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Top Birds at Central Park--The Lake (Hernshead) in August
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA

based on 16 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Central Park--The Lake (Hernshead) in August. 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 57.2% 75.0% 17.8%
2   House Sparrow 50.0% 75.0% 25.0%
3   Canada Goose 40.8% 75.0% 34.2%
4   Gray Catbird 54.7% 68.8% 14.1%
5   European Starling 51.1% 62.5% 11.4%
6   Northern Cardinal 47.8% 56.2% 8.5%
7   Rock Pigeon 35.4% 50.0% 14.6%
8   Blue Jay 35.3% 43.8% 8.4%
9   Common Grackle 28.2% 43.8% 15.5%
10   Black-crowned Night-Heron 14.5% 43.8% 29.2%
11   Mallard 40.8% 31.2% 9.6%
12   Downy Woodpecker 25.2% 18.8% 6.5%
13   American Redstart 22.0% 18.8% 3.2%
14   Black-and-white Warbler 14.3% 18.8% 4.5%
15   Mourning Dove 53.7% 12.5% 41.2%
16   Northern Flicker 26.0% 12.5% 13.5%
17   Northern Waterthrush 15.4% 12.5% 2.9%
18   Barn Swallow 39.9% 6.2% 33.6%
19   Herring Gull 39.5% 6.2% 33.3%
20   American Goldfinch 37.7% 6.2% 31.4%
21   Song Sparrow 35.0% 6.2% 28.8%
22   Osprey 30.7% 6.2% 24.5%
23   Chimney Swift 23.8% 6.2% 17.6%
24   Yellow Warbler 20.2% 6.2% 14.0%
25   Common Yellowthroat 15.2% 6.2% 8.9%
26   House Finch 14.9% 6.2% 8.7%
27   Green Heron 11.9% 6.2% 5.6%
28   American Black Duck 10.1% 6.2% 3.8%
29   Red-eyed Vireo 9.6% 6.2% 3.4%
30   Chestnut-sided Warbler 5.0% 6.2% 1.2%
31   Blue-winged Warbler 3.9% 6.2% 2.4%
32   Magnolia Warbler 2.9% 6.2% 3.4%