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Top Birds at Union Square Park in May
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA

based on 179 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Union Square Park 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   House Sparrow 56.9% 82.7% 25.8%
2   Rock Pigeon 35.4% 81.6% 46.2%
3   European Starling 58.4% 77.1% 18.7%
4   American Robin 73.3% 73.7% 0.5%
5   White-throated Sparrow 34.2% 72.1% 37.8%
6   Gray Catbird 65.9% 65.9% 0.0%
7   Ovenbird 32.7% 65.9% 33.3%
8   Mourning Dove 53.4% 64.2% 10.9%
9   Common Yellowthroat 47.5% 45.3% 2.3%
10   Black-and-white Warbler 39.5% 45.3% 5.7%
11   Blue Jay 49.3% 38.5% 10.7%
12   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 0.9% 27.9% 27.0%
13   Chipping Sparrow 18.3% 24.0% 5.7%
14   Eastern Towhee 19.9% 22.9% 3.1%
15   Wood Thrush 23.1% 21.8% 1.3%
16   American Redstart 40.4% 20.1% 20.3%
17   Black-throated Blue Warbler 28.0% 19.6% 8.5%
18   Hermit Thrush 11.1% 17.3% 6.3%
19   Northern Parula 35.7% 16.2% 19.5%
20   Swamp Sparrow 13.1% 16.2% 3.2%
21   Northern Cardinal 59.1% 14.5% 44.6%
22   Veery 20.1% 14.0% 6.1%
23   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 13.2% 12.8% 0.3%
24   Baltimore Oriole 44.7% 11.2% 33.5%
25   Yellow-rumped Warbler 33.8% 11.2% 22.7%
26   Lincoln's Sparrow 2.9% 10.6% 7.7%
27   Red-bellied Woodpecker 38.2% 10.1% 28.2%
28   Swainson's Thrush 17.8% 9.5% 8.3%
29   House Finch 16.0% 9.5% 6.5%
30   Double-crested Cormorant 34.1% 8.9% 25.1%
31   Blue-headed Vireo 14.3% 8.9% 5.3%
32   Magnolia Warbler 27.5% 8.4% 19.2%
33   Northern Waterthrush 23.2% 7.8% 15.4%
34   Dark-eyed Junco 0.5% 7.8% 7.3%
35   Blackpoll Warbler 21.9% 7.3% 14.6%
36   Red-tailed Hawk 19.8% 7.3% 12.5%
37   Yellow Warbler 42.7% 6.7% 36.0%
38   Chimney Swift 29.8% 6.7% 23.1%
39   Scarlet Tanager 18.9% 6.7% 12.2%
40   White-crowned Sparrow 3.7% 6.7% 3.0%
41   Red-eyed Vireo 22.8% 6.1% 16.6%
42   Common Grackle 55.0% 5.6% 49.4%
43   Northern Flicker 29.1% 4.5% 24.7%
44   American Kestrel 2.2% 4.5% 2.3%
45   Northern Mockingbird 26.8% 3.9% 22.9%
46   Downy Woodpecker 28.2% 3.4% 24.8%
47   Herring Gull 23.5% 3.4% 20.1%
48   American Crow 17.7% 3.4% 14.3%
49   Rose-breasted Grosbeak 16.5% 3.4% 13.1%
50   Canada Warbler 11.7% 3.4% 8.3%
51   Indigo Bunting 10.0% 3.4% 6.7%
52   Palm Warbler 5.3% 3.4% 1.9%
53   Warbling Vireo 32.2% 2.8% 29.4%
54   Black-throated Green Warbler 20.2% 2.8% 17.4%
55   Ring-billed Gull 14.3% 2.8% 11.5%
56   Eastern Wood-Pewee 11.1% 2.8% 8.3%
57   Wilson's Warbler 8.8% 2.8% 6.1%
58   Yellow-throated Vireo 4.6% 2.8% 1.8%
59   Song Sparrow 35.6% 2.2% 33.3%
60   Chestnut-sided Warbler 16.3% 2.2% 14.1%
61   Pine Warbler 1.7% 2.2% 0.6%
62   Tufted Titmouse 15.6% 1.7% 13.9%
63   Orchard Oriole 10.2% 1.7% 8.5%
64   Nashville Warbler 8.9% 1.7% 7.3%
65   Cape May Warbler 7.0% 1.7% 5.3%
66   House Wren 26.8% 1.1% 25.7%
67   Carolina Wren 19.9% 1.1% 18.7%
68   White-breasted Nuthatch 10.7% 1.1% 9.6%
69   Prairie Warbler 8.5% 1.1% 7.4%
70   Bay-breasted Warbler 8.0% 1.1% 6.9%
71   Brown Thrasher 7.3% 1.1% 6.2%
72   Marsh Wren 4.6% 1.1% 3.5%
73   Field Sparrow 3.4% 1.1% 2.3%
74   Red-breasted Nuthatch 2.8% 1.1% 1.7%
75   Red-winged Blackbird 53.4% 0.6% 52.8%
76   Canada Goose 45.2% 0.6% 44.6%
77   American Goldfinch 28.7% 0.6% 28.1%
78   Eastern Kingbird 16.9% 0.6% 16.3%
79   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 14.5% 0.6% 13.9%
80   Great Black-backed Gull 13.3% 0.6% 12.8%
81   Spotted Sandpiper 12.4% 0.6% 11.8%
82   Turkey Vulture 9.8% 0.6% 9.2%
83   Blackburnian Warbler 9.5% 0.6% 8.9%
84   Blue-winged Warbler 6.7% 0.6% 6.1%
85   Least Flycatcher 5.9% 0.6% 5.4%
86   Eastern Phoebe 4.9% 0.6% 4.3%
87   Hooded Warbler 4.0% 0.6% 3.4%
88   Gray-cheeked Thrush 3.2% 0.6% 2.7%
89   Winter Wren 0.4% 0.6% 0.1%