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

based on 405 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Central Park--Reservoir in October. 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   Mallard 38.4% 74.3% 35.9%
2   Ruddy Duck 7.8% 64.7% 56.9%
3   Great Black-backed Gull 18.7% 62.5% 43.8%
4   Herring Gull 32.6% 55.6% 23.0%
5   Double-crested Cormorant 31.8% 54.3% 22.5%
6   Ring-billed Gull 30.3% 54.1% 23.8%
7   Northern Shoveler 8.5% 49.9% 41.4%
8   Gadwall 7.8% 38.5% 30.7%
9   Blue Jay 56.4% 35.3% 21.0%
10   House Sparrow 46.9% 34.1% 12.8%
11   American Robin 57.7% 29.1% 28.6%
12   Canada Goose 40.9% 28.4% 12.5%
13   American Coot 4.1% 25.7% 21.6%
14   White-throated Sparrow 57.9% 24.0% 34.0%
15   Rock Pigeon 35.6% 22.7% 12.9%
16   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 45.8% 18.8% 27.0%
17   Bufflehead 1.5% 18.0% 16.5%
18   European Starling 46.8% 17.3% 29.5%
19   Hooded Merganser 1.0% 16.0% 15.0%
20   Pied-billed Grebe 3.9% 14.6% 10.7%
21   Red-tailed Hawk 22.6% 11.4% 11.2%
22   Mourning Dove 46.0% 11.1% 34.9%
23   Tufted Titmouse 19.0% 10.6% 8.4%
24   Song Sparrow 55.5% 10.4% 45.1%
25   Common Grackle 21.2% 10.4% 10.8%
26   Golden-crowned Kinglet 29.0% 9.9% 19.1%
27   Yellow-rumped Warbler 50.7% 8.6% 42.1%
28   Red-bellied Woodpecker 35.2% 8.4% 26.8%
29   Dark-eyed Junco 26.1% 8.1% 17.9%
30   Hermit Thrush 23.7% 7.9% 15.8%
31   Wood Duck 9.9% 7.9% 2.0%
32   Northern Cardinal 44.7% 7.4% 37.3%
33   Laughing Gull 13.8% 6.9% 6.9%
34   American Crow 23.5% 6.4% 17.1%
35   Black-capped Chickadee 18.4% 5.4% 13.0%
36   Gray Catbird 38.7% 5.2% 33.5%
37   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 22.8% 4.7% 18.1%
38   American Black Duck 13.4% 4.7% 8.7%
39   Northern Flicker 38.8% 4.4% 34.3%
40   White-breasted Nuthatch 20.3% 4.4% 15.9%
41   Downy Woodpecker 29.7% 4.0% 25.8%
42   Palm Warbler 31.2% 3.7% 27.4%
43   Common Loon 2.3% 3.5% 1.2%
44   Northern Mockingbird 36.5% 3.2% 33.3%
45   Lesser Scaup 0.4% 3.2% 2.8%
46   Common Yellowthroat 26.4% 3.0% 23.5%
47   Cooper's Hawk 14.6% 3.0% 11.7%
48   Green-winged Teal 6.0% 3.0% 3.0%
49   Northern Parula 11.1% 2.7% 8.3%
50   Peregrine Falcon 7.9% 2.7% 5.2%
51   Horned Grebe 0.3% 2.7% 2.4%
52   Eastern Phoebe 36.6% 2.5% 34.2%
53   American Goldfinch 23.9% 2.5% 21.5%
54   Black-throated Blue Warbler 12.1% 2.2% 9.9%
55   Eastern Towhee 21.1% 2.0% 19.1%
56   Chipping Sparrow 20.9% 2.0% 18.9%
57   Brown Creeper 10.7% 2.0% 8.7%
58   Blackpoll Warbler 10.3% 1.7% 8.5%
59   American Wigeon 3.0% 1.7% 1.3%
60   Swamp Sparrow 33.0% 1.5% 31.5%
61   American Kestrel 13.0% 1.5% 11.5%
62   Winter Wren 10.0% 1.5% 8.5%
63   Chimney Swift 8.5% 1.5% 7.1%
64   Brown-headed Cowbird 5.8% 1.5% 4.3%
65   Ring-necked Duck 0.5% 1.5% 0.9%
66   House Finch 18.1% 1.2% 16.8%
67   Blue-headed Vireo 11.2% 1.2% 10.0%
68   Turkey Vulture 9.7% 1.2% 8.4%
69   Carolina Wren 22.4% 1.0% 21.4%
70   White-crowned Sparrow 11.3% 1.0% 10.3%
71   Cedar Waxwing 10.2% 1.0% 9.2%
72   Magnolia Warbler 7.7% 1.0% 6.7%
73   Swainson's Thrush 7.5% 1.0% 6.5%
74   Ovenbird 5.4% 1.0% 4.5%
75   Red-winged Blackbird 15.9% 0.7% 15.1%
76   Red-breasted Nuthatch 8.0% 0.7% 7.2%
77   American Redstart 7.9% 0.7% 7.2%
78   Pine Warbler 6.6% 0.7% 5.9%
79   Black-throated Green Warbler 5.7% 0.7% 4.9%
80   Great Blue Heron 22.0% 0.5% 21.5%
81   Osprey 12.6% 0.5% 12.1%
82   Field Sparrow 11.6% 0.5% 11.1%
83   Sharp-shinned Hawk 10.0% 0.5% 9.5%
84   Brant 9.6% 0.5% 9.1%
85   Black-and-white Warbler 9.5% 0.5% 9.0%
86   House Wren 9.3% 0.5% 8.8%
87   Tennessee Warbler 2.5% 0.5% 2.0%
88   Great Egret 14.3% 0.2% 14.1%
89   Mute Swan 10.9% 0.2% 10.6%
90   Merlin 7.5% 0.2% 7.2%
91   Purple Finch 7.0% 0.2% 6.7%
92   Lincoln's Sparrow 6.8% 0.2% 6.6%
93   Common Raven 5.8% 0.2% 5.6%
94   Tree Swallow 5.7% 0.2% 5.5%
95   Eastern Wood-Pewee 4.4% 0.2% 4.2%
96   Cape May Warbler 2.7% 0.2% 2.5%
97   Fish Crow 2.6% 0.2% 2.4%
98   Northern Waterthrush 2.5% 0.2% 2.2%
99   Red-shouldered Hawk 2.0% 0.2% 1.7%
100   Eastern Bluebird 1.9% 0.2% 1.7%
101   Northern Pintail 1.7% 0.2% 1.4%
102   Yellow Warbler 1.2% 0.2% 0.9%
103   Baltimore Oriole 1.2% 0.2% 0.9%
104   Spotted Sandpiper 0.9% 0.2% 0.6%
105   Chestnut-sided Warbler 0.8% 0.2% 0.5%
106   Lesser Black-backed Gull 0.7% 0.2% 0.5%
107   Broad-winged Hawk 0.7% 0.2% 0.5%
108   Eurasian Eagle-Owl 0.1% 0.2% 0.1%