Top Birds at Prospect Park in May
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA
based on 8052 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.
| Rank | Info | Pics | Species | Entire Region | This Location | Difference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | American Robin | 72.7% | 81.4% | 8.8% | |||
| 2 | Gray Catbird | 64.8% | 80.7% | 15.9% | |||
| 3 | Northern Cardinal | 57.5% | 78.4% | 20.9% | |||
| 4 | House Sparrow | 55.6% | 74.7% | 19.1% | |||
| 5 | European Starling | 57.3% | 73.4% | 16.1% | |||
| 6 | Mourning Dove | 52.1% | 70.5% | 18.4% | |||
| 7 | Common Grackle | 53.7% | 70.0% | 16.3% | |||
| 8 | Mallard | 47.9% | 67.8% | 19.9% | |||
| 9 | Black-and-white Warbler | 37.4% | 67.2% | 29.8% | |||
| 10 | Blue Jay | 47.9% | 66.5% | 18.5% | |||
| 11 | Common Yellowthroat | 46.1% | 65.8% | 19.7% | |||
| 12 | Baltimore Oriole | 43.2% | 63.9% | 20.7% | |||
| 13 | American Redstart | 38.7% | 63.0% | 24.3% | |||
| 14 | Red-winged Blackbird | 52.6% | 62.5% | 9.9% | |||
| 15 | Yellow-rumped Warbler | 31.7% | 60.7% | 29.0% | |||
| 16 | Northern Parula | 33.9% | 59.6% | 25.7% | |||
| 17 | Red-bellied Woodpecker | 36.8% | 56.4% | 19.6% | |||
| 18 | Ovenbird | 30.9% | 56.1% | 25.2% | |||
| 19 | Chimney Swift | 27.8% | 55.8% | 28.0% | |||
| 20 | Warbling Vireo | 30.4% | 55.7% | 25.3% | |||
| 21 | Black-throated Blue Warbler | 26.0% | 54.4% | 28.4% | |||
| 22 | House Wren | 24.7% | 53.6% | 28.9% | |||
| 23 | Canada Goose | 44.6% | 51.5% | 6.8% | |||
| 24 | Northern Waterthrush | 21.1% | 51.1% | 30.0% | |||
| 25 | Rock Pigeon | 34.3% | 51.0% | 16.8% | |||
| 26 | Yellow Warbler | 42.1% | 50.1% | 8.1% | |||
| 27 | Barn Swallow | 30.4% | 49.5% | 19.2% | |||
| 28 | White-throated Sparrow | 33.2% | 48.3% | 15.1% | |||
| 29 | Magnolia Warbler | 25.9% | 47.9% | 22.0% | |||
| 30 | Downy Woodpecker | 26.7% | 46.9% | 20.2% | |||
| 31 | Wood Duck | 6.5% | 45.5% | 38.9% | |||
| 32 | Mute Swan | 9.2% | 42.2% | 33.1% | |||
| 33 | American Goldfinch | 27.8% | 39.9% | 12.1% | |||
| 34 | Veery | 18.6% | 39.5% | 20.9% | |||
| 35 | Red-eyed Vireo | 21.5% | 39.0% | 17.5% | |||
| 36 | Black-throated Green Warbler | 18.8% | 38.5% | 19.7% | |||
| 37 | Song Sparrow | 35.4% | 37.3% | 1.9% | |||
| 38 | Blackpoll Warbler | 20.7% | 37.1% | 16.4% | |||
| 39 | Eastern Kingbird | 15.3% | 36.6% | 21.3% | |||
| 40 | Green Heron | 7.0% | 35.7% | 28.7% | |||
| 41 | Wood Thrush | 22.2% | 34.4% | 12.2% | |||
| 42 | Laughing Gull | 15.5% | 34.1% | 18.6% | |||
| 43 | Brown-headed Cowbird | 19.8% | 33.3% | 13.5% | |||
| 44 | Northern Flicker | 28.8% | 33.2% | 4.5% | |||
| 45 | Swainson's Thrush | 16.7% | 31.9% | 15.2% | |||
| 46 | Red-tailed Hawk | 18.8% | 31.9% | 13.0% | |||
| 47 | Double-crested Cormorant | 34.2% | 31.2% | 3.0% | |||
| 48 | Blue-headed Vireo | 13.0% | 30.9% | 17.9% | |||
| 49 | Chestnut-sided Warbler | 15.1% | 30.9% | 15.7% | |||
| 50 | Scarlet Tanager | 18.0% | 30.6% | 12.6% | |||
| 51 | Rose-breasted Grosbeak | 15.4% | 29.8% | 14.3% | |||
| 52 | Great Crested Flycatcher | 17.3% | 28.9% | 11.7% | |||
| 53 | Cedar Waxwing | 16.1% | 26.1% | 10.1% | |||
| 54 | Great Egret | 25.4% | 25.5% | 0.1% | |||
| 55 | Blue-gray Gnatcatcher | 13.7% | 25.0% | 11.3% | |||
| 56 | Carolina Wren | 19.5% | 24.1% | 4.6% | |||
| 57 | Chipping Sparrow | 17.9% | 23.6% | 5.7% | |||
| 58 | Ruby-crowned Kinglet | 12.4% | 23.4% | 11.0% | |||
| 59 | Prairie Warbler | 7.4% | 22.4% | 15.0% | |||
| 60 | Spotted Sandpiper | 11.6% | 22.2% | 10.6% | |||
| 61 | Canada Warbler | 10.9% | 22.0% | 11.2% | |||
| 62 | Herring Gull | 23.6% | 21.4% | 2.2% | |||
| 63 | Eastern Towhee | 19.8% | 21.2% | 1.5% | |||
| 64 | Hermit Thrush | 10.3% | 21.2% | 10.9% | |||
| 65 | Swamp Sparrow | 12.4% | 21.1% | 8.7% | |||
| 66 | Black-crowned Night-Heron | 11.0% | 20.6% | 9.7% | |||
| 67 | Tufted Titmouse | 15.3% | 19.0% | 3.6% | |||
| 68 | Blackburnian Warbler | 8.7% | 18.5% | 9.8% | |||
| 69 | Orchard Oriole | 9.6% | 18.2% | 8.6% | |||
| 70 | Northern Rough-winged Swallow | 11.6% | 17.5% | 5.9% | |||
| 71 | Tree Swallow | 22.8% | 17.2% | 5.6% | |||
| 72 | Nashville Warbler | 8.3% | 16.8% | 8.4% | |||
| 73 | Indigo Bunting | 9.5% | 16.3% | 6.7% | |||
| 74 | Bay-breasted Warbler | 7.4% | 15.8% | 8.5% | |||
| 75 | Eastern Wood-Pewee | 10.8% | 15.4% | 4.6% | |||
| 76 | Great Blue Heron | 9.1% | 15.1% | 6.0% | |||
| 77 | Cape May Warbler | 6.4% | 14.4% | 8.0% | |||
| 78 | Wilson's Warbler | 8.5% | 13.4% | 5.0% | |||
| 79 | Hairy Woodpecker | 7.9% | 13.2% | 5.3% | |||
| 80 | Ruby-throated Hummingbird | 5.8% | 12.7% | 6.9% | |||
| 81 | Palm Warbler | 4.7% | 12.7% | 8.0% | |||
| 82 | American Crow | 18.0% | 12.6% | 5.4% | |||
| 83 | Black-capped Chickadee | 12.1% | 12.5% | 0.5% | |||
| 84 | Osprey | 16.7% | 12.3% | 4.5% | |||
| 85 | Blue-winged Warbler | 6.3% | 11.2% | 4.9% | |||
| 86 | Ring-billed Gull | 14.6% | 11.1% | 3.5% | |||
| 87 | Belted Kingfisher | 3.7% | 10.7% | 7.0% | |||
| 88 | Northern Mockingbird | 28.0% | 10.6% | 17.3% | |||
| 89 | Least Flycatcher | 5.6% | 10.1% | 4.5% | |||
| 90 | White-breasted Nuthatch | 10.8% | 9.7% | 1.1% | |||
| 91 | Hooded Warbler | 3.6% | 9.5% | 5.9% | |||
| 92 | Worm-eating Warbler | 3.6% | 8.6% | 5.0% | |||
| 93 | Solitary Sandpiper | 5.6% | 8.2% | 2.6% | |||
| 94 | White-eyed Vireo | 4.0% | 8.0% | 3.9% | |||
| 95 | Yellow-throated Vireo | 4.4% | 7.8% | 3.4% | |||
| 96 | Gray-cheeked Thrush | 2.9% | 7.6% | 4.7% | |||
| 97 | House Finch | 16.7% | 7.5% | 9.2% | |||
| 98 | Ruddy Duck | 3.1% | 6.6% | 3.6% | |||
| 99 | Tennessee Warbler | 3.1% | 6.5% | 3.4% | |||
| 100 | Red-breasted Nuthatch | 2.5% | 6.5% | 4.0% | |||
| 101 | Cooper's Hawk | 1.7% | 6.3% | 4.6% | |||
| 102 | Red-throated Loon | 0.8% | 5.3% | 4.6% | |||
| 103 | Turkey Vulture | 10.1% | 5.2% | 4.9% | |||
| 104 | American Coot | 0.6% | 5.1% | 4.6% | |||
| 105 | White-crowned Sparrow | 3.6% | 4.4% | 0.8% | |||
| 106 | Lincoln's Sparrow | 2.8% | 4.4% | 1.6% | |||
| 107 | American Kestrel | 2.0% | 4.2% | 2.2% | |||
| 108 | Purple Finch | 1.1% | 3.8% | 2.7% | |||
| 109 | Prothonotary Warbler | 0.9% | 3.6% | 2.7% | |||
| 110 | Bank Swallow | 2.4% | 3.5% | 1.1% | |||
| 111 | Kentucky Warbler | 0.6% | 3.2% | 2.6% | |||
| 112 | Olive-sided Flycatcher | 1.2% | 3.0% | 1.9% | |||
| 113 | Eastern Phoebe | 5.0% | 3.0% | 2.0% | |||
| 114 | Savannah Sparrow | 5.7% | 3.0% | 2.7% | |||
| 115 | European Goldfinch | 0.2% | 3.0% | 2.8% | |||
| 116 | Fish Crow | 11.5% | 3.0% | 8.5% | |||
| 117 | Mourning Warbler | 1.8% | 2.9% | 1.1% | |||
| 118 | Louisiana Waterthrush | 1.7% | 2.9% | 1.1% | |||
| 119 | Pine Warbler | 1.6% | 2.8% | 1.2% | |||
| 120 | Yellow-billed Cuckoo | 3.6% | 2.6% | 0.9% | |||
| 121 | American Black Duck | 5.2% | 2.6% | 2.6% | |||
| 122 | Cerulean Warbler | 0.5% | 2.6% | 2.1% | |||
| 123 | Brown Thrasher | 7.7% | 2.2% | 5.5% | |||
| 124 | Common Loon | 2.5% | 2.2% | 0.3% | |||
| 125 | Common Nighthawk | 1.3% | 2.1% | 0.8% | |||
| 126 | Summer Tanager | 1.6% | 2.0% | 0.3% | |||
| 127 | Pine Siskin | 0.3% | 1.9% | 1.5% | |||
| 128 | Field Sparrow | 3.5% | 1.8% | 1.7% | |||
| 129 | Monk Parakeet | 2.1% | 1.7% | 0.3% | |||
| 130 | Black-billed Cuckoo | 1.6% | 1.7% | 0.1% | |||
| 131 | Peregrine Falcon | 2.8% | 1.6% | 1.2% | |||
| 132 | Acadian Flycatcher | 0.5% | 1.5% | 1.0% | |||
| 133 | Great Black-backed Gull | 14.2% | 1.4% | 12.8% | |||
| 134 | Broad-winged Hawk | 1.1% | 1.3% | 0.2% | |||
| 135 | Blue Grosbeak | 0.7% | 1.3% | 0.5% | |||
| 136 | Willow Flycatcher | 5.8% | 1.3% | 4.5% | |||
| 137 | Bald Eagle | 2.6% | 1.2% | 1.4% | |||
| 138 | Chuck-will's-widow | 0.4% | 1.1% | 0.7% | |||
| 139 | Bicknell's Thrush | 0.3% | 1.1% | 0.8% | |||
| 140 | Marsh Wren | 4.9% | 1.0% | 3.9% | |||
| 141 | Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | 1.0% | 1.0% | 0.0% | |||
| 142 | Common Raven | 2.6% | 1.0% | 1.6% | |||
| 143 | Anhinga | 0.0% | 1.0% | 1.0% | |||
| 144 | Evening Grosbeak | 0.2% | 1.0% | 0.7% | |||
| 145 | Rusty Blackbird | 0.4% | 0.9% | 0.5% | |||
| 146 | Snow Goose | 0.1% | 0.9% | 0.8% | |||
| 147 | Forster's Tern | 8.5% | 0.8% | 7.7% | |||
| 148 | Swainson's Warbler | 0.1% | 0.7% | 0.6% | |||
| 149 | Winter Wren | 0.4% | 0.7% | 0.3% | |||
| 150 | Merlin | 0.9% | 0.7% | 0.3% | |||
| 151 | Cliff Swallow | 0.8% | 0.7% | 0.1% | |||
| 152 | Yellow-bellied Flycatcher | 0.7% | 0.7% | 0.1% | |||
| 153 | Yellow-throated Warbler | 0.3% | 0.6% | 0.3% | |||
| 154 | Alder Flycatcher | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.0% | |||
| 155 | Gadwall | 7.5% | 0.5% | 6.9% | |||
| 156 | Blue-winged Teal | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.0% | |||
| 157 | Least Bittern | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.0% | |||
| 158 | Orange-crowned Warbler | 0.2% | 0.4% | 0.3% | |||
| 159 | Least Sandpiper | 7.6% | 0.4% | 7.2% | |||
| 160 | Caspian Tern | 0.2% | 0.4% | 0.2% | |||
| 161 | Sharp-shinned Hawk | 0.8% | 0.4% | 0.4% | |||
| 162 | Dark-eyed Junco | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.1% | |||
| 163 | Glossy Ibis | 4.5% | 0.3% | 4.2% | |||
| 164 | Pied-billed Grebe | 0.1% | 0.3% | 0.2% | |||
| 165 | Ring-necked Duck | 0.1% | 0.3% | 0.2% | |||
| 166 | Bobolink | 1.3% | 0.3% | 1.0% | |||
| 167 | Golden-winged Warbler | 0.1% | 0.3% | 0.2% | |||
| 168 | Yellow-crowned Night-Heron | 4.2% | 0.3% | 3.9% | |||
| 169 | Clapper Rail | 3.6% | 0.3% | 3.3% | |||
| 170 | Virginia Rail | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.1% | |||
| 171 | Brant | 11.6% | 0.2% | 11.3% | |||
| 172 | Snowy Egret | 10.7% | 0.2% | 10.5% | |||
| 173 | Common Tern | 6.2% | 0.2% | 6.0% | |||
| 174 | Northern Harrier | 0.7% | 0.2% | 0.5% | |||
| 175 | Yellow-breasted Chat | 0.4% | 0.2% | 0.3% | |||
| 176 | Brown Creeper | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.0% | |||
| 177 | Black Vulture | 2.4% | 0.1% | 2.2% | |||
| 178 | Great Horned Owl | 1.1% | 0.1% | 0.9% | |||
| 179 | Eastern Bluebird | 1.3% | 0.1% | 1.2% | |||
| 180 | Red-headed Woodpecker | 0.9% | 0.1% | 0.7% | |||
| 181 | Golden-crowned Kinglet | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 182 | Northern Shoveler | 1.0% | 0.1% | 0.9% | |||
| 183 | Greater Yellowlegs | 6.3% | 0.1% | 6.2% | |||
| 184 | Purple Martin | 1.5% | 0.1% | 1.4% | |||
| 185 | Philadelphia Vireo | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | |||
| 186 | Western Tanager | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 187 | Killdeer | 10.0% | 0.1% | 9.9% | |||
| 188 | Semipalmated Sandpiper | 5.3% | 0.1% | 5.2% | |||
| 189 | American Bittern | 0.4% | 0.1% | 0.3% | |||
| 190 | Eastern Whip-poor-will | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 191 | Lawrence's Warbler (hybrid) | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.0% | |||
| 192 | Red-shouldered Hawk | 0.6% | 0.1% | 0.6% | |||
| 193 | Fox Sparrow | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.0% | |||
| 194 | Boat-tailed Grackle | 5.6% | 0.0% | 5.5% | |||
| 195 | American Wigeon | 0.3% | 0.0% | 0.2% | |||
| 196 | Wilson's Snipe | 0.2% | 0.0% | 0.2% | |||
| 197 | Red-breasted Merganser | 1.8% | 0.0% | 1.8% | |||
| 198 | Black Skimmer | 1.8% | 0.0% | 1.8% | |||
| 199 | Hooded Merganser | 0.2% | 0.0% | 0.2% | |||
| 200 | Muscovy Duck | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
| 201 | Least Tern | 4.2% | 0.0% | 4.2% | |||
| 202 | Little Blue Heron | 1.3% | 0.0% | 1.3% | |||
| 203 | American Woodcock | 0.5% | 0.0% | 0.5% | |||
| 204 | Mississippi Kite | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.1% | |||
| 205 | Brewster's Warbler (hybrid) | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.1% | |||
| 206 | Willet | 6.3% | 0.0% | 6.2% | |||
| 207 | Semipalmated Plover | 4.9% | 0.0% | 4.9% | |||
| 208 | Lesser Yellowlegs | 3.0% | 0.0% | 2.9% | |||
| 209 | Wild Turkey | 2.4% | 0.0% | 2.4% | |||
| 210 | Saltmarsh Sparrow | 0.8% | 0.0% | 0.8% | |||
| 211 | Bonaparte's Gull | 0.7% | 0.0% | 0.6% | |||
| 212 | Greater Scaup | 0.5% | 0.0% | 0.5% | |||
| 213 | Common Gallinule | 0.2% | 0.0% | 0.2% | |||
| 214 | Black-necked Stilt | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.1% | |||
| 215 | Black Tern | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.1% | |||
| 216 | Great Cormorant | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.1% | |||
| 217 | Eastern Meadowlark | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
| 218 | Budgerigar | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
| 219 | Indian Peafowl | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
| 220 | White-winged Crossbill | 0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |