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

based on 183 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at McCarren 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 73.3% 74.9% 1.6%
2   House Sparrow 56.9% 72.7% 15.7%
3   European Starling 58.4% 68.3% 9.9%
4   Rock Pigeon 35.4% 56.3% 20.9%
5   Gray Catbird 65.9% 55.7% 10.2%
6   Black-and-white Warbler 39.5% 55.2% 15.7%
7   Mourning Dove 53.4% 53.0% 0.4%
8   Northern Parula 35.7% 47.0% 11.3%
9   Ovenbird 32.7% 46.4% 13.8%
10   Red-tailed Hawk 19.7% 42.1% 22.3%
11   White-throated Sparrow 34.3% 40.4% 6.2%
12   American Redstart 40.4% 35.0% 5.4%
13   Chimney Swift 29.8% 33.3% 3.5%
14   Scarlet Tanager 18.9% 32.2% 13.4%
15   Black-throated Blue Warbler 28.0% 31.1% 3.2%
16   Baltimore Oriole 44.7% 29.0% 15.7%
17   Yellow-rumped Warbler 33.8% 29.0% 4.8%
18   Common Yellowthroat 47.6% 28.4% 19.1%
19   House Finch 16.0% 28.4% 12.4%
20   Blackpoll Warbler 21.9% 23.0% 1.1%
21   Northern Cardinal 59.1% 22.4% 36.7%
22   Yellow Warbler 42.7% 20.8% 21.9%
23   Rose-breasted Grosbeak 16.5% 20.8% 4.3%
24   Blue-headed Vireo 14.2% 20.8% 6.5%
25   Magnolia Warbler 27.5% 18.6% 8.9%
26   Chipping Sparrow 18.3% 18.6% 0.3%
27   Laughing Gull 16.9% 18.6% 1.7%
28   Eastern Towhee 19.9% 16.9% 2.9%
29   Blackburnian Warbler 9.4% 16.9% 7.5%
30   Wood Thrush 23.1% 16.4% 6.7%
31   Cape May Warbler 7.0% 15.3% 8.3%
32   Blue Jay 49.3% 14.8% 34.6%
33   Red-eyed Vireo 22.8% 14.8% 8.0%
34   Red-bellied Woodpecker 38.2% 13.7% 24.5%
35   Veery 20.1% 13.1% 6.9%
36   Downy Woodpecker 28.2% 12.0% 16.1%
37   Black-throated Green Warbler 20.2% 12.0% 8.2%
38   Chestnut-sided Warbler 16.3% 12.0% 4.3%
39   Bay-breasted Warbler 8.0% 10.9% 3.0%
40   Great Crested Flycatcher 18.1% 9.8% 8.3%
41   Swainson's Thrush 17.8% 9.8% 7.9%
42   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 13.2% 9.3% 3.9%
43   Northern Mockingbird 26.8% 8.7% 18.0%
44   Common Grackle 55.0% 7.7% 47.3%
45   Eastern Wood-Pewee 11.1% 7.7% 3.5%
46   Nashville Warbler 8.9% 7.7% 1.3%
47   Least Flycatcher 5.9% 7.1% 1.2%
48   Hermit Thrush 11.1% 6.6% 4.5%
49   American Goldfinch 28.7% 6.0% 22.7%
50   American Crow 17.7% 6.0% 11.7%
51   House Wren 26.8% 5.5% 21.3%
52   Herring Gull 23.5% 5.5% 18.0%
53   Wilson's Warbler 8.8% 5.5% 3.4%
54   Lincoln's Sparrow 2.9% 5.5% 2.5%
55   Warbling Vireo 32.2% 4.9% 27.3%
56   Northern Waterthrush 23.2% 4.9% 18.3%
57   Cedar Waxwing 16.8% 4.9% 11.9%
58   Canada Goose 45.2% 4.4% 40.8%
59   Ring-billed Gull 14.3% 4.4% 10.0%
60   Double-crested Cormorant 34.1% 3.8% 30.2%
61   Black-capped Chickadee 12.1% 3.8% 8.3%
62   Red-winged Blackbird 53.4% 3.3% 50.1%
63   Orchard Oriole 10.2% 3.3% 6.9%
64   Prairie Warbler 8.5% 3.3% 5.2%
65   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 14.5% 2.7% 11.8%
66   Brown Thrasher 7.3% 2.7% 4.6%
67   Yellow-throated Vireo 4.6% 2.7% 1.9%
68   American Kestrel 2.2% 2.7% 0.5%
69   Barn Swallow 31.8% 2.2% 29.6%
70   Canada Warbler 11.7% 2.2% 9.5%
71   Indigo Bunting 10.0% 2.2% 7.8%
72   Tennessee Warbler 3.4% 1.6% 1.7%
73   Summer Tanager 1.7% 1.6% 0.0%
74   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1.0% 1.6% 0.7%
75   Song Sparrow 35.6% 1.1% 34.5%
76   Osprey 16.4% 1.1% 15.4%
77   Swamp Sparrow 13.1% 1.1% 12.0%
78   Great Blue Heron 9.6% 1.1% 8.5%
79   Hooded Warbler 4.0% 1.1% 2.9%
80   Acadian Flycatcher 0.6% 1.1% 0.5%
81   Northern Flicker 29.1% 0.5% 28.6%
82   Great Egret 25.4% 0.5% 24.9%
83   Eastern Kingbird 16.9% 0.5% 16.3%
84   Fish Crow 10.9% 0.5% 10.3%
85   White-breasted Nuthatch 10.7% 0.5% 10.2%
86   Killdeer 9.3% 0.5% 8.8%
87   Green Heron 9.0% 0.5% 8.5%
88   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 6.3% 0.5% 5.8%
89   Savannah Sparrow 5.5% 0.5% 5.0%
90   Willow Flycatcher 5.4% 0.5% 4.9%
91   Palm Warbler 5.3% 0.5% 4.8%
92   Marsh Wren 4.6% 0.5% 4.1%
93   Worm-eating Warbler 3.9% 0.5% 3.4%
94   White-crowned Sparrow 3.7% 0.5% 3.1%
95   Red-breasted Nuthatch 2.8% 0.5% 2.2%
96   Lesser Yellowlegs 2.7% 0.5% 2.2%
97   Peregrine Falcon 2.7% 0.5% 2.1%
98   Common Loon 2.5% 0.5% 1.9%
99   Cooper's Hawk 2.0% 0.5% 1.4%
100   Red-throated Loon 1.1% 0.5% 0.5%
101   Merlin 0.9% 0.5% 0.4%