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Top Birds at Central Park--Met Museum (E Drive; 79th-85th St. transv.) in May
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA

based on 30 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Central Park--Met Museum (E Drive; 79th-85th St. transv.) 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   European Starling 58.4% 63.3% 4.9%
2   House Sparrow 57.0% 60.0% 3.0%
3   American Robin 73.3% 56.7% 16.6%
4   Rock Pigeon 35.5% 50.0% 14.5%
5   Common Grackle 54.9% 46.7% 8.2%
6   Northern Cardinal 59.0% 43.3% 15.7%
7   Mourning Dove 53.4% 33.3% 20.1%
8   Blue Jay 49.3% 33.3% 15.9%
9   American Redstart 40.4% 33.3% 7.1%
10   Black-and-white Warbler 39.5% 33.3% 6.2%
11   Gray Catbird 65.9% 30.0% 35.9%
12   Common Yellowthroat 47.5% 30.0% 17.5%
13   Chimney Swift 29.8% 30.0% 0.2%
14   Mallard 49.3% 26.7% 22.6%
15   Baltimore Oriole 44.7% 26.7% 18.0%
16   Double-crested Cormorant 34.0% 26.7% 7.4%
17   Black-throated Blue Warbler 28.0% 26.7% 1.3%
18   Great Egret 25.4% 26.7% 1.3%
19   Red-winged Blackbird 53.3% 23.3% 30.0%
20   Northern Parula 35.7% 23.3% 12.4%
21   Northern Flicker 29.1% 23.3% 5.8%
22   White-throated Sparrow 34.3% 20.0% 14.3%
23   Yellow-rumped Warbler 33.8% 20.0% 13.8%
24   Ovenbird 32.7% 20.0% 12.7%
25   Magnolia Warbler 27.5% 20.0% 7.5%
26   Blackpoll Warbler 21.9% 20.0% 1.9%
27   Canada Goose 45.1% 16.7% 28.4%
28   Red-bellied Woodpecker 38.2% 16.7% 21.5%
29   Warbling Vireo 32.2% 16.7% 15.5%
30   Black-throated Green Warbler 20.2% 16.7% 3.5%
31   Red-tailed Hawk 19.8% 16.7% 3.1%
32   House Finch 16.0% 16.7% 0.6%
33   Cerulean Warbler 0.7% 16.7% 16.0%
34   American Goldfinch 28.7% 13.3% 15.3%
35   Downy Woodpecker 28.1% 13.3% 14.8%
36   Red-eyed Vireo 22.8% 13.3% 9.4%
37   Blue-headed Vireo 14.3% 13.3% 0.9%
38   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 13.2% 13.3% 0.1%
39   Eastern Wood-Pewee 11.1% 13.3% 2.2%
40   Gadwall 7.0% 13.3% 6.4%
41   Herring Gull 23.4% 10.0% 13.4%
42   Northern Waterthrush 23.2% 10.0% 13.2%
43   Veery 20.1% 10.0% 10.1%
44   Cedar Waxwing 16.8% 10.0% 6.8%
45   Rose-breasted Grosbeak 16.5% 10.0% 6.5%
46   Prairie Warbler 8.5% 10.0% 1.5%
47   Field Sparrow 3.4% 10.0% 6.6%
48   Yellow Warbler 42.6% 6.7% 36.0%
49   Barn Swallow 31.7% 6.7% 25.1%
50   Tree Swallow 22.4% 6.7% 15.8%
51   Chipping Sparrow 18.3% 6.7% 11.6%
52   Great Crested Flycatcher 18.1% 6.7% 11.4%
53   Swainson's Thrush 17.8% 6.7% 11.1%
54   American Crow 17.6% 6.7% 11.0%
55   Ring-billed Gull 14.3% 6.7% 7.7%
56   Great Black-backed Gull 13.3% 6.7% 6.6%
57   Black-crowned Night-Heron 11.7% 6.7% 5.0%
58   Hermit Thrush 11.1% 6.7% 4.4%
59   White-breasted Nuthatch 10.7% 6.7% 4.0%
60   Blackburnian Warbler 9.4% 6.7% 2.8%
61   Wood Duck 9.3% 6.7% 2.6%
62   Nashville Warbler 8.9% 6.7% 2.3%
63   Wilson's Warbler 8.8% 6.7% 2.2%
64   Blue-winged Warbler 6.6% 6.7% 0.0%
65   Song Sparrow 35.5% 3.3% 32.2%
66   Wood Thrush 23.1% 3.3% 19.8%
67   Brown-headed Cowbird 20.8% 3.3% 17.5%
68   Eastern Towhee 19.9% 3.3% 16.5%
69   Scarlet Tanager 18.9% 3.3% 15.6%
70   Tufted Titmouse 15.6% 3.3% 12.2%
71   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 14.5% 3.3% 11.1%
72   Swamp Sparrow 13.1% 3.3% 9.7%
73   Canada Warbler 11.7% 3.3% 8.4%
74   Indigo Bunting 10.0% 3.3% 6.7%
75   Turkey Vulture 9.8% 3.3% 6.4%
76   Cape May Warbler 7.0% 3.3% 3.7%
77   Least Flycatcher 5.9% 3.3% 2.6%
78   Savannah Sparrow 5.5% 3.3% 2.2%
79   Palm Warbler 5.3% 3.3% 2.0%
80   American Black Duck 5.0% 3.3% 1.7%
81   Yellow-billed Cuckoo 3.5% 3.3% 0.2%
82   Ruddy Duck 3.3% 3.3% 0.0%
83   Peregrine Falcon 2.7% 3.3% 0.7%
84   Louisiana Waterthrush 1.8% 3.3% 1.5%
85   Summer Tanager 1.7% 3.3% 1.7%
86   Purple Finch 1.3% 3.3% 2.0%
87   Bufflehead 1.2% 3.3% 2.2%
88   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1.0% 3.3% 2.3%
89   Red-headed Woodpecker 0.8% 3.3% 2.5%
90   Kirtland's Warbler 0.2% 3.3% 3.2%