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Top Birds at John F Kennedy International Airport (JFK) in March
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA

based on 74 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at John F Kennedy International Airport (JFK) in March. 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 44.0% 52.7% 8.7%
2   European Starling 46.3% 39.2% 7.2%
3   Herring Gull 35.0% 36.5% 1.5%
4   Rock Pigeon 30.1% 35.1% 5.0%
5   Ring-billed Gull 42.7% 23.0% 19.7%
6   American Crow 24.5% 13.5% 11.0%
7   Great Black-backed Gull 23.6% 8.1% 15.5%
8   Canada Goose 56.8% 6.8% 50.1%
9   Brant 19.2% 6.8% 12.4%
10   Mallard 53.6% 4.1% 49.5%
11   Common Grackle 33.7% 4.1% 29.6%
12   Killdeer 11.1% 2.7% 8.4%
13   American Oystercatcher 5.4% 2.7% 2.7%
14   American Kestrel 4.1% 2.7% 1.4%
15   Peregrine Falcon 4.0% 2.7% 1.3%
16   Merlin 2.0% 2.7% 0.7%
17   American Robin 58.7% 1.4% 57.4%
18   Song Sparrow 50.9% 1.4% 49.5%
19   Red-winged Blackbird 43.1% 1.4% 41.8%
20   Mourning Dove 42.7% 1.4% 41.3%
21   Bufflehead 27.0% 1.4% 25.6%
22   Red-tailed Hawk 25.3% 1.4% 24.0%
23   American Black Duck 22.8% 1.4% 21.5%
24   Mute Swan 16.9% 1.4% 15.6%
25   Red-breasted Merganser 16.3% 1.4% 15.0%
26   Northern Flicker 14.0% 1.4% 12.7%
27   Fish Crow 13.1% 1.4% 11.8%
28   Horned Grebe 7.5% 1.4% 6.1%
29   Cooper's Hawk 5.6% 1.4% 4.2%
30   American Woodcock 5.2% 1.4% 3.9%
31   Great Egret 4.6% 1.4% 3.3%
32   Common Raven 4.0% 1.4% 2.6%
33   Common Goldeneye 3.2% 1.4% 1.8%
34   Northern Harrier 3.1% 1.4% 1.8%
35   Field Sparrow 2.3% 1.4% 1.0%
36   Chipping Sparrow 1.7% 1.4% 0.4%
37   Greater Yellowlegs 1.7% 1.4% 0.4%
38   Eastern Bluebird 1.2% 1.4% 0.1%
39   Bonaparte's Gull 0.6% 1.4% 0.8%