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Top Birds at Central Park--The Lake in July
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York City, United States

based on 50 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Central Park--The Lake in July. 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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Evidence Sampling Score
# Links Species Media Years Birders Hits Frequency Relative Rank
1   House Sparrow 0 11 32 35 70.0% +13.4% 195 / 1232
2   American Robin 1 12 32 33 66.0% +2.5% 312 / 1188
3   Rock Pigeon 0 11 28 28 56.0% +19.9% 181 / 998
4   European Starling 1 12 28 26 52.0% -2.3% 300 / 1135
5   Gray Catbird 0 10 26 25 50.0% -1.5% 312 / 977
6   Northern Cardinal 0 11 24 23 46.0% -0.6% 314 / 1002
7   Canada Goose 2 10 22 23 46.0% +6.8% 210 / 789
8   Mourning Dove 0 9 20 18 36.0% -15.7% 477 / 1132
9   Common Grackle 0 8 18 16 32.0% -3.2% 329 / 936
10   Mallard 0 10 14 15 30.0% -8.1% 293 / 730
11   Downy Woodpecker 0 7 17 15 30.0% +8.1% 207 / 733
12   Red-winged Blackbird 0 8 16 14 28.0% -23.1% 489 / 852
13   Double-crested Cormorant 0 7 13 14 28.0% -16.5% 490 / 867
14   Blue Jay 0 7 16 14 28.0% +0.1% 418 / 849
15   Chimney Swift 0 9 14 12 24.0% +1.3% 300 / 860
16   Black-crowned Night-Heron 1 7 12 11 22.0% +1.8% 148 / 525
17   Barn Swallow 0 8 10 10 20.0% -28.7% 592 / 923
18   Northern Flicker 0 5 12 9 18.0% -2.5% 356 / 686
19   Warbling Vireo 0 5 9 7 14.0% +1.1% 220 / 467
20   Eastern Kingbird 0 6 5 6 12.0% -3.2% 270 / 528
21   Red-bellied Woodpecker 0 4 7 6 12.0% -2.1% 339 / 531
22   Song Sparrow 1 4 6 5 10.0% -38.8% 747 / 892
23   Cedar Waxwing 0 4 5 5 10.0% -11.2% 400 / 642
24   Carolina Wren 0 4 7 5 10.0% -10.5% 521 / 723
25   House Finch 0 4 6 5 10.0% -7.2% 399 / 704
26   Red-tailed Hawk 0 5 6 5 10.0% +0.9% 288 / 571
27   Northern Mockingbird 0 4 5 4 8.0% -33.5% 801 / 952
28   American Crow 0 4 5 4 8.0% -5.5% 449 / 728
29   Great Blue Heron 0 2 3 3 6.0% -22.1% 558 / 685
30   Baltimore Oriole 0 3 4 3 6.0% -1.1% 250 / 415
31   Tufted Titmouse 0 3 3 3 6.0% -0.2% 242 / 348
32   Great Crested Flycatcher 0 3 3 3 6.0% +0.7% 190 / 295
33   American Herring Gull 0 2 3 2 4.0% -37.1% 770 / 815
34   Great Egret 0 2 2 2 4.0% -35.9% 673 / 714
35   Eastern Towhee 0 2 3 2 4.0% -5.2% 182 / 254
36   American Black Duck 0 2 2 2 4.0% -4.2% 204 / 290
37   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 0 2 2 2 4.0% +2.1% 104 / 184
38   Northern Waterthrush 0 2 2 2 4.0% +2.5% 50 / 123
39   Black-and-white Warbler 1 2 2 2 4.0% +3.6% 20 / 63
40   Great Black-backed Gull 0 1 1 1 2.0% -25.4% 566 / 577
41   Spotted Sandpiper 0 1 1 1 2.0% -11.2% 371 / 384
42   Brown-headed Cowbird 0 1 2 1 2.0% -7.0% 460 / 480
43   Black-capped Chickadee 0 1 1 1 2.0% -4.8% 317 / 354
44   White-breasted Nuthatch 0 1 1 1 2.0% -4.1% 300 / 332
45   Gadwall 0 1 1 1 2.0% -3.2% 113 / 134
46   Peregrine Falcon 0 1 2 1 2.0% -3.2% 279 / 312
47   Turkey Vulture 0 1 1 1 2.0% -2.9% 373 / 403
48   Hairy Woodpecker 0 1 2 1 2.0% -2.4% 274 / 312
49   Belted Kingfisher 0 1 1 1 2.0% -1.0% 247 / 275
50   American Kestrel 0 1 1 1 2.0% -0.3% 198 / 238
51   White-throated Sparrow 0 1 1 1 2.0% +1.2% 42 / 61