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

based on 140 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Central Park--Shakespeare Garden 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   American Robin 73.3% 68.6% 4.7%
2   House Sparrow 57.0% 65.7% 8.8%
3   Northern Cardinal 59.0% 54.3% 4.7%
4   Gray Catbird 66.0% 50.0% 16.0%
5   Blue Jay 49.3% 41.4% 7.8%
6   Mourning Dove 53.4% 38.6% 14.9%
7   European Starling 58.5% 35.7% 22.7%
8   Common Yellowthroat 47.5% 35.0% 12.5%
9   Northern Parula 35.7% 32.1% 3.6%
10   Black-and-white Warbler 39.5% 31.4% 8.1%
11   American Redstart 40.4% 30.7% 9.7%
12   White-throated Sparrow 34.3% 27.1% 7.2%
13   Rock Pigeon 35.5% 24.3% 11.2%
14   Common Grackle 54.9% 23.6% 31.4%
15   Baltimore Oriole 44.7% 22.1% 22.5%
16   Magnolia Warbler 27.5% 22.1% 5.4%
17   Black-throated Blue Warbler 28.0% 20.0% 8.0%
18   Ovenbird 32.7% 17.9% 14.9%
19   Red-winged Blackbird 53.4% 16.4% 36.9%
20   Yellow-rumped Warbler 33.8% 15.0% 18.8%
21   Mallard 49.3% 13.6% 35.8%
22   Canada Goose 45.1% 13.6% 31.6%
23   Double-crested Cormorant 34.1% 13.6% 20.5%
24   Warbling Vireo 32.2% 13.6% 18.6%
25   Red-bellied Woodpecker 38.2% 12.9% 25.3%
26   Blackpoll Warbler 21.9% 12.9% 9.0%
27   Chimney Swift 29.8% 12.1% 17.7%
28   Red-tailed Hawk 19.8% 12.1% 7.6%
29   Northern Flicker 29.1% 11.4% 17.7%
30   Wood Thrush 23.1% 11.4% 11.7%
31   Scarlet Tanager 18.9% 11.4% 7.5%
32   Rose-breasted Grosbeak 16.5% 11.4% 5.0%
33   Veery 20.1% 10.7% 9.3%
34   Eastern Kingbird 16.9% 10.7% 6.1%
35   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 13.2% 10.7% 2.5%
36   Red-eyed Vireo 22.8% 10.0% 12.8%
37   Yellow Warbler 42.7% 9.3% 33.4%
38   Chestnut-sided Warbler 16.3% 9.3% 7.0%
39   Downy Woodpecker 28.2% 8.6% 19.6%
40   Great Crested Flycatcher 18.1% 8.6% 9.5%
41   Blue-headed Vireo 14.3% 8.6% 5.7%
42   Black-throated Green Warbler 20.2% 7.9% 12.3%
43   Cedar Waxwing 16.8% 7.1% 9.7%
44   Bay-breasted Warbler 8.0% 7.1% 0.8%
45   Great Egret 25.4% 6.4% 19.0%
46   Eastern Towhee 19.9% 6.4% 13.4%
47   Hermit Thrush 11.1% 6.4% 4.6%
48   Cape May Warbler 7.0% 5.7% 1.3%
49   Hooded Warbler 4.0% 5.7% 1.7%
50   Herring Gull 23.5% 5.0% 18.5%
51   Northern Waterthrush 23.2% 5.0% 18.2%
52   House Wren 26.8% 4.3% 22.5%
53   House Finch 16.0% 4.3% 11.7%
54   Blue-winged Warbler 6.6% 4.3% 2.4%
55   American Goldfinch 28.7% 3.6% 25.1%
56   Canada Warbler 11.7% 3.6% 8.1%
57   Indigo Bunting 10.0% 3.6% 6.5%
58   Blackburnian Warbler 9.4% 3.6% 5.9%
59   Brown-headed Cowbird 20.8% 2.9% 17.9%
60   Swainson's Thrush 17.8% 2.9% 14.9%
61   Tufted Titmouse 15.6% 2.9% 12.7%
62   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 14.5% 2.9% 11.6%
63   Black-capped Chickadee 12.1% 2.9% 9.2%
64   Eastern Wood-Pewee 11.1% 2.9% 8.3%
65   Prairie Warbler 8.5% 2.9% 5.6%
66   Yellow-throated Vireo 4.6% 2.9% 1.8%
67   Tennessee Warbler 3.4% 2.9% 0.5%
68   Mourning Warbler 1.9% 2.9% 1.0%
69   Barn Swallow 31.8% 2.1% 29.6%
70   Chipping Sparrow 18.3% 2.1% 16.2%
71   Green Heron 9.0% 2.1% 6.9%
72   Wilson's Warbler 8.8% 2.1% 6.7%
73   Least Flycatcher 5.9% 2.1% 3.8%
74   White-crowned Sparrow 3.7% 2.1% 1.5%
75   Lincoln's Sparrow 2.9% 2.1% 0.8%
76   Song Sparrow 35.6% 1.4% 34.1%
77   Carolina Wren 19.9% 1.4% 18.4%
78   American Crow 17.7% 1.4% 16.2%
79   Orchard Oriole 10.2% 1.4% 8.8%
80   Turkey Vulture 9.8% 1.4% 8.3%
81   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 6.3% 1.4% 4.9%
82   Palm Warbler 5.3% 1.4% 3.9%
83   Worm-eating Warbler 3.9% 1.4% 2.5%
84   Field Sparrow 3.4% 1.4% 2.0%
85   American Kestrel 2.2% 1.4% 0.8%
86   Summer Tanager 1.7% 1.4% 0.2%
87   Yellow-breasted Chat 0.4% 1.4% 1.0%
88   Tree Swallow 22.4% 0.7% 21.7%
89   Swamp Sparrow 13.1% 0.7% 12.4%
90   Black-crowned Night-Heron 11.7% 0.7% 11.0%
91   Great Blue Heron 9.6% 0.7% 8.9%
92   Wood Duck 9.3% 0.7% 8.6%
93   Brown Thrasher 7.3% 0.7% 6.6%
94   Gadwall 7.0% 0.7% 6.3%
95   Eastern Phoebe 4.9% 0.7% 4.2%
96   White-eyed Vireo 4.3% 0.7% 3.6%
97   Belted Kingfisher 4.2% 0.7% 3.5%
98   Gray-cheeked Thrush 3.2% 0.7% 2.5%
99   Bald Eagle 2.5% 0.7% 1.8%
100   Purple Finch 1.3% 0.7% 0.6%
101   Eastern Bluebird 1.2% 0.7% 0.5%
102   Bufflehead 1.2% 0.7% 0.5%
103   Brown Creeper 0.2% 0.7% 0.6%