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Top Birds at Meadowlands IBA--Mill Creek Marsh in May
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA

based on 211 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Meadowlands IBA--Mill Creek Marsh 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   Mallard 49.2% 87.7% 38.5%
2   Red-winged Blackbird 53.3% 86.3% 33.0%
3   Tree Swallow 22.3% 85.8% 63.5%
4   Snowy Egret 9.8% 84.4% 74.6%
5   American Robin 73.3% 82.5% 9.2%
6   Canada Goose 45.0% 79.6% 34.6%
7   Yellow Warbler 42.6% 79.1% 36.6%
8   Song Sparrow 35.5% 77.7% 42.3%
9   Northern Mockingbird 26.6% 75.4% 48.7%
10   House Sparrow 56.9% 74.9% 18.0%
11   Common Grackle 54.9% 72.5% 17.6%
12   Gray Catbird 65.9% 69.7% 3.7%
13   Least Sandpiper 7.0% 62.6% 55.6%
14   Barn Swallow 31.7% 62.1% 30.4%
15   Ring-billed Gull 14.2% 62.1% 47.9%
16   Northern Cardinal 59.0% 61.1% 2.1%
17   Herring Gull 23.4% 60.2% 36.8%
18   Marsh Wren 4.5% 56.9% 52.3%
19   European Starling 58.4% 55.0% 3.5%
20   Mourning Dove 53.4% 51.2% 2.2%
21   Greater Yellowlegs 5.8% 44.1% 38.3%
22   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 12.0% 38.4% 26.4%
23   Semipalmated Sandpiper 4.8% 37.4% 32.6%
24   Common Yellowthroat 47.5% 36.0% 11.5%
25   Yellow-rumped Warbler 33.8% 35.5% 1.8%
26   Warbling Vireo 32.2% 33.2% 1.0%
27   Great Egret 25.4% 33.2% 7.8%
28   Double-crested Cormorant 34.0% 31.8% 2.3%
29   Baltimore Oriole 44.7% 31.3% 13.4%
30   American Goldfinch 28.7% 28.0% 0.7%
31   Savannah Sparrow 5.4% 28.0% 22.5%
32   Brown-headed Cowbird 20.8% 24.6% 3.9%
33   Chimney Swift 29.8% 23.7% 6.1%
34   Fish Crow 10.8% 21.3% 10.5%
35   Lesser Yellowlegs 2.7% 20.4% 17.7%
36   Downy Woodpecker 28.1% 19.9% 8.2%
37   Gadwall 6.9% 19.9% 13.0%
38   White-throated Sparrow 34.3% 19.4% 14.9%
39   Forster's Tern 7.9% 19.0% 11.1%
40   Willow Flycatcher 5.4% 19.0% 13.6%
41   Rock Pigeon 35.5% 18.5% 17.0%
42   Spotted Sandpiper 12.4% 18.0% 5.6%
43   Cedar Waxwing 16.8% 17.5% 0.8%
44   Great Black-backed Gull 13.3% 15.2% 1.9%
45   Osprey 16.4% 14.2% 2.2%
46   American Crow 17.7% 13.7% 3.9%
47   Semipalmated Plover 4.5% 12.8% 8.3%
48   Carolina Wren 19.8% 12.3% 7.5%
49   Swamp Sparrow 13.1% 10.9% 2.2%
50   Green-winged Teal 0.6% 10.0% 9.4%
51   Solitary Sandpiper 5.8% 9.5% 3.7%
52   Northern Flicker 29.1% 9.0% 20.1%
53   White-crowned Sparrow 3.7% 9.0% 5.3%
54   Monk Parakeet 2.0% 9.0% 7.0%
55   Black-and-white Warbler 39.6% 8.5% 31.0%
56   Blue Jay 49.3% 8.1% 41.3%
57   Bald Eagle 2.5% 8.1% 5.6%
58   Blackpoll Warbler 21.9% 7.6% 14.3%
59   Turkey Vulture 9.8% 7.6% 2.2%
60   Killdeer 9.3% 7.1% 2.2%
61   Red-tailed Hawk 19.8% 6.2% 13.6%
62   House Finch 16.0% 6.2% 9.9%
63   American Redstart 40.5% 5.7% 34.8%
64   Green Heron 9.0% 5.7% 3.3%
65   Dunlin 2.2% 5.7% 3.5%
66   Orchard Oriole 10.2% 4.7% 5.5%
67   Great Blue Heron 9.6% 4.7% 4.8%
68   Eastern Kingbird 16.9% 4.3% 12.6%
69   Palm Warbler 5.3% 4.3% 1.0%
70   White-rumped Sandpiper 0.4% 4.3% 3.9%
71   Northern Parula 35.8% 3.8% 32.0%
72   Chipping Sparrow 18.3% 3.8% 14.5%
73   Bank Swallow 2.5% 3.8% 1.3%
74   House Wren 26.8% 3.3% 23.5%
75   Least Flycatcher 5.9% 3.3% 2.6%
76   Northern Waterthrush 23.3% 2.8% 20.4%
77   Wilson's Warbler 8.8% 2.8% 6.0%
78   Prairie Warbler 8.5% 2.8% 5.6%
79   Hairy Woodpecker 8.3% 2.8% 5.5%
80   Budgerigar 0.0% 2.8% 2.8%
81   Magnolia Warbler 27.6% 2.4% 25.2%
82   Blue-headed Vireo 14.3% 2.4% 11.9%
83   Eastern Wood-Pewee 11.1% 2.4% 8.8%
84   Brown Thrasher 7.3% 2.4% 5.0%
85   Belted Kingfisher 4.2% 2.4% 1.8%
86   Clapper Rail 3.4% 2.4% 1.0%
87   Peregrine Falcon 2.7% 2.4% 0.3%
88   Black Skimmer 1.7% 2.4% 0.7%
89   Northern Harrier 0.6% 2.4% 1.8%
90   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 14.5% 1.9% 12.6%
91   Black-crowned Night-Heron 11.7% 1.9% 9.8%
92   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 6.3% 1.9% 4.4%
93   American Black Duck 5.0% 1.9% 3.1%
94   Common Raven 2.5% 1.9% 0.6%
95   Short-billed Dowitcher 1.8% 1.9% 0.1%
96   Red-eyed Vireo 22.8% 1.4% 21.4%
97   Eastern Towhee 19.9% 1.4% 18.5%
98   Scarlet Tanager 18.9% 1.4% 17.5%
99   Tufted Titmouse 15.6% 1.4% 14.2%
100   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 13.2% 1.4% 11.8%
101   Black-capped Chickadee 12.1% 1.4% 10.7%
102   Least Tern 3.9% 1.4% 2.5%
103   Black-throated Blue Warbler 28.0% 0.9% 27.1%
104   Veery 20.1% 0.9% 19.1%
105   Great Crested Flycatcher 18.1% 0.9% 17.2%
106   Mute Swan 11.5% 0.9% 10.6%
107   Brant 10.8% 0.9% 9.8%
108   Indigo Bunting 10.0% 0.9% 9.1%
109   Nashville Warbler 8.9% 0.9% 8.0%
110   Common Tern 5.8% 0.9% 4.9%
111   Boat-tailed Grackle 5.2% 0.9% 4.2%
112   Field Sparrow 3.4% 0.9% 2.4%
113   Lincoln's Sparrow 2.9% 0.9% 2.0%
114   American Kestrel 2.2% 0.9% 1.3%
115   Bobolink 1.2% 0.9% 0.2%
116   Blue-winged Teal 0.5% 0.9% 0.4%
117   Red-bellied Woodpecker 38.2% 0.5% 37.8%
118   Ovenbird 32.8% 0.5% 32.3%
119   Wood Thrush 23.2% 0.5% 22.7%
120   Black-throated Green Warbler 20.2% 0.5% 19.7%
121   Swainson's Thrush 17.8% 0.5% 17.3%
122   Chestnut-sided Warbler 16.3% 0.5% 15.8%
123   Canada Warbler 11.7% 0.5% 11.2%
124   Hermit Thrush 11.1% 0.5% 10.6%
125   White-breasted Nuthatch 10.7% 0.5% 10.2%
126   Wood Duck 9.3% 0.5% 8.9%
127   Eastern Phoebe 4.9% 0.5% 4.4%
128   Yellow-throated Vireo 4.6% 0.5% 4.2%
129   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 3.9% 0.5% 3.4%
130   Black-bellied Plover 3.5% 0.5% 3.0%
131   Ruddy Duck 3.3% 0.5% 2.9%
132   Pine Warbler 1.7% 0.5% 1.2%
133   Little Blue Heron 1.2% 0.5% 0.8%
134   Broad-winged Hawk 1.1% 0.5% 0.6%
135   Ring-necked Pheasant 1.0% 0.5% 0.5%
136   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1.0% 0.5% 0.5%
137   Northern Shoveler 1.0% 0.5% 0.5%
138   Sharp-shinned Hawk 0.8% 0.5% 0.3%
139   Cliff Swallow 0.8% 0.5% 0.3%
140   American Bittern 0.3% 0.5% 0.1%
141   Caspian Tern 0.2% 0.5% 0.3%
142   Western Sandpiper 0.0% 0.5% 0.5%