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

based on 233 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Central Park--The Lake 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.

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Rank Info Pics Species Entire Region This Location Difference
1   House Sparrow 56.9% 76.4% 19.5%
2   Mallard 49.3% 67.8% 18.6%
3   Canada Goose 45.1% 63.9% 18.9%
4   American Robin 73.3% 57.1% 16.2%
5   European Starling 58.4% 53.2% 5.2%
6   Warbling Vireo 32.1% 47.6% 15.5%
7   Northern Cardinal 59.1% 40.3% 18.7%
8   Gray Catbird 66.0% 39.5% 26.5%
9   Common Yellowthroat 47.5% 37.3% 10.2%
10   Common Grackle 54.9% 35.6% 19.3%
11   Rock Pigeon 35.5% 35.6% 0.2%
12   Double-crested Cormorant 34.0% 33.9% 0.1%
13   Blue Jay 49.3% 33.0% 16.2%
14   Red-winged Blackbird 53.4% 29.6% 23.8%
15   Black-crowned Night-Heron 11.6% 29.6% 18.0%
16   Baltimore Oriole 44.7% 27.5% 17.2%
17   American Redstart 40.4% 27.5% 13.0%
18   Northern Waterthrush 23.2% 26.2% 3.0%
19   Mourning Dove 53.5% 24.9% 28.6%
20   Yellow Warbler 42.7% 23.6% 19.1%
21   Northern Parula 35.7% 23.2% 12.6%
22   Magnolia Warbler 27.5% 21.5% 6.1%
23   Black-and-white Warbler 39.6% 18.9% 20.7%
24   Black-throated Blue Warbler 28.0% 18.9% 9.1%
25   Blackpoll Warbler 21.9% 17.6% 4.3%
26   Yellow-rumped Warbler 33.8% 17.2% 16.7%
27   Ovenbird 32.7% 17.2% 15.6%
28   White-throated Sparrow 34.3% 15.9% 18.5%
29   Chestnut-sided Warbler 16.3% 14.2% 2.1%
30   Red-bellied Woodpecker 38.2% 13.3% 24.9%
31   Barn Swallow 31.8% 13.3% 18.5%
32   Song Sparrow 35.6% 12.0% 23.6%
33   Downy Woodpecker 28.2% 12.0% 16.1%
34   Great Egret 25.4% 12.0% 13.4%
35   Chimney Swift 29.8% 11.6% 18.3%
36   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 13.2% 11.6% 1.6%
37   Wilson's Warbler 8.8% 9.9% 1.0%
38   Red-eyed Vireo 22.8% 9.4% 13.3%
39   Eastern Kingbird 16.9% 9.4% 7.4%
40   Cedar Waxwing 16.8% 8.6% 8.2%
41   Red-tailed Hawk 19.8% 8.2% 11.6%
42   Swamp Sparrow 13.1% 8.2% 4.9%
43   Northern Flicker 29.1% 7.7% 21.4%
44   Swainson's Thrush 17.8% 7.3% 10.5%
45   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 12.0% 7.3% 4.7%
46   Canada Warbler 11.7% 7.3% 4.4%
47   Black-throated Green Warbler 20.2% 6.4% 13.8%
48   Veery 20.1% 6.4% 13.6%
49   American Goldfinch 28.7% 5.6% 23.1%
50   American Crow 17.7% 5.6% 12.1%
51   Wood Duck 9.3% 5.6% 3.7%
52   Scarlet Tanager 18.9% 5.2% 13.8%
53   Great Crested Flycatcher 18.1% 5.2% 13.0%
54   Wood Thrush 23.1% 4.7% 18.4%
55   Rose-breasted Grosbeak 16.5% 4.7% 11.8%
56   House Finch 16.0% 4.7% 11.3%
57   Blue-headed Vireo 14.3% 4.7% 9.6%
58   Eastern Wood-Pewee 11.1% 4.7% 6.4%
59   Hermit Thrush 11.1% 4.7% 6.4%
60   Nashville Warbler 8.9% 4.7% 4.2%
61   Bay-breasted Warbler 8.0% 4.3% 3.7%
62   Herring Gull 23.5% 3.9% 19.6%
63   Spotted Sandpiper 12.4% 3.9% 8.5%
64   Cape May Warbler 7.0% 3.9% 3.1%
65   Gadwall 7.0% 3.9% 3.1%
66   Tennessee Warbler 3.4% 3.9% 0.5%
67   Brown-headed Cowbird 20.8% 3.4% 17.4%
68   Indigo Bunting 10.0% 3.4% 6.6%
69   Blackburnian Warbler 9.5% 3.4% 6.0%
70   House Wren 26.8% 3.0% 23.8%
71   Eastern Towhee 19.9% 3.0% 16.9%
72   Chipping Sparrow 18.3% 3.0% 15.3%
73   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 14.5% 3.0% 11.5%
74   Northern Shoveler 1.0% 2.6% 1.6%
75   Tufted Titmouse 15.6% 2.1% 13.4%
76   Black-capped Chickadee 12.1% 2.1% 10.0%
77   Great Blue Heron 9.6% 2.1% 7.4%
78   Prairie Warbler 8.5% 2.1% 6.3%
79   Blue-winged Warbler 6.7% 2.1% 4.5%
80   Summer Tanager 1.7% 2.1% 0.5%
81   Northern Mockingbird 26.8% 1.7% 25.1%
82   Tree Swallow 22.5% 1.7% 20.7%
83   Carolina Wren 19.9% 1.7% 18.2%
84   Palm Warbler 5.3% 1.7% 3.6%
85   Yellow-throated Vireo 4.6% 1.7% 2.9%
86   Hooded Warbler 4.0% 1.7% 2.3%
87   White-crowned Sparrow 3.7% 1.7% 2.0%
88   Gray-cheeked Thrush 3.2% 1.7% 1.5%
89   Prothonotary Warbler 1.1% 1.7% 0.6%
90   Green Heron 9.0% 1.3% 7.7%
91   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 6.3% 1.3% 5.0%
92   Louisiana Waterthrush 1.8% 1.3% 0.5%
93   Great Black-backed Gull 13.3% 0.9% 12.5%
94   White-breasted Nuthatch 10.7% 0.9% 9.9%
95   Brown Thrasher 7.4% 0.9% 6.5%
96   Least Flycatcher 5.9% 0.9% 5.1%
97   White-eyed Vireo 4.3% 0.9% 3.5%
98   Worm-eating Warbler 3.9% 0.9% 3.1%
99   Yellow-billed Cuckoo 3.5% 0.9% 2.7%
100   Field Sparrow 3.4% 0.9% 2.5%
101   Lincoln's Sparrow 2.9% 0.9% 2.1%
102   Red-breasted Nuthatch 2.8% 0.9% 1.9%
103   Yellow-throated Warbler 0.3% 0.9% 0.6%
104   Osprey 16.5% 0.4% 16.0%
105   Ring-billed Gull 14.3% 0.4% 13.9%
106   Mute Swan 11.5% 0.4% 11.1%
107   Brant 10.8% 0.4% 10.4%
108   Orchard Oriole 10.2% 0.4% 9.8%
109   Solitary Sandpiper 5.8% 0.4% 5.4%
110   Eastern Phoebe 4.9% 0.4% 4.5%
111   Belted Kingfisher 4.2% 0.4% 3.8%
112   Ruddy Duck 3.3% 0.4% 2.9%
113   American Kestrel 2.2% 0.4% 1.8%
114   Mourning Warbler 1.9% 0.4% 1.5%
115   Black-billed Cuckoo 1.6% 0.4% 1.1%
116   Blue Grosbeak 0.8% 0.4% 0.4%
117   Kentucky Warbler 0.8% 0.4% 0.3%
118   Cerulean Warbler 0.7% 0.4% 0.2%
119   Winter Wren 0.4% 0.4% 0.0%
120   Swainson's Warbler 0.2% 0.4% 0.3%
121   Northern Red Bishop 0% 0.4% 0.4%