Top Birds at Central Park in May
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA
based on 8750 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.
| Rank | Info | Pics | Species | Entire Region | This Location | Difference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | American Robin | 72.6% | 81.8% | 9.2% | |||
| 2 | House Sparrow | 55.1% | 79.2% | 24.1% | |||
| 3 | Gray Catbird | 64.8% | 79.0% | 14.2% | |||
| 4 | Northern Cardinal | 57.5% | 77.4% | 19.9% | |||
| 5 | European Starling | 56.9% | 76.8% | 19.9% | |||
| 6 | Blue Jay | 47.0% | 76.5% | 29.6% | |||
| 7 | Common Grackle | 53.3% | 74.3% | 21.0% | |||
| 8 | Mourning Dove | 51.7% | 73.4% | 21.7% | |||
| 9 | Mallard | 47.3% | 72.5% | 25.2% | |||
| 10 | Rock Pigeon | 32.6% | 69.2% | 36.6% | |||
| 11 | Black-and-white Warbler | 37.2% | 66.5% | 29.3% | |||
| 12 | Common Yellowthroat | 45.9% | 66.4% | 20.5% | |||
| 13 | American Redstart | 38.2% | 66.2% | 28.0% | |||
| 14 | Baltimore Oriole | 43.0% | 64.4% | 21.4% | |||
| 15 | Northern Parula | 33.3% | 63.9% | 30.6% | |||
| 16 | Canada Goose | 43.7% | 61.7% | 18.0% | |||
| 17 | Red-winged Blackbird | 52.7% | 61.3% | 8.6% | |||
| 18 | Ovenbird | 30.3% | 61.1% | 30.8% | |||
| 19 | Magnolia Warbler | 24.8% | 59.2% | 34.4% | |||
| 20 | White-throated Sparrow | 32.3% | 57.9% | 25.6% | |||
| 21 | Red-bellied Woodpecker | 36.6% | 57.1% | 20.6% | |||
| 22 | Black-throated Blue Warbler | 25.7% | 55.3% | 29.6% | |||
| 23 | Double-crested Cormorant | 32.3% | 54.5% | 22.2% | |||
| 24 | Yellow-rumped Warbler | 32.4% | 51.0% | 18.6% | |||
| 25 | Downy Woodpecker | 26.3% | 49.6% | 23.3% | |||
| 26 | Northern Waterthrush | 21.1% | 48.7% | 27.6% | |||
| 27 | Chimney Swift | 28.3% | 47.9% | 19.6% | |||
| 28 | Warbling Vireo | 31.0% | 46.4% | 15.4% | |||
| 29 | Yellow Warbler | 42.7% | 41.9% | 0.8% | |||
| 30 | Northern Flicker | 28.2% | 40.2% | 12.1% | |||
| 31 | Blackpoll Warbler | 20.4% | 39.0% | 18.6% | |||
| 32 | Swainson's Thrush | 16.1% | 37.8% | 21.7% | |||
| 33 | Veery | 18.6% | 37.1% | 18.5% | |||
| 34 | Chestnut-sided Warbler | 14.7% | 35.6% | 20.9% | |||
| 35 | Black-throated Green Warbler | 18.9% | 35.3% | 16.4% | |||
| 36 | Wood Thrush | 22.2% | 33.8% | 11.6% | |||
| 37 | Red-tailed Hawk | 18.6% | 33.4% | 14.8% | |||
| 38 | Red-eyed Vireo | 21.9% | 32.7% | 10.7% | |||
| 39 | Great Egret | 24.8% | 32.3% | 7.5% | |||
| 40 | Scarlet Tanager | 17.9% | 30.4% | 12.5% | |||
| 41 | Blue-headed Vireo | 13.0% | 29.6% | 16.6% | |||
| 42 | Ruby-crowned Kinglet | 11.8% | 29.4% | 17.5% | |||
| 43 | Hermit Thrush | 9.6% | 29.2% | 19.6% | |||
| 44 | Canada Warbler | 10.3% | 28.0% | 17.7% | |||
| 45 | Rose-breasted Grosbeak | 15.5% | 27.5% | 12.0% | |||
| 46 | Herring Gull | 23.1% | 27.0% | 3.9% | |||
| 47 | House Finch | 15.2% | 26.2% | 11.1% | |||
| 48 | Black-crowned Night-Heron | 10.4% | 26.2% | 15.8% | |||
| 49 | Cedar Waxwing | 16.0% | 26.0% | 10.0% | |||
| 50 | Eastern Towhee | 19.4% | 25.0% | 5.5% | |||
| 51 | American Goldfinch | 29.0% | 24.3% | 4.7% | |||
| 52 | Great Crested Flycatcher | 17.6% | 23.9% | 6.3% | |||
| 53 | Wilson's Warbler | 7.6% | 23.1% | 15.4% | |||
| 54 | Eastern Kingbird | 16.3% | 22.8% | 6.5% | |||
| 55 | Swamp Sparrow | 12.2% | 22.7% | 10.4% | |||
| 56 | House Wren | 27.1% | 22.5% | 4.6% | |||
| 57 | Barn Swallow | 32.6% | 21.5% | 11.1% | |||
| 58 | Cape May Warbler | 5.8% | 20.7% | 14.8% | |||
| 59 | Blackburnian Warbler | 8.5% | 20.3% | 11.7% | |||
| 60 | Nashville Warbler | 8.0% | 20.1% | 12.1% | |||
| 61 | Chipping Sparrow | 18.2% | 19.5% | 1.3% | |||
| 62 | Song Sparrow | 36.9% | 19.5% | 17.4% | |||
| 63 | Indigo Bunting | 9.3% | 18.6% | 9.3% | |||
| 64 | Bay-breasted Warbler | 7.1% | 18.0% | 10.9% | |||
| 65 | Prairie Warbler | 7.7% | 17.6% | 9.9% | |||
| 66 | Eastern Wood-Pewee | 10.6% | 17.6% | 7.0% | |||
| 67 | Brown-headed Cowbird | 21.1% | 16.7% | 4.4% | |||
| 68 | Great Black-backed Gull | 13.1% | 15.9% | 2.8% | |||
| 69 | American Crow | 17.8% | 15.5% | 2.3% | |||
| 70 | Ring-billed Gull | 14.2% | 15.2% | 1.0% | |||
| 71 | Gadwall | 6.4% | 14.3% | 8.0% | |||
| 72 | Least Flycatcher | 5.4% | 12.7% | 7.3% | |||
| 73 | Blue-gray Gnatcatcher | 14.7% | 12.3% | 2.3% | |||
| 74 | Blue-winged Warbler | 6.2% | 11.5% | 5.2% | |||
| 75 | Hooded Warbler | 3.4% | 11.4% | 8.0% | |||
| 76 | Tufted Titmouse | 16.0% | 10.9% | 5.1% | |||
| 77 | Northern Rough-winged Swallow | 12.1% | 10.8% | 1.3% | |||
| 78 | White-breasted Nuthatch | 10.8% | 10.0% | 0.8% | |||
| 79 | Black-capped Chickadee | 12.3% | 9.3% | 3.0% | |||
| 80 | Worm-eating Warbler | 3.5% | 9.1% | 5.6% | |||
| 81 | Orchard Oriole | 10.3% | 8.6% | 1.7% | |||
| 82 | Palm Warbler | 5.0% | 8.6% | 3.6% | |||
| 83 | Yellow-throated Vireo | 4.3% | 8.6% | 4.3% | |||
| 84 | White-crowned Sparrow | 3.3% | 8.3% | 5.1% | |||
| 85 | Gray-cheeked Thrush | 2.8% | 7.6% | 4.8% | |||
| 86 | Spotted Sandpiper | 12.8% | 7.4% | 5.4% | |||
| 87 | Northern Mockingbird | 28.4% | 7.0% | 21.3% | |||
| 88 | Lincoln's Sparrow | 2.6% | 6.9% | 4.3% | |||
| 89 | Ruby-throated Hummingbird | 6.3% | 6.8% | 0.6% | |||
| 90 | Tennessee Warbler | 3.1% | 6.3% | 3.2% | |||
| 91 | Tree Swallow | 23.8% | 6.1% | 17.6% | |||
| 92 | Green Heron | 9.3% | 5.9% | 3.3% | |||
| 93 | Red-breasted Nuthatch | 2.6% | 5.7% | 3.1% | |||
| 94 | Carolina Wren | 21.0% | 5.6% | 15.5% | |||
| 95 | Summer Tanager | 1.4% | 5.4% | 4.0% | |||
| 96 | Brown Thrasher | 7.6% | 4.4% | 3.1% | |||
| 97 | Wood Duck | 9.7% | 4.2% | 5.6% | |||
| 98 | Mourning Warbler | 1.7% | 4.1% | 2.4% | |||
| 99 | American Kestrel | 2.0% | 4.1% | 2.0% | |||
| 100 | Louisiana Waterthrush | 1.6% | 4.0% | 2.4% | |||
| 101 | Yellow-billed Cuckoo | 3.5% | 4.0% | 0.6% | |||
| 102 | Solitary Sandpiper | 5.9% | 3.9% | 2.0% | |||
| 103 | Olive-sided Flycatcher | 1.1% | 3.9% | 2.9% | |||
| 104 | Ruddy Duck | 3.3% | 3.8% | 0.5% | |||
| 105 | White-eyed Vireo | 4.4% | 3.6% | 0.8% | |||
| 106 | Field Sparrow | 3.4% | 3.5% | 0.1% | |||
| 107 | Great Blue Heron | 10.1% | 3.3% | 6.8% | |||
| 108 | Bufflehead | 1.0% | 3.1% | 2.1% | |||
| 109 | Black-billed Cuckoo | 1.4% | 3.0% | 1.5% | |||
| 110 | Purple Finch | 1.2% | 2.9% | 1.7% | |||
| 111 | Prothonotary Warbler | 0.9% | 2.8% | 1.9% | |||
| 112 | Snowy Egret | 10.5% | 2.8% | 7.8% | |||
| 113 | Common Nighthawk | 1.3% | 2.6% | 1.3% | |||
| 114 | Peregrine Falcon | 2.7% | 2.6% | 0.1% | |||
| 115 | Osprey | 17.6% | 2.5% | 15.1% | |||
| 116 | Hairy Woodpecker | 8.8% | 2.4% | 6.5% | |||
| 117 | Northern Shoveler | 0.9% | 2.3% | 1.4% | |||
| 118 | Savannah Sparrow | 5.8% | 2.3% | 3.5% | |||
| 119 | Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | 0.9% | 2.2% | 1.3% | |||
| 120 | Yellow-crowned Night-Heron | 4.1% | 2.1% | 2.0% | |||
| 121 | Red-headed Woodpecker | 0.7% | 2.0% | 1.3% | |||
| 122 | Turkey Vulture | 10.4% | 1.9% | 8.5% | |||
| 123 | Pine Warbler | 1.7% | 1.9% | 0.2% | |||
| 124 | Great Horned Owl | 0.9% | 1.8% | 0.9% | |||
| 125 | Yellow-bellied Flycatcher | 0.6% | 1.8% | 1.2% | |||
| 126 | Cerulean Warbler | 0.6% | 1.8% | 1.3% | |||
| 127 | Kentucky Warbler | 0.7% | 1.6% | 0.9% | |||
| 128 | Mute Swan | 12.4% | 1.5% | 10.8% | |||
| 129 | Fish Crow | 11.6% | 1.4% | 10.2% | |||
| 130 | Yellow-breasted Chat | 0.3% | 1.4% | 1.1% | |||
| 131 | Acadian Flycatcher | 0.5% | 1.4% | 0.9% | |||
| 132 | Yellow-throated Warbler | 0.2% | 1.3% | 1.1% | |||
| 133 | Laughing Gull | 18.2% | 1.3% | 16.9% | |||
| 134 | Chuck-will's-widow | 0.4% | 1.3% | 0.9% | |||
| 135 | Kirtland's Warbler | 0.1% | 1.3% | 1.2% | |||
| 136 | Eastern Phoebe | 5.2% | 1.2% | 4.0% | |||
| 137 | Belted Kingfisher | 4.4% | 1.2% | 3.2% | |||
| 138 | Bicknell's Thrush | 0.3% | 1.2% | 0.8% | |||
| 139 | Barred Owl | 0.3% | 1.1% | 0.8% | |||
| 140 | Dark-eyed Junco | 0.5% | 1.1% | 0.6% | |||
| 141 | Blue Grosbeak | 0.8% | 1.0% | 0.2% | |||
| 142 | Winter Wren | 0.4% | 1.0% | 0.6% | |||
| 143 | Evening Grosbeak | 0.2% | 1.0% | 0.8% | |||
| 144 | American Coot | 0.9% | 0.9% | 0.1% | |||
| 145 | Common Loon | 2.6% | 0.8% | 1.8% | |||
| 146 | Willow Flycatcher | 5.8% | 0.8% | 5.0% | |||
| 147 | Pine Siskin | 0.4% | 0.7% | 0.4% | |||
| 148 | Orange-crowned Warbler | 0.2% | 0.7% | 0.5% | |||
| 149 | American Woodcock | 0.5% | 0.7% | 0.2% | |||
| 150 | American Bittern | 0.3% | 0.6% | 0.3% | |||
| 151 | Common Raven | 2.7% | 0.6% | 2.1% | |||
| 152 | Philadelphia Vireo | 0.1% | 0.5% | 0.4% | |||
| 153 | Brewster's Warbler (hybrid) | 0.1% | 0.5% | 0.5% | |||
| 154 | American Black Duck | 5.4% | 0.5% | 4.9% | |||
| 155 | Swainson's Warbler | 0.1% | 0.5% | 0.3% | |||
| 156 | Cooper's Hawk | 2.1% | 0.5% | 1.7% | |||
| 157 | Bobolink | 1.3% | 0.4% | 0.8% | |||
| 158 | Bank Swallow | 2.7% | 0.4% | 2.3% | |||
| 159 | Clay-colored Sparrow | 0.1% | 0.4% | 0.3% | |||
| 160 | Virginia Rail | 0.3% | 0.4% | 0.1% | |||
| 161 | Brown Creeper | 0.1% | 0.4% | 0.2% | |||
| 162 | Bald Eagle | 2.7% | 0.4% | 2.3% | |||
| 163 | Alder Flycatcher | 0.6% | 0.4% | 0.2% | |||
| 164 | Eurasian Eagle-Owl | 0.0% | 0.3% | 0.3% | |||
| 165 | Bonaparte's Gull | 0.6% | 0.3% | 0.3% | |||
| 166 | Rusty Blackbird | 0.5% | 0.3% | 0.2% | |||
| 167 | Cliff Swallow | 0.8% | 0.3% | 0.5% | |||
| 168 | Marsh Wren | 5.0% | 0.3% | 4.7% | |||
| 169 | Eastern Whip-poor-will | 0.2% | 0.3% | 0.1% | |||
| 170 | Brant | 11.6% | 0.2% | 11.4% | |||
| 171 | Merlin | 1.0% | 0.2% | 0.7% | |||
| 172 | Eastern Screech-Owl | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.0% | |||
| 173 | Broad-winged Hawk | 1.2% | 0.2% | 0.9% | |||
| 174 | Golden-winged Warbler | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.1% | |||
| 175 | Fox Sparrow | 0.0% | 0.2% | 0.2% | |||
| 176 | Black Vulture | 2.4% | 0.2% | 2.2% | |||
| 177 | Dickcissel | 0.0% | 0.2% | 0.1% | |||
| 178 | Horned Grebe | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.0% | |||
| 179 | Grasshopper Sparrow | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | |||
| 180 | Purple Martin | 1.5% | 0.1% | 1.4% | |||
| 181 | Hooded Merganser | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 182 | Common Gallinule | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.0% | |||
| 183 | Sora | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | |||
| 184 | Killdeer | 10.1% | 0.1% | 10.0% | |||
| 185 | Least Sandpiper | 7.7% | 0.1% | 7.6% | |||
| 186 | Red-throated Loon | 1.2% | 0.1% | 1.1% | |||
| 187 | Eastern Bluebird | 1.3% | 0.1% | 1.2% | |||
| 188 | Golden-crowned Kinglet | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | |||
| 189 | Red-breasted Merganser | 1.8% | 0.1% | 1.7% | |||
| 190 | Vesper Sparrow | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 191 | Greater Yellowlegs | 6.4% | 0.1% | 6.3% | |||
| 192 | Sharp-shinned Hawk | 0.9% | 0.1% | 0.8% | |||
| 193 | Northern Harrier | 0.7% | 0.1% | 0.6% | |||
| 194 | Muscovy Duck | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | |||
| 195 | Red-shouldered Hawk | 0.6% | 0.1% | 0.6% | |||
| 196 | Mississippi Kite | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.1% | |||
| 197 | Common Tern | 6.3% | 0.0% | 6.3% | |||
| 198 | Ring-necked Pheasant | 1.1% | 0.0% | 1.1% | |||
| 199 | Saltmarsh Sparrow | 0.8% | 0.0% | 0.8% | |||
| 200 | European Goldfinch | 0.4% | 0.0% | 0.4% | |||
| 201 | Long-tailed Duck | 0.2% | 0.0% | 0.2% | |||
| 202 | Pied-billed Grebe | 0.2% | 0.0% | 0.1% | |||
| 203 | Glossy Ibis | 4.6% | 0.0% | 4.6% | |||
| 204 | Monk Parakeet | 2.2% | 0.0% | 2.2% | |||
| 205 | Green-winged Teal | 0.6% | 0.0% | 0.6% | |||
| 206 | Eastern Meadowlark | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
| 207 | Black Skimmer | 1.8% | 0.0% | 1.8% | |||
| 208 | Common Merganser | 0.5% | 0.0% | 0.5% | |||
| 209 | Great Cormorant | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.1% | |||
| 210 | Iceland Gull | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
| 211 | Red-necked Grebe | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
| 212 | Painted Bunting | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |