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

based on 190 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Central Park--The Lake (Upper Lobe) 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% 59.5% 13.8%
2   Gray Catbird 65.9% 55.8% 10.2%
3   House Sparrow 57.0% 54.7% 2.2%
4   European Starling 58.4% 49.5% 9.0%
5   Northern Cardinal 59.0% 48.9% 10.1%
6   Mallard 49.3% 43.2% 6.1%
7   Black-and-white Warbler 39.5% 42.1% 2.6%
8   Blue Jay 49.3% 41.1% 8.2%
9   Common Yellowthroat 47.5% 39.5% 8.1%
10   American Redstart 40.4% 38.4% 2.0%
11   Magnolia Warbler 27.5% 38.4% 10.9%
12   Common Grackle 54.9% 36.3% 18.6%
13   Mourning Dove 53.4% 35.8% 17.7%
14   Ovenbird 32.7% 34.7% 2.0%
15   Northern Parula 35.7% 31.6% 4.1%
16   Black-throated Blue Warbler 28.0% 31.6% 3.6%
17   Canada Goose 45.1% 30.0% 15.1%
18   White-throated Sparrow 34.3% 28.9% 5.4%
19   Rock Pigeon 35.5% 28.4% 7.0%
20   Baltimore Oriole 44.7% 27.4% 17.3%
21   Red-bellied Woodpecker 38.2% 22.6% 15.6%
22   Double-crested Cormorant 34.0% 22.6% 11.4%
23   Northern Waterthrush 23.2% 22.6% 0.6%
24   Warbling Vireo 32.2% 22.1% 10.1%
25   Red-winged Blackbird 53.4% 21.1% 32.3%
26   Yellow-rumped Warbler 33.8% 21.1% 12.8%
27   Chimney Swift 29.8% 17.9% 11.9%
28   Black-crowned Night-Heron 11.6% 17.9% 6.3%
29   Blue-headed Vireo 14.2% 16.8% 2.6%
30   Veery 20.1% 16.3% 3.7%
31   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 13.2% 16.3% 3.1%
32   Hermit Thrush 11.1% 16.3% 5.3%
33   Red-eyed Vireo 22.8% 15.8% 7.0%
34   Blackpoll Warbler 21.9% 15.8% 6.1%
35   Northern Flicker 29.1% 15.3% 13.9%
36   Swainson's Thrush 17.8% 14.7% 3.0%
37   Chestnut-sided Warbler 16.3% 14.2% 2.1%
38   Wood Thrush 23.1% 13.7% 9.4%
39   Canada Warbler 11.7% 13.7% 2.0%
40   Downy Woodpecker 28.2% 12.6% 15.5%
41   Red-tailed Hawk 19.8% 12.6% 7.1%
42   Black-throated Green Warbler 20.2% 11.1% 9.1%
43   Eastern Towhee 19.9% 10.0% 9.9%
44   Scarlet Tanager 18.9% 10.0% 8.9%
45   Cedar Waxwing 16.8% 10.0% 6.8%
46   Yellow Warbler 42.7% 8.9% 33.7%
47   Wilson's Warbler 8.8% 8.4% 0.4%
48   Song Sparrow 35.6% 7.9% 27.7%
49   Great Egret 25.4% 7.9% 17.5%
50   Blue-winged Warbler 6.6% 7.4% 0.7%
51   House Wren 26.8% 6.8% 19.9%
52   Nashville Warbler 8.9% 6.8% 2.1%
53   Tufted Titmouse 15.6% 6.3% 9.3%
54   Prairie Warbler 8.5% 6.3% 2.2%
55   American Goldfinch 28.7% 5.8% 22.9%
56   Great Crested Flycatcher 18.1% 5.8% 12.3%
57   Rose-breasted Grosbeak 16.5% 5.8% 10.7%
58   Black-capped Chickadee 12.1% 5.8% 6.3%
59   Eastern Wood-Pewee 11.1% 5.3% 5.9%
60   Indigo Bunting 10.0% 5.3% 4.8%
61   Cape May Warbler 7.0% 5.3% 1.7%
62   Prothonotary Warbler 1.1% 5.3% 4.2%
63   Eastern Kingbird 16.9% 4.7% 12.1%
64   House Finch 16.0% 4.7% 11.3%
65   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 14.5% 4.7% 9.8%
66   Gadwall 7.0% 4.7% 2.2%
67   Chipping Sparrow 18.3% 4.2% 14.1%
68   Swamp Sparrow 13.1% 4.2% 8.9%
69   Bay-breasted Warbler 8.0% 4.2% 3.8%
70   Palm Warbler 5.3% 4.2% 1.1%
71   Gray-cheeked Thrush 3.2% 4.2% 1.0%
72   Barn Swallow 31.8% 3.7% 28.1%
73   Herring Gull 23.5% 3.7% 19.8%
74   Brown-headed Cowbird 20.8% 3.7% 17.1%
75   Spotted Sandpiper 12.4% 3.7% 8.7%
76   Blackburnian Warbler 9.5% 3.7% 5.8%
77   Yellow-throated Vireo 4.6% 3.2% 1.5%
78   Mourning Warbler 1.9% 3.2% 1.3%
79   Louisiana Waterthrush 1.8% 3.2% 1.3%
80   Carolina Wren 19.9% 2.6% 17.2%
81   White-breasted Nuthatch 10.7% 2.6% 8.1%
82   Great Blue Heron 9.6% 2.6% 7.0%
83   Green Heron 9.0% 2.6% 6.4%
84   Hooded Warbler 4.0% 2.6% 1.4%
85   Tree Swallow 22.5% 2.1% 20.3%
86   American Crow 17.7% 2.1% 15.6%
87   Ring-billed Gull 14.3% 2.1% 12.2%
88   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 12.0% 2.1% 9.9%
89   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 6.3% 2.1% 4.2%
90   Least Flycatcher 5.9% 2.1% 3.8%
91   Tennessee Warbler 3.4% 2.1% 1.3%
92   Brown Thrasher 7.3% 1.6% 5.8%
93   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 3.9% 1.6% 2.3%
94   Lincoln's Sparrow 2.9% 1.6% 1.3%
95   Bicknell's Thrush 0.4% 1.6% 1.2%
96   Northern Mockingbird 26.8% 1.1% 25.7%
97   Mute Swan 11.5% 1.1% 10.5%
98   Orchard Oriole 10.2% 1.1% 9.2%
99   Snowy Egret 9.9% 1.1% 8.9%
100   Wood Duck 9.3% 1.1% 8.3%
101   Hairy Woodpecker 8.3% 1.1% 7.3%
102   Savannah Sparrow 5.5% 1.1% 4.4%
103   White-eyed Vireo 4.3% 1.1% 3.3%
104   Worm-eating Warbler 3.9% 1.1% 2.9%
105   White-crowned Sparrow 3.7% 1.1% 2.6%
106   Summer Tanager 1.7% 1.1% 0.6%
107   Olive-sided Flycatcher 1.3% 1.1% 0.2%
108   Great Horned Owl 1.0% 1.1% 0.1%
109   Kentucky Warbler 0.8% 1.1% 0.3%
110   Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 0.7% 1.1% 0.3%
111   Osprey 16.5% 0.5% 15.9%
112   Great Black-backed Gull 13.3% 0.5% 12.8%
113   Solitary Sandpiper 5.8% 0.5% 5.3%
114   Willow Flycatcher 5.4% 0.5% 4.9%
115   American Black Duck 5.0% 0.5% 4.5%
116   Belted Kingfisher 4.2% 0.5% 3.7%
117   Yellow-billed Cuckoo 3.5% 0.5% 3.0%
118   Field Sparrow 3.4% 0.5% 2.9%
119   Red-breasted Nuthatch 2.8% 0.5% 2.3%
120   Peregrine Falcon 2.7% 0.5% 2.2%
121   American Kestrel 2.2% 0.5% 1.7%
122   Pine Warbler 1.7% 0.5% 1.1%
123   Purple Finch 1.3% 0.5% 0.8%
124   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1.0% 0.5% 0.5%
125   Northern Shoveler 1.0% 0.5% 0.4%
126   Acadian Flycatcher 0.6% 0.5% 0.0%
127   Chuck-will's-widow 0.5% 0.5% 0.1%
128   Sora 0.1% 0.5% 0.4%