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

based on 82 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at John F Kennedy International Airport (JFK) in June. 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 56.1% 56.1% 0.0%
2   European Starling 57.7% 48.8% 8.9%
3   Rock Pigeon 33.0% 46.3% 13.3%
4   Laughing Gull 26.9% 20.7% 6.2%
5   Herring Gull 35.8% 18.3% 17.5%
6   American Crow 15.2% 17.1% 1.8%
7   Double-crested Cormorant 39.8% 9.8% 30.0%
8   Osprey 25.9% 7.3% 18.6%
9   Great Black-backed Gull 24.3% 7.3% 16.9%
10   Fish Crow 12.8% 7.3% 5.5%
11   Great Egret 34.5% 6.1% 28.4%
12   Ring-billed Gull 15.6% 6.1% 9.5%
13   Common Grackle 50.3% 4.9% 45.4%
14   American Robin 69.7% 3.7% 66.1%
15   Red-winged Blackbird 55.6% 2.4% 53.1%
16   Mallard 45.4% 2.4% 42.9%
17   Barn Swallow 43.4% 2.4% 41.0%
18   Canada Goose 38.3% 2.4% 35.9%
19   Chimney Swift 25.4% 2.4% 22.9%
20   Snowy Egret 18.0% 2.4% 15.6%
21   Common Tern 16.5% 2.4% 14.1%
22   Great Blue Heron 11.2% 2.4% 8.7%
23   Forster's Tern 11.0% 2.4% 8.6%
24   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 9.6% 2.4% 7.2%
25   Boat-tailed Grackle 8.3% 2.4% 5.9%
26   American Kestrel 1.0% 2.4% 1.4%
27   Gray Catbird 55.3% 1.2% 54.1%
28   Mourning Dove 49.5% 1.2% 48.2%
29   Song Sparrow 44.7% 1.2% 43.5%
30   Black-crowned Night-Heron 20.2% 1.2% 18.9%
31   Northern Flicker 20.0% 1.2% 18.7%
32   Killdeer 15.7% 1.2% 14.5%
33   Mute Swan 12.4% 1.2% 11.2%
34   Willet 12.1% 1.2% 10.9%
35   Red-tailed Hawk 11.3% 1.2% 10.1%
36   Glossy Ibis 9.1% 1.2% 7.8%
37   Black Skimmer 8.9% 1.2% 7.7%
38   Brown Thrasher 5.7% 1.2% 4.5%
39   Peregrine Falcon 3.9% 1.2% 2.7%
40   Purple Martin 3.5% 1.2% 2.2%
41   Little Blue Heron 2.5% 1.2% 1.3%
42   Monk Parakeet 2.2% 1.2% 1.0%
43   Semipalmated Plover 1.6% 1.2% 0.4%
44   Common Raven 1.5% 1.2% 0.2%
45   Black-bellied Plover 1.3% 1.2% 0.1%
46   Savannah Sparrow 0.9% 1.2% 0.4%