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

based on 514 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 33.8% 75.3% 41.5%
2   Mallard 49.2% 70.8% 21.6%
3   House Sparrow 56.9% 61.7% 4.7%
4   Herring Gull 23.3% 58.6% 35.3%
5   Canada Goose 45.1% 57.2% 12.1%
6   Great Black-backed Gull 13.1% 56.2% 43.1%
7   Common Grackle 54.9% 55.1% 0.1%
8   American Robin 73.4% 51.8% 21.6%
9   European Starling 58.5% 44.6% 13.9%
10   Barn Swallow 31.7% 42.4% 10.7%
11   Gadwall 6.8% 36.6% 29.7%
12   Rock Pigeon 35.5% 33.3% 2.2%
13   Ring-billed Gull 14.2% 30.9% 16.7%
14   Gray Catbird 66.1% 27.8% 38.3%
15   Northern Cardinal 59.2% 26.1% 33.1%
16   Blue Jay 49.4% 24.9% 24.5%
17   Chimney Swift 29.8% 23.5% 6.3%
18   Yellow-rumped Warbler 33.8% 22.4% 11.5%
19   Ruddy Duck 3.2% 22.4% 19.1%
20   Bufflehead 1.1% 19.1% 18.0%
21   Great Egret 25.4% 18.3% 7.2%
22   American Redstart 40.5% 18.1% 22.4%
23   Mourning Dove 53.6% 17.9% 35.7%
24   Northern Parula 35.8% 17.9% 17.9%
25   Blackpoll Warbler 21.9% 16.7% 5.2%
26   Baltimore Oriole 44.8% 15.2% 29.6%
27   Warbling Vireo 32.2% 14.6% 17.7%
28   Common Yellowthroat 47.7% 14.4% 33.3%
29   Black-and-white Warbler 39.6% 14.4% 25.2%
30   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 12.0% 13.6% 1.6%
31   White-throated Sparrow 34.4% 11.5% 22.9%
32   Magnolia Warbler 27.6% 11.5% 16.1%
33   Tree Swallow 22.5% 11.1% 11.4%
34   Song Sparrow 35.6% 10.9% 24.7%
35   Black-throated Blue Warbler 28.1% 10.5% 17.6%
36   Spotted Sandpiper 12.4% 10.3% 2.1%
37   Wood Duck 9.3% 9.9% 0.6%
38   Black-throated Green Warbler 20.2% 8.6% 11.7%
39   Red-tailed Hawk 19.8% 8.0% 11.8%
40   Yellow Warbler 42.8% 7.8% 35.0%
41   Black-crowned Night-Heron 11.7% 6.8% 4.9%
42   Ovenbird 32.8% 6.2% 26.6%
43   Bay-breasted Warbler 8.0% 6.2% 1.8%
44   American Coot 0.9% 6.0% 5.2%
45   Red-winged Blackbird 53.5% 5.4% 48.1%
46   Red-eyed Vireo 22.8% 5.4% 17.4%
47   Chestnut-sided Warbler 16.3% 5.4% 10.9%
48   Canada Warbler 11.7% 5.4% 6.3%
49   Wilson's Warbler 8.9% 5.3% 3.6%
50   Downy Woodpecker 28.2% 4.9% 23.4%
51   Cape May Warbler 7.0% 4.7% 2.3%
52   Red-bellied Woodpecker 38.3% 4.5% 33.8%
53   Laughing Gull 16.9% 4.5% 12.5%
54   American Crow 17.7% 4.1% 13.6%
55   Scarlet Tanager 19.0% 3.9% 15.1%
56   Blackburnian Warbler 9.5% 3.7% 5.8%
57   Swainson's Thrush 17.8% 3.1% 14.7%
58   Northern Shoveler 1.0% 3.1% 2.1%
59   Horned Grebe 0.2% 3.1% 2.9%
60   Brown-headed Cowbird 20.9% 2.9% 17.9%
61   Eastern Towhee 19.9% 2.9% 17.0%
62   Eastern Kingbird 16.9% 2.9% 14.0%
63   Blue-headed Vireo 14.3% 2.9% 11.4%
64   House Finch 16.1% 2.7% 13.4%
65   Cliff Swallow 0.8% 2.7% 1.9%
66   Mute Swan 11.6% 2.5% 9.0%
67   Eastern Wood-Pewee 11.2% 2.5% 8.6%
68   Northern Flicker 29.2% 2.3% 26.9%
69   Cedar Waxwing 16.8% 2.3% 14.5%
70   Prairie Warbler 8.5% 2.3% 6.2%
71   Common Loon 2.4% 2.3% 0.1%
72   Bonaparte's Gull 0.6% 2.3% 1.7%
73   Rose-breasted Grosbeak 16.5% 2.1% 14.4%
74   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 13.2% 2.1% 11.1%
75   Bank Swallow 2.5% 2.1% 0.4%
76   Red-breasted Merganser 1.7% 2.1% 0.5%
77   American Goldfinch 28.8% 1.9% 26.8%
78   Northern Mockingbird 26.8% 1.9% 24.9%
79   Indigo Bunting 10.1% 1.9% 8.1%
80   Kirtland's Warbler 0.2% 1.9% 1.8%
81   Northern Waterthrush 23.3% 1.8% 21.6%
82   Great Crested Flycatcher 18.2% 1.8% 16.4%
83   Nashville Warbler 9.0% 1.8% 7.2%
84   Hermit Thrush 11.1% 1.6% 9.6%
85   American Black Duck 5.1% 1.6% 3.5%
86   House Wren 26.8% 1.4% 25.5%
87   White-eyed Vireo 4.3% 1.4% 3.0%
88   Wood Thrush 23.2% 1.2% 22.0%
89   Veery 20.1% 1.2% 19.0%
90   Osprey 16.5% 1.0% 15.5%
91   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 14.5% 1.0% 13.6%
92   Black-capped Chickadee 12.1% 1.0% 11.2%
93   Hooded Warbler 4.0% 1.0% 3.0%
94   Peregrine Falcon 2.7% 1.0% 1.7%
95   Chipping Sparrow 18.4% 0.8% 17.6%
96   Tufted Titmouse 15.6% 0.8% 14.9%
97   Fish Crow 10.9% 0.8% 10.1%
98   White-breasted Nuthatch 10.7% 0.8% 10.0%
99   Green Heron 9.0% 0.8% 8.3%
100   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 6.3% 0.8% 5.5%
101   Least Flycatcher 6.0% 0.8% 5.2%
102   Palm Warbler 5.3% 0.8% 4.5%
103   Yellow-throated Vireo 4.6% 0.8% 3.9%
104   Tennessee Warbler 3.4% 0.8% 2.6%
105   Summer Tanager 1.7% 0.8% 0.9%
106   Carolina Wren 19.9% 0.6% 19.3%
107   Brant 10.8% 0.6% 10.2%
108   Great Blue Heron 9.6% 0.6% 9.0%
109   Least Sandpiper 7.1% 0.6% 6.6%
110   Eastern Phoebe 4.9% 0.6% 4.3%
111   Black-billed Cuckoo 1.6% 0.6% 1.0%
112   Pied-billed Grebe 0.2% 0.6% 0.4%
113   Snowy Egret 10.0% 0.4% 9.6%
114   Turkey Vulture 9.8% 0.4% 9.4%
115   Solitary Sandpiper 5.8% 0.4% 5.4%
116   Belted Kingfisher 4.2% 0.4% 3.8%
117   White-crowned Sparrow 3.7% 0.4% 3.3%
118   Mourning Warbler 1.9% 0.4% 1.5%
119   Pine Warbler 1.7% 0.4% 1.3%
120   Common Nighthawk 1.4% 0.4% 1.0%
121   Olive-sided Flycatcher 1.3% 0.4% 0.9%
122   Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 0.7% 0.4% 0.3%
123   Cerulean Warbler 0.7% 0.4% 0.3%
124   Acadian Flycatcher 0.6% 0.4% 0.2%
125   Killdeer 9.3% 0.2% 9.2%
126   Hairy Woodpecker 8.4% 0.2% 8.2%
127   Brown Thrasher 7.4% 0.2% 7.2%
128   Common Tern 5.8% 0.2% 5.6%
129   Worm-eating Warbler 4.0% 0.2% 3.8%
130   Field Sparrow 3.4% 0.2% 3.2%
131   Gray-cheeked Thrush 3.2% 0.2% 3.0%
132   Common Raven 2.5% 0.2% 2.3%
133   Bald Eagle 2.5% 0.2% 2.3%
134   American Kestrel 2.2% 0.2% 2.0%
135   Cooper's Hawk 2.0% 0.2% 1.8%
136   Purple Finch 1.3% 0.2% 1.1%
137   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1.0% 0.2% 0.8%
138   Red-headed Woodpecker 0.8% 0.2% 0.6%
139   Long-tailed Duck 0.2% 0.2% 0.0%
140   Hooded Merganser 0.2% 0.2% 0.0%
141   Red-necked Grebe 0.0% 0.2% 0.1%