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Top Birds at New York Botanical Garden in May
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA

based on 320 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at New York Botanical Garden 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% 76.9% 3.6%
2   Blue Jay 49.2% 69.1% 19.9%
3   Gray Catbird 65.9% 68.4% 2.5%
4   House Sparrow 56.9% 66.9% 9.9%
5   Northern Cardinal 59.0% 66.2% 7.3%
6   Mourning Dove 53.4% 64.4% 11.0%
7   Red-winged Blackbird 53.3% 64.4% 11.1%
8   Common Grackle 54.9% 63.4% 8.6%
9   Baltimore Oriole 44.6% 63.4% 18.8%
10   European Starling 58.4% 61.6% 3.1%
11   Mallard 49.3% 60.0% 10.7%
12   Red-bellied Woodpecker 38.1% 52.8% 14.7%
13   Chimney Swift 29.7% 50.3% 20.6%
14   Red-tailed Hawk 19.7% 47.5% 27.8%
15   American Goldfinch 28.6% 45.6% 17.0%
16   Song Sparrow 35.5% 45.3% 9.8%
17   Yellow-rumped Warbler 33.8% 40.6% 6.9%
18   Northern Flicker 29.1% 38.8% 9.7%
19   Warbling Vireo 32.1% 37.8% 5.7%
20   Black-and-white Warbler 39.5% 35.3% 4.2%
21   Northern Parula 35.7% 32.8% 2.9%
22   Cedar Waxwing 16.7% 32.5% 15.8%
23   American Redstart 40.4% 31.9% 8.5%
24   Common Yellowthroat 47.6% 30.6% 16.9%
25   Yellow Warbler 42.7% 30.3% 12.4%
26   Northern Mockingbird 26.7% 28.7% 2.0%
27   Chipping Sparrow 18.3% 28.7% 10.5%
28   Eastern Kingbird 16.8% 28.1% 11.3%
29   Wood Thrush 23.1% 27.2% 4.1%
30   Canada Goose 45.2% 25.0% 20.2%
31   Red-eyed Vireo 22.7% 25.0% 2.3%
32   Ovenbird 32.7% 24.1% 8.7%
33   White-throated Sparrow 34.3% 23.4% 10.9%
34   Swainson's Thrush 17.8% 22.2% 4.4%
35   Wood Duck 9.3% 21.9% 12.6%
36   Downy Woodpecker 28.1% 21.2% 6.9%
37   Blackpoll Warbler 21.9% 20.6% 1.3%
38   Tufted Titmouse 15.6% 20.3% 4.8%
39   Black-throated Blue Warbler 28.0% 20.0% 8.0%
40   Brown-headed Cowbird 20.8% 19.7% 1.1%
41   Magnolia Warbler 27.5% 19.4% 8.2%
42   Rock Pigeon 35.5% 18.1% 17.4%
43   Veery 20.1% 17.8% 2.2%
44   American Crow 17.6% 17.5% 0.1%
45   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 12.0% 17.2% 5.2%
46   Black-throated Green Warbler 20.2% 16.2% 3.9%
47   Northern Waterthrush 23.2% 15.9% 7.3%
48   Great Crested Flycatcher 18.1% 14.4% 3.7%
49   Scarlet Tanager 18.9% 13.8% 5.2%
50   Double-crested Cormorant 34.1% 13.4% 20.6%
51   White-breasted Nuthatch 10.7% 13.4% 2.7%
52   Barn Swallow 31.8% 12.5% 19.3%
53   Black-capped Chickadee 12.1% 11.9% 0.2%
54   Rose-breasted Grosbeak 16.5% 10.9% 5.5%
55   House Finch 16.0% 10.9% 5.1%
56   Eastern Wood-Pewee 11.1% 10.6% 0.5%
57   Chestnut-sided Warbler 16.3% 9.7% 6.6%
58   House Wren 26.8% 9.1% 17.7%
59   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 13.2% 8.8% 4.5%
60   Blue-headed Vireo 14.3% 8.4% 5.8%
61   Hermit Thrush 11.1% 8.4% 2.6%
62   Canada Warbler 11.7% 7.8% 3.9%
63   Eastern Phoebe 4.9% 7.8% 2.9%
64   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 14.5% 7.5% 7.0%
65   Hairy Woodpecker 8.3% 7.2% 1.1%
66   Bay-breasted Warbler 8.0% 6.9% 1.1%
67   Tree Swallow 22.5% 6.6% 15.9%
68   Orchard Oriole 10.2% 6.6% 3.7%
69   Turkey Vulture 9.8% 6.6% 3.2%
70   Nashville Warbler 8.9% 6.2% 2.7%
71   Great Egret 25.5% 5.9% 19.5%
72   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 6.3% 5.9% 0.4%
73   Palm Warbler 5.3% 5.3% 0.0%
74   Eastern Towhee 19.9% 5.0% 14.9%
75   Swamp Sparrow 13.1% 5.0% 8.1%
76   Blackburnian Warbler 9.5% 5.0% 4.5%
77   Prairie Warbler 8.5% 4.7% 3.8%
78   Cape May Warbler 7.0% 4.7% 2.3%
79   Wilson's Warbler 8.8% 4.1% 4.8%
80   Carolina Wren 19.9% 3.4% 16.4%
81   Osprey 16.5% 3.4% 13.0%
82   Black-crowned Night-Heron 11.7% 3.4% 8.2%
83   Green Heron 9.0% 3.4% 5.6%
84   Herring Gull 23.5% 3.1% 20.4%
85   Ring-billed Gull 14.3% 3.1% 11.2%
86   Indigo Bunting 10.0% 3.1% 6.9%
87   Solitary Sandpiper 5.8% 2.8% 3.0%
88   Belted Kingfisher 4.2% 2.8% 1.4%
89   American Kestrel 2.2% 2.8% 0.6%
90   Spotted Sandpiper 12.4% 2.5% 9.9%
91   Blue-winged Warbler 6.7% 2.5% 4.2%
92   Tennessee Warbler 3.4% 2.5% 0.9%
93   Pine Warbler 1.7% 2.5% 0.8%
94   Killdeer 9.3% 2.2% 7.1%
95   Fish Crow 10.9% 1.9% 9.0%
96   Great Blue Heron 9.6% 1.9% 7.7%
97   Brown Thrasher 7.4% 1.9% 5.5%
98   Least Flycatcher 5.9% 1.9% 4.1%
99   Great Horned Owl 1.0% 1.9% 0.9%
100   White-eyed Vireo 4.3% 1.6% 2.8%
101   Peregrine Falcon 2.7% 1.6% 1.1%
102   Prothonotary Warbler 1.1% 1.6% 0.5%
103   Yellow-throated Vireo 4.6% 1.2% 3.4%
104   Worm-eating Warbler 3.9% 1.2% 2.7%
105   Yellow-billed Cuckoo 3.5% 1.2% 2.3%
106   White-crowned Sparrow 3.7% 0.9% 2.7%
107   Common Raven 2.5% 0.9% 1.6%
108   Monk Parakeet 2.0% 0.9% 1.1%
109   Cooper's Hawk 2.0% 0.9% 1.1%
110   Savannah Sparrow 5.5% 0.6% 4.9%
111   Willow Flycatcher 5.4% 0.6% 4.8%
112   Gray-cheeked Thrush 3.2% 0.6% 2.6%
113   Red-breasted Nuthatch 2.8% 0.6% 2.2%
114   Bank Swallow 2.5% 0.6% 1.9%
115   Black Vulture 2.2% 0.6% 1.6%
116   Wild Turkey 2.2% 0.6% 1.6%
117   Summer Tanager 1.7% 0.6% 1.0%
118   Acadian Flycatcher 0.6% 0.6% 0.1%
119   Rusty Blackbird 0.5% 0.6% 0.2%
120   Great Black-backed Gull 13.3% 0.3% 13.0%
121   Mute Swan 11.5% 0.3% 11.2%
122   Glossy Ibis 4.3% 0.3% 3.9%
123   Hooded Warbler 4.0% 0.3% 3.7%
124   Field Sparrow 3.4% 0.3% 3.1%
125   Lincoln's Sparrow 2.9% 0.3% 2.6%
126   Bald Eagle 2.5% 0.3% 2.2%
127   Pileated Woodpecker 2.5% 0.3% 2.2%
128   Common Loon 2.5% 0.3% 2.1%
129   Mourning Warbler 1.9% 0.3% 1.6%
130   Louisiana Waterthrush 1.8% 0.3% 1.5%
131   Olive-sided Flycatcher 1.3% 0.3% 1.0%
132   Ring-necked Pheasant 1.0% 0.3% 0.7%
133   Merlin 0.9% 0.3% 0.6%
134   Cliff Swallow 0.8% 0.3% 0.5%
135   Cerulean Warbler 0.7% 0.3% 0.3%
136   Pine Siskin 0.4% 0.3% 0.1%
137   Orange-crowned Warbler 0.2% 0.3% 0.1%
138   Mississippi Kite 0.1% 0.3% 0.2%
139   Philadelphia Vireo 0.1% 0.3% 0.2%