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

based on 3787 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Central Park in September. 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 58.8% 85.6% 26.9%
2   Blue Jay 49.9% 82.4% 32.5%
3   Gray Catbird 59.3% 81.7% 22.5%
4   House Sparrow 43.8% 80.2% 36.4%
5   Northern Cardinal 48.7% 78.3% 29.7%
6   Mourning Dove 51.8% 76.4% 24.6%
7   European Starling 46.8% 74.8% 28.0%
8   American Redstart 41.1% 73.6% 32.5%
9   Rock Pigeon 34.6% 72.0% 37.4%
10   Northern Flicker 41.7% 67.3% 25.5%
11   Common Yellowthroat 43.9% 66.0% 22.1%
12   Common Grackle 21.4% 65.2% 43.7%
13   Mallard 35.0% 64.0% 29.0%
14   Black-and-white Warbler 29.9% 61.0% 31.1%
15   Magnolia Warbler 21.1% 49.6% 28.4%
16   Downy Woodpecker 30.8% 48.5% 17.7%
17   Chimney Swift 20.9% 47.9% 27.0%
18   Northern Parula 25.7% 47.2% 21.5%
19   Red-bellied Woodpecker 28.6% 45.9% 17.4%
20   Canada Goose 37.4% 43.9% 6.4%
21   Red-eyed Vireo 23.9% 43.8% 19.9%
22   Swainson's Thrush 13.0% 43.6% 30.5%
23   Eastern Wood-Pewee 18.1% 43.1% 25.0%
24   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 15.1% 41.4% 26.3%
25   Red-tailed Hawk 17.6% 36.4% 18.7%
26   Black-throated Blue Warbler 15.7% 35.9% 20.2%
27   Rose-breasted Grosbeak 10.0% 35.6% 25.6%
28   Ovenbird 11.5% 31.2% 19.7%
29   Herring Gull 30.9% 31.1% 0.2%
30   Veery 10.4% 30.2% 19.8%
31   Carolina Wren 26.8% 27.7% 0.9%
32   Brown Thrasher 7.5% 27.6% 20.1%
33   Northern Waterthrush 15.1% 26.9% 11.8%
34   House Wren 16.8% 25.7% 8.9%
35   Double-crested Cormorant 32.4% 25.1% 7.4%
36   Cedar Waxwing 15.9% 24.8% 8.9%
37   White-throated Sparrow 8.7% 24.5% 15.9%
38   House Finch 14.4% 21.9% 7.5%
39   Chestnut-sided Warbler 9.5% 21.3% 11.8%
40   Scarlet Tanager 9.0% 21.0% 12.0%
41   Ring-billed Gull 25.6% 18.9% 6.7%
42   American Goldfinch 28.3% 18.5% 9.8%
43   Northern Mockingbird 32.4% 18.5% 14.0%
44   Wood Thrush 4.4% 18.5% 14.1%
45   Eastern Phoebe 17.9% 18.4% 0.5%
46   Song Sparrow 29.3% 18.2% 11.1%
47   Black-throated Green Warbler 11.9% 17.4% 5.5%
48   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 7.5% 16.5% 8.9%
49   American Crow 17.1% 15.9% 1.2%
50   White-breasted Nuthatch 13.4% 15.8% 2.5%
51   Blackpoll Warbler 10.0% 15.8% 5.8%
52   Red-breasted Nuthatch 7.1% 15.8% 8.7%
53   Great Black-backed Gull 18.8% 15.6% 3.2%
54   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 3.1% 15.3% 12.2%
55   Gadwall 3.9% 14.6% 10.7%
56   Baltimore Oriole 7.4% 13.8% 6.4%
57   Palm Warbler 15.2% 13.5% 1.7%
58   Great Crested Flycatcher 4.7% 13.3% 8.6%
59   Pine Warbler 5.0% 12.5% 7.5%
60   Cape May Warbler 6.6% 12.4% 5.8%
61   Canada Warbler 3.6% 12.1% 8.5%
62   Warbling Vireo 8.0% 10.9% 2.8%
63   Black-crowned Night-Heron 7.8% 10.9% 3.1%
64   Osprey 26.4% 10.8% 15.6%
65   Tennessee Warbler 5.7% 10.5% 4.7%
66   Wilson's Warbler 3.6% 8.7% 5.0%
67   Yellow Warbler 12.5% 8.6% 3.9%
68   American Kestrel 11.0% 8.3% 2.6%
69   Bay-breasted Warbler 4.1% 8.2% 4.1%
70   Cooper's Hawk 7.3% 8.1% 0.8%
71   Winter Wren 1.4% 7.3% 5.9%
72   Black-capped Chickadee 13.1% 7.2% 5.9%
73   Blue-headed Vireo 3.1% 6.9% 3.8%
74   Nashville Warbler 4.6% 6.2% 1.7%
75   Prairie Warbler 4.2% 6.1% 1.9%
76   Tufted Titmouse 10.2% 5.8% 4.4%
77   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 4.8% 5.6% 0.8%
78   Yellow-rumped Warbler 8.6% 5.5% 3.2%
79   Eastern Towhee 7.9% 5.4% 2.5%
80   Belted Kingfisher 12.5% 5.4% 7.1%
81   Swamp Sparrow 4.9% 5.4% 0.5%
82   Green Heron 7.7% 5.4% 2.3%
83   Sharp-shinned Hawk 5.3% 5.3% 0.0%
84   Lincoln's Sparrow 3.9% 5.1% 1.2%
85   Peregrine Falcon 7.6% 5.0% 2.5%
86   Great Blue Heron 25.9% 5.0% 20.9%
87   Northern Shoveler 3.7% 4.9% 1.1%
88   Least Flycatcher 3.3% 4.9% 1.6%
89   Yellow-billed Cuckoo 2.5% 4.9% 2.4%
90   Gray-cheeked Thrush 1.3% 4.8% 3.5%
91   Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 1.5% 4.7% 3.2%
92   Broad-winged Hawk 3.1% 4.7% 1.6%
93   Wood Duck 10.4% 4.4% 6.0%
94   Indigo Bunting 4.5% 4.2% 0.3%
95   Golden-crowned Kinglet 2.0% 4.1% 2.0%
96   Hooded Warbler 0.8% 4.1% 3.3%
97   Dark-eyed Junco 1.2% 4.0% 2.8%
98   Blackburnian Warbler 2.9% 3.9% 1.0%
99   Chipping Sparrow 6.8% 3.7% 3.1%
100   Brown Creeper 1.2% 3.5% 2.3%
101   Red-winged Blackbird 12.7% 3.0% 9.7%
102   Bald Eagle 4.9% 3.0% 1.9%
103   Connecticut Warbler 1.9% 2.9% 1.0%
104   Solitary Sandpiper 3.2% 2.8% 0.4%
105   Brown-headed Cowbird 4.1% 2.7% 1.5%
106   American Black Duck 8.3% 2.6% 5.7%
107   Blue-winged Warbler 1.4% 2.6% 1.2%
108   Hairy Woodpecker 8.8% 2.6% 6.2%
109   Common Nighthawk 2.8% 2.5% 0.3%
110   Philadelphia Vireo 2.0% 2.5% 0.5%
111   Laughing Gull 19.6% 2.4% 17.2%
112   Common Raven 5.6% 2.3% 3.3%
113   Olive-sided Flycatcher 1.0% 2.3% 1.3%
114   Eastern Kingbird 3.1% 2.1% 0.9%
115   Marsh Wren 3.6% 2.1% 1.5%
116   Green-winged Teal 3.8% 2.1% 1.7%
117   Great Egret 21.1% 2.0% 19.2%
118   Black-billed Cuckoo 0.5% 1.8% 1.4%
119   Hermit Thrush 0.4% 1.7% 1.2%
120   Purple Finch 1.4% 1.6% 0.2%
121   American Coot 1.0% 1.5% 0.4%
122   Yellow-breasted Chat 0.7% 1.3% 0.7%
123   Savannah Sparrow 6.6% 1.3% 5.3%
124   Merlin 5.6% 1.2% 4.4%
125   Spotted Sandpiper 5.2% 1.2% 3.9%
126   Mourning Warbler 0.5% 1.2% 0.7%
127   Ruddy Duck 1.5% 1.2% 0.2%
128   Lark Sparrow 0.5% 1.2% 0.6%
129   Turkey Vulture 8.8% 1.1% 7.7%
130   American Bittern 0.2% 1.1% 0.9%
131   Northern Harrier 3.7% 1.0% 2.7%
132   Northern Pintail 0.7% 1.0% 0.2%
133   Eastern Whip-poor-will 0.1% 0.9% 0.8%
134   Clay-colored Sparrow 0.8% 0.9% 0.1%
135   Worm-eating Warbler 0.4% 0.9% 0.5%
136   Pied-billed Grebe 1.9% 0.8% 1.1%
137   Yellow-throated Vireo 0.8% 0.8% 0.0%
138   Red-headed Woodpecker 0.6% 0.8% 0.2%
139   Sora 1.0% 0.8% 0.2%
140   White-crowned Sparrow 0.4% 0.7% 0.3%
141   Mute Swan 12.1% 0.7% 11.4%
142   Barn Swallow 5.0% 0.6% 4.4%
143   Dickcissel 0.9% 0.6% 0.3%
144   Blue-winged Teal 2.2% 0.5% 1.7%
145   White-eyed Vireo 3.7% 0.5% 3.2%
146   Field Sparrow 2.5% 0.4% 2.1%
147   Tree Swallow 7.4% 0.3% 7.1%
148   Red-shouldered Hawk 1.2% 0.3% 0.8%
149   Golden-winged Warbler 0.2% 0.3% 0.2%
150   Eurasian Eagle-Owl 0.0% 0.3% 0.3%
151   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 4.2% 0.3% 3.9%
152   Virginia Rail 0.3% 0.3% 0.0%
153   Wild Turkey 1.6% 0.2% 1.3%
154   Willow Flycatcher 0.5% 0.2% 0.3%
155   Budgerigar 0.1% 0.2% 0.1%
156   Grasshopper Sparrow 0.1% 0.2% 0.1%
157   Bobolink 3.3% 0.2% 3.2%
158   Fish Crow 3.1% 0.2% 2.9%
159   Cerulean Warbler 0.0% 0.2% 0.2%
160   Killdeer 7.9% 0.2% 7.7%
161   Black-throated Gray Warbler 0.0% 0.2% 0.1%
162   Great Horned Owl 0.5% 0.1% 0.4%
163   Orange-crowned Warbler 0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
164   Ring-necked Duck 0.0% 0.1% 0.1%
165   Red Crossbill 0.0% 0.1% 0.1%
166   Eastern Screech-Owl 0.2% 0.1% 0.1%
167   Muscovy Duck 0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
168   Louisiana Waterthrush 0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
169   Pine Siskin 0.0% 0.1% 0.1%
170   Brewster's Warbler (hybrid) 0.0% 0.1% 0.1%
171   Chuck-will's-widow 0.0% 0.1% 0.1%
172   Summer Tanager 0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
173   Barred Owl 0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
174   Vesper Sparrow 0.0% 0.1% 0.0%
175   Snowy Egret 12.9% 0.1% 12.8%
176   Black Vulture 2.9% 0.1% 2.8%
177   Monk Parakeet 2.4% 0.1% 2.3%
178   American Wigeon 1.0% 0.1% 1.0%
179   Common Loon 0.6% 0.1% 0.5%
180   Blue Grosbeak 0.5% 0.1% 0.4%
181   Nelson's Sparrow 0.2% 0.1% 0.2%
182   Rusty Blackbird 0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
183   Acadian Flycatcher 0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
184   Least Sandpiper 7.7% 0.0% 7.6%
185   Eastern Bluebird 0.7% 0.0% 0.7%
186   Wilson's Snipe 0.3% 0.0% 0.2%
187   American Woodcock 0.2% 0.0% 0.1%
188   Cliff Swallow 0.1% 0.0% 0.1%
189   Snow Goose 0.1% 0.0% 0.1%
190   Alder Flycatcher 0.1% 0.0% 0.0%
191   Yellow-throated Warbler 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
192   Swan Goose 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
193   Kentucky Warbler 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%