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Top Birds at Central Park in May
relative to other locations within 25 miles of 35.791540, -78.781117

based on 10294 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Central Park 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 38.0% 82.3% 44.3%
2   House Sparrow 3.3% 79.7% 76.4%
3   Gray Catbird 28.1% 79.6% 51.4%
4   Northern Cardinal 79.5% 78.0% 1.6%
5   European Starling 20.4% 77.1% 56.7%
6   Blue Jay 41.8% 76.5% 34.6%
7   Common Grackle 33.9% 74.9% 41.0%
8   Mourning Dove 47.8% 74.3% 26.4%
9   Mallard 28.2% 72.5% 44.3%
10   Rock Pigeon 5.6% 69.8% 64.2%
11   Black-and-white Warbler 15.1% 66.2% 51.0%
12   Common Yellowthroat 40.3% 66.0% 25.7%
13   American Redstart 22.1% 65.3% 43.2%
14   Baltimore Oriole 1.2% 64.0% 62.8%
15   Northern Parula 35.3% 63.8% 28.5%
16   Canada Goose 41.2% 63.0% 21.9%
17   Red-winged Blackbird 27.3% 61.9% 34.6%
18   Ovenbird 17.6% 61.3% 43.7%
19   White-throated Sparrow 7.9% 58.9% 51.0%
20   Magnolia Warbler 3.3% 58.7% 55.4%
21   Red-bellied Woodpecker 54.3% 57.9% 3.6%
22   Double-crested Cormorant 16.8% 54.5% 37.7%
23   Black-throated Blue Warbler 12.1% 54.5% 42.4%
24   Yellow-rumped Warbler 9.9% 50.1% 40.2%
25   Downy Woodpecker 40.3% 49.5% 9.2%
26   Northern Waterthrush 6.7% 49.4% 42.7%
27   Chimney Swift 27.5% 48.5% 21.0%
28   Warbling Vireo 1.4% 47.6% 46.2%
29   Northern Flicker 8.5% 41.8% 33.3%
30   Yellow Warbler 7.8% 41.2% 33.3%
31   Blackpoll Warbler 7.6% 40.8% 33.2%
32   Swainson's Thrush 7.0% 38.2% 31.2%
33   Veery 2.8% 36.0% 33.2%
34   Wood Thrush 13.0% 35.9% 22.9%
35   Red-eyed Vireo 51.9% 35.5% 16.4%
36   Chestnut-sided Warbler 1.2% 35.2% 34.0%
37   Black-throated Green Warbler 0.5% 35.1% 34.7%
38   Red-tailed Hawk 12.1% 32.9% 20.8%
39   Great Egret 2.5% 31.4% 28.9%
40   Scarlet Tanager 11.6% 30.6% 19.0%
41   Hermit Thrush 0.3% 28.3% 28.0%
42   Blue-headed Vireo 1.2% 27.8% 26.6%
43   Rose-breasted Grosbeak 2.1% 27.7% 25.6%
44   House Finch 29.3% 27.6% 1.7%
45   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1.3% 27.5% 26.2%
46   Canada Warbler 0.4% 27.5% 27.1%
47   American Herring Gull 0.1% 27.2% 27.1%
48   Cedar Waxwing 14.0% 26.1% 12.0%
49   Black-crowned Night-Heron 0.0% 25.5% 25.4%
50   Great Crested Flycatcher 49.0% 24.7% 24.3%
51   Eastern Towhee 36.5% 24.3% 12.2%
52   American Goldfinch 45.0% 23.0% 22.0%
53   Swamp Sparrow 2.0% 22.4% 20.4%
54   Wilson's Warbler 0.5% 22.1% 21.6%
55   Eastern Kingbird 27.0% 21.7% 5.3%
56   House Wren 8.5% 21.6% 13.0%
57   Cape May Warbler 0.8% 21.2% 20.4%
58   Barn Swallow 30.1% 20.5% 9.6%
59   Blackburnian Warbler 0.3% 20.0% 19.7%
60   Nashville Warbler 0.0% 19.7% 19.7%
61   Bay-breasted Warbler 0.4% 19.2% 18.8%
62   Song Sparrow 15.7% 19.1% 3.3%
63   Chipping Sparrow 38.3% 18.7% 19.6%
64   Indigo Bunting 45.6% 18.0% 27.6%
65   Eastern Wood-Pewee 20.8% 17.6% 3.2%
66   Prairie Warbler 6.7% 16.4% 9.7%
67   Brown-headed Cowbird 37.1% 16.0% 21.1%
68   American Crow 56.2% 15.9% 40.2%
69   Great Black-backed Gull 0% 15.7% 15.7%
70   Ring-billed Gull 1.3% 15.3% 14.0%
71   Gadwall 0.0% 13.5% 13.5%
72   Least Flycatcher 0.0% 11.7% 11.7%
73   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 30.0% 11.4% 18.7%
74   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 57.5% 11.0% 46.5%
75   Tufted Titmouse 65.2% 11.0% 54.2%
76   Hooded Warbler 10.5% 10.6% 0.1%
77   Blue-winged Warbler 0.2% 10.5% 10.2%
78   White-breasted Nuthatch 23.1% 8.8% 14.3%
79   Worm-eating Warbler 1.0% 8.6% 7.6%
80   Black-capped Chickadee 0% 8.3% 8.3%
81   Yellow-throated Vireo 7.0% 8.1% 1.1%
82   Palm Warbler 0.7% 8.1% 7.4%
83   Orchard Oriole 15.5% 8.0% 7.5%
84   Spotted Sandpiper 15.6% 7.5% 8.1%
85   White-crowned Sparrow 0.1% 7.4% 7.3%
86   Northern Mockingbird 29.9% 7.4% 22.5%
87   Gray-cheeked Thrush 0.5% 7.1% 6.6%
88   Tennessee Warbler 0.1% 6.7% 6.6%
89   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 18.1% 6.5% 11.7%
90   Lincoln's Sparrow 0.0% 6.4% 6.3%
91   Carolina Wren 70.8% 5.8% 65.0%
92   Tree Swallow 15.2% 5.7% 9.6%
93   Green Heron 9.8% 5.5% 4.3%
94   Summer Tanager 37.8% 5.1% 32.7%
95   Red-breasted Nuthatch 0.1% 4.8% 4.7%
96   Solitary Sandpiper 7.7% 4.8% 2.9%
97   Wood Duck 12.5% 4.2% 8.3%
98   Brown Thrasher 16.2% 4.1% 12.1%
99   Olive-sided Flycatcher 0.2% 4.0% 3.8%
100   Mourning Warbler 0.0% 4.0% 4.0%
101   Louisiana Waterthrush 7.0% 3.9% 3.1%
102   American Kestrel 0.6% 3.8% 3.2%
103   Yellow-billed Cuckoo 11.6% 3.7% 7.9%
104   Field Sparrow 3.0% 3.4% 0.4%
105   White-eyed Vireo 34.8% 3.3% 31.5%
106   Ruddy Duck 0.4% 3.3% 2.9%
107   Snowy Egret 0.4% 3.0% 2.6%
108   Great Blue Heron 45.2% 2.9% 42.3%
109   Osprey 16.3% 2.9% 13.5%
110   Black-billed Cuckoo 0.2% 2.8% 2.6%
111   Bufflehead 0% 2.8% 2.8%
112   Purple Finch 0.0% 2.6% 2.6%
113   Common Nighthawk 0.2% 2.6% 2.4%
114   Prothonotary Warbler 15.9% 2.5% 13.4%
115   Peregrine Falcon 0.0% 2.4% 2.4%
116   Savannah Sparrow 1.1% 2.4% 1.3%
117   Hairy Woodpecker 8.8% 2.1% 6.7%
118   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 0% 2.0% 2.0%
119   Northern Shoveler 0.1% 2.0% 1.9%
120   Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 0.0% 2.0% 2.0%
121   Turkey Vulture 38.4% 1.9% 36.4%
122   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 1.5% 1.9% 0.4%
123   Fish Crow 34.0% 1.9% 32.1%
124   Red-headed Woodpecker 10.4% 1.8% 8.6%
125   Cerulean Warbler 0.0% 1.8% 1.8%
126   Pine Warbler 41.6% 1.7% 39.9%
127   Bicknell's Thrush 0% 1.6% 1.6%
128   Great Horned Owl 0.5% 1.6% 1.1%
129   Chuck-will's-widow 0.4% 1.5% 1.1%
130   Laughing Gull 0.2% 1.4% 1.3%
131   Kentucky Warbler 2.9% 1.4% 1.5%
132   Acadian Flycatcher 25.7% 1.3% 24.4%
133   Mute Swan 0.3% 1.3% 1.0%
134   Yellow-breasted Chat 11.1% 1.2% 9.8%
135   Eastern Phoebe 34.2% 1.2% 33.0%
136   Yellow-throated Warbler 16.2% 1.1% 15.1%
137   Common Raven 0.2% 1.1% 0.9%
138   Belted Kingfisher 12.1% 1.1% 11.0%
139   Common Loon 0.3% 1.1% 0.8%
140   Kirtland's Warbler 0% 1.1% 1.1%
141   American Black Duck 0.0% 1.0% 1.0%
142   Dark-eyed Junco 0.1% 1.0% 0.9%
143   Blue Grosbeak 23.8% 0.9% 22.9%
144   Barred Owl 7.3% 0.9% 6.4%
145   Winter Wren 0% 0.9% 0.9%
146   Evening Grosbeak 0% 0.8% 0.8%
147   American Coot 0.1% 0.8% 0.7%
148   Willow Flycatcher 0.2% 0.7% 0.5%
149   Pine Siskin 0.6% 0.6% 0.0%
150   Clay-colored Sparrow 0% 0.6% 0.6%
151   Orange-crowned Warbler 0.0% 0.6% 0.6%
152   American Woodcock 0.1% 0.6% 0.5%
153   American Bittern 0.1% 0.5% 0.4%
154   Philadelphia Vireo 0.0% 0.5% 0.5%
155   Brewster's Warbler (hybrid) 0% 0.5% 0.5%
156   Cooper's Hawk 2.7% 0.4% 2.3%
157   Swainson's Warbler 0.7% 0.4% 0.3%
158   Marsh Wren 0.0% 0.4% 0.4%
159   Bobolink 2.8% 0.4% 2.4%
160   Rusty Blackbird 0.0% 0.4% 0.4%
161   Bank Swallow 1.2% 0.4% 0.8%
162   Bald Eagle 10.5% 0.4% 10.1%
163   Virginia Rail 0.0% 0.3% 0.3%
164   Brown Creeper 0.0% 0.3% 0.3%
165   Alder Flycatcher 0.1% 0.3% 0.2%
166   Eurasian Eagle-Owl 0% 0.3% 0.3%
167   Bonaparte's Gull 0.1% 0.3% 0.1%
168   Cliff Swallow 5.0% 0.3% 4.8%
169   Eastern Whip-poor-will 0.4% 0.3% 0.2%
170   Merlin 0.1% 0.2% 0.1%
171   Green-winged Teal 0.0% 0.2% 0.2%
172   Brant 0% 0.2% 0.2%
173   Grasshopper Sparrow 2.7% 0.2% 2.5%
174   Black Vulture 20.5% 0.2% 20.3%
175   Broad-winged Hawk 0.8% 0.2% 0.6%
176   Eastern Screech-Owl 0.1% 0.2% 0.1%
177   Fox Sparrow 0% 0.2% 0.2%
178   Golden-winged Warbler 0% 0.2% 0.2%
179   Red-breasted Merganser 0.2% 0.2% 0.0%
180   Dickcissel 0.5% 0.2% 0.3%
181   Horned Grebe 0.1% 0.1% 0.1%
182   Common Gallinule 0.0% 0.1% 0.1%
183   Killdeer 19.5% 0.1% 19.4%
184   Purple Martin 10.5% 0.1% 10.3%
185   Hooded Merganser 1.7% 0.1% 1.6%
186   Sora 0.1% 0.1% 0.1%
187   Eastern Bluebird 49.6% 0.1% 49.5%
188   Least Sandpiper 4.9% 0.1% 4.8%
189   Red-throated Loon 0% 0.1% 0.1%
190   Golden-crowned Kinglet 0.0% 0.1% 0.1%
191   Northern Harrier 0.3% 0.1% 0.2%
192   Vesper Sparrow 0% 0.1% 0.1%
193   Greater Yellowlegs 1.0% 0.1% 1.0%
194   Muscovy Duck 1.0% 0.1% 0.9%
195   Sharp-shinned Hawk 0.3% 0.1% 0.2%
196   Red-shouldered Hawk 31.9% 0.0% 31.9%
197   Mississippi Kite 2.2% 0.0% 2.2%
198   Ring-necked Pheasant 0% 0.0% 0.0%
199   Common Tern 0.2% 0.0% 0.2%
200   Pied-billed Grebe 0.1% 0.0% 0.1%
201   Monk Parakeet 0% 0.0% 0.0%
202   Long-tailed Duck 0% 0.0% 0.0%
203   Saltmarsh Sparrow 0% 0.0% 0.0%
204   European Goldfinch 0% 0.0% 0.0%
205   Eastern Meadowlark 8.2% 0.0% 8.2%
206   Glossy Ibis 0.1% 0.0% 0.1%
207   Painted Bunting 0.4% 0.0% 0.4%
208   Common Merganser 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
209   Iceland Gull 0% 0.0% 0.0%
210   Red-necked Grebe 0% 0.0% 0.0%
211   Black Skimmer 0% 0.0% 0.0%
212   Great Cormorant 0% 0.0% 0.0%