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

based on 24 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Central Park--Great Lawn in August. 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 57.2% 41.7% 15.6%
2   European Starling 51.1% 37.5% 13.6%
3   House Sparrow 50.0% 29.2% 20.8%
4   Northern Cardinal 47.8% 29.2% 18.6%
5   Blue Jay 35.3% 29.2% 6.2%
6   Mourning Dove 53.7% 20.8% 32.9%
7   Downy Woodpecker 25.2% 20.8% 4.4%
8   Gray Catbird 54.7% 16.7% 38.0%
9   Double-crested Cormorant 41.4% 16.7% 24.7%
10   Mallard 40.8% 16.7% 24.2%
11   Canada Goose 40.8% 16.7% 24.2%
12   Barn Swallow 39.9% 16.7% 23.2%
13   Herring Gull 39.5% 16.7% 22.9%
14   Rock Pigeon 35.4% 16.7% 18.8%
15   Common Grackle 28.2% 16.7% 11.6%
16   Northern Flicker 26.0% 16.7% 9.3%
17   Chimney Swift 23.8% 16.7% 7.2%
18   House Finch 14.9% 16.7% 1.7%
19   Northern Mockingbird 36.0% 12.5% 23.5%
20   Northern Waterthrush 15.4% 12.5% 2.9%
21   Baltimore Oriole 15.1% 12.5% 2.6%
22   Black-and-white Warbler 14.3% 12.5% 1.8%
23   Red-tailed Hawk 11.4% 12.5% 1.1%
24   Song Sparrow 35.0% 8.3% 26.7%
25   Ring-billed Gull 31.8% 8.3% 23.5%
26   Great Black-backed Gull 27.0% 8.3% 18.7%
27   Carolina Wren 24.7% 8.3% 16.4%
28   American Redstart 22.0% 8.3% 13.7%
29   Common Yellowthroat 15.2% 8.3% 6.8%
30   American Crow 14.4% 8.3% 6.1%
31   Green Heron 11.9% 8.3% 3.6%
32   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 9.0% 8.3% 0.6%
33   Least Flycatcher 2.0% 8.3% 6.3%
34   American Goldfinch 37.7% 4.2% 33.5%
35   Great Blue Heron 30.7% 4.2% 26.5%
36   Red-winged Blackbird 28.5% 4.2% 24.3%
37   Yellow Warbler 20.2% 4.2% 16.0%
38   Red-bellied Woodpecker 19.3% 4.2% 15.2%
39   Eastern Kingbird 16.7% 4.2% 12.6%
40   Black-crowned Night-Heron 14.6% 4.2% 10.4%
41   Mute Swan 14.5% 4.2% 10.3%
42   House Wren 11.4% 4.2% 7.2%
43   American Black Duck 10.1% 4.2% 5.9%
44   Eastern Wood-Pewee 9.1% 4.2% 4.9%
45   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 6.8% 4.2% 2.6%
46   Hairy Woodpecker 6.0% 4.2% 1.9%
47   Canada Warbler 5.7% 4.2% 1.5%
48   Ovenbird 4.2% 4.2% 0.1%
49   Blue-winged Warbler 3.9% 4.2% 0.3%
50   Cooper's Hawk 2.3% 4.2% 1.9%
51   Muscovy Duck 0.1% 4.2% 4.1%
52   Brown Creeper 0.0% 4.2% 4.1%