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

based on 52 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Central Park--The Lake in August. 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 49.9% 78.8% 28.9%
2   American Robin 57.2% 69.2% 12.0%
3   Mallard 40.8% 55.8% 15.0%
4   European Starling 51.1% 53.8% 2.7%
5   Northern Cardinal 47.8% 51.9% 4.2%
6   Blue Jay 35.3% 46.2% 10.8%
7   Canada Goose 40.8% 44.2% 3.4%
8   Gray Catbird 54.7% 42.3% 12.4%
9   Rock Pigeon 35.4% 32.7% 2.7%
10   Common Grackle 28.2% 30.8% 2.5%
11   Mourning Dove 53.7% 19.2% 34.5%
12   Warbling Vireo 10.0% 15.4% 5.4%
13   Song Sparrow 35.0% 13.5% 21.6%
14   Eastern Kingbird 16.7% 13.5% 3.3%
15   Northern Flicker 26.0% 11.5% 14.4%
16   House Finch 14.9% 11.5% 3.4%
17   Barn Swallow 39.9% 9.6% 30.3%
18   Downy Woodpecker 25.3% 9.6% 15.6%
19   Chimney Swift 23.8% 9.6% 14.2%
20   American Redstart 22.0% 9.6% 12.4%
21   Black-and-white Warbler 14.3% 9.6% 4.7%
22   Carolina Wren 24.8% 7.7% 17.1%
23   Northern Waterthrush 15.4% 7.7% 7.8%
24   Common Yellowthroat 15.2% 7.7% 7.5%
25   Black-capped Chickadee 11.2% 7.7% 3.5%
26   American Black Duck 10.1% 7.7% 2.4%
27   Canada Warbler 5.7% 7.7% 2.0%
28   Red-winged Blackbird 28.5% 5.8% 22.7%
29   Black-crowned Night-Heron 14.6% 5.8% 8.8%
30   Red-tailed Hawk 11.4% 5.8% 5.7%
31   Herring Gull 39.5% 3.8% 35.7%
32   American Goldfinch 37.7% 3.8% 33.8%
33   Red-bellied Woodpecker 19.3% 3.8% 15.5%
34   Cedar Waxwing 16.8% 3.8% 13.0%
35   Baltimore Oriole 15.2% 3.8% 11.3%
36   Red-eyed Vireo 9.6% 3.8% 5.8%
37   Wood Duck 9.3% 3.8% 5.5%
38   Great Crested Flycatcher 7.0% 3.8% 3.2%
39   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 6.8% 3.8% 2.9%
40   Louisiana Waterthrush 1.1% 3.8% 2.8%
41   Double-crested Cormorant 41.4% 1.9% 39.5%
42   Great Blue Heron 30.7% 1.9% 28.7%
43   Yellow Warbler 20.2% 1.9% 18.3%
44   American Crow 14.4% 1.9% 12.5%
45   Tree Swallow 14.1% 1.9% 12.2%
46   House Wren 11.4% 1.9% 9.5%
47   White-breasted Nuthatch 9.8% 1.9% 7.8%
48   Eastern Wood-Pewee 9.1% 1.9% 7.2%
49   Fish Crow 9.0% 1.9% 7.1%
50   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 9.0% 1.9% 7.1%
51   Tufted Titmouse 8.5% 1.9% 6.6%
52   Brown-headed Cowbird 6.0% 1.9% 4.0%
53   Chestnut-sided Warbler 5.0% 1.9% 3.1%
54   Blue-winged Warbler 3.9% 1.9% 2.0%
55   American Kestrel 3.6% 1.9% 1.7%
56   Least Flycatcher 2.0% 1.9% 0.1%
57   Green-winged Teal 1.7% 1.9% 0.2%
58   Worm-eating Warbler 1.3% 1.9% 0.6%
59   Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 0.8% 1.9% 1.1%
60   Tennessee Warbler 0.8% 1.9% 1.2%
61   Hooded Warbler 0.5% 1.9% 1.4%
62   Yellow-breasted Chat 0.2% 1.9% 1.7%