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Top Birds at Central Park in July
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York City, United States

based on 884 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Central Park in July. 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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Evidence Sampling Score
# Links Species Media Years Birders Hits Frequency Relative Rank
1   American Robin 28 26 346 770 87.1% +24.1% 19 / 1188
2   House Sparrow 7 26 340 761 86.1% +30.0% 16 / 1232
3   European Starling 15 25 313 701 79.3% +25.5% 9 / 1135
4   Rock Pigeon 7 25 303 665 75.2% +39.9% 23 / 998
5   Northern Cardinal 30 25 288 625 70.7% +24.6% 33 / 1002
6   Blue Jay 20 25 280 597 67.5% +40.4% 37 / 849
7   Mallard 10 26 251 596 67.4% +29.9% 34 / 730
8   Common Grackle 20 26 246 586 66.3% +31.7% 20 / 936
9   Mourning Dove 14 25 257 568 64.3% +12.8% 82 / 1132
10   Gray Catbird 22 24 262 567 64.1% +12.9% 104 / 977
11   Canada Goose 11 24 223 461 52.1% +13.2% 116 / 789
12   Double-crested Cormorant 13 24 170 426 48.2% +3.8% 171 / 867
13   Chimney Swift 5 25 156 364 41.2% +18.8% 68 / 860
14   Red-winged Blackbird 5 24 133 342 38.7% -12.6% 286 / 852
15   American Herring Gull 4 22 115 321 36.3% -4.8% 274 / 815
16   Downy Woodpecker 4 24 140 311 35.2% +13.6% 83 / 733
17   Black-crowned Night-Heron 20 26 124 277 31.3% +11.4% 55 / 525
18   Barn Swallow 1 24 102 274 31.0% -18.0% 332 / 923
19   Northern Flicker 11 23 120 260 29.4% +9.1% 151 / 686
20   Great Black-backed Gull 4 23 79 256 29.0% +1.6% 177 / 577
21   Red-bellied Woodpecker 9 25 118 247 27.9% +14.1% 104 / 531
22   Eastern Kingbird 18 23 86 242 27.4% +12.4% 79 / 528
23   Great Egret 3 24 101 222 25.1% -15.0% 287 / 714
24   Red-tailed Hawk 10 25 101 200 22.6% +13.8% 69 / 571
25   Cedar Waxwing 6 23 77 169 19.1% -2.1% 155 / 642
26   House Finch 2 18 90 167 18.9% +1.8% 123 / 704
27   Warbling Vireo 2 21 65 161 18.2% +5.4% 105 / 467
28   Ring-billed Gull 0 21 56 158 17.9% -9.3% 281 / 660
29   Song Sparrow 3 21 74 147 16.6% -32.8% 551 / 892
30   Laughing Gull 6 14 37 102 11.5% -25.6% 470 / 680
31   Baltimore Oriole 3 23 68 97 11.0% +4.0% 83 / 415
32   Wood Duck 12 15 54 92 10.4% +2.9% 86 / 247
33   Carolina Wren 2 21 53 90 10.2% -10.5% 392 / 723
34   Gadwall 0 20 30 84 9.5% +4.4% 25 / 134
35   Northern Mockingbird 5 19 58 75 8.5% -33.6% 658 / 952
36   Great Blue Heron 8 18 46 73 8.3% -20.2% 389 / 685
37   American Crow 0 17 40 72 8.1% -5.5% 291 / 728
38   Great Crested Flycatcher 7 11 34 61 6.9% +1.6% 118 / 295
39   Northern Yellow Warbler 0 17 39 50 5.7% -18.3% 343 / 541
40   White-breasted Nuthatch 0 11 32 49 5.5% -0.5% 193 / 332
41   House Wren 0 20 33 46 5.2% -11.3% 356 / 532
42   Tufted Titmouse 0 13 35 46 5.2% -1.1% 200 / 348
43   Wood Thrush 6 12 22 46 5.2% 0.0% 139 / 234
44   Spotted Sandpiper 0 10 14 45 5.1% -8.3% 212 / 384
45   Green Heron 1 10 13 45 5.1% -3.7% 151 / 341
46   White-throated Sparrow 0 10 31 39 4.4% +3.7% 13 / 61
47   American Goldfinch 0 11 32 33 3.7% -27.5% 626 / 740
48   Northern Waterthrush 1 14 26 29 3.3% +1.8% 25 / 123
49   American Black Duck 1 10 28 26 2.9% -5.4% 151 / 290
50   Black-capped Chickadee 0 13 25 25 2.8% -4.0% 244 / 354
51   Red-eyed Vireo 0 7 21 25 2.8% -2.7% 202 / 298
52   Peregrine Falcon 1 10 17 25 2.8% -2.4% 150 / 312
53   Brown-headed Cowbird 0 9 23 24 2.7% -6.4% 326 / 480
54   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 2 4 16 20 2.3% -1.4% 125 / 230
55   Black Skimmer 1 4 4 19 2.1% -8.6% 182 / 251
56   American Redstart 0 12 16 18 2.0% -0.5% 103 / 205
57   Snowy Egret 2 11 13 17 1.9% -22.1% 335 / 402
58   Tree Swallow 0 8 10 15 1.7% -21.1% 460 / 519
59   Ruddy Duck 0 3 3 15 1.7% -1.2% 28 / 49
60   Louisiana Waterthrush 3 9 13 15 1.7% +1.1% 26 / 66
61   Black-and-white Warbler 2 10 15 15 1.7% +1.3% 21 / 63
62   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 0 7 4 12 1.4% -4.9% 299 / 367
63   American Kestrel 0 8 10 12 1.4% -0.9% 158 / 238
64   Osprey 2 8 10 11 1.2% -28.5% 639 / 678
65   Red-breasted Nuthatch 2 2 9 11 1.2% +1.1% 7 / 18
66   Solitary Sandpiper 0 2 6 9 1.0% -0.4% 94 / 150
67   Least Sandpiper 0 2 3 8 0.9% -16.5% 292 / 313
68   Chipping Sparrow 0 5 9 8 0.9% -5.2% 283 / 329
69   Barred Owl 2 1 6 7 0.8% +0.7% 12 / 16
70   Fish Crow 0 5 7 6 0.7% -14.0% 642 / 657
71   Eastern Wood-Pewee 0 5 6 6 0.7% -3.2% 236 / 265
72   Orchard Oriole 0 5 7 6 0.7% -2.1% 159 / 192
73   Hooded Merganser 2 1 4 6 0.7% +0.4% 23 / 39
74   Magnolia Warbler 0 2 5 6 0.7% +0.7% 2 / 6
75   Common Yellowthroat 0 5 5 5 0.6% -17.1% 429 / 440
76   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 0 4 6 5 0.6% -1.4% 161 / 184
77   Eastern Phoebe 0 5 5 5 0.6% -1.3% 160 / 189
78   Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1 2 4 5 0.6% -0.8% 95 / 114
79   Worm-eating Warbler 1 4 5 5 0.6% +0.5% 9 / 15
80   Hairy Woodpecker 0 4 5 4 0.5% -4.0% 296 / 312
81   Common Raven 0 4 4 4 0.5% -1.7% 267 / 287
82   Wild Turkey 0 1 4 4 0.5% -1.2% 100 / 110
83   Northern Parula 0 4 5 4 0.5% +0.4% 12 / 18
84   Eastern Towhee 0 2 3 3 0.3% -9.0% 254 / 254
85   Turkey Vulture 0 3 3 3 0.3% -4.6% 393 / 403
86   Swamp Sparrow 0 2 4 3 0.3% -2.1% 119 / 128
87   Eurasian Eagle-Owl 1 1 3 3 0.3% +0.3% 5 / 5
88   Semipalmated Sandpiper 0 1 2 2 0.2% -13.0% 246 / 247
89   Mute Swan 0 2 2 2 0.2% -12.9% 254 / 257
90   Purple Martin 0 1 1 2 0.2% -4.9% 167 / 169
91   Brown Thrasher 0 2 2 2 0.2% -3.9% 160 / 162
92   Belted Kingfisher 0 2 2 2 0.2% -2.8% 274 / 275
93   Cooper's Hawk 0 2 2 2 0.2% -0.8% 131 / 139
94   Great Horned Owl 0 1 2 2 0.2% -0.2% 48 / 50
95   Black-billed Cuckoo 0 2 2 2 0.2% 0.0% 26 / 33
96   Muscovy Duck 0 2 3 2 0.2% +0.1% 16 / 18
97   Least Flycatcher 2 2 2 2 0.2% +0.2% 15 / 16
98   Chestnut-sided Warbler 1 2 2 2 0.2% +0.2% 6 / 8
99   Bay-breasted Warbler 0 1 2 2 0.2% +0.2% 1 / 2
100   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 0 1 1 1 0.1% -11.5% 249 / 249
101   Indigo Bunting 0 1 1 1 0.1% -5.1% 237 / 237
102   Bald Eagle 0 1 1 1 0.1% -2.0% 189 / 191
103   Ring-necked Pheasant 0 1 1 1 0.1% -0.5% 43 / 43
104   Rose-breasted Grosbeak 0 1 1 1 0.1% -0.3% 75 / 78
105   Common Gallinule 0 1 1 1 0.1% -0.2% 22 / 22
106   Red-headed Woodpecker 0 1 1 1 0.1% -0.1% 14 / 14
107   Ovenbird 0 1 1 1 0.1% -0.1% 40 / 40
108   Eastern Screech-Owl 0 1 1 1 0.1% 0.0% 29 / 29
109   Merlin 0 1 1 1 0.1% +0.1% 16 / 17
110   Budgerigar 0 1 1 1 0.1% +0.1% 19 / 19
111   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 0 1 1 1 0.1% +0.1% 3 / 3
112   Blackpoll Warbler 0 1 1 1 0.1% +0.1% 5 / 6