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Top Birds at Great Kills Park--Mudflats in May
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA

based on 167 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Great Kills Park--Mudflats 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   Boat-tailed Grackle 5.1% 82.0% 77.0%
2   Double-crested Cormorant 34.0% 77.8% 43.9%
3   American Oystercatcher 7.8% 77.2% 69.4%
4   Laughing Gull 16.8% 74.3% 57.5%
5   Herring Gull 23.4% 73.1% 49.7%
6   Bank Swallow 2.4% 73.1% 70.6%
7   Mallard 49.3% 71.9% 22.6%
8   Brant 10.7% 66.5% 55.8%
9   Great Black-backed Gull 13.2% 63.5% 50.2%
10   Canada Goose 45.1% 60.5% 15.4%
11   Great Egret 25.4% 56.9% 31.5%
12   Fish Crow 10.8% 55.1% 44.3%
13   Gray Catbird 66.0% 52.7% 13.3%
14   Red-winged Blackbird 53.3% 52.7% 0.6%
15   Semipalmated Plover 4.5% 52.7% 48.2%
16   Song Sparrow 35.5% 52.1% 16.6%
17   Northern Mockingbird 26.7% 51.5% 24.8%
18   Spotted Sandpiper 12.3% 51.5% 39.2%
19   Snowy Egret 9.9% 49.7% 39.8%
20   Ring-billed Gull 14.3% 48.5% 34.2%
21   Killdeer 9.2% 48.5% 39.3%
22   European Starling 58.4% 45.5% 12.9%
23   American Robin 73.3% 44.9% 28.4%
24   Yellow Warbler 42.6% 44.3% 1.7%
25   Barn Swallow 31.7% 41.3% 9.6%
26   Eastern Towhee 19.8% 40.1% 20.3%
27   Common Tern 5.8% 37.7% 32.0%
28   Common Yellowthroat 47.5% 37.1% 10.4%
29   Mourning Dove 53.4% 36.5% 16.9%
30   Least Sandpiper 7.1% 35.3% 28.3%
31   Osprey 16.4% 34.1% 17.7%
32   Little Blue Heron 1.2% 34.1% 32.9%
33   Semipalmated Sandpiper 4.8% 32.3% 27.5%
34   Brown-headed Cowbird 20.8% 31.7% 11.0%
35   Northern Cardinal 59.1% 29.3% 29.7%
36   Forster's Tern 7.9% 27.5% 19.7%
37   Tree Swallow 22.4% 26.9% 4.5%
38   Black-bellied Plover 3.4% 25.7% 22.3%
39   American Black Duck 5.0% 25.1% 20.1%
40   American Goldfinch 28.7% 23.4% 5.3%
41   Sanderling 1.6% 21.6% 19.9%
42   Dunlin 2.2% 19.8% 17.6%
43   Ruddy Turnstone 2.2% 19.8% 17.6%
44   Red-breasted Merganser 1.7% 19.8% 18.1%
45   House Wren 26.8% 15.0% 11.8%
46   Black-crowned Night-Heron 11.6% 15.0% 3.3%
47   Willow Flycatcher 5.4% 13.2% 7.8%
48   Field Sparrow 3.4% 12.6% 9.2%
49   Carolina Wren 19.8% 11.4% 8.5%
50   Brown Thrasher 7.3% 10.8% 3.4%
51   Willet 5.8% 10.8% 5.0%
52   Glossy Ibis 4.2% 10.8% 6.5%
53   Least Tern 3.9% 10.8% 6.9%
54   Turkey Vulture 9.8% 10.2% 0.4%
55   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 12.0% 9.6% 2.5%
56   Rock Pigeon 35.5% 9.0% 26.5%
57   Long-tailed Duck 0.2% 9.0% 8.8%
58   Greater Scaup 0.4% 8.4% 8.0%
59   Warbling Vireo 32.2% 7.8% 24.4%
60   House Sparrow 57.0% 7.2% 49.9%
61   Cedar Waxwing 16.8% 7.2% 9.6%
62   Bonaparte's Gull 0.6% 7.2% 6.6%
63   Northern Flicker 29.1% 6.6% 22.5%
64   Bald Eagle 2.5% 6.6% 4.1%
65   Common Loon 2.4% 6.6% 4.1%
66   Ring-necked Pheasant 1.0% 6.6% 5.6%
67   Bufflehead 1.2% 6.0% 4.8%
68   Horned Grebe 0.2% 6.0% 5.8%
69   Marsh Wren 4.6% 5.4% 0.8%
70   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 3.9% 5.4% 1.5%
71   Common Grackle 55.0% 4.8% 50.2%
72   American Redstart 40.5% 4.8% 35.7%
73   Chimney Swift 29.8% 4.8% 25.1%
74   Great Blue Heron 9.6% 4.8% 4.8%
75   White-eyed Vireo 4.3% 4.8% 0.5%
76   Short-billed Dowitcher 1.8% 4.8% 3.0%
77   Black Skimmer 1.7% 4.8% 3.1%
78   Red Knot 0.7% 4.8% 4.1%
79   King Eider 0.1% 4.8% 4.7%
80   Savannah Sparrow 5.5% 4.2% 1.3%
81   Common Goldeneye 0.0% 4.2% 4.2%
82   Downy Woodpecker 28.2% 3.6% 24.6%
83   American Crow 17.7% 3.6% 14.1%
84   Black Scoter 0.2% 3.6% 3.3%
85   House Finch 16.0% 3.0% 13.0%
86   Greater Yellowlegs 5.9% 3.0% 2.9%
87   Lesser Yellowlegs 2.7% 3.0% 0.3%
88   Green-winged Teal 0.6% 3.0% 2.4%
89   Red-tailed Hawk 19.8% 2.4% 17.4%
90   Whimbrel 0.1% 2.4% 2.3%
91   Blue Jay 49.3% 1.8% 47.5%
92   Baltimore Oriole 44.7% 1.8% 42.9%
93   Orchard Oriole 10.2% 1.8% 8.4%
94   Glaucous Gull 0.1% 1.8% 1.7%
95   Eastern Kingbird 16.9% 1.2% 15.7%
96   White-breasted Nuthatch 10.7% 1.2% 9.5%
97   Black Vulture 2.2% 1.2% 1.0%
98   American Woodcock 0.5% 1.2% 0.7%
99   Tricolored Heron 0.4% 1.2% 0.8%
100   Northern Gannet 0.3% 1.2% 0.9%
101   Surf Scoter 0.2% 1.2% 1.0%
102   Yellow-rumped Warbler 33.8% 0.6% 33.2%
103   Blackpoll Warbler 21.9% 0.6% 21.3%
104   Great Crested Flycatcher 18.1% 0.6% 17.5%
105   Mute Swan 11.5% 0.6% 10.9%
106   Prairie Warbler 8.5% 0.6% 7.9%
107   Hairy Woodpecker 8.3% 0.6% 7.7%
108   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 6.3% 0.6% 5.7%
109   Solitary Sandpiper 5.8% 0.6% 5.2%
110   Belted Kingfisher 4.2% 0.6% 3.6%
111   Clapper Rail 3.4% 0.6% 2.8%
112   Common Nighthawk 1.4% 0.6% 0.8%
113   Purple Martin 1.4% 0.6% 0.8%
114   Cliff Swallow 0.8% 0.6% 0.2%
115   Seaside Sparrow 0.8% 0.6% 0.2%
116   Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 0.7% 0.6% 0.1%
117   White-rumped Sandpiper 0.4% 0.6% 0.2%
118   Hooded Merganser 0.2% 0.6% 0.4%
119   Snow Goose 0.2% 0.6% 0.4%
120   Common Eider 0.1% 0.6% 0.5%
121   Arctic Tern 0.1% 0.6% 0.5%
122   American Pipit 0.1% 0.6% 0.5%