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Top Birds at Central Park--The Lake (Lower Lobe aka Wagner Cove) in May
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA

based on 36 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Central Park--The Lake (Lower Lobe aka Wagner Cove) 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% 52.8% 20.5%
2   Canada Goose 45.1% 52.8% 7.7%
3   House Sparrow 57.0% 47.2% 9.7%
4   Red-winged Blackbird 53.3% 47.2% 6.1%
5   Common Yellowthroat 47.5% 47.2% 0.3%
6   European Starling 58.4% 41.7% 16.8%
7   Gray Catbird 65.9% 38.9% 27.1%
8   Mallard 49.3% 38.9% 10.4%
9   Northern Parula 35.7% 38.9% 3.2%
10   Blue Jay 49.3% 36.1% 13.2%
11   White-throated Sparrow 34.3% 36.1% 1.8%
12   Warbling Vireo 32.2% 36.1% 4.0%
13   Rock Pigeon 35.5% 30.6% 4.9%
14   Northern Cardinal 59.0% 27.8% 31.2%
15   Baltimore Oriole 44.7% 25.0% 19.7%
16   Black-and-white Warbler 39.5% 25.0% 14.5%
17   Song Sparrow 35.5% 25.0% 10.5%
18   Mourning Dove 53.4% 22.2% 31.2%
19   Double-crested Cormorant 34.0% 22.2% 11.8%
20   Yellow-rumped Warbler 33.8% 22.2% 11.6%
21   Yellow Warbler 42.6% 19.4% 23.2%
22   American Redstart 40.4% 19.4% 21.0%
23   Red-bellied Woodpecker 38.2% 16.7% 21.5%
24   Ovenbird 32.7% 16.7% 16.0%
25   Blackpoll Warbler 21.9% 16.7% 5.2%
26   Swamp Sparrow 13.1% 16.7% 3.6%
27   Magnolia Warbler 27.5% 13.9% 13.6%
28   Black-crowned Night-Heron 11.7% 13.9% 2.2%
29   Hermit Thrush 11.1% 13.9% 2.8%
30   Common Grackle 54.9% 11.1% 43.8%
31   Northern Flicker 29.1% 11.1% 18.0%
32   Downy Woodpecker 28.1% 11.1% 17.0%
33   Northern Waterthrush 23.2% 11.1% 12.1%
34   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 13.2% 11.1% 2.1%
35   Black-throated Blue Warbler 28.0% 8.3% 19.7%
36   Great Egret 25.4% 8.3% 17.1%
37   Black-throated Green Warbler 20.2% 8.3% 11.9%
38   Veery 20.1% 8.3% 11.7%
39   Swainson's Thrush 17.8% 8.3% 9.4%
40   Indigo Bunting 10.0% 8.3% 1.7%
41   Cerulean Warbler 0.7% 8.3% 7.7%
42   Chimney Swift 29.8% 5.6% 24.3%
43   Wood Thrush 23.1% 5.6% 17.6%
44   Eastern Towhee 19.9% 5.6% 14.3%
45   American Crow 17.6% 5.6% 12.1%
46   Cedar Waxwing 16.8% 5.6% 11.2%
47   Chestnut-sided Warbler 16.3% 5.6% 10.7%
48   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 14.5% 5.6% 8.9%
49   Wood Duck 9.3% 5.6% 3.8%
50   Cape May Warbler 7.0% 5.6% 1.4%
51   Palm Warbler 5.3% 5.6% 0.3%
52   American Kestrel 2.2% 5.6% 3.4%
53   Barn Swallow 31.7% 2.8% 28.9%
54   American Goldfinch 28.7% 2.8% 25.9%
55   House Wren 26.7% 2.8% 24.0%
56   Herring Gull 23.4% 2.8% 20.7%
57   Red-eyed Vireo 22.8% 2.8% 20.0%
58   Scarlet Tanager 18.9% 2.8% 16.1%
59   Chipping Sparrow 18.3% 2.8% 15.5%
60   Great Crested Flycatcher 18.1% 2.8% 15.3%
61   Eastern Kingbird 16.8% 2.8% 14.1%
62   Osprey 16.4% 2.8% 13.7%
63   Black-capped Chickadee 12.1% 2.8% 9.3%
64   Canada Warbler 11.7% 2.8% 8.9%
65   Eastern Wood-Pewee 11.1% 2.8% 8.3%
66   White-breasted Nuthatch 10.7% 2.8% 7.9%
67   Snowy Egret 9.9% 2.8% 7.2%
68   Great Blue Heron 9.6% 2.8% 6.8%
69   Blackburnian Warbler 9.4% 2.8% 6.7%
70   Nashville Warbler 8.9% 2.8% 6.1%
71   Gadwall 7.0% 2.8% 4.2%
72   Blue-winged Warbler 6.6% 2.8% 3.9%
73   Savannah Sparrow 5.5% 2.8% 2.7%
74   Eastern Phoebe 4.9% 2.8% 2.1%
75   Yellow-throated Vireo 4.6% 2.8% 1.8%
76   White-eyed Vireo 4.3% 2.8% 1.5%
77   Hooded Warbler 4.0% 2.8% 1.2%
78   White-crowned Sparrow 3.7% 2.8% 0.9%
79   Tennessee Warbler 3.4% 2.8% 0.6%
80   Gray-cheeked Thrush 3.2% 2.8% 0.4%
81   Lincoln's Sparrow 2.9% 2.8% 0.1%
82   Northern Shoveler 1.0% 2.8% 1.8%
83   Blue Grosbeak 0.8% 2.8% 2.0%
84   Chuck-will's-widow 0.5% 2.8% 2.3%