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

based on 628 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Prospect Park--Prospect Lake in April. 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 54.5% 75.0% 20.5%
2   American Robin 74.8% 74.8% 0.1%
3   Canada Goose 52.8% 74.8% 22.1%
4   Red-winged Blackbird 54.6% 72.3% 17.7%
5   Common Grackle 48.7% 68.2% 19.5%
6   House Sparrow 53.1% 67.5% 14.4%
7   Mute Swan 15.1% 67.5% 52.4%
8   European Starling 56.6% 65.8% 9.1%
9   Wood Duck 14.0% 65.1% 51.2%
10   Northern Cardinal 60.6% 64.0% 3.4%
11   Blue Jay 52.6% 56.8% 4.3%
12   Ruddy Duck 10.5% 56.2% 45.7%
13   White-throated Sparrow 57.1% 55.7% 1.4%
14   Mourning Dove 51.5% 54.8% 3.2%
15   Song Sparrow 48.8% 52.1% 3.3%
16   American Coot 6.8% 51.3% 44.4%
17   Rock Pigeon 34.0% 50.8% 16.8%
18   Yellow-rumped Warbler 31.1% 47.5% 16.4%
19   Red-bellied Woodpecker 39.7% 44.6% 4.9%
20   Downy Woodpecker 37.9% 43.9% 6.0%
21   Palm Warbler 27.9% 39.3% 11.4%
22   Double-crested Cormorant 36.8% 38.2% 1.5%
23   Laughing Gull 10.9% 34.1% 23.1%
24   Northern Flicker 45.3% 32.5% 12.8%
25   Herring Gull 26.4% 32.5% 6.1%
26   Ring-billed Gull 23.3% 32.5% 9.2%
27   Pine Warbler 15.6% 31.5% 15.9%
28   Barn Swallow 14.3% 30.7% 16.5%
29   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 29.4% 29.9% 0.6%
30   Great Egret 22.7% 29.0% 6.3%
31   Tree Swallow 22.1% 28.8% 6.7%
32   Red-tailed Hawk 24.8% 26.4% 1.6%
33   Tufted Titmouse 25.7% 26.3% 0.5%
34   Eastern Phoebe 19.0% 26.0% 7.0%
35   Hermit Thrush 25.5% 25.8% 0.3%
36   Black-capped Chickadee 21.9% 24.5% 2.6%
37   American Goldfinch 28.5% 24.0% 4.5%
38   Swamp Sparrow 17.8% 23.9% 6.1%
39   Belted Kingfisher 10.1% 22.3% 12.2%
40   Northern Shoveler 8.6% 22.1% 13.5%
41   Brown-headed Cowbird 23.0% 21.7% 1.4%
42   Osprey 19.2% 21.7% 2.4%
43   Great Blue Heron 11.1% 21.0% 10.0%
44   Carolina Wren 22.3% 20.9% 1.5%
45   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 17.1% 19.7% 2.7%
46   Eastern Towhee 22.0% 18.0% 4.0%
47   Chipping Sparrow 25.1% 17.8% 7.3%
48   White-breasted Nuthatch 17.9% 16.7% 1.2%
49   Black-crowned Night-Heron 7.5% 16.4% 8.9%
50   Dark-eyed Junco 20.2% 16.2% 4.0%
51   Golden-crowned Kinglet 11.8% 16.1% 4.3%
52   Red-throated Loon 4.3% 15.1% 10.9%
53   Black-and-white Warbler 12.0% 14.2% 2.2%
54   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 10.9% 12.9% 2.0%
55   Brown Creeper 9.3% 12.1% 2.8%
56   Anhinga 0.2% 11.6% 11.4%
57   American Crow 19.4% 11.0% 8.4%
58   Northern Mockingbird 28.4% 10.5% 17.9%
59   Pied-billed Grebe 2.7% 10.5% 7.8%
60   Blue-headed Vireo 9.5% 9.9% 0.4%
61   Chimney Swift 5.3% 9.7% 4.4%
62   House Wren 7.6% 8.8% 1.2%
63   Hairy Woodpecker 10.0% 8.6% 1.4%
64   Yellow Warbler 7.8% 8.6% 0.8%
65   Louisiana Waterthrush 7.0% 8.6% 1.6%
66   Green Heron 3.5% 8.1% 4.6%
67   Gray-breasted Martin 0.2% 8.1% 8.0%
68   Gray Catbird 9.1% 7.6% 1.5%
69   Northern Waterthrush 5.1% 7.0% 1.9%
70   Rusty Blackbird 4.3% 6.8% 2.5%
71   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 10.4% 6.7% 3.7%
72   American Black Duck 10.2% 6.5% 3.7%
73   Turkey Vulture 12.6% 6.2% 6.3%
74   European Goldfinch 0.6% 6.2% 5.6%
75   Fish Crow 15.7% 6.1% 9.6%
76   Common Merganser 2.6% 6.1% 3.5%
77   Northern Parula 4.8% 5.4% 0.6%
78   Warbling Vireo 3.3% 4.9% 1.6%
79   Ring-necked Duck 3.0% 4.8% 1.8%
80   Bufflehead 12.0% 4.1% 7.9%
81   Winter Wren 3.7% 4.1% 0.4%
82   Cooper's Hawk 3.7% 4.0% 0.3%
83   Least Bittern 0.3% 3.7% 3.3%
84   Great Black-backed Gull 15.7% 3.5% 12.2%
85   Ovenbird 3.6% 3.3% 0.3%
86   Prothonotary Warbler 1.7% 3.3% 1.7%
87   House Finch 16.7% 3.2% 13.5%
88   Field Sparrow 8.1% 3.0% 5.1%
89   Savannah Sparrow 7.9% 3.0% 4.8%
90   Hooded Merganser 2.8% 3.0% 0.2%
91   Snow Goose 0.5% 3.0% 2.5%
92   Brown Thrasher 6.2% 2.9% 3.3%
93   Cedar Waxwing 3.6% 2.7% 0.9%
94   Fox Sparrow 3.2% 2.7% 0.5%
95   Prairie Warbler 2.7% 2.7% 0.0%
96   Red-breasted Merganser 7.1% 2.5% 4.5%
97   Spotted Sandpiper 1.7% 2.5% 0.8%
98   American Kestrel 5.5% 2.4% 3.1%
99   Baltimore Oriole 2.8% 2.2% 0.6%
100   Wood Thrush 2.1% 2.2% 0.2%
101   Common Yellowthroat 3.5% 2.1% 1.4%
102   Merlin 2.0% 2.1% 0.1%
103   Bald Eagle 3.9% 1.6% 2.3%
104   Black-throated Blue Warbler 1.7% 1.6% 0.1%
105   Orchard Oriole 1.6% 1.6% 0.0%
106   Red-shouldered Hawk 1.2% 1.6% 0.4%
107   Black-throated Green Warbler 2.3% 1.4% 0.9%
108   Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1.6% 1.4% 0.1%
109   White-eyed Vireo 1.6% 1.4% 0.1%
110   Red-breasted Nuthatch 2.9% 1.3% 1.6%
111   Blue-winged Warbler 1.8% 1.3% 0.5%
112   Blue-winged Teal 1.7% 1.3% 0.4%
113   Pine Siskin 0.8% 1.3% 0.5%
114   Red-necked Grebe 0.5% 1.3% 0.8%
115   Common Raven 3.7% 1.1% 2.6%
116   Veery 1.4% 1.1% 0.3%
117   Worm-eating Warbler 0.9% 1.1% 0.2%
118   Common Loon 5.2% 1.0% 4.3%
119   Yellow-throated Warbler 1.7% 1.0% 0.7%
120   American Redstart 1.3% 1.0% 0.3%
121   Peregrine Falcon 3.0% 0.8% 2.2%
122   Sharp-shinned Hawk 2.5% 0.8% 1.7%
123   Purple Finch 1.9% 0.8% 1.1%
124   Eastern Kingbird 1.2% 0.8% 0.4%
125   Nashville Warbler 0.8% 0.8% 0.1%
126   Yellow-throated Vireo 0.8% 0.8% 0.0%
127   Scarlet Tanager 0.6% 0.8% 0.2%
128   Gadwall 8.6% 0.6% 7.9%
129   Solitary Sandpiper 0.8% 0.6% 0.1%
130   Green-winged Teal 5.1% 0.5% 4.7%
131   Wilson's Snipe 2.0% 0.5% 1.5%
132   American Wigeon 1.4% 0.5% 0.9%
133   Hooded Warbler 1.2% 0.5% 0.7%
134   Marsh Wren 0.9% 0.5% 0.4%
135   American Tree Sparrow 0.7% 0.5% 0.2%
136   Bank Swallow 0.6% 0.5% 0.1%
137   American Bittern 0.5% 0.5% 0.0%
138   Cliff Swallow 0.3% 0.5% 0.2%
139   Caspian Tern 0.1% 0.5% 0.4%
140   Brant 13.9% 0.3% 13.6%
141   Boat-tailed Grackle 4.1% 0.3% 3.8%
142   Black Vulture 2.5% 0.3% 2.2%
143   Great Horned Owl 2.5% 0.3% 2.2%
144   Lesser Scaup 1.1% 0.3% 0.8%
145   White-crowned Sparrow 0.9% 0.3% 0.6%
146   Great Crested Flycatcher 0.9% 0.3% 0.6%
147   Indigo Bunting 0.9% 0.3% 0.5%
148   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 0.5% 0.3% 0.2%
149   Chestnut-sided Warbler 0.4% 0.3% 0.1%
150   Swainson's Thrush 0.2% 0.3% 0.1%
151   Bobolink 0.0% 0.3% 0.3%
152   Snowy Egret 7.2% 0.2% 7.1%
153   Glossy Ibis 2.3% 0.2% 2.2%
154   Eastern Bluebird 1.3% 0.2% 1.1%
155   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 1.3% 0.2% 1.1%
156   Bonaparte's Gull 0.9% 0.2% 0.8%
157   American Woodcock 0.7% 0.2% 0.6%
158   Red-headed Woodpecker 0.6% 0.2% 0.5%
159   Purple Martin 0.5% 0.2% 0.3%
160   Blackburnian Warbler 0.5% 0.2% 0.3%
161   Vesper Sparrow 0.4% 0.2% 0.2%
162   Blue Grosbeak 0.3% 0.2% 0.1%
163   Lincoln's Sparrow 0.1% 0.2% 0.0%
164   Yellow-billed Cuckoo 0.1% 0.2% 0.1%
165   Budgerigar 0.0% 0.2% 0.1%