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Top Birds at Riverside Park in May
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA

based on 67 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Riverside Park 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 57.0% 76.1% 19.2%
2   American Robin 73.3% 74.6% 1.3%
3   European Starling 58.4% 74.6% 16.2%
4   Rock Pigeon 35.4% 59.7% 24.3%
5   Gray Catbird 65.9% 53.7% 12.2%
6   Blue Jay 49.3% 50.7% 1.5%
7   Northern Cardinal 59.0% 49.3% 9.8%
8   Yellow-rumped Warbler 33.8% 49.3% 15.5%
9   Black-and-white Warbler 39.5% 47.8% 8.3%
10   Northern Parula 35.7% 41.8% 6.1%
11   Double-crested Cormorant 34.0% 38.8% 4.8%
12   Mourning Dove 53.4% 31.3% 22.1%
13   American Redstart 40.4% 31.3% 9.1%
14   White-throated Sparrow 34.3% 31.3% 3.0%
15   Golden-winged Warbler 0.1% 29.9% 29.7%
16   Blackpoll Warbler 21.9% 26.9% 5.0%
17   Ovenbird 32.7% 25.4% 7.3%
18   Common Yellowthroat 47.5% 23.9% 23.7%
19   Warbling Vireo 32.2% 23.9% 8.3%
20   Red-bellied Woodpecker 38.2% 20.9% 17.3%
21   Northern Flicker 29.1% 20.9% 8.2%
22   Herring Gull 23.4% 20.9% 2.5%
23   American Crow 17.6% 20.9% 3.3%
24   Downy Woodpecker 28.1% 19.4% 8.7%
25   Carolina Wren 19.8% 19.4% 0.4%
26   Nashville Warbler 8.9% 19.4% 10.5%
27   Red-tailed Hawk 19.8% 17.9% 1.9%
28   Red-eyed Vireo 22.8% 16.4% 6.3%
29   Black-throated Green Warbler 20.2% 14.9% 5.3%
30   Mallard 49.3% 13.4% 35.9%
31   Baltimore Oriole 44.7% 11.9% 32.7%
32   Swainson's Thrush 17.8% 11.9% 5.8%
33   Cedar Waxwing 16.8% 11.9% 4.8%
34   Blue-headed Vireo 14.3% 11.9% 2.3%
35   Chimney Swift 29.8% 10.4% 19.4%
36   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 13.2% 10.4% 2.7%
37   Hermit Thrush 11.1% 10.4% 0.6%
38   Least Flycatcher 5.9% 10.4% 4.5%
39   Common Grackle 54.9% 9.0% 46.0%
40   Yellow Warbler 42.7% 9.0% 33.7%
41   Black-throated Blue Warbler 28.0% 9.0% 19.1%
42   Magnolia Warbler 27.5% 9.0% 18.6%
43   Great Egret 25.4% 9.0% 16.5%
44   Northern Waterthrush 23.2% 9.0% 14.3%
45   Veery 20.1% 9.0% 11.1%
46   Scarlet Tanager 18.9% 9.0% 9.9%
47   Canada Warbler 11.7% 9.0% 2.7%
48   American Goldfinch 28.7% 7.5% 21.2%
49   House Wren 26.7% 7.5% 19.3%
50   Eastern Towhee 19.9% 7.5% 12.4%
51   Chipping Sparrow 18.3% 7.5% 10.8%
52   Turkey Vulture 9.8% 7.5% 2.3%
53   Prairie Warbler 8.5% 7.5% 1.0%
54   Canada Goose 45.1% 6.0% 39.2%
55   Song Sparrow 35.5% 6.0% 29.6%
56   Chestnut-sided Warbler 16.3% 6.0% 10.3%
57   Ring-billed Gull 14.3% 6.0% 8.4%
58   Great Black-backed Gull 13.3% 6.0% 7.3%
59   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 12.0% 6.0% 6.1%
60   Blackburnian Warbler 9.4% 6.0% 3.5%
61   Tennessee Warbler 3.4% 6.0% 2.6%
62   Peregrine Falcon 2.7% 6.0% 3.3%
63   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1.0% 6.0% 5.0%
64   Wood Thrush 23.1% 4.5% 18.6%
65   House Finch 16.0% 4.5% 11.6%
66   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 14.5% 4.5% 10.0%
67   Eastern Wood-Pewee 11.1% 4.5% 6.6%
68   Barn Swallow 31.7% 3.0% 28.7%
69   Northern Mockingbird 26.7% 3.0% 23.8%
70   Tree Swallow 22.4% 3.0% 19.4%
71   Rose-breasted Grosbeak 16.5% 3.0% 13.5%
72   Tufted Titmouse 15.6% 3.0% 12.6%
73   White-breasted Nuthatch 10.7% 3.0% 7.7%
74   Indigo Bunting 10.0% 3.0% 7.0%
75   Hairy Woodpecker 8.3% 3.0% 5.3%
76   Brown Thrasher 7.3% 3.0% 4.4%
77   Palm Warbler 5.3% 3.0% 2.3%
78   Worm-eating Warbler 3.9% 3.0% 1.0%
79   Red-winged Blackbird 53.4% 1.5% 51.9%
80   Great Crested Flycatcher 18.1% 1.5% 16.6%
81   Laughing Gull 16.9% 1.5% 15.4%
82   Wilson's Warbler 8.8% 1.5% 7.3%
83   Blue-winged Warbler 6.6% 1.5% 5.2%
84   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 6.3% 1.5% 4.8%
85   Lincoln's Sparrow 2.9% 1.5% 1.4%
86   Common Raven 2.5% 1.5% 1.0%
87   Bald Eagle 2.5% 1.5% 1.0%
88   Black Vulture 2.2% 1.5% 0.7%
89   Cooper's Hawk 2.0% 1.5% 0.5%
90   Broad-winged Hawk 1.1% 1.5% 0.4%