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

based on 6195 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Central Park in April. 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 74.1% 83.9% 9.8%
2   White-throated Sparrow 55.3% 81.1% 25.8%
3   House Sparrow 51.1% 81.0% 29.9%
4   Blue Jay 50.6% 80.0% 29.4%
5   Northern Cardinal 59.3% 78.6% 19.4%
6   European Starling 55.1% 78.0% 22.9%
7   Mallard 53.1% 76.6% 23.6%
8   Common Grackle 46.9% 74.7% 27.8%
9   Mourning Dove 50.0% 72.5% 22.4%
10   Rock Pigeon 31.5% 69.7% 38.1%
11   Canada Goose 51.8% 67.8% 15.9%
12   Red-winged Blackbird 53.9% 65.7% 11.8%
13   Northern Flicker 43.8% 64.4% 20.6%
14   Red-bellied Woodpecker 38.0% 62.5% 24.5%
15   Hermit Thrush 22.8% 60.9% 38.1%
16   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 27.1% 60.2% 33.1%
17   Downy Woodpecker 36.4% 60.0% 23.7%
18   Double-crested Cormorant 35.1% 59.6% 24.5%
19   American Goldfinch 26.8% 50.8% 24.0%
20   Song Sparrow 48.7% 50.1% 1.4%
21   Chipping Sparrow 23.4% 47.8% 24.4%
22   Palm Warbler 26.6% 47.5% 20.9%
23   Yellow-rumped Warbler 30.3% 44.0% 13.8%
24   Red-tailed Hawk 23.4% 43.9% 20.5%
25   Eastern Towhee 20.5% 41.2% 20.7%
26   Swamp Sparrow 16.2% 39.3% 23.1%
27   Dark-eyed Junco 18.9% 38.0% 19.1%
28   Tufted Titmouse 24.9% 37.8% 12.9%
29   House Finch 15.1% 36.5% 21.4%
30   Herring Gull 26.2% 29.1% 2.9%
31   Black-and-white Warbler 10.8% 28.3% 17.5%
32   Northern Shoveler 7.4% 27.1% 19.7%
33   White-breasted Nuthatch 17.2% 27.0% 9.8%
34   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 9.1% 26.9% 17.7%
35   Brown-headed Cowbird 22.8% 25.6% 2.7%
36   Pine Warbler 15.1% 24.6% 9.5%
37   Great Egret 22.6% 24.0% 1.4%
38   Black-capped Chickadee 21.8% 23.8% 2.1%
39   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 16.6% 22.9% 6.3%
40   Bufflehead 11.2% 22.6% 11.5%
41   Ring-billed Gull 23.4% 22.4% 1.0%
42   Blue-headed Vireo 8.6% 22.2% 13.6%
43   Brown Creeper 8.4% 22.2% 13.8%
44   Eastern Phoebe 18.8% 21.5% 2.7%
45   Great Black-backed Gull 15.3% 20.9% 5.6%
46   Golden-crowned Kinglet 11.2% 19.7% 8.5%
47   Black-crowned Night-Heron 6.7% 19.6% 12.9%
48   Louisiana Waterthrush 6.2% 18.4% 12.2%
49   Northern Waterthrush 4.3% 16.7% 12.4%
50   American Crow 19.6% 15.9% 3.7%
51   Gray Catbird 8.6% 15.8% 7.2%
52   Field Sparrow 7.5% 15.8% 8.3%
53   Ruddy Duck 10.5% 15.3% 4.8%
54   Gadwall 8.2% 13.3% 5.1%
55   Northern Parula 4.2% 13.0% 8.8%
56   American Coot 6.8% 12.3% 5.6%
57   Yellow Warbler 7.6% 11.7% 4.2%
58   Fox Sparrow 2.7% 10.3% 7.6%
59   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 11.0% 10.2% 0.8%
60   Brown Thrasher 5.9% 9.5% 3.6%
61   House Wren 7.5% 9.4% 1.9%
62   Barn Swallow 14.8% 9.3% 5.5%
63   Ovenbird 3.2% 9.2% 6.0%
64   Wood Duck 14.7% 9.2% 5.5%
65   Chimney Swift 5.1% 9.0% 3.9%
66   Cedar Waxwing 3.2% 8.8% 5.6%
67   Winter Wren 3.4% 8.4% 5.0%
68   Northern Mockingbird 29.8% 8.1% 21.7%
69   Prairie Warbler 2.4% 7.4% 5.0%
70   Red-breasted Nuthatch 2.6% 7.1% 4.5%
71   Carolina Wren 23.5% 6.9% 16.6%
72   Baltimore Oriole 2.6% 6.5% 4.0%
73   Common Yellowthroat 3.3% 6.3% 3.1%
74   Black-throated Green Warbler 2.0% 6.2% 4.2%
75   Wood Thrush 1.8% 6.0% 4.3%
76   American Kestrel 5.5% 5.8% 0.3%
77   Purple Finch 1.6% 5.7% 4.1%
78   Great Horned Owl 2.3% 5.6% 3.3%
79   Blue-winged Warbler 1.5% 5.3% 3.8%
80   Hooded Warbler 0.9% 5.3% 4.4%
81   Warbling Vireo 3.2% 5.2% 2.0%
82   Black-throated Blue Warbler 1.4% 4.9% 3.5%
83   Tree Swallow 23.4% 4.9% 18.5%
84   Savannah Sparrow 8.1% 4.8% 3.2%
85   Belted Kingfisher 10.6% 4.7% 5.9%
86   Rusty Blackbird 4.3% 4.5% 0.1%
87   Hooded Merganser 2.7% 4.4% 1.8%
88   Veery 1.2% 4.3% 3.1%
89   Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1.4% 4.1% 2.8%
90   Yellow-throated Warbler 1.5% 4.1% 2.6%
91   Barred Owl 0.5% 3.8% 3.4%
92   Hairy Woodpecker 10.5% 3.6% 6.9%
93   Green Heron 3.6% 3.5% 0.0%
94   Peregrine Falcon 2.9% 3.5% 0.6%
95   White-eyed Vireo 1.4% 3.3% 1.9%
96   American Redstart 1.1% 3.3% 2.1%
97   Great Blue Heron 11.7% 3.2% 8.5%
98   Cooper's Hawk 3.7% 3.2% 0.5%
99   Nashville Warbler 0.7% 3.1% 2.5%
100   Worm-eating Warbler 0.8% 2.9% 2.1%
101   Prothonotary Warbler 1.6% 2.9% 1.3%
102   Fish Crow 16.5% 2.6% 13.9%
103   Osprey 20.5% 2.6% 17.9%
104   Indigo Bunting 0.7% 2.6% 1.8%
105   Common Loon 5.4% 2.6% 2.9%
106   Turkey Vulture 13.3% 2.5% 10.8%
107   Orchard Oriole 1.5% 2.5% 0.9%
108   Red-throated Loon 4.5% 2.2% 2.3%
109   Great Crested Flycatcher 0.8% 1.9% 1.1%
110   Blackburnian Warbler 0.4% 1.8% 1.5%
111   Cape May Warbler 0.1% 1.8% 1.7%
112   Red-headed Woodpecker 0.6% 1.8% 1.3%
113   Chestnut-sided Warbler 0.3% 1.7% 1.4%
114   Pied-billed Grebe 2.9% 1.6% 1.3%
115   Orange-crowned Warbler 0.3% 1.6% 1.3%
116   Yellow-throated Vireo 0.7% 1.6% 0.9%
117   Eastern Kingbird 1.2% 1.5% 0.4%
118   American Black Duck 10.8% 1.5% 9.4%
119   Scarlet Tanager 0.5% 1.4% 0.9%
120   Evening Grosbeak 0.3% 1.4% 1.1%
121   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 0.4% 1.3% 0.9%
122   Eurasian Eagle-Owl 0.2% 1.2% 1.0%
123   Kentucky Warbler 0.2% 1.2% 1.0%
124   Red-breasted Merganser 7.5% 1.2% 6.2%
125   Eastern Meadowlark 0.4% 1.2% 0.8%
126   Spotted Sandpiper 1.8% 1.1% 0.7%
127   Mute Swan 16.5% 1.1% 15.4%
128   Pine Siskin 0.8% 1.1% 0.3%
129   Merlin 2.0% 1.1% 1.0%
130   Snowy Egret 7.6% 1.0% 6.6%
131   Ring-necked Duck 3.2% 1.0% 2.2%
132   Red-necked Grebe 0.4% 0.9% 0.5%
133   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 1.3% 0.9% 0.4%
134   Common Raven 3.9% 0.9% 3.0%
135   Blackpoll Warbler 0.1% 0.9% 0.7%
136   Vesper Sparrow 0.4% 0.8% 0.5%
137   Magnolia Warbler 0.2% 0.8% 0.6%
138   Sharp-shinned Hawk 2.6% 0.8% 1.8%
139   Laughing Gull 11.9% 0.7% 11.2%
140   Swainson's Warbler 0.1% 0.7% 0.6%
141   Swainson's Thrush 0.2% 0.7% 0.5%
142   Wilson's Snipe 2.1% 0.6% 1.4%
143   Summer Tanager 0.3% 0.6% 0.4%
144   Grasshopper Sparrow 0.1% 0.6% 0.6%
145   White-crowned Sparrow 1.0% 0.6% 0.4%
146   Red-eyed Vireo 0.4% 0.6% 0.2%
147   Bald Eagle 4.1% 0.5% 3.6%
148   Marsh Wren 0.9% 0.5% 0.4%
149   Solitary Sandpiper 0.8% 0.5% 0.3%
150   Lincoln's Sparrow 0.1% 0.5% 0.4%
151   Least Bittern 0.4% 0.5% 0.1%
152   American Bittern 0.5% 0.4% 0.1%
153   Wild Turkey 2.6% 0.4% 2.2%
154   Seaside Sparrow 0.1% 0.4% 0.3%
155   Painted Bunting 0.0% 0.4% 0.3%
156   American Woodcock 0.7% 0.3% 0.4%
157   Eastern Screech-Owl 0.5% 0.3% 0.1%
158   Cerulean Warbler 0.1% 0.3% 0.3%
159   Black-billed Cuckoo 0.0% 0.3% 0.3%
160   Virginia Rail 0.3% 0.3% 0.0%
161   Least Flycatcher 0.1% 0.3% 0.2%
162   Tennessee Warbler 0.0% 0.3% 0.3%
163   Blue-winged Teal 1.8% 0.3% 1.5%
164   White-winged Dove 0.0% 0.2% 0.2%
165   Red-shouldered Hawk 1.3% 0.2% 1.1%
166   Northern Saw-whet Owl 0.0% 0.2% 0.2%
167   Wilson's Warbler 0.0% 0.2% 0.2%
168   Muscovy Duck 0.1% 0.2% 0.1%
169   Golden-winged Warbler 0.0% 0.2% 0.2%
170   Boat-tailed Grackle 4.4% 0.2% 4.2%
171   Horned Grebe 3.0% 0.2% 2.8%
172   Broad-winged Hawk 1.5% 0.2% 1.3%
173   Bank Swallow 0.6% 0.2% 0.4%
174   Western Tanager 0.0% 0.2% 0.1%
175   Green-winged Teal 5.5% 0.1% 5.3%
176   Eastern Bluebird 1.4% 0.1% 1.2%
177   Great Cormorant 0.7% 0.1% 0.5%
178   Iceland Gull 0.2% 0.1% 0.0%
179   Eastern Whip-poor-will 0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
180   Common Redpoll 0.0% 0.1% 0.1%
181   Cliff Swallow 0.3% 0.1% 0.1%
182   Brant 14.9% 0.1% 14.7%
183   Killdeer 10.0% 0.1% 9.9%
184   Greater Yellowlegs 6.9% 0.1% 6.8%
185   Blue Grosbeak 0.3% 0.1% 0.2%
186   Lesser Scaup 1.2% 0.1% 1.1%
187   Clapper Rail 1.0% 0.1% 0.9%
188   Bay-breasted Warbler 0.0% 0.1% 0.1%
189   Black Vulture 2.7% 0.1% 2.6%
190   Ring-necked Pheasant 1.3% 0.1% 1.2%
191   Long-tailed Duck 1.1% 0.1% 1.0%
192   European Goldfinch 0.7% 0.1% 0.6%
193   Northern Pintail 0.7% 0.1% 0.6%
194   Glossy Ibis 2.5% 0.1% 2.4%
195   Glaucous Gull 0.1% 0.1% 0.1%
196   Canada Warbler 0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
197   Common Merganser 2.8% 0.0% 2.7%
198   Northern Harrier 2.0% 0.0% 1.9%
199   American Tree Sparrow 0.7% 0.0% 0.7%
200   Varied Thrush 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
201   Monk Parakeet 2.7% 0.0% 2.6%
202   American Wigeon 1.4% 0.0% 1.4%
203   Yellow-billed Cuckoo 0.1% 0.0% 0.0%
204   Eastern Wood-Pewee 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
205   Clay-colored Sparrow 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
206   Lesser Yellowlegs 1.6% 0.0% 1.5%
207   Greater Scaup 1.5% 0.0% 1.5%
208   Bonaparte's Gull 1.0% 0.0% 1.0%
209   Purple Martin 0.5% 0.0% 0.5%
210   Lesser Black-backed Gull 0.3% 0.0% 0.3%
211   Saltmarsh Sparrow 0.2% 0.0% 0.1%
212   Sora 0.1% 0.0% 0.1%
213   Budgerigar 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
214   Common Nighthawk 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
215   Olive-sided Flycatcher 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%