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

based on 4000 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Prospect 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 59.0% 80.1% 21.1%
2   American Redstart 40.6% 79.3% 38.7%
3   Gray Catbird 59.4% 78.7% 19.3%
4   Northern Cardinal 48.6% 77.5% 28.9%
5   Blue Jay 50.3% 74.7% 24.4%
6   House Sparrow 44.2% 71.2% 27.0%
7   Black-and-white Warbler 29.2% 70.7% 41.6%
8   Common Yellowthroat 43.6% 69.3% 25.7%
9   Mourning Dove 52.2% 69.1% 16.9%
10   Mallard 35.0% 61.4% 26.4%
11   Northern Parula 24.8% 59.6% 34.7%
12   Northern Flicker 42.2% 58.7% 16.5%
13   Canada Goose 36.5% 57.3% 20.8%
14   European Starling 47.9% 56.2% 8.3%
15   Red-eyed Vireo 23.1% 55.9% 32.8%
16   Chimney Swift 20.3% 54.9% 34.5%
17   Rock Pigeon 35.7% 53.8% 18.1%
18   Magnolia Warbler 20.8% 53.6% 32.9%
19   Downy Woodpecker 30.4% 53.6% 23.2%
20   Red-bellied Woodpecker 28.2% 51.0% 22.9%
21   Mute Swan 8.9% 50.8% 42.0%
22   Wood Duck 7.6% 47.4% 39.9%
23   Northern Waterthrush 13.8% 46.5% 32.7%
24   American Goldfinch 26.6% 45.2% 18.6%
25   Black-throated Blue Warbler 15.1% 43.5% 28.4%
26   Eastern Wood-Pewee 18.2% 40.2% 22.0%
27   Carolina Wren 26.3% 36.4% 10.1%
28   Red-tailed Hawk 17.6% 35.9% 18.2%
29   Great Blue Heron 24.0% 35.4% 11.4%
30   Black-throated Green Warbler 10.9% 33.3% 22.4%
31   Yellow Warbler 10.9% 33.3% 22.4%
32   Chestnut-sided Warbler 8.8% 31.1% 22.3%
33   Song Sparrow 28.5% 30.2% 1.7%
34   Swainson's Thrush 13.8% 30.0% 16.2%
35   Common Grackle 23.6% 29.6% 6.0%
36   Ovenbird 11.6% 29.0% 17.4%
37   Veery 10.4% 29.0% 18.5%
38   Double-crested Cormorant 32.3% 28.3% 3.9%
39   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 15.8% 28.0% 12.2%
40   House Wren 16.6% 27.5% 10.9%
41   Blackpoll Warbler 9.3% 27.5% 18.2%
42   Warbling Vireo 7.1% 24.6% 17.5%
43   Green Heron 6.4% 24.5% 18.1%
44   Cedar Waxwing 15.9% 24.5% 8.6%
45   Rose-breasted Grosbeak 10.8% 22.9% 12.1%
46   Eastern Phoebe 17.6% 22.8% 5.1%
47   Palm Warbler 14.7% 21.0% 6.3%
48   Osprey 25.8% 19.8% 6.0%
49   Scarlet Tanager 9.1% 19.4% 10.2%
50   Baltimore Oriole 7.1% 18.3% 11.2%
51   Belted Kingfisher 11.8% 16.8% 5.0%
52   Yellow-rumped Warbler 8.0% 16.1% 8.2%
53   Red-winged Blackbird 11.9% 15.7% 3.8%
54   Northern Mockingbird 32.7% 15.2% 17.4%
55   Pine Warbler 4.8% 14.6% 9.8%
56   Cape May Warbler 6.4% 14.6% 8.2%
57   Wilson's Warbler 3.2% 14.6% 11.4%
58   Herring Gull 31.9% 14.4% 17.5%
59   Hairy Woodpecker 8.1% 14.0% 5.9%
60   Tennessee Warbler 5.5% 14.0% 8.5%
61   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 7.7% 13.8% 6.1%
62   American Crow 17.2% 13.5% 3.8%
63   Red-breasted Nuthatch 7.3% 12.8% 5.6%
64   White-breasted Nuthatch 13.5% 12.8% 0.7%
65   Canada Warbler 3.5% 12.7% 9.2%
66   Northern Shoveler 3.2% 12.6% 9.3%
67   American Black Duck 7.7% 12.2% 4.5%
68   Great Crested Flycatcher 4.7% 12.0% 7.3%
69   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 4.4% 11.7% 7.3%
70   American Coot 0.4% 11.6% 11.2%
71   Black-capped Chickadee 12.8% 11.4% 1.4%
72   Black-crowned Night-Heron 7.8% 11.1% 3.3%
73   White-throated Sparrow 9.5% 10.9% 1.4%
74   Nashville Warbler 4.3% 10.4% 6.1%
75   Bay-breasted Warbler 4.0% 10.3% 6.3%
76   Spotted Sandpiper 4.6% 10.3% 5.7%
77   Prairie Warbler 4.0% 10.2% 6.2%
78   Common Nighthawk 2.4% 9.8% 7.5%
79   Blackburnian Warbler 2.5% 9.8% 7.3%
80   Cooper's Hawk 7.2% 9.7% 2.4%
81   Ring-billed Gull 26.2% 9.2% 17.1%
82   American Kestrel 11.0% 8.5% 2.5%
83   Blue-headed Vireo 3.0% 7.6% 4.5%
84   Laughing Gull 19.4% 7.4% 12.0%
85   Sharp-shinned Hawk 5.2% 6.9% 1.7%
86   Tufted Titmouse 10.2% 6.7% 3.4%
87   Ruddy Duck 1.1% 6.6% 5.5%
88   Wood Thrush 5.1% 6.0% 0.9%
89   Pied-billed Grebe 1.6% 5.8% 4.2%
90   House Finch 15.5% 5.4% 10.1%
91   Indigo Bunting 4.4% 5.1% 0.7%
92   Peregrine Falcon 7.6% 5.0% 2.6%
93   Yellow-billed Cuckoo 2.5% 4.9% 2.4%
94   Least Flycatcher 3.3% 4.9% 1.6%
95   Swamp Sparrow 5.0% 4.8% 0.2%
96   Olive-sided Flycatcher 0.8% 4.8% 4.0%
97   Eastern Kingbird 2.9% 4.5% 1.6%
98   Merlin 5.4% 4.5% 0.9%
99   Philadelphia Vireo 1.9% 4.5% 2.6%
100   White-eyed Vireo 3.5% 4.4% 1.0%
101   Blue-winged Warbler 1.3% 4.4% 3.1%
102   Brown Thrasher 9.0% 4.3% 4.7%
103   Lincoln's Sparrow 4.0% 4.1% 0.1%
104   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 3.8% 3.9% 0.1%
105   Barn Swallow 4.8% 3.8% 1.0%
106   Gray-cheeked Thrush 1.4% 3.8% 2.4%
107   Solitary Sandpiper 3.1% 3.6% 0.6%
108   Golden-crowned Kinglet 2.1% 3.1% 1.0%
109   Chipping Sparrow 6.9% 2.9% 4.0%
110   Turkey Vulture 8.7% 2.8% 6.0%
111   Great Cormorant 0.1% 2.6% 2.5%
112   Connecticut Warbler 1.9% 2.5% 0.6%
113   Common Raven 5.6% 2.4% 3.2%
114   Green-winged Teal 3.8% 2.4% 1.3%
115   Hooded Warbler 0.9% 2.4% 1.5%
116   Savannah Sparrow 6.6% 2.4% 4.2%
117   Broad-winged Hawk 3.3% 2.3% 1.0%
118   Yellow-breasted Chat 0.6% 2.3% 1.6%
119   Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 1.7% 2.2% 0.5%
120   Blue-winged Teal 2.1% 2.1% 0.1%
121   Winter Wren 1.7% 2.0% 0.2%
122   Bald Eagle 5.0% 1.9% 3.1%
123   Great Egret 21.2% 1.8% 19.4%
124   Black-billed Cuckoo 0.5% 1.6% 1.1%
125   Eastern Towhee 8.2% 1.6% 6.6%
126   Tree Swallow 7.4% 1.6% 5.8%
127   Dark-eyed Junco 1.4% 1.5% 0.1%
128   Worm-eating Warbler 0.4% 1.5% 1.1%
129   Virginia Rail 0.2% 1.5% 1.2%
130   Brown-headed Cowbird 4.2% 1.4% 2.8%
131   Brown Creeper 1.3% 1.4% 0.1%
132   Purple Finch 1.4% 1.4% 0.0%
133   Dickcissel 0.9% 1.3% 0.4%
134   Yellow-throated Vireo 0.8% 1.3% 0.5%
135   American Wigeon 0.9% 1.2% 0.3%
136   Red-necked Phalarope 0.1% 1.0% 0.9%
137   Mourning Warbler 0.6% 1.0% 0.4%
138   Gadwall 4.8% 0.9% 3.9%
139   Clay-colored Sparrow 0.8% 0.7% 0.1%
140   Hermit Thrush 0.5% 0.7% 0.2%
141   Sora 1.0% 0.7% 0.4%
142   Blue Grosbeak 0.5% 0.7% 0.2%
143   Grasshopper Sparrow 0.1% 0.6% 0.6%
144   Bobolink 3.3% 0.5% 2.8%
145   Monk Parakeet 2.4% 0.5% 1.9%
146   Common Gallinule 0.2% 0.5% 0.3%
147   Great Black-backed Gull 19.8% 0.4% 19.4%
148   Golden-winged Warbler 0.2% 0.4% 0.3%
149   Marsh Wren 3.7% 0.4% 3.3%
150   Little Blue Heron 2.3% 0.4% 1.9%
151   Red-headed Woodpecker 0.6% 0.4% 0.2%
152   Least Sandpiper 7.7% 0.4% 7.3%
153   Least Bittern 0.3% 0.4% 0.1%
154   Bank Swallow 0.3% 0.3% 0.0%
155   Fish Crow 3.1% 0.2% 2.8%
156   Caspian Tern 1.6% 0.2% 1.4%
157   American Pipit 0.4% 0.2% 0.2%
158   Alder Flycatcher 0.1% 0.2% 0.2%
159   Louisiana Waterthrush 0.1% 0.2% 0.2%
160   European Goldfinch 0.0% 0.2% 0.2%
161   Orchard Oriole 0.0% 0.2% 0.2%
162   Northern Harrier 3.8% 0.2% 3.6%
163   Black Vulture 2.9% 0.2% 2.7%
164   Common Loon 0.6% 0.2% 0.4%
165   Great Horned Owl 0.5% 0.2% 0.3%
166   White-crowned Sparrow 0.4% 0.2% 0.2%
167   Prothonotary Warbler 0.0% 0.2% 0.1%
168   Greater Yellowlegs 9.4% 0.1% 9.3%
169   Killdeer 7.9% 0.1% 7.8%
170   Field Sparrow 2.6% 0.1% 2.4%
171   Orange-crowned Warbler 0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
172   Summer Tanager 0.1% 0.1% 0.1%
173   Cliff Swallow 0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
174   Lesser Yellowlegs 6.9% 0.1% 6.8%
175   Forster's Tern 4.4% 0.1% 4.3%
176   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 4.3% 0.1% 4.2%
177   Brant 0.5% 0.1% 0.5%
178   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 0.3% 0.1% 0.2%
179   Budgerigar 0.2% 0.1% 0.1%
180   Hooded Merganser 0.1% 0.1% 0.1%
181   Rusty Blackbird 0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
182   Lawrence's Warbler (hybrid) 0.0% 0.1% 0.1%
183   Red-shouldered Hawk 1.2% 0.1% 1.2%
184   Acadian Flycatcher 0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
185   Ring-necked Duck 0.0% 0.1% 0.0%
186   Common Tern 4.2% 0.0% 4.2%
187   Glossy Ibis 1.0% 0.0% 1.0%
188   Northern Pintail 0.8% 0.0% 0.8%
189   Willow Flycatcher 0.5% 0.0% 0.5%
190   Wilson's Snipe 0.3% 0.0% 0.2%
191   American Bittern 0.3% 0.0% 0.2%
192   American Woodcock 0.2% 0.0% 0.1%
193   Snow Goose 0.1% 0.0% 0.1%
194   Pine Siskin 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
195   Northern Red Bishop 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
196   Kentucky Warbler 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
197   Bufflehead 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
198   Evening Grosbeak 0% 0.0% 0.0%
199   Chukar 0% 0.0% 0.0%
200   Yellow-collared Lovebird 0% 0.0% 0.0%