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

based on 273 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Central Park--North Woods 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   Gray Catbird 65.9% 75.5% 9.5%
2   American Robin 73.3% 71.4% 1.9%
3   Black-and-white Warbler 39.5% 64.1% 24.6%
4   Northern Cardinal 59.0% 59.3% 0.3%
5   Blue Jay 49.2% 58.6% 9.4%
6   Ovenbird 32.6% 57.5% 24.9%
7   House Sparrow 57.0% 55.7% 1.3%
8   European Starling 58.4% 53.8% 4.6%
9   Northern Parula 35.7% 53.5% 17.8%
10   White-throated Sparrow 34.3% 47.3% 13.0%
11   Common Grackle 54.9% 44.7% 10.2%
12   Common Yellowthroat 47.5% 42.5% 5.0%
13   Mallard 49.3% 41.8% 7.6%
14   Baltimore Oriole 44.7% 41.8% 2.9%
15   Yellow-rumped Warbler 33.8% 41.4% 7.6%
16   American Redstart 40.4% 39.6% 0.8%
17   Black-throated Blue Warbler 28.0% 39.2% 11.2%
18   Red-bellied Woodpecker 38.2% 37.7% 0.4%
19   Northern Waterthrush 23.2% 36.6% 13.4%
20   Mourning Dove 53.5% 36.3% 17.2%
21   Rock Pigeon 35.5% 36.3% 0.8%
22   Red-winged Blackbird 53.4% 33.7% 19.7%
23   Magnolia Warbler 27.5% 33.7% 6.2%
24   Chimney Swift 29.8% 33.3% 3.5%
25   Black-throated Green Warbler 20.2% 32.2% 12.1%
26   Blue-headed Vireo 14.2% 32.2% 18.0%
27   Great Egret 25.4% 30.8% 5.4%
28   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 13.2% 30.8% 17.6%
29   Veery 20.0% 30.4% 10.4%
30   Downy Woodpecker 28.1% 30.0% 1.9%
31   Scarlet Tanager 18.9% 29.3% 10.4%
32   Canada Goose 45.2% 26.7% 18.4%
33   Northern Flicker 29.1% 26.0% 3.1%
34   Hermit Thrush 11.0% 26.0% 15.0%
35   Chestnut-sided Warbler 16.2% 24.5% 8.3%
36   Wood Thrush 23.1% 23.4% 0.3%
37   Red-eyed Vireo 22.8% 22.0% 0.8%
38   Double-crested Cormorant 34.1% 20.9% 13.2%
39   Yellow Warbler 42.7% 19.8% 22.9%
40   Rose-breasted Grosbeak 16.5% 19.8% 3.3%
41   Swainson's Thrush 17.8% 19.0% 1.3%
42   Eastern Towhee 19.9% 18.3% 1.5%
43   American Crow 17.6% 16.5% 1.2%
44   American Goldfinch 28.7% 15.8% 12.9%
45   Red-tailed Hawk 19.8% 15.8% 4.0%
46   Blackburnian Warbler 9.4% 15.8% 6.3%
47   Blackpoll Warbler 21.9% 15.4% 6.5%
48   Warbling Vireo 32.2% 15.0% 17.2%
49   Nashville Warbler 8.9% 13.9% 5.0%
50   Bicknell's Thrush 0.3% 13.2% 12.8%
51   Swamp Sparrow 13.1% 12.8% 0.2%
52   Gadwall 7.0% 12.8% 5.9%
53   Prairie Warbler 8.5% 12.5% 4.0%
54   House Wren 26.8% 12.1% 14.7%
55   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 14.5% 11.4% 3.1%
56   Bay-breasted Warbler 8.0% 11.0% 3.0%
57   Chipping Sparrow 18.3% 10.6% 7.7%
58   Canada Warbler 11.7% 10.6% 1.1%
59   Black-crowned Night-Heron 11.7% 10.6% 1.0%
60   Cedar Waxwing 16.8% 10.3% 6.5%
61   Eastern Wood-Pewee 11.1% 9.5% 1.6%
62   Worm-eating Warbler 3.9% 9.5% 5.6%
63   Great Crested Flycatcher 18.1% 9.2% 9.0%
64   Barn Swallow 31.8% 8.8% 23.0%
65   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 12.0% 8.4% 3.6%
66   Indigo Bunting 10.0% 8.4% 1.6%
67   Wilson's Warbler 8.8% 7.7% 1.1%
68   Song Sparrow 35.6% 7.3% 28.3%
69   Carolina Wren 19.9% 7.3% 12.5%
70   Hairy Woodpecker 8.3% 7.3% 1.0%
71   Cape May Warbler 7.0% 7.3% 0.3%
72   Northern Mockingbird 26.8% 6.6% 20.2%
73   Tufted Titmouse 15.6% 6.6% 9.0%
74   Least Flycatcher 5.9% 6.6% 0.7%
75   Red-breasted Nuthatch 2.8% 6.2% 3.4%
76   Blue-winged Warbler 6.6% 5.9% 0.8%
77   Spotted Sandpiper 12.4% 5.5% 6.9%
78   White-breasted Nuthatch 10.7% 5.5% 5.2%
79   Herring Gull 23.5% 5.1% 18.4%
80   Yellow-throated Vireo 4.6% 5.1% 0.5%
81   Hooded Warbler 4.0% 5.1% 1.1%
82   Gray-cheeked Thrush 3.2% 5.1% 1.9%
83   House Finch 16.0% 4.8% 11.3%
84   Orchard Oriole 10.2% 4.8% 5.5%
85   Snowy Egret 9.9% 4.8% 5.2%
86   Solitary Sandpiper 5.8% 4.8% 1.0%
87   Brown-headed Cowbird 20.8% 4.4% 16.4%
88   Chuck-will's-widow 0.5% 4.4% 3.9%
89   Palm Warbler 5.3% 4.0% 1.3%
90   Eastern Kingbird 16.9% 3.7% 13.2%
91   Black-capped Chickadee 12.1% 3.7% 8.5%
92   Green Heron 9.0% 3.7% 5.4%
93   Eurasian Eagle-Owl 0.1% 3.7% 3.6%
94   Tree Swallow 22.5% 3.3% 19.2%
95   Cerulean Warbler 0.6% 3.3% 2.6%
96   Yellow-throated Warbler 0.3% 3.3% 3.0%
97   Fish Crow 10.9% 2.9% 7.9%
98   Louisiana Waterthrush 1.8% 2.9% 1.1%
99   Ring-billed Gull 14.3% 2.6% 11.8%
100   Turkey Vulture 9.8% 2.6% 7.2%
101   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 6.3% 2.2% 4.1%
102   Tennessee Warbler 3.4% 2.2% 1.2%
103   Dark-eyed Junco 0.5% 2.2% 1.7%
104   Field Sparrow 3.4% 1.8% 1.6%
105   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1.0% 1.8% 0.8%
106   Osprey 16.5% 1.5% 15.0%
107   White-crowned Sparrow 3.7% 1.5% 2.2%
108   Common Nighthawk 1.4% 1.5% 0.1%
109   Evening Grosbeak 0.3% 1.5% 1.2%
110   Great Black-backed Gull 13.3% 1.1% 12.2%
111   Great Blue Heron 9.6% 1.1% 8.5%
112   Brown Thrasher 7.4% 1.1% 6.3%
113   Lincoln's Sparrow 2.9% 1.1% 1.8%
114   Summer Tanager 1.7% 1.1% 0.6%
115   Olive-sided Flycatcher 1.3% 1.1% 0.2%
116   Red-headed Woodpecker 0.8% 1.1% 0.3%
117   Virginia Rail 0.3% 1.1% 0.8%
118   Eastern Phoebe 4.9% 0.7% 4.2%
119   American Kestrel 2.2% 0.7% 1.5%
120   Black-billed Cuckoo 1.6% 0.7% 0.8%
121   Brant 10.8% 0.4% 10.4%
122   Wood Duck 9.3% 0.4% 9.0%
123   Least Sandpiper 7.1% 0.4% 6.8%
124   American Black Duck 5.0% 0.4% 4.7%
125   Peregrine Falcon 2.7% 0.4% 2.3%
126   Common Raven 2.5% 0.4% 2.2%
127   Bank Swallow 2.5% 0.4% 2.2%
128   Mourning Warbler 1.9% 0.4% 1.5%
129   Pine Warbler 1.7% 0.4% 1.3%
130   Purple Finch 1.3% 0.4% 1.0%
131   Bufflehead 1.2% 0.4% 0.8%
132   Great Horned Owl 1.0% 0.4% 0.6%
133   Merlin 0.9% 0.4% 0.6%
134   Kentucky Warbler 0.8% 0.4% 0.4%
135   Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 0.7% 0.4% 0.3%
136   Acadian Flycatcher 0.6% 0.4% 0.2%
137   Yellow-breasted Chat 0.4% 0.4% 0.0%
138   Orange-crowned Warbler 0.2% 0.4% 0.2%
139   Brown Creeper 0.2% 0.4% 0.2%