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Top Birds at Meadowlands IBA--Harrier Meadows (restricted access) in May
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA

based on 241 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Meadowlands IBA--Harrier Meadows (restricted access) 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% 80.1% 30.9%
2   Tree Swallow 22.3% 75.5% 53.2%
3   Red-winged Blackbird 53.3% 73.9% 20.6%
4   Gadwall 6.8% 73.0% 66.2%
5   Yellow Warbler 42.6% 72.6% 30.0%
6   Least Sandpiper 7.0% 71.8% 64.8%
7   Greater Yellowlegs 5.7% 71.8% 66.0%
8   Great Egret 25.3% 70.5% 45.2%
9   Killdeer 9.2% 70.1% 61.0%
10   American Robin 73.3% 69.7% 3.6%
11   Song Sparrow 35.5% 67.2% 31.8%
12   Spotted Sandpiper 12.3% 65.1% 52.9%
13   Barn Swallow 31.6% 64.3% 32.7%
14   Mourning Dove 53.4% 62.2% 8.8%
15   Gray Catbird 65.9% 61.4% 4.5%
16   Common Yellowthroat 47.5% 60.2% 12.7%
17   Lesser Yellowlegs 2.6% 58.5% 55.9%
18   Common Grackle 54.9% 56.0% 1.1%
19   Snowy Egret 9.8% 54.8% 44.9%
20   American Goldfinch 28.6% 54.4% 25.8%
21   Swamp Sparrow 13.0% 49.4% 36.4%
22   Orchard Oriole 10.1% 47.7% 37.6%
23   Northern Mockingbird 26.7% 46.5% 19.8%
24   Canada Goose 45.1% 45.6% 0.5%
25   Marsh Wren 4.5% 45.6% 41.1%
26   Semipalmated Plover 4.5% 43.6% 39.1%
27   Willow Flycatcher 5.4% 43.2% 37.8%
28   Semipalmated Sandpiper 4.8% 42.7% 37.9%
29   Warbling Vireo 32.1% 42.3% 10.2%
30   European Starling 58.5% 41.1% 17.4%
31   Double-crested Cormorant 34.0% 39.8% 5.8%
32   Great Blue Heron 9.5% 39.4% 29.9%
33   Dunlin 2.1% 39.4% 37.3%
34   Northern Cardinal 59.1% 37.3% 21.7%
35   Ring-billed Gull 14.3% 35.3% 21.0%
36   Baltimore Oriole 44.7% 33.6% 11.1%
37   Mute Swan 11.5% 31.1% 19.6%
38   Savannah Sparrow 5.4% 31.1% 25.7%
39   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 12.0% 30.3% 18.3%
40   Black-crowned Night-Heron 11.6% 30.3% 18.7%
41   Cedar Waxwing 16.8% 28.6% 11.9%
42   Chimney Swift 29.8% 27.8% 2.0%
43   Yellow-rumped Warbler 33.8% 27.4% 6.4%
44   Osprey 16.4% 26.6% 10.2%
45   Northern Shoveler 0.9% 26.6% 25.6%
46   Green-winged Teal 0.5% 26.1% 25.6%
47   House Wren 26.7% 25.3% 1.4%
48   Herring Gull 23.4% 22.8% 0.6%
49   House Sparrow 57.0% 22.0% 35.0%
50   Red-tailed Hawk 19.8% 21.6% 1.8%
51   Blue-winged Teal 0.5% 21.6% 21.1%
52   Brown-headed Cowbird 20.8% 21.2% 0.4%
53   American Black Duck 5.0% 21.2% 16.2%
54   Short-billed Dowitcher 1.8% 20.7% 19.0%
55   Forster's Tern 7.9% 20.3% 12.4%
56   White-throated Sparrow 34.3% 19.5% 14.8%
57   Northern Flicker 29.1% 18.7% 10.4%
58   Northern Waterthrush 23.2% 18.7% 4.6%
59   Blackpoll Warbler 21.9% 15.8% 6.1%
60   White-crowned Sparrow 3.7% 14.5% 10.9%
61   Eastern Kingbird 16.9% 13.7% 3.2%
62   Ring-necked Pheasant 1.0% 13.7% 12.7%
63   American Redstart 40.5% 13.3% 27.2%
64   Indigo Bunting 10.0% 12.9% 2.9%
65   Blue Jay 49.3% 11.6% 37.7%
66   Bobolink 1.2% 11.6% 10.4%
67   Virginia Rail 0.3% 10.4% 10.1%
68   Downy Woodpecker 28.2% 9.5% 18.6%
69   Wilson's Warbler 8.8% 7.9% 1.0%
70   Bank Swallow 2.5% 7.9% 5.4%
71   Turkey Vulture 9.8% 7.5% 2.3%
72   Wilson's Phalarope 0.2% 7.5% 7.2%
73   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 14.5% 7.1% 7.4%
74   Solitary Sandpiper 5.8% 7.1% 1.3%
75   Common Raven 2.5% 7.1% 4.5%
76   Northern Parula 35.8% 6.6% 29.1%
77   Common Nighthawk 1.4% 6.6% 5.2%
78   Northern Harrier 0.6% 6.6% 6.0%
79   White-rumped Sandpiper 0.4% 6.6% 6.3%
80   Wood Duck 9.3% 6.2% 3.1%
81   Pectoral Sandpiper 0.1% 6.2% 6.1%
82   House Finch 16.0% 5.8% 10.2%
83   Great Black-backed Gull 13.3% 5.8% 7.5%
84   Least Tern 3.9% 5.8% 1.9%
85   Wilson's Snipe 0.2% 5.8% 5.6%
86   Black-and-white Warbler 39.6% 5.4% 34.2%
87   Magnolia Warbler 27.6% 5.4% 22.2%
88   Field Sparrow 3.4% 5.4% 2.0%
89   Northern Pintail 0.1% 5.4% 5.3%
90   Palm Warbler 5.3% 5.0% 0.3%
91   Bald Eagle 2.5% 5.0% 2.5%
92   Rock Pigeon 35.5% 4.6% 31.0%
93   Ovenbird 32.8% 4.6% 28.2%
94   Veery 20.1% 4.6% 15.5%
95   Prairie Warbler 8.5% 4.6% 3.9%
96   Black Skimmer 1.7% 4.6% 2.9%
97   Little Blue Heron 1.2% 4.6% 3.3%
98   Fish Crow 10.9% 4.1% 6.7%
99   Curlew Sandpiper 0.1% 4.1% 4.1%
100   Ruddy Duck 3.3% 3.7% 0.4%
101   Peregrine Falcon 2.7% 3.7% 1.1%
102   American Wigeon 0.2% 3.7% 3.5%
103   Carolina Wren 19.9% 3.3% 16.5%
104   Chipping Sparrow 18.3% 3.3% 15.0%
105   Brown Thrasher 7.3% 3.3% 4.0%
106   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 6.3% 3.3% 3.0%
107   Belted Kingfisher 4.2% 3.3% 0.9%
108   Black-bellied Plover 3.5% 3.3% 0.2%
109   Ring-necked Duck 0.1% 3.3% 3.2%
110   Green Heron 9.0% 2.9% 6.1%
111   Least Flycatcher 5.9% 2.9% 3.0%
112   Lincoln's Sparrow 2.9% 2.9% 0.0%
113   Eastern Towhee 19.9% 2.5% 17.4%
114   Brant 10.8% 2.5% 8.3%
115   Sharp-shinned Hawk 0.8% 2.5% 1.7%
116   Cliff Swallow 0.8% 2.5% 1.7%
117   Saltmarsh Sparrow 0.7% 2.5% 1.7%
118   Common Merganser 0.4% 2.5% 2.1%
119   Barn Owl 0.0% 2.5% 2.5%
120   Red-eyed Vireo 22.8% 2.1% 20.7%
121   Chestnut-sided Warbler 16.3% 2.1% 14.2%
122   Glossy Ibis 4.3% 2.1% 2.2%
123   American Kestrel 2.2% 2.1% 0.1%
124   American Bittern 0.3% 2.1% 1.7%
125   Whimbrel 0.1% 2.1% 2.0%
126   Black-throated Blue Warbler 28.1% 1.7% 26.4%
127   American Crow 17.7% 1.7% 16.0%
128   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 3.9% 1.7% 2.3%
129   Blue Grosbeak 0.8% 1.7% 0.9%
130   Alder Flycatcher 0.6% 1.7% 1.1%
131   Common Gallinule 0.1% 1.7% 1.5%
132   Lesser Scaup 0.1% 1.7% 1.5%
133   Sora 0.1% 1.7% 1.5%
134   Canvasback 0.0% 1.7% 1.7%
135   Scarlet Tanager 18.9% 1.2% 17.7%
136   Great Crested Flycatcher 18.1% 1.2% 16.9%
137   Swainson's Thrush 17.8% 1.2% 16.6%
138   Eastern Wood-Pewee 11.1% 1.2% 9.9%
139   Hermit Thrush 11.1% 1.2% 9.8%
140   Common Loon 2.5% 1.2% 1.2%
141   Black-billed Cuckoo 1.6% 1.2% 0.3%
142   Bonaparte's Gull 0.6% 1.2% 0.6%
143   Wood Thrush 23.2% 0.8% 22.3%
144   Laughing Gull 16.9% 0.8% 16.1%
145   Black-capped Chickadee 12.1% 0.8% 11.3%
146   Canada Warbler 11.7% 0.8% 10.9%
147   Cape May Warbler 7.0% 0.8% 6.2%
148   Bufflehead 1.2% 0.8% 0.3%
149   American Coot 0.9% 0.8% 0.1%
150   Least Bittern 0.5% 0.8% 0.4%
151   Hooded Merganser 0.2% 0.8% 0.6%
152   Red-necked Phalarope 0.1% 0.8% 0.7%
153   Stilt Sandpiper 0.0% 0.8% 0.8%
154   Red Phalarope 0.0% 0.8% 0.8%
155   Red-bellied Woodpecker 38.2% 0.4% 37.8%
156   Black-throated Green Warbler 20.2% 0.4% 19.8%
157   Rose-breasted Grosbeak 16.5% 0.4% 16.1%
158   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 13.2% 0.4% 12.8%
159   Blue-winged Warbler 6.7% 0.4% 6.2%
160   Willet 5.8% 0.4% 5.4%
161   Boat-tailed Grackle 5.2% 0.4% 4.8%
162   Eastern Phoebe 4.9% 0.4% 4.5%
163   Tennessee Warbler 3.4% 0.4% 3.0%
164   Wild Turkey 2.2% 0.4% 1.8%
165   Cooper's Hawk 2.0% 0.4% 1.6%
166   Mourning Warbler 1.9% 0.4% 1.5%
167   Louisiana Waterthrush 1.8% 0.4% 1.4%
168   Red-breasted Merganser 1.7% 0.4% 1.3%
169   Eastern Bluebird 1.2% 0.4% 0.8%
170   Great Horned Owl 1.0% 0.4% 0.6%
171   Merlin 0.9% 0.4% 0.5%
172   Dark-eyed Junco 0.5% 0.4% 0.1%
173   American Woodcock 0.5% 0.4% 0.1%
174   Greater Scaup 0.4% 0.4% 0.0%
175   Caspian Tern 0.2% 0.4% 0.2%
176   Grasshopper Sparrow 0.1% 0.4% 0.3%
177   American Tree Sparrow 0.0% 0.4% 0.4%