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

based on 50 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Central Park-- South Blowdown Meadow 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% 58.0% 15.3%
2   Gray Catbird 65.9% 52.0% 13.9%
3   Black-and-white Warbler 39.5% 48.0% 8.5%
4   European Starling 58.4% 46.0% 12.4%
5   Blue Jay 49.3% 40.0% 9.3%
6   Common Yellowthroat 47.5% 38.0% 9.5%
7   House Sparrow 57.0% 36.0% 21.0%
8   Northern Cardinal 59.0% 34.0% 25.0%
9   White-throated Sparrow 34.3% 34.0% 0.3%
10   American Redstart 40.4% 32.0% 8.4%
11   Magnolia Warbler 27.5% 32.0% 4.5%
12   Baltimore Oriole 44.7% 28.0% 16.7%
13   Mourning Dove 53.4% 26.0% 27.4%
14   Ovenbird 32.7% 26.0% 6.7%
15   Black-throated Blue Warbler 28.0% 26.0% 2.0%
16   Mallard 49.3% 24.0% 25.3%
17   Northern Parula 35.7% 24.0% 11.7%
18   Chimney Swift 29.8% 24.0% 5.8%
19   Scarlet Tanager 18.9% 24.0% 5.1%
20   Red-eyed Vireo 22.8% 20.0% 2.8%
21   Rose-breasted Grosbeak 16.5% 20.0% 3.5%
22   Rock Pigeon 35.5% 18.0% 17.5%
23   Blackpoll Warbler 21.9% 18.0% 3.9%
24   Red-winged Blackbird 53.3% 16.0% 37.3%
25   Cedar Waxwing 16.8% 16.0% 0.8%
26   Red-bellied Woodpecker 38.2% 14.0% 24.2%
27   Northern Flicker 29.1% 14.0% 15.1%
28   Downy Woodpecker 28.1% 14.0% 14.1%
29   American Crow 17.6% 14.0% 3.6%
30   Common Grackle 54.9% 12.0% 42.9%
31   Yellow-rumped Warbler 33.8% 12.0% 21.8%
32   Great Egret 25.4% 12.0% 13.4%
33   Northern Waterthrush 23.2% 12.0% 11.2%
34   Veery 20.1% 12.0% 8.1%
35   Swainson's Thrush 17.8% 12.0% 5.8%
36   Chestnut-sided Warbler 16.3% 12.0% 4.3%
37   Gadwall 7.0% 12.0% 5.0%
38   Double-crested Cormorant 34.0% 10.0% 24.0%
39   House Wren 26.7% 10.0% 16.7%
40   Black-throated Green Warbler 20.2% 10.0% 10.2%
41   Canada Warbler 11.7% 10.0% 1.7%
42   Indigo Bunting 10.0% 10.0% 0.0%
43   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 6.3% 10.0% 3.7%
44   Canada Goose 45.1% 8.0% 37.1%
45   Yellow Warbler 42.6% 8.0% 34.6%
46   Chipping Sparrow 18.3% 8.0% 10.3%
47   House Finch 16.0% 8.0% 8.0%
48   Black-crowned Night-Heron 11.7% 8.0% 3.7%
49   Hermit Thrush 11.1% 8.0% 3.1%
50   Nashville Warbler 8.9% 8.0% 0.9%
51   Wilson's Warbler 8.8% 8.0% 0.8%
52   Prairie Warbler 8.5% 8.0% 0.5%
53   Tennessee Warbler 3.4% 8.0% 4.6%
54   Blue-headed Vireo 14.3% 6.0% 8.3%
55   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 13.2% 6.0% 7.2%
56   Eastern Wood-Pewee 11.1% 6.0% 5.1%
57   Blackburnian Warbler 9.4% 6.0% 3.4%
58   Bay-breasted Warbler 8.0% 6.0% 2.0%
59   White-crowned Sparrow 3.7% 6.0% 2.3%
60   Yellow-breasted Chat 0.4% 6.0% 5.6%
61   Barn Swallow 31.7% 4.0% 27.7%
62   American Goldfinch 28.7% 4.0% 24.7%
63   Northern Mockingbird 26.7% 4.0% 22.7%
64   Herring Gull 23.5% 4.0% 19.5%
65   Wood Thrush 23.1% 4.0% 19.1%
66   Great Crested Flycatcher 18.1% 4.0% 14.1%
67   Swamp Sparrow 13.1% 4.0% 9.1%
68   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 12.0% 4.0% 8.0%
69   Cape May Warbler 7.0% 4.0% 3.0%
70   Worm-eating Warbler 3.9% 4.0% 0.1%
71   Summer Tanager 1.7% 4.0% 2.3%
72   Warbling Vireo 32.2% 2.0% 30.2%
73   Tree Swallow 22.4% 2.0% 20.4%
74   Carolina Wren 19.8% 2.0% 17.8%
75   Red-tailed Hawk 19.8% 2.0% 17.8%
76   Tufted Titmouse 15.6% 2.0% 13.6%
77   Great Black-backed Gull 13.3% 2.0% 11.3%
78   Spotted Sandpiper 12.4% 2.0% 10.4%
79   Orchard Oriole 10.2% 2.0% 8.2%
80   Brown Thrasher 7.3% 2.0% 5.3%
81   Blue-winged Warbler 6.6% 2.0% 4.6%
82   Least Flycatcher 5.9% 2.0% 3.9%
83   Solitary Sandpiper 5.8% 2.0% 3.8%
84   Eastern Phoebe 4.9% 2.0% 2.9%
85   Yellow-throated Vireo 4.6% 2.0% 2.6%
86   Hooded Warbler 4.0% 2.0% 2.0%
87   Gray-cheeked Thrush 3.2% 2.0% 1.2%
88   Lincoln's Sparrow 2.9% 2.0% 0.9%
89   Peregrine Falcon 2.7% 2.0% 0.7%
90   Mourning Warbler 1.9% 2.0% 0.1%
91   Louisiana Waterthrush 1.8% 2.0% 0.2%
92   Common Nighthawk 1.4% 2.0% 0.6%
93   Purple Finch 1.3% 2.0% 0.7%
94   Evening Grosbeak 0.3% 2.0% 1.7%
95   Orange-crowned Warbler 0.2% 2.0% 1.8%