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

based on 3131 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Central Park in March. 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   House Sparrow 1.9% 82.2% 80.3%
2   American Robin 52.4% 81.6% 29.2%
3   White-throated Sparrow 56.2% 80.5% 24.3%
4   Blue Jay 43.9% 79.9% 35.9%
5   Mallard 36.4% 79.4% 43.1%
6   Northern Cardinal 75.4% 78.9% 3.5%
7   European Starling 17.8% 74.4% 56.6%
8   Canada Goose 49.1% 74.0% 24.9%
9   Common Grackle 16.5% 68.2% 51.7%
10   Mourning Dove 40.0% 67.2% 27.2%
11   Rock Pigeon 4.2% 66.8% 62.6%
12   Red-bellied Woodpecker 55.7% 61.0% 5.3%
13   Northern Shoveler 2.0% 60.8% 58.9%
14   Downy Woodpecker 49.0% 56.9% 7.9%
15   Song Sparrow 49.6% 56.6% 7.0%
16   Red-tailed Hawk 14.2% 54.0% 39.8%
17   Red-winged Blackbird 22.4% 53.3% 30.9%
18   Tufted Titmouse 67.4% 52.2% 15.3%
19   Dark-eyed Junco 28.3% 51.4% 23.0%
20   White-breasted Nuthatch 25.9% 46.2% 20.3%
21   American Goldfinch 34.8% 43.0% 8.2%
22   Bufflehead 11.3% 41.4% 30.0%
23   Black-capped Chickadee 0% 41.2% 41.2%
24   Ring-billed Gull 15.6% 40.6% 25.0%
25   American Herring Gull 2.3% 36.9% 34.6%
26   House Finch 28.1% 35.4% 7.3%
27   Fox Sparrow 2.4% 35.2% 32.8%
28   Great Black-backed Gull 0.1% 33.2% 33.1%
29   American Coot 3.5% 31.9% 28.4%
30   Ruddy Duck 13.5% 31.0% 17.5%
31   Double-crested Cormorant 34.5% 26.0% 8.5%
32   Eastern Phoebe 42.3% 25.8% 16.5%
33   Northern Flicker 27.4% 25.2% 2.2%
34   American Crow 58.5% 24.8% 33.7%
35   Hooded Merganser 8.9% 24.7% 15.8%
36   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 13.9% 22.2% 8.3%
37   Wood Duck 14.5% 20.4% 5.9%
38   Brown Creeper 6.9% 19.5% 12.6%
39   Golden-crowned Kinglet 19.1% 18.6% 0.5%
40   Cooper's Hawk 4.5% 14.9% 10.5%
41   Gadwall 2.1% 11.9% 9.8%
42   Great Blue Heron 43.2% 9.9% 33.3%
43   American Black Duck 0.2% 9.7% 9.5%
44   Northern Mockingbird 28.2% 9.6% 18.5%
45   Pine Warbler 52.4% 9.4% 43.0%
46   Swamp Sparrow 18.0% 8.8% 9.2%
47   Red-breasted Merganser 2.0% 7.1% 5.0%
48   American Woodcock 1.1% 6.8% 5.7%
49   Hermit Thrush 17.3% 6.3% 11.0%
50   Pied-billed Grebe 12.6% 6.2% 6.4%
51   Eastern Towhee 41.8% 6.1% 35.8%
52   Cedar Waxwing 3.4% 5.8% 2.4%
53   Chipping Sparrow 35.0% 5.7% 29.3%
54   Great Egret 2.0% 5.7% 3.7%
55   Carolina Wren 67.7% 5.7% 62.1%
56   Barred Owl 7.1% 5.2% 2.0%
57   Peregrine Falcon 0.1% 5.0% 4.9%
58   Brown-headed Cowbird 17.5% 5.0% 12.5%
59   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 43.5% 4.9% 38.6%
60   Green-winged Teal 3.0% 4.7% 1.7%
61   Rusty Blackbird 3.3% 4.6% 1.4%
62   American Kestrel 2.3% 4.3% 2.0%
63   Ring-necked Duck 4.6% 4.0% 0.5%
64   Red-throated Loon 0.0% 4.0% 4.0%
65   Common Loon 1.6% 3.8% 2.2%
66   Brown Thrasher 20.7% 3.7% 16.9%
67   Winter Wren 8.8% 3.6% 5.2%
68   Red-breasted Nuthatch 1.5% 3.6% 2.1%
69   Hairy Woodpecker 11.0% 3.5% 7.5%
70   Turkey Vulture 44.6% 3.0% 41.6%
71   Black-crowned Night-Heron 0.0% 2.8% 2.8%
72   Field Sparrow 14.5% 2.7% 11.8%
73   Common Raven 0.5% 2.2% 1.7%
74   Red-headed Woodpecker 10.9% 2.2% 8.7%
75   Palm Warbler 2.6% 1.9% 0.7%
76   Great Horned Owl 1.0% 1.7% 0.7%
77   Red-necked Grebe 0.6% 1.7% 1.1%
78   Yellow-rumped Warbler 46.3% 1.6% 44.6%
79   American Bittern 0.8% 1.6% 0.8%
80   Gray Catbird 0.7% 1.6% 0.9%
81   Snow Goose 0.0% 1.6% 1.6%
82   Eurasian Eagle-Owl 0% 1.6% 1.6%
83   Northern Pintail 0.1% 1.5% 1.4%
84   Common Merganser 0.0% 1.4% 1.4%
85   Northern Saw-whet Owl 0% 1.4% 1.4%
86   Baltimore Oriole 0.1% 1.4% 1.2%
87   Bald Eagle 16.2% 1.3% 14.9%
88   Wilson's Snipe 3.1% 1.3% 1.8%
89   Mute Swan 0.9% 1.2% 0.3%
90   Horned Grebe 2.8% 1.1% 1.8%
91   Redhead 0.3% 1.1% 0.7%
92   Belted Kingfisher 21.6% 1.0% 20.5%
93   Merlin 0.2% 1.0% 0.8%
94   Western Tanager 0% 1.0% 1.0%
95   Osprey 16.6% 1.0% 15.6%
96   Sharp-shinned Hawk 1.5% 1.0% 0.5%
97   American Tree Sparrow 0% 1.0% 1.0%
98   Fish Crow 37.2% 0.7% 36.5%
99   Lesser Scaup 4.0% 0.7% 3.3%
100   Black-headed Gull 0.2% 0.7% 0.5%
101   American Wigeon 0.9% 0.6% 0.3%
102   Black Vulture 17.7% 0.6% 17.1%
103   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 11.8% 0.6% 11.2%
104   Pine Siskin 4.1% 0.6% 3.5%
105   European Goldfinch 0% 0.5% 0.5%
106   Varied Thrush 0.1% 0.4% 0.4%
107   Killdeer 17.8% 0.4% 17.4%
108   Muscovy Duck 0.9% 0.4% 0.5%
109   Long-tailed Duck 0.1% 0.4% 0.3%
110   Red-shouldered Hawk 35.7% 0.4% 35.3%
111   Tree Swallow 9.5% 0.4% 9.1%
112   Purple Finch 3.1% 0.4% 2.7%
113   Common Redpoll 0% 0.3% 0.3%
114   Louisiana Waterthrush 4.2% 0.3% 3.9%
115   Eastern Screech-Owl 0.2% 0.3% 0.1%
116   Boat-tailed Grackle 0% 0.3% 0.3%
117   Eastern Bluebird 51.9% 0.2% 51.7%
118   Northern Parula 3.7% 0.2% 3.6%
119   Lincoln's Sparrow 0.2% 0.2% 0.1%
120   Mandarin Duck 0% 0.2% 0.2%
121   Great Cormorant 0% 0.2% 0.2%
122   Barn Swallow 2.3% 0.1% 2.2%
123   White-crowned Sparrow 0.5% 0.1% 0.3%
124   Glaucous Gull 0% 0.1% 0.1%
125   Brant 0% 0.1% 0.1%
126   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 16.3% 0.1% 16.2%
127   Black-and-white Warbler 3.0% 0.1% 2.9%
128   Savannah Sparrow 3.0% 0.1% 2.9%
129   Rufous Hummingbird 0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
130   Snowy Owl 0% 0.1% 0.1%
131   Bonaparte's Gull 7.6% 0.0% 7.6%
132   Lesser Black-backed Gull 1.4% 0.0% 1.4%
133   Wild Turkey 0.9% 0.0% 0.8%
134   Greater Scaup 0.9% 0.0% 0.8%
135   American Pipit 0.9% 0.0% 0.8%
136   Prairie Warbler 0.1% 0.0% 0.1%
137   Common Goldeneye 0.1% 0.0% 0.1%
138   Laughing Gull 0% 0.0% 0.0%
139   Budgerigar 0% 0.0% 0.0%