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

based on 137 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Central Park--Reservoir in August. 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 41.2% 81.0% 39.8%
2   Mallard 40.7% 73.7% 33.0%
3   Herring Gull 39.4% 68.6% 29.2%
4   Great Black-backed Gull 26.9% 67.2% 40.3%
5   House Sparrow 50.0% 56.2% 6.2%
6   Ring-billed Gull 31.7% 50.4% 18.6%
7   American Robin 57.3% 47.4% 9.8%
8   European Starling 51.2% 43.1% 8.1%
9   Rock Pigeon 35.4% 39.4% 4.0%
10   Blue Jay 35.3% 38.0% 2.6%
11   Canada Goose 40.8% 35.0% 5.8%
12   Gray Catbird 54.8% 23.4% 31.4%
13   Northern Cardinal 47.8% 22.6% 25.2%
14   Gadwall 3.8% 22.6% 18.8%
15   Barn Swallow 39.9% 18.2% 21.7%
16   Mourning Dove 53.8% 17.5% 36.3%
17   Laughing Gull 32.1% 12.4% 19.7%
18   Common Grackle 28.3% 12.4% 15.9%
19   Great Egret 34.6% 11.7% 22.9%
20   Northern Mockingbird 36.1% 10.2% 25.9%
21   Chimney Swift 23.9% 10.2% 13.7%
22   American Black Duck 10.1% 8.0% 2.0%
23   Great Blue Heron 30.7% 6.6% 24.1%
24   Downy Woodpecker 25.3% 6.6% 18.7%
25   Red-tailed Hawk 11.4% 5.8% 5.6%
26   Northern Flicker 26.0% 5.1% 20.9%
27   American Redstart 22.0% 5.1% 16.9%
28   Spotted Sandpiper 17.0% 4.4% 12.7%
29   Eastern Kingbird 16.8% 4.4% 12.4%
30   Green-winged Teal 1.7% 4.4% 2.6%
31   American Goldfinch 37.7% 3.6% 34.1%
32   Osprey 30.8% 3.6% 27.1%
33   Red-bellied Woodpecker 19.4% 3.6% 15.7%
34   Wood Duck 9.3% 3.6% 5.7%
35   Peregrine Falcon 7.6% 3.6% 4.0%
36   Pied-billed Grebe 1.0% 3.6% 2.7%
37   Cedar Waxwing 16.9% 2.9% 13.9%
38   Song Sparrow 35.1% 2.2% 32.9%
39   Yellow Warbler 20.3% 2.2% 18.1%
40   Common Yellowthroat 15.2% 2.2% 13.0%
41   Northern Shoveler 1.3% 2.2% 0.8%
42   Northern Waterthrush 15.5% 1.5% 14.0%
43   Baltimore Oriole 15.2% 1.5% 13.7%
44   House Finch 15.0% 1.5% 13.5%
45   American Crow 14.5% 1.5% 13.0%
46   Black-capped Chickadee 11.3% 1.5% 9.8%
47   Great Crested Flycatcher 7.0% 1.5% 5.6%
48   Common Nighthawk 1.3% 1.5% 0.2%
49   Carolina Wren 24.8% 0.7% 24.1%
50   Snowy Egret 22.6% 0.7% 21.9%
51   Black-and-white Warbler 14.3% 0.7% 13.6%
52   Green Heron 11.9% 0.7% 11.2%
53   House Wren 11.4% 0.7% 10.7%
54   Warbling Vireo 10.0% 0.7% 9.3%
55   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 9.1% 0.7% 8.4%
56   Fish Crow 9.0% 0.7% 8.3%
57   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 9.0% 0.7% 8.3%
58   Eastern Towhee 7.1% 0.7% 6.3%
59   Turkey Vulture 5.4% 0.7% 4.6%
60   Common Raven 2.8% 0.7% 2.1%
61   White-eyed Vireo 2.2% 0.7% 1.5%
62   White-throated Sparrow 0.8% 0.7% 0.1%
63   Bay-breasted Warbler 0.1% 0.7% 0.6%