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Top Birds at Central Park--Sparrow Rock section in May
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA

based on 56 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Central Park--Sparrow Rock section 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% 73.2% 0.1%
2   European Starling 58.4% 66.1% 7.6%
3   House Sparrow 57.0% 55.4% 1.6%
4   Rock Pigeon 35.5% 41.1% 5.6%
5   Gray Catbird 65.9% 37.5% 28.4%
6   Common Grackle 54.9% 35.7% 19.2%
7   Northern Cardinal 59.0% 33.9% 25.1%
8   Blue Jay 49.3% 32.1% 17.1%
9   Mourning Dove 53.4% 26.8% 26.6%
10   American Redstart 40.4% 26.8% 13.6%
11   Common Yellowthroat 47.5% 23.2% 24.3%
12   Magnolia Warbler 27.5% 23.2% 4.3%
13   Baltimore Oriole 44.7% 19.6% 25.0%
14   Northern Parula 35.7% 19.6% 16.1%
15   White-throated Sparrow 34.3% 19.6% 14.7%
16   Yellow-rumped Warbler 33.8% 17.9% 15.9%
17   Black-throated Blue Warbler 28.0% 17.9% 10.1%
18   Ovenbird 32.7% 16.1% 16.6%
19   Northern Flicker 29.1% 16.1% 13.0%
20   Black-and-white Warbler 39.5% 14.3% 25.2%
21   Chimney Swift 29.8% 14.3% 15.5%
22   Chestnut-sided Warbler 16.3% 14.3% 2.0%
23   Blackpoll Warbler 21.9% 12.5% 9.4%
24   Black-throated Green Warbler 20.2% 12.5% 7.7%
25   Chipping Sparrow 18.3% 12.5% 5.8%
26   Great Crested Flycatcher 18.1% 12.5% 5.6%
27   Cape May Warbler 7.0% 12.5% 5.5%
28   Canada Warbler 11.7% 10.7% 1.0%
29   Red-eyed Vireo 22.8% 8.9% 13.8%
30   Veery 20.1% 8.9% 11.1%
31   Red-tailed Hawk 19.8% 8.9% 10.8%
32   Blackburnian Warbler 9.4% 8.9% 0.5%
33   Bay-breasted Warbler 8.0% 8.9% 1.0%
34   Double-crested Cormorant 34.0% 7.1% 26.9%
35   Barn Swallow 31.7% 7.1% 24.6%
36   Downy Woodpecker 28.1% 7.1% 21.0%
37   House Wren 26.7% 7.1% 19.6%
38   White-crowned Sparrow 3.7% 7.1% 3.5%
39   Red-winged Blackbird 53.3% 5.4% 48.0%
40   Mallard 49.3% 5.4% 44.0%
41   Red-bellied Woodpecker 38.2% 5.4% 32.8%
42   Warbling Vireo 32.2% 5.4% 26.8%
43   Herring Gull 23.5% 5.4% 18.1%
44   Eastern Kingbird 16.9% 5.4% 11.5%
45   Field Sparrow 3.4% 5.4% 2.0%
46   Canada Goose 45.1% 3.6% 41.6%
47   Yellow Warbler 42.7% 3.6% 39.1%
48   Scarlet Tanager 18.9% 3.6% 15.3%
49   Swainson's Thrush 17.8% 3.6% 14.2%
50   American Crow 17.7% 3.6% 14.1%
51   House Finch 16.0% 3.6% 12.5%
52   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 14.5% 3.6% 10.9%
53   Blue-headed Vireo 14.3% 3.6% 10.7%
54   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 13.2% 3.6% 9.6%
55   Eastern Wood-Pewee 11.1% 3.6% 7.6%
56   Indigo Bunting 10.0% 3.6% 6.4%
57   Wilson's Warbler 8.8% 3.6% 5.3%
58   Prairie Warbler 8.5% 3.6% 4.9%
59   Gadwall 7.0% 3.6% 3.4%
60   Song Sparrow 35.5% 1.8% 33.8%
61   Great Egret 25.4% 1.8% 23.6%
62   Northern Waterthrush 23.2% 1.8% 21.4%
63   Wood Thrush 23.1% 1.8% 21.3%
64   Brown-headed Cowbird 20.8% 1.8% 19.0%
65   Eastern Towhee 19.9% 1.8% 18.1%
66   Laughing Gull 16.9% 1.8% 15.1%
67   Rose-breasted Grosbeak 16.5% 1.8% 14.7%
68   Tufted Titmouse 15.6% 1.8% 13.8%
69   Ring-billed Gull 14.3% 1.8% 12.5%
70   Great Black-backed Gull 13.3% 1.8% 11.5%
71   Swamp Sparrow 13.1% 1.8% 11.3%
72   Mute Swan 11.5% 1.8% 9.7%
73   Hermit Thrush 11.1% 1.8% 9.3%
74   Snowy Egret 9.9% 1.8% 8.2%
75   Green Heron 9.0% 1.8% 7.2%
76   Nashville Warbler 8.9% 1.8% 7.1%
77   Hairy Woodpecker 8.3% 1.8% 6.5%
78   Least Flycatcher 5.9% 1.8% 4.1%
79   Palm Warbler 5.3% 1.8% 3.5%
80   White-eyed Vireo 4.3% 1.8% 2.5%
81   Worm-eating Warbler 3.9% 1.8% 2.2%
82   Tennessee Warbler 3.4% 1.8% 1.6%
83   Summer Tanager 1.7% 1.8% 0.1%
84   Olive-sided Flycatcher 1.3% 1.8% 0.5%
85   Bufflehead 1.2% 1.8% 0.6%
86   Yellow-breasted Chat 0.4% 1.8% 1.4%