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Top Birds at Central Park--West of Reservoir (86th-97th St.) in May
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA

based on 204 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Central Park--West of Reservoir (86th-97th St.) 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% 58.8% 14.5%
2   House Sparrow 57.0% 56.4% 0.6%
3   European Starling 58.4% 55.4% 3.0%
4   Rock Pigeon 35.4% 54.4% 19.0%
5   Blue Jay 49.3% 44.6% 4.7%
6   Northern Parula 35.7% 42.6% 6.9%
7   American Redstart 40.4% 42.2% 1.8%
8   Black-and-white Warbler 39.5% 41.7% 2.2%
9   Gray Catbird 66.0% 39.7% 26.3%
10   Magnolia Warbler 27.5% 37.7% 10.3%
11   Yellow-rumped Warbler 33.8% 36.8% 3.0%
12   Black-throated Green Warbler 20.2% 35.3% 15.1%
13   Double-crested Cormorant 34.0% 34.8% 0.8%
14   Common Yellowthroat 47.6% 33.8% 13.7%
15   Kirtland's Warbler 0.1% 33.3% 33.2%
16   Blackpoll Warbler 21.9% 29.4% 7.5%
17   Common Grackle 55.0% 28.4% 26.5%
18   Bay-breasted Warbler 7.9% 27.9% 20.0%
19   Mourning Dove 53.5% 27.5% 26.0%
20   Black-throated Blue Warbler 28.0% 27.5% 0.5%
21   Chimney Swift 29.8% 27.0% 2.8%
22   Northern Cardinal 59.1% 23.5% 35.6%
23   Mallard 49.3% 23.0% 26.3%
24   Chestnut-sided Warbler 16.3% 23.0% 6.8%
25   Blackburnian Warbler 9.4% 21.6% 12.1%
26   Barn Swallow 31.7% 20.1% 11.6%
27   Herring Gull 23.4% 20.1% 3.4%
28   Yellow Warbler 42.7% 19.1% 23.6%
29   Baltimore Oriole 44.7% 17.6% 27.1%
30   Wilson's Warbler 8.8% 17.2% 8.3%
31   Canada Goose 45.2% 16.7% 28.5%
32   Great Black-backed Gull 13.3% 16.7% 3.4%
33   Ovenbird 32.7% 14.7% 18.0%
34   Cape May Warbler 7.0% 14.7% 7.7%
35   Veery 20.1% 14.2% 5.8%
36   Canada Warbler 11.7% 14.2% 2.5%
37   Downy Woodpecker 28.2% 13.7% 14.4%
38   House Finch 16.0% 13.2% 2.8%
39   Red-tailed Hawk 19.8% 12.3% 7.5%
40   White-throated Sparrow 34.3% 11.8% 22.6%
41   Red-eyed Vireo 22.8% 11.8% 11.0%
42   Scarlet Tanager 18.9% 11.3% 7.6%
43   Red-winged Blackbird 53.4% 10.3% 43.1%
44   Song Sparrow 35.6% 9.8% 25.8%
45   Ring-billed Gull 14.3% 9.8% 4.5%
46   Great Egret 25.4% 9.3% 16.1%
47   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 12.0% 9.3% 2.7%
48   Swainson's Thrush 17.8% 8.8% 9.0%
49   Cedar Waxwing 16.8% 8.8% 8.0%
50   Prairie Warbler 8.5% 8.8% 0.3%
51   Great Crested Flycatcher 18.1% 8.3% 9.8%
52   Eastern Wood-Pewee 11.1% 8.3% 2.8%
53   Red-bellied Woodpecker 38.2% 7.8% 30.4%
54   Tree Swallow 22.4% 7.8% 14.6%
55   Chipping Sparrow 18.3% 7.8% 10.5%
56   Warbling Vireo 32.2% 7.4% 24.9%
57   Ruddy Duck 3.3% 6.9% 3.5%
58   Rose-breasted Grosbeak 16.5% 6.4% 10.1%
59   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 13.2% 6.4% 6.8%
60   Least Flycatcher 5.9% 6.4% 0.4%
61   Brown-headed Cowbird 20.8% 5.4% 15.4%
62   Gadwall 7.0% 5.4% 1.6%
63   Northern Waterthrush 23.2% 4.9% 18.3%
64   Nashville Warbler 8.9% 4.4% 4.5%
65   Hooded Warbler 4.0% 4.4% 0.4%
66   Northern Flicker 29.1% 3.9% 25.2%
67   American Goldfinch 28.7% 3.9% 24.8%
68   American Crow 17.7% 3.9% 13.7%
69   Blue-headed Vireo 14.3% 3.9% 10.3%
70   Tennessee Warbler 3.4% 3.9% 0.5%
71   Prothonotary Warbler 1.1% 3.9% 2.9%
72   American Coot 0.9% 3.9% 3.0%
73   Northern Mockingbird 26.8% 2.9% 23.8%
74   Tufted Titmouse 15.6% 2.9% 12.6%
75   Spotted Sandpiper 12.4% 2.9% 9.5%
76   Hermit Thrush 11.1% 2.9% 8.1%
77   Indigo Bunting 10.0% 2.9% 7.1%
78   Wood Thrush 23.1% 2.5% 20.7%
79   Black-crowned Night-Heron 11.7% 2.0% 9.7%
80   Turkey Vulture 9.8% 2.0% 7.8%
81   Peregrine Falcon 2.7% 2.0% 0.7%
82   Olive-sided Flycatcher 1.3% 2.0% 0.7%
83   Bufflehead 1.2% 2.0% 0.8%
84   House Wren 26.8% 1.5% 25.3%
85   Eastern Towhee 19.9% 1.5% 18.4%
86   Eastern Kingbird 16.9% 1.5% 15.4%
87   Swamp Sparrow 13.1% 1.5% 11.6%
88   Black-capped Chickadee 12.1% 1.5% 10.6%
89   Palm Warbler 5.3% 1.5% 3.8%
90   Eastern Phoebe 4.9% 1.5% 3.4%
91   Yellow-billed Cuckoo 3.5% 1.5% 2.0%
92   American Kestrel 2.2% 1.5% 0.7%
93   Northern Shoveler 1.0% 1.5% 0.5%
94   Carolina Wren 19.9% 1.0% 18.9%
95   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 14.5% 1.0% 13.5%
96   White-breasted Nuthatch 10.7% 1.0% 9.7%
97   Solitary Sandpiper 5.8% 1.0% 4.8%
98   Yellow-throated Vireo 4.6% 1.0% 3.6%
99   Summer Tanager 1.7% 1.0% 0.7%
100   Common Nighthawk 1.4% 1.0% 0.4%
101   Cliff Swallow 0.8% 1.0% 0.2%
102   Laughing Gull 16.9% 0.5% 16.4%
103   Osprey 16.5% 0.5% 16.0%
104   Mute Swan 11.5% 0.5% 11.0%
105   Fish Crow 10.9% 0.5% 10.4%
106   Orchard Oriole 10.2% 0.5% 9.7%
107   Snowy Egret 9.9% 0.5% 9.5%
108   Great Blue Heron 9.6% 0.5% 9.1%
109   Hairy Woodpecker 8.3% 0.5% 7.8%
110   Brown Thrasher 7.3% 0.5% 6.9%
111   Blue-winged Warbler 6.7% 0.5% 6.2%
112   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 6.3% 0.5% 5.8%
113   Savannah Sparrow 5.5% 0.5% 5.0%
114   Willow Flycatcher 5.4% 0.5% 4.9%
115   Worm-eating Warbler 3.9% 0.5% 3.5%
116   Field Sparrow 3.4% 0.5% 2.9%
117   Gray-cheeked Thrush 3.2% 0.5% 2.7%
118   Lincoln's Sparrow 2.9% 0.5% 2.4%
119   Red-breasted Nuthatch 2.8% 0.5% 2.3%
120   Cooper's Hawk 2.0% 0.5% 1.5%
121   Mourning Warbler 1.9% 0.5% 1.4%
122   Pine Warbler 1.7% 0.5% 1.2%
123   Black-billed Cuckoo 1.6% 0.5% 1.1%
124   Purple Finch 1.3% 0.5% 0.8%
125   Kentucky Warbler 0.8% 0.5% 0.3%
126   Cerulean Warbler 0.7% 0.5% 0.2%
127   Bonaparte's Gull 0.6% 0.5% 0.1%
128   Acadian Flycatcher 0.6% 0.5% 0.1%
129   Bicknell's Thrush 0.4% 0.5% 0.1%