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Top Birds at Prospect Park in May
relative to other locations within 25 miles of 35.791540, -78.781117

based on 10454 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Prospect 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.

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Rank Info Pics Species Entire Region This Location Difference
1   American Robin 38.0% 82.3% 44.3%
2   Gray Catbird 28.1% 81.2% 53.1%
3   Northern Cardinal 79.5% 79.3% 0.2%
4   House Sparrow 3.3% 75.7% 72.4%
5   European Starling 20.4% 73.2% 52.8%
6   Mourning Dove 47.8% 70.7% 22.9%
7   Common Grackle 33.9% 70.5% 36.5%
8   Blue Jay 41.8% 66.5% 24.7%
9   Mallard 28.2% 66.4% 38.2%
10   Common Yellowthroat 40.3% 66.1% 25.7%
11   Black-and-white Warbler 15.1% 64.4% 49.3%
12   Baltimore Oriole 1.2% 64.3% 63.1%
13   Red-winged Blackbird 27.3% 61.2% 33.9%
14   American Redstart 22.1% 60.8% 38.7%
15   Northern Parula 35.3% 59.2% 23.9%
16   Chimney Swift 27.5% 57.3% 29.8%
17   Yellow-rumped Warbler 9.9% 57.2% 47.4%
18   Red-bellied Woodpecker 54.3% 57.1% 2.8%
19   Warbling Vireo 1.4% 56.8% 55.3%
20   Ovenbird 17.6% 54.9% 37.3%
21   House Wren 8.5% 52.6% 44.0%
22   Black-throated Blue Warbler 12.1% 51.9% 39.8%
23   Rock Pigeon 5.6% 51.3% 45.7%
24   Canada Goose 41.2% 51.2% 10.1%
25   Northern Waterthrush 6.7% 49.2% 42.5%
26   Yellow Warbler 7.8% 47.6% 39.8%
27   Wood Duck 12.5% 47.4% 34.9%
28   White-throated Sparrow 7.9% 47.2% 39.3%
29   Magnolia Warbler 3.3% 46.7% 43.4%
30   Downy Woodpecker 40.3% 46.5% 6.2%
31   Barn Swallow 30.1% 46.2% 16.1%
32   Mute Swan 0.3% 41.2% 40.9%
33   Red-eyed Vireo 51.9% 41.2% 10.7%
34   American Goldfinch 45.0% 40.1% 4.9%
35   Blackpoll Warbler 7.6% 39.8% 32.2%
36   Black-throated Green Warbler 0.5% 37.7% 37.3%
37   Song Sparrow 15.7% 36.7% 20.9%
38   Veery 2.8% 36.4% 33.6%
39   Laughing Gull 0.2% 36.1% 35.9%
40   Eastern Kingbird 27.0% 36.1% 9.0%
41   Wood Thrush 13.0% 33.9% 20.9%
42   Brown-headed Cowbird 37.1% 32.2% 4.9%
43   Swainson's Thrush 7.0% 32.0% 25.0%
44   Green Heron 9.8% 31.9% 22.0%
45   Northern Flicker 8.5% 31.6% 23.1%
46   Red-tailed Hawk 12.1% 31.2% 19.1%
47   Double-crested Cormorant 16.8% 31.2% 14.3%
48   Scarlet Tanager 11.6% 30.3% 18.7%
49   Rose-breasted Grosbeak 2.1% 29.5% 27.4%
50   Great Crested Flycatcher 49.0% 28.8% 20.2%
51   Cedar Waxwing 14.0% 28.7% 14.7%
52   Chestnut-sided Warbler 1.2% 28.3% 27.1%
53   Carolina Wren 70.8% 27.6% 43.2%
54   Blue-headed Vireo 1.2% 27.4% 26.3%
55   Great Egret 2.5% 22.4% 19.9%
56   Chipping Sparrow 38.3% 21.5% 16.8%
57   Spotted Sandpiper 15.6% 21.4% 5.8%
58   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 57.5% 20.8% 36.7%
59   Prairie Warbler 6.7% 20.4% 13.7%
60   American Herring Gull 0.1% 20.3% 20.2%
61   Eastern Towhee 36.5% 20.2% 16.3%
62   Canada Warbler 0.4% 20.1% 19.6%
63   Black-crowned Night-Heron 0.0% 20.1% 20.0%
64   Hermit Thrush 0.3% 20.0% 19.6%
65   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1.3% 19.9% 18.6%
66   Swamp Sparrow 2.0% 19.6% 17.6%
67   Tufted Titmouse 65.2% 18.8% 46.4%
68   Bay-breasted Warbler 0.4% 17.2% 16.8%
69   Blackburnian Warbler 0.3% 16.9% 16.5%
70   Orchard Oriole 15.5% 16.3% 0.8%
71   Indigo Bunting 45.6% 16.0% 29.6%
72   Nashville Warbler 0.0% 15.8% 15.8%
73   Eastern Wood-Pewee 20.8% 15.6% 5.2%
74   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 30.0% 15.5% 14.6%
75   Great Blue Heron 45.2% 14.8% 30.4%
76   Tree Swallow 15.2% 14.4% 0.8%
77   Cape May Warbler 0.8% 14.3% 13.6%
78   Osprey 16.3% 14.3% 2.0%
79   Hairy Woodpecker 8.8% 13.3% 4.5%
80   Wilson's Warbler 0.5% 13.3% 12.7%
81   American Crow 56.2% 12.3% 43.9%
82   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 18.1% 11.6% 6.6%
83   Palm Warbler 0.7% 11.2% 10.5%
84   Ring-billed Gull 1.3% 10.4% 9.1%
85   Northern Mockingbird 29.9% 10.2% 19.7%
86   Black-capped Chickadee 0% 9.9% 9.9%
87   Belted Kingfisher 12.1% 9.9% 2.2%
88   Blue-winged Warbler 0.2% 9.4% 9.2%
89   Least Flycatcher 0.0% 9.4% 9.4%
90   Hooded Warbler 10.5% 8.3% 2.2%
91   House Finch 29.3% 8.1% 21.3%
92   White-breasted Nuthatch 23.1% 7.9% 15.2%
93   Worm-eating Warbler 1.0% 7.6% 6.6%
94   Solitary Sandpiper 7.7% 7.2% 0.5%
95   Gray-cheeked Thrush 0.5% 7.1% 6.6%
96   Tennessee Warbler 0.1% 7.0% 6.9%
97   White-eyed Vireo 34.8% 6.9% 27.9%
98   Yellow-throated Vireo 7.0% 6.8% 0.1%
99   Cooper's Hawk 2.7% 6.4% 3.6%
100   Turkey Vulture 38.4% 5.6% 32.8%
101   Ruddy Duck 0.4% 5.3% 4.9%
102   Red-breasted Nuthatch 0.1% 5.1% 5.0%
103   Lincoln's Sparrow 0.0% 4.2% 4.1%
104   Red-throated Loon 0% 4.1% 4.1%
105   American Coot 0.1% 4.0% 3.8%
106   White-crowned Sparrow 0.1% 3.8% 3.7%
107   American Kestrel 0.6% 3.7% 3.1%
108   American Black Duck 0.0% 3.5% 3.5%
109   Olive-sided Flycatcher 0.2% 3.3% 3.1%
110   Mourning Warbler 0.0% 3.2% 3.2%
111   Bank Swallow 1.2% 3.2% 2.0%
112   Purple Finch 0.0% 3.1% 3.1%
113   Fish Crow 34.0% 3.1% 30.9%
114   Prothonotary Warbler 15.9% 3.1% 12.8%
115   Savannah Sparrow 1.1% 2.8% 1.6%
116   Louisiana Waterthrush 7.0% 2.6% 4.5%
117   Kentucky Warbler 2.9% 2.5% 0.4%
118   Pine Warbler 41.6% 2.4% 39.2%
119   Eastern Phoebe 34.2% 2.3% 31.9%
120   European Goldfinch 0% 2.3% 2.3%
121   Yellow-billed Cuckoo 11.6% 2.3% 9.3%
122   Summer Tanager 37.8% 2.2% 35.6%
123   Common Loon 0.3% 2.1% 1.7%
124   Common Nighthawk 0.2% 2.0% 1.9%
125   Cerulean Warbler 0.0% 2.0% 2.0%
126   Brown Thrasher 16.2% 1.9% 14.3%
127   Field Sparrow 3.0% 1.6% 1.4%
128   Monk Parakeet 0% 1.6% 1.6%
129   Pine Siskin 0.6% 1.5% 0.9%
130   Black-billed Cuckoo 0.2% 1.5% 1.3%
131   Peregrine Falcon 0.0% 1.5% 1.5%
132   Great Black-backed Gull 0% 1.3% 1.3%
133   Acadian Flycatcher 25.7% 1.3% 24.4%
134   Bald Eagle 10.5% 1.2% 9.3%
135   Broad-winged Hawk 0.8% 1.2% 0.3%
136   Willow Flycatcher 0.2% 1.1% 0.9%
137   Common Raven 0.2% 1.1% 0.9%
138   Blue Grosbeak 23.8% 1.0% 22.8%
139   Rusty Blackbird 0.0% 1.0% 1.0%
140   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 0% 1.0% 1.0%
141   Chuck-will's-widow 0.4% 0.9% 0.5%
142   Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 0.0% 0.9% 0.9%
143   Bicknell's Thrush 0% 0.9% 0.9%
144   Marsh Wren 0.0% 0.8% 0.8%
145   Anhinga 0.3% 0.8% 0.5%
146   Evening Grosbeak 0% 0.7% 0.7%
147   Forster's Tern 0.1% 0.7% 0.6%
148   Snow Goose 0% 0.7% 0.7%
149   Swainson's Warbler 0.7% 0.6% 0.1%
150   Least Bittern 0.3% 0.6% 0.3%
151   Alder Flycatcher 0.1% 0.6% 0.4%
152   Merlin 0.1% 0.6% 0.5%
153   Winter Wren 0% 0.6% 0.6%
154   Cliff Swallow 5.0% 0.5% 4.5%
155   Yellow-throated Warbler 16.2% 0.5% 15.7%
156   Gadwall 0.0% 0.4% 0.4%
157   Least Sandpiper 4.9% 0.4% 4.5%
158   Glossy Ibis 0.1% 0.4% 0.3%
159   Blue-winged Teal 0.3% 0.4% 0.1%
160   Dark-eyed Junco 0.1% 0.4% 0.3%
161   Golden-winged Warbler 0% 0.4% 0.4%
162   Sharp-shinned Hawk 0.3% 0.4% 0.1%
163   Orange-crowned Warbler 0.0% 0.4% 0.4%
164   Caspian Tern 0.7% 0.3% 0.3%
165   Bobolink 2.8% 0.3% 2.5%
166   Black Vulture 20.5% 0.3% 20.2%
167   Ring-necked Duck 0.1% 0.3% 0.2%
168   Pied-billed Grebe 0.1% 0.2% 0.1%
169   Brant 0% 0.2% 0.2%
170   Hooded Merganser 1.7% 0.2% 1.5%
171   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 1.5% 0.2% 1.3%
172   Clapper Rail 0% 0.2% 0.2%
173   Snowy Egret 0.4% 0.2% 0.2%
174   Northern Harrier 0.3% 0.2% 0.1%
175   Virginia Rail 0.0% 0.2% 0.2%
176   Yellow-breasted Chat 11.1% 0.2% 10.9%
177   Common Tern 0.2% 0.2% 0.0%
178   Eastern Bluebird 49.6% 0.1% 49.5%
179   Brown Creeper 0.0% 0.1% 0.1%
180   Purple Martin 10.5% 0.1% 10.3%
181   Great Horned Owl 0.5% 0.1% 0.4%
182   Golden-crowned Kinglet 0.0% 0.1% 0.1%
183   Red-headed Woodpecker 10.4% 0.1% 10.3%
184   Killdeer 19.5% 0.1% 19.4%
185   Greater Yellowlegs 1.0% 0.1% 0.9%
186   Northern Shoveler 0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
187   Mississippi Kite 2.2% 0.1% 2.2%
188   American Wigeon 0.0% 0.1% 0.1%
189   Philadelphia Vireo 0.0% 0.1% 0.1%
190   Eastern Whip-poor-will 0.4% 0.1% 0.4%
191   Lawrence's Warbler (hybrid) 0% 0.1% 0.1%
192   Western Tanager 0% 0.1% 0.1%
193   American Bittern 0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
194   Red-shouldered Hawk 31.9% 0.0% 31.9%
195   Semipalmated Sandpiper 2.4% 0.0% 2.4%
196   Fox Sparrow 0% 0.0% 0.0%
197   Boat-tailed Grackle 0% 0.0% 0.0%
198   Muscovy Duck 1.0% 0.0% 1.0%
199   Red-breasted Merganser 0.2% 0.0% 0.2%
200   Wilson's Snipe 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
201   Little Blue Heron 0.1% 0.0% 0.1%
202   Black Skimmer 0% 0.0% 0.0%
203   American Woodcock 0.1% 0.0% 0.0%
204   Least Tern 0.1% 0.0% 0.0%
205   Brewster's Warbler (hybrid) 0% 0.0% 0.0%
206   Eastern Meadowlark 8.2% 0.0% 8.2%
207   Semipalmated Plover 2.0% 0.0% 1.9%
208   Wild Turkey 1.4% 0.0% 1.4%
209   Lesser Yellowlegs 1.4% 0.0% 1.4%
210   Bonaparte's Gull 0.1% 0.0% 0.1%
211   Black Tern 0.1% 0.0% 0.1%
212   Black-necked Stilt 0.1% 0.0% 0.1%
213   Common Gallinule 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
214   Willet 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
215   Greater Scaup 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
216   Common Merganser 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
217   Saltmarsh Sparrow 0% 0.0% 0.0%
218   White-winged Crossbill 0% 0.0% 0.0%
219   Sandhill Crane 0% 0.0% 0.0%
220   Great Cormorant 0% 0.0% 0.0%
221   Budgerigar 0% 0.0% 0.0%
222   Indian Peafowl 0% 0.0% 0.0%