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

based on 846 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Central Park--The Pool 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% 66.4% 6.9%
2   European Starling 58.4% 62.1% 3.7%
3   Mallard 49.2% 62.1% 12.9%
4   House Sparrow 56.9% 60.3% 3.3%
5   Common Yellowthroat 47.4% 60.3% 12.9%
6   American Redstart 40.3% 58.6% 18.4%
7   Gray Catbird 66.0% 54.8% 11.2%
8   Northern Waterthrush 23.0% 46.0% 22.9%
9   Black-and-white Warbler 39.5% 45.3% 5.8%
10   Blue Jay 49.3% 42.6% 6.8%
11   Rock Pigeon 35.4% 41.0% 5.6%
12   Northern Cardinal 59.2% 39.4% 19.8%
13   Red-winged Blackbird 53.4% 39.2% 14.2%
14   Baltimore Oriole 44.7% 34.5% 10.2%
15   Canada Goose 45.2% 34.0% 11.1%
16   Magnolia Warbler 27.5% 33.2% 5.8%
17   Northern Parula 35.7% 31.1% 4.7%
18   Common Grackle 55.1% 29.8% 25.3%
19   Mourning Dove 53.6% 26.4% 27.3%
20   Black-throated Blue Warbler 28.0% 26.0% 2.0%
21   Blackpoll Warbler 21.9% 23.8% 1.9%
22   Gadwall 6.8% 23.4% 16.6%
23   White-throated Sparrow 34.4% 22.9% 11.5%
24   Canada Warbler 11.6% 22.2% 10.6%
25   Yellow Warbler 42.8% 22.1% 20.7%
26   Barn Swallow 31.8% 21.3% 10.5%
27   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 12.0% 21.2% 9.2%
28   Chimney Swift 29.9% 21.0% 8.8%
29   Ovenbird 32.8% 19.4% 13.4%
30   Yellow-rumped Warbler 33.9% 18.4% 15.5%
31   Cedar Waxwing 16.8% 18.3% 1.6%
32   Great Egret 25.5% 17.3% 8.2%
33   Solitary Sandpiper 5.7% 17.0% 11.3%
34   Wilson's Warbler 8.8% 16.4% 7.7%
35   Swamp Sparrow 13.0% 16.1% 3.0%
36   Red-bellied Woodpecker 38.3% 16.0% 22.4%
37   Black-crowned Night-Heron 11.6% 15.5% 3.9%
38   Scarlet Tanager 18.9% 12.6% 6.3%
39   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 13.2% 12.6% 0.6%
40   Chestnut-sided Warbler 16.3% 12.5% 3.8%
41   House Finch 16.0% 12.5% 3.5%
42   Northern Flicker 29.2% 12.2% 17.0%
43   Double-crested Cormorant 34.2% 12.1% 22.1%
44   Veery 20.1% 11.6% 8.5%
45   Swainson's Thrush 17.8% 10.2% 7.7%
46   Downy Woodpecker 28.3% 9.7% 18.6%
47   Warbling Vireo 32.3% 8.9% 23.5%
48   Eastern Wood-Pewee 11.1% 8.9% 2.3%
49   American Goldfinch 28.8% 8.6% 20.2%
50   Red-eyed Vireo 22.9% 8.2% 14.7%
51   Red-tailed Hawk 19.9% 7.3% 12.5%
52   Spotted Sandpiper 12.4% 7.2% 5.2%
53   Blue-headed Vireo 14.3% 6.3% 8.0%
54   Hermit Thrush 11.1% 6.0% 5.1%
55   Black-throated Green Warbler 20.3% 5.7% 14.6%
56   Prairie Warbler 8.5% 5.3% 3.2%
57   Rose-breasted Grosbeak 16.5% 5.2% 11.3%
58   Nashville Warbler 9.0% 5.1% 3.9%
59   Bay-breasted Warbler 8.0% 5.0% 3.0%
60   American Crow 17.7% 4.7% 13.0%
61   Lincoln's Sparrow 2.9% 4.7% 1.8%
62   Indigo Bunting 10.1% 4.3% 5.8%
63   Song Sparrow 35.8% 4.1% 31.6%
64   Chipping Sparrow 18.4% 4.1% 14.3%
65   Eastern Kingbird 16.9% 4.1% 12.8%
66   Least Flycatcher 5.9% 3.8% 2.2%
67   Wood Thrush 23.3% 3.7% 19.6%
68   Mourning Warbler 1.9% 3.7% 1.8%
69   Eastern Towhee 20.0% 3.2% 16.8%
70   Blackburnian Warbler 9.5% 3.2% 6.3%
71   Cape May Warbler 7.0% 3.2% 3.8%
72   Louisiana Waterthrush 1.8% 3.2% 1.4%
73   House Wren 26.9% 2.7% 24.2%
74   Herring Gull 23.6% 2.7% 20.9%
75   Green Heron 9.0% 2.6% 6.4%
76   Worm-eating Warbler 3.9% 2.6% 1.3%
77   Tennessee Warbler 3.4% 2.6% 0.8%
78   Great Crested Flycatcher 18.2% 2.2% 16.0%
79   White-crowned Sparrow 3.7% 2.2% 1.4%
80   Northern Mockingbird 26.9% 2.1% 24.8%
81   Tree Swallow 22.6% 2.1% 20.4%
82   Hooded Warbler 4.0% 2.1% 1.9%
83   Ring-billed Gull 14.4% 1.9% 12.5%
84   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 6.3% 1.8% 4.6%
85   Eastern Phoebe 4.9% 1.7% 3.3%
86   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 14.6% 1.5% 13.0%
87   Gray-cheeked Thrush 3.2% 1.4% 1.8%
88   Osprey 16.5% 1.2% 15.4%
89   Snowy Egret 10.0% 1.2% 8.8%
90   White-eyed Vireo 4.3% 1.2% 3.2%
91   Summer Tanager 1.7% 1.2% 0.5%
92   Brown-headed Cowbird 20.9% 1.1% 19.9%
93   White-breasted Nuthatch 10.8% 1.1% 9.7%
94   Orchard Oriole 10.3% 1.1% 9.2%
95   Hairy Woodpecker 8.4% 1.1% 7.3%
96   Blue-winged Warbler 6.7% 1.1% 5.6%
97   Yellow-throated Vireo 4.6% 1.1% 3.6%
98   Black-capped Chickadee 12.2% 0.9% 11.2%
99   Yellow-billed Cuckoo 3.5% 0.9% 2.6%
100   Carolina Wren 20.0% 0.8% 19.1%
101   Tufted Titmouse 15.7% 0.8% 14.8%
102   Fish Crow 10.9% 0.8% 10.1%
103   Wood Duck 9.4% 0.8% 8.5%
104   Great Black-backed Gull 13.4% 0.7% 12.7%
105   Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 0.7% 0.7% 0.0%
106   Red-breasted Nuthatch 2.8% 0.6% 2.2%
107   Purple Finch 1.3% 0.6% 0.7%
108   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1.0% 0.6% 0.4%
109   Turkey Vulture 9.8% 0.5% 9.4%
110   Willow Flycatcher 5.5% 0.5% 5.0%
111   Field Sparrow 3.4% 0.5% 2.9%
112   American Kestrel 2.2% 0.5% 1.7%
113   Red-headed Woodpecker 0.8% 0.5% 0.3%
114   Kentucky Warbler 0.8% 0.5% 0.3%
115   Acadian Flycatcher 0.6% 0.5% 0.1%
116   Brown Thrasher 7.4% 0.4% 7.0%
117   Palm Warbler 5.3% 0.4% 5.0%
118   Olive-sided Flycatcher 1.3% 0.4% 0.9%
119   Great Horned Owl 1.0% 0.4% 0.6%
120   Brown Creeper 0.2% 0.4% 0.2%
121   Eurasian Eagle-Owl 0.1% 0.4% 0.3%
122   Great Blue Heron 9.6% 0.2% 9.4%
123   Killdeer 9.4% 0.2% 9.1%
124   American Black Duck 5.1% 0.2% 4.8%
125   Common Raven 2.5% 0.2% 2.3%
126   Pine Warbler 1.7% 0.2% 1.4%
127   Black-billed Cuckoo 1.6% 0.2% 1.3%
128   Common Nighthawk 1.4% 0.2% 1.2%
129   Dark-eyed Junco 0.5% 0.2% 0.3%
130   Winter Wren 0.4% 0.2% 0.2%
131   Bicknell's Thrush 0.4% 0.2% 0.1%
132   Virginia Rail 0.3% 0.2% 0.1%
133   Golden-winged Warbler 0.1% 0.2% 0.1%
134   Laughing Gull 17.0% 0.1% 16.9%
135   Brant 10.8% 0.1% 10.7%
136   Belted Kingfisher 4.2% 0.1% 4.1%
137   Bald Eagle 2.5% 0.1% 2.4%
138   Black Vulture 2.2% 0.1% 2.1%
139   Cooper's Hawk 2.0% 0.1% 1.9%
140   Broad-winged Hawk 1.1% 0.1% 1.0%
141   Prothonotary Warbler 1.1% 0.1% 1.0%
142   American Woodcock 0.5% 0.1% 0.4%
143   Yellow-throated Warbler 0.3% 0.1% 0.2%
144   Evening Grosbeak 0.3% 0.1% 0.2%
145   Pied-billed Grebe 0.2% 0.1% 0.0%
146   Philadelphia Vireo 0.1% 0.1% 0.0%