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

based on 5687 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Central Park--The Ramble 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 73.0% 78.7% 5.7%
2   Northern Cardinal 58.1% 77.0% 18.9%
3   Gray Catbird 65.4% 76.8% 11.4%
4   House Sparrow 56.1% 72.8% 16.7%
5   Common Grackle 54.0% 72.8% 18.8%
6   Blue Jay 48.1% 71.1% 23.0%
7   Mourning Dove 52.5% 70.1% 17.6%
8   European Starling 57.9% 68.1% 10.2%
9   Black-and-white Warbler 38.3% 62.6% 24.3%
10   Mallard 48.6% 62.0% 13.4%
11   Common Yellowthroat 46.9% 59.5% 12.6%
12   American Redstart 39.4% 58.8% 19.4%
13   Ovenbird 31.4% 58.3% 26.9%
14   Magnolia Warbler 26.0% 55.7% 29.7%
15   White-throated Sparrow 33.2% 55.1% 21.9%
16   Red-bellied Woodpecker 37.4% 53.5% 16.1%
17   Northern Parula 34.8% 53.3% 18.5%
18   Baltimore Oriole 44.2% 53.0% 8.7%
19   Rock Pigeon 34.6% 52.3% 17.8%
20   Red-winged Blackbird 53.4% 52.2% 1.1%
21   Black-throated Blue Warbler 26.8% 50.7% 24.0%
22   Canada Goose 45.2% 44.2% 0.9%
23   Downy Woodpecker 27.3% 43.1% 15.7%
24   Yellow-rumped Warbler 33.3% 43.0% 9.7%
25   Northern Waterthrush 22.4% 39.4% 17.0%
26   Northern Flicker 28.7% 37.0% 8.4%
27   Warbling Vireo 31.9% 36.2% 4.2%
28   Veery 19.3% 33.9% 14.6%
29   Swainson's Thrush 16.9% 33.4% 16.4%
30   Wood Thrush 22.6% 33.0% 10.4%
31   Double-crested Cormorant 34.2% 31.4% 2.8%
32   Yellow Warbler 43.3% 29.9% 13.4%
33   Blackpoll Warbler 21.5% 29.6% 8.1%
34   Chestnut-sided Warbler 15.6% 29.0% 13.4%
35   Hermit Thrush 10.1% 28.6% 18.4%
36   Chimney Swift 29.9% 27.4% 2.5%
37   Red-eyed Vireo 22.6% 26.4% 3.8%
38   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 12.5% 25.9% 13.4%
39   Canada Warbler 11.0% 25.1% 14.1%
40   Black-throated Green Warbler 19.9% 24.8% 4.9%
41   Scarlet Tanager 18.6% 24.7% 6.1%
42   Blue-headed Vireo 13.7% 24.4% 10.7%
43   Eastern Towhee 19.8% 21.9% 2.1%
44   Rose-breasted Grosbeak 16.2% 21.0% 4.8%
45   Red-tailed Hawk 19.7% 20.7% 1.0%
46   House Finch 15.8% 20.5% 4.7%
47   Great Crested Flycatcher 18.0% 19.8% 1.8%
48   American Goldfinch 29.2% 19.1% 10.0%
49   Cedar Waxwing 16.7% 19.0% 2.3%
50   Wilson's Warbler 8.3% 18.0% 9.7%
51   Black-crowned Night-Heron 11.3% 18.0% 6.7%
52   Great Egret 25.9% 17.0% 8.9%
53   Swamp Sparrow 12.9% 15.4% 2.4%
54   House Wren 27.3% 15.1% 12.2%
55   Song Sparrow 36.7% 14.3% 22.3%
56   Brown-headed Cowbird 21.1% 14.1% 7.1%
57   Nashville Warbler 8.7% 14.0% 5.3%
58   Eastern Kingbird 17.0% 13.9% 3.1%
59   Blackburnian Warbler 9.2% 13.6% 4.4%
60   Indigo Bunting 9.9% 12.8% 2.9%
61   Eastern Wood-Pewee 11.0% 12.5% 1.4%
62   Black-capped Chickadee 12.1% 12.2% 0.1%
63   Prairie Warbler 8.3% 11.9% 3.6%
64   Tufted Titmouse 15.8% 11.5% 4.3%
65   Bay-breasted Warbler 7.8% 10.7% 2.9%
66   Chipping Sparrow 18.7% 10.6% 8.1%
67   Cape May Warbler 6.8% 10.6% 3.7%
68   Blue-winged Warbler 6.5% 10.2% 3.7%
69   American Crow 18.0% 10.1% 7.9%
70   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 14.7% 9.8% 4.9%
71   White-breasted Nuthatch 10.8% 9.1% 1.7%
72   Herring Gull 24.2% 8.3% 15.9%
73   Hooded Warbler 3.8% 8.2% 4.5%
74   Barn Swallow 33.0% 7.4% 25.6%
75   Palm Warbler 5.2% 7.3% 2.1%
76   Least Flycatcher 5.9% 6.9% 1.0%
77   Worm-eating Warbler 3.8% 6.8% 3.0%
78   Gray-cheeked Thrush 3.0% 6.6% 3.6%
79   Yellow-throated Vireo 4.5% 6.6% 2.1%
80   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 6.3% 5.9% 0.5%
81   Carolina Wren 20.6% 5.2% 15.4%
82   Orchard Oriole 10.5% 5.0% 5.5%
83   White-crowned Sparrow 3.6% 4.8% 1.1%
84   Northern Mockingbird 27.9% 4.3% 23.6%
85   Summer Tanager 1.5% 4.1% 2.5%
86   Brown Thrasher 7.5% 4.0% 3.5%
87   Lincoln's Sparrow 2.9% 3.8% 0.9%
88   Louisiana Waterthrush 1.7% 3.7% 2.0%
89   Yellow-billed Cuckoo 3.5% 3.6% 0.1%
90   Tennessee Warbler 3.4% 3.6% 0.3%
91   Green Heron 9.3% 3.5% 5.8%
92   Spotted Sandpiper 12.9% 3.4% 9.5%
93   Olive-sided Flycatcher 1.2% 3.3% 2.2%
94   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 12.5% 3.3% 9.2%
95   Ring-billed Gull 14.9% 3.3% 11.7%
96   Mourning Warbler 1.8% 3.0% 1.2%
97   Gadwall 7.2% 2.9% 4.3%
98   Tree Swallow 23.5% 2.9% 20.6%
99   Red-breasted Nuthatch 2.8% 2.8% 0.0%
100   White-eyed Vireo 4.4% 2.5% 1.9%
101   Hairy Woodpecker 8.6% 2.5% 6.2%
102   Prothonotary Warbler 1.0% 2.5% 1.5%
103   Wood Duck 9.7% 2.4% 7.2%
104   Field Sparrow 3.4% 2.4% 1.1%
105   Black-billed Cuckoo 1.5% 2.3% 0.8%
106   Purple Finch 1.3% 2.0% 0.7%
107   Great Blue Heron 10.0% 2.0% 8.0%
108   American Kestrel 2.2% 1.9% 0.3%
109   Barred Owl 0.3% 1.9% 1.6%
110   Great Black-backed Gull 13.9% 1.8% 12.1%
111   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 4.0% 1.7% 2.3%
112   Eastern Phoebe 5.1% 1.5% 3.5%
113   Great Horned Owl 1.0% 1.5% 0.5%
114   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1.0% 1.5% 0.5%
115   Chuck-will's-widow 0.4% 1.4% 1.0%
116   Pine Warbler 1.7% 1.3% 0.4%
117   Common Nighthawk 1.4% 1.3% 0.1%
118   Northern Shoveler 1.0% 1.3% 0.3%
119   Turkey Vulture 10.2% 1.2% 9.0%
120   Red-headed Woodpecker 0.8% 1.2% 0.4%
121   Kentucky Warbler 0.7% 1.2% 0.4%
122   Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 0.7% 1.1% 0.4%
123   Winter Wren 0.4% 1.0% 0.6%
124   Acadian Flycatcher 0.5% 0.9% 0.4%
125   Belted Kingfisher 4.4% 0.9% 3.4%
126   Cerulean Warbler 0.6% 0.9% 0.3%
127   Peregrine Falcon 2.8% 0.9% 1.9%
128   Osprey 17.2% 0.8% 16.4%
129   Dark-eyed Junco 0.5% 0.8% 0.3%
130   Yellow-breasted Chat 0.4% 0.7% 0.3%
131   Fish Crow 11.4% 0.7% 10.7%
132   Mute Swan 12.1% 0.7% 11.4%
133   Yellow-throated Warbler 0.3% 0.7% 0.4%
134   Brewster's Warbler (hybrid) 0.1% 0.7% 0.6%
135   Solitary Sandpiper 6.1% 0.6% 5.4%
136   Savannah Sparrow 5.7% 0.6% 5.1%
137   Blue Grosbeak 0.8% 0.6% 0.2%
138   American Bittern 0.3% 0.6% 0.3%
139   Rusty Blackbird 0.5% 0.5% 0.1%
140   Orange-crowned Warbler 0.2% 0.5% 0.3%
141   Evening Grosbeak 0.3% 0.5% 0.2%
142   American Woodcock 0.5% 0.5% 0.0%
143   Philadelphia Vireo 0.1% 0.4% 0.3%
144   Snowy Egret 10.4% 0.4% 10.1%
145   Pine Siskin 0.4% 0.4% 0.0%
146   Brown Creeper 0.2% 0.4% 0.2%
147   Cooper's Hawk 2.1% 0.4% 1.7%
148   Willow Flycatcher 5.7% 0.3% 5.4%
149   Ruddy Duck 3.5% 0.3% 3.1%
150   Bicknell's Thrush 0.4% 0.3% 0.0%
151   Laughing Gull 17.7% 0.3% 17.4%
152   Common Loon 2.6% 0.3% 2.2%
153   Bobolink 1.2% 0.3% 0.9%
154   Swainson's Warbler 0.1% 0.3% 0.2%
155   American Black Duck 5.3% 0.3% 5.0%
156   Alder Flycatcher 0.6% 0.3% 0.3%
157   Marsh Wren 4.9% 0.2% 4.6%
158   Common Raven 2.6% 0.2% 2.4%
159   Bufflehead 1.2% 0.2% 1.0%
160   Merlin 1.0% 0.2% 0.8%
161   Eastern Whip-poor-will 0.2% 0.2% 0.0%
162   Bald Eagle 2.6% 0.2% 2.5%
163   Broad-winged Hawk 1.2% 0.2% 1.0%
164   Common Gallinule 0.2% 0.2% 0.0%
165   Fox Sparrow 0.0% 0.2% 0.1%
166   Eastern Screech-Owl 0.2% 0.1% 0.1%
167   Golden-winged Warbler 0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
168   Brant 11.3% 0.1% 11.2%
169   Bank Swallow 2.6% 0.1% 2.5%
170   American Coot 0.9% 0.1% 0.8%
171   Golden-crowned Kinglet 0.1% 0.1% 0.1%
172   Black Vulture 2.3% 0.1% 2.2%
173   Kirtland's Warbler 0.2% 0.1% 0.1%
174   Sora 0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
175   Sharp-shinned Hawk 0.8% 0.1% 0.8%
176   Cliff Swallow 0.8% 0.1% 0.8%
177   Grasshopper Sparrow 0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
178   Killdeer 9.8% 0.1% 9.7%
179   Purple Martin 1.5% 0.1% 1.4%
180   Clay-colored Sparrow 0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
181   Greater Yellowlegs 6.2% 0.0% 6.2%
182   Eastern Bluebird 1.3% 0.0% 1.2%
183   Mississippi Kite 0.1% 0.0% 0.1%
184   Least Sandpiper 7.5% 0.0% 7.5%
185   Red-breasted Merganser 1.8% 0.0% 1.7%
186   Red-throated Loon 1.1% 0.0% 1.1%
187   Bonaparte's Gull 0.6% 0.0% 0.6%
188   Common Merganser 0.5% 0.0% 0.4%
189   European Goldfinch 0.4% 0.0% 0.4%
190   Pied-billed Grebe 0.2% 0.0% 0.1%
191   Muscovy Duck 0.1% 0.0% 0.0%
192   Vesper Sparrow 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
193   Budgerigar 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
194   Hermit Warbler 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%