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

based on 292 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Washington Square 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   American Robin 73.3% 55.1% 18.2%
2   House Sparrow 57.0% 54.8% 2.2%
3   Rock Pigeon 35.4% 54.8% 19.4%
4   European Starling 58.5% 48.3% 10.2%
5   Red-tailed Hawk 19.7% 45.2% 25.5%
6   Gray Catbird 66.0% 41.8% 24.2%
7   White-throated Sparrow 34.3% 40.4% 6.1%
8   Mourning Dove 53.5% 31.8% 21.6%
9   Ovenbird 32.7% 28.4% 4.3%
10   Blue Jay 49.3% 24.3% 25.0%
11   Black-and-white Warbler 39.6% 23.3% 16.3%
12   Hermit Thrush 11.0% 23.3% 12.2%
13   Common Yellowthroat 47.6% 21.2% 26.4%
14   House Finch 16.0% 18.2% 2.1%
15   American Redstart 40.5% 15.4% 25.1%
16   Chipping Sparrow 18.3% 12.7% 5.6%
17   Wood Thrush 23.1% 9.2% 13.9%
18   Veery 20.1% 9.2% 10.8%
19   Kentucky Warbler 0.7% 8.9% 8.2%
20   Red-bellied Woodpecker 38.2% 8.6% 29.7%
21   Chimney Swift 29.9% 8.6% 21.3%
22   Northern Parula 35.8% 8.2% 27.6%
23   Swainson's Thrush 17.8% 7.2% 10.6%
24   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1.0% 7.2% 6.2%
25   Northern Cardinal 59.2% 6.5% 52.6%
26   Black-throated Blue Warbler 28.1% 6.5% 21.5%
27   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 13.2% 5.8% 7.4%
28   Eastern Towhee 19.9% 5.5% 14.4%
29   Magnolia Warbler 27.6% 4.8% 22.8%
30   Scarlet Tanager 18.9% 4.5% 14.5%
31   Red-eyed Vireo 22.8% 3.8% 19.0%
32   Yellow Warbler 42.7% 3.4% 39.3%
33   Yellow-rumped Warbler 33.9% 3.4% 30.4%
34   Chestnut-sided Warbler 16.3% 3.4% 12.9%
35   Blackburnian Warbler 9.5% 3.4% 6.0%
36   Common Grackle 55.0% 2.7% 52.3%
37   Northern Mockingbird 26.8% 2.7% 24.1%
38   Herring Gull 23.5% 2.7% 20.8%
39   Blackpoll Warbler 21.9% 2.7% 19.2%
40   Rose-breasted Grosbeak 16.5% 2.4% 14.1%
41   Eastern Wood-Pewee 11.1% 2.4% 8.7%
42   Northern Flicker 29.2% 2.1% 27.1%
43   Downy Woodpecker 28.2% 2.1% 26.1%
44   Cape May Warbler 7.0% 2.1% 4.9%
45   Blue-headed Vireo 14.3% 1.7% 12.6%
46   Black-capped Chickadee 12.1% 1.7% 10.4%
47   Bay-breasted Warbler 8.0% 1.7% 6.3%
48   Brown Thrasher 7.4% 1.7% 5.6%
49   White-crowned Sparrow 3.7% 1.7% 2.0%
50   Great Crested Flycatcher 18.1% 1.4% 16.8%
51   Swamp Sparrow 13.1% 1.4% 11.7%
52   Wilson's Warbler 8.9% 1.4% 7.5%
53   American Kestrel 2.2% 1.4% 0.8%
54   Purple Finch 1.3% 1.4% 0.1%
55   Baltimore Oriole 44.8% 1.0% 43.7%
56   Canada Warbler 11.7% 1.0% 10.7%
57   Lincoln's Sparrow 2.9% 1.0% 1.9%
58   Red-breasted Nuthatch 2.8% 1.0% 1.8%
59   Dark-eyed Junco 0.5% 1.0% 0.5%
60   Red-winged Blackbird 53.5% 0.7% 52.8%
61   Canada Goose 45.2% 0.7% 44.5%
62   Song Sparrow 35.6% 0.7% 34.9%
63   Double-crested Cormorant 34.1% 0.7% 33.4%
64   House Wren 26.8% 0.7% 26.1%
65   Great Egret 25.5% 0.7% 24.8%
66   American Crow 17.7% 0.7% 17.0%
67   Cedar Waxwing 16.8% 0.7% 16.1%
68   Osprey 16.5% 0.7% 15.8%
69   Nashville Warbler 8.9% 0.7% 8.3%
70   Palm Warbler 5.3% 0.7% 4.6%
71   Tennessee Warbler 3.4% 0.7% 2.7%
72   Summer Tanager 1.7% 0.7% 1.0%
73   Warbling Vireo 32.2% 0.3% 31.9%
74   Barn Swallow 31.8% 0.3% 31.5%
75   American Goldfinch 28.7% 0.3% 28.4%
76   Northern Waterthrush 23.3% 0.3% 22.9%
77   Black-throated Green Warbler 20.2% 0.3% 19.9%
78   Ring-billed Gull 14.4% 0.3% 14.0%
79   Great Black-backed Gull 13.3% 0.3% 13.0%
80   Indigo Bunting 10.0% 0.3% 9.7%
81   Turkey Vulture 9.8% 0.3% 9.4%
82   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 6.3% 0.3% 6.0%
83   Yellow-throated Vireo 4.6% 0.3% 4.3%
84   Field Sparrow 3.4% 0.3% 3.1%
85   Louisiana Waterthrush 1.8% 0.3% 1.5%