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

based on 69 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Central Park--Great Lawn 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   American Robin 74.8% 75.4% 0.6%
2   Common Grackle 48.8% 63.8% 14.9%
3   European Starling 56.7% 53.6% 3.1%
4   House Sparrow 53.2% 52.2% 1.0%
5   White-throated Sparrow 57.1% 49.3% 7.8%
6   Blue Jay 52.6% 47.8% 4.8%
7   Northern Cardinal 60.6% 34.8% 25.9%
8   Rock Pigeon 34.1% 31.9% 2.3%
9   Mourning Dove 51.6% 27.5% 24.1%
10   Palm Warbler 28.0% 24.6% 3.4%
11   Dark-eyed Junco 20.2% 24.6% 4.5%
12   Canada Goose 53.0% 18.8% 34.1%
13   Red-bellied Woodpecker 39.7% 18.8% 20.9%
14   Double-crested Cormorant 36.8% 15.9% 20.8%
15   Chipping Sparrow 25.1% 15.9% 9.1%
16   Northern Flicker 45.2% 14.5% 30.7%
17   Red-tailed Hawk 24.8% 14.5% 10.4%
18   Red-winged Blackbird 54.8% 13.0% 41.7%
19   Mallard 54.7% 13.0% 41.7%
20   Downy Woodpecker 38.0% 13.0% 25.0%
21   Yellow-rumped Warbler 31.2% 13.0% 18.2%
22   Pine Warbler 15.7% 13.0% 2.7%
23   Song Sparrow 48.8% 11.6% 37.2%
24   Eastern Phoebe 19.0% 11.6% 7.4%
25   Golden-crowned Kinglet 11.8% 11.6% 0.2%
26   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 29.4% 10.1% 19.2%
27   Tufted Titmouse 25.8% 10.1% 15.6%
28   Hermit Thrush 25.5% 10.1% 15.3%
29   Evening Grosbeak 0.3% 8.7% 8.4%
30   Great Egret 22.7% 7.2% 15.5%
31   Eastern Towhee 21.9% 7.2% 14.7%
32   House Finch 16.6% 7.2% 9.4%
33   Bufflehead 11.9% 7.2% 4.7%
34   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 10.4% 7.2% 3.1%
35   Brown Creeper 9.3% 7.2% 2.1%
36   American Goldfinch 28.5% 5.8% 22.7%
37   Herring Gull 26.4% 5.8% 20.6%
38   White-breasted Nuthatch 17.9% 5.8% 12.1%
39   Ruddy Duck 10.8% 5.8% 5.0%
40   Field Sparrow 8.1% 5.8% 2.3%
41   Black-crowned Night-Heron 7.6% 5.8% 1.8%
42   Ring-billed Gull 23.4% 4.3% 19.0%
43   Brown-headed Cowbird 23.0% 4.3% 18.7%
44   Black-and-white Warbler 12.0% 4.3% 7.7%
45   Blue-headed Vireo 9.5% 4.3% 5.2%
46   Gray Catbird 9.1% 4.3% 4.8%
47   Savannah Sparrow 7.8% 4.3% 3.5%
48   Tree Swallow 22.2% 2.9% 19.3%
49   American Crow 19.4% 2.9% 16.5%
50   Swamp Sparrow 17.8% 2.9% 14.9%
51   Great Black-backed Gull 15.7% 2.9% 12.8%
52   Barn Swallow 14.4% 2.9% 11.5%
53   Brant 13.9% 2.9% 11.0%
54   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 10.9% 2.9% 8.0%
55   Chimney Swift 5.4% 2.9% 2.5%
56   Cedar Waxwing 3.6% 2.9% 0.7%
57   Warbling Vireo 3.4% 2.9% 0.5%
58   Prairie Warbler 2.7% 2.9% 0.2%
59   Black-throated Green Warbler 2.3% 2.9% 0.6%
60   Eastern Meadowlark 0.5% 2.9% 2.4%
61   Northern Mockingbird 28.3% 1.4% 26.9%
62   Black-capped Chickadee 21.9% 1.4% 20.5%
63   Osprey 19.2% 1.4% 17.8%
64   Fish Crow 15.6% 1.4% 14.1%
65   Wood Duck 14.3% 1.4% 12.9%
66   Turkey Vulture 12.5% 1.4% 11.1%
67   Laughing Gull 11.1% 1.4% 9.7%
68   Belted Kingfisher 10.2% 1.4% 8.8%
69   American Black Duck 10.2% 1.4% 8.8%
70   Hairy Woodpecker 10.0% 1.4% 8.6%
71   Northern Shoveler 8.7% 1.4% 7.3%
72   Gadwall 8.5% 1.4% 7.1%
73   Snowy Egret 7.2% 1.4% 5.7%
74   American Coot 7.1% 1.4% 5.7%
75   American Kestrel 5.5% 1.4% 4.0%
76   Northern Waterthrush 5.2% 1.4% 3.7%
77   Northern Parula 4.8% 1.4% 3.4%
78   Green Heron 3.6% 1.4% 2.1%
79   Peregrine Falcon 2.9% 1.4% 1.5%
80   Baltimore Oriole 2.8% 1.4% 1.4%
81   Great Horned Owl 2.5% 1.4% 1.0%
82   Merlin 2.0% 1.4% 0.5%
83   Blue-winged Warbler 1.8% 1.4% 0.3%
84   Spotted Sandpiper 1.8% 1.4% 0.3%
85   Prothonotary Warbler 1.7% 1.4% 0.2%
86   Yellow-throated Warbler 1.7% 1.4% 0.2%
87   Solitary Sandpiper 0.8% 1.4% 0.7%
88   Blackburnian Warbler 0.5% 1.4% 1.0%