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

based on 3473 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Prospect Park in October. 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   Blue Jay 55.2% 74.5% 19.3%
2   House Sparrow 45.5% 70.1% 24.6%
3   White-throated Sparrow 57.1% 69.4% 12.3%
4   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 44.3% 68.9% 24.6%
5   American Robin 57.0% 68.4% 11.5%
6   Mallard 37.0% 67.1% 30.0%
7   Northern Cardinal 43.3% 66.5% 23.2%
8   Song Sparrow 54.8% 63.6% 8.8%
9   Yellow-rumped Warbler 49.7% 63.2% 13.5%
10   Canada Goose 39.8% 59.4% 19.6%
11   Mourning Dove 45.2% 56.3% 11.2%
12   Red-bellied Woodpecker 34.0% 53.6% 19.6%
13   Eastern Phoebe 35.6% 50.6% 14.9%
14   Mute Swan 8.7% 49.9% 41.2%
15   European Starling 46.4% 49.8% 3.4%
16   Gray Catbird 37.9% 49.3% 11.4%
17   Northern Flicker 38.0% 48.3% 10.3%
18   Golden-crowned Kinglet 27.8% 47.7% 19.9%
19   Rock Pigeon 34.8% 47.7% 12.8%
20   Palm Warbler 30.1% 46.2% 16.1%
21   Wood Duck 8.0% 43.7% 35.7%
22   Downy Woodpecker 28.8% 43.7% 14.8%
23   Ruddy Duck 6.3% 43.4% 37.2%
24   Common Yellowthroat 25.4% 42.7% 17.3%
25   Hermit Thrush 22.5% 42.2% 19.6%
26   Swamp Sparrow 32.3% 41.0% 8.7%
27   Red-tailed Hawk 21.7% 37.2% 15.5%
28   Northern Shoveler 7.2% 37.0% 29.8%
29   Chipping Sparrow 19.9% 36.5% 16.5%
30   Dark-eyed Junco 25.4% 36.4% 11.0%
31   American Goldfinch 23.3% 33.6% 10.3%
32   American Coot 2.7% 32.5% 29.8%
33   Northern Parula 9.9% 31.4% 21.5%
34   Black-throated Blue Warbler 11.0% 31.2% 20.2%
35   Double-crested Cormorant 32.0% 30.8% 1.3%
36   Great Blue Heron 21.4% 29.9% 8.5%
37   White-breasted Nuthatch 19.8% 28.6% 8.9%
38   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 22.4% 28.0% 5.5%
39   Common Grackle 20.8% 26.8% 5.9%
40   Carolina Wren 22.1% 24.8% 2.7%
41   Chimney Swift 7.6% 24.6% 16.9%
42   Black-and-white Warbler 8.6% 24.2% 15.6%
43   Blue-headed Vireo 10.4% 24.2% 13.7%
44   American Crow 23.4% 23.7% 0.4%
45   Eastern Towhee 20.8% 23.4% 2.6%
46   Magnolia Warbler 6.8% 21.8% 15.0%
47   Herring Gull 33.3% 21.6% 11.7%
48   American Redstart 7.1% 21.2% 14.1%
49   Blackpoll Warbler 9.6% 21.1% 11.5%
50   American Black Duck 13.0% 20.5% 7.5%
51   Savannah Sparrow 19.4% 20.2% 0.9%
52   Northern Mockingbird 37.1% 20.2% 16.9%
53   Tufted Titmouse 19.0% 18.9% 0.1%
54   Ring-billed Gull 31.1% 18.8% 12.2%
55   Black-capped Chickadee 18.3% 18.2% 0.2%
56   Winter Wren 9.5% 17.9% 8.4%
57   Black-throated Green Warbler 5.0% 16.8% 11.8%
58   Swainson's Thrush 7.0% 16.6% 9.6%
59   Cooper's Hawk 14.5% 16.2% 1.8%
60   Red-winged Blackbird 15.8% 15.8% 0.0%
61   Brown Creeper 10.4% 15.8% 5.4%
62   Pine Warbler 6.1% 15.4% 9.3%
63   House Wren 8.9% 14.4% 5.5%
64   Red-eyed Vireo 5.2% 13.9% 8.7%
65   Belted Kingfisher 13.0% 13.4% 0.4%
66   White-crowned Sparrow 11.1% 13.4% 2.3%
67   Pied-billed Grebe 3.4% 13.3% 9.9%
68   Field Sparrow 11.5% 11.8% 0.4%
69   Northern Waterthrush 2.0% 11.7% 9.7%
70   American Kestrel 13.0% 11.6% 1.4%
71   Red-breasted Nuthatch 7.7% 11.5% 3.7%
72   Sharp-shinned Hawk 9.9% 11.2% 1.3%
73   Merlin 7.2% 11.1% 3.9%
74   Hairy Woodpecker 7.6% 11.0% 3.4%
75   Eastern Wood-Pewee 4.1% 10.4% 6.4%
76   Lincoln's Sparrow 6.6% 9.4% 2.8%
77   Nashville Warbler 3.3% 9.2% 6.0%
78   Ovenbird 5.2% 9.2% 4.0%
79   Indigo Bunting 4.5% 8.7% 4.2%
80   Purple Finch 6.9% 8.7% 1.8%
81   House Finch 18.5% 8.0% 10.5%
82   Purple Gallinule 0.1% 7.7% 7.7%
83   Osprey 12.8% 7.7% 5.1%
84   Scarlet Tanager 3.3% 7.1% 3.8%
85   Cedar Waxwing 10.3% 7.1% 3.2%
86   Vesper Sparrow 2.1% 6.2% 4.1%
87   American Wigeon 2.9% 6.0% 3.1%
88   Peregrine Falcon 7.9% 5.8% 2.1%
89   Common Nighthawk 0.7% 5.2% 4.6%
90   Tennessee Warbler 2.4% 5.0% 2.6%
91   Cape May Warbler 2.6% 4.9% 2.3%
92   Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1.7% 4.9% 3.2%
93   Green-winged Teal 6.0% 4.6% 1.4%
94   Common Raven 5.8% 4.2% 1.6%
95   Black-crowned Night-Heron 4.3% 4.1% 0.2%
96   Pine Siskin 4.6% 3.7% 0.9%
97   Green Heron 1.0% 3.1% 2.1%
98   Eastern Bluebird 1.8% 2.9% 1.1%
99   Wood Thrush 1.8% 2.9% 1.1%
100   Baltimore Oriole 1.0% 2.9% 1.9%
101   Chestnut-sided Warbler 0.6% 2.9% 2.2%
102   Yellow Warbler 1.1% 2.8% 1.8%
103   Laughing Gull 14.3% 2.7% 11.7%
104   Brown Thrasher 5.6% 2.6% 2.9%
105   Gray-cheeked Thrush 1.1% 2.6% 1.6%
106   Gadwall 8.3% 2.6% 5.7%
107   Turkey Vulture 10.0% 2.6% 7.4%
108   Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1.3% 2.2% 0.9%
109   Bufflehead 1.6% 2.1% 0.6%
110   Brown-headed Cowbird 6.0% 2.0% 4.0%
111   Tree Swallow 5.9% 2.0% 3.9%
112   Rusty Blackbird 1.4% 1.9% 0.5%
113   Wilson's Warbler 0.5% 1.9% 1.4%
114   Orange-crowned Warbler 0.9% 1.8% 0.9%
115   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1.2% 1.8% 0.6%
116   Spotted Sandpiper 0.8% 1.7% 0.9%
117   Lark Sparrow 0.5% 1.7% 1.2%
118   American Pipit 2.5% 1.6% 0.9%
119   Eastern Meadowlark 1.8% 1.6% 0.3%
120   Great Black-backed Gull 19.9% 1.5% 18.4%
121   Prairie Warbler 0.5% 1.4% 0.9%
122   Bald Eagle 5.6% 1.4% 4.2%
123   Hooded Merganser 1.1% 1.3% 0.1%
124   Red-shouldered Hawk 2.0% 1.2% 0.7%
125   Dickcissel 0.9% 1.1% 0.2%
126   Sora 0.5% 1.1% 0.6%
127   Great Egret 14.9% 1.0% 13.9%
128   Fish Crow 2.7% 1.0% 1.7%
129   Clay-colored Sparrow 0.9% 1.0% 0.1%
130   American Bittern 0.3% 1.0% 0.7%
131   Ring-necked Duck 0.5% 1.0% 0.4%
132   Hooded Warbler 0.2% 1.0% 0.7%
133   Yellow-breasted Chat 0.8% 0.9% 0.1%
134   Blue-winged Teal 1.0% 0.9% 0.1%
135   Veery 0.3% 0.8% 0.5%
136   Brant 10.0% 0.8% 9.2%
137   Marsh Wren 2.3% 0.8% 1.5%
138   Bay-breasted Warbler 0.5% 0.8% 0.3%
139   White-eyed Vireo 0.3% 0.8% 0.5%
140   Northern Harrier 6.1% 0.8% 5.4%
141   Blackburnian Warbler 0.3% 0.8% 0.5%
142   Common Gallinule 0.1% 0.7% 0.6%
143   Surf Scoter 0.8% 0.7% 0.1%
144   European Goldfinch 0.0% 0.7% 0.7%
145   Nelson's Sparrow 2.2% 0.6% 1.5%
146   Common Loon 2.4% 0.6% 1.8%
147   Great Cormorant 1.2% 0.6% 0.6%
148   Henslow's Sparrow 0.1% 0.6% 0.5%
149   Barnacle Goose 0.0% 0.6% 0.6%
150   Fox Sparrow 0.6% 0.6% 0.0%
151   Monk Parakeet 2.4% 0.5% 1.9%
152   Snow Goose 0.6% 0.5% 0.1%
153   Broad-winged Hawk 0.7% 0.5% 0.3%
154   Northern Pintail 1.7% 0.4% 1.3%
155   American Woodcock 0.9% 0.4% 0.5%
156   Cackling Goose 0.1% 0.4% 0.3%
157   Solitary Sandpiper 0.8% 0.4% 0.4%
158   Blue Grosbeak 0.8% 0.4% 0.4%
159   Greater Scaup 0.6% 0.4% 0.2%
160   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 0.3% 0.4% 0.1%
161   Killdeer 6.5% 0.3% 6.1%
162   Philadelphia Vireo 0.3% 0.3% 0.0%
163   Lapland Longspur 0.0% 0.3% 0.2%
164   Wilson's Snipe 0.8% 0.2% 0.6%
165   Red-headed Woodpecker 0.7% 0.2% 0.5%
166   White-winged Scoter 0.5% 0.2% 0.3%
167   Horned Grebe 0.3% 0.2% 0.1%
168   Connecticut Warbler 0.3% 0.2% 0.1%
169   American Tree Sparrow 0.1% 0.2% 0.1%
170   Blue-winged Warbler 0.0% 0.2% 0.1%
171   Black-billed Cuckoo 0.2% 0.1% 0.0%
172   Redhead 0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
173   Great Horned Owl 0.6% 0.1% 0.5%
174   Grasshopper Sparrow 0.5% 0.1% 0.4%
175   Least Flycatcher 0.3% 0.1% 0.2%
176   Eurasian Wigeon 0.3% 0.1% 0.1%
177   Barn Swallow 0.2% 0.1% 0.1%
178   Semipalmated Sandpiper 1.3% 0.1% 1.2%
179   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
180   Golden-winged Warbler 0.0% 0.1% 0.1%
181   Black Vulture 2.6% 0.1% 2.6%
182   Pectoral Sandpiper 1.0% 0.1% 1.0%
183   Bobolink 0.6% 0.1% 0.6%
184   Virginia Rail 0.1% 0.1% 0.1%
185   Evening Grosbeak 0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
186   Canada Warbler 0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
187   Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
188   Great Crested Flycatcher 0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
189   Forster's Tern 2.6% 0.0% 2.6%
190   Red-throated Loon 0.7% 0.0% 0.7%
191   Black Skimmer 0.6% 0.0% 0.6%
192   Common Tern 0.5% 0.0% 0.5%
193   Western Kingbird 0.3% 0.0% 0.2%
194   Warbling Vireo 0.1% 0.0% 0.0%
195   Muscovy Duck 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
196   Eastern Kingbird 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
197   White Ibis 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
198   Worm-eating Warbler 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%