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

based on 433 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Central Park--Summit Rock 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% 66.7% 6.6%
2   House Sparrow 56.9% 63.5% 6.6%
3   European Starling 58.4% 57.0% 1.4%
4   Gray Catbird 66.0% 54.5% 11.5%
5   Northern Parula 35.7% 51.0% 15.4%
6   Blue Jay 49.3% 50.6% 1.3%
7   Black-and-white Warbler 39.5% 45.0% 5.5%
8   Rock Pigeon 35.4% 40.6% 5.2%
9   American Redstart 40.4% 40.2% 0.2%
10   Northern Cardinal 59.1% 38.3% 20.8%
11   Magnolia Warbler 27.5% 37.9% 10.4%
12   Mourning Dove 53.5% 33.0% 20.5%
13   Yellow-rumped Warbler 33.8% 32.3% 1.5%
14   Baltimore Oriole 44.7% 32.1% 12.6%
15   Chimney Swift 29.8% 31.2% 1.4%
16   Black-throated Blue Warbler 28.0% 30.7% 2.7%
17   Cape May Warbler 6.9% 29.3% 22.4%
18   White-throated Sparrow 34.3% 27.3% 7.1%
19   Ovenbird 32.7% 27.0% 5.7%
20   Black-throated Green Warbler 20.2% 26.6% 6.4%
21   Common Yellowthroat 47.6% 25.9% 21.7%
22   Common Grackle 55.0% 24.7% 30.3%
23   Blackpoll Warbler 21.9% 23.3% 1.4%
24   Red-eyed Vireo 22.8% 21.9% 0.8%
25   Red-bellied Woodpecker 38.2% 21.2% 17.0%
26   Double-crested Cormorant 34.1% 18.5% 15.6%
27   Scarlet Tanager 18.9% 18.2% 0.7%
28   Chestnut-sided Warbler 16.3% 18.2% 2.0%
29   Blue-headed Vireo 14.2% 18.2% 4.0%
30   Yellow Warbler 42.7% 17.8% 24.9%
31   Red-tailed Hawk 19.8% 15.5% 4.3%
32   Blackburnian Warbler 9.4% 15.5% 6.1%
33   Canada Warbler 11.7% 14.8% 3.1%
34   Cedar Waxwing 16.8% 14.1% 2.7%
35   Bay-breasted Warbler 7.9% 13.6% 5.7%
36   Swainson's Thrush 17.8% 12.5% 5.3%
37   Nashville Warbler 8.9% 12.5% 3.6%
38   Great Crested Flycatcher 18.1% 11.5% 6.6%
39   Veery 20.1% 11.1% 9.0%
40   Warbling Vireo 32.2% 9.9% 22.3%
41   Hermit Thrush 11.1% 9.7% 1.4%
42   Herring Gull 23.5% 9.5% 14.0%
43   Indigo Bunting 10.0% 9.5% 0.6%
44   Downy Woodpecker 28.2% 9.2% 19.0%
45   Northern Waterthrush 23.3% 9.2% 14.0%
46   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 13.2% 9.0% 4.2%
47   Wood Thrush 23.2% 8.8% 14.4%
48   Chipping Sparrow 18.3% 8.3% 10.0%
49   Wilson's Warbler 8.8% 8.3% 0.5%
50   Eastern Wood-Pewee 11.1% 7.2% 4.0%
51   Rose-breasted Grosbeak 16.5% 6.9% 9.6%
52   Red-winged Blackbird 53.5% 6.7% 46.8%
53   Prairie Warbler 8.5% 6.7% 1.8%
54   Eastern Towhee 19.9% 6.5% 13.4%
55   Mallard 49.5% 6.0% 43.5%
56   Great Egret 25.5% 6.0% 19.5%
57   Tennessee Warbler 3.4% 6.0% 2.6%
58   Hooded Warbler 4.0% 5.5% 1.5%
59   Canada Goose 45.3% 5.1% 40.2%
60   Northern Flicker 29.2% 5.1% 24.1%
61   Red-breasted Nuthatch 2.8% 4.6% 1.8%
62   House Finch 16.1% 4.4% 11.7%
63   Ring-billed Gull 14.4% 4.4% 10.0%
64   Eastern Kingbird 16.9% 4.2% 12.7%
65   Least Flycatcher 5.9% 4.2% 1.8%
66   Yellow-throated Vireo 4.6% 4.2% 0.5%
67   American Crow 17.7% 3.9% 13.8%
68   Cerulean Warbler 0.6% 3.9% 3.3%
69   House Wren 26.8% 3.7% 23.1%
70   Barn Swallow 31.8% 3.5% 28.4%
71   Blue-winged Warbler 6.7% 3.2% 3.4%
72   Song Sparrow 35.7% 2.8% 32.9%
73   Northern Mockingbird 26.8% 2.8% 24.1%
74   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 14.5% 2.5% 12.0%
75   Swamp Sparrow 13.1% 2.5% 10.6%
76   American Goldfinch 28.8% 2.3% 26.4%
77   White-breasted Nuthatch 10.7% 2.3% 8.4%
78   White-crowned Sparrow 3.7% 2.3% 1.4%
79   Worm-eating Warbler 3.9% 2.1% 1.9%
80   Palm Warbler 5.3% 1.8% 3.5%
81   Peregrine Falcon 2.7% 1.8% 0.8%
82   Brown-headed Cowbird 20.9% 1.6% 19.2%
83   Black-crowned Night-Heron 11.7% 1.6% 10.1%
84   American Kestrel 2.2% 1.6% 0.6%
85   Black-capped Chickadee 12.1% 1.4% 10.7%
86   Gray-cheeked Thrush 3.2% 1.4% 1.8%
87   Tufted Titmouse 15.6% 1.2% 14.5%
88   Great Black-backed Gull 13.4% 1.2% 12.2%
89   Orchard Oriole 10.2% 1.2% 9.1%
90   Lincoln's Sparrow 2.9% 1.2% 1.8%
91   Carolina Wren 19.9% 0.9% 19.0%
92   Osprey 16.5% 0.9% 15.6%
93   Great Blue Heron 9.6% 0.9% 8.7%
94   Green Heron 9.0% 0.9% 8.1%
95   Gadwall 7.0% 0.9% 6.1%
96   White-eyed Vireo 4.3% 0.9% 3.4%
97   Summer Tanager 1.7% 0.9% 0.8%
98   Common Nighthawk 1.4% 0.9% 0.5%
99   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 12.1% 0.7% 11.4%
100   Eastern Phoebe 4.9% 0.7% 4.2%
101   Yellow-billed Cuckoo 3.5% 0.7% 2.8%
102   Field Sparrow 3.4% 0.7% 2.7%
103   Common Loon 2.5% 0.7% 1.8%
104   Mourning Warbler 1.9% 0.7% 1.2%
105   Black-billed Cuckoo 1.6% 0.7% 0.9%
106   Olive-sided Flycatcher 1.3% 0.7% 0.6%
107   Great Horned Owl 1.0% 0.7% 0.3%
108   Acadian Flycatcher 0.6% 0.7% 0.1%
109   Winter Wren 0.4% 0.7% 0.3%
110   Clay-colored Sparrow 0.1% 0.7% 0.6%
111   Tree Swallow 22.5% 0.5% 22.0%
112   Fish Crow 10.9% 0.5% 10.4%
113   Turkey Vulture 9.8% 0.5% 9.3%
114   Wood Duck 9.3% 0.5% 8.9%
115   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 6.3% 0.5% 5.9%
116   Ruddy Duck 3.3% 0.5% 2.9%
117   Lesser Yellowlegs 2.8% 0.5% 2.3%
118   Pine Warbler 1.7% 0.5% 1.2%
119   Purple Finch 1.3% 0.5% 0.9%
120   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1.0% 0.5% 0.5%
121   Red-headed Woodpecker 0.8% 0.5% 0.3%
122   Blue Grosbeak 0.8% 0.5% 0.3%
123   Kentucky Warbler 0.8% 0.5% 0.3%
124   Mute Swan 11.6% 0.2% 11.3%
125   Snowy Egret 10.0% 0.2% 9.7%
126   Hairy Woodpecker 8.4% 0.2% 8.1%
127   Savannah Sparrow 5.5% 0.2% 5.3%
128   American Black Duck 5.1% 0.2% 4.8%
129   Common Raven 2.5% 0.2% 2.3%
130   Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 0.7% 0.2% 0.5%
131   Orange-crowned Warbler 0.2% 0.2% 0.0%
132   Philadelphia Vireo 0.1% 0.2% 0.1%
133   Fox Sparrow 0.0% 0.2% 0.2%