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Top Birds at Randalls Island in May
relative to other locations within 25 miles of 40.781243, -73.966507

based on 435 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Randalls Island 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 73.1% 86.0% 12.9%
2   Barn Swallow 30.7% 83.7% 52.9%
3   Red-winged Blackbird 52.8% 81.4% 28.6%
4   European Starling 58.2% 80.2% 22.0%
5   House Sparrow 57.4% 74.7% 17.3%
6   Double-crested Cormorant 33.7% 73.1% 39.4%
7   Great Egret 24.2% 69.7% 45.5%
8   Canada Goose 44.4% 69.2% 24.8%
9   Gray Catbird 65.6% 68.3% 2.7%
10   Common Grackle 54.5% 67.8% 13.4%
11   Warbling Vireo 32.6% 65.5% 32.9%
12   Northern Mockingbird 27.3% 65.5% 38.3%
13   Yellow Warbler 41.6% 65.3% 23.7%
14   Mourning Dove 53.8% 64.8% 11.1%
15   Mallard 47.6% 58.9% 11.2%
16   Rock Pigeon 35.9% 56.3% 20.4%
17   Northern Cardinal 58.9% 56.1% 2.8%
18   American Herring Gull 22.8% 55.2% 32.4%
19   Chimney Swift 30.8% 50.8% 20.0%
20   Eastern Kingbird 16.3% 49.4% 33.1%
21   Baltimore Oriole 43.9% 49.0% 5.1%
22   Laughing Gull 18.0% 48.5% 30.5%
23   Song Sparrow 35.5% 48.3% 12.8%
24   Brant 10.5% 43.9% 33.4%
25   Common Yellowthroat 46.9% 43.2% 3.7%
26   Great Black-backed Gull 12.6% 43.0% 30.4%
27   Killdeer 9.0% 42.5% 33.5%
28   Ring-billed Gull 14.0% 40.2% 26.2%
29   Snowy Egret 9.4% 39.3% 29.9%
30   American Crow 17.5% 38.4% 20.9%
31   American Goldfinch 27.5% 38.2% 10.7%
32   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 11.3% 37.2% 25.9%
33   Blackpoll Warbler 23.6% 34.9% 11.3%
34   White-throated Sparrow 33.6% 32.6% 1.0%
35   Cedar Waxwing 17.1% 32.0% 14.9%
36   House Finch 16.5% 30.6% 14.1%
37   Black-crowned Night-Heron 10.8% 30.3% 19.6%
38   Spotted Sandpiper 12.1% 30.1% 18.0%
39   Fish Crow 11.0% 30.1% 19.1%
40   Fork-tailed Flycatcher 0.1% 29.0% 28.9%
41   Northern Waterthrush 22.2% 28.7% 6.5%
42   American Redstart 39.3% 27.1% 12.2%
43   Ovenbird 31.6% 26.9% 4.7%
44   Red-tailed Hawk 18.9% 26.4% 7.5%
45   Tree Swallow 21.6% 26.0% 4.4%
46   Blue Jay 48.2% 25.5% 22.7%
47   Gadwall 6.6% 24.8% 18.2%
48   Black-and-white Warbler 37.8% 22.8% 15.0%
49   Osprey 16.9% 21.8% 4.9%
50   Yellow-rumped Warbler 31.6% 21.1% 10.5%
51   Northern Parula 35.3% 20.0% 15.3%
52   Brown-headed Cowbird 20.0% 19.8% 0.3%
53   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 3.7% 17.0% 13.3%
54   Cliff Swallow 0.8% 17.0% 16.2%
55   Savannah Sparrow 5.1% 16.8% 11.7%
56   Chipping Sparrow 17.2% 15.2% 2.0%
57   Swainson's Thrush 17.3% 14.7% 2.6%
58   Magnolia Warbler 26.4% 14.5% 11.9%
59   Northern Flicker 28.7% 14.0% 14.6%
60   Swamp Sparrow 12.3% 13.3% 1.0%
61   Red-eyed Vireo 23.7% 12.4% 11.3%
62   Common Raven 3.0% 11.5% 8.5%
63   Black-throated Blue Warbler 26.3% 10.8% 15.5%
64   House Wren 25.6% 10.8% 14.7%
65   Veery 18.3% 9.7% 8.6%
66   Eastern Wood-Pewee 11.0% 9.2% 1.8%
67   Green Heron 8.4% 9.2% 0.8%
68   Peregrine Falcon 2.5% 9.2% 6.7%
69   Downy Woodpecker 27.0% 9.0% 18.1%
70   Scarlet Tanager 18.2% 8.0% 10.2%
71   Red-bellied Woodpecker 37.9% 7.8% 30.0%
72   Belted Kingfisher 3.7% 7.8% 4.1%
73   Carolina Wren 20.7% 7.1% 13.6%
74   Eastern Towhee 18.5% 7.1% 11.4%
75   Wood Thrush 22.8% 6.7% 16.2%
76   Mute Swan 10.8% 6.7% 4.2%
77   Wilson's Warbler 8.2% 6.7% 1.6%
78   American Black Duck 5.1% 6.7% 1.6%
79   Great Blue Heron 9.4% 6.4% 3.0%
80   American Kestrel 2.2% 6.4% 4.3%
81   Black-throated Green Warbler 19.2% 5.7% 13.5%
82   Least Sandpiper 7.0% 5.3% 1.7%
83   Canada Warbler 10.8% 5.1% 5.8%
84   Rose-breasted Grosbeak 15.9% 4.8% 11.1%
85   Alder Flycatcher 0.5% 4.8% 4.3%
86   Chestnut-sided Warbler 15.0% 4.4% 10.7%
87   Hermit Thrush 10.2% 4.4% 5.9%
88   Least Flycatcher 5.3% 4.1% 1.1%
89   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 11.4% 3.7% 7.7%
90   Bay-breasted Warbler 8.5% 3.7% 4.8%
91   Nashville Warbler 8.4% 3.7% 4.7%
92   Indigo Bunting 9.4% 3.4% 6.0%
93   Prairie Warbler 7.6% 3.4% 4.2%
94   Lincoln's Sparrow 2.6% 3.2% 0.6%
95   Cape May Warbler 7.1% 3.0% 4.1%
96   Blue-headed Vireo 12.6% 2.8% 9.8%
97   Orchard Oriole 9.7% 2.8% 6.9%
98   Willow Flycatcher 5.3% 2.8% 2.6%
99   Common Loon 2.4% 2.8% 0.4%
100   Great Crested Flycatcher 18.2% 2.5% 15.7%
101   Solitary Sandpiper 5.7% 2.5% 3.1%
102   Palm Warbler 4.5% 2.5% 2.0%
103   Red-throated Loon 0.9% 2.5% 1.6%
104   Turkey Vulture 9.3% 2.3% 7.0%
105   Blackburnian Warbler 8.7% 2.1% 6.7%
106   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 5.9% 2.1% 3.8%
107   Gray-cheeked Thrush 2.9% 2.1% 0.8%
108   Eastern Phoebe 4.3% 1.8% 2.5%
109   Bank Swallow 2.4% 1.8% 0.6%
110   Greater Yellowlegs 5.4% 1.6% 3.8%
111   Marsh Wren 4.5% 1.6% 2.9%
112   Common Nighthawk 1.3% 1.6% 0.3%
113   Tufted Titmouse 15.0% 1.4% 13.6%
114   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 12.5% 1.4% 11.1%
115   Semipalmated Sandpiper 4.7% 1.4% 3.3%
116   Semipalmated Plover 4.4% 1.4% 3.0%
117   White-crowned Sparrow 3.1% 1.4% 1.8%
118   Mourning Warbler 1.8% 1.4% 0.4%
119   Dark-eyed Junco 0.4% 1.4% 0.9%
120   Bobolink 1.0% 1.1% 0.1%
121   American Oystercatcher 7.6% 0.9% 6.7%
122   Bald Eagle 2.7% 0.9% 1.8%
123   Lesser Yellowlegs 2.5% 0.9% 1.6%
124   Monk Parakeet 2.2% 0.9% 1.3%
125   Black Vulture 2.1% 0.9% 1.2%
126   White-breasted Nuthatch 9.6% 0.7% 8.9%
127   Blue-winged Warbler 5.8% 0.7% 5.1%
128   Yellow-throated Vireo 4.3% 0.7% 3.6%
129   Glossy Ibis 4.0% 0.7% 3.3%
130   Worm-eating Warbler 3.5% 0.7% 2.8%
131   Red-breasted Nuthatch 2.2% 0.7% 1.5%
132   Red-breasted Merganser 1.7% 0.7% 1.0%
133   Merlin 0.8% 0.7% 0.1%
134   Lesser Black-backed Gull 0.2% 0.7% 0.5%
135   Forster's Tern 7.9% 0.5% 7.4%
136   Brown Thrasher 6.6% 0.5% 6.1%
137   Common Tern 5.8% 0.5% 5.3%
138   Boat-tailed Grackle 5.1% 0.5% 4.6%
139   Tennessee Warbler 3.6% 0.5% 3.1%
140   Field Sparrow 3.1% 0.5% 2.6%
141   Louisiana Waterthrush 1.6% 0.5% 1.1%
142   Summer Tanager 1.5% 0.5% 1.0%
143   Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 0.8% 0.5% 0.3%
144   Blue Grosbeak 0.7% 0.5% 0.2%
145   Bicknell's Thrush 0.5% 0.5% 0.0%
146   Caspian Tern 0.2% 0.5% 0.3%
147   Black-capped Chickadee 10.5% 0.2% 10.3%
148   Wood Duck 9.3% 0.2% 9.0%
149   Hairy Woodpecker 8.1% 0.2% 7.9%
150   Black-bellied Plover 3.3% 0.2% 3.1%
151   Yellow-billed Cuckoo 3.2% 0.2% 3.0%
152   Ruddy Duck 3.1% 0.2% 2.9%
153   Pine Warbler 1.5% 0.2% 1.3%
154   Black-billed Cuckoo 1.4% 0.2% 1.2%
155   Purple Finch 1.1% 0.2% 0.9%
156   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 0.9% 0.2% 0.7%
157   Prothonotary Warbler 0.9% 0.2% 0.7%
158   Ring-necked Pheasant 0.8% 0.2% 0.6%
159   Tricolored Heron 0.4% 0.2% 0.1%
160   Purple Sandpiper 0.2% 0.2% 0.1%
161   Budgerigar 0.0% 0.2% 0.2%
162   Pacific Loon 0.0% 0.2% 0.2%