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Top Birds at Riverside Park--South of 96th St. in May
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA

based on 137 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Riverside Park--South of 96th St. 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% 74.5% 1.2%
2   House Sparrow 56.9% 71.5% 14.6%
3   Rock Pigeon 35.4% 64.2% 28.8%
4   European Starling 58.4% 63.5% 5.1%
5   Gray Catbird 65.9% 56.2% 9.7%
6   Northern Cardinal 59.0% 47.4% 11.6%
7   Blue Jay 49.3% 46.7% 2.5%
8   Double-crested Cormorant 34.0% 46.0% 12.0%
9   Yellow-rumped Warbler 33.8% 40.9% 7.1%
10   Black-and-white Warbler 39.5% 39.4% 0.1%
11   White-throated Sparrow 34.3% 36.5% 2.2%
12   Mourning Dove 53.4% 34.3% 19.1%
13   Northern Parula 35.7% 32.8% 2.9%
14   Herring Gull 23.4% 30.7% 7.2%
15   Northern Flicker 29.1% 29.9% 0.8%
16   Carolina Wren 19.8% 29.9% 10.1%
17   American Redstart 40.4% 26.3% 14.1%
18   House Finch 16.0% 26.3% 10.3%
19   Common Yellowthroat 47.6% 21.9% 25.7%
20   Ovenbird 32.7% 21.9% 10.8%
21   Scarlet Tanager 18.9% 19.0% 0.1%
22   Baltimore Oriole 44.7% 18.2% 26.4%
23   Great Egret 25.4% 18.2% 7.2%
24   Downy Woodpecker 28.1% 17.5% 10.6%
25   Great Black-backed Gull 13.3% 17.5% 4.2%
26   Golden-winged Warbler 0.1% 17.5% 17.4%
27   Blackpoll Warbler 21.9% 16.8% 5.1%
28   Common Grackle 55.0% 16.1% 38.9%
29   Red-tailed Hawk 19.8% 16.1% 3.7%
30   Ring-billed Gull 14.3% 16.1% 1.7%
31   Black-throated Blue Warbler 28.0% 15.3% 12.7%
32   Red-eyed Vireo 22.8% 15.3% 7.4%
33   Yellow Warbler 42.7% 14.6% 28.1%
34   Blue-headed Vireo 14.3% 14.6% 0.3%
35   Canada Goose 45.1% 13.1% 32.0%
36   Black-throated Green Warbler 20.2% 13.1% 7.1%
37   Chestnut-sided Warbler 16.3% 12.4% 3.9%
38   Mallard 49.3% 11.7% 37.7%
39   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 14.5% 11.7% 2.8%
40   Nashville Warbler 8.9% 11.7% 2.8%
41   Chimney Swift 29.8% 10.9% 18.9%
42   Magnolia Warbler 27.5% 10.9% 16.6%
43   Northern Mockingbird 26.8% 10.2% 16.5%
44   Eastern Towhee 19.9% 10.2% 9.7%
45   Chipping Sparrow 18.3% 9.5% 8.8%
46   Cedar Waxwing 16.8% 9.5% 7.3%
47   American Crow 17.7% 8.8% 8.9%
48   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 13.2% 8.8% 4.4%
49   Warbling Vireo 32.2% 8.0% 24.2%
50   Northern Waterthrush 23.2% 8.0% 15.2%
51   Canada Warbler 11.7% 8.0% 3.7%
52   Hermit Thrush 11.1% 7.3% 3.8%
53   Bay-breasted Warbler 8.0% 7.3% 0.7%
54   Veery 20.1% 6.6% 13.5%
55   Swainson's Thrush 17.8% 6.6% 11.2%
56   House Wren 26.8% 5.8% 20.9%
57   Wood Thrush 23.1% 5.8% 17.3%
58   Swamp Sparrow 13.1% 5.8% 7.2%
59   American Goldfinch 28.7% 5.1% 23.6%
60   Rose-breasted Grosbeak 16.5% 5.1% 11.4%
61   Peregrine Falcon 2.7% 5.1% 2.4%
62   Red-bellied Woodpecker 38.2% 4.4% 33.8%
63   Song Sparrow 35.6% 4.4% 31.2%
64   Eastern Wood-Pewee 11.1% 4.4% 6.7%
65   Indigo Bunting 10.0% 4.4% 5.6%
66   Brown Thrasher 7.3% 4.4% 3.0%
67   Cape May Warbler 7.0% 4.4% 2.6%
68   American Kestrel 2.2% 4.4% 2.2%
69   Barn Swallow 31.8% 3.6% 28.1%
70   Great Crested Flycatcher 18.1% 3.6% 14.5%
71   Blackburnian Warbler 9.4% 3.6% 5.8%
72   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 6.3% 3.6% 2.6%
73   Least Flycatcher 5.9% 3.6% 2.3%
74   Osprey 16.4% 2.9% 13.5%
75   Brant 10.8% 2.9% 7.8%
76   Red-winged Blackbird 53.4% 2.2% 51.2%
77   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 12.0% 2.2% 9.9%
78   Turkey Vulture 9.8% 2.2% 7.6%
79   Wilson's Warbler 8.8% 2.2% 6.7%
80   Prairie Warbler 8.5% 2.2% 6.3%
81   Field Sparrow 3.4% 2.2% 1.2%
82   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1.0% 2.2% 1.2%
83   Tree Swallow 22.4% 1.5% 21.0%
84   Black-capped Chickadee 12.1% 1.5% 10.6%
85   White-breasted Nuthatch 10.7% 1.5% 9.3%
86   Snowy Egret 9.9% 1.5% 8.5%
87   Hairy Woodpecker 8.3% 1.5% 6.9%
88   Palm Warbler 5.3% 1.5% 3.8%
89   Eastern Phoebe 4.9% 1.5% 3.4%
90   White-eyed Vireo 4.3% 1.5% 2.9%
91   White-crowned Sparrow 3.7% 1.5% 2.2%
92   Tennessee Warbler 3.4% 1.5% 1.9%
93   Gray-cheeked Thrush 3.2% 1.5% 1.8%
94   Lincoln's Sparrow 2.9% 1.5% 1.5%
95   Bald Eagle 2.5% 1.5% 1.1%
96   Summer Tanager 1.7% 1.5% 0.2%
97   Dark-eyed Junco 0.5% 1.5% 1.0%
98   Brown-headed Cowbird 20.8% 0.7% 20.1%
99   Tufted Titmouse 15.6% 0.7% 14.9%
100   Mute Swan 11.5% 0.7% 10.8%
101   Orchard Oriole 10.2% 0.7% 9.5%
102   Forster's Tern 7.9% 0.7% 7.2%
103   Blue-winged Warbler 6.7% 0.7% 5.9%
104   Yellow-throated Vireo 4.6% 0.7% 3.9%
105   Hooded Warbler 4.0% 0.7% 3.3%
106   Worm-eating Warbler 3.9% 0.7% 3.2%
107   Yellow-billed Cuckoo 3.5% 0.7% 2.8%
108   Common Raven 2.5% 0.7% 1.8%
109   Cooper's Hawk 2.0% 0.7% 1.3%
110   Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 0.7% 0.7% 0.0%
111   Rusty Blackbird 0.5% 0.7% 0.3%
112   Arctic Tern 0.1% 0.7% 0.7%