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

based on 165 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Central Park--The Lake in April. 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   Canada Goose 52.9% 67.3% 14.4%
2   House Sparrow 53.2% 64.8% 11.7%
3   Mallard 54.7% 63.0% 8.4%
4   American Robin 74.8% 52.1% 22.7%
5   Northern Cardinal 60.6% 47.3% 13.4%
6   European Starling 56.7% 46.7% 10.0%
7   White-throated Sparrow 57.1% 42.4% 14.7%
8   Blue Jay 52.6% 38.8% 13.8%
9   Double-crested Cormorant 36.8% 37.0% 0.2%
10   Rock Pigeon 34.1% 34.5% 0.4%
11   Common Grackle 48.9% 30.9% 18.0%
12   Red-winged Blackbird 54.8% 27.3% 27.5%
13   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 29.4% 27.3% 2.1%
14   Red-bellied Woodpecker 39.7% 25.5% 14.3%
15   Mourning Dove 51.6% 21.8% 29.8%
16   Song Sparrow 48.9% 21.2% 27.7%
17   Downy Woodpecker 38.0% 20.0% 18.0%
18   Northern Flicker 45.2% 18.2% 27.1%
19   Yellow-rumped Warbler 31.2% 17.6% 13.7%
20   Palm Warbler 28.0% 17.6% 10.5%
21   Hermit Thrush 25.5% 17.0% 8.5%
22   Red-tailed Hawk 24.9% 17.0% 7.9%
23   Northern Shoveler 8.7% 17.0% 8.3%
24   Black-crowned Night-Heron 7.6% 17.0% 9.4%
25   Swamp Sparrow 17.8% 15.2% 2.7%
26   Great Egret 22.7% 14.5% 8.2%
27   Tufted Titmouse 25.8% 12.7% 13.0%
28   American Goldfinch 28.5% 10.3% 18.2%
29   Eastern Towhee 22.0% 10.3% 11.7%
30   Eastern Phoebe 19.0% 10.3% 8.7%
31   Black-and-white Warbler 12.0% 10.3% 1.7%
32   Wood Duck 14.3% 9.7% 4.6%
33   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 17.1% 8.5% 8.6%
34   House Finch 16.6% 8.5% 8.1%
35   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 10.9% 8.5% 2.4%
36   Chipping Sparrow 25.1% 7.9% 17.2%
37   Golden-crowned Kinglet 11.8% 7.9% 3.9%
38   Gray Catbird 9.1% 7.9% 1.3%
39   Dark-eyed Junco 20.2% 7.3% 12.9%
40   Black-capped Chickadee 21.9% 6.7% 15.3%
41   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 10.4% 6.7% 3.7%
42   Yellow Warbler 7.8% 6.7% 1.2%
43   Northern Waterthrush 5.2% 6.7% 1.5%
44   Barn Swallow 14.4% 5.5% 8.9%
45   Brown Creeper 9.3% 4.8% 4.5%
46   Ring-billed Gull 23.4% 4.2% 19.1%
47   Pine Warbler 15.8% 4.2% 11.5%
48   American Coot 7.1% 4.2% 2.9%
49   Tree Swallow 22.2% 3.6% 18.5%
50   White-breasted Nuthatch 17.9% 3.6% 14.3%
51   Blue-headed Vireo 9.5% 3.6% 5.9%
52   Louisiana Waterthrush 7.1% 3.6% 3.4%
53   Brown-headed Cowbird 23.0% 3.0% 20.0%
54   American Crow 19.4% 3.0% 16.4%
55   Gadwall 8.5% 3.0% 5.5%
56   Brown Thrasher 6.2% 3.0% 3.1%
57   Herring Gull 26.5% 2.4% 24.0%
58   Bufflehead 12.0% 2.4% 9.5%
59   Ruddy Duck 10.8% 2.4% 8.4%
60   Hairy Woodpecker 10.0% 2.4% 7.6%
61   Northern Parula 4.8% 2.4% 2.4%
62   Winter Wren 3.7% 2.4% 1.3%
63   Common Yellowthroat 3.5% 2.4% 1.0%
64   Great Black-backed Gull 15.7% 1.8% 13.9%
65   Fish Crow 15.6% 1.8% 13.8%
66   Great Blue Heron 11.2% 1.8% 9.3%
67   Chimney Swift 5.4% 1.8% 3.5%
68   Cedar Waxwing 3.6% 1.8% 1.8%
69   Fox Sparrow 3.2% 1.8% 1.4%
70   Baltimore Oriole 2.8% 1.8% 1.0%
71   Spotted Sandpiper 1.8% 1.8% 0.1%
72   Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1.6% 1.8% 0.2%
73   Northern Mockingbird 28.4% 1.2% 27.1%
74   Carolina Wren 22.4% 1.2% 21.1%
75   Osprey 19.3% 1.2% 18.0%
76   Turkey Vulture 12.5% 1.2% 11.3%
77   Belted Kingfisher 10.2% 1.2% 9.0%
78   Field Sparrow 8.1% 1.2% 6.9%
79   Cooper's Hawk 3.7% 1.2% 2.5%
80   Green Heron 3.6% 1.2% 2.4%
81   Pied-billed Grebe 2.8% 1.2% 1.6%
82   Blue-winged Warbler 1.8% 1.2% 0.6%
83   Black-throated Blue Warbler 1.7% 1.2% 0.5%
84   Worm-eating Warbler 0.9% 1.2% 0.3%
85   Mute Swan 15.5% 0.6% 14.9%
86   Laughing Gull 11.1% 0.6% 10.5%
87   American Black Duck 10.2% 0.6% 9.6%
88   American Kestrel 5.5% 0.6% 4.9%
89   Common Loon 5.2% 0.6% 4.6%
90   Rusty Blackbird 4.4% 0.6% 3.7%
91   Ovenbird 3.6% 0.6% 3.0%
92   Warbling Vireo 3.4% 0.6% 2.8%
93   Peregrine Falcon 2.9% 0.6% 2.3%
94   Prairie Warbler 2.7% 0.6% 2.1%
95   Great Horned Owl 2.5% 0.6% 1.9%
96   Black-throated Green Warbler 2.3% 0.6% 1.7%
97   Purple Finch 1.9% 0.6% 1.3%
98   Yellow-throated Warbler 1.7% 0.6% 1.1%
99   American Redstart 1.3% 0.6% 0.7%
100   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 1.3% 0.6% 0.7%
101   Ring-necked Pheasant 1.2% 0.6% 0.6%
102   Eastern Kingbird 1.2% 0.6% 0.6%
103   Barred Owl 0.7% 0.6% 0.1%
104   Blackburnian Warbler 0.5% 0.6% 0.2%
105   Eurasian Eagle-Owl 0.3% 0.6% 0.3%
106   Magnolia Warbler 0.2% 0.6% 0.4%
107   Cape May Warbler 0.2% 0.6% 0.4%
108   Swainson's Thrush 0.2% 0.6% 0.4%