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Top Birds at Central Park--North Meadow Butterfly Gardens in May
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA

based on 8 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Central Park--North Meadow Butterfly Gardens 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% 50.0% 23.3%
2   Northern Cardinal 59.0% 50.0% 9.0%
3   House Sparrow 57.0% 50.0% 7.0%
4   Mourning Dove 53.4% 50.0% 3.4%
5   Blue Jay 49.3% 50.0% 0.7%
6   Baltimore Oriole 44.7% 50.0% 5.3%
7   Gray Catbird 65.9% 37.5% 28.4%
8   European Starling 58.4% 37.5% 20.9%
9   Common Yellowthroat 47.5% 37.5% 10.0%
10   Black-and-white Warbler 39.5% 37.5% 2.0%
11   Red-bellied Woodpecker 38.2% 37.5% 0.7%
12   Northern Parula 35.7% 37.5% 1.8%
13   Magnolia Warbler 27.5% 37.5% 10.0%
14   Great Egret 25.4% 37.5% 12.1%
15   Northern Waterthrush 23.2% 37.5% 14.3%
16   Common Grackle 54.9% 25.0% 29.9%
17   Mallard 49.3% 25.0% 24.3%
18   Canada Goose 45.1% 25.0% 20.1%
19   Yellow Warbler 42.6% 25.0% 17.6%
20   American Redstart 40.4% 25.0% 15.4%
21   Rock Pigeon 35.5% 25.0% 10.5%
22   White-throated Sparrow 34.3% 25.0% 9.3%
23   Ovenbird 32.7% 25.0% 7.7%
24   Chimney Swift 29.8% 25.0% 4.8%
25   Northern Flicker 29.1% 25.0% 4.1%
26   Downy Woodpecker 28.1% 25.0% 3.1%
27   Black-throated Blue Warbler 28.0% 25.0% 3.0%
28   Red-eyed Vireo 22.8% 25.0% 2.2%
29   Blackpoll Warbler 21.9% 25.0% 3.1%
30   Black-throated Green Warbler 20.2% 25.0% 4.8%
31   Scarlet Tanager 18.9% 25.0% 6.1%
32   Cedar Waxwing 16.8% 25.0% 8.2%
33   Chestnut-sided Warbler 16.3% 25.0% 8.7%
34   Indigo Bunting 10.0% 25.0% 15.0%
35   Hooded Warbler 4.0% 25.0% 21.0%
36   Yellow-breasted Chat 0.4% 25.0% 24.6%
37   Red-winged Blackbird 53.3% 12.5% 40.8%
38   Song Sparrow 35.5% 12.5% 23.0%
39   Double-crested Cormorant 34.0% 12.5% 21.5%
40   Yellow-rumped Warbler 33.8% 12.5% 21.3%
41   Warbling Vireo 32.2% 12.5% 19.7%
42   Barn Swallow 31.7% 12.5% 19.2%
43   Northern Mockingbird 26.7% 12.5% 14.2%
44   Veery 20.1% 12.5% 7.6%
45   Red-tailed Hawk 19.8% 12.5% 7.3%
46   Chipping Sparrow 18.3% 12.5% 5.8%
47   Great Crested Flycatcher 18.1% 12.5% 5.6%
48   Swainson's Thrush 17.8% 12.5% 5.3%
49   American Crow 17.6% 12.5% 5.1%
50   Canada Warbler 11.7% 12.5% 0.8%
51   Black-crowned Night-Heron 11.7% 12.5% 0.8%
52   Eastern Wood-Pewee 11.1% 12.5% 1.4%
53   Hermit Thrush 11.1% 12.5% 1.4%
54   Orchard Oriole 10.2% 12.5% 2.3%
55   Blackburnian Warbler 9.4% 12.5% 3.1%
56   Green Heron 9.0% 12.5% 3.5%
57   Wilson's Warbler 8.8% 12.5% 3.7%
58   Bay-breasted Warbler 8.0% 12.5% 4.5%
59   Gadwall 7.0% 12.5% 5.5%
60   Least Flycatcher 5.9% 12.5% 6.6%
61   Eastern Phoebe 4.9% 12.5% 7.6%
62   Worm-eating Warbler 3.9% 12.5% 8.6%
63   White-crowned Sparrow 3.7% 12.5% 8.8%
64   Cooper's Hawk 2.0% 12.5% 10.5%
65   Bicknell's Thrush 0.4% 12.5% 12.1%