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

based on 170 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Central Park--Harlem Meer 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   Red-winged Blackbird 53.3% 70.0% 16.7%
2   House Sparrow 57.0% 65.9% 8.9%
3   Mallard 49.3% 62.9% 13.7%
4   Canada Goose 45.1% 61.8% 16.7%
5   American Robin 73.3% 61.2% 12.1%
6   European Starling 58.4% 61.2% 2.8%
7   Common Grackle 54.9% 50.6% 4.3%
8   Rock Pigeon 35.4% 38.8% 3.4%
9   Double-crested Cormorant 34.0% 37.1% 3.0%
10   Great Egret 25.4% 34.7% 9.3%
11   Black-crowned Night-Heron 11.6% 34.1% 22.5%
12   Gray Catbird 66.0% 24.7% 41.3%
13   Chimney Swift 29.8% 24.7% 5.1%
14   Mourning Dove 53.5% 24.1% 29.3%
15   Barn Swallow 31.7% 23.5% 8.2%
16   Northern Cardinal 59.1% 20.6% 38.5%
17   Warbling Vireo 32.2% 19.4% 12.8%
18   Gadwall 7.0% 18.8% 11.9%
19   Common Yellowthroat 47.6% 18.2% 29.3%
20   Red-tailed Hawk 19.8% 17.1% 2.7%
21   Yellow Warbler 42.7% 16.5% 26.2%
22   Baltimore Oriole 44.7% 15.9% 28.8%
23   American Redstart 40.4% 15.9% 24.6%
24   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 12.0% 14.7% 2.7%
25   Blue Jay 49.3% 13.5% 35.8%
26   Northern Parula 35.7% 13.5% 22.2%
27   Yellow-rumped Warbler 33.8% 12.9% 20.9%
28   Black-and-white Warbler 39.6% 11.8% 27.8%
29   White-throated Sparrow 34.3% 11.8% 22.6%
30   Snowy Egret 9.9% 9.4% 0.5%
31   Red-bellied Woodpecker 38.2% 8.8% 29.4%
32   Blackpoll Warbler 21.9% 8.8% 13.1%
33   Ring-billed Gull 14.3% 8.8% 5.5%
34   Eastern Kingbird 16.9% 7.6% 9.2%
35   Cedar Waxwing 16.8% 7.6% 9.1%
36   House Finch 16.0% 7.6% 8.4%
37   Northern Flicker 29.1% 7.1% 22.1%
38   Black-throated Blue Warbler 28.0% 7.1% 21.0%
39   Osprey 16.4% 7.1% 9.4%
40   Magnolia Warbler 27.5% 6.5% 21.1%
41   Song Sparrow 35.6% 5.9% 29.7%
42   Downy Woodpecker 28.2% 5.9% 22.3%
43   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 13.2% 5.9% 7.3%
44   Wood Duck 9.3% 5.9% 3.4%
45   Northern Waterthrush 23.2% 5.3% 17.9%
46   Red-eyed Vireo 22.8% 5.3% 17.5%
47   Tree Swallow 22.4% 5.3% 17.2%
48   Ovenbird 32.8% 4.1% 28.6%
49   American Goldfinch 28.7% 4.1% 24.6%
50   Chipping Sparrow 18.3% 4.1% 14.2%
51   Great Blue Heron 9.6% 4.1% 5.5%
52   Green Heron 9.0% 4.1% 4.9%
53   Herring Gull 23.5% 3.5% 19.9%
54   Chestnut-sided Warbler 16.3% 3.5% 12.8%
55   Blue-headed Vireo 14.3% 3.5% 10.7%
56   Wilson's Warbler 8.8% 3.5% 5.3%
57   Swainson's Thrush 17.8% 2.9% 14.8%
58   American Crow 17.7% 2.9% 14.7%
59   Palm Warbler 5.3% 2.9% 2.4%
60   Northern Mockingbird 26.8% 2.4% 24.4%
61   Eastern Towhee 19.9% 2.4% 17.5%
62   Wood Thrush 23.1% 1.8% 21.4%
63   Black-throated Green Warbler 20.2% 1.8% 18.4%
64   Veery 20.1% 1.8% 18.3%
65   Scarlet Tanager 18.9% 1.8% 17.2%
66   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 14.5% 1.8% 12.7%
67   Eastern Wood-Pewee 11.1% 1.8% 9.4%
68   American Black Duck 5.0% 1.8% 3.3%
69   White-crowned Sparrow 3.7% 1.8% 1.9%
70   American Kestrel 2.2% 1.8% 0.4%
71   House Wren 26.8% 1.2% 25.6%
72   Laughing Gull 16.9% 1.2% 15.7%
73   Swamp Sparrow 13.1% 1.2% 11.9%
74   Canada Warbler 11.7% 1.2% 10.5%
75   Hermit Thrush 11.1% 1.2% 9.9%
76   Indigo Bunting 10.0% 1.2% 8.9%
77   Blackburnian Warbler 9.5% 1.2% 8.3%
78   Nashville Warbler 8.9% 1.2% 7.8%
79   Savannah Sparrow 5.5% 1.2% 4.3%
80   Yellow-throated Vireo 4.6% 1.2% 3.5%
81   Hooded Warbler 4.0% 1.2% 2.8%
82   Carolina Wren 19.9% 0.6% 19.3%
83   Great Crested Flycatcher 18.1% 0.6% 17.5%
84   Rose-breasted Grosbeak 16.5% 0.6% 15.9%
85   Tufted Titmouse 15.6% 0.6% 15.0%
86   Great Black-backed Gull 13.3% 0.6% 12.7%
87   Spotted Sandpiper 12.4% 0.6% 11.8%
88   Fish Crow 10.9% 0.6% 10.3%
89   White-breasted Nuthatch 10.7% 0.6% 10.1%
90   Orchard Oriole 10.2% 0.6% 9.6%
91   Turkey Vulture 9.8% 0.6% 9.2%
92   Prairie Warbler 8.5% 0.6% 7.9%
93   Hairy Woodpecker 8.3% 0.6% 7.7%
94   Bay-breasted Warbler 8.0% 0.6% 7.4%
95   Cape May Warbler 7.0% 0.6% 6.4%
96   Blue-winged Warbler 6.7% 0.6% 6.1%
97   Solitary Sandpiper 5.8% 0.6% 5.2%
98   Eastern Phoebe 4.9% 0.6% 4.3%
99   Marsh Wren 4.6% 0.6% 4.0%
100   White-eyed Vireo 4.3% 0.6% 3.7%
101   Belted Kingfisher 4.2% 0.6% 3.6%
102   Ruddy Duck 3.3% 0.6% 2.7%
103   Red-breasted Nuthatch 2.8% 0.6% 2.2%
104   Common Raven 2.5% 0.6% 1.9%
105   Bank Swallow 2.5% 0.6% 1.9%
106   Louisiana Waterthrush 1.8% 0.6% 1.2%
107   Pine Warbler 1.7% 0.6% 1.1%
108   Purple Martin 1.4% 0.6% 0.8%
109   Purple Finch 1.3% 0.6% 0.7%
110   Olive-sided Flycatcher 1.3% 0.6% 0.7%
111   Bufflehead 1.2% 0.6% 0.6%
112   Prothonotary Warbler 1.1% 0.6% 0.5%
113   Acadian Flycatcher 0.6% 0.6% 0.0%
114   Winter Wren 0.4% 0.6% 0.2%
115   Bicknell's Thrush 0.4% 0.6% 0.2%
116   Muscovy Duck 0.1% 0.6% 0.5%