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

based on 218 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Prospect Park--Prospect Lake in September. 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   American Redstart 42.9% 67.9% 25.0%
2   Gray Catbird 60.5% 67.4% 6.9%
3   American Robin 60.3% 67.4% 7.1%
4   Canada Goose 37.7% 67.0% 29.2%
5   House Sparrow 45.8% 65.1% 19.3%
6   Mallard 36.6% 61.9% 25.4%
7   Black-and-white Warbler 31.6% 61.5% 29.9%
8   Blue Jay 51.7% 59.6% 7.9%
9   Northern Cardinal 50.4% 58.3% 7.9%
10   Common Yellowthroat 45.1% 57.8% 12.7%
11   Mute Swan 11.3% 57.8% 46.5%
12   Rock Pigeon 36.7% 54.1% 17.4%
13   Mourning Dove 53.2% 52.8% 0.5%
14   Northern Parula 26.9% 50.0% 23.1%
15   European Starling 48.5% 46.3% 2.1%
16   Wood Duck 9.9% 46.3% 36.4%
17   Red-bellied Woodpecker 29.5% 43.6% 14.1%
18   Northern Flicker 43.2% 41.7% 1.5%
19   Downy Woodpecker 31.8% 41.7% 9.9%
20   Red-eyed Vireo 25.0% 40.4% 15.3%
21   Northern Waterthrush 15.7% 39.4% 23.8%
22   Magnolia Warbler 22.7% 38.5% 15.8%
23   Black-throated Blue Warbler 16.8% 37.2% 20.4%
24   Great Blue Heron 24.7% 34.9% 10.2%
25   Double-crested Cormorant 32.0% 33.5% 1.5%
26   Chimney Swift 22.4% 29.8% 7.4%
27   Eastern Wood-Pewee 19.5% 27.1% 7.5%
28   Black-throated Green Warbler 12.2% 26.6% 14.4%
29   Song Sparrow 28.7% 25.2% 3.4%
30   Red-tailed Hawk 18.7% 25.2% 6.5%
31   Common Grackle 24.0% 24.8% 0.8%
32   Ovenbird 12.6% 22.0% 9.4%
33   Yellow Warbler 12.2% 22.0% 9.8%
34   American Goldfinch 27.8% 21.6% 6.2%
35   Swainson's Thrush 14.8% 21.6% 6.8%
36   Carolina Wren 26.9% 21.1% 5.8%
37   Chestnut-sided Warbler 10.2% 20.2% 10.0%
38   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 16.6% 18.8% 2.2%
39   Palm Warbler 15.1% 17.9% 2.8%
40   Blackpoll Warbler 10.4% 17.4% 7.1%
41   Eastern Phoebe 17.9% 17.0% 1.0%
42   Green Heron 7.5% 17.0% 9.5%
43   American Coot 1.0% 17.0% 16.0%
44   House Wren 17.3% 16.1% 1.2%
45   Veery 11.6% 14.7% 3.1%
46   Belted Kingfisher 12.1% 13.3% 1.2%
47   Rose-breasted Grosbeak 11.5% 13.3% 1.8%
48   Yellow-rumped Warbler 8.4% 12.8% 4.4%
49   Osprey 25.5% 12.4% 13.1%
50   Cedar Waxwing 16.4% 11.9% 4.5%
51   Baltimore Oriole 7.8% 11.5% 3.7%
52   Northern Shoveler 3.8% 11.5% 7.7%
53   Pine Warbler 5.4% 11.0% 5.6%
54   White-throated Sparrow 9.6% 10.6% 1.0%
55   Warbling Vireo 8.2% 10.6% 2.4%
56   Black-crowned Night-Heron 8.0% 10.6% 2.6%
57   Scarlet Tanager 9.7% 10.1% 0.4%
58   Tennessee Warbler 6.0% 10.1% 4.1%
59   Wilson's Warbler 3.9% 10.1% 6.2%
60   American Black Duck 8.0% 9.6% 1.6%
61   American Crow 17.0% 9.2% 7.9%
62   Canada Warbler 4.1% 9.2% 5.1%
63   Bay-breasted Warbler 4.4% 8.7% 4.4%
64   Cape May Warbler 6.9% 8.3% 1.3%
65   Pied-billed Grebe 1.8% 8.3% 6.5%
66   Red-winged Blackbird 12.1% 7.8% 4.3%
67   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 8.1% 7.8% 0.3%
68   Red-breasted Nuthatch 7.6% 7.8% 0.2%
69   White-breasted Nuthatch 13.5% 7.3% 6.2%
70   Ruddy Duck 1.4% 7.3% 5.9%
71   Wood Thrush 5.2% 6.9% 1.7%
72   Herring Gull 31.0% 6.4% 24.5%
73   Blackburnian Warbler 2.9% 6.4% 3.5%
74   Cooper's Hawk 7.4% 6.0% 1.4%
75   Nashville Warbler 4.7% 5.5% 0.8%
76   Black-capped Chickadee 12.7% 5.0% 7.7%
77   Blue-headed Vireo 3.3% 5.0% 1.7%
78   Northern Mockingbird 31.7% 4.6% 27.1%
79   Hairy Woodpecker 8.5% 4.1% 4.4%
80   Merlin 5.4% 4.1% 1.2%
81   Swamp Sparrow 5.0% 4.1% 0.8%
82   Spotted Sandpiper 5.0% 4.1% 0.8%
83   Laughing Gull 18.7% 3.7% 15.0%
84   Great Crested Flycatcher 5.2% 3.7% 1.5%
85   American Kestrel 10.9% 3.2% 7.7%
86   Common Nighthawk 2.8% 3.2% 0.4%
87   Ring-billed Gull 25.3% 2.8% 22.5%
88   House Finch 14.9% 2.8% 12.1%
89   Philadelphia Vireo 2.0% 2.8% 0.7%
90   Gray-cheeked Thrush 1.5% 2.8% 1.2%
91   Blue-winged Warbler 1.5% 2.8% 1.3%
92   Tufted Titmouse 10.0% 2.3% 7.7%
93   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 4.9% 2.3% 2.6%
94   Indigo Bunting 4.4% 2.3% 2.2%
95   Prairie Warbler 4.4% 2.3% 2.1%
96   Green-winged Teal 3.7% 2.3% 1.4%
97   Solitary Sandpiper 3.1% 2.3% 0.8%
98   Blue-winged Teal 2.1% 2.3% 0.2%
99   Brown Thrasher 8.7% 1.8% 6.9%
100   Peregrine Falcon 7.4% 1.8% 5.6%
101   White-eyed Vireo 3.5% 1.8% 1.7%
102   Least Flycatcher 3.4% 1.8% 1.6%
103   Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 1.7% 1.8% 0.1%
104   Eastern Towhee 7.8% 1.4% 6.4%
105   Barn Swallow 4.8% 1.4% 3.4%
106   Lincoln's Sparrow 4.0% 1.4% 2.6%
107   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 3.8% 1.4% 2.5%
108   Eastern Kingbird 3.0% 1.4% 1.6%
109   Golden-crowned Kinglet 2.1% 1.4% 0.8%
110   Winter Wren 1.8% 1.4% 0.4%
111   Great Egret 20.1% 0.9% 19.2%
112   Great Black-backed Gull 18.7% 0.9% 17.8%
113   Turkey Vulture 8.4% 0.9% 7.5%
114   Tree Swallow 7.0% 0.9% 6.1%
115   Chipping Sparrow 6.6% 0.9% 5.7%
116   Sharp-shinned Hawk 5.3% 0.9% 4.4%
117   Gadwall 4.6% 0.9% 3.6%
118   Brown-headed Cowbird 4.1% 0.9% 3.1%
119   Broad-winged Hawk 3.2% 0.9% 2.3%
120   Yellow-billed Cuckoo 2.6% 0.9% 1.7%
121   Purple Finch 1.4% 0.9% 0.5%
122   American Wigeon 1.0% 0.9% 0.0%
123   Yellow-breasted Chat 0.7% 0.9% 0.2%
124   Great Cormorant 0.3% 0.9% 0.6%
125   Red-necked Phalarope 0.1% 0.9% 0.8%
126   Common Raven 5.4% 0.5% 5.0%
127   Northern Harrier 3.6% 0.5% 3.1%
128   Marsh Wren 3.5% 0.5% 3.1%
129   Connecticut Warbler 2.0% 0.5% 1.5%
130   Caspian Tern 1.5% 0.5% 1.1%
131   Dark-eyed Junco 1.4% 0.5% 0.9%
132   Brown Creeper 1.3% 0.5% 0.9%
133   Olive-sided Flycatcher 1.1% 0.5% 0.6%
134   Sora 1.0% 0.5% 0.5%
135   Hooded Warbler 0.9% 0.5% 0.5%
136   Yellow-throated Vireo 0.8% 0.5% 0.4%
137   Clay-colored Sparrow 0.8% 0.5% 0.3%
138   Eastern Bluebird 0.7% 0.5% 0.2%
139   Blue Grosbeak 0.5% 0.5% 0.0%
140   Black Tern 0.5% 0.5% 0.0%
141   Worm-eating Warbler 0.4% 0.5% 0.0%
142   Virginia Rail 0.3% 0.5% 0.2%
143   Common Gallinule 0.2% 0.5% 0.3%
144   Budgerigar 0.2% 0.5% 0.3%
145   Grasshopper Sparrow 0.1% 0.5% 0.4%
146   Rusty Blackbird 0.1% 0.5% 0.4%