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

based on 100 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Central Park--Belvedere Castle 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% 46.0% 27.3%
2   House Sparrow 57.0% 44.0% 13.0%
3   Common Grackle 54.9% 44.0% 10.9%
4   Gray Catbird 66.0% 43.0% 23.0%
5   Northern Cardinal 59.0% 41.0% 18.0%
6   Red-winged Blackbird 53.3% 41.0% 12.3%
7   Black-and-white Warbler 39.5% 40.0% 0.5%
8   Blue Jay 49.3% 38.0% 11.3%
9   Canada Goose 45.1% 37.0% 8.1%
10   European Starling 58.4% 34.0% 24.4%
11   Mourning Dove 53.4% 33.0% 20.4%
12   Northern Parula 35.7% 33.0% 2.7%
13   Common Yellowthroat 47.5% 32.0% 15.5%
14   Magnolia Warbler 27.5% 32.0% 4.5%
15   American Redstart 40.4% 31.0% 9.4%
16   Baltimore Oriole 44.7% 27.0% 17.7%
17   Double-crested Cormorant 34.0% 27.0% 7.0%
18   Mallard 49.3% 26.0% 23.3%
19   Yellow-rumped Warbler 33.8% 24.0% 9.8%
20   Yellow Warbler 42.6% 23.0% 19.6%
21   Rock Pigeon 35.5% 23.0% 12.5%
22   White-throated Sparrow 34.3% 23.0% 11.3%
23   Black-throated Blue Warbler 28.0% 22.0% 6.0%
24   Blackpoll Warbler 21.9% 22.0% 0.1%
25   Eastern Kingbird 16.8% 21.0% 4.2%
26   Warbling Vireo 32.2% 20.0% 12.2%
27   Red-bellied Woodpecker 38.2% 19.0% 19.2%
28   Ovenbird 32.7% 19.0% 13.7%
29   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 13.2% 18.0% 4.8%
30   Cedar Waxwing 16.8% 17.0% 0.2%
31   Chimney Swift 29.8% 16.0% 13.8%
32   Northern Flicker 29.1% 15.0% 14.1%
33   Downy Woodpecker 28.1% 15.0% 13.1%
34   Red-eyed Vireo 22.8% 15.0% 7.8%
35   Black-throated Green Warbler 20.2% 15.0% 5.2%
36   Wood Thrush 23.1% 14.0% 9.1%
37   House Finch 16.0% 14.0% 2.0%
38   House Wren 26.7% 13.0% 13.7%
39   Northern Waterthrush 23.2% 13.0% 10.2%
40   Great Egret 25.4% 12.0% 13.4%
41   Veery 20.1% 12.0% 8.1%
42   Red-tailed Hawk 19.8% 12.0% 7.8%
43   Great Crested Flycatcher 18.1% 11.0% 7.1%
44   Chestnut-sided Warbler 16.3% 11.0% 5.3%
45   Blue-headed Vireo 14.3% 11.0% 3.3%
46   Hermit Thrush 11.1% 11.0% 0.1%
47   Eastern Towhee 19.9% 10.0% 9.9%
48   Chipping Sparrow 18.3% 10.0% 8.3%
49   American Crow 17.7% 10.0% 7.7%
50   Rose-breasted Grosbeak 16.5% 10.0% 6.5%
51   Blackburnian Warbler 9.4% 9.0% 0.4%
52   Herring Gull 23.5% 8.0% 15.5%
53   Scarlet Tanager 18.9% 8.0% 10.9%
54   Swamp Sparrow 13.1% 8.0% 5.1%
55   Canada Warbler 11.7% 7.0% 4.7%
56   Nashville Warbler 8.9% 7.0% 1.9%
57   Wilson's Warbler 8.8% 7.0% 1.8%
58   Prairie Warbler 8.5% 7.0% 1.5%
59   Cape May Warbler 7.0% 7.0% 0.0%
60   Mourning Warbler 1.9% 7.0% 5.1%
61   American Goldfinch 28.7% 6.0% 22.7%
62   Brown-headed Cowbird 20.8% 6.0% 14.8%
63   Yellow-throated Vireo 4.6% 6.0% 1.4%
64   Red-breasted Nuthatch 2.8% 5.0% 2.2%
65   Swainson's Thrush 17.8% 4.0% 13.8%
66   Black-crowned Night-Heron 11.7% 4.0% 7.7%
67   Orchard Oriole 10.2% 4.0% 6.2%
68   Bay-breasted Warbler 8.0% 4.0% 4.0%
69   Blue-winged Warbler 6.6% 4.0% 2.6%
70   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 6.3% 4.0% 2.3%
71   Song Sparrow 35.6% 3.0% 32.6%
72   Barn Swallow 31.7% 3.0% 28.7%
73   Carolina Wren 19.8% 3.0% 16.8%
74   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 14.5% 3.0% 11.5%
75   Ring-billed Gull 14.3% 3.0% 11.3%
76   Indigo Bunting 10.0% 3.0% 7.0%
77   Gadwall 7.0% 3.0% 4.0%
78   Hooded Warbler 4.0% 3.0% 1.0%
79   Louisiana Waterthrush 1.8% 3.0% 1.2%
80   Purple Finch 1.3% 3.0% 1.7%
81   Northern Mockingbird 26.8% 2.0% 24.8%
82   Osprey 16.4% 2.0% 14.4%
83   Great Black-backed Gull 13.3% 2.0% 11.3%
84   Great Blue Heron 9.6% 2.0% 7.6%
85   Palm Warbler 5.3% 2.0% 3.3%
86   Gray-cheeked Thrush 3.2% 2.0% 1.2%
87   Black-billed Cuckoo 1.6% 2.0% 0.4%
88   Northern Shoveler 1.0% 2.0% 1.0%
89   Tree Swallow 22.4% 1.0% 21.4%
90   Tufted Titmouse 15.6% 1.0% 14.6%
91   Black-capped Chickadee 12.1% 1.0% 11.1%
92   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 12.0% 1.0% 11.0%
93   Mute Swan 11.5% 1.0% 10.5%
94   Eastern Wood-Pewee 11.1% 1.0% 10.1%
95   Fish Crow 10.9% 1.0% 9.9%
96   White-breasted Nuthatch 10.7% 1.0% 9.7%
97   Snowy Egret 9.9% 1.0% 8.9%
98   Turkey Vulture 9.8% 1.0% 8.8%
99   Brown Thrasher 7.3% 1.0% 6.3%
100   Least Flycatcher 5.9% 1.0% 4.9%
101   Solitary Sandpiper 5.8% 1.0% 4.8%
102   Eastern Phoebe 4.9% 1.0% 3.9%
103   White-eyed Vireo 4.3% 1.0% 3.3%
104   Belted Kingfisher 4.2% 1.0% 3.2%
105   Worm-eating Warbler 3.9% 1.0% 2.9%
106   White-crowned Sparrow 3.7% 1.0% 2.7%
107   Field Sparrow 3.4% 1.0% 2.4%
108   Tennessee Warbler 3.4% 1.0% 2.4%
109   Ruddy Duck 3.3% 1.0% 2.3%
110   Lincoln's Sparrow 2.9% 1.0% 1.9%
111   American Kestrel 2.2% 1.0% 1.2%
112   Common Nighthawk 1.4% 1.0% 0.4%
113   Great Horned Owl 1.0% 1.0% 0.0%
114   Barred Owl 0.4% 1.0% 0.6%
115   Mississippi Kite 0.1% 1.0% 0.9%