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

based on 84 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Central Park--Great Lawn 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   American Robin 57.6% 57.1% 0.4%
2   Blue Jay 56.2% 52.4% 3.9%
3   White-throated Sparrow 57.7% 50.0% 7.7%
4   Hermit Thrush 23.5% 44.0% 20.5%
5   House Sparrow 46.8% 35.7% 11.1%
6   Dark-eyed Junco 26.0% 34.5% 8.6%
7   Yellow-rumped Warbler 50.5% 29.8% 20.7%
8   Mourning Dove 45.8% 29.8% 16.0%
9   Song Sparrow 55.2% 28.6% 26.7%
10   Palm Warbler 31.0% 28.6% 2.4%
11   Red-bellied Woodpecker 35.0% 23.8% 11.2%
12   Rock Pigeon 35.5% 22.6% 12.9%
13   Eastern Phoebe 36.4% 20.2% 16.2%
14   European Starling 46.6% 17.9% 28.8%
15   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 45.6% 17.9% 27.8%
16   Golden-crowned Kinglet 28.9% 16.7% 12.2%
17   Red-tailed Hawk 22.5% 16.7% 5.9%
18   Tufted Titmouse 19.0% 16.7% 2.3%
19   Eastern Meadowlark 1.8% 15.5% 13.7%
20   White-breasted Nuthatch 20.2% 14.3% 5.9%
21   Common Grackle 21.2% 13.1% 8.1%
22   Northern Flicker 38.6% 11.9% 26.7%
23   Cooper's Hawk 14.6% 11.9% 2.6%
24   Canada Goose 40.9% 10.7% 30.1%
25   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 22.7% 10.7% 12.0%
26   Chipping Sparrow 20.8% 10.7% 10.1%
27   Northern Cardinal 44.5% 9.5% 35.0%
28   Mallard 38.6% 8.3% 30.3%
29   Field Sparrow 11.5% 7.1% 4.4%
30   Gray Catbird 38.5% 6.0% 32.6%
31   American Kestrel 12.9% 6.0% 7.0%
32   White-crowned Sparrow 11.2% 6.0% 5.3%
33   Downy Woodpecker 29.6% 4.8% 24.9%
34   Eastern Towhee 21.0% 4.8% 16.2%
35   Sharp-shinned Hawk 9.9% 4.8% 5.2%
36   Turkey Vulture 9.6% 4.8% 4.8%
37   Chimney Swift 8.5% 4.8% 3.7%
38   Swainson's Thrush 7.5% 4.8% 2.7%
39   Swamp Sparrow 32.8% 3.6% 29.3%
40   Ring-billed Gull 30.4% 3.6% 26.9%
41   Common Yellowthroat 26.3% 3.6% 22.8%
42   Northern Parula 11.0% 3.6% 7.4%
43   Brown Creeper 10.7% 3.6% 7.1%
44   Red-breasted Nuthatch 7.9% 3.6% 4.4%
45   Vesper Sparrow 2.3% 3.6% 1.2%
46   Wilson's Snipe 0.8% 3.6% 2.8%
47   Northern Mockingbird 36.3% 2.4% 33.9%
48   American Crow 23.4% 2.4% 21.0%
49   Carolina Wren 22.3% 2.4% 19.9%
50   Savannah Sparrow 19.4% 2.4% 17.1%
51   Black-throated Blue Warbler 12.0% 2.4% 9.7%
52   Winter Wren 10.0% 2.4% 7.6%
53   Northern Shoveler 8.7% 2.4% 6.4%
54   Magnolia Warbler 7.6% 2.4% 5.3%
55   Lincoln's Sparrow 6.8% 2.4% 4.4%
56   Brown Thrasher 5.4% 2.4% 3.0%
57   Indigo Bunting 4.7% 2.4% 2.4%
58   Eastern Wood-Pewee 4.4% 2.4% 2.0%
59   Cape May Warbler 2.7% 2.4% 0.3%
60   Yellow-breasted Chat 0.8% 2.4% 1.6%
61   Herring Gull 32.7% 1.2% 31.5%
62   Double-crested Cormorant 32.0% 1.2% 30.8%
63   Great Black-backed Gull 18.9% 1.2% 17.7%
64   Great Egret 14.2% 1.2% 13.0%
65   Osprey 12.5% 1.2% 11.3%
66   Cedar Waxwing 10.1% 1.2% 8.9%
67   Black-and-white Warbler 9.5% 1.2% 8.3%
68   Ruddy Duck 8.2% 1.2% 7.0%
69   Gadwall 8.0% 1.2% 6.8%
70   American Redstart 7.9% 1.2% 6.7%
71   Hairy Woodpecker 7.8% 1.2% 6.6%
72   Merlin 7.5% 1.2% 6.3%
73   Purple Finch 7.0% 1.2% 5.8%
74   Green-winged Teal 6.0% 1.2% 4.8%
75   Brown-headed Cowbird 5.8% 1.2% 4.6%
76   Common Raven 5.8% 1.2% 4.6%
77   Black-throated Green Warbler 5.6% 1.2% 4.4%
78   Ovenbird 5.4% 1.2% 4.2%
79   Eastern Bluebird 1.9% 1.2% 0.7%
80   Wood Thrush 1.8% 1.2% 0.6%
81   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1.2% 1.2% 0.0%
82   Common Nighthawk 0.9% 1.2% 0.3%
83   Chestnut-sided Warbler 0.8% 1.2% 0.4%
84   Solitary Sandpiper 0.7% 1.2% 0.4%
85   Eurasian Eagle-Owl 0.1% 1.2% 1.1%