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Top Birds at Central Park--Turtle Pond in May
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA

based on 962 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Central Park--Turtle Pond in May. 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 Robin 73.3% 69.5% 3.8%
2   House Sparrow 56.9% 63.7% 6.8%
3   Red-winged Blackbird 53.2% 62.6% 9.3%
4   European Starling 58.4% 60.2% 1.8%
5   Common Grackle 54.9% 59.0% 4.2%
6   Mallard 49.2% 59.0% 9.8%
7   Canada Goose 45.0% 52.1% 7.0%
8   Gray Catbird 66.1% 45.5% 20.6%
9   Blue Jay 49.3% 43.9% 5.4%
10   Northern Cardinal 59.2% 41.0% 18.2%
11   American Redstart 40.4% 38.5% 2.0%
12   Magnolia Warbler 27.4% 34.3% 6.9%
13   Baltimore Oriole 44.8% 34.0% 10.8%
14   Double-crested Cormorant 34.0% 33.2% 0.9%
15   Common Yellowthroat 47.7% 33.0% 14.7%
16   Yellow-rumped Warbler 33.8% 31.6% 2.2%
17   Black-and-white Warbler 39.6% 31.3% 8.3%
18   Northern Parula 35.8% 30.8% 5.0%
19   Mourning Dove 53.6% 29.9% 23.7%
20   Warbling Vireo 32.2% 28.2% 4.0%
21   Rock Pigeon 35.5% 26.1% 9.4%
22   Yellow Warbler 42.8% 25.2% 17.6%
23   Eastern Kingbird 16.8% 23.3% 6.5%
24   Great Egret 25.4% 23.0% 2.5%
25   White-throated Sparrow 34.4% 21.5% 12.9%
26   Chimney Swift 29.9% 20.7% 9.2%
27   Blackpoll Warbler 21.9% 19.6% 2.3%
28   Black-throated Blue Warbler 28.1% 18.9% 9.2%
29   House Finch 16.0% 15.2% 0.9%
30   Downy Woodpecker 28.2% 15.1% 13.2%
31   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 13.2% 14.2% 1.1%
32   Black-throated Green Warbler 20.2% 13.8% 6.4%
33   Red-bellied Woodpecker 38.4% 11.3% 27.1%
34   Ovenbird 32.9% 10.9% 22.0%
35   Red-eyed Vireo 22.9% 10.9% 11.9%
36   Chestnut-sided Warbler 16.3% 10.9% 5.4%
37   Blue-headed Vireo 14.3% 10.6% 3.7%
38   Black-crowned Night-Heron 11.7% 10.3% 1.4%
39   Cedar Waxwing 16.8% 9.8% 7.1%
40   Wilson's Warbler 8.8% 9.6% 0.7%
41   Nashville Warbler 8.9% 9.4% 0.4%
42   Blackburnian Warbler 9.4% 9.0% 0.4%
43   Gadwall 7.0% 9.0% 2.1%
44   Cape May Warbler 7.0% 8.3% 1.3%
45   Red-tailed Hawk 19.9% 7.5% 12.4%
46   Rose-breasted Grosbeak 16.5% 7.5% 9.1%
47   Orchard Oriole 10.2% 7.5% 2.7%
48   Northern Waterthrush 23.4% 7.1% 16.3%
49   Canada Warbler 11.7% 6.9% 4.9%
50   Barn Swallow 31.9% 6.8% 25.2%
51   Least Flycatcher 5.9% 6.8% 0.8%
52   House Wren 26.9% 6.7% 20.3%
53   Scarlet Tanager 19.0% 6.7% 12.3%
54   Prairie Warbler 8.5% 6.5% 1.9%
55   American Goldfinch 28.8% 6.3% 22.5%
56   Bay-breasted Warbler 8.0% 5.9% 2.1%
57   Eastern Towhee 20.0% 5.8% 14.2%
58   Swainson's Thrush 17.9% 5.6% 12.3%
59   Veery 20.2% 5.5% 14.7%
60   Northern Flicker 29.3% 5.4% 23.9%
61   Hermit Thrush 11.1% 5.0% 6.1%
62   Song Sparrow 35.8% 4.3% 31.5%
63   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 12.1% 4.2% 7.9%
64   Swamp Sparrow 13.1% 4.0% 9.2%
65   Chipping Sparrow 18.4% 3.6% 14.8%
66   Tennessee Warbler 3.4% 3.6% 0.3%
67   Great Crested Flycatcher 18.2% 3.5% 14.7%
68   Palm Warbler 5.3% 3.3% 2.0%
69   Herring Gull 23.6% 3.2% 20.4%
70   Brown-headed Cowbird 20.9% 3.1% 17.8%
71   Indigo Bunting 10.1% 3.1% 7.0%
72   Yellow-throated Vireo 4.6% 2.9% 1.7%
73   Wood Thrush 23.3% 2.7% 20.6%
74   American Crow 17.8% 2.7% 15.1%
75   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 14.6% 2.6% 12.0%
76   Ring-billed Gull 14.4% 2.6% 11.8%
77   Eastern Wood-Pewee 11.2% 2.6% 8.6%
78   Green Heron 9.1% 2.5% 6.6%
79   Tree Swallow 22.6% 2.4% 20.2%
80   White-crowned Sparrow 3.7% 2.4% 1.3%
81   Blue-winged Warbler 6.7% 2.2% 4.5%
82   Mourning Warbler 1.9% 2.2% 0.3%
83   White-breasted Nuthatch 10.8% 2.1% 8.7%
84   Hooded Warbler 4.0% 2.1% 1.9%
85   Tufted Titmouse 15.7% 2.0% 13.7%
86   Wood Duck 9.4% 2.0% 7.4%
87   Worm-eating Warbler 4.0% 2.0% 2.0%
88   Black-capped Chickadee 12.2% 1.9% 10.3%
89   Spotted Sandpiper 12.5% 1.8% 10.7%
90   Red-breasted Nuthatch 2.8% 1.7% 1.1%
91   Savannah Sparrow 5.5% 1.6% 4.0%
92   Summer Tanager 1.7% 1.6% 0.1%
93   Lincoln's Sparrow 2.9% 1.5% 1.5%
94   Great Blue Heron 9.6% 1.4% 8.3%
95   Great Black-backed Gull 13.4% 1.2% 12.2%
96   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 6.3% 1.2% 5.1%
97   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 3.9% 1.1% 2.8%
98   Northern Mockingbird 27.0% 1.0% 25.9%
99   Osprey 16.6% 1.0% 15.5%
100   White-eyed Vireo 4.3% 1.0% 3.3%
101   Pine Warbler 1.7% 1.0% 0.6%
102   American Kestrel 2.2% 0.9% 1.3%
103   Eastern Phoebe 4.9% 0.8% 4.1%
104   Carolina Wren 20.0% 0.7% 19.3%
105   Field Sparrow 3.4% 0.7% 2.7%
106   Belted Kingfisher 4.2% 0.5% 3.7%
107   Purple Finch 1.3% 0.5% 0.8%
108   Prothonotary Warbler 1.1% 0.5% 0.6%
109   Turkey Vulture 9.8% 0.4% 9.4%
110   Olive-sided Flycatcher 1.3% 0.4% 0.9%
111   Hairy Woodpecker 8.4% 0.3% 8.1%
112   Willow Flycatcher 5.5% 0.3% 5.2%
113   Peregrine Falcon 2.7% 0.3% 2.4%
114   Black-billed Cuckoo 1.6% 0.3% 1.3%
115   Common Nighthawk 1.4% 0.3% 1.1%
116   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1.0% 0.3% 0.7%
117   Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 0.7% 0.3% 0.4%
118   Cerulean Warbler 0.7% 0.3% 0.3%
119   Barred Owl 0.4% 0.3% 0.1%
120   Laughing Gull 17.0% 0.2% 16.8%
121   Solitary Sandpiper 5.8% 0.2% 5.6%
122   American Black Duck 5.1% 0.2% 4.9%
123   Yellow-billed Cuckoo 3.5% 0.2% 3.3%
124   Great Horned Owl 1.0% 0.2% 0.8%
125   Kentucky Warbler 0.8% 0.2% 0.6%
126   Acadian Flycatcher 0.6% 0.2% 0.3%
127   Dark-eyed Junco 0.5% 0.2% 0.3%
128   Rusty Blackbird 0.5% 0.2% 0.3%
129   Fish Crow 10.9% 0.1% 10.8%
130   Brant 10.9% 0.1% 10.7%
131   Snowy Egret 10.0% 0.1% 9.9%
132   Gray-cheeked Thrush 3.2% 0.1% 3.1%
133   Common Raven 2.5% 0.1% 2.4%
134   Bank Swallow 2.5% 0.1% 2.4%
135   Bald Eagle 2.5% 0.1% 2.4%
136   Common Loon 2.5% 0.1% 2.4%
137   Louisiana Waterthrush 1.8% 0.1% 1.7%
138   Bufflehead 1.2% 0.1% 1.1%
139   Red-headed Woodpecker 0.8% 0.1% 0.7%
140   Blue Grosbeak 0.8% 0.1% 0.7%
141   Red-shouldered Hawk 0.6% 0.1% 0.5%
142   Alder Flycatcher 0.6% 0.1% 0.5%
143   Winter Wren 0.4% 0.1% 0.3%
144   American Bittern 0.3% 0.1% 0.2%
145   Yellow-throated Warbler 0.3% 0.1% 0.2%
146   Evening Grosbeak 0.3% 0.1% 0.2%
147   Wilson's Snipe 0.2% 0.1% 0.1%
148   Hooded Merganser 0.2% 0.1% 0.1%
149   Mississippi Kite 0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
150   Brewster's Warbler (hybrid) 0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
151   Clay-colored Sparrow 0.1% 0.1% 0.0%