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Top Birds at Central Park in March
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA

based on 2549 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 42.4% 81.9% 39.5%
2   American Robin 57.7% 80.3% 22.6%
3   White-throated Sparrow 40.7% 79.8% 39.0%
4   Mallard 52.4% 79.2% 26.8%
5   Blue Jay 39.7% 79.0% 39.3%
6   Northern Cardinal 48.4% 78.2% 29.8%
7   European Starling 45.1% 74.5% 29.4%
8   Canada Goose 56.1% 73.1% 17.1%
9   Common Grackle 32.1% 69.6% 37.5%
10   Rock Pigeon 28.6% 65.8% 37.1%
11   Mourning Dove 41.6% 65.6% 23.9%
12   Red-bellied Woodpecker 29.0% 61.8% 32.8%
13   Northern Shoveler 15.1% 59.4% 44.4%
14   Song Sparrow 50.6% 56.7% 6.1%
15   Downy Woodpecker 30.6% 56.4% 25.8%
16   Dark-eyed Junco 25.2% 54.6% 29.3%
17   Tufted Titmouse 23.3% 54.2% 30.9%
18   Red-winged Blackbird 42.6% 53.8% 11.2%
19   Red-tailed Hawk 24.1% 53.1% 29.0%
20   White-breasted Nuthatch 19.6% 48.1% 28.5%
21   American Goldfinch 13.9% 44.9% 31.0%
22   Black-capped Chickadee 25.3% 41.6% 16.3%
23   Ring-billed Gull 42.8% 40.1% 2.6%
24   Bufflehead 26.4% 39.2% 12.8%
25   House Finch 14.3% 38.9% 24.6%
26   Fox Sparrow 10.9% 37.4% 26.5%
27   Herring Gull 34.9% 35.8% 0.8%
28   Great Black-backed Gull 23.2% 32.5% 9.3%
29   Ruddy Duck 14.6% 30.7% 16.0%
30   American Coot 9.6% 30.5% 21.0%
31   Double-crested Cormorant 16.8% 24.9% 8.1%
32   Northern Flicker 13.6% 24.6% 11.0%
33   Eastern Phoebe 13.6% 23.3% 9.7%
34   Hooded Merganser 13.9% 22.3% 8.4%
35   American Crow 24.6% 22.2% 2.4%
36   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 5.9% 21.9% 16.0%
37   Brown Creeper 5.7% 18.9% 13.2%
38   Wood Duck 11.7% 17.2% 5.5%
39   Golden-crowned Kinglet 7.9% 16.6% 8.6%
40   Cooper's Hawk 5.2% 14.4% 9.2%
41   Great Blue Heron 11.7% 10.5% 1.2%
42   Northern Mockingbird 28.2% 10.3% 17.9%
43   Gadwall 14.3% 9.8% 4.5%
44   American Black Duck 23.4% 9.1% 14.3%
45   Pine Warbler 2.9% 8.6% 5.7%
46   Swamp Sparrow 4.2% 8.0% 3.7%
47   American Woodcock 5.1% 7.5% 2.4%
48   Pied-billed Grebe 5.0% 6.7% 1.7%
49   Cedar Waxwing 3.0% 6.6% 3.6%
50   Eastern Towhee 2.1% 6.5% 4.4%
51   Hermit Thrush 2.3% 6.5% 4.2%
52   Barred Owl 0.5% 6.3% 5.9%
53   Great Egret 4.6% 6.1% 1.6%
54   Carolina Wren 19.2% 6.0% 13.2%
55   Chipping Sparrow 1.6% 5.7% 4.2%
56   Brown-headed Cowbird 8.5% 5.5% 3.0%
57   Peregrine Falcon 4.0% 4.8% 0.8%
58   Red-breasted Merganser 16.8% 4.7% 12.0%
59   Ring-necked Duck 9.6% 4.7% 4.8%
60   American Kestrel 4.1% 4.5% 0.5%
61   Red-breasted Nuthatch 1.8% 4.3% 2.5%
62   Rusty Blackbird 3.2% 4.3% 1.0%
63   Brown Thrasher 0.6% 4.2% 3.7%
64   Hairy Woodpecker 9.0% 4.1% 4.9%
65   Winter Wren 2.6% 3.6% 0.9%
66   Turkey Vulture 12.0% 3.2% 8.8%
67   Black-crowned Night-Heron 1.5% 3.1% 1.6%
68   Red-headed Woodpecker 0.5% 2.7% 2.2%
69   Field Sparrow 2.3% 2.4% 0.0%
70   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2.2% 2.4% 0.2%
71   Red-throated Loon 6.9% 2.3% 4.6%
72   Great Horned Owl 1.8% 2.1% 0.2%
73   Red-necked Grebe 1.3% 2.0% 0.8%
74   American Bittern 0.3% 2.0% 1.7%
75   Eurasian Eagle-Owl 0.1% 1.9% 1.8%
76   Northern Pintail 2.6% 1.9% 0.7%
77   Green-winged Teal 8.0% 1.7% 6.3%
78   Gray Catbird 1.6% 1.7% 0.1%
79   Northern Saw-whet Owl 0.1% 1.7% 1.6%
80   Baltimore Oriole 0.1% 1.6% 1.5%
81   Wilson's Snipe 1.5% 1.6% 0.1%
82   Mute Swan 17.6% 1.5% 16.1%
83   Yellow-rumped Warbler 5.9% 1.5% 4.5%
84   Snow Goose 2.4% 1.4% 0.9%
85   Horned Grebe 7.7% 1.3% 6.4%
86   Common Raven 4.1% 1.3% 2.8%
87   Redhead 1.4% 1.3% 0.2%
88   Bald Eagle 4.8% 1.2% 3.6%
89   American Tree Sparrow 4.7% 1.2% 3.5%
90   Common Loon 6.9% 1.1% 5.8%
91   Western Tanager 0.1% 1.1% 1.0%
92   Palm Warbler 0.6% 1.0% 0.5%
93   Sharp-shinned Hawk 2.3% 1.0% 1.4%
94   Belted Kingfisher 6.3% 0.9% 5.3%
95   Merlin 2.0% 0.9% 1.1%
96   Osprey 7.3% 0.8% 6.5%
97   American Wigeon 7.0% 0.8% 6.2%
98   Black Vulture 2.3% 0.7% 1.6%
99   Pine Siskin 1.2% 0.7% 0.5%
100   European Goldfinch 1.0% 0.6% 0.3%
101   Varied Thrush 0.2% 0.5% 0.4%
102   Long-tailed Duck 4.9% 0.5% 4.4%
103   Muscovy Duck 0.1% 0.5% 0.4%
104   Fish Crow 13.7% 0.5% 13.2%
105   Killdeer 11.5% 0.4% 11.1%
106   Purple Finch 0.3% 0.4% 0.1%
107   Common Redpoll 0.6% 0.4% 0.2%
108   Red-shouldered Hawk 2.1% 0.3% 1.8%
109   Boat-tailed Grackle 2.1% 0.3% 1.8%
110   Eastern Screech-Owl 0.8% 0.3% 0.5%
111   Louisiana Waterthrush 0.1% 0.3% 0.2%
112   Tree Swallow 6.6% 0.2% 6.3%
113   Great Cormorant 3.9% 0.2% 3.7%
114   Eastern Bluebird 1.3% 0.2% 1.1%
115   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 0.4% 0.2% 0.2%
116   Lincoln's Sparrow 0.1% 0.2% 0.1%
117   Mandarin Duck 0.0% 0.2% 0.2%
118   Northern Parula 0.0% 0.2% 0.2%
119   White-crowned Sparrow 0.6% 0.2% 0.4%
120   Brant 20.0% 0.1% 19.9%
121   Glaucous Gull 0.2% 0.1% 0.1%
122   Lesser Scaup 3.8% 0.1% 3.7%
123   Savannah Sparrow 1.0% 0.1% 1.0%
124   Snowy Owl 0.4% 0.1% 0.3%
125   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
126   Rufous Hummingbird 0.0% 0.1% 0.1%
127   Black-and-white Warbler 0.0% 0.1% 0.1%
128   Greater Scaup 6.5% 0.0% 6.5%
129   Northern Harrier 3.2% 0.0% 3.2%
130   Wild Turkey 1.6% 0.0% 1.5%
131   Laughing Gull 0.7% 0.0% 0.7%
132   Bonaparte's Gull 0.6% 0.0% 0.6%
133   Budgerigar 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%