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

based on 30 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Battery Park City 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% 86.7% 13.4%
2   European Starling 58.4% 83.3% 24.9%
3   House Sparrow 57.0% 80.0% 23.0%
4   Mallard 49.3% 76.7% 27.4%
5   Rock Pigeon 35.4% 73.3% 37.9%
6   Gray Catbird 65.9% 70.0% 4.1%
7   Common Grackle 54.9% 70.0% 15.1%
8   Mourning Dove 53.4% 63.3% 9.9%
9   Ovenbird 32.7% 60.0% 27.3%
10   White-throated Sparrow 34.3% 56.7% 22.4%
11   Northern Cardinal 59.0% 46.7% 12.4%
12   Common Yellowthroat 47.5% 43.3% 4.2%
13   Herring Gull 23.4% 33.3% 9.9%
14   Black-and-white Warbler 39.5% 30.0% 9.5%
15   Blue Jay 49.3% 26.7% 22.6%
16   Yellow Warbler 42.6% 16.7% 26.0%
17   American Redstart 40.4% 16.7% 23.7%
18   Northern Parula 35.7% 16.7% 19.0%
19   Double-crested Cormorant 34.0% 16.7% 17.4%
20   Northern Mockingbird 26.7% 16.7% 10.1%
21   Wood Thrush 23.1% 16.7% 6.4%
22   Ring-billed Gull 14.3% 16.7% 2.4%
23   Great Black-backed Gull 13.3% 16.7% 3.4%
24   Hermit Thrush 11.1% 16.7% 5.6%
25   Canada Goose 45.1% 13.3% 31.8%
26   Song Sparrow 35.5% 13.3% 22.2%
27   Northern Waterthrush 23.2% 13.3% 9.9%
28   Eastern Towhee 19.9% 13.3% 6.5%
29   Carolina Wren 19.8% 13.3% 6.5%
30   Swamp Sparrow 13.1% 13.3% 0.3%
31   Brant 10.8% 13.3% 2.6%
32   American Goldfinch 28.7% 10.0% 18.7%
33   Black-throated Blue Warbler 28.0% 10.0% 18.0%
34   Blackpoll Warbler 21.9% 10.0% 11.9%
35   Laughing Gull 16.9% 10.0% 6.9%
36   Yellow-rumped Warbler 33.8% 6.7% 27.1%
37   Northern Flicker 29.1% 6.7% 22.4%
38   Downy Woodpecker 28.1% 6.7% 21.5%
39   Brown-headed Cowbird 20.8% 6.7% 14.1%
40   Veery 20.1% 6.7% 13.4%
41   Scarlet Tanager 18.9% 6.7% 12.2%
42   Rose-breasted Grosbeak 16.5% 6.7% 9.8%
43   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 13.2% 6.7% 6.5%
44   Fish Crow 10.9% 6.7% 4.2%
45   Gadwall 7.0% 6.7% 0.3%
46   Red-breasted Nuthatch 2.8% 6.7% 3.9%
47   Red-winged Blackbird 53.3% 3.3% 50.0%
48   Baltimore Oriole 44.7% 3.3% 41.3%
49   Magnolia Warbler 27.5% 3.3% 24.2%
50   House Wren 26.7% 3.3% 23.4%
51   Tree Swallow 22.4% 3.3% 19.1%
52   American Crow 17.6% 3.3% 14.3%
53   Chestnut-sided Warbler 16.3% 3.3% 12.9%
54   House Finch 16.0% 3.3% 12.7%
55   Spotted Sandpiper 12.4% 3.3% 9.0%
56   Black-capped Chickadee 12.1% 3.3% 8.8%
57   Wood Duck 9.3% 3.3% 6.0%
58   Wilson's Warbler 8.8% 3.3% 5.5%
59   Common Tern 5.8% 3.3% 2.5%
60   Palm Warbler 5.3% 3.3% 2.0%
61   American Black Duck 5.0% 3.3% 1.7%
62   Eastern Phoebe 4.9% 3.3% 1.6%
63   Field Sparrow 3.4% 3.3% 0.1%
64   Common Raven 2.5% 3.3% 0.8%
65   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1.0% 3.3% 2.3%
66   Dark-eyed Junco 0.5% 3.3% 2.8%