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

based on 39 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Central Park--North Meadow 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% 59.0% 14.3%
2   European Starling 58.4% 53.8% 4.6%
3   House Sparrow 57.0% 51.3% 5.7%
4   Black-and-white Warbler 39.5% 41.0% 1.5%
5   Mourning Dove 53.4% 38.5% 15.0%
6   Rock Pigeon 35.5% 38.5% 3.0%
7   Blue Jay 49.3% 35.9% 13.4%
8   Baltimore Oriole 44.7% 35.9% 8.8%
9   Gray Catbird 65.9% 33.3% 32.6%
10   Northern Cardinal 59.0% 33.3% 25.7%
11   Common Grackle 54.9% 33.3% 21.6%
12   Northern Parula 35.7% 33.3% 2.4%
13   Mallard 49.3% 30.8% 18.5%
14   Red-bellied Woodpecker 38.2% 30.8% 7.4%
15   American Redstart 40.4% 25.6% 14.8%
16   Common Yellowthroat 47.5% 23.1% 24.5%
17   Chimney Swift 29.8% 23.1% 6.7%
18   Red-winged Blackbird 53.3% 20.5% 32.8%
19   Canada Goose 45.1% 17.9% 27.2%
20   White-throated Sparrow 34.3% 17.9% 16.4%
21   Yellow-rumped Warbler 33.8% 17.9% 15.9%
22   Ovenbird 32.7% 17.9% 14.8%
23   Downy Woodpecker 28.1% 17.9% 10.2%
24   Magnolia Warbler 27.5% 17.9% 9.6%
25   Yellow Warbler 42.6% 15.4% 27.3%
26   Black-throated Blue Warbler 28.0% 15.4% 12.6%
27   Great Egret 25.4% 15.4% 10.0%
28   Northern Waterthrush 23.2% 15.4% 7.8%
29   Scarlet Tanager 18.9% 15.4% 3.5%
30   Chestnut-sided Warbler 16.3% 15.4% 0.9%
31   Double-crested Cormorant 34.0% 12.8% 21.2%
32   Warbling Vireo 32.2% 12.8% 19.3%
33   Barn Swallow 31.7% 12.8% 18.9%
34   Blackpoll Warbler 21.9% 12.8% 9.1%
35   Black-throated Green Warbler 20.2% 12.8% 7.4%
36   Veery 20.1% 12.8% 7.2%
37   Red-tailed Hawk 19.8% 12.8% 6.9%
38   Chipping Sparrow 18.3% 12.8% 5.5%
39   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 13.2% 12.8% 0.4%
40   American Goldfinch 28.7% 10.3% 18.4%
41   Herring Gull 23.4% 10.3% 13.2%
42   Red-eyed Vireo 22.8% 10.3% 12.5%
43   Swainson's Thrush 17.8% 10.3% 7.5%
44   American Crow 17.6% 10.3% 7.4%
45   House Finch 16.0% 10.3% 5.8%
46   Canada Warbler 11.7% 10.3% 1.4%
47   Indigo Bunting 10.0% 10.3% 0.2%
48   Nashville Warbler 8.9% 10.3% 1.3%
49   Northern Flicker 29.1% 7.7% 21.4%
50   House Wren 26.7% 7.7% 19.0%
51   Brown-headed Cowbird 20.8% 7.7% 13.1%
52   Cedar Waxwing 16.8% 7.7% 9.1%
53   Rose-breasted Grosbeak 16.5% 7.7% 8.8%
54   Blue-headed Vireo 14.3% 7.7% 6.6%
55   Hermit Thrush 11.1% 7.7% 3.4%
56   Green Heron 9.0% 7.7% 1.3%
57   Prairie Warbler 8.5% 7.7% 0.8%
58   Bay-breasted Warbler 8.0% 7.7% 0.3%
59   Gadwall 7.0% 7.7% 0.7%
60   Song Sparrow 35.5% 5.1% 30.4%
61   Northern Mockingbird 26.7% 5.1% 21.6%
62   Wood Thrush 23.1% 5.1% 18.0%
63   Great Black-backed Gull 13.3% 5.1% 8.2%
64   Spotted Sandpiper 12.4% 5.1% 7.3%
65   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 12.0% 5.1% 6.9%
66   White-breasted Nuthatch 10.7% 5.1% 5.6%
67   Snowy Egret 9.9% 5.1% 4.8%
68   Turkey Vulture 9.8% 5.1% 4.6%
69   Blackburnian Warbler 9.4% 5.1% 4.3%
70   Cape May Warbler 7.0% 5.1% 1.9%
71   Savannah Sparrow 5.5% 5.1% 0.4%
72   Hooded Warbler 4.0% 5.1% 1.1%
73   Tennessee Warbler 3.4% 5.1% 1.7%
74   Eastern Towhee 19.9% 2.6% 17.3%
75   Swamp Sparrow 13.1% 2.6% 10.5%
76   Black-capped Chickadee 12.1% 2.6% 9.5%
77   Black-crowned Night-Heron 11.7% 2.6% 9.1%
78   Mute Swan 11.5% 2.6% 9.0%
79   Eastern Wood-Pewee 11.1% 2.6% 8.6%
80   Hairy Woodpecker 8.3% 2.6% 5.8%
81   Least Flycatcher 5.9% 2.6% 3.4%
82   Solitary Sandpiper 5.8% 2.6% 3.2%
83   Palm Warbler 5.3% 2.6% 2.7%
84   Worm-eating Warbler 3.9% 2.6% 1.4%
85   White-crowned Sparrow 3.7% 2.6% 1.1%
86   Ruddy Duck 3.3% 2.6% 0.8%
87   Summer Tanager 1.7% 2.6% 0.9%
88   Dark-eyed Junco 0.5% 2.6% 2.1%
89   Evening Grosbeak 0.3% 2.6% 2.3%