Top Birds at John F Kennedy International Airport (JFK) in January
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA
based on 88 checklists
This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at John F Kennedy International Airport (JFK) in January. 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.
| Rank | Info | Pics | Species | Entire Region | This Location | Difference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | House Sparrow | 35.6% | 58.0% | 22.3% | |||
| 2 | European Starling | 35.9% | 43.2% | 7.2% | |||
| 3 | Ring-billed Gull | 52.1% | 37.5% | 14.6% | |||
| 4 | Rock Pigeon | 28.8% | 33.0% | 4.1% | |||
| 5 | Herring Gull | 43.3% | 26.1% | 17.2% | |||
| 6 | Brant | 20.5% | 5.7% | 14.9% | |||
| 7 | Canada Goose | 53.5% | 4.5% | 49.0% | |||
| 8 | Bufflehead | 31.9% | 4.5% | 27.4% | |||
| 9 | Great Black-backed Gull | 31.7% | 4.5% | 27.1% | |||
| 10 | American Crow | 18.2% | 4.5% | 13.7% | |||
| 11 | Mute Swan | 14.5% | 4.5% | 9.9% | |||
| 12 | Double-crested Cormorant | 13.9% | 4.5% | 9.3% | |||
| 13 | Northern Harrier | 4.2% | 4.5% | 0.3% | |||
| 14 | Song Sparrow | 32.3% | 3.4% | 28.8% | |||
| 15 | Mallard | 49.0% | 2.3% | 46.7% | |||
| 16 | White-throated Sparrow | 42.2% | 2.3% | 39.9% | |||
| 17 | American Black Duck | 27.9% | 2.3% | 25.6% | |||
| 18 | Great Blue Heron | 14.7% | 2.3% | 12.5% | |||
| 19 | American Kestrel | 3.8% | 2.3% | 1.6% | |||
| 20 | Snow Goose | 2.6% | 2.3% | 0.3% | |||
| 21 | Mourning Dove | 29.4% | 1.1% | 28.2% | |||
| 22 | Red-tailed Hawk | 21.8% | 1.1% | 20.7% | |||
| 23 | Red-breasted Merganser | 19.3% | 1.1% | 18.2% | |||
| 24 | Greater Scaup | 9.9% | 1.1% | 8.8% | |||
| 25 | Red-winged Blackbird | 7.2% | 1.1% | 6.1% | |||
| 26 | Common Goldeneye | 7.0% | 1.1% | 5.9% | |||
| 27 | Common Merganser | 6.7% | 1.1% | 5.5% | |||
| 28 | American Wigeon | 6.2% | 1.1% | 5.1% | |||
| 29 | Bald Eagle | 5.2% | 1.1% | 4.1% | |||
| 30 | Peregrine Falcon | 5.2% | 1.1% | 4.1% | |||
| 31 | Canvasback | 3.1% | 1.1% | 2.0% | |||
| 32 | Gray Catbird | 2.6% | 1.1% | 1.5% | |||
| 33 | Horned Lark | 2.2% | 1.1% | 1.1% | |||
| 34 | Cedar Waxwing | 1.7% | 1.1% | 0.6% | |||
| 35 | Dunlin | 1.7% | 1.1% | 0.6% | |||
| 36 | Snow Bunting | 1.6% | 1.1% | 0.4% | |||
| 37 | American Bittern | 0.1% | 1.1% | 1.0% |