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Top Birds at Central Park--Reservoir in May
relative to other locations within 25 miles of 35.791540, -78.781117

based on 588 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Central Park--Reservoir 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   Double-crested Cormorant 16.8% 75.2% 58.4%
2   Mallard 28.2% 71.1% 42.9%
3   House Sparrow 3.3% 61.6% 58.3%
4   American Herring Gull 0.1% 58.0% 57.9%
5   Canada Goose 41.2% 57.5% 16.3%
6   Great Black-backed Gull 0% 55.4% 55.4%
7   Common Grackle 33.9% 54.9% 21.0%
8   American Robin 38.0% 52.9% 14.9%
9   European Starling 20.4% 44.4% 24.0%
10   Barn Swallow 30.1% 39.1% 9.1%
11   Rock Pigeon 5.6% 34.5% 28.9%
12   Gadwall 0.0% 33.2% 33.1%
13   Ring-billed Gull 1.3% 31.6% 30.3%
14   Gray Catbird 28.1% 28.2% 0.1%
15   Northern Cardinal 79.5% 25.5% 54.0%
16   Blue Jay 41.8% 24.5% 17.3%
17   Chimney Swift 27.5% 21.8% 5.7%
18   Ruddy Duck 0.4% 19.9% 19.5%
19   Yellow-rumped Warbler 9.9% 19.7% 9.8%
20   Mourning Dove 47.8% 19.2% 28.6%
21   Northern Parula 35.3% 17.7% 17.6%
22   Great Egret 2.5% 17.5% 15.0%
23   American Redstart 22.1% 17.2% 5.0%
24   Bufflehead 0% 16.8% 16.8%
25   Blackpoll Warbler 7.6% 16.3% 8.7%
26   Warbling Vireo 1.4% 14.8% 13.4%
27   Baltimore Oriole 1.2% 14.3% 13.1%
28   Black-and-white Warbler 15.1% 13.8% 1.4%
29   Common Yellowthroat 40.3% 13.6% 26.7%
30   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 30.0% 12.1% 18.0%
31   White-throated Sparrow 7.9% 11.6% 3.7%
32   Wood Duck 12.5% 11.4% 1.1%
33   Song Sparrow 15.7% 10.7% 5.0%
34   Magnolia Warbler 3.3% 10.7% 7.4%
35   Tree Swallow 15.2% 9.9% 5.4%
36   Spotted Sandpiper 15.6% 9.5% 6.1%
37   Black-throated Blue Warbler 12.1% 9.5% 2.6%
38   Red-tailed Hawk 12.1% 8.2% 4.0%
39   Yellow Warbler 7.8% 7.8% 0.0%
40   Black-throated Green Warbler 0.5% 7.3% 6.8%
41   Ovenbird 17.6% 6.3% 11.3%
42   Black-crowned Night-Heron 0.0% 6.1% 6.1%
43   Red-winged Blackbird 27.3% 6.0% 21.3%
44   Bay-breasted Warbler 0.4% 5.6% 5.2%
45   Laughing Gull 0.2% 5.6% 5.4%
46   Red-eyed Vireo 51.9% 5.4% 46.5%
47   Canada Warbler 0.4% 5.4% 5.0%
48   American Coot 0.1% 5.3% 5.1%
49   Downy Woodpecker 40.3% 5.1% 35.2%
50   Chestnut-sided Warbler 1.2% 5.1% 3.9%
51   Wilson's Warbler 0.5% 4.9% 4.4%
52   American Crow 56.2% 4.8% 51.4%
53   Red-bellied Woodpecker 54.3% 4.4% 49.9%
54   Cape May Warbler 0.8% 4.3% 3.5%
55   Scarlet Tanager 11.6% 3.7% 7.9%
56   Blackburnian Warbler 0.3% 3.7% 3.4%
57   Common Loon 0.3% 3.4% 3.1%
58   Eastern Towhee 36.5% 2.9% 33.6%
59   House Finch 29.3% 2.9% 26.4%
60   Swainson's Thrush 7.0% 2.9% 4.1%
61   Horned Grebe 0.1% 2.9% 2.8%
62   Brown-headed Cowbird 37.1% 2.7% 34.4%
63   Eastern Kingbird 27.0% 2.7% 24.3%
64   Northern Shoveler 0.1% 2.7% 2.7%
65   Cedar Waxwing 14.0% 2.6% 11.5%
66   Blue-headed Vireo 1.2% 2.6% 1.4%
67   Northern Mockingbird 29.9% 2.4% 27.5%
68   Cliff Swallow 5.0% 2.4% 2.6%
69   Eastern Wood-Pewee 20.8% 2.2% 18.6%
70   Northern Flicker 8.5% 2.2% 6.3%
71   Prairie Warbler 6.7% 2.2% 4.5%
72   Mute Swan 0.3% 2.2% 1.9%
73   American Goldfinch 45.0% 2.0% 43.0%
74   Northern Waterthrush 6.7% 2.0% 4.7%
75   Rose-breasted Grosbeak 2.1% 2.0% 0.1%
76   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1.3% 2.0% 0.7%
77   Bonaparte's Gull 0.1% 2.0% 1.9%
78   Bank Swallow 1.2% 1.9% 0.7%
79   Red-breasted Merganser 0.2% 1.9% 1.7%
80   Great Crested Flycatcher 49.0% 1.7% 47.3%
81   Indigo Bunting 45.6% 1.7% 43.9%
82   Nashville Warbler 0.0% 1.7% 1.7%
83   Kirtland's Warbler 0% 1.5% 1.5%
84   Wood Thrush 13.0% 1.4% 11.6%
85   Veery 2.8% 1.4% 1.5%
86   Hermit Thrush 0.3% 1.4% 1.0%
87   American Black Duck 0.0% 1.4% 1.3%
88   White-eyed Vireo 34.8% 1.2% 33.6%
89   House Wren 8.5% 1.2% 7.4%
90   Black-capped Chickadee 0% 1.2% 1.2%
91   Tufted Titmouse 65.2% 0.9% 64.3%
92   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 57.5% 0.9% 56.7%
93   Osprey 16.3% 0.9% 15.5%
94   Hooded Warbler 10.5% 0.9% 9.6%
95   Tennessee Warbler 0.1% 0.9% 0.7%
96   Least Flycatcher 0.0% 0.9% 0.8%
97   Peregrine Falcon 0.0% 0.9% 0.8%
98   Carolina Wren 70.8% 0.7% 70.2%
99   Chipping Sparrow 38.3% 0.7% 37.7%
100   Summer Tanager 37.8% 0.7% 37.1%
101   Fish Crow 34.0% 0.7% 33.3%
102   White-breasted Nuthatch 23.1% 0.7% 22.4%
103   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 18.1% 0.7% 17.5%
104   Green Heron 9.8% 0.7% 9.1%
105   Yellow-throated Vireo 7.0% 0.7% 6.3%
106   Palm Warbler 0.7% 0.7% 0.0%
107   Great Blue Heron 45.2% 0.5% 44.7%
108   Turkey Vulture 38.4% 0.5% 37.8%
109   Eastern Phoebe 34.2% 0.5% 33.7%
110   Solitary Sandpiper 7.7% 0.5% 7.2%
111   Least Sandpiper 4.9% 0.5% 4.4%
112   Snowy Egret 0.4% 0.5% 0.1%
113   Black-billed Cuckoo 0.2% 0.5% 0.3%
114   Pied-billed Grebe 0.1% 0.5% 0.4%
115   Brant 0% 0.5% 0.5%
116   Pine Warbler 41.6% 0.3% 41.3%
117   Acadian Flycatcher 25.7% 0.3% 25.4%
118   Belted Kingfisher 12.1% 0.3% 11.7%
119   Olive-sided Flycatcher 0.2% 0.3% 0.2%
120   Common Nighthawk 0.2% 0.3% 0.2%
121   White-crowned Sparrow 0.1% 0.3% 0.2%
122   Cerulean Warbler 0.0% 0.3% 0.3%
123   Mourning Warbler 0.0% 0.3% 0.3%
124   Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 0.0% 0.3% 0.3%
125   Killdeer 19.5% 0.2% 19.3%
126   Brown Thrasher 16.2% 0.2% 16.0%
127   Bald Eagle 10.5% 0.2% 10.3%
128   Red-headed Woodpecker 10.4% 0.2% 10.2%
129   Hairy Woodpecker 8.8% 0.2% 8.6%
130   Field Sparrow 3.0% 0.2% 2.8%
131   Cooper's Hawk 2.7% 0.2% 2.6%
132   Hooded Merganser 1.7% 0.2% 1.5%
133   Worm-eating Warbler 1.0% 0.2% 0.8%
134   American Kestrel 0.6% 0.2% 0.4%
135   Gray-cheeked Thrush 0.5% 0.2% 0.3%
136   Common Raven 0.2% 0.2% 0.0%
137   Common Tern 0.2% 0.2% 0.0%
138   Purple Finch 0.0% 0.2% 0.1%
139   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 0% 0.2% 0.2%
140   Red-necked Grebe 0% 0.2% 0.2%
141   Long-tailed Duck 0% 0.2% 0.2%