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

based on 55 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Central Park--Great Lawn 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% 83.6% 10.3%
2   European Starling 58.4% 65.5% 7.0%
3   House Sparrow 57.0% 65.5% 8.5%
4   Common Grackle 54.9% 58.2% 3.3%
5   Mourning Dove 53.4% 43.6% 9.8%
6   Rock Pigeon 35.5% 43.6% 8.2%
7   Canada Goose 45.1% 38.2% 6.9%
8   Blue Jay 49.3% 27.3% 22.0%
9   Mallard 49.3% 25.5% 23.9%
10   Northern Cardinal 59.0% 23.6% 35.4%
11   Gray Catbird 66.0% 21.8% 44.1%
12   Red-winged Blackbird 53.3% 21.8% 31.5%
13   Black-and-white Warbler 39.5% 21.8% 17.7%
14   Northern Parula 35.7% 21.8% 13.9%
15   Chimney Swift 29.8% 21.8% 8.0%
16   American Redstart 40.4% 20.0% 20.4%
17   Baltimore Oriole 44.7% 16.4% 28.3%
18   Yellow-rumped Warbler 33.8% 16.4% 17.4%
19   Barn Swallow 31.7% 16.4% 15.4%
20   Magnolia Warbler 27.5% 16.4% 11.1%
21   Double-crested Cormorant 34.0% 14.5% 19.5%
22   Great Egret 25.4% 14.5% 10.9%
23   Common Yellowthroat 47.5% 12.7% 34.8%
24   Red-bellied Woodpecker 38.2% 12.7% 25.5%
25   White-throated Sparrow 34.3% 12.7% 21.6%
26   Warbling Vireo 32.2% 12.7% 19.4%
27   Herring Gull 23.4% 12.7% 10.7%
28   Red-eyed Vireo 22.8% 12.7% 10.0%
29   Swainson's Thrush 17.8% 12.7% 5.0%
30   Yellow Warbler 42.6% 10.9% 31.7%
31   Ovenbird 32.7% 10.9% 21.8%
32   Blackpoll Warbler 21.9% 10.9% 11.0%
33   Black-throated Green Warbler 20.2% 10.9% 9.3%
34   Red-tailed Hawk 19.8% 10.9% 8.9%
35   House Finch 16.0% 10.9% 5.1%
36   Ring-billed Gull 14.3% 10.9% 3.4%
37   Northern Flicker 29.1% 9.1% 20.0%
38   American Goldfinch 28.7% 9.1% 19.6%
39   Downy Woodpecker 28.1% 9.1% 19.0%
40   Black-throated Blue Warbler 28.0% 9.1% 18.9%
41   Blackburnian Warbler 9.4% 9.1% 0.4%
42   Song Sparrow 35.5% 7.3% 28.3%
43   Cedar Waxwing 16.8% 7.3% 9.5%
44   Rose-breasted Grosbeak 16.5% 7.3% 9.2%
45   Chestnut-sided Warbler 16.3% 7.3% 9.0%
46   Blue-headed Vireo 14.3% 7.3% 7.0%
47   Veery 20.1% 5.5% 14.6%
48   Great Crested Flycatcher 18.1% 5.5% 12.6%
49   American Crow 17.7% 5.5% 12.2%
50   Tufted Titmouse 15.6% 5.5% 10.1%
51   Black-crowned Night-Heron 11.7% 5.5% 6.2%
52   Orchard Oriole 10.2% 5.5% 4.8%
53   Nashville Warbler 8.9% 5.5% 3.5%
54   Red-breasted Nuthatch 2.8% 5.5% 2.7%
55   Northern Mockingbird 26.7% 3.6% 23.1%
56   Northern Waterthrush 23.2% 3.6% 19.6%
57   Tree Swallow 22.4% 3.6% 18.8%
58   Brown-headed Cowbird 20.8% 3.6% 17.2%
59   Scarlet Tanager 18.9% 3.6% 15.3%
60   Eastern Kingbird 16.9% 3.6% 13.2%
61   Osprey 16.4% 3.6% 12.8%
62   Great Black-backed Gull 13.3% 3.6% 9.7%
63   Black-capped Chickadee 12.1% 3.6% 8.5%
64   Canada Warbler 11.7% 3.6% 8.0%
65   White-breasted Nuthatch 10.7% 3.6% 7.1%
66   Wilson's Warbler 8.8% 3.6% 5.2%
67   Bay-breasted Warbler 8.0% 3.6% 4.3%
68   Blue-winged Warbler 6.6% 3.6% 3.0%
69   White-crowned Sparrow 3.7% 3.6% 0.0%
70   American Kestrel 2.2% 3.6% 1.4%
71   Common Nighthawk 1.4% 3.6% 2.2%
72   Bobolink 1.2% 3.6% 2.4%
73   Bufflehead 1.2% 3.6% 2.5%
74   Acadian Flycatcher 0.6% 3.6% 3.1%
75   House Wren 26.7% 1.8% 24.9%
76   Wood Thrush 23.1% 1.8% 21.3%
77   Eastern Towhee 19.9% 1.8% 18.0%
78   Carolina Wren 19.8% 1.8% 18.0%
79   Laughing Gull 16.9% 1.8% 15.1%
80   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 13.2% 1.8% 11.4%
81   Swamp Sparrow 13.1% 1.8% 11.2%
82   Hermit Thrush 11.1% 1.8% 9.3%
83   Brant 10.8% 1.8% 8.9%
84   Indigo Bunting 10.0% 1.8% 8.2%
85   Great Blue Heron 9.6% 1.8% 7.8%
86   Wood Duck 9.3% 1.8% 7.5%
87   Green Heron 9.0% 1.8% 7.2%
88   Prairie Warbler 8.5% 1.8% 6.7%
89   Cape May Warbler 7.0% 1.8% 5.2%
90   Gadwall 7.0% 1.8% 5.2%
91   Least Flycatcher 5.9% 1.8% 4.1%
92   Savannah Sparrow 5.5% 1.8% 3.7%
93   Palm Warbler 5.3% 1.8% 3.5%
94   American Black Duck 5.0% 1.8% 3.2%
95   Yellow-throated Vireo 4.6% 1.8% 2.8%
96   White-eyed Vireo 4.3% 1.8% 2.5%
97   Hooded Warbler 4.0% 1.8% 2.2%
98   Peregrine Falcon 2.7% 1.8% 0.9%
99   Louisiana Waterthrush 1.8% 1.8% 0.0%
100   Pine Warbler 1.7% 1.8% 0.1%
101   Red-headed Woodpecker 0.8% 1.8% 1.0%
102   Cliff Swallow 0.8% 1.8% 1.0%
103   Alder Flycatcher 0.6% 1.8% 1.2%