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

based on 158 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Central Park--Maintenance Meadow 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% 69.6% 12.7%
2   American Robin 73.3% 63.3% 10.0%
3   European Starling 58.4% 51.3% 7.2%
4   Gray Catbird 66.0% 48.1% 17.9%
5   Northern Cardinal 59.0% 39.2% 19.8%
6   White-throated Sparrow 34.3% 28.5% 5.8%
7   Warbling Vireo 32.2% 28.5% 3.7%
8   Mourning Dove 53.4% 26.6% 26.9%
9   Blue Jay 49.3% 26.6% 22.7%
10   Baltimore Oriole 44.7% 25.3% 19.4%
11   Ovenbird 32.7% 25.3% 7.4%
12   Common Grackle 55.0% 24.7% 30.3%
13   Northern Parula 35.7% 24.7% 11.0%
14   Magnolia Warbler 27.5% 22.8% 4.7%
15   Common Yellowthroat 47.6% 21.5% 26.0%
16   American Redstart 40.4% 20.9% 19.5%
17   Black-throated Blue Warbler 28.0% 18.4% 9.7%
18   Wood Thrush 23.1% 17.7% 5.4%
19   Black-and-white Warbler 39.5% 17.1% 22.5%
20   House Wren 26.7% 17.1% 9.7%
21   Veery 20.1% 14.6% 5.5%
22   Mallard 49.3% 12.0% 37.3%
23   Chimney Swift 29.8% 12.0% 17.8%
24   Red-winged Blackbird 53.4% 10.1% 43.3%
25   Northern Flicker 29.1% 10.1% 19.0%
26   Downy Woodpecker 28.2% 10.1% 18.0%
27   Red-eyed Vireo 22.8% 10.1% 12.6%
28   Hermit Thrush 11.1% 10.1% 0.9%
29   Double-crested Cormorant 34.1% 9.5% 24.6%
30   Blackpoll Warbler 21.9% 9.5% 12.4%
31   Yellow-rumped Warbler 33.8% 8.9% 25.0%
32   Northern Waterthrush 23.2% 8.9% 14.4%
33   Scarlet Tanager 18.9% 8.9% 10.0%
34   Red-bellied Woodpecker 38.2% 8.2% 30.0%
35   Swainson's Thrush 17.8% 8.2% 9.5%
36   Cedar Waxwing 16.8% 8.2% 8.6%
37   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 13.2% 8.2% 5.0%
38   Brown-headed Cowbird 20.8% 7.6% 13.2%
39   Eastern Towhee 19.9% 7.6% 12.3%
40   Rock Pigeon 35.5% 7.0% 28.5%
41   House Finch 16.0% 7.0% 9.1%
42   Nashville Warbler 8.9% 7.0% 2.0%
43   Red-tailed Hawk 19.8% 6.3% 13.5%
44   Chestnut-sided Warbler 16.3% 6.3% 10.0%
45   Swamp Sparrow 13.1% 6.3% 6.7%
46   Indigo Bunting 10.0% 6.3% 3.7%
47   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 6.3% 6.3% 0.0%
48   Eastern Kingbird 16.9% 5.7% 11.2%
49   Blue-headed Vireo 14.3% 5.7% 8.6%
50   Chuck-will's-widow 0.5% 5.7% 5.2%
51   Orange-crowned Warbler 0.2% 5.7% 5.5%
52   American Goldfinch 28.7% 5.1% 23.6%
53   Herring Gull 23.5% 5.1% 18.4%
54   Rose-breasted Grosbeak 16.5% 5.1% 11.4%
55   Wilson's Warbler 8.8% 5.1% 3.8%
56   Yellow Warbler 42.7% 4.4% 38.3%
57   Great Egret 25.4% 4.4% 21.0%
58   Black-throated Green Warbler 20.2% 4.4% 15.8%
59   Canada Warbler 11.7% 4.4% 7.3%
60   Savannah Sparrow 5.5% 4.4% 1.1%
61   Yellow-breasted Chat 0.4% 4.4% 4.0%
62   Canada Goose 45.2% 3.8% 41.4%
63   Bay-breasted Warbler 8.0% 3.8% 4.2%
64   Hooded Warbler 4.0% 3.8% 0.2%
65   Bobolink 1.2% 3.8% 2.6%
66   Song Sparrow 35.6% 3.2% 32.4%
67   Chipping Sparrow 18.3% 3.2% 15.2%
68   American Crow 17.7% 3.2% 14.5%
69   Orchard Oriole 10.2% 3.2% 7.1%
70   Blackburnian Warbler 9.5% 3.2% 6.3%
71   Least Flycatcher 5.9% 3.2% 2.8%
72   White-crowned Sparrow 3.7% 3.2% 0.5%
73   Carolina Wren 19.9% 2.5% 17.3%
74   Great Crested Flycatcher 18.1% 2.5% 15.6%
75   Eastern Wood-Pewee 11.1% 2.5% 8.6%
76   Brown Thrasher 7.3% 2.5% 4.8%
77   Common Nighthawk 1.4% 2.5% 1.1%
78   Tufted Titmouse 15.6% 1.9% 13.7%
79   Prairie Warbler 8.5% 1.9% 6.6%
80   Blue-winged Warbler 6.7% 1.9% 4.8%
81   Palm Warbler 5.3% 1.9% 3.4%
82   Worm-eating Warbler 3.9% 1.9% 2.0%
83   Gray-cheeked Thrush 3.2% 1.9% 1.3%
84   Mourning Warbler 1.9% 1.9% 0.0%
85   Great Horned Owl 1.0% 1.9% 0.9%
86   Barn Swallow 31.8% 1.3% 30.5%
87   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 14.5% 1.3% 13.2%
88   Black-capped Chickadee 12.1% 1.3% 10.8%
89   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 12.0% 1.3% 10.8%
90   Great Blue Heron 9.6% 1.3% 8.3%
91   Hairy Woodpecker 8.3% 1.3% 7.1%
92   Cape May Warbler 7.0% 1.3% 5.7%
93   White-eyed Vireo 4.3% 1.3% 3.1%
94   American Kestrel 2.2% 1.3% 0.9%
95   Summer Tanager 1.7% 1.3% 0.4%
96   Black-billed Cuckoo 1.6% 1.3% 0.3%
97   Tree Swallow 22.4% 0.6% 21.8%
98   Osprey 16.4% 0.6% 15.8%
99   Great Black-backed Gull 13.3% 0.6% 12.7%
100   Black-crowned Night-Heron 11.7% 0.6% 11.0%
101   White-breasted Nuthatch 10.7% 0.6% 10.1%
102   Willow Flycatcher 5.4% 0.6% 4.8%
103   American Black Duck 5.0% 0.6% 4.4%
104   Eastern Phoebe 4.9% 0.6% 4.3%
105   Yellow-throated Vireo 4.6% 0.6% 4.0%
106   Field Sparrow 3.4% 0.6% 2.8%
107   Lincoln's Sparrow 2.9% 0.6% 2.3%
108   Red-breasted Nuthatch 2.8% 0.6% 2.2%
109   Black Vulture 2.2% 0.6% 1.6%
110   Olive-sided Flycatcher 1.3% 0.6% 0.7%
111   Broad-winged Hawk 1.1% 0.6% 0.5%
112   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1.0% 0.6% 0.4%
113   Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 0.7% 0.6% 0.1%
114   Alder Flycatcher 0.6% 0.6% 0.1%
115   American Woodcock 0.5% 0.6% 0.1%
116   Winter Wren 0.4% 0.6% 0.2%
117   Fox Sparrow 0.0% 0.6% 0.6%