Top Birds at Central Park in August
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA
based on 1560 checklists
This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Central Park in August. 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 | 56.2% | 87.4% | 31.2% | |||
| 2 | House Sparrow | 48.7% | 84.7% | 35.9% | |||
| 3 | Northern Cardinal | 46.6% | 80.3% | 33.7% | |||
| 4 | Gray Catbird | 53.8% | 79.0% | 25.2% | |||
| 5 | Blue Jay | 33.9% | 77.2% | 43.3% | |||
| 6 | European Starling | 50.2% | 76.1% | 25.8% | |||
| 7 | Rock Pigeon | 34.0% | 75.3% | 41.3% | |||
| 8 | Mourning Dove | 52.9% | 75.3% | 22.3% | |||
| 9 | Common Grackle | 26.9% | 67.2% | 40.3% | |||
| 10 | Mallard | 39.9% | 67.1% | 27.2% | |||
| 11 | American Redstart | 20.6% | 61.0% | 40.4% | |||
| 12 | Northern Flicker | 25.2% | 47.2% | 22.0% | |||
| 13 | Black-and-white Warbler | 13.2% | 44.6% | 31.4% | |||
| 14 | Chimney Swift | 23.1% | 43.7% | 20.5% | |||
| 15 | Canada Goose | 40.7% | 43.4% | 2.7% | |||
| 16 | Downy Woodpecker | 24.6% | 42.6% | 17.9% | |||
| 17 | Double-crested Cormorant | 41.5% | 37.5% | 4.0% | |||
| 18 | Red-bellied Woodpecker | 18.7% | 36.7% | 18.0% | |||
| 19 | Northern Waterthrush | 14.7% | 36.5% | 21.8% | |||
| 20 | Herring Gull | 39.7% | 33.7% | 6.1% | |||
| 21 | Canada Warbler | 4.8% | 30.4% | 25.7% | |||
| 22 | Baltimore Oriole | 14.6% | 29.5% | 14.9% | |||
| 23 | Carolina Wren | 24.7% | 26.9% | 2.2% | |||
| 24 | Red-tailed Hawk | 10.9% | 25.1% | 14.2% | |||
| 25 | Great Black-backed Gull | 27.1% | 24.7% | 2.3% | |||
| 26 | Eastern Kingbird | 16.5% | 22.7% | 6.2% | |||
| 27 | Ring-billed Gull | 32.1% | 22.4% | 9.8% | |||
| 28 | Barn Swallow | 40.5% | 21.2% | 19.3% | |||
| 29 | House Finch | 14.7% | 20.7% | 6.0% | |||
| 30 | Common Yellowthroat | 15.0% | 20.4% | 5.4% | |||
| 31 | Northern Mockingbird | 36.6% | 19.2% | 17.5% | |||
| 32 | Red-eyed Vireo | 9.3% | 19.1% | 9.8% | |||
| 33 | Warbling Vireo | 9.6% | 19.0% | 9.4% | |||
| 34 | Chestnut-sided Warbler | 4.6% | 18.5% | 14.0% | |||
| 35 | Great Crested Flycatcher | 6.6% | 18.3% | 11.7% | |||
| 36 | Ovenbird | 3.8% | 17.0% | 13.2% | |||
| 37 | Cedar Waxwing | 16.8% | 16.9% | 0.1% | |||
| 38 | Black-crowned Night-Heron | 14.5% | 16.9% | 2.5% | |||
| 39 | Yellow Warbler | 20.3% | 16.8% | 3.5% | |||
| 40 | Blue-winged Warbler | 3.4% | 16.7% | 13.3% | |||
| 41 | American Goldfinch | 38.4% | 15.7% | 22.7% | |||
| 42 | Ruby-throated Hummingbird | 8.8% | 14.4% | 5.6% | |||
| 43 | Eastern Wood-Pewee | 8.9% | 14.3% | 5.4% | |||
| 44 | Song Sparrow | 35.8% | 13.0% | 22.8% | |||
| 45 | Great Egret | 35.3% | 12.9% | 22.4% | |||
| 46 | Veery | 2.3% | 12.6% | 10.3% | |||
| 47 | Red-winged Blackbird | 29.1% | 11.7% | 17.4% | |||
| 48 | Magnolia Warbler | 2.6% | 10.7% | 8.1% | |||
| 49 | Gadwall | 3.7% | 10.5% | 6.8% | |||
| 50 | Blue-gray Gnatcatcher | 6.7% | 10.2% | 3.5% | |||
| 51 | American Crow | 14.6% | 9.3% | 5.3% | |||
| 52 | White-breasted Nuthatch | 9.8% | 9.0% | 0.7% | |||
| 53 | Red-breasted Nuthatch | 1.9% | 8.7% | 6.8% | |||
| 54 | Black-throated Blue Warbler | 1.8% | 8.3% | 6.5% | |||
| 55 | Wood Duck | 9.4% | 7.9% | 1.4% | |||
| 56 | Laughing Gull | 32.9% | 7.6% | 25.3% | |||
| 57 | Great Blue Heron | 31.5% | 7.2% | 24.3% | |||
| 58 | Northern Parula | 1.6% | 6.7% | 5.1% | |||
| 59 | Black-capped Chickadee | 11.4% | 6.4% | 5.0% | |||
| 60 | Belted Kingfisher | 8.5% | 6.2% | 2.2% | |||
| 61 | Green Heron | 12.1% | 6.1% | 6.0% | |||
| 62 | Spotted Sandpiper | 17.4% | 5.2% | 12.2% | |||
| 63 | White-throated Sparrow | 0.6% | 5.1% | 4.4% | |||
| 64 | Worm-eating Warbler | 1.2% | 4.9% | 3.7% | |||
| 65 | Least Flycatcher | 1.9% | 4.9% | 2.9% | |||
| 66 | Tufted Titmouse | 8.6% | 4.8% | 3.8% | |||
| 67 | Yellow-bellied Flycatcher | 0.7% | 4.7% | 4.0% | |||
| 68 | Hooded Warbler | 0.4% | 4.6% | 4.2% | |||
| 69 | House Wren | 11.6% | 4.3% | 7.3% | |||
| 70 | Rose-breasted Grosbeak | 1.2% | 4.2% | 3.1% | |||
| 71 | American Kestrel | 3.6% | 3.9% | 0.3% | |||
| 72 | Louisiana Waterthrush | 1.0% | 3.9% | 2.9% | |||
| 73 | Brown-headed Cowbird | 6.0% | 3.3% | 2.7% | |||
| 74 | Scarlet Tanager | 1.6% | 3.3% | 1.7% | |||
| 75 | Wood Thrush | 2.5% | 3.2% | 0.7% | |||
| 76 | Yellow-billed Cuckoo | 1.5% | 3.2% | 1.7% | |||
| 77 | Prothonotary Warbler | 0.4% | 3.2% | 2.8% | |||
| 78 | American Black Duck | 10.3% | 3.1% | 7.2% | |||
| 79 | Wilson's Warbler | 0.4% | 2.9% | 2.5% | |||
| 80 | Osprey | 31.7% | 2.8% | 28.9% | |||
| 81 | Cape May Warbler | 1.2% | 2.8% | 1.6% | |||
| 82 | Hairy Woodpecker | 6.1% | 2.7% | 3.4% | |||
| 83 | Olive-sided Flycatcher | 0.6% | 2.4% | 1.7% | |||
| 84 | Swainson's Thrush | 0.2% | 2.3% | 2.1% | |||
| 85 | Peregrine Falcon | 7.8% | 2.2% | 5.6% | |||
| 86 | Blackburnian Warbler | 1.0% | 2.2% | 1.2% | |||
| 87 | Black-billed Cuckoo | 0.4% | 2.2% | 1.8% | |||
| 88 | Tennessee Warbler | 0.7% | 2.0% | 1.3% | |||
| 89 | Mourning Warbler | 0.4% | 1.9% | 1.5% | |||
| 90 | Golden-winged Warbler | 0.2% | 1.9% | 1.7% | |||
| 91 | Cooper's Hawk | 2.3% | 1.8% | 0.5% | |||
| 92 | Eastern Phoebe | 3.8% | 1.7% | 2.1% | |||
| 93 | Black-throated Green Warbler | 1.0% | 1.7% | 0.6% | |||
| 94 | Tree Swallow | 14.6% | 1.3% | 13.3% | |||
| 95 | Solitary Sandpiper | 3.7% | 1.3% | 2.5% | |||
| 96 | Lark Sparrow | 0.3% | 1.3% | 1.0% | |||
| 97 | Pied-billed Grebe | 1.0% | 1.2% | 0.3% | |||
| 98 | Prairie Warbler | 1.1% | 1.2% | 0.1% | |||
| 99 | Northern Shoveler | 1.4% | 1.1% | 0.3% | |||
| 100 | Snowy Egret | 23.3% | 1.0% | 22.3% | |||
| 101 | Common Raven | 2.8% | 1.0% | 1.9% | |||
| 102 | Common Nighthawk | 1.3% | 1.0% | 0.3% | |||
| 103 | Chipping Sparrow | 5.4% | 0.8% | 4.5% | |||
| 104 | Willow Flycatcher | 4.8% | 0.8% | 4.0% | |||
| 105 | Green-winged Teal | 1.8% | 0.8% | 0.9% | |||
| 106 | Blue-winged Teal | 1.7% | 0.8% | 0.9% | |||
| 107 | Eastern Towhee | 7.3% | 0.7% | 6.6% | |||
| 108 | Brown Thrasher | 3.2% | 0.6% | 2.6% | |||
| 109 | Orchard Oriole | 1.0% | 0.6% | 0.4% | |||
| 110 | Yellow-breasted Chat | 0.2% | 0.6% | 0.4% | |||
| 111 | Bobolink | 2.3% | 0.5% | 1.8% | |||
| 112 | Nashville Warbler | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.1% | |||
| 113 | Pine Warbler | 0.3% | 0.4% | 0.1% | |||
| 114 | Bay-breasted Warbler | 0.1% | 0.4% | 0.3% | |||
| 115 | Eurasian Eagle-Owl | 0.0% | 0.4% | 0.4% | |||
| 116 | Turkey Vulture | 5.5% | 0.4% | 5.1% | |||
| 117 | Hermit Thrush | 0.0% | 0.4% | 0.3% | |||
| 118 | Fish Crow | 9.3% | 0.3% | 9.0% | |||
| 119 | Bald Eagle | 2.6% | 0.3% | 2.2% | |||
| 120 | Great Horned Owl | 0.5% | 0.3% | 0.1% | |||
| 121 | Blackpoll Warbler | 0.1% | 0.3% | 0.2% | |||
| 122 | Red Crossbill | 0.0% | 0.3% | 0.3% | |||
| 123 | Killdeer | 14.7% | 0.3% | 14.4% | |||
| 124 | Ruddy Duck | 2.4% | 0.3% | 2.2% | |||
| 125 | Northern Rough-winged Swallow | 2.1% | 0.3% | 1.9% | |||
| 126 | Yellow-throated Vireo | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.1% | |||
| 127 | Muscovy Duck | 0.1% | 0.3% | 0.2% | |||
| 128 | Alder Flycatcher | 0.1% | 0.3% | 0.2% | |||
| 129 | Barred Owl | 0.1% | 0.3% | 0.2% | |||
| 130 | Lawrence's Warbler (hybrid) | 0.0% | 0.3% | 0.2% | |||
| 131 | Purple Martin | 3.3% | 0.2% | 3.1% | |||
| 132 | Broad-winged Hawk | 0.5% | 0.2% | 0.3% | |||
| 133 | Yellow-rumped Warbler | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.1% | |||
| 134 | Wilson's Snipe | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.1% | |||
| 135 | Least Sandpiper | 22.8% | 0.1% | 22.7% | |||
| 136 | Red-shouldered Hawk | 0.7% | 0.1% | 0.5% | |||
| 137 | American Coot | 0.6% | 0.1% | 0.5% | |||
| 138 | Hooded Merganser | 0.3% | 0.1% | 0.2% | |||
| 139 | Budgerigar | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 140 | Palm Warbler | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 141 | Kentucky Warbler | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 142 | Purple Finch | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 143 | Pine Siskin | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 144 | Common Tern | 17.0% | 0.1% | 16.9% | |||
| 145 | Forster's Tern | 13.7% | 0.1% | 13.6% | |||
| 146 | Black Skimmer | 6.0% | 0.1% | 5.9% | |||
| 147 | Indigo Bunting | 3.5% | 0.1% | 3.4% | |||
| 148 | Bank Swallow | 3.2% | 0.1% | 3.1% | |||
| 149 | Wild Turkey | 1.7% | 0.1% | 1.7% | |||
| 150 | Swamp Sparrow | 1.2% | 0.1% | 1.1% | |||
| 151 | Merlin | 0.6% | 0.1% | 0.5% | |||
| 152 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | 0.5% | 0.1% | 0.4% | |||
| 153 | Eastern Screech-Owl | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 154 | Sharp-shinned Hawk | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 155 | Philadelphia Vireo | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | |||
| 156 | Acadian Flycatcher | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | |||
| 157 | Yellow-throated Warbler | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.0% | |||
| 158 | Ruby-crowned Kinglet | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.0% | |||
| 159 | Winter Wren | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% |