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Top Birds at Central Park--The Lake in March
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA

based on 121 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Central Park--The Lake in March. 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   Mallard 53.5% 74.4% 20.9%
2   Canada Goose 56.7% 72.7% 16.0%
3   Northern Shoveler 16.8% 66.9% 50.2%
4   House Sparrow 44.0% 57.9% 13.8%
5   Blue Jay 41.3% 53.7% 12.4%
6   White-throated Sparrow 42.3% 51.2% 8.9%
7   Northern Cardinal 49.7% 45.5% 4.2%
8   American Robin 58.7% 40.5% 18.2%
9   European Starling 46.4% 34.7% 11.6%
10   Tufted Titmouse 24.5% 33.1% 8.5%
11   Common Grackle 33.6% 30.6% 3.1%
12   Rock Pigeon 30.2% 25.6% 4.5%
13   Red-bellied Woodpecker 30.4% 19.8% 10.6%
14   Red-tailed Hawk 25.3% 18.2% 7.1%
15   Double-crested Cormorant 17.1% 18.2% 1.1%
16   Red-winged Blackbird 43.1% 17.4% 25.8%
17   Black-capped Chickadee 26.0% 16.5% 9.5%
18   Ruddy Duck 15.3% 16.5% 1.2%
19   Song Sparrow 50.9% 14.0% 36.8%
20   Mourning Dove 42.7% 13.2% 29.4%
21   Downy Woodpecker 31.7% 11.6% 20.1%
22   Ring-billed Gull 42.7% 10.7% 32.0%
23   White-breasted Nuthatch 20.8% 10.7% 10.1%
24   Wood Duck 11.9% 10.7% 1.2%
25   Great Blue Heron 11.7% 10.7% 0.9%
26   Fox Sparrow 12.0% 7.4% 4.6%
27   American Coot 10.4% 6.6% 3.8%
28   Bufflehead 27.0% 5.8% 21.2%
29   Dark-eyed Junco 26.5% 5.0% 21.5%
30   American Goldfinch 15.2% 5.0% 10.2%
31   Hooded Merganser 14.2% 5.0% 9.3%
32   Northern Flicker 14.0% 5.0% 9.1%
33   Black-crowned Night-Heron 1.6% 5.0% 3.4%
34   American Crow 24.6% 4.1% 20.4%
35   House Finch 15.3% 4.1% 11.2%
36   Green-winged Teal 7.8% 4.1% 3.7%
37   Great Black-backed Gull 23.7% 3.3% 20.4%
38   American Black Duck 22.8% 3.3% 19.5%
39   Gadwall 14.1% 3.3% 10.8%
40   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 6.5% 3.3% 3.2%
41   Rusty Blackbird 3.3% 3.3% 0.0%
42   Brown Creeper 6.2% 2.5% 3.7%
43   Swamp Sparrow 4.4% 2.5% 1.9%
44   Eastern Phoebe 14.0% 1.7% 12.3%
45   Ring-necked Duck 9.4% 1.7% 7.8%
46   Golden-crowned Kinglet 8.3% 1.7% 6.6%
47   Cooper's Hawk 5.6% 1.7% 3.9%
48   Cedar Waxwing 3.1% 1.7% 1.5%
49   Northern Pintail 2.6% 1.7% 0.9%
50   Herring Gull 35.0% 0.8% 34.2%
51   Northern Mockingbird 27.5% 0.8% 26.6%
52   Carolina Wren 18.7% 0.8% 17.9%
53   Hairy Woodpecker 8.8% 0.8% 8.0%
54   Horned Grebe 7.5% 0.8% 6.6%
55   Common Loon 6.7% 0.8% 5.9%
56   American Woodcock 5.2% 0.8% 4.4%
57   Pied-billed Grebe 5.1% 0.8% 4.3%
58   Great Egret 4.6% 0.8% 3.8%
59   Pine Warbler 3.2% 0.8% 2.3%
60   Eastern Towhee 2.3% 0.8% 1.4%
61   Red-necked Grebe 1.3% 0.8% 0.5%
62   Brown Thrasher 0.7% 0.8% 0.1%
63   Palm Warbler 0.6% 0.8% 0.3%
64   Graylag Goose 0.0% 0.8% 0.8%