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Top Birds at Morningside Park (Manhattan) in May
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA

based on 311 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Morningside Park (Manhattan) 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% 79.4% 22.5%
2   American Robin 73.3% 78.8% 5.5%
3   European Starling 58.4% 74.9% 16.5%
4   Rock Pigeon 35.4% 62.1% 26.7%
5   Gray Catbird 66.0% 55.9% 10.0%
6   Northern Cardinal 59.0% 54.7% 4.4%
7   Mourning Dove 53.4% 50.8% 2.6%
8   Canada Goose 45.1% 50.2% 5.1%
9   Blue Jay 49.3% 47.6% 1.7%
10   Mallard 49.3% 42.8% 6.5%
11   White-throated Sparrow 34.3% 38.3% 4.0%
12   House Finch 16.0% 33.4% 17.5%
13   Black-and-white Warbler 39.5% 30.9% 8.7%
14   Ovenbird 32.7% 29.6% 3.1%
15   Red-bellied Woodpecker 38.2% 28.3% 9.9%
16   Common Yellowthroat 47.6% 28.0% 19.6%
17   Northern Parula 35.7% 27.7% 8.1%
18   American Redstart 40.4% 25.7% 14.7%
19   Chimney Swift 29.8% 25.1% 4.7%
20   Baltimore Oriole 44.7% 22.5% 22.2%
21   Great Egret 25.4% 21.9% 3.6%
22   Black-throated Blue Warbler 28.0% 19.9% 8.1%
23   Northern Mockingbird 26.8% 19.9% 6.8%
24   Magnolia Warbler 27.5% 17.4% 10.2%
25   Downy Woodpecker 28.2% 16.7% 11.4%
26   House Wren 26.8% 16.1% 10.7%
27   Red-tailed Hawk 19.8% 14.8% 5.0%
28   Swainson's Thrush 17.8% 14.8% 3.0%
29   Red-headed Woodpecker 0.8% 13.8% 13.1%
30   Northern Flicker 29.1% 12.9% 16.3%
31   Yellow-rumped Warbler 33.9% 12.5% 21.3%
32   Yellow Warbler 42.7% 11.9% 30.8%
33   American Crow 17.7% 11.3% 6.4%
34   Red-winged Blackbird 53.4% 10.9% 42.5%
35   Scarlet Tanager 18.9% 10.9% 8.0%
36   Blue-headed Vireo 14.3% 10.9% 3.3%
37   Chipping Sparrow 18.3% 10.3% 8.0%
38   American Goldfinch 28.7% 10.0% 18.7%
39   Blackpoll Warbler 21.9% 10.0% 11.9%
40   Chestnut-sided Warbler 16.3% 9.3% 7.0%
41   Northern Waterthrush 23.3% 9.0% 14.3%
42   Veery 20.1% 9.0% 11.1%
43   Eastern Towhee 19.9% 9.0% 10.9%
44   Warbling Vireo 32.2% 8.7% 23.5%
45   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 13.2% 8.7% 4.5%
46   Red-eyed Vireo 22.8% 7.7% 15.1%
47   Double-crested Cormorant 34.1% 7.4% 26.7%
48   Eastern Wood-Pewee 11.1% 7.4% 3.7%
49   Hermit Thrush 11.1% 7.4% 3.7%
50   Black-throated Green Warbler 20.2% 6.8% 13.5%
51   Canada Warbler 11.7% 5.8% 5.9%
52   Common Grackle 55.0% 5.5% 49.6%
53   Great Crested Flycatcher 18.1% 4.8% 13.3%
54   Cedar Waxwing 16.8% 4.8% 12.0%
55   Rose-breasted Grosbeak 16.5% 4.8% 11.7%
56   Nashville Warbler 8.9% 4.8% 4.1%
57   Wood Thrush 23.2% 4.5% 18.7%
58   Bay-breasted Warbler 8.0% 4.2% 3.8%
59   Black-crowned Night-Heron 11.7% 3.9% 7.8%
60   Least Flycatcher 5.9% 3.9% 2.1%
61   Prairie Warbler 8.5% 3.5% 5.0%
62   Song Sparrow 35.6% 3.2% 32.4%
63   Swamp Sparrow 13.1% 3.2% 9.9%
64   Indigo Bunting 10.0% 2.9% 7.1%
65   Cape May Warbler 7.0% 2.9% 4.1%
66   Tennessee Warbler 3.4% 2.6% 0.8%
67   American Kestrel 2.2% 2.6% 0.4%
68   Solitary Sandpiper 5.8% 2.3% 3.5%
69   Green Heron 9.0% 1.9% 7.1%
70   Blue-winged Warbler 6.7% 1.9% 4.7%
71   Carolina Wren 19.9% 1.6% 18.3%
72   Blackburnian Warbler 9.5% 1.6% 7.9%
73   Wilson's Warbler 8.9% 1.6% 7.2%
74   Palm Warbler 5.3% 1.6% 3.7%
75   Worm-eating Warbler 3.9% 1.6% 2.3%
76   Orchard Oriole 10.2% 1.3% 8.9%
77   Hairy Woodpecker 8.3% 1.3% 7.1%
78   Purple Finch 1.3% 1.3% 0.0%
79   Dark-eyed Junco 0.5% 1.3% 0.8%
80   Herring Gull 23.5% 1.0% 22.5%
81   Eastern Kingbird 16.9% 1.0% 15.9%
82   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 14.5% 1.0% 13.5%
83   Ring-billed Gull 14.4% 1.0% 13.4%
84   Fish Crow 10.9% 1.0% 9.9%
85   Great Blue Heron 9.6% 1.0% 8.6%
86   Tree Swallow 22.5% 0.6% 21.8%
87   Tufted Titmouse 15.6% 0.6% 15.0%
88   Black-capped Chickadee 12.1% 0.6% 11.5%
89   Savannah Sparrow 5.5% 0.6% 4.9%
90   Yellow-throated Vireo 4.6% 0.6% 4.0%
91   White-eyed Vireo 4.3% 0.6% 3.7%
92   White-crowned Sparrow 3.7% 0.6% 3.0%
93   Gray-cheeked Thrush 3.2% 0.6% 2.6%
94   Pine Warbler 1.7% 0.6% 1.0%
95   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1.0% 0.6% 0.3%
96   Great Black-backed Gull 13.3% 0.3% 13.0%
97   Spotted Sandpiper 12.4% 0.3% 12.1%
98   White-breasted Nuthatch 10.7% 0.3% 10.4%
99   Turkey Vulture 9.8% 0.3% 9.5%
100   Brown Thrasher 7.4% 0.3% 7.0%
101   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 6.3% 0.3% 6.0%
102   Eastern Phoebe 4.9% 0.3% 4.6%
103   Hooded Warbler 4.0% 0.3% 3.7%
104   Lincoln's Sparrow 2.9% 0.3% 2.6%
105   Red-breasted Nuthatch 2.8% 0.3% 2.5%
106   Peregrine Falcon 2.7% 0.3% 2.4%
107   Bald Eagle 2.5% 0.3% 2.2%
108   Cooper's Hawk 2.0% 0.3% 1.7%
109   Mourning Warbler 1.9% 0.3% 1.6%
110   Louisiana Waterthrush 1.8% 0.3% 1.5%
111   Summer Tanager 1.7% 0.3% 1.4%
112   Rusty Blackbird 0.5% 0.3% 0.1%
113   Indian Peafowl 0.0% 0.3% 0.3%