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Top Birds at Prospect Park--Prospect Lake in October
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA

based on 285 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Prospect Park--Prospect Lake in October. 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   Mallard 38.4% 79.3% 40.9%
2   Canada Goose 40.7% 72.3% 31.6%
3   Blue Jay 56.2% 64.9% 8.7%
4   House Sparrow 46.8% 61.4% 14.6%
5   Mute Swan 10.6% 57.5% 46.9%
6   Northern Cardinal 44.4% 55.4% 11.0%
7   American Robin 57.6% 52.3% 5.3%
8   Yellow-rumped Warbler 50.4% 52.3% 1.8%
9   White-throated Sparrow 57.7% 51.6% 6.2%
10   Ruddy Duck 8.0% 51.2% 43.2%
11   Wood Duck 9.7% 49.8% 40.1%
12   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 45.6% 49.5% 3.9%
13   Rock Pigeon 35.4% 49.5% 14.0%
14   Red-bellied Woodpecker 34.9% 46.0% 11.0%
15   Song Sparrow 55.3% 43.9% 11.4%
16   Gray Catbird 38.5% 38.9% 0.5%
17   European Starling 46.6% 38.6% 8.0%
18   American Coot 4.1% 37.5% 33.4%
19   Great Blue Heron 21.8% 37.2% 15.4%
20   Mourning Dove 45.8% 36.8% 9.0%
21   Northern Shoveler 8.6% 36.8% 28.2%
22   Double-crested Cormorant 31.9% 36.5% 4.6%
23   Northern Flicker 38.6% 35.1% 3.5%
24   Golden-crowned Kinglet 28.9% 34.0% 5.2%
25   Common Yellowthroat 26.3% 33.3% 7.1%
26   Eastern Phoebe 36.4% 33.0% 3.5%
27   Palm Warbler 31.0% 32.3% 1.3%
28   Downy Woodpecker 29.6% 31.9% 2.4%
29   Black-throated Blue Warbler 12.0% 26.0% 14.0%
30   Hermit Thrush 23.6% 25.6% 2.1%
31   Northern Parula 11.0% 24.9% 14.0%
32   Swamp Sparrow 32.8% 24.2% 8.6%
33   American Black Duck 13.3% 23.5% 10.2%
34   American Goldfinch 23.8% 22.5% 1.4%
35   Red-tailed Hawk 22.5% 22.1% 0.4%
36   White-breasted Nuthatch 20.2% 21.8% 1.5%
37   Black-and-white Warbler 9.4% 20.7% 11.3%
38   Common Grackle 21.1% 19.3% 1.8%
39   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 22.7% 17.9% 4.8%
40   Dark-eyed Junco 26.0% 17.5% 8.5%
41   Chipping Sparrow 20.8% 16.8% 4.0%
42   Magnolia Warbler 7.6% 16.8% 9.3%
43   Blackpoll Warbler 10.2% 16.5% 6.3%
44   Ring-billed Gull 30.5% 16.1% 14.3%
45   Blue-headed Vireo 11.1% 16.1% 5.0%
46   Eastern Towhee 21.0% 15.8% 5.2%
47   Herring Gull 32.8% 14.4% 18.4%
48   Northern Mockingbird 36.4% 14.0% 22.3%
49   Chimney Swift 8.5% 14.0% 5.6%
50   American Redstart 7.9% 14.0% 6.2%
51   Tufted Titmouse 19.0% 13.7% 5.3%
52   Carolina Wren 22.3% 13.3% 8.9%
53   Brown Creeper 10.6% 13.0% 2.3%
54   Black-capped Chickadee 18.4% 12.3% 6.1%
55   Belted Kingfisher 13.0% 12.3% 0.7%
56   Winter Wren 9.9% 12.3% 2.3%
57   Pied-billed Grebe 3.9% 12.3% 8.4%
58   Purple Gallinule 0.4% 12.3% 11.9%
59   American Crow 23.4% 11.9% 11.5%
60   Black-throated Green Warbler 5.6% 11.2% 5.6%
61   Swainson's Thrush 7.5% 10.2% 2.7%
62   Pine Warbler 6.6% 10.2% 3.6%
63   Red-winged Blackbird 15.8% 9.1% 6.7%
64   Merlin 7.4% 8.8% 1.3%
65   Northern Waterthrush 2.4% 8.4% 6.0%
66   Red-eyed Vireo 5.7% 8.1% 2.4%
67   House Wren 9.2% 7.7% 1.5%
68   American Kestrel 12.9% 7.4% 5.6%
69   Cooper's Hawk 14.6% 7.0% 7.6%
70   Field Sparrow 11.5% 7.0% 4.5%
71   Eastern Wood-Pewee 4.4% 7.0% 2.6%
72   Indigo Bunting 4.7% 6.7% 1.9%
73   Purple Finch 7.0% 6.3% 0.6%
74   Savannah Sparrow 19.5% 6.0% 13.5%
75   White-crowned Sparrow 11.2% 6.0% 5.3%
76   Ovenbird 5.4% 6.0% 0.6%
77   Hairy Woodpecker 7.8% 5.3% 2.5%
78   Nashville Warbler 3.6% 4.6% 1.0%
79   Scarlet Tanager 3.5% 4.6% 1.1%
80   Tennessee Warbler 2.5% 4.6% 2.1%
81   Osprey 12.5% 4.2% 8.3%
82   Red-breasted Nuthatch 7.9% 4.2% 3.7%
83   Green-winged Teal 6.0% 4.2% 1.8%
84   American Wigeon 3.0% 4.2% 1.2%
85   Bufflehead 1.6% 4.2% 2.6%
86   Sharp-shinned Hawk 10.0% 3.9% 6.1%
87   Black-crowned Night-Heron 4.3% 3.5% 0.8%
88   Green Heron 1.1% 3.5% 2.4%
89   Peregrine Falcon 7.9% 3.2% 4.7%
90   Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1.9% 3.2% 1.3%
91   Lincoln's Sparrow 6.8% 2.8% 4.0%
92   Barnacle Goose 0.0% 2.8% 2.8%
93   Gadwall 8.1% 2.5% 5.6%
94   Wood Thrush 1.8% 2.5% 0.6%
95   Ring-necked Duck 0.5% 2.5% 1.9%
96   Cedar Waxwing 10.1% 2.1% 8.0%
97   Turkey Vulture 9.6% 2.1% 7.5%
98   Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1.3% 2.1% 0.8%
99   Gray-cheeked Thrush 1.2% 2.1% 0.9%
100   House Finch 18.0% 1.8% 16.3%
101   Common Raven 5.8% 1.8% 4.0%
102   Brown Thrasher 5.4% 1.8% 3.7%
103   Pine Siskin 4.6% 1.8% 2.8%
104   Cape May Warbler 2.7% 1.8% 0.9%
105   Redhead 0.1% 1.8% 1.6%
106   Cackling Goose 0.1% 1.8% 1.7%
107   Tree Swallow 5.7% 1.4% 4.3%
108   Vesper Sparrow 2.4% 1.4% 0.9%
109   Orange-crowned Warbler 1.0% 1.4% 0.4%
110   Common Nighthawk 0.9% 1.4% 0.5%
111   Yellow-breasted Chat 0.8% 1.4% 0.6%
112   Great Black-backed Gull 19.0% 1.1% 17.9%
113   Great Egret 14.3% 1.1% 13.2%
114   Red-shouldered Hawk 1.9% 1.1% 0.9%
115   Rusty Blackbird 1.4% 1.1% 0.4%
116   Great Cormorant 1.2% 1.1% 0.1%
117   Hooded Merganser 1.1% 1.1% 0.1%
118   Spotted Sandpiper 0.9% 1.1% 0.2%
119   Chestnut-sided Warbler 0.8% 1.1% 0.3%
120   Wilson's Warbler 0.6% 1.1% 0.5%
121   Hooded Warbler 0.2% 1.1% 0.8%
122   Laughing Gull 13.8% 0.7% 13.1%
123   Brown-headed Cowbird 5.8% 0.7% 5.1%
124   Marsh Wren 2.3% 0.7% 1.6%
125   Yellow Warbler 1.2% 0.7% 0.5%
126   Baltimore Oriole 1.1% 0.7% 0.4%
127   Blue-winged Teal 1.0% 0.7% 0.3%
128   Dickcissel 0.9% 0.7% 0.2%
129   Surf Scoter 0.8% 0.7% 0.1%
130   Solitary Sandpiper 0.7% 0.7% 0.0%
131   Blue Grosbeak 0.7% 0.7% 0.0%
132   Prairie Warbler 0.5% 0.7% 0.2%
133   Northern Harrier 5.9% 0.4% 5.5%
134   Fish Crow 2.6% 0.4% 2.3%
135   American Pipit 2.4% 0.4% 2.1%
136   Monk Parakeet 2.3% 0.4% 2.0%
137   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1.2% 0.4% 0.8%
138   Greater Scaup 0.6% 0.4% 0.2%
139   Bay-breasted Warbler 0.5% 0.4% 0.2%
140   White-winged Scoter 0.5% 0.4% 0.2%
141   Sora 0.5% 0.4% 0.1%
142   Bonaparte's Gull 0.4% 0.4% 0.0%
143   American Bittern 0.3% 0.4% 0.0%
144   White-eyed Vireo 0.3% 0.4% 0.1%
145   Common Gallinule 0.2% 0.4% 0.2%