1.4% 15.1%
92   Chestnut-sided Warbler 16.3% 1.4% 14.9%
93   Eastern Wood-Pewee 11.1% 1.4% 9.8%
94   Wilson's Warbler 8.8% 1.4% 7.5%
95   Willow Flycatcher 5.4% 1.4% 4.1%
96   Semipalmated Sandpiper 4.9% 1.4% 3.5%
97   Marsh Wren 4.6% 1.4% 3.3%
98   White-crowned Sparrow 3.7% 1.4% 2.3%
99   Lincoln's Sparrow 2.9% 1.4% 1.6%
100   Cliff Swallow 0.8% 1.4% 0.6%
101   Lesser Scaup 0.1% 1.4% 1.2%
102   Budgerigar 0.0% 1.4% 1.4%
103   Ovenbird 32.8% 0.7% 32.1%
104   Black-throated Blue Warbler 28.0% 0.7% 27.3%
105   Blue-headed Vireo 14.3% 0.7% 13.6%
106   Canada Warbler 11.7% 0.7% 11.0%
107   Hermit Thrush 11.1% 0.7% 10.4%
108   Turkey Vulture 9.8% 0.7% 9.1%
109   Wood Duck 9.3% 0.7% 8.6%
110   Nashville Warbler 8.9% 0.7% 8.2%
111   Hairy Woodpecker 8.3% 0.7% 7.6%
112   Brown Thrasher 7.3% 0.7% 6.7%
113   American Black Duck 5.0% 0.7% 4.4%
114   Semipalmated Plover 4.5% 0.7% 3.9%
115   Red-breasted Nuthatch 2.8% 0.7% 2.1%
116   Common Nighthawk 1.4% 0.7% 0.7%
117   Purple Martin 1.4% 0.7% 0.7%
118   Bonaparte's Gull 0.6% 0.7% 0.1%
119   Green-winged Teal 0.6% 0.7% 0.1%
120   American Wigeon 0.2% 0.7% 0.4%
121   Wilson's Snipe 0.2% 0.7% 0.5%
122   Philadelphia Vireo 0.1% 0.7% 0.6%
123   Muscovy Duck 0.1% 0.7% 0.6%
124   Vesper Sparrow 0.0% 0.7% 0.7%