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

based on 119 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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Rank Info Pics Species Entire Region This Location Difference
1   Canada Goose 40.7% 74.8% 34.1%
2   American Robin 57.2% 70.6% 13.4%
3   House Sparrow 49.9% 69.7% 19.8%
4   Mallard 40.7% 69.7% 29.0%
5   Gray Catbird 54.6% 66.4% 11.8%
6   Mute Swan 14.3% 66.4% 52.1%
7   Rock Pigeon 35.3% 63.9% 28.5%
8   Northern Cardinal 47.7% 62.2% 14.5%
9   Mourning Dove 53.7% 58.0% 4.3%
10   Great Blue Heron 30.6% 56.3% 25.7%
11   Blue Jay 35.3% 55.5% 20.2%
12   Wood Duck 9.2% 54.6% 45.4%
13   European Starling 51.1% 53.8% 2.7%
14   American Redstart 21.9% 42.9% 20.9%
15   Black-and-white Warbler 14.2% 42.0% 27.8%
16   Common Grackle 28.2% 41.2% 13.0%
17   Chimney Swift 23.8% 39.5% 15.7%
18   Barn Swallow 39.9% 38.7% 1.2%
19   American Goldfinch 37.6% 38.7% 1.0%
20   Northern Waterthrush 15.4% 38.7% 23.3%
21   Downy Woodpecker 25.2% 37.0% 11.8%
22   Red-bellied Woodpecker 19.3% 37.0% 17.7%
23   Yellow Warbler 20.2% 34.5% 14.3%
24   Eastern Kingbird 16.7% 34.5% 17.8%
25   Double-crested Cormorant 41.4% 33.6% 7.7%
26   Cedar Waxwing 16.8% 33.6% 16.8%
27   Baltimore Oriole 15.1% 31.9% 16.8%
28   Song Sparrow 35.0% 29.4% 5.6%
29   Northern Flicker 26.0% 28.6% 2.6%
30   Warbling Vireo 9.9% 27.7% 17.8%
31   Green Heron 11.9% 26.9% 15.0%
32   Red-eyed Vireo 9.6% 26.9% 17.3%
33   Spotted Sandpiper 17.0% 25.2% 8.2%
34   Red-winged Blackbird 28.5% 23.5% 5.0%
35   Carolina Wren 24.7% 20.2% 4.6%
36   Red-tailed Hawk 11.4% 19.3% 7.9%
37   American Coot 0.6% 17.6% 17.1%
38   Common Yellowthroat 15.1% 15.1% 0.0%
39   House Wren 11.4% 15.1% 3.8%
40   Chestnut-sided Warbler 5.0% 15.1% 10.1%
41   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 6.8% 14.3% 7.5%
42   Northern Mockingbird 36.1% 13.4% 22.6%
43   Eastern Wood-Pewee 9.1% 13.4% 4.4%
44   Canada Warbler 5.6% 13.4% 7.8%
45   Ovenbird 4.2% 13.4% 9.2%
46   Blue-winged Warbler 3.9% 13.4% 9.6%
47   Laughing Gull 32.1% 10.9% 21.1%
48   Black-capped Chickadee 11.2% 10.9% 0.3%
49   American Black Duck 10.0% 10.9% 0.9%
50   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 9.0% 10.1% 1.1%
51   Osprey 30.7% 9.2% 21.5%
52   Great Crested Flycatcher 7.0% 9.2% 2.2%
53   Great Egret 34.6% 7.6% 27.0%
54   Black-crowned Night-Heron 14.6% 7.6% 7.0%
55   White-breasted Nuthatch 9.8% 6.7% 3.0%
56   Hairy Woodpecker 6.0% 6.7% 0.7%
57   Magnolia Warbler 2.9% 6.7% 3.8%
58   Herring Gull 39.6% 5.9% 33.7%
59   Tree Swallow 14.1% 5.9% 8.3%
60   Tufted Titmouse 8.5% 5.9% 2.6%
61   Tennessee Warbler 0.7% 5.0% 4.3%
62   Ring-billed Gull 31.9% 3.4% 28.5%
63   House Finch 15.0% 3.4% 11.6%
64   Belted Kingfisher 8.4% 3.4% 5.0%
65   Brown-headed Cowbird 6.0% 3.4% 2.6%
66   Veery 2.6% 3.4% 0.7%
67   Ruddy Duck 2.4% 3.4% 1.0%
68   Red-breasted Nuthatch 2.1% 3.4% 1.2%
69   Black-throated Blue Warbler 2.1% 3.4% 1.3%
70   Northern Parula 1.8% 3.4% 1.6%
71   Scarlet Tanager 1.7% 3.4% 1.7%
72   Louisiana Waterthrush 1.1% 3.4% 2.3%
73   Orchard Oriole 1.0% 3.4% 2.4%
74   American Kestrel 3.6% 2.5% 1.1%
75   Cooper's Hawk 2.3% 2.5% 0.3%
76   Blackburnian Warbler 1.0% 2.5% 1.5%
77   Wilson's Warbler 0.5% 2.5% 2.0%
78   Swainson's Thrush 0.3% 2.5% 2.2%
79   Turkey Vulture 5.4% 1.7% 3.7%
80   Chipping Sparrow 5.2% 1.7% 3.5%
81   Willow Flycatcher 4.7% 1.7% 3.0%
82   Eastern Phoebe 3.8% 1.7% 2.1%
83   Solitary Sandpiper 3.7% 1.7% 2.0%
84   Bank Swallow 3.1% 1.7% 1.4%
85   Least Flycatcher 2.0% 1.7% 0.4%
86   Green-winged Teal 1.7% 1.7% 0.1%
87   Worm-eating Warbler 1.3% 1.7% 0.3%
88   Common Nighthawk 1.3% 1.7% 0.4%
89   Cape May Warbler 1.2% 1.7% 0.5%
90   Prairie Warbler 1.1% 1.7% 0.6%
91   American Crow 14.5% 0.8% 13.6%
92   Lesser Yellowlegs 13.9% 0.8% 13.1%
93   Forster's Tern 13.2% 0.8% 12.4%
94   Fish Crow 9.0% 0.8% 8.2%
95   Eastern Towhee 7.1% 0.8% 6.2%
96   Gadwall 3.9% 0.8% 3.1%
97   Indigo Bunting 3.4% 0.8% 2.6%
98   Wood Thrush 2.5% 0.8% 1.7%
99   Bald Eagle 2.5% 0.8% 1.6%
100   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 2.1% 0.8% 1.2%
101   Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1.6% 0.8% 0.8%
102   Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1.3% 0.8% 0.4%
103   Black-throated Green Warbler 1.0% 0.8% 0.2%
104   Pied-billed Grebe 1.0% 0.8% 0.1%
105   Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 0.8% 0.8% 0.0%
106   Black Tern 0.8% 0.8% 0.0%
107   Golden-winged Warbler 0.3% 0.8% 0.6%
108   Yellow-rumped Warbler 0.2% 0.8% 0.6%
109   Philadelphia Vireo 0.1% 0.8% 0.7%
110   European Goldfinch 0.1% 0.8% 0.7%