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Top Birds at Prospect Park--Prospect Lake in August
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York City, United States

based on 174 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Prospect Park--Prospect Lake in August. 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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Evidence Sampling Score
# Links Species Media Years Birders Hits Frequency Percentile
1   Canada Goose 1 14 77 132 75.9% 97%
2   American Robin 1 15 68 121 69.5% 89%
3   Mallard 1 15 72 121 69.5% 93%
4   Mute Swan 3 14 70 115 66.1% 96%
5   Gray Catbird 3 14 60 114 65.5% 87%
6   House Sparrow 1 15 63 114 65.5% 91%
7   Northern Cardinal 1 14 56 107 61.5% 90%
8   Rock Pigeon 1 15 55 107 61.5% 92%
9   Great Blue Heron 5 11 67 105 60.3% 94%
10   Mourning Dove 1 14 46 99 56.9% 84%
11   Wood Duck 6 14 52 98 56.3% 94%
12   Blue Jay 1 14 43 88 50.6% 77%
13   European Starling 1 14 37 79 45.4% 80%
14   Chimney Swift 1 15 45 71 40.8% 90%
15   Black-and-white Warbler 5 14 38 70 40.2% 94%
16   American Redstart 1 14 30 68 39.1% 90%
17   Double-crested Cormorant 3 12 41 62 35.6% 63%
18   American Goldfinch 2 14 26 62 35.6% 70%
19   Northern Waterthrush 2 14 27 61 35.1% 93%
20   Northern Yellow Warbler 1 13 35 60 34.5% 93%
21   Red-bellied Woodpecker 1 14 21 60 34.5% 78%
22   Barn Swallow 0 15 33 59 33.9% 74%
23   Downy Woodpecker 0 13 23 59 33.9% 85%
24   Common Grackle 0 14 27 55 31.6% 81%
25   Eastern Kingbird 0 15 28 54 31.0% 89%
26   Green Heron 5 13 29 51 29.3% 91%
27   Cedar Waxwing 1 12 23 48 27.6% 91%
28   Northern Flicker 0 12 14 46 26.4% 68%
29   Song Sparrow 1 13 27 45 25.9% 61%
30   Warbling Vireo 1 14 16 43 24.7% 92%
31   Baltimore Oriole 1 12 12 42 24.1% 85%
32   Spotted Sandpiper 4 13 31 41 23.6% 80%
33   Carolina Wren 2 12 19 38 21.8% 62%
34   Red-winged Blackbird 1 11 25 35 20.1% 63%
35   Red-tailed Hawk 1 12 21 34 19.5% 82%
36   Red-eyed Vireo 1 13 7 34 19.5% 83%
37   Laughing Gull 0 8 20 27 15.5% 34%
38   Common Yellowthroat 0 12 14 25 14.4% 74%
39   American Black Duck 2 7 18 24 13.8% 84%
40   Northern Mockingbird 0 10 15 23 13.2% 42%
41   Chestnut-sided Warbler 0 9 9 23 13.2% 84%
42   Osprey 2 8 16 21 12.1% 38%
43   American Coot 4 6 21 21 12.1% 90%
44   House Wren 0 10 6 20 11.5% 65%
45   Canada Warbler 0 9 5 19 10.9% 86%
46   Ovenbird 0 12 7 19 10.9% 83%
47   Eastern Wood-Pewee 2 8 5 18 10.3% 64%
48   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 0 9 6 18 10.3% 79%
49   Blue-winged Warbler 1 10 6 18 10.3% 89%
50   Black-crowned Night-Heron 1 6 16 17 9.8% 65%
51   Great Crested Flycatcher 0 9 6 14 8.0% 68%
52   Great Egret 1 5 10 13 7.5% 26%
53   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1 9 6 13 7.5% 61%
54   Black-capped Chickadee 0 5 4 13 7.5% 47%
55   Magnolia Warbler 0 6 6 12 6.9% 74%
56   Hairy Woodpecker 0 7 7 11 6.3% 48%
57   Belted Kingfisher 0 6 6 9 5.2% 44%
58   Black-throated Blue Warbler 0 5 6 9 5.2% 73%
59   American Herring Gull 0 8 6 8 4.6% 13%
60   House Finch 0 4 6 8 4.6% 30%
61   White-breasted Nuthatch 0 5 2 8 4.6% 28%
62   Tree Swallow 0 4 7 7 4.0% 28%
63   Tufted Titmouse 0 5 1 7 4.0% 28%
64   Ring-billed Gull 0 5 6 6 3.4% 11%
65   Cooper's Hawk 1 3 6 6 3.4% 58%
66   Ruddy Duck 1 5 4 6 3.4% 42%
67   Red-breasted Nuthatch 0 5 5 6 3.4% 63%
68   Tennessee Warbler 0 4 4 6 3.4% 77%
69   American Crow 0 3 5 5 2.9% 14%
70   Brown-headed Cowbird 1 4 3 5 2.9% 35%
71   Veery 0 5 3 5 2.9% 48%
72   Northern Parula 0 5 5 5 2.9% 56%
73   Orchard Oriole 0 3 2 5 2.9% 76%
74   Solitary Sandpiper 0 3 4 4 2.3% 31%
75   Cape May Warbler 0 4 4 4 2.3% 44%
76   Scarlet Tanager 0 3 1 4 2.3% 51%
77   Louisiana Waterthrush 0 4 2 4 2.3% 61%
78   American Kestrel 0 3 2 3 1.7% 25%
79   Gadwall 0 2 3 3 1.7% 35%
80   Least Flycatcher 0 3 2 3 1.7% 38%
81   Blackburnian Warbler 0 3 1 3 1.7% 38%
82   Wilson's Warbler 0 3 2 3 1.7% 54%
83   Swainson's Thrush 0 3 2 3 1.7% 83%
84   Turkey Vulture 0 2 2 2 1.1% 7%
85   Willow Flycatcher 0 2 2 2 1.1% 11%
86   Chipping Sparrow 0 2 2 2 1.1% 16%
87   Eastern Phoebe 1 2 1 2 1.1% 14%
88   Bank Swallow 0 2 2 2 1.1% 15%
89   Wood Thrush 0 2 2 2 1.1% 15%
90   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 0 2 2 2 1.1% 24%
91   Green-winged Teal 0 2 2 2 1.1% 32%
92   Yellow-billed Cuckoo 0 2 2 2 1.1% 26%
93   Northern Shoveler 0 2 2 2 1.1% 33%
94   Common Nighthawk 0 2 2 2 1.1% 22%
95   Worm-eating Warbler 0 2 1 2 1.1% 32%
96   Prairie Warbler 0 2 1 2 1.1% 24%
97   Least Sandpiper 0 1 1 1 0.6% 1%
98   Greater Yellowlegs 1 1 1 1 0.6% 1%
99   Forster's Tern 0 1 1 1 0.6% 1%
100   Lesser Yellowlegs 0 1 1 1 0.6% 0%
101   Fish Crow 0 1 1 1 0.6% 1%
102   Peregrine Falcon 1 1 1 1 0.6% 2%
103   Eastern Towhee 0 1 1 1 0.6% 3%
104   Bald Eagle 0 1 1 1 0.6% 3%
105   Indigo Bunting 0 1 1 1 0.6% 4%
106   Rose-breasted Grosbeak 0 1 1 1 0.6% 8%
107   White-throated Sparrow 0 1 1 1 0.6% 15%
108   Black-throated Green Warbler 0 1 1 1 0.6% 10%
109   Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 0 1 1 1 0.6% 11%
110   Pied-billed Grebe 1 1 2 1 0.6% 11%
111   Black Tern 0 1 1 1 0.6% 14%
112   Nashville Warbler 0 1 1 1 0.6% 16%
113   Yellow-rumped Warbler 0 1 1 1 0.6% 32%
114   Golden-winged Warbler 0 1 1 1 0.6% 22%
115   Bay-breasted Warbler 0 1 1 1 0.6% 22%
116   European Goldfinch 0 1 1 1 0.6% 44%
117   Philadelphia Vireo 0 1 1 1 0.6% 39%