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Top Birds at John F Kennedy International Airport (JFK) in December
relative to other locations within 25 miles of 40.781243, -73.966507

based on 84 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at John F Kennedy International Airport (JFK) in December. 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   House Sparrow 38.8% 53.6% 14.7%
2   European Starling 38.8% 40.5% 1.7%
3   Rock Pigeon 31.1% 32.1% 1.0%
4   American Herring Gull 41.4% 29.8% 11.7%
5   Ring-billed Gull 49.2% 27.4% 21.9%
6   Canada Goose 51.8% 11.9% 39.9%
7   American Crow 20.8% 9.5% 11.2%
8   Great Black-backed Gull 28.6% 8.3% 20.2%
9   Brant 18.6% 6.0% 12.6%
10   Horned Lark 2.6% 6.0% 3.3%
11   Red-tailed Hawk 24.7% 4.8% 20.0%
12   Bufflehead 27.9% 3.6% 24.3%
13   Double-crested Cormorant 17.6% 3.6% 14.0%
14   Fish Crow 5.5% 3.6% 1.9%
15   Northern Harrier 4.8% 3.6% 1.3%
16   Snow Bunting 2.0% 3.6% 1.6%
17   White-throated Sparrow 49.2% 2.4% 46.8%
18   American Black Duck 26.6% 2.4% 24.2%
19   American Wigeon 6.0% 2.4% 3.7%
20   American Kestrel 6.0% 2.4% 3.6%
21   Peregrine Falcon 5.6% 2.4% 3.2%
22   Lesser Scaup 3.6% 2.4% 1.2%
23   Song Sparrow 37.1% 1.2% 35.9%
24   American Robin 30.2% 1.2% 29.0%
25   Northern Mockingbird 28.5% 1.2% 27.3%
26   Great Blue Heron 20.1% 1.2% 18.9%
27   Hooded Merganser 18.7% 1.2% 17.6%
28   Ruddy Duck 15.4% 1.2% 14.2%
29   Gadwall 15.2% 1.2% 14.0%
30   Common Raven 4.9% 1.2% 3.8%
31   Cedar Waxwing 3.4% 1.2% 2.2%
32   Killdeer 2.1% 1.2% 0.9%
33   Savannah Sparrow 2.1% 1.2% 0.9%
34   American Pipit 1.0% 1.2% 0.2%
35   Snowy Owl 1.0% 1.2% 0.2%
36   Ruddy Turnstone 0.5% 1.2% 0.7%