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

based on 1147 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Forest Park 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 73.2% 78.2% 5.0%
2   Northern Cardinal 58.9% 75.2% 16.3%
3   Gray Catbird 65.8% 75.1% 9.2%
4   Northern Parula 35.3% 73.8% 38.4%
5   Black-and-white Warbler 39.2% 73.0% 33.8%
6   Ovenbird 32.3% 70.2% 37.9%
7   Red-bellied Woodpecker 37.9% 68.3% 30.4%
8   Blue Jay 49.1% 68.2% 19.1%
9   Baltimore Oriole 44.4% 66.7% 22.3%
10   Black-throated Blue Warbler 27.6% 65.1% 37.5%
11   Yellow-rumped Warbler 33.5% 64.8% 31.3%
12   American Redstart 40.2% 63.2% 23.0%
13   House Sparrow 56.9% 62.6% 5.7%
14   Common Yellowthroat 47.4% 62.5% 15.1%
15   Mourning Dove 53.4% 57.8% 4.4%
16   Wood Thrush 22.8% 56.2% 33.5%
17   Black-throated Green Warbler 19.8% 54.9% 35.1%
18   Magnolia Warbler 27.2% 52.9% 25.7%
19   Northern Waterthrush 22.9% 52.0% 29.0%
20   Downy Woodpecker 27.9% 50.1% 22.2%
21   Red-eyed Vireo 22.5% 48.9% 26.4%
22   White-throated Sparrow 34.1% 48.6% 14.5%
23   Scarlet Tanager 18.6% 46.8% 28.2%
24   Blackpoll Warbler 21.6% 46.5% 24.8%
25   White-breasted Nuthatch 10.3% 46.0% 35.7%
26   Veery 19.8% 43.8% 24.0%
27   House Wren 26.6% 41.2% 14.6%
28   European Starling 58.6% 40.1% 18.5%
29   Tufted Titmouse 15.3% 38.7% 23.4%
30   Yellow Warbler 42.7% 37.9% 4.8%
31   Chestnut-sided Warbler 16.0% 37.8% 21.7%
32   Northern Flicker 29.0% 34.9% 5.8%
33   Swainson's Thrush 17.6% 34.7% 17.1%
34   Rose-breasted Grosbeak 16.3% 34.0% 17.7%
35   Great Crested Flycatcher 17.9% 33.0% 15.1%
36   Brown-headed Cowbird 20.7% 33.0% 12.3%
37   Common Grackle 55.1% 31.9% 23.2%
38   Swamp Sparrow 12.9% 31.5% 18.6%
39   Nashville Warbler 8.7% 31.2% 22.5%
40   Eastern Towhee 19.7% 30.9% 11.1%
41   Black-capped Chickadee 11.9% 30.1% 18.2%
42   Carolina Wren 19.7% 29.9% 10.2%
43   Hairy Woodpecker 8.1% 29.7% 21.6%
44   Rock Pigeon 35.5% 28.6% 6.9%
45   Blue-headed Vireo 14.1% 28.5% 14.4%
46   Blackburnian Warbler 9.3% 27.5% 18.2%
47   Canada Warbler 11.5% 27.1% 15.6%
48   American Goldfinch 28.7% 26.1% 2.6%
49   Red-winged Blackbird 53.6% 25.5% 28.2%
50   Red-tailed Hawk 19.7% 24.3% 4.6%
51   Chimney Swift 29.9% 24.1% 5.7%
52   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 13.1% 20.1% 6.9%
53   Wilson's Warbler 8.7% 19.8% 11.1%
54   Hermit Thrush 11.0% 19.4% 8.5%
55   Bay-breasted Warbler 7.9% 19.1% 11.2%
56   Eastern Wood-Pewee 11.0% 19.0% 8.0%
57   Cape May Warbler 6.9% 17.9% 11.0%
58   Prairie Warbler 8.4% 17.5% 9.1%
59   Worm-eating Warbler 3.8% 16.8% 13.0%
60   Warbling Vireo 32.3% 16.4% 15.9%
61   Cedar Waxwing 16.8% 15.5% 1.3%
62   Blue-winged Warbler 6.6% 15.3% 8.8%
63   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 14.5% 14.9% 0.4%
64   Tennessee Warbler 3.3% 14.6% 11.4%
65   Chipping Sparrow 18.3% 14.6% 3.8%
66   American Crow 17.7% 13.2% 4.5%
67   Indigo Bunting 10.0% 12.1% 2.1%
68   Hooded Warbler 3.9% 10.5% 6.5%
69   Gray-cheeked Thrush 3.1% 10.2% 7.1%
70   Palm Warbler 5.2% 9.7% 4.4%
71   Song Sparrow 35.8% 8.4% 27.4%
72   Eastern Kingbird 16.9% 8.4% 8.6%
73   Yellow-throated Vireo 4.6% 8.4% 3.8%
74   Northern Mockingbird 26.9% 7.5% 19.4%
75   Laughing Gull 17.0% 7.0% 10.0%
76   Summer Tanager 1.6% 6.9% 5.3%
77   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 6.3% 6.5% 0.2%
78   White-eyed Vireo 4.3% 6.0% 1.7%
79   Least Flycatcher 5.9% 5.9% 0.0%
80   Mallard 49.7% 5.7% 44.1%
81   Lincoln's Sparrow 2.9% 3.7% 0.8%
82   Turkey Vulture 9.8% 3.7% 6.2%
83   Brown Thrasher 7.4% 3.7% 3.7%
84   Mourning Warbler 1.9% 3.6% 1.7%
85   Orchard Oriole 10.3% 3.4% 6.9%
86   Double-crested Cormorant 34.3% 3.3% 31.0%
87   Red-breasted Nuthatch 2.8% 3.3% 0.5%
88   Yellow-billed Cuckoo 3.5% 3.1% 0.4%
89   Pine Warbler 1.7% 3.0% 1.3%
90   Kentucky Warbler 0.7% 2.7% 2.0%
91   House Finch 16.2% 2.6% 13.5%
92   Great Horned Owl 1.0% 2.6% 1.6%
93   Barn Swallow 32.0% 2.4% 29.7%
94   Rusty Blackbird 0.4% 2.3% 1.8%
95   Herring Gull 23.7% 2.2% 21.5%
96   Ring-billed Gull 14.4% 2.2% 12.3%
97   Solitary Sandpiper 5.8% 2.2% 3.6%
98   Osprey 16.6% 2.1% 14.5%
99   Canada Goose 45.5% 2.0% 43.5%
100   Green Heron 9.1% 2.0% 7.1%
101   Olive-sided Flycatcher 1.3% 1.9% 0.6%
102   Tree Swallow 22.6% 1.8% 20.8%
103   Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 0.7% 1.7% 1.0%
104   Common Raven 2.5% 1.6% 1.0%
105   American Kestrel 2.2% 1.6% 0.6%
106   Orange-crowned Warbler 0.2% 1.5% 1.3%
107   Louisiana Waterthrush 1.8% 1.4% 0.4%
108   Acadian Flycatcher 0.5% 1.4% 0.9%
109   Fish Crow 11.0% 1.3% 9.6%
110   Belted Kingfisher 4.2% 1.3% 2.9%
111   Pileated Woodpecker 2.5% 1.3% 1.2%
112   Willow Flycatcher 5.5% 1.2% 4.3%
113   Black-billed Cuckoo 1.6% 1.1% 0.4%
114   Great Blue Heron 9.7% 1.0% 8.6%
115   Cerulean Warbler 0.7% 1.0% 0.4%
116   Red-headed Woodpecker 0.8% 1.0% 0.2%
117   White-crowned Sparrow 3.7% 0.9% 2.8%
118   Cooper's Hawk 2.0% 0.9% 1.1%
119   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1.0% 0.9% 0.1%
120   Winter Wren 0.4% 0.9% 0.5%
121   Great Egret 25.7% 0.8% 24.9%
122   Purple Finch 1.3% 0.8% 0.5%
123   Eastern Phoebe 4.9% 0.7% 4.2%
124   Common Loon 2.5% 0.7% 1.8%
125   Common Nighthawk 1.4% 0.6% 0.8%
126   Pine Siskin 0.4% 0.6% 0.2%
127   Bicknell's Thrush 0.4% 0.6% 0.2%
128   Brant 10.9% 0.5% 10.3%
129   Field Sparrow 3.4% 0.5% 2.9%
130   Broad-winged Hawk 1.1% 0.5% 0.6%
131   Prothonotary Warbler 1.1% 0.4% 0.6%
132   Blue Grosbeak 0.8% 0.4% 0.4%
133   Yellow-throated Warbler 0.3% 0.4% 0.1%
134   Eastern Screech-Owl 0.2% 0.4% 0.2%
135   Golden-winged Warbler 0.1% 0.4% 0.3%
136   Forster's Tern 8.0% 0.3% 7.6%
137   Dark-eyed Junco 0.5% 0.3% 0.2%
138   Great Black-backed Gull 13.4% 0.3% 13.2%
139   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 12.2% 0.3% 11.9%
140   Black-crowned Night-Heron 11.8% 0.3% 11.5%
141   Wood Duck 9.4% 0.3% 9.1%
142   Brown Creeper 0.2% 0.3% 0.1%
143   Spotted Sandpiper 12.5% 0.2% 12.3%
144   Snowy Egret 10.0% 0.2% 9.9%
145   Willet 5.9% 0.2% 5.7%
146   Savannah Sparrow 5.5% 0.2% 5.4%
147   Peregrine Falcon 2.7% 0.2% 2.5%
148   Red-breasted Merganser 1.7% 0.2% 1.5%
149   Merlin 0.9% 0.2% 0.7%
150   Yellow-breasted Chat 0.4% 0.2% 0.2%
151   Caspian Tern 0.2% 0.2% 0.0%
152   MacGillivray's Warbler 0% 0.2% 0.2%
153   Mute Swan 11.6% 0.1% 11.5%
154   American Oystercatcher 8.0% 0.1% 7.9%
155   Least Sandpiper 7.2% 0.1% 7.1%
156   Gadwall 7.0% 0.1% 7.0%
157   Greater Yellowlegs 5.9% 0.1% 5.9%
158   American Black Duck 5.1% 0.1% 5.0%
159   Glossy Ibis 4.3% 0.1% 4.2%
160   Least Tern 4.0% 0.1% 3.9%
161   Ruddy Duck 3.4% 0.1% 3.3%
162   Lesser Yellowlegs 2.8% 0.1% 2.7%
163   Little Blue Heron 1.2% 0.1% 1.2%
164   Bufflehead 1.2% 0.1% 1.1%
165   Northern Shoveler 1.0% 0.1% 0.9%
166   Sharp-shinned Hawk 0.8% 0.1% 0.7%
167   Cliff Swallow 0.8% 0.1% 0.7%
168   Greater Scaup 0.4% 0.1% 0.3%
169   European Goldfinch 0.4% 0.1% 0.3%
170   American Bittern 0.3% 0.1% 0.2%
171   Mississippi Kite 0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
172   Philadelphia Vireo 0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
173   Lawrence's Warbler (hybrid) 0.0% 0.1% 0.0%
174   Sedge Wren 0.0% 0.1% 0.1%